Jay Flaunts His Ignorance. The podcast.

Dad was born in 1947, raised in southeast Iowa. Hear about the early life of a “city kid” (small town Iowa) who moved to the country with his three brothers. High adventures in the woods as a child, through counseling / leading high adventure camping for at-risk youth. Finishing his degree from Graceland University, to the birth of his first child (me), and first assignment with the Reorganized Ch...

Mom was born in 1947 in Texas when grandpa got back from WWII. She grew up in rural southeast Iowa. Hear about life before indoor plumbing, in one room schoolhouses, multiple school consolidations; all the way through getting her Masters degree from the University of Michigan. 048.mp3 (1h 6m 28MB) Mom in my genealogy data . If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-5...

The meaning of life? Some say it’s 42. Mom says “wholeness.” And things about “ultimate reality.” What does Dad say? 047.mp3 (42m 20MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. Consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg ! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil...

Chris and Jay are driving to the gun range, Jay is pretty sure he’s suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. backyard7.mp3 (50m 23MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. Consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg ! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil...

A special episode from a much better podcast! Subscribe to Stray Pointers today! jf_sp_217.mp3 (39m 14MB) Jim Lawless writes: Jay Hannah joins the show to discuss his long-time use of the Perl programming language. We also discuss Jay’s prominence in several Omaha-based programming groups including the Omaha chapter of the Perl Mongers.

A billion years ago, James and Jay worked together programming Perl. James was passing through town, was kind enough to offer himself up for recording a podcast episode. Turns out, James has been teaching Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) for years. Several episodes of this podcast include Jay spouting nonsense about MMT, now we have an expert! 046.mp3 (1h 47m 51MB) If you’d like to call into the show,...

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released a verdict in Trump v. United States on July 1, 2024. Jay and Chris both listened to a bunch of podcasts about that decision. Chris asked Jay if he had read the opinion. Jay had not. “It’s easy!” Chris said. Jay sighed, and tried. And then we spent over an hour trying to read the darn thing and arguing about it being easy to read. Join us, wo...

On February 25 2024, Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire at the gate of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC “as an act of protest against the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.” Aaron wrote “I view enforced homelessness as a societal failing and a crime against humanity.” Chris asked “we enforce homelessness?” Jay tries to convince Chris that we do. 044.mp3 (39m 17MB) If you’d like to call...

Sick of listening to Chris and Jay talk about guns yet? No? Great! Here’s another swing at it. Chris and Jay were going back and forth via text, Jay drug Chris back onto the podcast to try to talk through their differences. Too long won’t listen: Jay thinks the level of societal gun violence should drive gun policies, including removing millions of guns from society. Chris thinks he has an individ...

Melody Vaccaro, executive director of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence and Jay talk about Nebraska LB77 : “Provide for carrying of concealed handguns without a permit, change provisions relating to concealed weapons, and prohibit certain regulation of weapons by cities, villages, and counties.” 042.mp3 (1h 15m 31MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117....

We went to Scotland and Ireland! American tourists talking religion and politics. 041.mp3 (58m 26MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. If you like the show, consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg ! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc...

On February 3, 2023, about 8:54 p.m. local time, eastbound Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) general merchandise freight train 32N derailed 38 railcars on main track 1 of the NS Fort Wayne Line of the Keystone Division in East Palestine, Ohio. Jay and Chris talk about safety in the rail industry. 040.mp3 (56m 24MB) Special note: Our friend Frank Tabor, from episode 13, passed away in the last month. W...

Chris, Jay, and 4 dogs in the back yard with 2 lapel mics talking about Jay trying to make sense of Stop Cop City and the death of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán near Atlanta; while simultaneously 5 police are now arrested in Memphis for the death of Tyre Nichols and that bodycam footage was just released. backyard6.mp3 (23m 11MB) If you like this episode please retweet us on Twitter and consider givin...

Jay and Mom talk about what ethical systems may lay common ground for healthy collaboration across party lines in city politics in America. Or at least, that’s what Mom was hoping for. Jay probably didn’t help. :) The Hopkins family arrives to crash the party, visiting for Christmas. snippets3.mp3 (36m 16MB) If you like this episode please retweet us on Twitter and consider giving us $1 a month on...

Jay and Steph talk about religious upbringings, ADHD / depression diagnoses, and experiences with megachurches. Jay gets bit by Alfie the cat, who apparently loves him. snippets2.mp3 (54m 24MB) If you like this episode please consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg ! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing tradition...

Jay, Mom, and Dad talk about oneness / belonging / oceanic feeling / non-dualism while they were up visiting for Christmas. Oh, and Huey, the constant work-in-progress 100 pound dog. snippets1.mp3 (33m 14MB) If you like this episode please retweet us on Twitter and consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) Musical intro by Skytrekg ! Click to follow...

Chris (U.S. Army Veteran), Jay, and 4 dogs in the back yard with 2 lapel mics talking about this insanely disturbing TikTok graph of U.S. Military Deaths with shocking suicide counts. backyard5.mp3 (34m 16MB) If you like this episode please retweet us on Twitter and consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) Musical intro by Skytrekg ! Click to follo...

Chris and Jay and 4 dogs in the back yard with 2 lapel mics talking about how scared we should / shouldn’t be about climate change. backyard4.mp3 (53m 25MB) 18m: During the past 25,000 years, the Earth system has undergone a series of dramatic transitions. The most recent glacial period peaked 21,500 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum, or LGM. At that time, the northern third of North Ameri...

Chris and Jay and 4 dogs in the back yard with 2 lapel mics talking about these episodes of a much better podcast called Strict Scrutiny: Pigs, Prince, and Proven Innocence Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers backyard3.mp3 (1h 5m 29MB) If you like this episode please retweet us on Twitter and consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :)...

Chris and Jay and 4 dogs in the back yard with 2 lapel mics. Chris talks about his Diversity and Inclusion training from work. backyard2.mp3 (37m 18MB) If you like this episode please retweet us on Twitter and consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) Musical intro by Skytrekg ! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc...

Chris and Jay experiment with a new format: 2 lapel mics in the backyard while running 4 dogs around. Jay asks a question from the excellent 80,000 hours podcast: Andreas Mogensen on whether effective altruism is just for consequentialists . (That link jumps to time mark 1h 21m in that podcast episode.) When is it better to “let” one person die than to inconvenience thousands, millions, billions,...

Chris and Jay talk about growing up with your dad as a small town police officer and how Chris joined the Army in response to 9/11. Chris talks about his years in Afghanistan, how he saw the US Army as mostly a pacifist organization. The good they tried to do in country and why our efforts, apparently, largely failed. 039.mp3 (1h 7m 32MB) If you like this episode please retweet us on Twitter and c...

Chris and Jay discuss this episode of The Daily podcast: Lessons in Gun Control From California “As a proportion of its population, California has one of the lowest rates of gun deaths in the United States — 8.5 per 100,000 people, compared with 13.7 nationally. How did the state get that way?”

Chris and Jay discuss the Death Tax / Inheritance Tax / Generational Wealth. Jay completely fails to understand the gap between their perspectives and gets pretty energized about his failure to find common ground.

Chris and Jay start a company and then things went wrong? And we need to address some inequities? How?