Binary Jazz

The gang discuss why the Tour de France is a worthwhile pastime, the World Cup, Thomas Müller dancing and Landon Donovan drinking water, YouTube, and Dinosaur Train vs. Magic Schoolbus. Also: Quidditch positions and plants.

* Fry mooning gif

* Müller dance gif

* Landon Donovan’s notorious water fountain pic

* Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike)

* JP Sears

* Everyday Astronaut

* NPR Music

* Coding Train

* Dinosaur Train

* Teddybear Cholla

* Quidditch

* Domestique

Is it a vacuum or a giant hot dog ball? Gary and Chris struggle to define Dyson sphere and venture into blender technology, practice golf ball usage, squirrels and Star Trek: Next Generation. Also: ethics of hypothetical thought experiments, proper book storage

* Ontario general election 2018

* Dyson vacuums

* Tyson (not Dyson) hot dogs (none are spherical)

* Will it Blend? by Blendtec

* Practice golf balls on Amazon

* Dyson sphere

* Kardashev scale

* Parbs scale

* IKEA Billy (not Kallax)

We discuss the culinary delicacy of panchen lama, an Indian dish that involves pickled carrots that are spread on flatbread. Also, the Old Kingdom, magic and necromancy, expensive canine surgeries and Lisa should submit more questions.

In this episode, Gary and Chris discuss the various activities one can solo, from instrumental performance to mountain diving to "Soloing Solo, slowly". Also orcas are cute, classes we'd take if we were paid, entrance music and, well, actually...

Unusual for Binary Jazz, a topic that we knew right from the start, we discuss the levels of predator-dom, threatening a bear with a banana, lab grown meat and eating insects. Also: celebrities who could sell typewriters and extreme minimalist library categorization.

In an electrical circuit when multiple outcomes might be possible and the circuit arbitrarily decides on one or a form of improvisational theatre "freeze tag". Or something else, maybe. Our conversations detour to winter tires and coffee inception, sending email to random contacts in one's address book and down a rabbit hole explaining why we all write PHP as opposed to a more intelligent programming language. Also: oldest friends, appropriate times for dating and teeth.

Allison's topic is something that Gary is sure he knows something about but can't quite name, though Chris assumes that it has something to do with tipping canoes. Also Taylor Swift, favorite brunch dishes and phobias.

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined the LA Galaxy, he said he wanted his legacy to be "I came, I conquered, I left." That is the Suzuki Method -- a practice of entering a market (or a buffet, whatevs), doing your thing, and leaving promptly. Or maybe it has something to do with music. Also: what to do on rainy days and how to cleanse crystals.

We debate whether the Diderot Effect is most likely to be a West Carolinan dog sled race, the experience of feeling like you already had that knowledge after having a conversation about something or color blindness, but for hearing. Also moral philosophy and Ted Danson, ear infections and exploding heads, and a listener-submitted question about our first Halloween costumes.

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Allison challenges our knowledge of Japanese culture with kintsugi -- which is obviously something relating to food or a process, like "kanban". Also, turf maintenance, can we name the seven dwarves and favorite cities (that we don't live in).