Danmo and Steveo are recapping the year 2023 with some quirks. We came up with questions like- 'what was the best bathroom experience of 2023?' We found these fun and a good way to recap our year. See if you have answers to our questions.

Fireside 58:50- Chick-fil-a "my pleasure"

Steveo tells Danmo about an story in 1859 called The Carrington Event. Highlighting how solar flares can be life altering. Danmo had not heard this story, so you probably havent either. Take a stroll down existential dread with us.

Danmo and Steveo dive deep into what it might, emphasis on might, mean for Elon Musk to take control of Twitter. His impact may be overblown, but we dive into what it means for social media to have influence on what free speech means for the globe. And what it might mean for someone like Elon to take a more direct impact on that. Let us know what you think at [email protected].

Fireside 53:21- Danmo's Synesethia with TP

A man successfully stole diamonds, without any equipment. He was not who the diamond bank thought he was, and charmed his way to 28 million dollars. Steveo comes ill prepared with the details and Danmo interrupts with thoughtful and thoughtless questions. Amateur hour podcast per usual.

Fireside (28:30)- Timeflies redux

We take a quick dive into a few popular internet vote competitions. Some Taylor Swift, some Boaty McBoat Face, some canibals. Just classics. But the result is- internet is still undefeated.

Fireside 24:45- Gender reveal parties gone wrong

Danmo thought of a way to naturally incline yourself to ween off mindless social media scrolling. By forcing yourself to read any article you scrolled across. Maybe then it will get you to do less scrolling if each time you scrolled you had to put in effort. Danmo and Steveo had mixed results. Listen to the analysis and decide for yourself if its worth doing.

Fireside (22:34)- One-lane or two-lane highways?

*Sorry about Danmo's computer beeps. They calm down after the intro. *

READ THE TRANSCRIPT. That phrase was rhetoric a year ago, but it highlights something important in our modern information society. We have the best access in all of history to primary sources, yet we often never take the time to read them or even look at them. Danmo wanted to actually look at the primary source material on the Paris Climate Agreement and the 1776 Commission. Steveo looked at CDC data. Our conclusions were.. baffling.

Fireside (47:35)- Pizza 0.5

Is it hard to believe in both a Christian God, and climate change at the same time? Danmo does a sermon on the Pod, and explains why it might not be difficult to believe in both simultaneously. Steveo listens, because at times it seems hard to believe in both. See what you think.

Fireside (36:30)- Where is Corbin Bleu these days?

Steveo gets real worked up about when the following phrase gets used sarcastically: "Ok, now that I have thought about it, I have changed my mind." Danmo and Steveo talk about what it might look like to value true civil discourse in our society now. It might even become a new principle/goal/format. Listen to this if you want you mind, not to be blown, but changed.

Fireside- 31:00- Meeting a billionaire

Imagine you were someone who was in a coma before the pandemic and woke up to it. What would be the unprecedented things that would stick out. That essentially happened to real people. Danmo and Steveo run through just few of the pandemic highlights so far. Things like caring who Dr. Fauci is, and chlorine can clean your insides.

Fireside 30:50- Vanilla as a favorite flavor.