Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker
Nonsense desperately tries to make sense of today’s business, technology, and (sometimes) entertainment headlines. Not too serious and occasionally funny, join technologist cj little and leggy blonde Jeff Parker for their unique take on the past week. While we can’t promise you’ll laugh every week, we can promise you’ll learn something new (and maybe even interesting).
New episodes drop every Tuesday & Thursday mornings (UTC). Produced by an orangutan; art thanks to artificial intelligence.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 145
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Defying Decay: Humanity's Quest for Eternal Everything
(0:00) Open
(2:30) People Keep The Strangest Things
(3:45) The Museums You Don’t Know About
(9:00) The OG Tupperware
(12:42) Knowledge & “Modern” Preservation
(19:50) Oddities: Airplanes, Wedding Cakes, &…
HEADLINES: More Leaks in Space, Pirelli’s Cyber Tire, and The Golden T1
(0:00) Pre-Show
(1:20) Open
(2:02) cj's week: Hot, In-n-Out, & Oppression
(4:04) Jeff's Week: Shohei Pitching & Barkley’s QR Code
(8:07) Headline: Aging International Space Station Faces "Top-Level Risk"…
The Earth's Hidden Secret: Infinite Power Right Under Our Noses
(0:00) Open
(1:19) Geothermal Energy Intro & Global Energy Footprint
(6:24) Geothermal Electricity Generation
(9:26) Down in The Deep
(15:08) Vaporizing Rock (!!!)
(17:12) Making Coal Plants Green
(24:35) …
HEADLINES: Ukrainian Drones Hits, Apple’s New Numbering, and One Megawatt For Your EV
(0:00) Pre-Show
(1:14) Open
(2:04) National Iced Tea Day
(2:54) cj's week: Summer is Lit!
(6:03) Jeff's Week: LA is Lit!
(9:58) Headline: Ukrainian drones hit Russian electronic warfare facility
(15:38) He…
The Unseen Costs of Public School Decline
(0:00) Open: Graduating High School @ KSMF
(2:47) Funding: A Strong, Positive Correlation
(8:21) Private vs. Independent Schools
(12:01) Independent & Charter School Origins
(18:45) The Thousand Person D…
HEADLINES: Russia’s Walking Into Spider Webs, Starships Go Boom, Tariffs - Less is More, and Trump Asked to Keep Broadband Expensive
(0:00) Pre-Show
(0:43) Open
(1:27) Pride Month!
(2:18) cj's week: Banana Ball!
(5:01) Jeff's Week: Dr. James Robert “Bobba” Parker, 90.
(6:21) Headline: Operation Spiderweb: Drones Hammer Russian Airbases
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HEADLINES: The CDC Has Been Unleaded & Digital Tests Are Hard
(0:00) Pre-Show
(0:58) Open
(1:57) Bee Week: Scripps Spelling Bee
(2:41) cj's week: Viruses & Sonic Booms
(5:14) Jeff's Week: Terrible Booms
(6:39) Jeff’s Week Part 2: Chocolate Cake
(8:08) Headline: From …
When Good Memories Go Bad: The Distorting Power of Nostalgia
(0:00) Open
(2:45) When Good Memories Go Bad: The Distorting Power of Nostalgia
(4:44) The Allure and Deception of Nostalgia
(9:33) How Nostalgia Works
(15:31) The Consequences and Implications of Distor…
HEADLINES: AI Writes 30% of Microsoft’s Code, Fusion Doubles, Gemini’s Nano is Near, and Sorry About Your Teeth
(0:00) Pre-Show
(0:53) Open
(1:30) National Rescue Dog Day
(2:08) cj's week: My Wife Can’t Stand Nonsense
(3:33) Jeff's Week:
(4:45) Headline: Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft's layoffs as AI writ…
The Mind's Mischief: Why We Fall for What Isn't Real
(0:00) Open
(0:37) The Lure of the Lie: Exploring Our Susceptibility to Falsehoods
(2:53) Quantifying Bullshit: Pseudo-Profound Bullshit
(6:28) Why Do People Still Believe in Falsehoods?
(29:55) Fighting…
HEADLINES: Europe lures American nerds, California overtakes Japan, Mexico sues Google, and 1970’s soviet space junk
(0:00) Pre-Show
(0:58) Open
(1:47) cj's week: Smokin’ Beef!
(2:43) Jeff's Week: Dodgers & Ecobees!
(3:19) Headline: Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US
(8:50) Headline: California …
The Sinking of the Supply Chain: The Great Wall of Tariffs
When the cost of importing goods goes up significantly with little notice, manufacturing orders get paused. Without orders to ship to the customers that normally make the orders, shippers reduce the…
HEADLINES: Tariff Woes, The Upcoming Manufacturing Shell Game, & Bye-Bye Nest Thermostats
(0:00) Pre-Show
(1:11) Open
(1:58) National Supply Chain Day
(4:55) cj's week: Nintendo Switch
(6:03) Jeff's Week: Aliexpress Purchasing Party End
(8:00) Headline: The Trade War's Wave of Retail Shortages…
Defying Gravity (and Latency): The Low Earth Orbit Internet Revolution
Getting the Internet from space - it’s a thing. But how does Starlink get fast internet access streamed to the ground? And are they the only ones?
Well, in this episode the guys chat about satellite…
HEADLINES: Price Hikes, Janky Government Roof Internet, AI Age Detection, & Humanoid Robots Run!
(0:00) Pre-Show
(0:33) Open
(1:02) Earth Day
(1:53) cj's week: Here Comes The Sun!
(2:18) Jeff's Week: Filling The Papal Vacancy
(2:50) Headline: A lot of Logitech products cost more now than two months a…
Coins, Commerce, and Carts: the History of Shopping
Retail has come a long way from the days of trading bits of precious metals for chickens and grain. In this episode, the boys discuss how technology has propelled retail shopping forward over the pa…
HEADLINES: Tariffs, US Supercomputers, No Tariffs, Magnets, & More Tariffs
(0:00) Pre-Show
(1:04) Open
(1:35) Tax Day
(1:41) cj's week: Earthquakes & Dodgers History
(3:30) Jeff's Week: Pre-Tariff Ordering
(6:08) Headline: Actually, Semiconductors Still Face a 'Special' Type of …
H5N1 Avian Influenza: What the Flock?!
(0:00) Open
(1:38) The Flu
(4:12) Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Bird Flu
(12:36) Case Fatality Rates
(16:55) Mammal-to-Mammal Transmission
(19:54) Is H5N1 the Next Pandemic?
(23:39) How Can You Protect Yourself?
(…
HEADLINES: EU’s $1B X Fine, Starliner’s Wild Ride, & Tariffs Got You Down?
(0:00) Pre-Show
(1:12) Open
(1:38) cj's week: Back on Land, Water Parks, KSC!
(3:26) Jeff's Week: Buying All The Amazon, I Love Big Bats
(5:36) Headline: EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billi…
Smoking in the Boys' Room
(0:19) DiskWorld!
(4:15) Barney’s Beanery
(13:35) Early Smoking Bans Staring The Catholic Church
(20:00) First Call For National U.S. Flight Smoking Ban
(24:57) Why Airplanes Still Have Lavatory Ashtrays
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