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#123: Squirrel List

February 6th, 2020 · 87 minutes

A litany of the lost things is presented and analyzed, and a catechism for finding the lost things is interrogated.

#122: A Fib of Omission

January 24th, 2020 · 99 minutes

How life is like a rally or a bridge or some…software, I guess?

#121: Impotent Hydra

January 9th, 2020 · 99 minutes

John has a Mac Pro prep mess, and Merlin is struggling with post-holiday mess stress.

#120: Where the Packages Sleep

December 19th, 2019 · 95 minutes

John continues to Prepare the Way, his wife can't close one eye, and there's a Spoiler Slot on HBO's "Watchmen."

#119: Emcee of Thanksgiving

December 12th, 2019 · 101 minutes

The boys envision a Thanksgiving in which you won't get anywhere near the turkey until you've dealt with an upsettingly mercurial new host.

#118: THAT's the Star Wars!

November 27th, 2019 · 114 minutes

Some more Secret Weird Things People Do. And, we've got some doozies.

#117: That’s Not the Rigatoni

November 14th, 2019 · 113 minutes

Apple TV+ is on the docket, but, first, Merlin wants to share the detailed results of his scientific Apple TV and Siri experiments.

#116: Brown Sludge Water

October 31st, 2019 · 103 minutes

John has questions about Merlin's bizarre obsession with the House of Commons' Brexit proceedings.

#115: Rational Twilight

October 16th, 2019 · 99 minutes

Your hosts return to their Secret Weird Things People Do project.

#114: Confronted with a Jar

October 3rd, 2019 · 81 minutes

In a side-door main topic, middle school is discussed, and this leads to an exploration of the value of test prep and learning how to understand and exploit systems.