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Month: November 2018

  • Episode 227: Sci-Fi Pie Guy

    Episode 227: Sci-Fi Pie Guy

    This episode contains: We record the day before Thanksgiving. Devon is going to a friend’s house to party for Thanksgiving, but now they all have kids. Steven is going to have a more traditional Thanksgiving. Steven explains why software gets “patched.” Life, Uh, Finds A Way: Devon has been reading a dinosaur book: The Rise…

  • Episode 226: Red Dead Man-Bear-Pig

    Episode 226: Red Dead Man-Bear-Pig

    This episode contains: Devon went to a Jurassic Quest where he saw life sized dinosaurs. He has positive things to say about it. We also talk about how your knowledge of dinosaurs drops after the age of 4. We then have a brief discussion of the new JP movies of course. Devon has been living…

  • Episode 225: I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

    Episode 225: I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

    This episode contains: California is on fire again. We’re not in danger but there’s smoke everywhere. I want my Baby Back, Baby Back… : There has been a remarkable decline in fertility rates. The current average fertility rate has dropped by half since 1950s. This appears to be due to choice, not biological changes. We discuss…

  • Episode 224: Boldly Paying

    Episode 224: Boldly Paying

    This episode contains: We have a guest on the show that hasn’t been on in a while: Ben Lawless! Devon is still sick so Ben kind of takes over for him. “Technology, how does this even work?”: Helium screws with iPhones apparently. This has to do with the small sealed spaces in the phones. The…

  • Episode 223: Not A Potter Podcast

    Episode 223: Not A Potter Podcast

    This episode contains: Devon has a cold, but he still makes it onto the podcast, for YOU. Steven makes rude comments about the gigantic size of Devon’s son. One of Us: Animals can tell time, if they’re lab mice in virtual reality. Scientists isolated part of the medial entorhinal cortex and found neurons responsible for…