Today’s episode is about the seemingly ceaseless surge of the new against the ostensibly sturdy walls of the established.

We’ll talk about the Ottoman Turks and Attila, Scotch whisky, sushi, and even touch for a moment on the publishing industry. But this larger discussion stems primarily from an article about basketball.

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