Player FM - Internet Radio Done Right
Checked 4y ago
הוסף לפני ten שנים
Innhold levert av Micah Redding. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Micah Redding eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast-app
Gå frakoblet med Player FM -appen!
Gå frakoblet med Player FM -appen!
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Merk alt (u)spilt...
Manage series 48668
Innhold levert av Micah Redding. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Micah Redding eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
An ascending rampage up the tower of abstraction(s). Obfuscation, paradox, and irony are the hallmarks of this pedantic exploration of intellectual pretension.
…
continue reading
13 episoder
Merk alt (u)spilt...
Manage series 48668
Innhold levert av Micah Redding. Alt podcastinnhold, inkludert episoder, grafikk og podcastbeskrivelser, lastes opp og leveres direkte av Micah Redding eller deres podcastplattformpartner. Hvis du tror at noen bruker det opphavsrettsbeskyttede verket ditt uten din tillatelse, kan du følge prosessen skissert her https://no.player.fm/legal.
An ascending rampage up the tower of abstraction(s). Obfuscation, paradox, and irony are the hallmarks of this pedantic exploration of intellectual pretension.
…
continue reading
13 episoder
Alle episoder
×T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Micah and Ryan catch up with Ryan's super-commuter lifestyle, summarize the movies of 2014, and discover how Matthew McConaughey helped us land on a comet. Get the incredibly detailed shownotes here , and delve into topics including: The word milieu Shia Labouf The connections between method acting , Methodists, and algorithms A Methodism to his madness and more Methodism to his madness Are we living in the 21st century? When did it happen? (Hint: It's not the same century as "the 2000s") Year Zero Zero to One (best book ever) The upcoming Singularity Movie. Kinda like Scary Movie. Neil deGrassfed Bison Ryan's improv experiences. This is NOT therapy! The TV show Nashville [Pikachu]( http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pikachu_(Pok%C3%A9mon) ) and that weird art thing that sounds like it. Pecha Kucha . People in bands. Band people, Banned people. The democratization of music, the capitalization of music, and the fascism of music. Not capitalizing words. See also ee cummings . It takes two mirrors to look at your life. That's just logic. Binaural audio (see this binaural music video ) How Interstellar is the sequel to True Detective, via that Dylan Thomas poem. True Detective (best show ever) and philosophical pessimism How Interstellar led to scientific discoveries Rage against the dying of the light Yes And Man, Yes Sandman Optical Delusion ( s ) The difference between Maxwell's Demon and Descartes' Demon Alright, alright, alright…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
1 Ep 12: Now that's what I call angst! 1:12:03
1:12:03
Spill senere
Spill senere
Lister
Lik
Likt
1:12:03Ryan and Micah once again buddy-cop this episode, with a review of the movie Her, a discussion of assault rifles, Jesus, and popular business mottos, a how-to guide on escaping from either a black hole, or the mouth of the ferocious Snuggle Bear, and some precise pointers on how to swear an oath in the ancient world. Read our detailed shownotes here. Her, the Movie Homely vs homey The straight and narrow path, is basically the double-slit experiment Jesus wants you to carry an assault rifle The cross we have to bear, the thorn in our flesh, going the extra mile, turning the other cheek, stripping naked in court , and other popular business mottos How to swear an oath in the ancient world (don’t tell HR) Some confusion between the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Snuggle Bear and the Charmin Bear The 12-week year and my 12-week calendar The ONE Thing 66 days to form a habit Phones as Golden Compass-like daemons The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and Not Quite Human (revealing Alan Thicke’s robotic son) and Small Wonder Now That’s What I Call Angst! - Volume 15 Sad songs make you happy A Spike Jonze short film The Secret Life of Black Holes You spin me right round, Jesus Fiend, a novel…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
In this coming-of-age episode, Micah and Ryan explore the problems with Millennials and Gypsies, find out why hippies become bankers, solve deep theological problems with the Power Rangers, and give the world a sure-fire formula for success! Read our detailed shownotes here. Strange Loops , Exponential Extrapolations, and the Simulation Argument Is there a scientific test to see if we’re living in a simulation? We’re the adult version of Sesame Street The three-body problem is what makes the trinity so difficult to understand The trinity and pie The trinity and pi All the other illustrations fail miserably, so I use my go-to illustration of The Megazord from The Power Rangers Captain Planet A film adaptation of Captain Planet? Ted Turner Both numerable and innumerable Our bumper music is just an exclamation of incredulity Millennialism, Catholicism, Nihilism, Eddie Izzardism, and the new iOS X Our role models - TMZ or bathroom graffiti? This is our coming of age episode “What have I become?” - Johnny Cash quoting Trent Reznor How do you pronounce NietzsChe Guevara? A Salinger documentary? The Eternal Return, a recurring theme of this podcast Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid A reading list for this show — add your contributions here! Why are millennials unhappy? Gen Y Millennials, or GYPSYs Flotsam Gypsum and Lorem Gypsum You are a special butterfly Trying to convince ourselves we’re special The Flight of the Conchords and their fanbase Ylvis Ryan Hogan’s Sure-Fire Formula for Success: move to New Zealand or Norway and start a comedy band Hippies and cults Idealists vs Radicals Idealists think things can be better Radicals believe there is a core, and everything else needs to be cut away Existence precedes essence There are good things in the world, we’ve got to rip open the containers to get at them Radicalism is unsustainable Hippies become cultists, then Wall Street Bankers Watch out for the New Radicals ! The Flaming Lips, One Direction , and One Republic The defeaters of orthodoxy become the defenders of orthodoxy A band named “Pope”, with a lead singer who is a puppet Dualistic Tensions Apollo and Dionysus and art history Chaos and Order Will to Power bars Schwa -sticka Sisyphus or Silliphus or Syphilis ? Futile or Feudal or Futile? The problem with cubicle walls Tearing down cubicle walls The frustrating thing about cubicle walls is that they’re not real walls They don’t imprison you, YOU imprison you! They point to how the modern world renders your natural instincts impotent The Stapler Guy We finally figure out how to use the Butterfly Effect to make ourselves feel special…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
1 Ep 10: The Episode of Unnecessary Intrusions 47:25
47:25
Spill senere
Spill senere
Lister
Lik
Likt
47:25This episode doubles as a going away party, and a chance for a rival group of partiers to launch a mutiny and a podcast of their own. Will the whole thing capsize before reaching a meaningful resolution? Tune in to find out! Read our detailed shownotes here. You can’t prove a negative , but can you argue from silence? David's twitter conversation Tabula rasa Crack babies and crack addicts Greek theater , with its Greek choruses and all those deus ex machinas In Nashville, everything’s a music venue Bathroom walls, music, education, ancient relics The CoC’s favorite fallacy: the argument from silence. Some people argue for the argument from silence 1 2 And here’s someone arguing that rejecting the argument from silence is engaging in an argument from silence of your own 3 And here’s someone who blames the argument from silence on God himself 4 Henry Cavil & the Episode of Unnecessary Intrusions There are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns - Donald Rumsfeld Dick Cheney doesn't have a heart Is this podcast supposed to be funny? Recorded voice, actual voice, internal voice The voice of my internal monologue - I'm in love with the voice inside my head James Earl Jones is Ryan's internal voice. People who played god. Morgan Freeman Whoopi Alanis Morrissette George Carlin Voices by decade The stereotypical 40s voice The nasally high pitched 90s voice Seizure sneezes or Caesar Schneezes? If there's anything we don't do on this show, it's name drop Science attempts to falsify, not prove positives Prank phone calls Spin-off podcasts The Necessary Distractions podcast Unnecessary Intrusions Necessary Extrusions Cross pollination No screaming Art is about seeing Experiments with a hand in a box. Phantom Hands. Phantom toes. Curing phantom hands. Justin Timberlake puts some things in a box The blog of unnecessary phallic symbols . Medical and medicinal phallic references. Prosthetic sixth toe. Five finger shoes. Foley The coming shownote singularity Transcription, transubstantiation, transfusion Keep it publishable The penultimate pendragon A large thistle on the verge of exploding…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
In this episode we talk about entropy, cynicism, misery, and Ryan Gosling, with plenty of #sports, #popculture, and #currentevents. Also discussed, why not to start a French Revolution. Read our detailed shownotes here. How Ryan survived the 27 club Song: I am the cosmos Burner Phones, Motorola and Victrola Ryan Gosling in ‘Drive’ The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind and Bicameralism I Always Look Up the Word ‘Egregious’ Creating a Wikipedia loop Leslie Lohan, Lindsey Lohan’s twin sister Disney & the homunculus Bertrand Russell’s turtles all the way down Godel Escher Bach Sickness unto death with Kierkegaard Irreducible Complexity Psoriasis or Psychosis or Cirrhosis Synecdoche, New York Funeral Monologue Why sad songs make you happy Entropy, the second law of thermodynamics Elysium Nightfall by Isaac Asimov Choose Your Eschatology [Korg Organs]( http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/KORG_CX-3_(1980,_front).jpg ) The Daemons leaving (see Elizabeth Gilbert and [Daemons in His Dark Materials]( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A6mon_(His_Dark_Materials) ) and [Daemons in classical mythology]( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(classical_mythology)) ) Passing it on, like the Sprint Dime The Gifts of the Jews The World is Not Ours to Save and The Two Futures Project Regular, awesome muffins to the right Micah’s MTA talk Venkatesh Rao and Evil Twins Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael and the Second Great Awakening Pete Rollins Seeing the world negatively makes you happy, seeing the world positively makes you miserable Nature vs Grace, as seen in The Tree of Life , Superman and Lex Luthor Jem and the Holograms , their arch-rivals the Misfits, and the song Winning is Everything Arrested Development, season 4 Life is not a game, like Go or Magic the Gathering. It’s more like basketball. #sports “Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?” - Robert Browning Whenever the buzzer sounds, there will always be balls in the air Every single episode of LOST , in six seconds. Vihart explains 20th century and atonal music and we use that as a way to talk about the breaking of language, and the urge to destroy everything in the hopes of remaking it Hippies grow up to be Wall Street bankers Jimi Hendrix and the national anthem “Call the world if you please ‘The vale of soul-making’.” - John Keats The theology of Jean Valjean The Vast Economy includes black markets, grey markets, and thermodynamics Micah is meta-cynical, seeing behind not just the first curtain , but the second curtain as well And finally, everything comes to an entropic close.…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Dave Albritton comes onboard to throw down the podcast rivalry gauntlet. We enter the world of Catfishing, numerology, the 27 club, Gilligan's Island, and Lindsey Lohan's secret twin sister. If you've been hoping we would take the show down a notch, this is your episode! Read our incredibly detailed shownotes here. Hippie nonsense The liminal space between the voice of reason and the voice of chaos Dave “The Gray Area” Albritton Neuroscience The Topic Du Jour Ryan's Hulk moment, and the subsequently ripped shirt Castaway How to start a fire with a tshirt Into the Wild The Lord of the Flies Gilligan’s Island Hunger Games meets Crocodile Dundee Flipper vs Jaws Macabre Google search suggestions Godzilla vs Monster Zero Team Edward vs Team Jacob Micah's resident expertise on Twilight Team Ginger vs Team Maryann Team Wilma vs Team Betty Team Wilma and Betty vs Team Ginger and Maryanne One is fiery and fun and adventurous One is more laid-back but also could be cool Your favorite Beatle The internet can be a dark place That's why there's Google for kids! What about the romantic tension of Gilligan’s Island? "Marriage: Being Romantically Involved by Definition" Asexual Predators Gilligan’s Island and the seven deadly sins Se7en, the movie The Upcoming Unnecessary Abstraction movie night Short stack Pacific Rim Movies with Davids A girl named David A book about a David The conspiracy behind movie titles with numbers Our great podcast rivalry with Ben Howard We, the American Industrialists pod‘Casting our pearls before swine The Glee Karaoke App Twinsies Russell Crowe and Britney Spears Twinsie Movies: Armageddon, Deep Impact Antz, A Bug’s Life No Strings Attached, Friends with Benefits Chasing Liberty, and Katie Holmes as First Daughter Vanilla Sky and Open Your Eyes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Google Fu And then there are the Triplet and the Quadrupsies movies: Black Hawk Down, White House Down, Olympus Has Fallen, Zero Dark Thirty The Abyss, Grumpy Old Men, and some other movie at McDonalds for $5 How Atlas Shrugged (aka “Cloud Atlas” ) was basically just Love Actually How Atlas Shrugged was basically The Social Network, but with trains Lana Wachowski, babe Lindsey Lohan and her twin sister, Leslie Lohan Dante’s Peak, Twister Judging books by their covers: "The cover is a book’s aspiration" T Pain app Autotune Rap App Microsoft Songsmith Shownotes “Castration, it leaves a mark” - Dave Albritton misquote “Everything is a revolving door” - Dave Albritton and more Fortune Cookies from Dave! Rap-ertoire words like Somber, Sonorous, Loquacious, Solenoid Turning 28 28 is Micah’s year zero 27 Club 700 Club Poseurs and Pretenders Ryan’s younger and more vulnerable days Name-dropping The six degrees of Kid President : ...brother of Jeffrey Novak ...who appeared in the movie with Jay Reatard The Illuminati "The weird thing about the 27 club is that they didn’t make it to 28" - Dave Albritton What about the 28 club ? Magical occult connotations of 9, 3, 27. Some authoritative sources: 1 , 2 3^3 = 9 x 3 = 3x3x3 13 x 2 = 27 - 1 And other math lessons like these! It takes about 7 years to become good at something Your 11 lifetimes Are all the cells in your body replaced every seven years? The 7 year itch Cloud Atlas and the idea of seven lives Petrified Wood the waters of life can carve you out, like a pebble in a stream Work cliches: Another day, another dollar It is what it is Another day in paradise Living the dream A case of the Mondays Hump Day! Manic Depression , by Jimi Hendrix The Phoenix "Live feverishly!" Livin la vida loca YODO , not YOLO A Wikipedia loop Occam’s Razor A hard break The ambition of this podcast: to loop back on ourselves, like monkeys randomly generating the complete works of Shakespeare , to recreate verbatim our first episode A ferris wheel? More like a terrorist wheel! Zeno’s Paradox Source Code Ouroboros: a Quine Relay , a Quine , Equine , Thomas Aquinas , Quinoa , a Quine Relay Nihilism doesn’t mean much anyway If Nihilism is true, then there is meaning in the world Do people really believe their bumper stickers? Some mumbling Why wear sports jerseys? I don’t really know, or know why this is being discussed on this podcast. Bumper stickers and sports jerseys are self-congratulatory phenomenon "In case of rapture, this car will be empty"...but what about when it’s empty during normal times? That’s a bad rapture barometer. Follow the right Twitter account, get out of purgatory A coming Twitter reformation, in which we publicly secede from following the pope, and follow ourselves Could you follow yourself on Twitter? Ben Howard’s tweets about online Christian Dating (and here and here and here ) Bring us the world's weirdest catfish scenario Catfishing + Phishing = Catphishing Consolidate my life into pieces, this is my last resort Opening up a can of spam Sushi made with spam "Hawaii is a paradise of spam!" Is spam composed of vestigial organs ? This podcast is like a beef hot dog made with steak. No Fillers! “You can make a bad decision, but not with a steak frank” - Dave Albritton Lewd gestures with balloons are totally okay, though An approved list of things to make lewd gestures with: Balloons Stuffed animals … The 27 Deadly Sins: Heroine Cocaine PCP ... Enter The Void If my life was a biography, Morgan Freeman would be my narrator Through the Wormhole , a sister show of: Quantum Leap , a sister show of: Gilligan’s Island (and a sister of a sister is my friend) Nathan and David in “The Sword in the Sheep!” Dave takes a phone call We help Dave answer a simple text message…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Micah and Ryan bring back scholar-at-large Robert Franks to pull back the curtain of the world, do some name-dropping, unveil the secrets of Kanye West, and discover the conspiracy behind Hollywood's obsession with the Wizard of Oz. Welcome to Brickcaster Season 2! Read our incredibly detailed shownotes here. Topics covered include: The Peace Corps Doesn’t this look good on a resume ? A one-way suitcase to Germany A Michael Jordan moment ...or was it a Mario Lemieux moment ? Something about Lance Armstrong "I refer you to the rest of culture" - John Hodgman Upstream Color Titular Appellations or was it Titchular Appalachians ? Dirks and Pikes Synecdoche, the figure of speech , Synecdoche the film , Schenectady, the unfortunately named city Logical Fallacies Accusing someone of ad hominem is an ad hominem Ragnarok … The Dave Ramsey plan Or maybe you should just get a job with Dave Ramsey? Name-dropping Brad Montague Ryan and his mafia-esque nicknames for people …reminiscent of The Wire "The Origins of Ponyface" …. (soft dissolve) Anecdote or antidote? Love in Stereo The new album by Kanye Twitty , I mean Kanye West: Yeezus , featuring the lead single: “I am a God” Having a Come to Yeezus moment John Milton reinventing religion to suit himself Bono's mythic sense of self Mythicism The Alchemist , by Paul Coelho Cheezus Art is charlatanism Shamans and tricksters Bringing the metaphysical to earth Art is what you hide from the viewer Our motto or mantra: Keep it Publishable Name-dropping Venkat Rao ( my interview with him ) Venkat's expose of The Office: The Gervais Principle The completion of The Gervais Principle : Becoming a sociopath as a quest of questioning, a process of pulling back the curtain Gaping Void's inspirational take on business hierarchy The Psychopath Test Dale Carnegie books Some relevant societal thoughts: a , b , c Will to Power Nihilism Nietzsche Will to Power vs Natural Grace Nature vs Grace as portrayed in the movie "Tree of Life" ( quote , essay , imdb , video ) John Lennon claims to be more popular than Jesus I am the Walrus Number 9, turn me on deadman Frisson or frission Hollywood is a manufacturer of western-like religious experiences Seeing behind the movie theatre curtain, or "Why Hollywood is infatuated with the Wizard of Oz" The Southpark episode with Tween Wave bands David Copperfield, not the magician , the novel Cerealized Dickens , I mean, Serialized Dickens Name-dropping Charlie Seaton Being metaphorically sober I Always Look up the word Egregious The etymology of the word feisty "No Shame" bumper sticker Sports talk Sports references and euphemisms Preface or Preface or Prefix or Prevaricate Prologue Words like Mendacity and Interlocutor and Eclectic (If you say you have eclectic taste in music, you don't) Words like Quotidian Words like torturous , tortuous , tortoise, circuitous Generational Chasm (or was it Generational Chiasm ?) Thesis, antithesis, synthesis, Hegel! How humanity is just an extended version of mammalian childhood The expansion of the gestational phase of our species The origins of teenage-hood. Pushing back against adulthood, an emphasis on the ephemeral. Snapchat Rock and roll helps explore new possibilities for adulthood The Charles Dickens biography by Peter Acroyd , and how Dickens wrote as a reaction to being sent to work at an early age Saved by the Bell, the college years Emergent adulthood as discussed in The End of the Parade Kathmandu: The Bob Seger song , Micah's 40-day trip around the world The Egyptian revolution and Micah's experiences in Tahrir Square We’re recording the people’s history, but we're losing it as fast as we record it Third World Problems Ryan World Problems Walker Percy's life story New Mexico is really close to space, man Effigies and ivory Ben Affleck callback Roderick on the Line The (censored) Ouroboros Malaise Zaxby’s Fried Pickles Pickle Juice Art as artifice. Can you be an artist without being artificial? Can you be successful without being artificial? Jam Bands vs Tribute Bands Bruce Springsteen Weezer’s first two albums Name-dropping Peter Rollins "There’s Nothing Behind the Curtain" Suspension of disbelief is the basis of art Now You See Me A magician does not reveal his secrets. A songwriter does not reveal his lyrics. The more I know about the experts, the less meaning I see there. Venturing behind the curtain is a loss of meaning. Kid President pep talk Familiarity breeds contempt A prophet is not respected in his hometown — because that's where he tried out all his starter material. Name-dropping Jeffrey Novak That movie about Jay Reatard Bob Dylan was just mimicking Woody Guthrie, who was ill Bob Dylan things: Highway 61, Self-portrait, Nashville Skyline, The Boxer We're not mentioning Icarus Opting-out of the climb Crashing and burning The 27 club Rap is about bravado Kanye is like Bowie GIGO Abbreviation, Acrostic, Acronym? Jack Black High Fidelity Is it better to burn out or to...fade away?…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Ryan and Micah bring back all former guests of the show, for one massive megazord of an episode. They speak some positive words into your life, talk about how “there are really only like five stories anyway”, delve into the origin of ties, sweatpants in public, and Slipknot, and then see just how deep the rabbit hole goes when they explore books based on movies, based on board games, based on books. (Recorded January 2013) Read our incredibly detailed shownotes here. Topics include: “Emasculation, it leaves a mark” - Dave Albritton Flatland, the novella , the movie , the flannel board ? The Dating Show of Unnecessary Abstraction(s) “This is a Disaster”, Comedy Show The Debate Panel of Unnecessary Abstraction(s) Battle of wits to the death Recapitulating, as in theory , theology , and musicology . Is it spelled capitulation or concatenation or capitalization or caputation or decapitation ? “I’m Stan Edward” - Ryan Hogan “Sometimes, you have to go there” - Dave Albritton Owls of Gahoul, the movie , the books , the boardgame Settlers of Catan Books based on movies based on books Books with records, like this one I had as a child: Stars Wars Read Along Record The Ultimates Sesquipedalian Stan’s podcast plus our new podcast ideas for Stan: Stan on the Line, Stalin on the Line The Psychopath Test Justified “Everybody Loves Raylan” - the new show by Mike Royce “There are only like five stories” - Rob Franks Joseph Campbell , the monomyth , the hero of a thousand faces The Art of Power Hobbit, the animated version , and book , high-frame rate JR Franks, JR Frankenstein Ironic Irony It’s Finally Ironic , an overly-pedantic correction to Alanis Morissette The New Sincerity Supra-ironic gestures about mullets Aesthetics People who dress ugly to appear beautiful (Isn’t that ironic? No.) Coming to terms with feeling ugly Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick Name it and claim it The Power of Now Joel Osteen, speak positive words into your life Joel Osteen’s church James K Smith and his assessment of the role of architecture St John’s in New York is not an entertainment venue! Oh, and Sting played a concert there. Notre Dame The Hunchback of Notre Dame, written by Victor Hugo, the author of Les Mis Heaven’s Gate SEO The decrease of formality Ties and The Blog of Unnecessary Phallic Symbols Chris Gaines , Sasha Fierce , and Slipknot Dave cries a single tear Men singing together used to be the only music in the world . See also this and this and this . Homer Simpson as Sasquatch Then we kind of lose the script for a while. Good news ladies, Ryan has decided to lower his standards. Pascal’s Wager , mugging , and triangle Ryan’s tshirt company We're not going to talk about solipsism , but we are going to talk about the story of Micah’s life: Starting in Pawhuska, Oklahoma , Micah's primordial embrace of extropianism , and how futurism is recapitulating ancient philosophy, including gnosticism . Which Greek god's body do you want to have? Opening Pandora's Box with the Meyers Briggs . Doing some name-dropping Come as You Are Come to the table!!!…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
This episode was recorded on Christmas day 2012, but is only now being released in July 2013. This podcast has opened Pandora's Box, and once opened, the box cannot be repacked. We delve into mythology, internet radio services, popular chain restaurants, cross-species interbreeding, alternate histories, and Free Willy. Come along for the drive. Read our incredibly detailed shownotes here. Topics covered: Pandora’s Box in mythology , jewelry , and internet radio . Pandora’s Box as the much darker version of Jack in the Box. Jack in the Box, the restaurant . Jack in the Box doesn't exist in Nashville . Pop Goes The Weasel , Theodore Roosevelt , and Put a Ring on It . Jack Box , mascot of Jack in the Box. Human-nonhuman interbreeding. The similar origins of Tewodros Bear and Teddy Bear . ENFP and INTJ on the Meyers-Briggs. Jesus has a Meyers-Briggs of INTJ, contrary to this ; but God has a Meyers-Briggs of ENFP (personal research). Indigent Integer is not a real term. The pseudo-historical Russian New Chronology says that history began in approximately 1000 AD, when Jesus was crucified at the beginning of the crusades. Mystery , the pickup artist. Girls and Money , the band. John Lennon’s secret name in the Quarrymen (do your own research). Jumpin’ Jack Flash , Jack Frost , and Robert Zimmerman nipping at your nose. Groundhog pope and six more weeks of Lent . 40 days and 40 nights , that one movie. Around the world 80 days , a story featuring Phineas and Ferb , I mean Phineas Gage , I mean Phileas Fogg . Ted , the surprisingly heart-warming movie about a crude talking bear. Human-nonhuman interbreeding. Teddy Ruxpin , Alf , and Girls who are androids . Free Willy musical intro: YouTube , Amazon…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Pseudonyms, sociopaths, and podcasts that loop forever are some of the subjects that arise when Stan Edward drops in for some snake-eating-tail action. Read our shownotes here. @stanedward Breakfast Club Podcast Ouroboros Twilight and the Burden of Free Will - by Micah The Twilight Saga How do you spell Occam's Razor? Singularity Meetup Simulacra…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Rob Franks drops by to weigh in on Ryan's Cartesian Anxiety, Dante's Peak, Dante's Inferno, how to break up with a girl who is wrong about Plato, and how to grab life by Ben Affleck's dangling participles. Read our shownotes here. Cartesian Anxiety Dante's Inferno Dante's Peak Golden Compass Kingdoms of the Wall Venus de Milo Mila Kunis Ben Affleck - non-cartesian hero…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
In this episode, celebrity-of-sorts Dave Albritton stops by for a refreshing glimpse into the world as he sees it. We talk about how OCD is the new snort-laughing, how Sherlock Holmes is making sociopathy sexy, what it's like to be super-villain, and much more. Read our shownotes here. Some topics covered: The Blog of Unnecessary Phallic Symbols Elementary vs Sherlock OCD Sociopaths Lex Luthor as a misunderstood nice guy John Roderick and friends at the Seattle Interactive Conference…
T
The Podcast of Unnecessary Abstraction(s)
Schrodinger's Cat, the Epimenides Paradox, and Men of a Certain Age all feature in this remake of the episode that kicked off the show. Read our shownotes here. Topics covered: Schrodinger's Cat Epimenides Paradox "Men of a Certain Age" and the show's creator, @MikeRoyce Micah's overly pedantic statuses: 1 2 3 And this somehow seems appropriate: xkcd…
Velkommen til Player FM!
Player FM scanner netter for høykvalitets podcaster som du kan nyte nå. Det er den beste podcastappen og fungerer på Android, iPhone og internett. Registrer deg for å synkronisere abonnement på flere enheter.