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#181: I Saw Your Wife

April 29th, 2022 · 135 minutes

John has project updates pertaining to his security camera journey, including his exasperation at the lack of one blindingly obvious feature. Also, your hosts talk about "Severance."

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Things kick off with an unexpected chalk talk from Merlin on the provenance of a favorite phrase as well as an even less expected history of his college's dorms.

In follow-up, John would like to clarify that he knows the difference between a TV show about pirates and a Southern California hardcore band. Merlin offers to make John a mix tape.

After confidently announcing he's not going to talk about his Synology updates this week, Merlin talks about his Synology updates.

Believe it or not, this leads to a discussion of the sorry state of smart home products.

Finally, your hosts dig into the AppleTV+ series, Severance. Spoiler horn fires off at 1:31:12.

Credits

Brutalist architecture
Le Corbusier
I.M. Pei Architecture at New College
I.M. Pei left his mark on Sarasota’s New College
Resurrecting New College history with Emeritus Professor Arthur “Mac” Miller
Black Sails
Black Flag
SST Records
Steve Albini wants to be paid like a plumber
Schroeder from Peanuts
John's Nest camera
Severance