R. Alan Brooks

Ossie and Myra discuss heroic schoolkids whose bus driver passed out — and how they wish they could take the wheel in Washington, D.C.

Ossie and Myra

Myra and Ossie try to follow the right's narrative on who was behind the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol to thwart the election.

Myra learns from an acquaintance how socialism isn't socialism when it benefits the corporate elite, but it's awful when it helps the poor.

Ossie tries to grasp the overturned verdicts in the 2019 case in which a 23-year-old man died and two paramedics were convicted.

Ossie wrestles with the question of honesty and giving the right answer to questions that aren't always what they seem.

As Ossie and Myra consider Elon Musk becoming the first trillionaire, they translate dollars to seconds to years — and feel even worse.

Myra explores the question of whether corporations are people and figures that the answer can depend on whether there's jail time involved.

Ossie and his buddy discuss the improbable trope of the super-rich super hero, and an exception to the rule who deserves her own movie.

Myra tries to understand the odd economics of locking up unhoused people for petty crimes versus providing shelter and opportunity.