Lost In Postulation

On this episode of LIP we start things off by discussing google reviews (4:30). What is the optimal star threshold to use as a proxy for a good experience? How prevalent are false reviews? And what are the pitfalls of using booking.com? Then we get into our core postulative segment about film and tv clichés (16:13). Neil kicks off with a historical deep-dive on the French origins of the word and w...

This week on LIP, we dive straight into our mundane postulation about the wonderful world of dishwashers (1:30). Yes, dishwashers. We consult a 'dishwasher-ologist' who is in the pocket of 'big-dishwasher' to answer some timeless conundrums. Should you insert your cutlery utensil-side down or up? Are detergent pods more effective than powder? And is dishwasher salt a rip-off? Then, drawing inspira...

LIP is back after a brief hiatus and we have a special, extra-long episode in store for you! We continue our Pop Culture Country Tier List by ranking Japan. First though, we start with some Succession banter (00:16) before discussing optimal grocery habits (6:10) in our mundane postulation. Should you stock-up on your weekly groceries or spontaneously raid the store every couple of days? Then it i...

This week, we introduce a brand new concept: The Pop Culture Country Tier List! Before delving into that, we postulate about coffee versus tea habits, caffeine dosage and how to make the perfect pour over (2:25). Then we dive into our Sweden pop culture deep dive (10:45) which sees us rank Swedish pop culture exploits by category in an effort to reach a definitive and (somewhat) objective world ra...

This week our red thread is all about TV endings. Before delving into that though, we start things off with our mundane postulation about vacation spots (2:22). Is a city trip always preferable to a beach holiday? And is the summer mountain trip a dark horse? Then we wrap up HBO's The Last of Us (16:40). We discuss where the season peaked and what we can expect from season 2. After that, we previe...

On this special bumper episode we delve into the Oscars multiverse in an effort to uncover some fresh postulations about Hollywood's biggest night. First though, we hear from Neil about how to keep our scrambled eggs "walking" (1:30). Then in our main section we provide our takes on the 2023 Oscars winners and losers (9:24) before traveling back in time to understand how the Oscars became the camp...

It's highbrow from the get-go as we start by asking where the best place to sit on a plane is (2:55) and end up discussing tactics for dealing with your row neighbors as well as night train shenanigans. Then, in light of Chris Rock's recent comedy special, it's on to our core postulation, which sees claims of sweet validation for a previous prediction (12:19). We then go through the key takeaways...

Lost In Postulation is back on top of the world (literally) with the first ever Ultimate Celebrity Everest Climb! First though, in our weekly mundane postulation we try to reach a unified theory of drinking water which sees us discuss the following: Is it okay to dilute sparkling water? Why are some sparkling waters salty? What can we learn from Ireland? (1:32). It's then on to one of our most amb...

We celebrate our tenth episode anniversary by finally postulating about sports trends and fads. First though, we have a go at settling an age-old debate: socks before trousers, or trousers before socks (2:40)? It's then on to our deep-dive about sports fads and trends (9:35). First we delve into some of the biggest trends of the last couple of decades, and share our experiences with them (15:00)....

We're back this week with episode number nine, where we start with a wildly contentious opener on sandwiches (1:55) , before kicking off our first ever fast-paced Pop Culture Roundup (10:09) - a wide-ranging, postulatory pulse-check of pop culture today. We dive into Hanya Yanagihara's work and ruminate on the role of the novel as an enduring medium (11:15) . Then we (finally!) give our two cents...

Lost in Postulation is back for an eighth installment after a three week hiatus! We kick things off with Nicola providing a brief update and key takeaways from his recent travels to the end of the earth (1:20) before getting into our main postulation block of the episode about music in film (7:50) . We dive deep on film scores from every angle starting by placing them within their historical conte...

Back again with lucky number seven, we kick things off with a brief rumination on the perils and pitfalls of energy drinks (2:10), before attempting to answer the riddle of just where all the good films have gone (8:00) . From the A-list migration to streaming series, to the widening quality gap between US and international cinema - no stone is left unturned. From there we dip into our listener ma...

Happy new year everyone! In our first episode of 2023 we kick things off with a check-in that leads to us reminiscing about a past ski adventure gone bad (1:45) , we then move on to our core postulation about the enigma of Christoph Waltz's career (8:17) before ranking him alongside other non-native English speaking villains (37:38) and finish off with an Austrian quiz extravaganza (45:35) ! In ot...

On this fifth installment of Lost in Postulation (our non-award winning podcast) we start with a brief discussion on saunas (1:00) and then dive into the remainder of our big bets for 2023 (4:49) , where we postulate on what the new year will bring for the Chalamets (6:30) , social media (11:55) , AI chat bots (22:25) , Succession (30:15) , franchise movies (39:00) , a female James Bond (49:20) ,...

On this fourth installment of Lost in Postulation (our non-award winning podcast) we present the first part of our big bets for 2023 (4:40). In this first tranche of bets we postulate on what the new year will bring for horror movies (5:10) , Elon Musk (12:13) , Morocco (20:55) and passive investing (30:10) . Afterwards Neil updates us on his whirlwind postulation journey on a flight from Singapor...

On the third installment of Lost in Postulation (our non-award winning podcast) we delve into the following topics: 1) Whamageddon: the new Xmas music strategy game taking the world by storm (5:25) 2) One Hit Wonders: What makes a one hit wonder? What data is there behind it? What 80s hit is due a comeback? (11:30) 3) Ultimate Celebrity Interrail: Nicola fills us in on how his trip with 3 celebrit...

On the second installment of Lost in Postulation (our non-award winning podcast) we delve into the following topics: 1) Spotify Wrapped 2022: our thoughts on it in general, what else can we apply wrapped to and Nicola's top 5 for the year 2) Ultimate Celebrity Interrail: Neil introduces a brand new segment and Nicola is the first participant 3) The Scenario Machine: Neil has to play out mundane sc...

On this pilot of Lost in Postulation (our non-award winning podcast) we delve into a variety of topics and see where they take us: 1) Rules for Christmas Music (and Neil AKA Scrooge's deep hate of it) 2) How the Great Freeze of 1740 led to the making of The Shawshank Redemption 3) What if Daniel Craig had said no to playing Bond? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.