EpiDoses

Welcome to our 4ooth episode where we break all the rules. ***** ALLL OF THE STAR WARS SPOILERS AHEAD ***** This week we choose the topic, turn off the clock, and just go. Geoff needs therapy. Max was shattered by the first two. Ben is a true fan and loves it all. *** Topic - [...]

Things get a little heavy as we contend with the populist world we live in. Is Science dead? Are facts real? Just remember… No one calls its the Dark Ages when they’re living through it. So, screw it. Let’s just go open up some clams on our tummies and be done with it. *** Topic [...]

Does your superpower of choice change over time? What about what you’d do with it? Not Max. He is still just wants to *banf* to and fro and see his friends. Ben wishes he was a 3D printer. Geoff goes darkside (and ends up with a lucrative Youtube career). Shout outs to:  - Nicolas Cage [...]

Jonah, complete with Yoda paper, lobbed us an easy one.  And we appreciate it. This week is all about TV, fandom, and reopening old, almost-closed wounds. 5 seasons of greatness + 1 season of “Whaaaaat?” + 2 seasons of God dammit = ??? It’s abandonment, lessons that should have been learned from hobbits, and that [...]

This week is yet another example of our gender limits. It turns out three dudes do not for a interesting conversation about breastfeeding make. Which is why we veer into stigmas about foods and crossing creepy lines with pets. Why is it okay to eat cheese from a goat but not from a human? How [...]

Patron Saint of the podcast and World Series Winner (by the rules of fandom), Dr Zooks, has us talking about presents. She wants to know what’s the worst gif(t) we’ve ever received. Ben is still sore about a White Elephant Christmas. Geoff won’t tolerate you talkin’ any mess about socks. And the time Max accidentally [...]

What in your life has caused you to take a deep breath and say, “Man, I don’t get paid enough for this shit…”? Was it a seven-vomit Sunday? Did you have to clean up wall poop? Was it long hours? Dealing with the public? Whatever it was - don’t sweat it. 50% of us ghosted [...]

Here's what makes a great leader... - Never admitting you’re wrong - Always taking credit - Making sure it’s never your fault - Earning 1000x more than everyone else - Surrounding yourself with people who think you’re the bee’s knees. Also covered this week - Swing dancing and racist sports teams. *** Topic - What [...]

This week, Tony sits in and we’re talking about AI. Take aways include: - How technology is like hair - The inevitability of error - Emotions are tricky - Programming in our biases - Being terrible judges about what will make us happy *** Topic - Do you consider automating our lives to be statistically [...]

*** SPOILERS ***** This episode contains spoilers for a 40 year old movie. ***SPOLIERS**** We’re simple country folk. So, Dr Zook’s question about city living has us staying true to the name of the show. Why do people leave dirty diapers on the sidewalk? Apathy? Laziness? Lack of consideration for others? General douchebaggery? We don’t [...]

No Geoff this week. But we’re up a Tony and a Bryan (who makes his I&U debut! WOO-HOO!) ...If only it were a lighter conversation... What does true remorse look like? Can we even recognize it? What makes a “good” apology? Is it empathy? Is it in the actions that follow?     The truth [...]

Juanito Poquito and his best friend, Gracie-lue Freebush, swing through the studio.  And it’s a good thing because they’re the ones with stories to tell. (Like the luckiest worst day of his life.) Learn about: - Dogs chasing rabbits - Classic overthinks - Managing expectations - Equity - All encounters being meaningful. Ps - It’s [...]

This week we’re down a Geoff, and up a Tony. Listen to three winners of the patriarchy lottery discuss the importance of putting yourself in other people’s shoes. Things covered: - Our inability to see our own ignorance - Being close-minded about being open-minded - Practice makes better - Love for the younger generation - [...]

Everyone welcome back the always-modest, John Schorling. Nick’s question has us talking about all sorts of things. Shout out:  - Bone Thugs  - Twista  - Benji  - Biz Markie  - Karaoke  - Scat Choruses *** Got a topic you'd like to hear us talk about? Great. Click Here.  *** Topic - You ever notice how [...]

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