This episode contains: We’re your dads this week. Turns out Steven knows how to introduce a damn podcast. We argue how many weeks it’s been since Devon’s been on the podcast. Oh no, we started singing Barenaked Ladies this episode. Does anybody think our podcast is better when Steven is choking on cat hair? Steven’s the Houdini of the podcast. Death-defying at every turn. Devon and his kids were putting together Lego on Father’s Day. There’s a new franchised Lego store around Devon: Bricks and Minifigs. Devon got the new Treehouse Lego set, and Steven is totes jelly. Steven got the Lego house from Up… and shoes. Happy Father’s Day. Ben got a toolbox shaped like Mjonir and a card that says “Happy Person Father Day.” Is Benergy hereditary? Or is it contracted? Looks like Ben’s gonna put up drywall, and knows nothing about it. The drywall guy. Steven and Ben checked out our local watering hole, the Raconteur Room. Super chill. Steven found some people who also get migraines from hops. Instead of recording this podcast we could have went to a metal show at Dark Nectar. Ben will totally go to shows with Steven.
Honey, where are my pants? Scientists conduct first test of a wireless cosmic ray navigation system. Ben has a joke just for the Lego Movie fans. What’s better than GPS (in certain situations)? muPS! GPS sucks when it encounters ground and water. muPS doesn’t have this problem. Ever wondered all the things that muons have been used for? There’s so many things! What’s your deal, muons? Well, they decay. Check out the episode of Miikshi about Cosmic Rays, which covers the same research. Justin T. Lee not only made Miikshi, he also made ST:TNG Animated and Voyager Animated. https://news.muographix.u-tokyo.ac.jp/2023/05/15/filmmakers-interview-justin-t-lee-and-lindsay-lee/news-local/
AaaH!CHOOO! Better understanding of how genes make us prone to allergies. This year has been way worse for Steven’s allergies. He’s trying a new med. Allergies rank as the 6th most prevalent cause of chronic illness in the U.S. Learning more about how allergies work can help uncover possible remedies for them. Looking to control allergies? Let’s start looking at the ETS1 protein. The Golden book The Shy Little Kitten is really messing Steven up. What would an Avengers team from Golden Books look like? Steven keeps prompting songs from the other hosts on this podcast.
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Steven re-reviews Star Wars: Rogue One. Devon feels that’s the only good Disney SW film. Ben doesn’t know how to spell the Star Wars planet Jedha. He thinks it’s Jetta. Poor Ben. Devon talks about how good the first episode of the most recent season of Black Mirror is.
Our Patreons get a new playlist as a gift from ya boi Devon C! Steven does not remember The Dear Hunter, despite Devon’s knowledge dump several times.
Big Question: Is this the discount episode? 3 big questions for the price of 1! Would you rather have proof of intelligent alien life or true general AI? We discuss. Would true general A.I. be cool with us as planetmates? How about aliens as neighbors? What if knowing about intelligent aliens actually united humanity? Probably wouldn’t though. We had the opportunity to unite and kill something evil on our planet for 3 years. No way. Ben makes another Star Trek V reference. Devon leaves him hanging. Is our hope for AI only to subjugate and enslave another life form? How amazing will it be when AI can build personalized curriculums for students? Would you rather self-driving cars everywhere or affordable low-orbit space tourism? What if low-orbit space tourism was as affordable as a cruise? If cars weren’t important anymore, urban design would be completely revolutionized. People should get licenses to share a road with self-driving cars. Would you rather have faster than light space travel or mind uploads to computers? Ben wants the singularity. Functional immortality. Devon wants to be Mayor of the Matrix. Would FTL travel be worth it if you can’t make your ship look like the Millennium Falcon? We haven’t had a clip show in a while. Probably not for a while longer.