First, man learned language. Then, man used that language to make a podcast about a book about how man learned language. Elliot and Reuben discuss Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Next fortnight, we’ll be talking about The Good Place. Prescription starts at 17:50.
Full of pop culture references to things that people don’t get! But – enough about our podcast. Elliot and Reuben talk more about the Bobiverse trilogy.
Reuben, Elliot, Elliot2 and 3lliot are heading into the clone zone. They prescribe the first of the Bobiverse books – We Are Legion (We Are Bob).
Note: There are some themes discussed in this episode which we think we don’t handle as well as we could have. We use the word ‘uncomfortable’ to describe this work a lot, but that’s just because we’re uncomfortable talking about sexual erotica in general. This is the same whether it’s straight, gay, or anything else. If the way we handle these topics makes you uncomfortable, we sincerely apologize. Love is love, and we support all love – emotional & physical. My headcannon is that Chuck Tingle is actually an instance […]
A story about mawwiage. Elliot and Reuben dive back into The Princess Bride to see what they thought of it.
Wait – this was a book? That’s… inconcievable! Elliot and Reuben discuss The Princess Bride.
Spoiler alert – it’s awesome. Reuben and Elliot talk about Ward. If you haven’t read Worm, why don’t you listen to our episode about it to find out if you’d like it.
It’s Harry Potter how you’ve never seen him before. No – it’s not THAT kind of fan fiction. Elliot and Reuben discuss Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Read HPMOR Rate us on iTunes
It’s our first ever Annual Checkup! Elliot and Reuben discuss followups to all the media they’ve talked about over the past year. Timestamps for the episode: Welcome & Format Changes: 0:00 What is the Annual Checkup: 4:20 The Awards Ceremony: 6:02 #1 – 7 Ancient Wonders: 8:59 #2 – Sense8: 11:28 #3 – Firefly: 15:03 #4 – Reservoir Dogs: 16:09 #5 – Stargate: 16:33 #6 – Young Justice: 26:10 #13 – Worm: 27:40 #14 – Todd Sampson’s BodyHack: 34:37 #15 – Coherence: 38:32 #16 – Westworld: 39:56 #17 – Father […]
A weirdly formatted episode today! We should have drawn our “don’t suck at podcasting” wards a bit better. Elliot and Reuben talk about The Warded Man. Part Two starts at 4:10