No Mercy / No Malice: Shoulders of Giants

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Scott Galloway, and this is no mercy, no malice. At a certain point in life, you have an obligation to reverse engineer the parts of your success that weren't your fault. The breadcrumbs from me all lead back to the same places. The generosity of California taxpayers and the vision of the regents of the University of California.

The shoulders of giants, as read by George Hahn. I took my son to see the Odyssey last night. We enjoyed it, but this isn't a review. The film is the shared creation of one of this era's best directors, Christopher Nolan, his crew, an uber-talented cast. Their success, however, owes a debt to Homer, one of history's greatest storytellers, who in turn owes a debt to an even older oral tradition practiced by storytellers whose names are lost.

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