Spincast Podcast

It’s too early to say that I have a greatest hits. But these two are some of my favorite guests of the limited few that have ever been on the show. As is always the case with them, Elon will take us to the gutter while Michael enlightens us with a new perspective. “I told ’em about tag team.” — JJ Kellogg’s, just bring back Product 19 already. Sheesh.

Maybe I’ve just never really understood games. George gets it, though. Like really gets it. It’s a little unfair – he designs them for a company that makes big ones. But he still can’t get his rotation right. “When you go there… it’s immediately a different world.”–George Smith That’s kind of the point, George. Show Notes 1:00 Gaming 3:01 Star Wars: The Old Republic 6:47 The Corporate Gaming Ladder 10:15 I’m terrible at video games. 12:07 Maniacally laughing 14:38 Dreadmaster Brontes 17:35 Professional Gamers 23:30 Complexity of Games 26:25 Anthem 31:48 Who’s flying this JET? 34:47 Jazz Hands 36:01 So… I got into Anime… 37:42 My Icelandic Friend 43:16 Not meaning what you meant 49:47 Gifts and horses or gift horses or horses as gifts 53:44 Boxing Day 56:46 Lessons Learned 58:07 False Culture 62:42 The Golden-ish Arches 65:28 Reddit 68:27 Colege Courses 72:06 Cats have a bad rap 73:43 Single in your 30s. Also dogs 83:10 Some of the best people in the world have cats 86:38 The acceptable amount of cats 87:36 The real gender issues 89:49 The Internet is awash in cats 93:40 A drawer full of Mittens 94:42 Fidgeters 98:42 ESPN2 has run out of ideas 100:23 ASMR

Maybe I’ve just never really understood games. George gets it, though. Like really gets it. It’s a little unfair – he designs them for a company that makes big ones. But he still can’t get his rotation right. “When you go there… it’s immediately a different world.” –George Smith That’s kind of the point, George.

There comes a time in every young person’s life where you wake up and decide: I should got to Denmark and build a bike. And then you do. And it’s pretty amazing. “I just wanna like live my life on a bike and just like, you know, just, go with the flow and cycle through…”–Taylor Van Valkenburgh The world would be a better place if we could just do away with three-compartment sinks. Show Notes 2:06 The Pilgrimage of a 27-year-old 5:25 How Do You Build a Bike? 6:45 Denmark is Really Just an Excuse for Being Lazy 8:39 Customs is a Bitch 12:53 Food Truck Bike Thing 14:09 The Taste of Fake Happiness 15:51 A Very, Very Loosely Formed Idea 19:48 The Underground Bike Cart Community 27:22 M&M Production Statistics 28:18 Wait, DIdn’t You Have a Food Truck? 31:07 The Investments of Starting a Restaurant 33:50 The Idea 36:17 We Don’t Need No Water, Let the Mofo Burn 37:14 The Choices You Make 39:53 The Food Truck Community 44:04 The Plan 47:26 The Dangers of Biking in Austin 56:00 The Fade In 56:24 Pet Insurance 61:04 He’s Probably not Going to Get Five-Grand Sick 62:21 Vetrinary Service is a Scam 63:19 I’m in a Much Better Situation Than My Cat Is/li> 66:29 I Never Agreed To Any of These Fucking Things 69:42 The Biggest Crime 72:28 The Annoying Part of the Pet Owner Community 74:04 I Don’t Know If We Should Have Publicly Funded Vet Care 74:54 Aaannnndd… We’re Back 75:14 Cults and Religion 81:57 The Religious Start Up 86:53 But Really, What̵

Episode 6: Taylor and Her Food Truck Bike There comes a time in every young person’s life where you wake up and decide: I should got to Denmark and build a bike. And then you do. And it’s pretty amazing. “I just wanna like live my life on a bike and just like, you know, just, go with the flow and cycle through…” –Taylor Van Valkenburgh The world would be a better place if we could just do away with three-compartment sinks.

Matt and I haven’t talked in 13 years. A lot changes in that amount of time. But we’re both still listening to Jimmy Eat World. Sometimes you risk your life to save your man card. Sometimes you have to shit on someone’s lawn. But hey, at least we’ve got that asthma thing figured out. “The demon is out.”–MJ You are the Rain-X to my windshield, grok? Show Notes 2:21 AOL Instant Messenger 4:55 Do You Grok? 5:51 The Lies of a College Education 9:50 The Fidget Cube 11:03 Getting Old 11:40 Curing Asthma 18:00 CRISPR-Cas9 21:01 Ch-ch-ch Changes 21:30 Realizing How Time Has Passed 22:05 Definitely Attracted to Women 25:44 I Never Became an Adult 30:32 Kung Fu Panda…. Part 2 32:33 What are We Drinking? 35:00 I’m Way Passed My Bedtime 35:32 Dying, In the Lamest Way 49:10 This is a Lovely Capsule of Death 51:37 I’m Going to Try to Relate 52:28 Delta Gives Zero Shits 54:00 Ok, So, It Wasn’t the Lamest 55:03 My Daughter is Trying to Kill Me 58:21 Fuzzy’s Tacos: The Tacos for When You Almost Die of the Flu on an Airplane 58:40 Most of You Have Never Had Real Tacos 60:30 Home is… Wherever I Am 62:56 You Knew My Grandparents 74:00 As Cats Are Want to Do 74:58 I Am the Joke in My Life 76:26 How Not to Change Your Windshiled Wipers 83:30 Oh, I’m an Idiot 85:00 I’m a Teenage Girl When Comes to Fixing a Car 90:30 The Pursuit of Not Shitting Yourself

Matt and I haven’t talked in 13 years. A lot changes in that amount of time. But we’re both still listening to Jimmy Eat World. Sometimes you risk your life to save your man card. Sometimes you have to shit on someone’s lawn. But hey, at least we’ve got that asthma thing figured out. “The demon is out.” –MJ You are the Rain-X to my windshield, grok?

Going into this conversation, I had no idea what to expect. I knew talking with Elon could really only go one of two ways: either we’d have a nice, polite, intelligent conversation, or it would diverge into the raunchiest discussion I’ve had yet. It was both. I learned about bees. Apparently, Corvettes are evil. Or at least one is. I’m not really sure where we ended up there. “I’m one with the fucking bees, bro! AHHHHHH!” –Elon Now go, learn to tie your shoes: https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes Show Notes 1:09 Why am I here? 3:27 Missed Opportunities 4:10 The Queen is Nowhere to be Found 5:42 Winnie the Fucking Pooh 9:11 Fishing for Bees 11:06 Understanding the Swarm 16:20 To Bee or Not to Bee 18:48 Cell Division 20:32 MTV Cribs: Lenny Kravitz Edition 23:17 The Housewarming Effect of Dead Queens 32:35 But It’s In a Good Neighborhood 35:19 Libraries are Underutilized 37:40 She’s gone. She is Gone. 45:45 Let’s Go Clubbing 51:23 Haunted by a Car 55:08 Jealous, much? 59:42 Me, not owning a car. 66:44 I’m a Hipster, but Here’s Why it Bothers Me 70:23 I Want to Feel Better Than the People Around Me 79:58 The Things I Would Buy With All the Money 81:23 Just How Lazy Can You Be? 84:16 Pets and Slaves 100:19 Ruductarianism 110:32 You’re Tying Your Shoes Wrong 113:43 I’ll Have a Pizza With the Gluten on the Side 116:32 Balance and Extremes 121:47 No Soap. No Problems. 134:07 Brushing Your Teeth 135:37 Back

Going into this conversation, I had no idea what to expect. I knew talking with Elon could really only go one of two ways: either we’d have a nice, polite, intelligent conversation, or it would diverge into the raunchiest discussion I’ve had yet. It was both. I learned about bees. Apparently, Corvettes are evil. Or at least one is. I’m not really sure where we ended up there. “I’m one with the fucking bees, bro! AHHHHHH!” –Elon Now go, learn to tie your shoes: https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes

Jeremy and I get heavy into the things that make humans tick. How does our culture affect our thinking? Why is being vague bad? Who amongst us is truly evil? In Keeping with the traditions of this show, we came to exactly zero conclusions to offer. “Hell Yea!” –Jeremy Fain Internet, you need to step up your audio game. Show Notes 1:14 A Continuation, of Sorts 2:01 A Culture of Psychology 4:24 Individualists v. Collectiveists 9:00 The Facebook Misunderstanding 12:13 The VagueBook 13:01 The First Time I’m Wrong 15:59 The Second Time I’m Wrong 18:20 I Should Just Give Up 20:20 Social Engineering 24:58 How to Start a Cult 36:10 Reigning it Back In 37:46 Buing a Guitar 48:46 Looping Back 51:15 ITribal Knowledge 58:56 Groupthink 63:34 Switching Teams 66:10 Rebellion v. Revolution 68:03 Controversy! 77:07 Evilness as a Mental Illness 82:44 How we Polarize Evil 86:02 The Prison Experiment 96:28 A Really Bad Joke 97:40 The Truly Frightening Part of Human Nature 104:00 I Freaked Myself Out a Bit 105:08 Collectivists v. Individualists

Jeremy and I get heavy into the things that make humans tick. How does our culture affect our thinking? Why is being vague bad? Who amongst us is truly evil? In Keeping with the traditions of this show, we came to exactly zero conclusions to offer. “Hell Yea!” –Jeremy Fain Internet, you need to step up your audio game.

Michael brought to the table some deep philosophical discussion. I brought Montucky Cold Snacks. I’d say we’re even. In this episode, listen as we attempt to solve the world’s political stage and become ever so confused as an old boat becomes a new one. I think I even attempt to speak French at one point. Suffice to say, pipes aren’t pipes. “It’s not adding up! The numbers!” –Michael Brashear Your move, Kickstarter.

Michael brought to the table some deep philosophical discussion. I brought Montucky Cold Snacks. I’d say we’re even. In this episode, listen as we attempt to solve the world’s political stage and become ever so confused as an old boat becomes a new one. I think I even attempt to speak French at one point. Suffice to say, pipes aren’t pipes. “It’s not adding up! The numbers!” –Michael Brashear Your move, Kickstarter. Show Notes 0:45 The Pint Glass Koozie 2:27 Good Ol’ Gary Johnson 7:41 The Overton Window 11:58 The Chicken or the Egg 15:44 The Perception of Truth 23:03 The Streisand Principle 29:48 How to Destroy the Vegetarians 35:07 A Study in Cartography 49:15 An Old, Old, Wooden Ship 55:24 Should I Kill Myself, or Have a Cup of Coffee? 56:47 An Exercise in Inefficiency 67:23 The Importance of Names 73:10 Power Moves 84:00 In Case You Didn’t Have Enough Maps Already 94:20 Craft Corn on the Cob

In this weeks episode, Alan and I get serious about everything from Jury Duty to Religion and the advancement of technology. Our drink of choice for the night: The One They Call Zoe – and oh, how she put us down. “Ever since the time of the Magna Carta… I am YOU.” –Alan Hines Enjoy us fumbling over the specifics while making wildly broad opinionated strokes about anything that comes to mind. Show Notes 1:30 Jury Doodie 9:44 Alan, the Professional 13:05 Turning Yourself In 15:48 My Sister, the Attorney 22:40 The Jefferson Bible 25:00 Symbolical Religious Shenanigans 38:36 This Gets a Little Depressing 39:48 Alan: Origins 47:05 I Want More Patents 53:49 Wardriving 61:47 We Owned the Net 72:07 Under-appreciated 73:38 Back in My Day… 76:12 Be a Grown Up. Use SQL. 94:00 Ageism

In this weeks episode, Alan and I get serious about everything from Jury Duty to Religion and the advancement of technology. Our drink of choice for the night: The One They Call Zoe – and oh, how she put us down. “Ever since the time of the Magna Carta… I am YOU.” –Alan Hines Enjoy us fumbling over the specifics while making wildly broad opinionated strokes about anything that comes to mind.