Back to Work21 Jul 2020

Episode 487: Nostradamus Pants

DISCUSSED: There's really only one topic right now, and it's not going away any time soon. Many analogies and historical echoes are explored. The future, if it exists, is going to be very weird.

Links for this episode:

And the Band Played On (film) - Wikipedia
Cooter (30 Rock) - Wikipedia
And the Band Played On streaming: where to watch online?
What teachers really think about school reopening in the fall.
Four teachers on their fears and frustrations heading into the 2020 school year.
There Is No Plan (For You) - In These Times
Unemployment, evictions, business failure, a pandemic and health crises are all here at once. The federal government doesn’t care.
Splitting (psychology) - Wikipedia
MSNBC: Atlanta Mayor: Despite rising cases, Georgia Governor ‘wants to silence me’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says that in Atlanta, the city is facing 13% left in ICU capacity, yet Georgia Governor Brian Kemp ‘wants to silence me.’
Adam Alma on Twitter: "@hotdogsladies let me be the nth Floridian to tell you about the wagon wheel closing just last month. Sorry if you mention it later in the show, only 20 mins in https://t.co/3yBdluXoxg" / Twitter
Iconic Wagon Wheel Flea Market closes after five decades in Pinellas Park
Skyfall - Wikiquote
No. You take them, and release them into the trees. Only now, they don't eat coconut anymore. Now they will only eat rat. You have changed their nature.

Brought to you by:

Squarespace (Start your free trial site today, at Squarespace.com and when you sign up make sure to use the offer code ITSYOURSHOW to get 10% off your first purchase).
Feals (Become a member today by going to Feals.com/backtowork and you'll get 50% off your first order with free shipping).
Indeed (Try Indeed out with a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/BACKTOWORK. This is their best offer available anywhere).

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(643)

Episode 644: A Tony Bennett Hair Hat

An important discussion about aging as examined and explained through the lens of James Howlett.

3 Apr 20241h

Episode 643: The Price of Lies

Merlin thinks LLMs have raised the bar for voice assistants in general and Siri in particular. Dan and his kid watch the excellent HBO series, Chernobyl. Merlin’s weird, truncated contexts in Things...

1 Apr 20241h 29min

Episode 642: A Better Roll of Toilet Paper

Your hosts discuss facial hair, notebooks, the metric system, flexing about local weather, and becoming the bathroom supplies you want to see in the world.

20 Mar 20241h 42min

Episode 641: Germans in the Wild

Travel is not always about traveling, but it is definitely always about your life.

13 Mar 20241h 17min

Episode 640: Bob's Big Mess

A classic odds n' sods episode. Plus, Merlin has thoughts about memory and ecosystems, and Dan is considering jetting through an eclipse. e640 Bob Evans https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads...

12 Mar 20241h 19min

Episode 639: The Commodore's Club

Dan talks about what he's learned from traveling a bunch, and Merlin thinks a lot of weirdness comes from our twin fears of boredom and inconvenience.

5 Mar 20241h 15min