Important Question? Podcast

The oldest profession in the world is prostitution. The second oldest is the executioner. I don’t know if that’s true, but it makes sense. It seems that the natural progression of the human mind, whether explored at a macro level or a micro level, goes from sex to violence pretty quickly. Snuff films, anyone? Despite most of the world (I hope) understanding executions as terrible, terrible things, that same world tends to have a curiosity toward the morbid. So if you had an opportunity to watch an execution, would you? My apologies for anyone lead to believe by the opening sentence that this episode would be about prostitution). Contact us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ (http://importantquestionpodcast.com/contact/) and tell us, would you watch an execution? Mentionables * The psychological trauma of witnessing an execution (http://theweek.com/articles/444189/psychological-trauma-witnessing-execution) (via The Week (http://twitter.com/theweek)) Subscribe to never miss an episode. We’re on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/important-question/id953364068), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/important-question?refid=stpr), TuneIn (http://tunein.com/radio/Important-Question-Podcast-p726350/), and many others. Or subscribe via RSS (http://feeds.podtrac.com/wUSmpDa0pIXB). Contact Caleb Contact Gordon Contact us as the Important Question? Podcast Twitter account (it's brand new; please don't make fun of us)

In this Very Special episode, a pair of guest hosts tackle the ever-thorny issues of racism and bigotry like no podcast before. Submitted for your Webby (http://www.webbyawards.com/) consideration. Contact us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ (http://importantquestionpodcast.com/contact/) and tell us, would you consider yourself racist? Subscribe to never miss an episode. We’re on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/important-question/id953364068), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/important-question?refid=stpr), TuneIn (http://tunein.com/radio/Important-Question-Podcast-p726350/), and many others. Or subscribe via RSS (http://feeds.podtrac.com/wUSmpDa0pIXB). Contact Caleb Contact Gordon Contact us as the Important Question? Podcast Twitter account (it's brand new; please don't make fun of us)

Do you dream of electric sheep? Does your birth certificate include a serial number? If so … you might be an android (even if you’ve always thought of yourself as an iPhone guy). I understand this discovery of your true self may be painful, and the eventual social coming-out awkward. At least you don’t have to tell your parents; they’re toasters. But don't you kinda wish I hadn’t said anything? This week we ask: Would you want to know if you were an android? Contact us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ (http://importantquestionpodcast.com/contact/) and tell us, would you want to know if you were an android? Subscribe to never miss an episode. We’re on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/important-question/id953364068), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/important-question?refid=stpr), TuneIn (http://tunein.com/radio/Important-Question-Podcast-p726350/), and many others. Or subscribe via RSS (http://feeds.podtrac.com/wUSmpDa0pIXB). Contact Caleb Contact Gordon Contact us as the Important Question? Podcast Twitter account (it's brand new; please don't make fun of us)

Convenience is so powerful. Powerful to the degree that an entire genre of general store is named for it. But even more convenient than corner stores is this wonderful invention we all know as the Internet. None of us would dare give it up, right? What if the alternative was to have your private search history made public and broadcast to the world? Contact us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ (http://importantquestionpodcast.com/contact/) and tell us, would you rather have your search history broadcast or never use the Web again? Subscribe to never miss an episode. We’re on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/important-question/id953364068), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/important-question?refid=stpr), TuneIn (http://tunein.com/radio/Important-Question-Podcast-p726350/), and many others. Or subscribe via RSS (http://feeds.podtrac.com/wUSmpDa0pIXB). This episode brought to you by: (http://importantquestionpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/ad_SoulScrub.gif) Contact Caleb Contact Gordon Contact us as the Important Question? Podcast Twitter account (it's brand new; please don't make fun of us)

Today we’re discussing the international language. No, I don’t mean love, I’m talking music. From Rodgers and Hammerstein to Hammertime, music communicates on a visceral level, the libretto be damned. Not like I can understand what D’Angelo’s saying anyway, and the man’s speaking English, from what they tell me. But if words are your currency, you’re probably limited to your native tongue, aside from maybe being able to order tapas or proposition a French hooker. Imagine, though, for a moment that your cunning linguism transcended such barriers. Or alternatively, that the entire world’s music fell easily under your calloused fingertips. And so we ask, would you rather know every language on Earth, or every instrument? Contact us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ (http://importantquestionpodcast.com/contact/) and tell us, would you rather know every language or every instrument? Subscribe to never miss an episode. We’re on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/important-question/id953364068), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/important-question?refid=stpr), TuneIn (http://tunein.com/radio/Important-Question-Podcast-p726350/), and many others. Or subscribe via RSS (http://feeds.podtrac.com/wUSmpDa0pIXB). Contact Caleb Contact Gordon Contact us as the Important Question? Podcast Twitter account (it's brand new; please don't make fun of us)

Mankind, even with its self-destructive tendencies and weak links, is probably worth keeping around, especially when you consider that me, you, and everyone else in the world is a part of it. Sure, we’ll destroy ourselves eventually, but until then we should take comfort in the fact that overall, despite a few rotten apples, mankind is alright. After all, you couldn’t do better. Or could you? What if you had the chance to try? Would you sacrifice your only child to save mankind, essentially choosing between the world as we know it or a world as your sperm would know it? Contact us on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ (http://importantquestionpodcast.com/contact/) and tell us, would you sacrifice your only child to save mankind? Subscribe to never miss an episode. We’re on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/important-question/id953364068), Stitcher (http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/important-question?refid=stpr), TuneIn (http://tunein.com/radio/Important-Question-Podcast-p726350/), and many others. Or subscribe via RSS (http://feeds.podtrac.com/wUSmpDa0pIXB). Contact Caleb Contact Gordon Contact us as the Important Question? Podcast Twitter account (it's brand new; please don't make fun of us)

On this episode of Important Question? Caleb and Gordon measure their artistic weight in gold and ask would you sellout? We're on iTunes, Stitcher, Spreaker, and many others. Or subscribe via RSS.

On this episode of Important Question? Caleb and Gordon ask would you rather be uglier or dumber? We're on iTunes, Stitcher, Spreaker, and many others. Or subscribe via RSS.

As the old joke goes: What’s the difference between Hitler and jock strap? One’s a dictator, the other a dick-toter. Absolute power may corrupt absolutely, but can you get anything done in a democracy? And so we ask, would you rather be a dictator or an elected president?

With the announcement of the Mars One program, over 200,000 earthlings applied to depart this shithole planet and endure eight years of training before a seven-month, one-way, unshowered flight to colonize an unspoiled one. Four will be selected every two years. And so we ask, would you leave this life behind and everyone in it to realize your astronaut fantasy? On this episode of Important Question? we ponder the possibility of moving to Mars. What about you? Would you abandon Earth to live on Mars? Let us know on Twitter. Caleb J. Ross can be found @calebjross and Gordon Highland can be found @gordonhighland.

The greatest thing about childhood is of course the lack of shame when gobbling down copious amounts of candy. We even have Halloween, a day dedicated to begging strangers for the sweet vibrantly colored starter-heroine. And even better is being a baby with candy. Because we all know that taking candy from a baby is easy and wrong. Or is it? On this episode of Important Question? we ponder to what degree would our taffy-like ethics have to be stretched before we take candy from a baby. What about you? Is a crying baby or an angry parent worth a lollipop? If so, what flavor of lollipop? Let us know on Twitter. Caleb J. Ross can be found @calebjross and Gordon Highland can be found @gordonhighland.

Hike your socks and grab your cocks, time for another IQ, the podcast that killed the radio star. Studies suggest that castrated men may live 15-20 years longer than their ballsy brethren. So today we get snippy and ask Would you endure castration to live 20 years longer? Now, these aren’t 20 bonus prime years, nor 20 enfeebled ones, but regular aging spread out over a longer time. What about you? What about you? Is another 20 years worth your plums or eggs? Let us know on Twitter. Caleb J. Ross can be found @calebjross and Gordon Highland can be found @gordonhighland.

Imagine yourself, alone with a small group of your closest friends, at the center of a suspension bridge looking hundreds of feet down into the ravine below. One by one your friends jump. No parachute. No bungie cord. No apparent reason. But you are there. You did walk to the center. These are your friends. So, after everyone else has jumped, would you? Today on Important Question? Caleb J. Ross and Gordon Highland ask the stereotypical mother question, if all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you? What about you? Would you jump off a bridge if all your friends were doing it? Let us know on Twitter. Caleb J. Ross can be found @calebjross and Gordon Highland can be found @gordonhighland.

Oh, the allure of flesh, of thick folds of burbling, cellulicious, pocked pockets of wonder. Or so that’s what Gordon may think of when he imagines a nudist colony. Caleb is a bit more open minded, in that to him the preceding sentence would be said without sarcasm. Nudity is a wonderful thing. And that’s what our boys, Caleb J. Ross and Gordon Highland discuss during today’s episode of the Important Question? Podcast. What about you? Would you live in a nudist colony? Let us know on Twitter. Caleb J. Ross can be found @calebjross and Gordon Highland can be found @gordonhighland. Be sure to pay close attention to the word from this episode’s sponsor: Hedonism’s all-new, all-nude Kansas resort.

Necrophilia: Of all the philias, is it really the sexiest? Caleb J. Ross and Gordon Highland explore the ethics and physical logistics of having sex with a corpse in this important episode of the Important Question? Podcast. What about you? Would you have sex with a corpse? Let us know on Twitter. Caleb J. Ross can be found @calebjross and Gordon Highland can be found @gordonhighland.