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  • Episode 138: Counterfactual Regret Minimization

    Episode 138: Counterfactual Regret Minimization

    This episode contains: We plan just how hard we’re going to nerd out this weekend when we hangout together! Specifically, we’re going to play Star Wars: Armada, a Fantasy Flight Game similar to the X-Wing Miniatures game. It’s complex but luckily there are YouTube tutorials, some good, some bad. Walking on Sunshine, Whoa-oh-oh: Steven tells…

  • Episode 137: Bugs of the New Order

    Episode 137: Bugs of the New Order

    This episode contains: Devon is sick of dumb studies a bad science reporting! He tells us how most headlines are just for clicks and the studies themselves are usually BS. So now we talk about some science studies based on second hand reports: Oceanographic: Someone has proposed a novel method of stopping tsunamis. Acoustic gravity…

  • Episode 136: Blood and Circles

    Episode 136: Blood and Circles

    This episode contains: Devon eats bread after another long day at the law factory, which ended with a power outage. We then do the thing where we talk about our lives… weekend plans, food, the weather, etc. Also, someone won our Portal 2 giveaway contest! Which proves we have at least one listener. “I Vant…

  • Episode 135: The Reverse-Pluto

    Episode 135: The Reverse-Pluto

    This episode contains: Third times a charm, hopefully, as we failed twice to get the show started. Once we’re finally up and running Devon tells us about his upcoming trip to Florida, we talk about emulators, and then Steven gushes about the Portal level of Lego Dimensions. The Kids Aren’t Alright: A study finds that…

  • Episode 134: Highway Madness

    Episode 134: Highway Madness

    This episode contains: We get things started with a discussion (argument) about what to call it when movies are available to view at home. So far 2017 hasn’t been too exciting, but there’re things to look forward to. Steven is still talking about Lego Dimensions. Steven’s power went out for avoidable reasons and Devon doesn’t…

  • Episode 133: Another Year Down the Drain

    Episode 133: Another Year Down the Drain

    This episode contains: We weren’t going to, but what the hell, it’s easy so we did a 2016 review ep! We inevitably talk about celebrity deaths and the orange menace set to take office in a few weeks. Devon reminds us the nightmare has only just begun but also that some good things happened this…

  • Episode 132: Fat Man Felonies

    Episode 132: Fat Man Felonies

      This episode contains: We spread holiday cheer, perhaps a little late, and question the ethics of mistletoe to kick off this ep! Devon then tells us how he will handle the Santa thing when he has kids and Steven tells of a new idea on how to tell kids the truth about Santa. We…

  • Episode 131: Rogue One

    Episode 131: Rogue One

    There’s a new Star Wars movie so we forgo the science and just nerd the hell out! We rank the movie on our patented five star scale, then jump into a very SPOILER filled review. We discuss how Rogue One sets up A New Hope, how it compares to The Force Awakens and that awesome…

  • Episode 130: Violent Delights, Violent Ends

    Episode 130: Violent Delights, Violent Ends

    It’s the week of December 13, 2016 and Devon is back from Mexico to tell us about his honeymoon, scuba diving, drinking and all. Steven then reminisces about gifts Devon got him during a trip to Europe. Devon talks a bit more about his struggles with scuba diving. Steven assures Devon that getting sick in…

  • Episode 129: The Mormons, the Nauvoo and You

    Episode 129: The Mormons, the Nauvoo and You

    This episode contains: After only a few days of rest, our plucky heroes get back on the mic to once again to talk science and science fiction into your ears. Steven talks about how  much “dadding” he’s been doing, and Devon is getting ready for a trip to Mexico. We don’t talk about the WestWorld…