Lost In Postulation

On this episode of HFC, Roy and Nicola introduce the first installment of a series on cult teams that captivated audiences worldwide. Before that though, Nicola expresses his love for the manager taking the premier league by storm (3:18). Roy then counters by asking why Inter keeps winning the Milan derby with such ease (6:25). Then, where better to kickoff the new series off than in the most cult...

The guys start this 34th installment of LIP by postulating about the current craze around mundane word puzzles (4:25). Why do we play Wordle everyday? Will we ever stop? What other basic games out there are equally addicting and competitive? Then, it's attempt number two for the new segment: Apologies (14:30). After tackling allegations of election tempering from our listeners, Nicola covers the r...

The mundanity is real as the guys discuss some very flattering fan mail and Neil's apparent love for the New York Yongles before diving into a mundane postulation about online shopping returns (6:45). Then, they introduce a new concept called Apologies in which Nicola forms an alliance with our listeners to force Neil into a full-throated apology for his disparaging remarks about a late night talk...

Husman FC is back and fully recharged from the snoozy international break! Nicola and Roy quickly roundup the latest on Harry Maguire, Richarlison and how the youth of today are consuming football (2:30). If you did not support a specific club, what player would you choose to follow for the next 10-15 years? Then it is on to the segment nobody asked for but everyone has been secretly waiting for:...

Welcome to episode 32 of Lost In Postulation! For the first time ever, we join you by both audio AND video which you can check out an exclusive clip of here . First we discuss whether the specific type of traveler that reserves a pool chair with a towel early in the morning should be punished (4:20). Should we introduce a yellow and red card system for bad behavior on vacation? Or what about handi...

Listen back to the third installment of our PCCTL featuring Mexico! We take our first trip across the Atlantic for a deep dive into Mexico — from the food, to the films, to the fiestas. We start with a look at the perhaps underrated world of Mexican film, checking in on the all-time great Mexican directors as well as the on-screen stars both past and present. From there it's onto sport, where we c...

Husman FC is back with a bang following the Champions League draw (00:08)! We start our opening vibe check by asking if the group of death is really that deadly? Who makes up the group of vibes? And is Arsenal part of a Europa League-esque group? We also chat a bit about the ongoing shambles at the Spanish federation and how we hope it brings about much needed change in the game (12:40). Then, in...

On this episode we cover ice packs, recycling, talk show hosts and much more! After some exciting announcements about the future of the LIPverse, we kick things off with our mundane postulation about ice packs (5:43). Following the success of 'parmesan diplomacy', Nicola seeks out Neil's support in helping to bring an end to the war of attrition he's been fighting with his food delivery courier. W...

Against all the odds, we made it to a second episode of Husman FC (and so did you). To celebrate we discussed our key takeaways from the recent Women's World Cup, including what the men's game could learn (5:10), before diving into some bizarre observations from the first game week of the newly baptized #madeinitaly Serie A season (12:40). Then it's on to our core segment where nostalgia permeates...

Listen back to our first ever PCCTL episode featuring Sweden! We dive into Swedish pop culture in an effort to rank the country's pop culture exploits by category and reach a definitive and (somewhat) objective world ranking. We start by covering Sweden's world-class music scene, then analyze their contributions to global film & tv before ruminating on some of our favorite Swedish literature f...

Loyal LIP listeners, we are expanding out podcast network! Welcome to Husman FC: a new LIP produced podcast about football/soccer! On this inaugural episode, Nicola and Roy briefly introduce the genesis of the podcast and conduct an early vibe check on the 2023-2024 season before diving into the core segment where they each draft their all-time Diego Simeone formation of players who have never act...

The ultimate celebrity trip is finally back, this time with a criminal twist to it! First though, we postulate on how to best avoid a chatty neighbor on a flight (4:05). What if the person taps you on the shoulder repeatedly even once you've put in your Airpods? Is pretending to fall asleep a viable strategy or not? After having gone on interrail, an intercontinental flight and summited Everest, t...

After recovering from our Australian odyssey, we are back with a bumper-episode filled with LIP classics! After a brief aside on the start of a new Fantasy Premier League season, we have a timely discussion on whether we should opt for consuming our ice cream in a cup or cone (5:00). Then we round out a previous mundane postulation on escalator best practices by uncovering an EU conspiracy to slow...

Tie ye kangaroos down, sport. We've got a doozy lined up for you! Apologies in advance for the sprinklings of our sub-par Australian accents dotted throughout, but this is what you wanted! After a brief mundane aside on escalator best practices (3:49), we finally bring back our Pop Culture Country Tier List by traveling down under (8:00). Where will Australia rank on the pantheon? Will it muster e...

What do scientologists, pickpockets in Barcelona, AirBnB, Bruce Springsteen and the Emmy's have in common? Nearly nothing apart from the fact that they are all covered in this episode of LIP! This week is quite mailbag heavy as our listeners help us reach earth-shattering levels of postulatory glory. After all, similarly to Tom Cruise, we really do it all for the fans! We start by discussing the c...

On this episode we work our way through a hodgepodge of vital postulations. First, Neil drills Nicola on his future stomping ground of children's playgrounds (2:55). What is the GOAT of playground toys? Is the thrilling but short return on a slide enough to justify the effort? And what is the the springy thing you sit on actually called? Then, we postulate on the state of the necktie in 2023 (14:3...

The full LIP cast is back in the studio this week with fresh postulations from our very own listeners! First though, Neil updates us on his anthropological findings from his journey to Southeast Asia (4:16). Are prices for Singaporean chili crab bordering on the extortionate? And has Bali reached the over-touristed point of no return? We then dive into some in-depth listener postulations, kicking...

On this episode of LIP we tap into the archive to provide our unified theory of the entire Chris Rock-Will Smith saga (3:22). How would you approach being sandwiched between the two rivals on a airplane? Neil masterfully postulates his way through the scenario while coining the term "parmesan diplomacy" (8:24). We are then joined by a listener who adds even more chaos into the mix (24:14) before r...

Following last week's shenanigans, Neil is thrown into the eye of the storm and attempts to justify his postulation on hotel showers best used for steaming. Then, have you ever spent an entire evening searching for something to watch on Netflix without actually watching anything (5:00)? We attempt to solve the 'Netflix search death loop' once and for all. In the meantime we are sidetracked and pos...

After inadvertently pouring some out for the infamous King of Bunga Bunga and indulging some irrelevant Harry Potter references, we discuss the death of the steamer (7:10). Can you really replace your iron and board with a steamer? How controversial is it to run the shower for one hour in a hotel room just to steam your shirt? And how far can hotel cost-cutting measures still go? After the break,...

WARNING: this episode is not for the faint of heart as it contains a smorgasbord of postulations! We are immediately sidetracked into a discussion around how sun cream ruins white t-shirts (1:28), what the fashion police has to say about sweatpant-jeans from Uniqlo and a flex from the island of Tuvalu. We then evaluate whether calling something Shakespearean is lazy criticism or whether William ha...

Succession is well and truly over, and we're back to generate some complicated airflow about it one last time - in depth, at length and with every possible spoiler (fair warning!). Before that though, we take a quick mundane sidebar to discuss cover music: why exactly is it so omnipresent in bars and restaurants, and should musicians put their own spin on it or stay faithful to the original work (...

We're back with something a little different this week as we delve into the archives and pull together some of our favourite discussions from earlier episodes. We kick off on the topic of saunas (2:30) - are they really enjoyable or is the suffering kind of the point? It's a topic ripe for postulation, as we found both in Episode 5 as well as in our Listener Mailbag in Episode 8 (6:02). From there...

Upon constant requests from our listeners, this episode is dedicated exclusively to what LIP does best: postulating about the most mundane things possible! Neil and Nicola kick things off by discussing the usage of emojis in texts (5:45). When are they most effective? Are they open to misinterpretation? The journey veers off into ruminating on the power of the perfectly (or poorly) executed GIF as...

Kicking things off with the usual Mundane Postulation, Nicola and Neil attempt to solve the eternal breakfast debate once and for all: sweet or savoury (3:00)? We shout out our breakfast cereal GOATs and extoll, once again, the endless virtues of eggs. From there we're back with the third installment of our world-famous Pop Culture Country Tier List (13:46). This time we take our first trip across...