Ep89: Hot Chocolate Rocket Pack

When the world needs a hero

In this episode Sky revives a WSKB holiday tradition! Sky, Kyle and Tim work together to touch on pine tree, hot chocolate and snowball. We talk about bark bread (bread made from bark), discover one of the greatest paintings of all time, and find weird snow cone flavors.
Photos & Videos we talk about:
24:30 - Woman chocolate vendor

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Ep88: A Watched Goat Never Burns

Look at this good good goat

This week Kyle has us going from the adorable Gävle Goat to barber pole! Sky dives into figural biscuit-making and kids games as Tim hunts down one of the most iconic Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
7:00 - Hobby horse
12:55 - Guy who showed up to the wrong party

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Ep87: He's a Turkey Boy

Relationship goals

Tim's got us going from turkey to Duck Hunt this week. Along the way Kyle learns a lot about birds and fictional ducks while Sky discovers why nicknames are called nicknames and how the Final Fantasy series got its name.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
46:00 - Facial expression of intense interest
48:45 - Fat king quail

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Ep86: Pewled by Mools

Sal is very good

Everybody down, this week Sky has us go 15 miles from the Erie Canal to Fats Domino (it is not actually 15 miles). Kyle learns the name of Prince's symbol as Tim unearths controversy surrounding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Ep85: They're Good Sky Dogs, Brent

hey got any apples

This week Kyle has us racing from plug-in electric vehicle to sugar glider! Tim visits some Greek myths and early flying machines while Sky gets lost in the rainforest with some big bats and unearths a theory of flying monkeys.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
7:30 - Longest Long Gourd
18:25 - Beverly Cleary and her cat, both judging you

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Ep84: The Great Lou

Entertainment

In this episode, Tim has us go from the list of humorous units of measurement to knife throwing. Sky runs away to the circus while Kyle checks out some charlatans.

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Ep83: It's FedEx for Pigeons

"hey check it this is dope"

Sky's hosting pigeons this episode, sending pigeons the boys from barn owl to pigeons Taj Mahal. Along the pigeons way we learn what dovecotes are, talk about pigeons death again and pigeons pigeons pigeons

Photos & Videos we talk about:
24:50 - Hailey's Comet Tapestry
26:30 - A (very metal) allegory for death
37:10 - Fancy pigeon

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Ep82: This Dude's Just Got Hawk

The hood, it does nahthing

In this episode, Kyle has us go from taxicab to the World Wildlife Fund. Sky is confronted with The Knowledge, Tim talks funerals, and they both come up with the same Bad Idea.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
24:40 - cloak hood boy

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Ep81: Cannonballs Were Fired

"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
That's a Star Wars joke right

This time around we're going from 501st Legion to starfish. Join us as we learn about a group of charitable people who dress up as stormtroopers on the weekends and Sky and Tim try to recall a commercial jingle from their childhood.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
26:45 - A float from the 2008 Rose Parade

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Ep80: The Standard Metric Horse

xtreme

In this episode, Sky has us racing and vaulting from parkour to unicorn. Tim gets lost in Serious Horseville and Kyle makes a bold move that pays off.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
35:20 - A big horse and a smol pony
1:05:10 - Poor little birdie teased

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Ep79: Coyote Error

A wild sleepover

Sit back, relax and enjoy: Kyle has us racing from the angle of repose to pillow. Join us as we discover one of Pennsylvania's best-kept secrets and learn about the first sleeping bag.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
26:30 - Henriette d'Angeville (1794-1871)

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Ep78: Technically Scissors Are Just Two Knives

If the image above is broken, we have lost
one of the greatest sites on the internet

This episode is full of wit and drinking: Tim has us go from Dorthy Parker to Cliff Clavin from Cheers. Along the way we learn about stamp perforations and what Kyle's cat personality is.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
37:35 - Le Philateliste by François Barraud (1929)

39:15 - How a cat camera works

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Ep77: That's Too Much Bambi, Dude

Way to get yourself out there, Nina

This week Sky has us racing from covfefe to anime! Things go wrong, predictably. Kyle sizes up the presidents while Tim talks cartoonists.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
57:45 - A fanmade anime picture by Nina

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Ep76: I Ate All the Chickens

You can't help but smile at Snowzilla

In this episode, Kyle has us racing from aquafaba (whaaat) to snowman! Along the way Sky stumbles into jelly babies and aspic eggs while Tim talks frozen custard and Christmas.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
42:00 - Eggs in aspic

Memes we talk about:
Spongebob licking chocolate

Man licking glass from Gravity Falls

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Ep75: Look at How Many Buns I Have

Olympic Sport: No

It's our 75th episode! To celebrate, we're doing something special: all working together to hop between three different quarters. Along the way we talk about Sky's bachelor party, terrible drinking games, and why Virginians (including George Washington) are good with the quarterstaff.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
36:40 - The Merry Drinker (circa 1628–1630) by Frans Hals

42:25 - Symposium, with scene of Kottabos

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Ep74: The Great Spooky Distance

This week we go from Carmen Sandiego to the Cuban Missile Crisis! Along the way we:

• Make fun of North Dakota
• Find out that Kyle owns an unopened DVD of The Blind Side
• Learn why Tim (not our Tim) can't go back in time and kill his grandpa again
• Discover that the Pentagon has a Sbarro

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Ep73: Igloo Adjacent

Get ready

This week Sky has us race from cat organ to igloo. We uncover the world's cutest frog, Kyle checks out some singing dogs and Tim jumps from animated penguin to animated penguin.

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Ep72: That's Some Hairy BS

TAKE A BREAK

In this episode Kyle has us go from inflatable castle to gummy bear. Tim dives into the Food and Drug Administration as Sky gets lost in large Pennsylvanian cities.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
33:30 - Dopey balloon man
43:00 - Smurf Parody hats made with 360 balloons

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Ep71: Blowing the Third Harmonic

Ooouuueeeeoou

In this, our 71st episode, Tim has us competing to get from slide whistle to Miss Moneypenny. Is the bicycle pump proof of time travelers? Why do the British have so many fish? What is a sliding saxophone? What awful movie codes would a Puritan come up with? All these answers and more.


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Ep70: The Ability of the Dough to Flow

Taking a cream pie in the face for charity.

This episode Sky has us go from Harvey Milk to paczki. Join us as we discover the illustrious history of pieing, get a definitive answer as to whether Twinkies were discovered in a cave, take a snack cake quiz, and explore the chemical makeup and flow index of your common donut.


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Ep69: Nice

Behind those teeth is a powerful, powerful diaphragm

This week we go from Big Mama Thornton to the Mercury Project! Along the way we learn about Louie Armstrong's lip scars and who IBM's Watson was really named after.

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Ep68: Robber Novel

Ginsberg has apparently never seen a guitar before

Ready for some badass gothic women in pants? In this episode, Tim has us go from Mary Tyler Moore to Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Kyle learns all about the Tam o' shanter and the Robert Burns poem that inspired its name, while Sky visits The King and Bob Dylan.

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Ep67: An Embarrassment of Gases

Look at this fartomaniac

No shame this week: Sky has us try to get from figure skating to flatulence. Along the way we encounter landfill farts, tetrapod fish, Zambonis, and Le Pétomane ("the Fartomaniac").

Photos & Videos we talk about:
17:00 - Jackson Haines, considered to be the father of modern figure skating
39:35 - Tripod fish rest on the ocean bottom using three spines originating from the fins

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Ep66: Cetacean Needed

Ever wonder how much a single blue whale tongue weighs in human tongues? Good news! This week Kyle has us go from hangover to blue whale. Along the way we learn the answer to the aforementioned question, and also other things like how much saltwater you can drink before you die and the technical term for a penis bone.

Photos & Videos we talk about:
10:50 - A painting from 1681 showing a person affected by nausea, a typical symptom of alcohol hangover
30:15 - cat loves lamp

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