Episode 107 – Bad at Social Norms

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Show Notes 

• Josh and Ben discuss the Library of Babel, the iPhone 15, wizards in Chicago, reading books by your friends, and finally social norms and taboos. 
• Intro and follow-up (0-12:24)
  • Ed Sheeran responds to copyright infringement lawsuit 
  • The Jazz Singer and Al Jolson’s racial identity 
• Bad at Technology (12:24-42:51)
  • The Library of Babel on VSAUCE 
  • http://libraryofbabel.info 
  • iPhone 15 and USB-C 
• Bad at English (42:51-50:49)
  • Literally the end of Josh caring about humanity 
  • #WordCrimes 
  • Nuclear or Nucular? 
• What I’m reading (50:49-1:05:28)
  • Books by Acquaintances:
    • Nova by Meagan Schanfish (high fantasy) 
    • The Paradise Planets by Shaun Barrowes (high fantasy) 
    • Trinacria by P.D. Fertitta (mafia) 
  • What I want, but hard-copy only:
    • In the garden of beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson (history) 
    • Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (mid-20th-century memoir) 
    • Present at the Creation by Dean Acheson (biography) 
• Taboos and social norms (1:05:28-end)
  • It’s you…and by a lot 
  • Google nGrams Viewer 
  • of course…but maybe (Louis C.K.) 
  • The Station nightclub fire: What happened and who’s to blame for disaster that killed 100? 
  • Mr. Bean no hugs 
  • The Tattooed Mormon, Al Fox  
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  • Bad at Magic Logos by Jonica Rich 
  • Transition music by Jarus Rich 
  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich