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A show about what is happening around us, or things we find fascinating at the moment. We may discuss politics, or possibly a quack doctor who implanted goat testicles in people, promising a cure for everything. Topics can be current, or historical, and often one thing leads to another.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The one about technical difficulties, rorschach tests, Atlas Shrugged, woolly aphids, Afghanistan, politics, cheating
This episode was originally supposed to be episode 13, but we had some serious technical issues recording the previous two, so this one is now number 11. Is this the end of season 1, the beginning of…
The one about the Smithereens, college rock, record stores, and radio stations, Van Morrison, super yachts, Bill Gates, controversies in the art and rock climbing worlds, and the Australian mouse plague
Just before recording the podcast, the Smithereens, Only a Memory, played on the radio, and Mark and Kevin began discussing music of the era. The discussion carried right into, and begins, the latest…
The one about awful people, old presidents, election fraud origins, posthumous accolades, tigers and dumb criminals, drug kingpins, vaccine microchips, freewill, economic mobility
The discussion of episode nine is broad and meandering. Mark and Kevin talk about:
- Awful people who face no repercussions
- Old presidents
- Election fraud myth origins
- People who receive accolades after dea…
The one about our fragile global trade system, bad and ugly product design, living in hotels, Nomadland, and Unhappy hipsters
Mark and Kevin talk about the Ever Given, the ship stuck in the Suez Canal, and how fragile our global trade system is. We also give our unrequested opinions on terrible (in our opinion) product desi…
The one about working too much, NFTs, ugly websites, modern design, crazy moms, and Slovakia name day
Mark and Kevin discuss working too much, burn out, and dying people wishing they had worked more.
They also discuss the boom in NFTs, what the heck they are, and what you actually get if you buy one.…
The one about Groundhog Day, Bill Murray, ski jumping, extreme sports, surfing, low-rider paint jobs, and Saddleback Mountain
Mark and Kevin start off talking Groundhog Day, and Bill Murray. We end up discussing a variety of actors and movies, before moving on to old ski jumping movies, the extremeness of sports today, whic…
The one about the Capital Invasion
There was this time when a bunch of angry white men invaded the capital, while dressed in costumes. This episode covers that crazy event, and meanders a bit around the insane politics of the times.
S…
The one about living a hundred years in the future or the past, the sunk cost fallacy, ill-advised total commitment to a public figure, and goat testicles.
On the podcast we start out by discussing time travel, and whether we'd rather travel back in time, or forward in time. We somehow migrate to discussing lost Bitcoin, the role of luck in life, a Mich…
That one about Geo-fencing, storage units, records and CDs, malls, mobile homes...
Mark and Kevin had a way too long intro covering Geo-fencing, storage units, records and CDs, and being dropped off at the mall by mom.
Eventually, they get to the show, and cover:
- mobile homes, the i…
The one about Formula One, Can-Am car racing, Rudy Giulliani, an underground water slide house in Cambodia, and a trip around the world.
Mark and Kevin start off by revisiting a couple of topics from the first episode, including Formula One racing, and ice hockey rink sizes. The Formula One discussion leads to the crazy Can-Am car rac…
The one about Formula One, Niche Sports, Exploding Whales, and Tracy Chapman
We had an idea for a new podcast. Actually, it was two ideas. Mark had one idea, and I had another. We thought we were on the same page, but we weren't. We initially thought we'd call the show the Ra…