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Max is fired up about work. Ben teaches.  No adult, toddler, or teen is in their “right mind” when in the grip of strong emotions.   The ultimate parenting fantasy.  Focus and attention are our water and sun. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

A peek into Ben’s life. Max thinks about the lights in his life. Hellish holidays. Traffic jams. Change can be hard. ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

When are you at your most authentic?  Moments of shattering awe and beauty? When surprised?  When you’re out of your head? How ben knows he is. Why Max questions if he is. The article that set Ben off.  Following prescriptions for success/winning life.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It may start as a tech talk but it doesn't end there. The best thing Max learned in college. A metaphoric interpretation of Hanukah.  The moment it all changed for Ben. The difficulty of gray. Never underestimate the power of a well-timed question.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max likes his life Ben thrives at chaotic work   Max’s phone boundaries  Ben’s got a good story to end on ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Work sucks some times Ben makes a life pledge Max gives (and should follow his own) unsolicited advice Ben's mom has the shining.   *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

A long ass meeting is not a “retreat” Flex time vs rigid time.  Some good I told you so laughter. Max's strong opinions. Greet the other side with curiosity, interest, and kindness. Because lord knows where hate has got us... *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

"Everything is done live, ultimately." - Ben Why Max is a Kiki Hernandez fan.  Remote work kills Ben’s soul.  Choosing between a subway pass and name-brand cereal.  Max doesn’t know how Ben does it. Unlimited and totally devalued.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

The first time Ben and Max have talked since the election. Ben is going Stoic and drops some news in the last 10 minutes. Max was bitchslapped by winter. "Confidences brings naught but heartache and pain."  Tolerating intolerance weakens us all.  Propaganda works. In case you're curious - the Trump Memos  *** Submit Your Topic, [...]

Everything is a product of its times. Comedy as a litmus test for culture. Fishing for criticism not compliments.  Are you Stingified? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Doing business with friends Exciting nerd news for Summit County 3d printer blues  ps - Ben was totally wrong about his daughter showing up on the full moon *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ai for paint colors. Ai for trip planning. Ai piano pieces. "In the far flung future there is only Ikea..." Alas, Darth Bortles. We wlll miss you. Everyone was just here for Geoff  ps - Max was applying the three colors while listening to this episode and it's Agreeable Gray *** Submit Your Topic, Get [...]

This is how it’s going to be for a while. A listener opportunity. Ben is raising a Sith lord. Max gets mystical.  Baby watch! Babies save marriages and make things easier... *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It's a Tarantino episode. Max hasn't seen it. (Obviously) Ben is living that always-kinda-sick parent life. When your buddy’s celebrity crush gets engaged.  Hurting yourself to love someone.  Ps - Hakuna Matat is Swahili *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max remembers what he wanted to ask Ben! Ben does not disappoint… The last story is the best. Veritasium on luck and success.  The looks that are etched in our minds. Was Supertroopers 2 right? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max and Ben’s mutual envy.  Ben’s eventful, solo road trip. Symmetries between book 1 and book 55.  Surrounded by people and feeling alone. The Mindful Body by Ellen Langer It’s not about making the right choice, it’s about making the choice right.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

This is Geoff’s last episode. But he didn’t want to talk about that so...  Awkward moments on stage.   Bad comedy shows. Getting to see the process can be fun sometimes.  Geoff echoes Max’s grandpa.  The joy of building inspections. “When do I get to reap what I am sowing?!” *** Submit Your Topic, Get [...]

It's Max and Geoff, so it's gonna be about food. Robots replacing table games. Naughty nuns. The wrong kind of mushrooms. Meeting the in-laws. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It's Max and Ben, again!  (3 letter names only...sorry, Geo)  Random choice of topics leads us to... Toddlers are like drunk dinosaurs.  Parenting woes. Acting philosophy for life. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Welcome to the PeakD&D meeting! Also: Laundry tips!  Baseball analogies! Ben’s self-coaching! Max's liminal linchpin status! Keep having faith in the work and showing up because you don’t know when the breakthrough will happen.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Geoff has no hot water and doesn’t know what day it is. Max went to GenCon and is a crappy capitalist. Emergency expenses. Expensive hobbies. The similarities between different fandoms. Each summer, from here on out, will be the coolest summer of your life...  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max’s birthday gauntlet. Ben’s parenting gauntlet. A mutual love fest. Hiding under the piano for an hour. Ps - GenCon was 71,000+ people  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Opposing postal experiences. How the "awkward phase" applies to more than hair on top of your head. Sometimes people won't thank you when you say the weird thing. Sometimes saying the weird thing means you don't get hired for the job. (Ps - The robots get angry at Ben a few times during this episode. [...]

Max wants to know why the far-right is on the rise the world over. Geoff shares his thoughts.  The rate of change and authoritarianism.  “Loud” doesn’t equal many. People don’t like uncertainty.  No nation, person, religion, or organization belongs on a pedestal.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ben is on vacation.  Most of what Geoff and Max talk about is food. Someone will always try and game the system.  Women love bluegrass. Things with only a 10% chance of happening do happen.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com