155 - The Algorithm Did It
We come up with a lot of taglines for this podcast whenever we record with Amy and I'm all about it. Also listen around the half hour mark f...
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Idea Factory Giveaway
A guest-guided mapping expedition to the borders of human creativity. Join Jon, Besha, and a neverending series of guests as they search Jon's decade-deep pile of ideas for gold. Hear one yo...
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20 of 163 episodes154 - A Measure of Absolute Flakiness
A truly astonishing set of circumstances prevented us from recording these episodes with Will, but because we believed in ourselves, we pers...
153 - Props To You, Kooky
Let's not mince words on this point: all of our guests are great and I would gladly have them on again at any time, but what Amy brings to t...
BONUS: Buck Mustang's Real Non-Scam MAGA Show For Real MAGAs Or Whatever (MAGA)
I couldn't stop thinking about the idea of a podcast deliberately engineered to appeal to MAGA dumbshits by someone who really, really wants...
152 - All Roads Lead to Mayonnaise
Jenna's previous episode was great, but is this one ........ better? HIGHLY POSSIBLE. There's only one way to find out!
151 - The Brute Squad
Listen, if there's anything we can count on to remain constant in this world, it's that cats live to kill, German shepherd puppies are adora...
150 - Mixologists and Bibliophiles Unite
In which Jenna, one of our favorite guests, makes a triumphant return, this time with an idea file of her own that turns out to be full -- f...
149 - Cone Snail Hole
We recorded this one a while ago, but because she's goddamn fantastic, Yuri picked some real bangers, including a hopefully very timely one...
148 - The Internet of Creep
As always, Gary delivers. Also, I feel like I'm in fairly exalted company, having had (some time ago) an idea along the same lines as someth...
147 - Non-Euclidean Dice
Arlette's latest appearance delivers some quality booze notions and at least one kind of d6 that I would -- no kidding -- really like to see...
146 - Accountabilibuddies
What's the minimum acceptable level of grift? Is the snack food idea we had subtle genius or absolute horror? Who WOULD be the most (in)appr...
BONUS: Fantasy Star Trek Quarantine House Draft with the Combadge Club
Would any of the Weyouns make a good housemate? Which Starfleet doctor is least suited to being in quarantine? Which character will end up w...
145 - A Crimped Whelk
Arlette returns for another high-quality installment; how do you know it's high-quality? Three words that will make more sense to you after...
144 - The Followup Bureau
I don't care if I've said it before: Ken's idea file is a true trove of treasures, and I look forward to recording these episodes immensely....
143 - The Donuts Are a Metaphor
This one is packed with high-quality notions as usual, but I also tell the story of a very good, extremely fake business I took part in; we...
142 - A Very Specific Kind of Meth
One of Ken's ideas is an amazing app but also just a new cultural practice for quarantine that we could start doing RIGHT NOW and it would b...
141 - Analytics Special
Did we have a system when this podcast started? Kinda sorta! Would it have helped? Possibly! Do we have fun looking at the data anyway? Abso...
140 - The Tart End of the Spectrum
Never forget that while occasional acting co-host Jen is wonderful for many reasons, her food ideas are nothing short of monstrous.
139 - Corgi Tower
Never has an episode whipsawed so violently between mildly terrifying and utterly adorable mental imagery as we have done here, but perhaps...
138 - A Vulcan Moment
We get into a brief but surprisingly deep corner of Star Trek lore on this one, folks.