50% of marriages end in divorce
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Post-Fact-Check Chat: Railroad Tracks, Death Penalty Debates, and Penélope Cruz Admiration
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Between recordings, Dax lay face-down on the studio carpet and challenged Monica to drag him off imaginary railroad tracks — she couldn't budge him, though she insists she'd get supernatural strength in a real emergency. The story escalates into Dax and his friend Aaron's elaborate plan for a Superman-outfit railroad funeral, and eventually a dual-cannon midair collision funeral. From there, the conversation pivots seriously into a long exchange about the death penalty prompted by watching a documentary about a woman faking a pregnancy. Both Dax and Monica describe evolving away from pro-death-penalty positions: Dax because he learned the average legal cost of a death-row inmate exceeds $1 million (negating his original fiscal argument); Monica because she became less fearful and more aware of wrongful convictions. Both agree the issue is hopelessly messy. Dax also shares his fascination with bullets traveling faster than the speed of sound.
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