EpiDoses

Max’s birthday plans. Ben wants a bike with a sidecar. Geoff has strong feeling about e-bikes. Art & censorship. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair  ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max apologizes to Ben. Ben doesn’t want his son to know who Jar-Jar Binks is. Geoff has book and movie recommendations. (Shout out - Scott Meyer & Tom Cruise)  Plus - living in a simulation and the meaninglessness of saying “there’s a non-zero chance.” ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

You can’t believe everything you read. False proxies. Review literacy. Shout out - Corkboards & Curiosities! Ben’s fantasy is Geoff’s nightmare.  ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Local politics. Free range, ethically raised pizza. A manslaughter of crows. Oh, and Ben and Geoff roll deep on Casa Bonita. End of the universe video Geoff and Max mention.  “Get rid of the woodpeckers and here come the nuthatches…and there goes the neighborhood” ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Geoff nerds out about Diablo 4. Ben and Max nerd out about their Dnd Youtube Channel. McGruff the Crime Dog doesn’t have a first name. “I don’t know enough to do it right so I just want to make it work.”  The video essay Max mentions. Go see Across the Spider-Verse in the theaters!  *** [...]

New cars. Life-hacks for Lowes, Home Depot, and Olive Garden. Handling high-pressure sales by Benji Pickens. Better in person in all the best ways. Branded Polos are Summit County formal. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com 

Respecting Geoff’s boundaries. The playing video games in 2023. Soft openings. Awkward wedding RSVPs. It don’t take much to dress to impress in Summit County.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Geoff went home to see family and found his crotchety-old-man lake house.  Max wants to hear all about it. The Paradox of Choice. Max and Ben’s YouTube video about cellphones. Don’t let a fictional best keep you from an available better.  Let's rebrand the phrase “good enough” to “this is it!”  *** Submit Your Topic, [...]

Ben’s on a new path. Peak Pittness. Primetime Network TV. Writer strike. What do y’all think about Suds & Saws? Sounds safe, right?  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max has questions and is all for the 80/20 Geoff is a hard pass. He likes his vices Fake food is a thorn in Ben’s side How much is another 5 years of your life worth? *** Topic - Would you stop eating junk food to live five additional years? From - Ben’s game *** [...]

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t hurt yourself? Drugs? Be shot into space? Be shot into space on drugs? The writers strike Touched By A Pirate *** Topic - If you could do something dangerous once, with no risk, what would you do? From - Ben’s game *** Submit Your Topic -  [...]

An era ends! Thank you for all the topics these last 11 years. Do you think the people in the ancient world knew the Wonders were wondrous? Or did they take them for granted? A late addition to last week’s EpiDose. Ben’s 80 year cycle.  *** Topic - You are appointed to choose the new [...]

We turned 11 this week! A taste of things to come for the show. Bottoming out as parents. The OG shark jumping the shark. Godfather, Terminator, Star Wars, Back to the Future, Hot Shots, Star Trek, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max, and the glory that is Steve Guttenberg *** Topic - What movie sequels are better [...]

What could go wrong? WHO, as of this release, has the total at under 7 million. Echinacea helps. It doesn’t work.  On Immunity by Eula Bliss  Wait But Why Oh and -  Wim Hoff didn’t kill the e. coli bacteria. His body fought off the expected inflammation  *** Topic - By eradicating 30 species of [...]

A timely topic… Ben’s big news! Geoff's strong feelings. Max, shocking no one, says it depends. Ben’s origin story with his former job.  *** Topic - The significance entrepreneurialism and investing in yourself From - St. Tealeaf *** Submit Your Topic -  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max has questions and apologies. Geoff has zero reservations or care. Ben’s got plans. Ignorant. Uninformed. Unspoiled.  *** Topic - Would you rather be a not-appreciate-in-your-own-time genius or a financially successful hack? From - St. Coates *** Submit Your Topic -  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

What is life going to look like 500 years from now? What would now look like if the Dark Ages never happened? Would we be living in Star Trek? Would cars fly? David Bowie and Life On Mars?  *** Topic - What would be different if the dark ages had never happened? From - St. Jaycipher [...]

It’s the anti-Hitler question... The timing on Ben freezing is excellent. Geoff leans on The Treehouse of Horrors. Max makes for mutual assured destruction. Turtledove and Reverse-Turtledoving.   *** Topic - You go back into history for 15 minutes with the express goal of making the world worse. When, where, why? From - St Jaysopher [...]

Ben is good at tests. Max points to the erosion of our rights. Geoff wants them to have t-shirts for Superman reveals. Those who push up against boundaries won’t always be liked. Link to that Factually episode. *** Topic - 1st amendment auditors From - Mike Hammerling *** Submit Your Topic -  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

We are here to loquate Puck luck   Veritasium on luck Franklin Pierce  “Nothing in the world can you take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. [...]

Is it a fact of life? A fundamental right?  We are all ignorant and uninformed about something.  (That's why we named the podcast what we did.) Choosing to deny reality is a bad look.  The internet is undefeated in truth.  *** Topic - Is ignorance a fundamental right? From - St. Coates *** Submit Your [...]

St. Jay has us talking about wisdom Max shares a family motto then cheats Ben turns down the suck and turns up the rock Geoff values systems more than results “What’s the air fryer here?” *** Topic - What aphorisms have people shared with you that have struck with you From - St. Jaysopher *** [...]

We know we don’t know everything, so what will we look back on and be amazed at how wrong we were? Geoff goes with electing clowns Ben wonders about the consolidation of power Max thinks social media is the new cigarettes Doctors know that 50% of what they were taught in school is wrong. They [...]

It's about to get real nerdy. Geoff says - Know the rules/terminology, own your rookie status, ask lots of questions Ben says - Be a team player, be flexible, play a fighter Max says - Like the people you're playing with, don't solo all over the story, bring your sense of humor Love for The [...]

Jay asks a good question. We do our best. Geoff wants to talk about Trickle down, 21st Century, GOP Jesus. Ben brings up an interesting (and sensible) idea about biblical mistranslations and edits (1st Council of Nicaea).  Max sees parallels between the Holy Trinity and the Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone). Florida folks - our [...]