John has discovered a community of people who seem to kind of know what they're doing is weird, and Merlin repeats an anecdote about when he almost lost his mind from washing dishes with the absolutely incorrect soap.

205: A Cumulative Warmth

John Siracusa and Merlin Mann try to figure out exactly how they got this way. Hosted by Merlin Mann and John Siracusa.

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Follow-Up opens with a correction from John and an admission that he's very disappointed in you, the listener. John clocks Merlin's sudden overuse of some given word.

233: Monkeys in the Hose

John guides Merlin through an unusual form of communication.

232: Ham Means One

Topic include perception, misdirection, binaries, and how it is that "Survivor" so rarely leaks.

231: The Seventh Segment of a Seventh Segment

A new season of _Survivor_ brings an amazing new dingaling with a novel definition of "several." Then, John chats with Merlin about his recent Apple Vision Pro experience.

230: The Definite Particle

Follow-up, Billy Joel, and Apple Vision Pro.

205: A Cumulative Warmth

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