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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 [...]

Yes. Next question. Just kidding. We don’t do that here. Black markets will always exist. It pays to periodically examine and question the assumptions, expectations, behaviors, beliefs, habits, and systems we consent to. Are they doing the things we want them to? *** Topic - Are abortions healthcare? From - St. Jay *** Submit Your [...]

Death? Taxes? Pain? Suffering? Evil? The heat death of the universe? Man, can you imagine what the back taxes and penalties are on 13,000,000,000 years?!  *** Topic - Nothing is certain but death and taxes - they say - well, Benjamin Franklin, specifically. Did he get that right? What else could be added to the [...]

In the (possible?) last installment of his trilogy, St. Coates lobs us a softball. Sort of.  Geoff gets lost in the din. Ben breaks out Captain Parameters.  Max wants to know about the light side.  Joel Osteen, Jedi.  *** Topic - Critically compare the United States to Canada, through the prism of Star Wars From [...]

Vacation Geoff can’t get his mind off the sea. Max didn’t so much “run with” the bulls, as “get passed by” them. Ben’s answer? Cancer-bear. The origin of the term “underdog” *** Topic - What is the biggest animal you feel comfortable fighting off with your bare hands? From - St. Coates, of Twitter *** [...]

Whether or not Max has been gifted the Dreamsight - he’s tired of rolling at disadvantage. Geoff thinks it’s seasonal.  Ben loves the sportsball (or biscuit). Qudditch Hooligans. “‘Falcon.’ That’s a good name for a bird.” *** Topic - It’s Saturday. I’m planning to get drunk and watch soccer. Am I being a good or [...]

Obi-wan Reflections. Geoff is hard to please. Ben is a softy. Max doesn’t know how to internet. Klannie Oakley and the vacuous souls of our elected officials. Remember, kids - OWN THE BUILDING! Canada - question - are you, by chance, looking for some podcast hosts?  *** Topic - Can we get a half hour [...]

Ben had no idea how prescient he was… Max gets going on grief and expectations. Geoff doesn’t owe anyone anything. It’s real talk about life, relationships, and parenting. Some things can’t be avoided through preparation. It’s hard to be empowered when you constantly feel like you’re failing.  *** Topic - What do you owe your [...]

Reality TV. Rascals. Happy pills. Newspeak. Our Hunger Games foreign policy. Withholding health care from the poor. How do we choose? THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CAUTIONARY TAILS, NOT GUIDE BOOKS!!! This historical moment when fiction flipped from utopian to dystopian. *** Topic - Which creative dystopia came the closest to getting it right? From [...]

Thank God there’s some Star Wars to talk about. We’ve copied the Sith model of pyramid schemes down to the slaughter of Younglings. Geoff doesn’t like mouthy kids. Ben loves it all. Max, the pair of slippers he is, manages to tie it all together at the end. ps - Nepocide is the conscious willingness [...]

Your “Newsfeed,” contrary to popular belief and the implications of its name, is not the place to get your news. While we are it - what does “news” even mean?  Celebrity opinions as gospel truth, the way our primate brains prime us for this, and the social meteor that killed the dinosaurs.  We’re gonna step [...]

Tastes, times, and mediums change a lot in 30 years. The death of the old (appointment viewing and attention span). The rise of the new (streaming services and mediums). Hey - remember when the guide button used to be a channel?! Personally - we’re waiting for Saved By the Bell: The Thrawn Years. *** Topic [...]

Data and facts from last episode. The timing of this topic was impeccable for Ben.  Max has more levels in cooking than construction. Geoff chooses his Dremel. The smaller the job, the more specialized the tool…typically.   *** Topic - Using a cordless drill as a hammer? How important is it to have the right [...]