EpiDoses

Jonah has us talking about TV. The problem is, we can’t really define the terms. Is the “Golden Age” defined by quantity or quality? Shout outs to: - Lindsay Ellis and her Game of Thrones Video Essay  - The Prequels  - The over-saturated media market  - A return to appointment TV  - Knowing when to [...]

If you could choose four busts to memorialize you - who would you choose? Yoda? The God Emperor of Mankind? Andrew Lloyd Webber? Garfield? Odie? He-Man? Prince Adam? Chester Arthur? Michael Jackson? David Bowie? The Beatles? Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Plus, shout outs to the teachers that shaped us. This episode is so wizard… *** Topic [...]

Phil poses an interesting question. As none of us are parents and 2/3 of us own dogs - you can imagine how this goes… Or can you? Because you probably didn’t account for Triple Latte Ben. Huzzah! Enjoy! ps - Reasons to borrow a baby: some sort of fraud, to get on a lifeboat, to [...]

No potato - whether fried, baked, or saladed - is safe from Geoff’s love of ketchup. Ben’s on the same boat. Those two are like peas in a pod (which they’d also likely smoother in ketchup). Max on the other hand is on team mustard and bbq sauce. But a least all three agreed on [...]

Old man Geoff hates a lot of things. Like the topic. And how you use language. But not dick tutus. Wizened old millennial, Hollywood, blames participation trophies. Stuff about generational cohorts, the rise of fun, entitlement and expectations, not being taught how to fail, and humanity's greatest strength and weakness. Then things get dark. Thanks, [...]

This week is… - Learning about voice acting and getting paid in Blockbuster gift cards. - Step one: Get Kushner off the case - How fanatics ruin it. Always. - Little known facts about Moby Dick and Wilson Phillips - Lessons from our Founders *** Topic - What is that? Bad meat? Good cheese? Ron [...]

This whole EpiDose is the three of us sitting around and geeking out about the books we liked as kids, the ones we’re reading now, and board games. Non-nerds need not apply. Lord of the Flies, Choose Your Own Adventure, legacy games, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Chronicles of Narnia, RA Salvatore’s dark elf outsider, and [...]

Order, chaos, the sweaty pancake universe, tea bag wisdom, universal expansion, bio determinism, causality, linear time, the nature of definitions, the illusion of free will, and the mythology of science. Destiny is a lane change. *** Topic - Is there some divine path set for us, randomly bouncing through this reality for a reason or [...]

Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, Dumb and Dumber, Ghost Busters, Top Gun, Office Space, the Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Half Baked, Caddy Shack, Anchorman, American Pie, Star Wars, Spaceballs, Braveheart, Gladiator, Shawshank Redemption, Indiana Jones, Red Dawn. Did movies used to be more quotable than they are today? *** Topic - Did movies used to be [...]

This week is all about social customs and norms, the way we treat our friends versus strangers, and farts. There’s no time for foreplay.... we’re too busy ballin’ on a budget and screwing up Geoff’s sound. (Our bad. Ben catches it pretty quick.) Geoff asserts dominance. It always depends for Max. And Ben does his [...]

What is your personal hell? A zombie apocalypse? Working at a fancy bar with asshole customers? Spring break with your ex-wife? Needing your reading glasses to masturbate? Our good buddy, Ritzman, stops by to discus. *** Topic - What is the darkest time line?  From - N/A

This week we’re talking boats and names. A Uboat named Deep Throat. Tri-toons. Interim the sailboat. Classy AF the ski boat. Wartortle the pickup truck. And a kickboard named Red 5. *** Topics - If you had a boat, what kind would it be? What would you name it and why? From - Ferrari

Maybe it was a violent crime. Possibly involving a hitchhiker. Maybe a huge gust of wind came, knocked the person out of them, and blew one away. Maybe the previous owner filled it with birdseed and the bird got tired and dropped it. Maybe it was left on the top of a car. Maybe it’s [...]

This week is a bit of a retrospective, complete with a Dumb and Dumber break, as we stroll down memory lane. But it’s not just the history of the show - also covered: - How to protect yourself from shopping cart syndrome. - Watch out for the pinky. - Does ownership implies consent? - What [...]

Rodney has us talking about time and we trip out on it. Learn about: - The Whitmore Time Dilation Theory (aka the power of fractions and experience). - The seven-second delay we all live our lives on. - Our invisible noses. - And how we’re all just lumps of flesh trapped in dark bone cages [...]

Are creators responsible for how people use their creations? Where are the lines of responsibility in war? How often are the people involved in the doing of evil actually evil themselves? If blame Einstein for the bomb then are the Wright Brothers complicit as well? How much do you think $6,000,000 Man is worth today [...]

Perhaps you've noticed. We don’t like to choose between options “A” and “B.” What good is having cake if you're not gonna eat it? So, instead of selecting a statue in our likeness being made or a dinosaur being named after us, we decided to commission statues of us riding the dinosaurs we made up. [...]

This week we’re talking about Star Trek. Are you on team Picard or team Kirk? Both have their merits. How much do William Shatner and Patrick Stewart influence your decision? Does it matter which house the Sorting Hat would put them in? *** Topic - Captain Kirk or Captain Picard? From - Mike Jones

There's a reason we learn to sing the alphabet. It's because our brains are wired for novelty and pattern recognition. This leads Max to wonder why our entire educational lives aren't just one big musical. It leads Geoff to wade through his closet of discarded printers. And, it leads Ben to sing all the hits. [...]

Quick - write a haiku that's going to be carved into a mountain for millions of people to see. Not as simple as it sounds, right? I mean, is this a tourist destination or are people reading it as they drive by? The answer might affect your font choice. Is Geoff allowed to etch his [...]

This week Patron Saint Jay stops by to record and we're talking about seeing red. There are stories of bar fights, street fights, and closet rage arguing with imaginary opponents. Did you know monsters are metaphors and Jesus was a chaotic good sorcerer? *** Topic - What "you just messed with the wrong guy" moments [...]

This week is all about bugs. What would happen if they banded together and rose up in rebellion? Short answer - we'd be boned. Not only do they outnumber us, but they have crazy special forces. Geoff hatches a conspiracy. Max finds comfort in cat-Jesus. Ben makes a Lovecraftian simile. *** Topic - All the [...]

Everyone talks about spirit animals. Which is why we're talking about spirit instruments... Max is moved by strings. Geoff jams with jugs. Ben hears horns and his spirit band is Country Bear Jamboree. Listen as we stereotype people based on the instruments they play. Pssst...Oboists are long snappers. *** Topic - What is your spirit [...]

In a weird way this whole show is really one long definition of a word Ben struggled to define at the end of the show. A malapropism is the name we give to those times when you say the wrong word, but the word you say sounds like the word you meant to say. Kinda [...]

Anything that's advanced enough looks like magic... Placebos are powerful. This week it's some hippie healing stuff, which means Max is front and center. Learn about the power of lasers, microwaves, and New (or if you're Geoff, Clean) Sock Day. Did you know Ben is a super taster? Ps - In case you were wondering [...]