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John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way.
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#260: The Mandala Effect
May 9th, 2025 · 97 minutes
Merlin is very vulnerable, and John is encouraged to leverage this.
#258: All These Little Things
April 11th, 2025 · 96 minutes
This week, your hosts talk about ChatGPT's new image generation abilities.
And in this month's member after show, John and Merlin talk about the Netflix show, "Adolescence."
#257: Reverse Procrastination Bingo
March 28th, 2025 · 103 minutes
This week's topic: Kids & Driving
#256: Tomorrow is an Ice Day
March 13th, 2025 · 88 minutes
Follow-up brings updates on "all balls" plus a novel inversion to "Secret Weird Things People Do."
Main topic this week is cooking alone.
#255: The Illusion of a Shared Experience
February 28th, 2025 · 105 minutes
The main topic this week was almost The Big Game.
#254: Someone Else’s Bucket
February 14th, 2025 · 75 minutes
Merlin tries a new way of writing online, and John thinks about what it really means to own your web presence.
#253: The Torpid Sons of Venezuelan Oil Men
January 31st, 2025 · 90 minutes
This week's topic: The Simpsons Kitchen Gag.
#252: Briefly, It Was the Future.
January 17th, 2025 · 100 minutes
Updates on match cuts, the college ranking racket, and some historical perspective on t-dropping.
#251: The Finer Things
January 3rd, 2025 · 100 minutes
Merlin introduces a new segment, and John shares Application Results.