Episodes

  • Little Gems for the People #7, Boomerphone

    Little Gems for the People #7, Boomerphone
    Feb 17 2025
    Ned and Meg explore examples of familial triangulation involving people who grew up before answering machines and modern smartphone technologies. This leads to a chat about doubling down. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.
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    19 mins
  • Little Gems for the People #6, Net Neutrality

    Little Gems for the People #6, Net Neutrality
    Feb 10 2025
    Meg forces Ned to explain Net Neutrality on the spot, and then after that we talk about how US courts just overturned it, which is bad. In addition to the bad idea of ending net neutrality, we also talk about flat earth. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!
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    23 mins
  • Cosmic Latte, Don't Call it Beige

    Cosmic Latte, Don't Call it Beige
    Feb 3 2025
    Ned and Meg talk about #fff8e7, the hexadecimal index of the color Cosmic Latte. And what is a cosmic latte? Why, it's the average color of all the light emitted in the universe, or close to it! We chat about how this color came to be known in 2002 and the guys who discovered it. We also talk about physics jokes, free will and the double slit experiment, deterministic universes, and coffee. Because of course we talk about coffee. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, and don't be a dick!
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Petards Be Hoistin'; From Scratch, Hard Lines and Gray Areas

    Petards Be Hoistin'; From Scratch, Hard Lines and Gray Areas
    Dec 23 2024
    Ned and Meg get off topic super quick because we were in the same room again. Joy! Hello to everyone we met in San Diego, you're all wonderful! Ned and Meg talk about people who hang themselves with their own ropes, also idiomatically known as being hoisted by one's own petard, thank you Shakespeare. We talk about whales and linguistics and dogs with vocabulary buttons and the meaning of the phrase 'from scratch,' plus Bde Maka Ska, a lake in Minneapolis. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Follow This Simple Sophistry for a Perfect Life, Listen to the End to Find Out the Secret

    Follow This Simple Sophistry for a Perfect Life, Listen to the End to Find Out the Secret
    Nov 18 2024
    Ned and Meg talk about the latest hype at the intersection of the art world and block chain, NFTs. We dish on digital assets, block chain public ledgers, the black market, intellectual property rights, and all the major problems with NFTs. This whole topic is both as crazy and not as crazy as you may already think. Watch out! This one’s a trip. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick, thanks for listening.
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Not Every Conversation Needs to be a Podcast, Shut Up Yes it Does

    Not Every Conversation Needs to be a Podcast, Shut Up Yes it Does
    Nov 11 2024
    Ned and Meg have some thoughts about content, content creation, and what the fuck is going on. Also this one is as the name says, so we sorta forget what happens after that. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Get Your Drugs and Candy Here

    Get Your Drugs and Candy Here
    Oct 31 2024
    Ned and Meg give their thoughts about Derry Girls, a cute and adorable television show set in Ireland in the 1990s with The Troubles and a Catholic school setting as hilarious and relatable backdrops to the lives of teenage friends. We get sidetracked by pizza and fish that share a name, how everything costs $300 now, endless road trips, and a list of Neds. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!
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    39 mins
  • Derry Girls Watch Party

    Derry Girls Watch Party
    Oct 26 2024
    Ned and Meg give their thoughts about Derry Girls, a cute and adorable television show set in Ireland in the 1990s with The Troubles and a Catholic school setting as hilarious and relatable backdrops to the lives of teenage friends. We get sidetracked by pizza and fish that share a name, how everything costs $300 now, endless road trips, and a list of Neds. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!
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    1 hr and 7 mins