![[sound]](/images/mediatype_sound.gif) | East Meets West 13 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
This time Tom and Roger mess with forces they can't control. You might hear them talk about the World Basbeall Classic, ramen noodles, the meaning of federalism, proper way to gain tech experience and more. Then again you may only hear the voices of evil.
Keywords: evil; federalism; ramen
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| East Meets West 14 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
IN this episode, the evil disperses and Roger and Tom discuss the movie 'V for Vendetta' starring Natalie POrtman. This leads to all kinds of hilarious discussions of forms of dictatorship and dominance throughout history. They also read reader feedback on Ep 13, the evil episode.
Keywords: China; Rome; dictators; totalitarianism; Natalie Portman; V for Vendetta
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| East Meets West 10 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The conversation focuses, rather ambles, around the Oscars as Roger and Tom dodge Oscar distractions, Jango the dog, and the wit and wisdom of special guest Veronica Belmont. There are a fair amount of synchonicities but in between we deal with Rugby, animation, the tech awards and more.
Keywords: rugby; oscars; movies; buzz out loud
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| East Meets West 10 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom discuss their 10th episode, welcome new listener, Andy, answer an email from Jason about free speech and getting started in Journalism, talk some more about free speech, including hate speech, wander off into reminiscing about TechTV, and finish up with sound educational advice that neither one of them followed.
Keywords: free speech; Jason; Roger Chang; Tom Merritt; subbrilliant; ziff-davis; CNET; Mohammed cartoon
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| East Meets West 8 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Tom and Roger are joined by Josh Lawrence and Eileen Rivera. Roger and Tom greet their first fan, Jason, discuss Snakes on a Plane, the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, PF Chang's, an Easter egg in Mel Gibson's Apokalypto, and feature Subatomic Warp's Snakes on a Plane Song.
Keywords: podcast; super bowl; snakes on a plane; puppy bowl
Downloads: 75
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| East Meets West 3 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
In episode 3, Roger and Tom take a tour of high-definition television. Roger explains why he quit his job and Tom explains not only the perils of extreme dog sports but also complains about BitTorrent.
Keywords: podcast; torrent; bittorrent; HDTV; high-def
Downloads: 78
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| East Meets West 45 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
This episode sees guest host Josh Lawrence very softly and question Roger's existence. Meanwhile Roger tries to talk Josh out of buying a non-HDTV. Tom meanwhile just tries to get along.
Keywords: podcast; politics; techtv; DLTV; computers; TVs
Downloads: 49
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| East Meets West 47 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk politics. Be warned. They also talk about the Raiders, a little TV, and a few other things, plus Roger gets backmasked again. Why? The answer may surprise you.
Keywords: podcast; politics; mideterm; elections
Downloads: 23
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| East Meets West 102 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk about metered bandwidth as well as give their opinions on the movie Cloverfield. Don't want a spoiler? When they give the spoiler alert, fast forward to the 28 minute mark.
Keywords: podcast; Cloverfield; metered bandwidth
Downloads: 13
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| East Meets West 77 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom discuss Roger's dislike of Harry Potter, Roger's dislike of people at outdoor movies, Roger's dislike of Sixteen Candles... sensing a trend?
Keywords: podcast; harry potter; sixteen candles; jeff goldblum
Downloads: 17
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| East Meets West 52 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The boys deliver the East Meets Westiest episode yet with an argument about climbing Mt. Everest and backpacking across Europe.
Keywords: podcast; climbing; backpacking
Downloads: 55
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![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | East Meets West 31 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom review the World Cup, talk baseball, laptops, apple pie and how often to eat it.
Keywords: world cup, laptops, baseball, diet, colors
Downloads: 167
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| East Meets West 23 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
We're back and this time it's shorter but we'll make it up to you. It's an all comment edition with lots of speculation about Star Trek, transportation and the fate of humanity's utopian dreams.
Keywords: Star Trek; PSP; humanity; utopia; science fiction
Downloads: 113
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| East Meets West 30 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom review 'A Scanner Darkly', talk the World Cup, self-publishing, and relationships.
Keywords: movies; world cup; soccer; books; relationships
Downloads: 1,624
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| East Meets West 48 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk Grey Cup, the electric car, game consoles, Denmark speed laws and more.And for some reason, Roger's sense of humour is out of whack.
Keywords: podcast; electric car; CFL; Grey Cup; metric system
Downloads: 117
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| East Meets West 49 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Tom won't shut up about his novel, the two take questions, and Roger tries his best to dispense advice about game consoles.
Keywords: podcast; novels; fiction; sports; technology
Downloads: 90
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| East Meets West 22 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The boys steal some studio time to talk about Mother's Day, Google trends, sports facilities and more.
Keywords: computers; mother's day; philosophy eggs
Downloads: 136
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| East Meets West 33 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The talk centers around sport today. Roger and Tom talk rugby, baseball, soccer, and even the reason for fans of sport in general. Roger refuses to confirm if he is real. The theme from East Meets West is Yummy Yummy Yummy by Balsara and his Singing Sitars.
Keywords: sport, rugby, soccer, baseball, laptops
Downloads: 74
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| East Meets West 36 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The gentlemen discuss posting to wikipedia, imdb, Snakes on a Plane, the blogosphere, Roger's dating status and take listener comments. Cover art by Udayan T.
Keywords: podcasts, snakes, planes, baseball, wikipedia
Downloads: 92
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| East Meets West 26 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk about High School cliques, the World Cup, MacBooks and restaurants. Specifically the Fisherman's Galley in Fresno. Eat there.
Keywords: dogs; computers; soccer; high school
Downloads: 781
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| East Meets West 50 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Tom and Roger discuss the disappearance of the James Kim family, and also talk about Doctor Who, the IT crowd, and whether ownership of media will continue int he future.
Keywords: podcast; James Kim; Doctor Who; IT Crowd; DRM; music
Downloads: 225
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| East Meets West 55 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom discuss the future and past of television, why Vegas does and does not suck. Tom mistakenly refers to his dog as his wife -- hilarity ensues. And roger won't shut up.
Keywords: podcast; television; las vegas
Downloads: 304
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| East Meets West 111 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk happiness, politics and generations.
Keywords: podcast; politics; happiness; generation
Downloads: 2,079
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| East Meets West 42 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
It's SciFi time as Roger and Tom talk Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, and Lost. And believe you me, the significance of the number of this episode is not lost on the hosts.
Keywords: podcast, scifi
Downloads: 164
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| East Meets West 77 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom discuss Roger's dislike of Harry Potter, Roger's dislike of people at outdoor movies, Roger's dislike of Sixteen Candles... sensing a trend?
Keywords: podcast; harry potter; jeff goldblum
Downloads: 1,349 |
| East Meets West 79 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk bootable OS X, Doctor Who, the political intricacies of Battlestar Galactice, and ArgueCon!
Keywords: podcast; science fiction; docotor who; conventions
Downloads: 1,468 |
| East Meets West 28 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
In this episode, Roger expounds more on dietary restrictions, Tom talks more World Cup and Major League Lacrosse, and they discuss whether a country is still a country if it has no people in it.
Keywords: podcast, politics, world cup, diet
Downloads: 160
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| East Meets West 47 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk politics. Be warned. They also talk about the Raiders, a little TV, and a few other things, plus Roger gets backmasked again. Why? The answer may surprise you.
Keywords: politics, podcast, elections
Downloads: 218
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| East Meets West 32 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom solve environmental problems but not hunger. They also talk about Rugby and Windows Genuine Advantage.
Keywords: podcast, politics, reugby, environment
Downloads: 2,127
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| East Meets West 4 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom discuss guitar legends, comics, and the future of independent contnet.
Keywords: podcast; talk; citizen media; web 2.0
Downloads: 158
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| East Meets West 25 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
From the heart of San Francisco, Roger and Tom bare their hearts, define decades, go over Remy's excellent analysis of nomenclature for time periods, and research Eagle Stamps, Grit, and suggest a bold new program for encouraging citizen activism.
Keywords: east; west; eagle stamps; grit; IRS
Downloads: 435
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| East Meets West 29 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom expound further on the Roger Chang diet, question the value of nation building and the integrity of the nation-state and discuss the foibles and follies of the World Cup.
Keywords: food; politics; nations; international; world cup
Downloads: 132
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| East Meets West 37 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The gentlemen discuss bay bridge restructuring, being busy, Brazilian ladies, Brazilian prisoners, baseball, unAmerican sports on TV, XNA and more.
Keywords: podcast; baseball; bridges; Brazil
Downloads: 380
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| East Meets West 38 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger still refuses to confirm he exists, but the still discusses Brazil, Barry Bonds, and video games with Tom.
Keywords: podcast
Downloads: 132
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| East Meets West 39 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Listen in as our interpid hosts go guerilla style and use yet another recording location with another set of equipment in the never-ending quest to keep the podcast truly random. The two get all techy about Apple and then get all politicky about Tony Blair and as usual end up arguing about Roger's existence.
Keywords: podcast; apple; baseball; tony blair; UK; politics; government; dating
Downloads: 74
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| East Meets West 40 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom discuss the relative merits of grizly bears, beluga whales and dolphins. Are goldfish smarter than dolphins? They also talk restaurants in Vancouver and listener comments.
Keywords: podcast; whales; dolphins; politics; baseball
Downloads: 850
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| East Meets West 41 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The gentleman speculate on world events, the sporting life, and revel in the wisdom of Changonomics.
Keywords: podcast; politics; sports
Downloads: 415
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| East Meets West 42 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
It's SciFi time as Roger and Tom talk Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, and Lost. And believe you me, the significance of the number of this episode is not lost on the hosts.
Keywords: podcast; scifi; Doctor Who; Battlestar Galactica; Lost
Downloads: 1,046
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| East Meets West 44 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger gets a little Changry as Tom pushes his buttons. They also talk about TWiT, Sony, worldwide television distribution and more.
Keywords: podcast; stuff; things; scifi; doctor who; torchwood; sony
Downloads: 1,380
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| East Meets West 45 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
The two men who aren't from anywhere near Verona, get political with it as the US elections near. Roger still isn't convinced Tom Welling is tall and Tom basks in the glow of the Cardinals World Series.
Keywords: politics; podcast; smallville; baseball
Downloads: 130
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| East Meets West 51 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Tom and Roger discuss recent world politics, brainstorm about Babylonland, review some TV shows like Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1, and take your comments and respond.
Keywords: politics; Babylon; Battlestar Galactica; Stargate
Downloads: 1,473
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| East Meets West 53 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom are joined by Veronica Belmont to chat about Star Trek, the new year, and Roger's new sandwhich diet.
Keywords: podcast; Star Trek; diet
Downloads: 1,728
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| East Meets West 54 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk Las Vegas at CES.
Keywords: CES; Las Vegas; hotels; road trip
Downloads: 1,834
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| East Meets West 56 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Let's face it, the Super Bowl makes for a bad podcast. Suffer through Tom and Roger pausing constantly, watching the commercials and randomly speaking in a stream of consciousness.
Keywords: podcast; super bowl; football; commercials
Downloads: 808
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| East Meets West 58 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk about the meaning of culture in the United States and elsewhere. They forgot to call forth Cthullu to smite their podcasting foes. Maybe next time.
Keywords: podcast; culture; US; Europe; history
Downloads: 518
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| East Meets West 59 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom discuss video streaming, the Oscars, and continue the topic of cultural identity and stereotypes in the modern world.
Keywords: podcast; oscars; america; culture; ethnicity
Downloads: 462
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| East Meets West 61 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk, 300, Marvel Comics, SXSW, Hawaii and asian culture.
Keywords: podcast; culture; music; comics
Downloads: 1,801
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| East Meets West 62 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom welcome Josh Lawrence of OfCome On Scientists to the show to discuss Apple TV, Twitter, the British Navy and Roger's email address.
Keywords: podcast; Apple TV; Twitters; Navy
Downloads: 1,391
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| East Meets West 63 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Live before a studio audience in the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, Tom and Roger talk baseball, Twitter and Iran.
Keywords: podcast; baseball; twitter; Iran
Downloads: 338
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| East Meets West 64 - Tom Merritt and Roger Chang
Roger and Tom talk Twitter, Wikipedia, Jim Jones, Easter and of course, soccer.
Keywords: podcast; twitter; wikipedia; jim jones; guyana; easter; soccer
Downloads: 359
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