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Episode #231 – 16 July 2018

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Episode 231
We haven’t recorded in a little while!

Jørgen now coaches soccer and had a player draft.

Billionaires and their money in politics is Not A Thing.

Elon Musk, specifically in the billionaire club, is having a both a very good week and a very bad week.

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Won’t you Be My Neighbor was screened in a dusty theater.

Ant-Man and The Wasp was screened in a tickle factory.

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Episode #230 – 11 June 2018

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Episode 230
Alan visited the Motor City.

American workers take less vacation than medieval peasants.

Zombie-ants are A Thing, and they’re evolving due to climate change.

Sports gambling is not federally regulated in the US, so it’s now up to the states.
Spoiler Alert:

We talked about Deadpool 2.

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Episode #229 – 14 May 2018

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Episode 229
Buying online pornography passes at physical newsstands in the UK.

Google Duplex is impressive and disturbing.

Pharmaceutical researchers are turning towards illegal drugs for innovative treatments.

Known for riding waves, Kelly Slater now creates waves.

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We talked about Avengers: Infinity War. A lot.

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Episode #228 – 2 May 2018

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Episode 228
GDPR is coming.

Verizon’s re-invention of Yahoo as Oath shows some of the same old problems.

China’s forthcoming “Credit Score” seems to have repercussions far beyond monetary implications

Quantum Entanglement is A Thing… that can be seen with the naked eye!

Distractions in distractions: Fishing in the new Far Cry game.

Spoiler Alert:

We somehow didn’t talk about movies this week!

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Episode #227 – 16 April 2018

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Episode 227
We have a thought or two regarding regulations (or lack thereof) for autonomous vehicles.

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We saw a lot of movies (and TV):

Atlanta

Legion

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Ready Player One

Isle of Dogs

Death of Stalin

Blockers

A Quiet Place

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Episode #226 – 1 April 2018

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Episode 226
We dove into the cesspool of Cambridge Analytica.

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Jørgen went into depth regarding Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr story

Brendan spelunked through Tomb Raider and did a whirlwind tour of Hurricane Heist.

All three hosts have Neti Pots (although Alan’s is ceramic) and have also signed up for MyFitnessPal

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Episode #225 – 18 March 2018

Posted by HAL900 on March 19, 2018
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Episode 225

This episode in Moviepass: CEO walks back his information gathering statements.

California writes bill to codify net neutrality protections ahead of FCC ruling.

Norwegian website releases wordpress plugin that uses quizzes to improve comment quality.

National Geographic publishes examination of its own portrayal of race.

Aircraft company Kitty Hawk partners with New Zealand for autonomous, electric, VTOL air taxi.

Astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA and how it changed (or didn’t) and how news articles work (or don’t).

Spoiler Alert:

Jørgen sums up Red Sparrow in four words.

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Episode #224 – 7 March 2018

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Episode 224

Brendan and Jørgen were not laughing, but apparently Amazon’s Alexa was.

Moviepass details quite a bit more about the information they are collecting in exchange for those inexpensive movie tickets.

Spoiler Alert:

The Oscars were this weekend

We talked a bit about the movie Annihilation.

Also, Black Panther.

See more at the Black Panther Challenge (especially in the resources section for further reading) and Ryan Coogler’s “Notes on a Scene” (from Vanity Fair, not GQ)

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Episode #223 – 12 February 2018

Posted by HAL900 on February 13, 2018
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Episode 223

SpaceX landed 2 (of the 3) cores during their Falcon Heavy demo launch in fantastic fashion.

Cryptocoin mining messes up GPU prices, uses a lot of energy, and is escalating into website hacking. This might be helped with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network or Ethereum’s Proof of Stake.

China police uses smart glasses to identify and monitor criminals via facial recognition.

The Olympic Winter Games are on and our resident Norwegian remembers where he was when the ski pole broke.

Spoiler Alert:

Sony apologizes for the new Peter Rabbit movie — not for the quality of the movie but for a scene portraying an anaphylactic reaction.

Musicals fan Alan did not enjoy The Greatest Showman.

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Episode #222 – 28 January 2018

Posted by HAL900 on January 29, 2018
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Episode 222

Commuting in the bay area.

The Commuter and Phantom Thread as a study in contrasts.

Making music is harder than it needs to be if you ask Lana Del Rey.

Bonus musical journeys regarding chord structure in western popular music.

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We talked about movies in the middle of the podcast instead of the end!

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