Welcome to Breaking News (and Sports) where the topic of conversation today is History, followed by War. Jack and Justin pretend and wish to be Dan Carlin.

Jack's sister makes an explosive revelation about the value of teams, and neatly ties it into larger themes in the podcast. Also, Jack and Justin interview a woman who lives with Smart Everything.

Think about it--the Olympics are a national display of wartime prowess disguised as an act of peacetime activity--and war nowadays depends on how good you are at toggling an xbox controller. Space Mining is possible, improbable, potentially not worth it, but delightful to speculate about as nuclear tensions increase

Alex and Jack are very informed because they read an article about CRISPR. Also, Jack learns a improvisation music lesson on piano. Follow along with your piano if you have one, or just watch the video that Alex mentions.