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John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way.
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#40: Slippery Slope to Dr. Manhattan
December 1st, 2016 · 113 minutes
The main topic this week is Free Will. While Merlin has concerns about bong talk and living in a fingernail, John quickly gets things refocused on people's garden-variety defenses of free will and where they probably come from.
#39: Rocks Aren’t Magic
November 16th, 2016 · 116 minutes
This week’s main topic covers teaching kids about technology_ When, how, and what should young students learn about computers at school? How far have things come since Merlin’s Business Administration class and the lectures John suffered on RAM vs. ROM?
#38: The Monkey God Situation
November 1st, 2016 · 108 minutes
The main topic this week has Merlin probing John’s thoughts on the idea of a thing being “wrong within normal parameters.” John calls someone a “super doof,” and both hosts share their strategy for not ending up on a desert island.
#37: A Useless Angle for Swordfighting
October 18th, 2016 · 105 minutes
The main topic this week is whether we’re living in a simulation (and how we’d know it).
#36: The Ragged Edge of What's Possible
October 4th, 2016 · 84 minutes
The main topic is solo parenting. Facing The Shoe Crisis, thrice ruining the dinosaur eggs, and finding yourself in a Staples line that’s literally not moving. Is fear and anxiety really such a smart and time-tested motivator?
#35: A Lot of Them Are Tricks
September 21st, 2016 · 118 minutes
The main topic this week is "magic and superstition." What delights (or angers) your hosts in a magic show? Why can't Cardini get rid of those cards?
#34: All These Assistant Principals are Now Dead
September 6th, 2016 · 131 minutes
The main topic this week is high school reunions. Or, at least it starts out that way.
#33: Survival Bucket
August 25th, 2016 · 91 minutes
The main topic this week is ratings and reviews. John talks about how he drinks eagerly from the fire hose of product recommendations as well as sharing his perspective on how he thinks about his epic OS X reviews in retrospect.
#32: Pigs and Bunnies
August 9th, 2016 · 99 minutes
The big topic this week? Sauce. More specifically, John walks us through how he cooks, stirs, and deploys delicious spaghetti sauce at scale. A general discussion of cooking practices reveals that Merlin is probably America's greatest microwave wizard.
#31: Backsolve From Your Urges
July 28th, 2016 · 106 minutes
The main topic this time is 'Evolutionary Biology'. John runs through some common misconceptions, and widespread errors of analogies. Merlin candidly admits that he still doesn't really understand what he doesn't understand.