Mark Linsenmayer (host of The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast) and Bill Arnett (head of the Chicago Improv Studio) each try to teach each other their crafts via conversation, scenes, and what can only be called performance art. No taking turns! 
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Does it make sense to try to have everyone get what they "deserve"? We act out the desert machine but yet get no predictable cake.
Judgebot 5000 enters our lives. Is this our first really good episode? Maybe.
To hear more about meritocracy, try the Partially Examined Life's recent interview with the great Michael Sandel.
Audio editing by Tyler Hislop. Image by Alice Fothergill, swiped from this article.
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This was a good conversation.