Thinkery

Let's call it the season finale of Thinkery, because Paul's got stuff to do and if we call it the season finale we can cover any gaps in production as being a break between seasons. It's so brilliant, and none of you will ever figure it ou -- wait.Crap.Anyway, THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT STUFF. STUFF LIKE:Paul's technical problems are FASCINATING!Sick children are AMAZING!Moana and Rogue One were GREAT!A lot of other things are TERRIBLE!Why can't conservative make satire that's FUNNY?Brian is really enjoying using SUPERLATIVES IN THIS LIST!Couple things referenced in the episode:https://www.youtube.com/user/newsbustedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5A7B3WJV5g Follow us on Twitter at @dotboom, @paulfidalgo, and @thinkerypodcast. And leave us a review on iTunes or wherever, and share this show with your cool aunt, or your uncool grandma. They'd both love it!

On this episode of Thinkery, Paul and Brian talk about stuff. BUT WHAT STUFF? I just don't know, because having a house full of people with the flu means there's no time for show notes. But if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say we talked a bunch about politics. PROBABLY.Plus! THRILL to the very beginning of some discussions about how to make productive satire!Follow us on Twitter at @dotboom, @paulfidalgo and @thinkerypodcast, for some reason! And leave a review of the show on iTunes if you like it!

Hey, it's Episode 24, perhaps! You should download and listen and tell everyone you know to subscribe to the show, because reasons. So what did this pair of passably handsome pseudo-intellectuals talk about this time? Well, Paul Horner, as the title implies. He's a dickbag, for reasons you'll learn if you listen! And WHAT ELSE did we talk about?Paul's hopped up on the goofballs again!Trump's cabinet is shaping up to be a racist pile of crap.Seriously.Would Mike Pence be a better President than Trump? Proooooooobably?Is Mike Pence a murderer?BREAKING: Ben Carson, go **** yourself.WE DON'T KNOW WHAT EPISODE WE'RE ONFake news is a big problem, and not a simple fix.Paul Horner peddles fake news, is a douche.MANY OTHER THINGS WERE DISCUSSED, I'M SURE, but I have to go pick up my son now.Also, you should totally follow us on Twitter at @dotboom, @paulfidalgo and @thinkerypodcast. And leave a review for us on iTunes or whatever app you use to listen to podcasts.

It's quite possibly episode 23 of Thinkery, the podcast that's cost you nothing and is worth every penny!What did Paul and Brian talk about in this possibly 23rd episode of the second season of the show? WHO KNOWS! I do.I DO:Computers, amiright? We're just two old people talking about computers, apparently.We say this is episode 22, but that is a damned lie.Geography!Brian debates his MacBook upgrade path! Apple's insanity with removing ports, and dongle hell: Big Deal or VERY BIG DEAL?Apple fans are too picky these days.Paul saw Batman V Superman and we talk about it!Batman V Superman was and is awesome!Are Abrams' Star Trek movies garbage? (Spoiler: YES)Probably other things were discussed, as well!Follow us on Twitter at @dotboom, @paulfidalgo and @thinkerypodcastRate us and stuff on iTunes or wherever. It'll make us happy for just a small moment. 

It's a special lost episode of Thinkery! WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED. But here it is. It was recording during the election, so it feels like it's a million years old.

If you're paying attention to the numbering of the episodes, you'll notice that we've skipped one, and should be at episode 21. Surprise! We got one behind and Paul decided to edit this episode first because it's so awesome, and then NEXT WEEK we'll release #21. Why is this week so awesome, do you ask? Because we've got a special guest! Our super-smart friend Stephen McCandless joins us to talk about -- well, the election. Because there was an election, and everything is now terrible forever. Follow us on Twitter at @dotboom, @paulfidalgo, and @thinkerypodcast. Stephen's handle is @stephen_czn.  

When the episode is this late, who has time for show notes? NOT WE!But seriously, we probably talked about politics, and computers, maybe? Transformers coming up as a topic is also a pretty strong possibility. Oh! Tim Ferris. We talked about Tim Ferris and how much of a dickbag he is.Whee!Twitter: @paulfidalgo, @dotboom, @thinkerypodcast 

TOPICS:How does talking work?Brian eats food while Paul was away, doing stuff for money!Gary Johnson: still lame, after all these yearsWill the commentary of The Transformers Animated Movie ever happen?Do Historical Truths matter?Do political ads work?Obligatory Clinton/Trump debate discussion!What’s the best way to insult Donald Trump?Is Kellyanne Conway a terrible person? YESEvan McMullin, come on the show.If you want more of us in your brain, follow us on Twitter: @paulfidalgo, @dotboom, @thinkerypodcast

After several weeks of unplanned absence, we're back! And while you might think that being rested and relaxed -- which we're not! -- would mean that we'd have proper show notes, you'd be wrong! Same old Thinkery, same old old half-assed show notes.Brian and Paul are all over the goddamn place!Something about Gary Johnson's brain farts!A whole lot of political stuff, which is going to be a massive surprise to you all!We're on the Twitters! @dotboom (Brian), @paulfidalgo (Paul), and@thinkerypodcast (Show)! Follow us and read our stunning, thought-provoking navel-gazing! Thrill to our occasional bon mots! Inflate our follower counts AND our egos! Ask us questions, IF YOU DARE!

New Episode! With content, depending on your definition! And here it is!Paul's being all phone-obsessive again!Rogers was trying to screw over Brian again!Who's got more pointless obsessions?Paul's adorable son Toby makes a guest appearance!He's an idiot, but Trump's doublespeak is genuinely fascinating.Is creativity some ingrained trait, or a skill?Press Conferences! Press Conferences!Is Trump actually racist?Is it morally okay to not give over 100% of your disposable income to help people in need?Follow us on Twitter if you like! @paulfidalgo, @dotboom, @thinkerypodcast

A new week means a new Thinkery. More or less. So what's in this week's episode? Stuff! Stuff! So much stuff that we'll pretend Brian couldn't fit it all into the show notes, as a transparent cover for the fact that he didn't feel like writing them out this time.Man, so much stuff.We're on Twitter: @paulfidalgo, @dotboom, @thinkerypodcast

Tawdry? Tawdry! This episode may have sex in the title, but probably it's not much more exciting than a regular episode of the show. But we talk about stuff! Like!:Brian's continuing attempts to get his toddler to go to damn sleep!But is a bit sad when his toddler actually goes to damn sleep!The perils of using an emoji as an episode title!Stuff about Turkey and the age of consent!Why don't we teach teenagers how to be good at sex?Why don't we license them?Good LORD, did Brian get kicked in the nuts. Mini-reviews of the Combiner Wars and also Stranger Things!We should all chill out about super AI. Seriously. Come on, guy.Tough Mudder is expensive!Links: http://www.viralwomen.com/turkey-has-made-it-legal-to-have-sex-with-children-after-lowering-age-of-consent-to-12/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/15/sweden-accuses-turkey-legalising-child-sexFollow us on Twitter! @dotboom, @paulfidalgo, @thinkerypodcast 

It's the fourteenthist episode of the secondest season of Thinkery! And to celebrate, it's slightly more than an hour of not silence! As far as gods go, we're pretty generous, we know. But what do we fair-minded gods talk about this time around? What happens next will stun you!Brian's going slowly grey!Paul doesn't want any Harry Kims, but do any Harry Kims want him?Paul and Brian discuss the specifics of a lunatic Transformers podcast that will never come to fruition. ROLL OUT!Is there a single fact you could get everyone to agree on?When we write someone off as being mentally ill, are we doing that to protect our image of ourselves?We talk about Trump for a while. Because of course we do! Gary Johnson is an ironic Libertarian.Also, Libertarians are insane.So is Jill Stein.Kids, areweright?MORE HOGGLETS?Is masculinity an original sin?Links!http://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/5-common-behaviors-cis-men-may-not-realize-are-abusive-and-how-to-stop-them/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUuisP

More words in your ears, with the appearance of sounds!THINGS FROM THIS EPISODE:Donald Trump's website is a bit of a scam when it comes to recurring donations. But not Hillary Clinton's!A thorough, fully in-depth look at Canadian political fundraising.Trump's Purple Heart thing makes us question our skepticism!You're always finally an adult!Paul's new time travel fantasies!We may or may not want to use time travel to negate the colossal threat of Ralph Nader. Was Facebook a big dumb fascist when it shut down a livestream from a hostage situation?Are Sovereign Citizens dicks?Is Donald Trump a plant for Hillary Clinton? Why this and every other conspiracy surrounding Hillary Clinton are 100% true and reasonable.  Or! The Republicans think Hillary Clinton is the greatest politician in history!Has Hillary warmed our cold, dead hearts?Are the GOP conspiring to stick Donald in a Trumpster?More, possibly?LINKS:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Qapla%27http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-t

For this very special episode of Thinkery, Brian will take a very slightly less half-assed approach to the show notes! HOW CAN THIS BE, you ask? IT BE, CAN!So what got discussed this week, in this very slightly late episode? LOTS, probably!If everyone else exploded, could Schwarzenegger have been made President?How small is our audience? Paul was quoted on cnn.com!Is Bustle.com crazy reputable? YOU KNOW IT!Were the DNC Primaries rigged? Are the leaked emails a smoking gun?Spoiler: NO, THEY WEREN'T.First-world kids these days don't know what shitty world leaders are like.Should you vote your conscience, or should you be pragmatic?Related: being an adult means compromising sometimes!Jerks!How bad would President Trump be?OH MAN.Holy Sweet Lord, Obama's DNC speech was inspiring.Orphanages, zing!Links to stuff we talked about!http://qz.com/717255/ethicists-say-voting-with-your-heart-without-a-care-about-the-consequences-is-actually-immoral/https://chomsky.info/an-eight-point-brief-for-lev-lesser-evil-vo

This week!:We try not to talk about politics this time, but who knows if we succeed? I mean, I do, but you don't! Yet!Do Soundwave's cassettes have consciousness when they're stuck in his chest? Are they prisoners?Is Buzzsaw a lunatic Decepticon?Paul has no idea what ReBoot is! WTF!Remember when I said we try not to talk about politics? Well, we failed, America. We're so sorry. We talked a bit about Trump and the man who invented the myth! Links to things we talked about!http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Buzzsaw_(G1)http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Hightide_Deepsea_Botmode.jpghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReBoothttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-allFollow us on Twitter: @dotboom, @paulfidalgo, @thinkerypodcast!

It's an all political episode of Thinkery!So, you know. You've been warned.We talk a lot about Clinton, Trump, Bernie or Bust. And here are a couple links related to what we were yammering on about:https://medium.com/@BernieSanders/forever-forward-ee015b23547a#.53ldltyinhttp://www.snopes.com/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit/ 

It's a very funny episode of Thinkery,! HOW is it funny, you may ask? We are happy to tell you! AND WE WILL TELL YOU NOW!Brian describes his job prospects!We talk about Bernie. Again, we know, but he's a funny little guy!Clinton's changing her mind about so many things is a good thing!Math -- when you're talking about counting votes in California -- is hard, if you're a Bernie supporter!Being an adult means compromise. THAT SUCKS, but it's true. Even if Sanders is more appealing than Clinton as a candidate, but would he make a better President? Whatever else he is, Sanders is a Coca Cola billboard on the side of the highway.Is Trump going to quit the Presidential race? Brian read an old script for the Transformers  Animated film from 1986, and describe it all to Paul!Seriously, all of it!Plus, the logistics of Transformers! Piracy!Is the new Star Trek going to be awesome?We're on Twitter! Follow us at @dotboom, @paulfidalgo, and @thinkerypodcast! Let us know what you think! Or email u

Holy cow, it's two episodes in one week! Are we doing it because we love you, or because we missed publishing our episode last week and we didn't want to fall behind? ONLY TIME WILL TELL.Thrill to chattery like:Brian eats a popsicle as Paul reflects on swelling up like a fleshy, jowelly ballon!Brian is making fake meats out of flour now!Bernie Sanders gives a non-concession speech, for some reason!Under what circumstances could Bernie possibly get the DNC nomination? ALIENS?A bunch of other political stuff!Is John McCain a pussy?Terrorism! Right?Where my third party at?Possibly other things, too!If you like the show, you should totally review it (favourably!) on iTunes! And follow us on Twitter (@paulfidalgo, @dotboom, @thinkerypodcast)! 

This week's episode is called Sex Bank: what more do you need?