This week, Dan and Michael explore the strange anthropology of refusal — from political polarization to family drama over food. Why do people refuse to engage, comply, or even taste your abuela’s tamales?
They unpack listener questions on red-pilling, vaccine skepticism, and cultural food divides, mixing humor, history, and social theory. You’ll hear about Benedict Anderson, purity and danger, McLuhan, Bourdieu, and why sometimes the best advice is to “have your cake and get your shots too.”
💭 People Stuff is an anthropological advice show — real questions, real culture, real nonsense.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro – Welcome to People Stuff
2:05 What Fresh Hell: CT scanners for baseball cards
7:50 Question 1: Red-pilled and rejected
19:00 Question 2: Anti-vaxx cousins and purity politics
33:40 Fixing Shit: College admissions lotteries
44:20 Question 3: The tamale standoff
56:00 Outro + Fake sponsors
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