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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