Episode 64 – The Puppy Closest to the Pile of Poo

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Show Notes 

• Josh culminates his annual fitness efforts in the Arizona Rock and Roll half-marathon, Ben attempts yet another competitive Magic tournament, they explore new efforts to turn electric cars into a new kind of positive externality, and finally they ponder some common (and some not-so-common) TV tropes. 
• Intro & Follow-up (0-1:09:10) 
  • Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard 
  • Flashback to 1983: 3-2-1 Contact: New York City Marathon (S02E04) “THE WALL” 
  • Eliud Kipchoge runs the first ever sub-2-hour marathon 
  • CGP Grey: What’s your theme? 
  • Military wife tracks household goods with Apple AirTag 
  • The many surprising voices of Alan Tudyk 
• Bad at Technology (1:09:10-1:22:08) 
  • Electric cars aren’t just vehicles. They’re big batteries. 
  • Ford F-150 Intelligent Backup Power 
  • World’s Largest Batteries – (Pumped Storage) 
• Bad at Logic (1:22:08-1:24:07) 
  • Loaded question 
• Bad at English (1:24:07-1:26:40) 
  • The puppy closest to the pile of poo: the obviously guilty party 
• Board game survivor (1:26:40-1:34:48) 
  • Blink – The World’s Fastest Game! 
  • Set  – Similar to Blink but for 1-20 players (!) 
  • Unstable Unicorns – Baby’s first Magic the Gathering 
• Feature (1:34:48-end) 
  • Living the Minion Life (B@M episode 34) 
  • TVTropes.org: One Steve Limit 
• Coming in Episode 65: 
  • Our next book review: Artemis by Andy Weir 
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