Tangential Banter

Joined by the show's first three-time guest, Jack and Ben pick Kevin's brain about his approach to the artistic design process. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

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Why does 2 + 2 = 4? Watch the video Ben referenced here: https://youtu.be/bY3ZMOn9mHQ?si=zfg-_VK_GVLeXTeW Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

What if our world were significantly less green? What if the government passed budgets via GoFundMe? You'll hear those answers and more on this episode. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Has there ever been a moment in your life when you realized that you had an idea which didn't feel like it was truly yours, because you knew it came from your subconscious mind? Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

What do AI and washing clothes in a river have in common? CGI in movies contains the answer! Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: ⁠⁠⁠ https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Did we experience technical difficulties while recording this episode? You'll never know! Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: ⁠⁠ https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Echolocating a Hadza tribe in Tanzania, getting a traffic ticket in Indiana, and being accused of stealing glow sticks in Iowa. What do these stories all have in common? The answer will shock you! Wait, no it won't. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: ⁠ https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Ledger & Phoenix, helves, Irish goodbyes, the Hague, the ICP, and neuroplasticity. If this episode were a category on Jeopardy , it would be called "potpourri". Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Jack encounters a former president before the boys embark on a journey of unparalleled discovery about the problems we've been told we should care about, but solutions that don't make any sense. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Who would make for better skiers, dwarves or hobbits? Survivorship bias contains the answer. But did you notice the moon-walking bear? Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

For urgent help: ⁠https://988lifeline.org/⁠ To take the depression self-assessment: ⁠https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/1725/phq9-patient-health-questionnaire9⁠ Jack and Ben share their experiences with depression, from the perspective of an outsider observer feeling the effects afterward and from someone experiencing it. Ben compares depression to drowning as a deadly event that can happen in front of w...

Are car trips like acid trips for dogs? What causes some animals to seemingly make ill-advised dashes in front of cars they should be able to tell will hit them and why do they run toward impact instead of away? What could technological advances give us beyond the dream of self-driving cars? All this and more in this episode. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us a...

Ben's impression keeps Jack guessing while he goes full Ebenezer Scrooger in a Soylent Green direction. If we were in charge of politics, no one would participate. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Family history, domain squatting, clothing functionality, and more are bandied about during this episode as the Banter Bois are joined by one of the co-host's brothers. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

Ben and Jack reflect on the journey that has brought the podcast this far. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

The lads take a deep dive into the fantastical and timely world of vampire biology as they attempt to understand what physical mechanisms would be necessary to transform a human into a vampire. They also explore the marketing aspects of branding and childhood nicknames. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode, submit feedback, or send us an idea here: https://forms.gle/QjCdtDh2kTys1gDm8

We finally bring you the AI-generated trailer, courtesy of friend of the show, Matt Johnson, as well as various and sundry other timely topics from our pick list. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here:  ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9

The boys get things off to a wild start with an impersonation of a famous radio personality whose career ended in a cloud of allegations, followed by things done to a chicken which can hardly be spoken aloud, capped - as usual - with musings about the origins of words. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9

This episode is a veritable smorgasbord of topics: Bernie Sanders, Irish Gaelic, the Soviet Union under Stalin, and invitations and how to reject them. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here: ⁠https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9

The newly married Jack and the slightly-more-tenured Ben explore the etymology of a modern sports car leading back to a Dutch naval past and then make the case for the creation of adult rec league track and field. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here: ⁠https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9

Jack and Ben are joined by a surprise guest, reprising his participation from 2024. Along the way they ruminate on pharmaceutical advertisements and more. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here: https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9

Jack and Ben answer the questions of latrine-dwelling sophists before going fully into the weeds to understand why there can be such ambiguity surrounding discussions about weekends. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here: https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9

Friend of the program, Seth Chadwick, joins the hooligans to enlighten the world about just which things would be different if they ran the place. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here: https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9

This tangent brings a millennia-old mystery and intrigue to the fore as Dirty Jack poses a question and the Ben attempts to deduce the answer. Sign up to be a guest in a future episode here: https://forms.gle/vR6mrzXuZX6zifKg9