East Meets West – Podcast
The always hilarious, sometimes random and definitely bizarre podcast of indeterminate topics.
Roger Chang and Tom Merritt
Show overview
East Meets West – Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 10 episodes. Releases follow an irregular cadence.
None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Society & Culture show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.4 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2022, with 7 episodes published. Published by Roger Chang and Tom Merritt.
From the publisher
Where Roger and Tom meet.
Latest Episodes
May I Talk to A Human? – EMW 419
Tom’s weird Uber Eats order experience. Roger’s odd used hard drive experience.
Are the Good Times Over? – EMW 418
The fallout from Covid. The bad times aren’t permanent. Forming communities. Why things seemed simpler then.
People Change And Don’t – EMW 417
Eating and other habits, finding your niche, evolution of creativity.
The Future is Immersive – EMW 416
How did you find East Meets West? Going through probate. Saving money. Star Trek and Star Wars. Werewolves, vampires and zombies. Genre cycles.
Better Halves or Just Half and Half – EMW 415
Better halves, House of the Dragon vs. Rings of Power, the similarity between TV and burgers, TV is like books. (Jeann Robertson is who Roger mentioned)
Building Fences – EMW 414
Roger has a brand new fence! Cooling the Earth. Maybe moving forests? Fallen civilizations.
Travel – EMW 413
How to refresh thinking, critical viewing, video games vs. TV and movies, working with stress and anxiety, distance and information.
Are Things Crazy? – EMW 412
Are things crazy? Roger says no. Also Roger’s perspective on education and health.
News Diets – EMW 411
People who don’t watch the news, news diets, news points of view, curating your own news.
Disrupt Home Repair Please– EMW 410
Maintaining a house, car repair, DIY.