Reconcilable Differences
John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way. Hosted by Merlin Mann and John Siracusa.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 103 minutes
- Episodes
- 268
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
68: Bellicose Phone Booth
After firing off the spoiler horn at `1:27:12`, your hosts enter the Spoiler Slot to talk about a remarkable documentary called "The Barkley Marathons."
02:10:53 |
Thu 28 Dec 2017
67: Everything That’s Good About Garlic
This week’s main topic goes into kids and security. Or, more specifically, what kids learn (or don’t) about password hygiene and the broader landscape of basic InfoSec.
01:53:28 |
Thu 14 Dec 2017
66: Inherent Injustice
For this week’s main topic (and Spoiler Slot), we find Merlin playing "The Last of Us."
02:24:57 |
Thu 30 Nov 2017
65: The Mustard of My Father
Dad Hole, garbage robots, Northern European runts, and a system forged in the crucible of terrible people.
02:01:55 |
Wed 15 Nov 2017
63: Five Stars for Jeremy
This week: automated systems and Merlin's new TV.
01:54:59 |
Wed 18 Oct 2017
61: Rat King of Glue Traps
Main topic this week is Household Pests. The gloves are off as extreme measures are employed to deal with John’s mouse invaders.
01:31:36 |
Thu 21 Sep 2017
60: Anything Can Be a Smoothie
This week kicks off with some Daisy updates and surprisingly deep dives into online banana quizzes and proper application of The Bristol Scale.
01:26:13 |
Thu 07 Sep 2017
59: Herbal Bourbons
This week’s main topic is Mid-Life Crisis. What even is it? How do you know if you’re having one, and how many will there be?
02:20:01 |
Thu 24 Aug 2017
58: Elective Plumbing
This week’s main topic concerns "Liking Things to Be a Certain Way."
01:57:49 |
Mon 14 Aug 2017
57: Losing my Stormtrooper
This week's main topic is "Taking Care of Things."
02:09:17 |
Thu 27 Jul 2017
56: Living Inside an Apology with Pie
This week’s main topic is all about "Full Media Blackout."
01:56:24 |
Thu 13 Jul 2017
55: Dog-Shaped Dog
The main topic focuses on a new addition to House Siracusa. No spoilers, but it’s a pee-poop-nipping machine and a sweet precious angel.
01:51:19 |
Thu 29 Jun 2017
54: Literally the Least I Could Do
The main topic this week is Housework and House Duties, which John quickly persuades Merlin is, indeed, a trap.
01:49:15 |
Thu 15 Jun 2017
53: Birds All Day Long
The main topic this week is PIXAR. Specifically, your hosts react to a recent article on whether Disney has “ruined” PIXAR, then proceed with candid opinions on whether or how House Mouse might influ…
01:51:46 |
Thu 01 Jun 2017
52: This Bird Can’t Get Laid
In this week’s accidental main topic, John addresses his new bird-enemy and the Wile E. Coyotean lengths to which his desperation with living in a drum may drive him.
01:37:44 |
Thu 18 May 2017
50: Barrel Week
In a surprisingly robust main topic, John recalls his youth spent playing handball and many other New York street games that Merlin had assumed were just made up.
02:03:50 |
Wed 19 Apr 2017
49: Celebrity Outreach Program
This week’s main topic is *Follow-Up*. John has strong feelings about properly crediting the provenance of this segment, and, honestly, he really asks for so little in life. This leads to a discussio…
01:51:10 |
Wed 05 Apr 2017
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