cj little and Jeff Parker

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker

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Nonsense desperately tries to make sense of today’s business, technology, and (sometimes) entertainment headlines. Not too serious and occasionally funny, join technologist cj little and leggy blonde Jeff Parker for their unique take on the past week. While we can’t promise you’ll laugh every week, we can promise you’ll learn something new (and maybe even interesting). New episodes drop every Tuesday & Thursday mornings (UTC). Produced by an orangutan; art thanks to artificial intelligence.https://nonsense.productionsTwitter: @nnsnspdcstInstagram: @nnsnspdcstGmail: nnsnspdcst@gmail.com

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cj little and Jeff Parker

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Code Red: Is the AI Gold Rush Heading for a Crash? 23.10.2025 33:36

(0:00) Open (1:35) The Race is On (3:26) What’s a Bubble? (11:34) The Scale of These AI Investment Numbers (18:03) The Circle of Investing (26:04) How Might This End? (27:28) Final Thoughts (30:13) cj’s recommendation: The AI Daily Brief: 5 Reasons AI is A Bubble (And 5 It's Not) (31:04) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Big Short The race for Generative AI is driving trillion-dollar valuations and c...

HEADLINES: You Are Free to Cough, Flight Hazards @ 36k Feet, Username SaaS & Your Phone’s New Sleep Mode 21.10.2025 31:24

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:41) Open (1:26) Back to the Future Day (2:25) cj's week: Little Meats! (4:45) Jeff's Week: Dodgers! (6:19) Headline: The Freedom to Cough on People: Idaho Makes Vaccine Requirements Illegal (21:48) Headline: Mystery Object Strikes United Flight Over Utah (23:46) Headline: X's Handle Hostage: Pay Up for Your Username (26:49) Headline: IKEA Says: If Your Phone Sleeps,...

HEADLINES: Job Fails, Trade Wars, and The Terrible Internet Bills 14.10.2025 30:34

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:49) Open (2:28) Ada Lovelace Day (4:05) cj's week: Tigers, Tigers, Wings, & Tigers (13:42) Jeff's Week: Dodgers & Brewers; Pre-Season Lakers (15:39) Headline: Labor Market Shock as the Government Overshoot Jobs Count (18:07) Headline: Trump Surprised by China’s Rare Earths Restrictions (21:00) Headline: FCC Wants You to Know Less, Not More (22:51) Headline: Elon...

Where Did CJ Go? 07.10.2025 6:32

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The Assault on Reason: Our War on Science 02.10.2025 30:08

(0:00) Open (2:27) The Ignorance Machine: Silencing Science (3:50) Politicians: What Truth? (10:15) Religion: Forever War With Science (16:18) Industry: The War For Profit (20:07) Provocateurs: The Rogan Effect (25:53) cj’s recommendation: Summoning Salt - Super Mario Bros: The Human Limit (27:37) Jeff’s Recommendation: 2012’s Climate of Doubt & 2022’s The Power of Big Oil Science is under si...

HEADLINES: Hamburger Helper, Silicon Shields, & TikTok’s Septuagenarians 30.09.2025 28:39

(0:00) Pre-Show (1:22) Open (2:25) International Podcast Day (2:51) cj's week: Crafting Tables & IKEA (4:25) Jeff's Week: Power Washing & Tea (6:48) Headline: US to Taiwan: Move Your Chip Production or Face China Alone (11:48) Headline: How a Wrongful Death Suit Forced ChatGPT's Safety Overhaul (18:47) Headline: Trump's New Power Play: Turning TikTok Into a MAGA Machine (2...

Don’t Touch That Dial: A History of the Remote Control 18.09.2025 32:32

What started as a lazy person’s dream—changing the channel without getting up—actually began with torpedoes, Tesla’s radio-controlled boat, and a whole lot of weird engineering experiments. From Zenith’s cord-tripping “Lazy Bones” to the sun-triggered Flash-Matic, the ultrasonic “Clicker,” and the 92-button monstrosities of the 1980s, the TV remote has a history that feels more like science ficti...

HEADLINES: Discord Votes, Divided Tech, Less Shots & a Framework 16.09.2025 30:23

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:42) Open (1:25) cj's week: COVID is (not) gone! (6:00) Jeff's Week: Occam’s Razor (11:00) Headline: After Bloody Youth Uprising, Nepal's 73-Year-Old Chief Justice Steps In (15:39) Headline: California's AI Bill SB-53 Divides Tech (20:52) Headline: RFK Jr. Seeks to Restrict COVID Shots to 75 and Up (24:48) Headline: The US and China might finally have a TikTok dea...

The Unheard Conversations that Won the Cold War 11.09.2025 28:11

(0:00) Open (1:12) A Complex, Underwater Game of Cat and Mouse (3:07) The Thing (11:54) Introducing: The Sea of Okhotsk (16:55) The SS-N-12 Cover Story (17:44) How Did This Even Work? (20:40) Ronald Pelton Blows The Lid (23:38) cj’s recommendation: Mark "The Bird" Fidrych (25:51) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold There’s no easy answer to how the Cold War was rea...

HEADLINES: Dementia, A Holy War & One of Many AI Settlements 09.09.2025 30:47

(0:00) Pre-Show (1:17) Open (1:52) California Admission Day (4:30) cj's week: The Middle-Aged Golden Ticket (6:50) Jeff's Week: Wired WiFi is The Best WiFi (8:38) Headline: Breathe at Your Own Risk: Study Connects Air Pollution to Dementia (12:51) Headline: NatCon 5: Where the Right Declared Holy War on AI (18:50) Headline: AI Wins Again: The $1.5B Payout That Screws Writers (26:23) The I...

Pastrami on Toasted Rye with a Side of Fraud, the 100 Million Dollar Deli 04.09.2025 34:53

(0:00) Open (2:08) The $100M Hometown Deli (10:33) OTC Markets Group (14:20) A Reverse Merger (16:59) Price It Your Way. (19:01) The SPACs (27:13) In Conclusion: Behind the Bars (31:12) cj’s recommendation: Jim Downey on Conan O’Brien (32:32) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Wolf of Wall Street Partway down a residential street in the working-class town of Paulsboro, New Jersey, stood a seemingly unrem...

HEADLINES: Finding Tesla’s Recycle Bin, Trump’s Tariffs Killing Your Hobbies, & Salt Typhoon p0wns 02.09.2025 27:14

(0:00) Pre-Show (1:04) Open (1:47) Calendar Adjustment Day (4:00) cj's week: The Scheduled Parental Grind (4:58) Jeff's Week: The Penultimate Cyndi Lauper Concert! (7:05) Headline: Tesla Denied Crash Data. Then a Hacker Delivered It. (12:43) Headline: Tariff Troubles: How Trump's Trade War Is Killing Your Hobbies (19:37) Headline: China's Salt Typhoon Breached 80+ Countries and Sto...

Pandora's Ark: the Science and Ethics of the De-Extinction Process 28.08.2025 30:56

(0:00) Open (1:43) What is De-extinction? (6:30) Is it Scientifically Possible? (12:14) Are We Ethically Obligated to De-Extinct? (16:23) Should we Refocus Resources Off De-Extinction (18:35) Effects on Ecosystems (23:25) Owning The DNA (26:40) cj’s recommendation: Nature! (27:49) Jeff’s Recommendation: Wordplay In this episode of Nonsense, we go full Jurassic Park and dive into the wild world of...

HEADLINES: A Tenth of Intel, Required Advertising, and The Pixel 10 is Here! 26.08.2025 36:14

We are back from summer hiatus! Now with even more Onion-like headlines! Intel's lifeline ends up costing shareholders 10-15%, in what was “supposedly necessary” for the CEO to keep his job. This innovative new model for "getting your government-funded handouts" has other companies so inspired, they're considering just refusing the money entirely to avoid the drama. Probably not a winner for the...

Ditch the Drama, Embrace the Dream: Approaches for Better Sleep (pt. 2) 07.08.2025 30:06

(0:00) Open (1:01) Tricks For When a Good Night's Sleep Feels Like a Battle (8:55) Melatonin: A Fastlane to REM? (13:22) Dreaming a Little Dream (15:45) Take a Nap, Change Your Life! (18:44) Yoga Nidra & Bed Temperature Control (19:26) The 28 Hour Day (23:15) The Science of Sex & Sleep (25:40) cj’s recommendation: 2024’s IOCCC28 (27:52) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Machinist Ever tried c...

HEADLINES: Google’s Red Button, Leaky Tea, & Reweables FTW! 05.08.2025 25:50

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:49) Open (1:20) National Dog Month (1:45) cj's week: Surface of The Sun State (4:03) Jeff's Week: AI Programming (6:17) Headline: Google Files Emergency Stay to Keep App Store Closed (12:40) Headline: The Tea App is Leakier Than A Wicker Canoe (17:55) Headline: The Future is Now: Renewables Dominate New Power Plants (23:04) The Commodore 128 Google Files Emergency Stay....

Game Show Hackers: The Press Your Luck Code Breaker 31.07.2025 34:17

(0:00) Pre-Show (2:25) Open (2:57) The Monte Hall Problem (5:31) Michael Larson Pressing His Luck (11:06) Was He Cheating? (12:19) Terry Kniess’ Price Is Exactly Right (16:00) The Ingram Cough (18:44) When The Hackers Are On The Payroll (22:50) The Password Is: FUGITIVE (25:32) Shazam says: pah-sah-pah-LAH-brah (27:21) When The Serial Killer Wins (30:01) cj’s recommendation: Perfect Bid: The Cont...

HEADLINES: Tesla’s Roboless Taxis, Smuggled Chips, and Meta’s Porn Stash 29.07.2025 24:01

(0:00) Pre-Show (1:09) Open (1:45) cj's week: Monstritos @ 9k Feet (3:25) Jeff's Week: I’m Half Deaf (4:24) Headline: Tesla's Robotaxi in California: They Can Operate a Taxi, Not a Robotaxi (12:15) Headline: Trump's Chip Ban is a $1 Billion Boon for Smugglers (16:16) Headline: Porn Lawsuit Exposes Facebook’s Shady AI Data Habits (21:03) ZiffNet For PRODIGY Robotaxis: Golden State S...

Crush Your Day, Starting Tonight: Unlocking Your Best Sleep (part one) 24.07.2025 26:22

(0:00) Open (4:00) The Michael Jackson Problem (8:51) Sleep’s Critical Role (14:18) Excessive Sleep: Also Bad! (16:52) Consistency Is Key (20:23) Tricks To Getting Under (22:18) cj’s recommendation: Miles Myerscough-Harris’ Expired Film Club (23:59) Jeff’s Recommendation: Taxi Driver We all chase that elusive "great night's sleep," but it's more than just feeling rested. New science reveals sleep...

HEADLINES: Vaccines, Netflix’s Gen-AI, and More Gold House Grift 22.07.2025 27:33

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:56) Open (2:46) Pi Approximation Day (3:54) cj's week: Surprise Parties! (5:18) Jeff's Week: AliExpress Cutoff (6:47) Headline: Health Hazard Ahead? RFK Jr. Takes Aim at US Vaccine Safety Net (13:45) Headline: Faster, Cheaper, Better: Netflix Embraces AI for Visual Effects (20:14) Headline: The GENIUS Act Paves the Way for Future Presidential Crypto Grift (24:58) Digital Cameras...

Heat Pumps: Save The Planet, Save Your Wallet 17.07.2025 26:58

(0:00) Open (3:28) How To Drop Residential Emissions By 36-64% (7:30) A Short Primer on Heat Pumps (16:25) Additional Public Health Benefits of Heat Pumps (19:05) Innovative Heat Pump Solutions (22:13) cj’s recommendation: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule Reentry (25:00) Jeff’s Recommendation: Pee-wee as Himself If every American home adopted heat pumps, residential emissions could drop by 36-64%, cut...

HEADLINES: EV’s Shock, Musk's Intimate Emails, Grok’s Daddy, & Your Wearable’s Knowledge 15.07.2025 25:19

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:42) Open (1:29) cj's week: Making Minecraft Videos, Modern Marvels, & Sprinkles (3:55) Jeff's Week: All-Star Game, Fire at Runyon, & Prime Madness (5:54) Headline: The Auto Industry's Electric Shock (10:35) Headline: Elon Musk's Influence, Greg Abbott's Silence: What Are They Hiding? (14:51) Headline: New Grok AI is a Good Boy and Checks In With Daddy...

The Anti-Vax Backlash: Measles Makes a Comeback 10.07.2025 30:41

(0:00) Open (1:59) Measles Frightening Comeback (5:41) Wasn’t Measles Eliminated? (8:06) How Quickly Does It Spread? (11:51) Reducing The Symptoms From Spicy To Mild (14:34) Fortunately It Doesn’t Mutate Quickly (17:17) Immune Amnesia & The Vulnerable (20:46) Technology Is Helping The Fight (23:15) This Is All Preventable (26:47) cj’s recommendation: Fireworks Videos. All of them. (28:31) Jef...

HEADLINES: Tesla Robotaxi Bloopers, FreedomTok, & The Better Flu Shot We May Never See 08.07.2025 37:47

(0:00) Pre-Show (0:51) Open (1:26) Math 2.0 Day! (2:38) cj's week: Big Bear & Pastrami (4:05) Jeff's Week: Givin’ Up The Asbestos (7:56) Headline: Austin Demands Answers on Tesla Robotaxi Safety (21:28) Headline: ByteDance Launches Separate US TikTok (27:50) Headline: Moderna's mRNA Flu Shot is a Leap Forward in Seasonal Protection (34:08) Godfather’s Used Computer Syndicate - The...

Ghost in the Sky: How the B-2 Redefined Air Power 03.07.2025 31:58

(0:00) Open (2:05) The Unseen Hammer: The Silent Dominance of the B-2 Bomber (3:22) The B-2’s Backstory (9:28) What Came First - The B-2 or The B-2’s Tech? (12:10) How Many B-2s Did We Want & Get? (18:14) Why Whiteman Airforce Base? (20:35) How Many People Fit in a B-2? (24:58) What’s Replacing The B-2? (28:23) cj’s recommendation: The Right Stuff & Airplane! (30:02) Jeff’s Recommendation...