Podcast Ignorant And Uninformed

Love for St. Augustine, its history and food. Love for airports and getting your rental car?!? Goodbye, Galactic Star Cruiser. We hardly knew ye… The roommate rite of passage and how Facebook ruined reunions. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Bird is the word, at least for the last bit of the EpiDose. Before that it’s Ben’s love of Hera Syndulla Oh, and you don’t want none of BG3. It takes all your bad feelings and turns them into good feelings. “It’s like putting on an old pair of shoes full of glass.” *** Submit [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Shout out, St. Jay! An end to Max’s 11-year streak. Geoff rediscovers his photographic roots. Jurassic Park is real. ps - The bible is basically fan-fic, isn't it? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Taco Bell, Wendy’s, Baskin-Robins, McDonald’s and whatever Hunt Brothers Pizza is. The busiest location of one of these is in Anchorage, Alaska. Which one do you think it is? How long would you wait for the best burger and fries in the world? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com…

Ben has a price. Geoff hoards time. Max tries to acknowledge the important, unseen work. Monte Cristo’s are just rich people McGriddles *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Lion’s mane for brain. The power of placebos. Coffee mug prices. The importance of wonder. A.I. isn’t going to take your job but a person using A.I. will. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

New Technology. The unfamiliar territory of being an early adopter. Teasers for next week. The trick is making sure to use cage free babies! *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Here's some things the kids say... Say less = I'm in No cap = honest to god Bussing = wizard Sus = suspect Shipping = matchmaking You know what's no cap? Jesus loves you. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Max’s birthday plans. Ben wants a bike with a sidecar. Geoff has strong feeling about e-bikes. Art & censorship. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com…

Max apologizes to Ben. Ben doesn’t want his son to know who Jar-Jar Binks is. Geoff has book and movie recommendations. (Shout out - Scott Meyer & Tom Cruise) Plus - living in a simulation and the meaninglessness of saying “there’s a non-zero chance.” *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com…

You can’t believe everything you read. False proxies. Review literacy. Shout out - Corkboards & Curiosities! Ben’s fantasy is Geoff’s nightmare. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Local politics. Free range, ethically raised pizza. A manslaughter of crows. Oh, and Ben and Geoff roll deep on Casa Bonita. End of the universe video Geoff and Max mention. “Get rid of the woodpeckers and here come the nuthatches…and there goes the neighborhood” *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com…

Geoff nerds out about Diablo 4. Ben and Max nerd out about their Dnd Youtube Channel. McGruff the Crime Dog doesn’t have a first name. “I don’t know enough to do it right so I just want to make it work.” The video essay Max mentions. Go see Across the Spider-Verse in the theaters! *** [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

New cars. Life-hacks for Lowes, Home Depot, and Olive Garden. Handling high-pressure sales by Benji Pickens. Better in person in all the best ways. Branded Polos are Summit County formal. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Respecting Geoff’s boundaries. The playing video games in 2023. Soft openings. Awkward wedding RSVPs. It don’t take much to dress to impress in Summit County. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Geoff went home to see family and found his crotchety-old-man lake house. Max wants to hear all about it. The Paradox of Choice. Max and Ben’s YouTube video about cellphones. Don’t let a fictional best keep you from an available better. Let's rebrand the phrase “good enough” to “this is it!” *** Submit Your Topic, [...]…

Ben’s on a new path. Peak Pittness. Primetime Network TV. Writer strike. What do y’all think about Suds & Saws? Sounds safe, right? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Max has questions and is all for the 80/20 Geoff is a hard pass. He likes his vices Fake food is a thorn in Ben’s side How much is another 5 years of your life worth? *** Topic - Would you stop eating junk food to live five additional years? From - Ben’s game *** [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t hurt yourself? Drugs? Be shot into space? Be shot into space on drugs? The writers strike Touched By A Pirate *** Topic - If you could do something dangerous once, with no risk, what would you do? From - Ben’s game *** Submit Your Topic - [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

An era ends! Thank you for all the topics these last 11 years. Do you think the people in the ancient world knew the Wonders were wondrous? Or did they take them for granted? A late addition to last week’s EpiDose. Ben’s 80 year cycle. *** Topic - You are appointed to choose the new [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

We turned 11 this week! A taste of things to come for the show. Bottoming out as parents. The OG shark jumping the shark. Godfather, Terminator, Star Wars, Back to the Future, Hot Shots, Star Trek, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max, and the glory that is Steve Guttenberg *** Topic - What movie sequels are better [...]…

What could go wrong? WHO, as of this release, has the total at under 7 million. Echinacea helps. It doesn’t work. On Immunity by Eula Bliss Wait But Why Oh and - Wim Hoff didn’t kill the e. coli bacteria. His body fought off the expected inflammation *** Topic - By eradicating 30 species of [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

A timely topic… Ben’s big news! Geoff's strong feelings. Max, shocking no one, says it depends. Ben’s origin story with his former job. *** Topic - The significance entrepreneurialism and investing in yourself From - St. Tealeaf *** Submit Your Topic - @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Max has questions and apologies. Geoff has zero reservations or care. Ben’s got plans. Ignorant. Uninformed. Unspoiled. *** Topic - Would you rather be a not-appreciate-in-your-own-time genius or a financially successful hack? From - St. Coates *** Submit Your Topic - @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com…

What is life going to look like 500 years from now? What would now look like if the Dark Ages never happened? Would we be living in Star Trek? Would cars fly? David Bowie and Life On Mars? *** Topic - What would be different if the dark ages had never happened? From - St. Jaycipher [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

It’s the anti-Hitler question... The timing on Ben freezing is excellent. Geoff leans on The Treehouse of Horrors. Max makes for mutual assured destruction. Turtledove and Reverse-Turtledoving. *** Topic - You go back into history for 15 minutes with the express goal of making the world worse. When, where, why? From - St Jaysopher [...]…

Ben is good at tests. Max points to the erosion of our rights. Geoff wants them to have t-shirts for Superman reveals. Those who push up against boundaries won’t always be liked. Link to that Factually episode. *** Topic - 1st amendment auditors From - Mike Hammerling *** Submit Your Topic - @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com…

We are here to loquate Puck luck Veritasium on luck Franklin Pierce “Nothing in the world can you take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. [...]…

Is it a fact of life? A fundamental right? We are all ignorant and uninformed about something. (That's why we named the podcast what we did.) Choosing to deny reality is a bad look. The internet is undefeated in truth. *** Topic - Is ignorance a fundamental right? From - St. Coates *** Submit Your [...]…

St. Jay has us talking about wisdom Max shares a family motto then cheats Ben turns down the suck and turns up the rock Geoff values systems more than results “What’s the air fryer here?” *** Topic - What aphorisms have people shared with you that have struck with you From - St. Jaysopher *** [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

We know we don’t know everything, so what will we look back on and be amazed at how wrong we were? Geoff goes with electing clowns Ben wonders about the consolidation of power Max thinks social media is the new cigarettes Doctors know that 50% of what they were taught in school is wrong. They [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

It's about to get real nerdy. Geoff says - Know the rules/terminology, own your rookie status, ask lots of questions Ben says - Be a team player, be flexible, play a fighter Max says - Like the people you're playing with, don't solo all over the story, bring your sense of humor Love for The [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Jay asks a good question. We do our best. Geoff wants to talk about Trickle down, 21st Century, GOP Jesus. Ben brings up an interesting (and sensible) idea about biblical mistranslations and edits (1st Council of Nicaea). Max sees parallels between the Holy Trinity and the Triple Goddess (Maiden, Mother, Crone). Florida folks - our [...]…

Max was very, very wrong! He confused two chapters in Numbers Don’t Lie - Wind turbines don’t have diesel components. They do take a lot of resources to construct, including petroleum byproducts. - Diesel turbines are our most efficient means of producing electricity. Green Business Podcast - here! That Republican state Geoff mentions? Ohio Some [.…

Some important questions to consider: How is it sourced? Is it free-range? Does the nutrient density depend on its diet? You think there’ll be any Mad Cow Disease complications? Oh, and - the arachnophobic horrors of cranberry farming. *** Topic - If tomorrow, science proved cannibals correct - that eating specific parts of deceased humans [...]…

Look - there's an easy equation explaining all this that has nothing to do with a sweaty stack of pancakes… Misremembering + absolute certainty = The Mandela Effect Because: - People are terrible spellers and don’t pay close attention to details - You know more “-steins” than you do “-stains” - You’re confusing the dude [...]…

Is attention the currency of value? Max gets vulnerable about confusing jealousy and love You're having a White Claw sausage party? Sign Geoff up! Ben reflects on his affinity for Superman Ps - there's a slight 12-second glitch at 24:12 where the sound cuts out In case you want a laugh... *** Topic - How [...]…

First off - thank you for all the topics over all the years. Second - things get weird. Is the Bermuda Triangle some old Atlantean War Games remnants? Oh - and real talk - does anyone still actually want more superhero movies? References - Crazy library Max couldn’t remember - The Kardashev Scale, type 1 [...]…

Time travels lessons at the feet of Ashton Kutcher Ben’s thought a lot of about this Max’s poor attempt to explain block time Geoff’s got a good question around 25 minutes Can we only comprehend the dimensions beneath us? Two PBS shows on time - here and here *** Topic - If you can change [...]Bởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Give Geoff a good GM. Max just wants to know why. Ben has actual predictions. Podcast Max mentions about the election process/selection bias Article about kids picking the president based on looks. *** Topic - Who, that’s famous now, will end up running for president in the next 10-15 years? From - Mike Hammerling *** [...]…

Ben’s Sliding Doors moment. Geoff finally failed his saving throw. Max took one for the team. Good news - certificates of sainthood are here! *** Topic - Your first, best, TTRPG experience From - Roscoe Tealeaf *** Submit Your Topic - @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.comBởi Ignorant and Uninformed

Screw you, elections. We want to get Olympic. What 10 events would you want your potential leaders compete in? It’s the Triwizard Tournament (hedge maze and dragon fights), plus some Star Trek: Next Gen (Kobayashi Maru). Oh, did we mention each contestant would compete in a NASCAR inspired uniform, blatantly displaying their sponsors? Ps - [...]…

Ben’s hostile takeover of Future Educators of ‘Merica Survivorship bias and never hearing about the hundreds of thousands who don’t make it. Theoretical dollars. Love for Adam Conover. Billionaires and Tech Guru Worship? (Enjoy!) The government, good and bad? (Boom!) A whole bunch of pluralistic ignorance on a host of topics? (You're welcome!) *** …

The Sykes-Picot agreement was the sticky wicket Max mentioned. (Though it’s not the sticky wicket responsible for this specific situation). Late-stage capitalism - are these, like, cancer-stages we’re talking here? Outsourcing the things that got you to the top isn’t a great long-term strategy. The Buddha must be stopped! *** Topic - Afghanistan, g…

Lessons learned from board games: Choice is an illusion - Life How to perform surgery - Operation Keep on, keeping on - Shoots & Ladders Diabetes - Candyland The most complicated solution is the best solution - Mousetrap There’s never enough, leftover are for losers - Hungry, Hungry Hippos How to apologize without meaning it [...]…

On this week’s castoid we’ve got two hard sciences squaring off. Astronomy vs meteorology. The impersonal vs the in-person. Enjoy the heavy sarcasm font on the intro! “Look to the stars if the clouds aren’t in your way.” Ps - Mount Chimborazo and the link to the cars on different planets video *** Topic - [...]…

Getting old is fun! Arcade entrepreneurship 101. We all want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. The troubles with binary, black-and-white, heaven-or-hell thinking. Hanlen’s Razor and micro-aggressions. The Cher Party. “What we’re missing now is empathy and grace.” *** Topic - Classical Liberalism from its conceptualization through now. …

Do a podcast like this for long enough and you’re bound to get a repeat topic or two. Vintage Bowie and the Stones. Prince’s disappearing guitar. John Mayer’s mouth gymnastics. After parties and groupies? Was Mozart the first rockstar? Also - who knows what Ben did to piss off our overlords? PS- It was Nigeria [...]…

3 middle-aged white dudes talking about the police. One person’s actions speaking for a whole community/population is dicey. Qualifications, hiring, retention. The robots get mad at us near the half way mark. (Ben goes autotune!) Was Cops the first reality tv show? *** Topic - Are all cops bad? From - St, Jayospher *** Submit [...]…

Geoff is the master of the one-to-four word answer. Why Ben loves Plo Koon. Max fact checked and learned some things! Colorado is ranked 48th in starting teacher pay (here). 39th in per pupil funding (here). 24th academically, overall (here). Where the weed money goes is complicated. But it's not to the operations budget of [...]…