YesAndNo Podcast - Matt Barrieres and Arda Bengu | One-Third Media
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Authentic conversations covering societal and cultural philosophy. Join us as we navigate the complexities of the world around us, saying "yes" to introspection and understanding, while not shying away from the tough questions that require a resounding "no". From dissecting societal norms to challenging cultural paradigms, we're here to provoke thought and inspire change. Tune in for insightful discussions that delve into the heart of what it means to be human in today's world.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Matt and Arda make cultural arguments tangible by testing them against friendship, personal experience, and the expectations built into everyday life.
Matt and Arda turn ordinary conversation into a testing ground for large social questions. Discussions of dating expectations and masculinity sit alongside AI, artistic responsibility, neurodiversity, and capitalism, often beginning with personal experience or disagreement…
A coffee joke leads to alpha-male talk before you've finished laughing.
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A chaotic Christmas chat that turns Santa logistics into a human conversation about belief.
A Santa interview could easily tip into gimmick territory, but this episode keeps it just odd enough to work. The Christmas setup turns into a wry little system of gym routines, chimney cardio, elf labor, and midnight logistics, with the joke landing because the hosts keep…
A clapping story that opens into spectacle, backlash, and the pressure to keep applauding.
This season-two kickoff starts with a 15-minute standing ovation anecdote and makes the simple awkwardness of clapping after the moment has passed feel strangely central.
A skeptical war discussion that turns geopolitics into a loose, argument-filled conversation.
The episode uses a World War III prompt to open into a wider talk about war, post-9/11 messaging, and the military's place in geopolitics. The strongest stretches come when Arda and Matt press from conflict in general into the U.S., NATO, the Cold War, and the way war gets…
A loose, funny second-season closer about conspiracy thinking and how people explain the unexplained.
Yes And No Podcast ends its second season with a loose, funny conversation about conspiracy thinking, moving from tin-foil hats and government mind control jokes to religion, dinosaurs, and resistance to scientific evidence.
Matt and Arda work through UAPs, Area 51 secrecy, and what alien might even mean.
Matt and Arda turn a live LA sit-down into a UFO conversation that keeps coming back to the same unsettled question: whether anything out there has ever made it here, and what the government might know.
A loose political conversation that starts with travel friction and widens into uncertainty, boycotts, and the broader impact of Trump's presidency.
Yes And No Podcast settles into a loose, meandering conversation that moves from Matt's arrival in Los Angeles from France to birthday talk, partying, tiredness, border screening, and then out toward what Trump's presidency might mean for America and, more pointedly, for other…
A loose AI debate that turns robot novelty into a question about power.
The episode works best when it stays with the odd details of the real world: small companion robots, expressive machine faces, and the faint unease of technology built to comfort people.
A loose conversation about social media, art, and the pull between broad reach and making something honest.
The episode settles into a loose discussion of social media, quantity versus quality, and the tension between making art for listeners and making it for the art itself.
Peter Boghossian applies street epistemology to guests debating free speech, immigration, and belief.
Vox's narrative reporting on factory farming, pandemic risk, and its Good Robot AI safety series.
Arda and Matt open the new year talking about war, and the episode quickly lands on the question: is World War III coming?
In this Christmas special, Santa Claus joins the hosts for a humorous and insightful discussion on the origins of Santa, linking his iconic image to Coca-Cola's marketing.
Yes And No Podcast starts season two with Matt and Arda arguing about 15-minute standing ovations, then announcing that the show will move toward shorter episodes, more topics, and expert guests like Julia Maju.
Yes And No Podcast brings on Ebony from Ebony Lane, who says her brand makes candles, intention oils, herbs, petals, and other handmade tools for cultivating 'inner magic.' Ebony describes a broken-heart visit to Pans at Pothicary in Hollywood about 25 years ago, where a witch assembled a candle spell that she says helped her heal and pushed her into studying witchcraft.
Yes And No Podcast opens with Matt joining from France, a U.S.
Matt and Arda open from Los Angeles and France, bringing on Dallas Arbor, a musician and collaborator, and the conversation quickly settles on his recent single "Pink City," his upcoming Hotel Cafe show in Los Angeles, and the slightly surreal feeling of three people talking through a computer while sitting in the same room.
Yes And No Podcast turns a two-person conversation in Los Angeles into a debate about UFOs, UAPs, and whether anything nonhuman is actually here.
Arda and Matt open the last episode of the second season in full tin-foil-hat mode.
Yes and No Podcast’s "The Death of Democracy" centers on Arda and Matt arguing that modern elections in the US, France, Germany, Canada, Turkey, and Russia often hide elite control behind the language of representation.
Matt comes back from Japan with a story about small companion robots for older people that sit somewhere between a puppy and a child, and somehow feel more unsettling than cute.
Yes And No Podcast asks whether society is losing a sense of community, with Arda and Matt comparing volleyball clubs, church groups, music scenes, and close friends.