Wednesday, March 29, 2017

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

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

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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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

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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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

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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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

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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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

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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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

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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