This week we take things seriously. We talk about motivation, validation, grit, obsession, feedback, passion, and Willy Wonka bonking the hot Oompa Loompas.

Show notes:

• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth (Amazon)
• Nathan Barry (human, website)
• Chamomile (Wikipedia)
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (IMDB)
• Pineapple Express (IMDB)
• Seth Rogen (Wikipedia)

Billionaires behaving badly, groundscrapers, Willy Wonka, and how Justin acquired a penis finger.

Show notes:

• Tobi Lutke's libertarian tweet about critics (Twitter)
• Worst person in tech poll (Twitter)
• Peter Thiel Wants To Inject Himself With Young People's Blood (Vanity Fair)
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Wikipedia)
• Papa Joe is an asshole (YouTube)
• Gene Wilder (Wikipedia)
• Artist David Bird's "Becorns" (website)
• Jay Leno has third-degree burns on his face, may need skin grafts after garage fire (NBC News)

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If you hate it when we talk about gross bathroom stuff, skip this one. You've been warned.

Show notes:

• Lowe's home improvement stores (Wikipedia)
• French fries (Wikipedia)
• The bacterial horror of hot-air hand dryers (Harvard Medical School)
• Cinque Terre (Wikipedia)

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Loren used the green instead of the orange tag at the airport—Jail!, adults behaving badly, our issues with bananas, steak condiments, and more.

Show notes:

• San Diego's Hepatitis Outbreak Is A Man-Made Disaster (Huffington Post)
• Boeing 737 (Wikipedia)
• Travel Checklist (TSA.gov)
• Police find girl who licked Blue Bell ice cream in viral video (NBC News)
• The gocery store code for bananas is 4011
• Bananas (Wikipedia)
• Chloroform (Wikipedia)
• If Raw Fruits Or Veggies Give You A Tingly Mouth, It's A Real Syndrome (NPR)
• A1 steak sauce tv commercial (YouTube)

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Baby boomer tech, Justin's morbid thoughts on death, and how shitty it is to be royalty in Game of Thrones.

Show notes:

• Hövding: Airbag helmet
• Cheers (Wikipedia)
• Irish goodbye (Urban Dictionary)
• Servant (Wikipedia)
• Personal assistant (Wikipedia)
• Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon (IMDB)

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Winning friends and influencing people, names, and tipping damn near everywhere.

Show notes:

• How to Win Friends and Influence People (Amazon)
• Albert Einstein (Wikipedia)
• Hershey squirts (Urban Dictionary)
• Kylo Ren (Wikipedia)
• No Need To Sign On Dotted Line: Credit Cards Are Phasing Out Signatures (NPR)

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We discuss fancy French words, dish brains playing pong, and passive aggressive words to bring to the next social gathering.

Show notes:

• Double entrendre (Wikipedia)
• Je ne sais quoi (definition)
• A Fake Joe Rogan Interviewed A Fake Steve Jobs For An AI-Generated Podcast Because What Even Is Reality Anymore? (article)
• DishBrain (article)
• Matthew Broderick (Wikipedia)

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The type of person you have to be to order fajitas and then a lot of stuff about urine. We initially wanted to call this episode "Pee" but Apple probably de-prioritizes episode titles like that.

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Show links

• Me when someone in the restaurant orders fajitas (Twitter)
• P.F. Chang's (Wikipedia)
• Myth or Fact: Should You Wait to Swim After Eating? (article)
• Urine-indicator dye (Wikipedia)
• Armadillidiidae, aka The Pill Bug (Wikipedia)
• Weevil, aka The Billbug (Wikipedia)
• Why you should pee on your compost (article)

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