Binary Jazz

In this episode we discuss Dunnart, which is an armored truck company, art made with human feces, a device to move boxes that are too big for palettes, the opposite of a dullart [sic] and a euphemism for "smartass", or a plant that you can use to make alcohol. Also, Yelp, crying at work, Elon Musk's left buttcheek, feminist art, and state foods.

In this episode, Allison encourages Gary and Chris to share their love of Russian Psychedelic Music. Also, guitar tunings. Podcast listeners will miss the questions at the end, but YouTube viewers will get to see them, so check out the video for bonus content.

In this episode, Gary and Chris each, randomly, take a side on the topic of corn alcohol. Gary attempts to argue that corn alcohol is a good thing because we have so much of it and also it's a good fuel source, whereas Chris argues that there are starving children in Africa who could make better use of corn not turned into alcohol. Also Trader Joe's, Florida and secret witness protection identities.

This weeks topic is nixtamalization which is the act of making things empty or zero. Probably. But we nixtamalize the conversation by instead talking about mid-term elections and Hallowe’en. Also, Gary attempts to ask a question with less than a minute left in the show and gets cut off by the timer. Sorry, Gary. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

* This will come late, but if you missed the midterm elections this week because you weren’t registered to vote, you should register.* Big crowd marches through Salt Lake City calling for an end to one-on-one Mormon bishop interviews with youths (Salt Lake Tribune)* Some parents and therapists say Mormon bishops’ interviews with children about sexual matters are ‘intrusive, inappropriate’ (Salt Lake Tribune)* Get Down Make Love by Nine Inch Nails (YouTube)* Nihilist Arby’s (Twitter)* Hallowe’en: What we’re celebrating (jazzsequence.com)* A Corn and Cornmeal Primer: Nixtamalization and More—A Must Read! (Selene River Press)* Transforming Corn (Cooks Illustrated)

Gary’s Halloween trunk or treat

Chris’ Halloween family shot

In this episode we talk about uncomfortable couches, IKEA, what we did before Wikipedia existed. The topic is Vernation, which is the act of transporting groceries home on foot (named after Verna), a developer social media platform dedicated to semantic versioning (VerNation), a black mold that is native to arid climates or an unscented flower related to carnations that comes in green or purple. Also whether "nation" is important and whether this podcast is Fake News.

Allison's topic du jour is thwarted by Gary's extensive knowledge of Phineas and Ferb. Instead, we spend much of the time discussing favorite naps, scouts of varying kinds, coffee and animated shows on Netflix.

We're back from a brief hiatus to discuss NanoPutians -- which is unarguably tiny, nanoscopic people. Also, what we'd do with an extra $100 and what Chris did over the break.

For episode 100,000, we patently ignore the topic for most of the episode, instead talking about job-related hats, how artificial intelligence is taking over the world, how idioglossia is not the same as pareidolia, and whether Allison is secretly a twin. To end the episode, we play a game of “Paint or Perp” where Chris and Gary attempt to guess whether a clue is a Sherman-Williams paint color, or an episode of Law & Order SVU.

* X-Files AI episode (TVLine)* Quantum Leap (IMDB)* Dean Stockwell (IMDB)* Home Improvement – TV Series (Wikipedia)* Tim Allen grunt (YouTube)* Idioglossia by Ian Williams (Griffin Poetry Prize)* Idioglossia (Wikipedia)* Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR)* Find and Explore Colors (Sherwin-Williams)* Paint or Perp results: Gary (7) – Chris (5)

This episode's topic is "kayfabe", which could be a specific genre of Korean soap operas or a spread you put on bread. Also, crunchy vs. creamy peanut butter, Chris' tie dye business and a potential Binary Jazz home improvement show, and Britney Spears. To conclude, we take a break from answering questions at the end of the episode for a special quiz show segment.

In this episode Gary and Chris attempt to uncover meaning in "52 Hertz Whale", which surely can't be as straightforward as to describe an actual whale. Also, the range of hearing, elephants, USB-C adoption and what's on Chris' desk, costumes you'd put your daughter in and what we're reading.