Speaking Ill of Vin Scully

It’s not nice to speak ill of the dead. But, he’s dead. So let’s get on with it. Everyone loves Vin Scully, especially now.  After he died Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at the age of 94, corporate and social media have tripped over themselves posting ever more glowing tributes.  “The Dodgers lost their voice when Vin Scully died,” said Los Angeles Times. “Angelenos lost a family member.”  “Baseball’s merry poet…

Repeatedly Pecked

Repeatedly Pecked

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about the corvid palace, the North American beaver, the hot Tour de France, heat wave Zoe, the Tyre Extinguishers, algal blooms, floating pathogens, the church over the university, necrobiotics, Alzheimer’s fraud, the Line, psychedelic naiveté, parentese, a repurposed Ferrari, robots at the Moscow Open, emu enforcement, and so on.

Criminal Dogs

Criminal Dogs

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about de-evolving, a blind bisexual goose, the most fascinating birds, Santa Ana’s gun buyback, heat and more heat, we told you so, heat, cloud burnout, melting runways, big properties, warm winters, plentiful jobs, closing your blinds, Jim Thorpe: All-American, the Walk-Off Home Run Derby, Mount Vesuvius, smiling, and so on.

Woodpecker Concussions

Woodpecker Concussions

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about Moss Piglets, the cure for heart attacks, a long, never-ending plateau, COVID-19 for at least 471 straight days, Putin’s Best Ally, giant sequoias in the pyrocene, rewriting our weather history book, California gun laws, the first things to come out of the Big Bang, bananas, duct tape, and so on.

An Illegal Body Part Scheme

An Illegal Body Part Scheme

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about accidentally legalizing edibles, Hamptons Bladder, COVID boosters, COVIDIOTS, wildfires in Alaska, evaporative demand, involuntary relocation, a gun insurance mandate, Griffith Park Drive, the Center for the Prevention of Distracted Driving, the modifiable risk factor movement, dinosaur feathers, the celebrity peanut vendor, Wax Boris, and so on.

Top Ten Reasons to Hate Fireworks

Top Ten Reasons to Hate Fireworks

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler, talk about Ketanji Brown Jackson, GanjaChicken, jumping genes in octopuses, waiting for the green man, the Golden State’s great drying, a major setback for the EPA, how to move to Canada from U.S., Snake Island, Mrs. Roy Bryant, Bruce’s Beach, psilocybin at the V.A., a missing flash drive, hearing dead relative’s voices, Killing in the Name, Burger King, and so on.

A Survey on the Changing American Mind

Hi. My name is Nathan. I’m from the National Speculative Institute and we’re currently conducting a survey aggregating the views of people like you. The survey will only take about five minutes and your participation will be greatly appreciated.  Let me began by asking (on a scale of 1 -10, ten being more than 1) how often do you change your mind?  OK. Are you sure? Using the same scale,…

A Stroller Full of Ammunition

A Stroller Full of Ammunition

On this week’s episode, Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about success, luck, unintended vasectomies, scammer personas, sucking up all the energy from the Sun, the Corvid Palace, the independent nation of Texas, Canadian plastics, the Kitt Peak National Observatory, origami robots, Herschel Walker, surfer scholarships, firewalking, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog’s arrest, and so on.