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Max was very, very wrong! He confused two chapters in Numbers Don’t Lie - Wind turbines don’t have diesel components. They do take a lot of resources to construct, including petroleum byproducts.  - Diesel turbines are our most efficient means of producing electricity.  Green Business Podcast - here!  That Republican state Geoff mentions? Ohio Some [...]

Some important questions to consider: How is it sourced? Is it free-range? Does the nutrient density depend on its diet? You think there’ll be any Mad Cow Disease complications?  Oh, and - the arachnophobic horrors of cranberry farming. *** Topic - If tomorrow, science proved cannibals correct - that eating specific parts of deceased humans [...]

Look - there's an easy equation explaining all this that has nothing to do with a sweaty stack of pancakes… Misremembering + absolute certainty = The Mandela Effect Because: - People are terrible spellers and don’t pay close attention to details - You know more “-steins” than you do “-stains”  - You’re confusing the dude [...]

Is attention the currency of value? Max gets vulnerable about confusing jealousy and love You're having a White Claw sausage party? Sign Geoff up! Ben reflects on his affinity for Superman Ps - there's a slight 12-second glitch at 24:12 where the sound cuts out In case you want a laugh... *** Topic - How [...]

First off - thank you for all the topics over all the years. Second - things get weird.  Is the Bermuda Triangle some old Atlantean War Games remnants?  Oh - and real talk - does anyone still actually want more superhero movies? References - Crazy library Max couldn’t remember - The Kardashev Scale, type 1 [...]

Time travels lessons at the feet of Ashton Kutcher Ben’s thought a lot of about this Max’s poor attempt to explain block time Geoff’s got a good question around 25 minutes Can we only comprehend the dimensions beneath us? Two PBS shows on time - here and here *** Topic - If you can change [...]

Give Geoff a good GM. Max just wants to know why. Ben has actual predictions. Podcast Max mentions about the election process/selection bias Article about kids picking the president based on looks.  *** Topic - Who, that’s famous now, will end up running for president in the next 10-15 years? From - Mike Hammerling *** [...]

Ben’s Sliding Doors moment. Geoff finally failed his saving throw. Max took one for the team. Good news - certificates of sainthood are here! *** Topic - Your first, best, TTRPG experience From - Roscoe Tealeaf *** Submit Your Topic -  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Screw you, elections. We want to get Olympic.  What 10 events would you want your potential leaders compete in? It’s the Triwizard Tournament (hedge maze and dragon fights), plus some Star Trek: Next Gen (Kobayashi Maru). Oh, did we mention each contestant would compete in a NASCAR inspired uniform, blatantly displaying their sponsors?  Ps - [...]

Ben’s hostile takeover of Future Educators of ‘Merica  Survivorship bias and never hearing about the hundreds of thousands who don’t make it. Theoretical dollars. Love for Adam Conover. Billionaires and Tech Guru Worship? (Enjoy!) The government, good and bad? (Boom!) A whole bunch of pluralistic ignorance on a host of topics? (You're welcome!) *** Topic [...]

The Sykes-Picot agreement was the sticky wicket Max mentioned.  (Though it’s not the sticky wicket responsible for this specific situation). Late-stage capitalism - are these, like, cancer-stages we’re talking here? Outsourcing the things that got you to the top isn’t a great long-term strategy. The Buddha must be stopped!  *** Topic - Afghanistan, graveyard of [...]

Lessons learned from board games: Choice is an illusion - Life How to perform surgery - Operation Keep on, keeping on - Shoots & Ladders Diabetes - Candyland The most complicated solution is the best solution - Mousetrap There’s never enough, leftover are for losers - Hungry, Hungry Hippos How to apologize without meaning it [...]

On this week’s castoid we’ve got two hard sciences squaring off.  Astronomy vs meteorology. The impersonal vs the in-person. Enjoy the heavy sarcasm font on the intro! “Look to the stars if the clouds aren’t in your way.” Ps - Mount Chimborazo and the link to the cars on different planets video *** Topic - [...]

Getting old is fun! Arcade entrepreneurship 101. We all want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. The troubles with binary, black-and-white, heaven-or-hell thinking. Hanlen’s Razor and micro-aggressions. The Cher Party. “What we’re missing now is empathy and grace.” *** Topic - Classical Liberalism from its conceptualization through now. From - Roscoe Tealeaf *** [...]

Do a podcast like this for long enough and you’re bound to get a repeat topic or two. Vintage Bowie and the Stones. Prince’s disappearing guitar. John Mayer’s mouth gymnastics. After parties and groupies? Was Mozart the first rockstar? Also - who knows what Ben did to piss off our overlords? PS- It was Nigeria [...]

3 middle-aged white dudes talking about the police. One person’s actions speaking for a whole community/population is dicey.  Qualifications, hiring, retention. The robots get mad at us near the half way mark. (Ben goes autotune!) Was Cops the first reality tv show? *** Topic - Are all cops bad? From - St, Jayospher *** Submit [...]

Geoff is the master of the one-to-four word answer.  Why Ben loves Plo Koon. Max fact checked and learned some things! Colorado is ranked 48th in starting teacher pay (here). 39th in per pupil funding (here). 24th academically, overall (here). Where the weed money goes is complicated. But it's not to the operations budget of [...]

Social media and the Supreme Court fall in the center.  Geoff goes with sweet potato pie and Peeps.  Ben questions the causality. Max gets out there. The difficulty judging history and historical figures. *** Topic - Which instills more fear in people: power of evil? From - St Coates, of Twitter *** Submit Your Topic [...]

Roadhouse of the Dragon lore. Laughter is the herpes of emotions. How I Met Your Mother comparisons. Seinfeld wasn’t a good person. Where did Friends take place? The whitest neighborhood in New York. Moral of the story? Sitcoms don’t often age well.  *** Topic - Why does Seinfeld feel so much more dated than Friends? [...]

What’s she got against people born during late June and July?  We get it. The world is very sensitive right now.  A definition of good art. Spoilers vs content warnings. Exposure and working through. Geoff’s genius idea that already exists - doesthedogdie.com  Kinky ASMR in exchange for healthcare? Deal! *** Topic - Should movies have [...]

Well it certainly won’t be ALL of us. Some of us don’t even have water to drink. The post-apocalyptic truth of the Jetsons.  The differences between machines, tools, robots, and AI. Sex doll etiquette. Am I a robot?  *** Topic - The Jetson’s cartoon series is set in 2062. Do you think we’ll all have [...]

Rampant corruption.  Dirty politicians. People without safe water to drink.  Fake schools. Any guesses where we’re talking about?  Ben is into communes, cults, and kidnapping.  *** Topic - Where would be the worst place in America to live today? From - St. Jaysopher *** Submit Your Topic -  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Sending us a topic is way easier than a lifetime of sacrifice, performing a miracle, and dying.  Worth it for whom? Defense companies? Their shareholders? The line between weapons and tools. It’s hard to set SMART goals for wars on concepts. Oh, and there’ve been more mass shootings in the United States than there have [...]

Let em’ play vs constant scrutiny. Stopping the flow vs having a short memory. Leave it in the past - or - reliving the past. Are there any places in your life where you’d like to be go back and check the tape?  *** Topic - What is up with instant replay? From - Jonah [...]

What’s the longest you’ve waited in line? What was it for? Was it worth it? Max regularly gets mistaken for “the help.” Ben agrees with facts.  Geoff drops a bomb and it all make sense now... “Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd.” *** Topic - Why do people wait in line at Starbucks? From [...]