Focused on Nothing

Welcome back to the show! In this week's episode Pop gets run over, Dan flips a blazer and I give away a truck...I thought this was supposed to be funny? Well it's fun anyway. Make some popcorn and have a listen! Unless you're driving...don't make popcorn if you're driving

Welcome back folks! This week we have another new, old, topic to chat about! Ted and guest host Nick talk about light bulbs, batting cages, new cars (surprise) and planned obsolescence! Join us! Send us an email! Have a generally good time!

Intro music prod. Ty Cobb Here

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-birth-control-for-pets-could-make-spaying-neutering-obsolete/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel 

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy

https://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/xzx48f/examples_of_planned_obsolescence/

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/London_%281932%29_Ending_the_depression_through_planned_obsolescence.pdf

We may be a day late, but we're not $9.3B dollars short...or however that goes. Today's episode includes...Focus group guest host Chrystal, batting cage gate 2025, HOA blues, and a maybe? fun? ish? story about a manufacturing facility that promised to bring THOUSANDS of jobs to Wisconsin while investing BILLIONS of dollars. You can probably guess how that turned out...but it just might be more fun to listen in and find out!

Buckle up kiddos! This week hosts Ted and Nick discuss old man injuries and beloved Buick station wagons. Once we cut the goofing to 50% or so it's time tackle the subject of cloning. As it turns out, a mand named Dr. Dick Seed claimed he was going to clone himself. This story comes from a book of the same name and is part of IG Nobel lore Tune it to see how it went!

Intro music prod. Ty Cobb Here

https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/the-story-of-dolly-the-sheep

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_cell_nuclear_transfer

https://viagenpets.com/dogs/

https://improbable.com/2026/03/10/the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-is-moving-to-europe-after-35-years-in-the-usa/

Welcome back folks! The boys are, in fact, back in town! Or whatever. This week Ted and Nick kick off season two with a slightly silly, and really fun NASA cover up / conspiracy episode. Grab your popcorn, stay tuned for some tangent alerts, and enjoy a very deep dive into conspiracies, cover ups, and a total lack of resolution.

Intro music prod. Ty Cobb can be found Here

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4-exciting-space-missions-launch-this-year-including-nasas-return-to-moon-japans-jump-to-mars/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-project-anchor-earth-gravity/

https://irl.umsl.edu/urs/204/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1epp73ppo

https://gizmodo.com/no-earth-wont-lose-gravity-for-7-seconds-on-august-12-nasa-says-2000711970

https://www.reddit.com/r/astrophysics/comments/1qcc0cl/is_the_7_second_gravity_loss_even_possible/

Merry Christmas you filthy animals! And a Happy New Year! We reminisce about the first season, talk Christmas, and plan a little for 2026. Thank you all for listening in 2025, we're looking forward to next year and next season!

Welcome to the first ever installation of Story Time with Uncle Dan! He's my uncle, and he told us a story. It's our first attempt at an interview and, you know, things happened. We might talk over each other occasionally due to some latency issues on the call, but buckle up, because it's a wild one.

Did I mention I'm not an audio engineer recently?

Intro music prod. Ty Cobb Here Oh wait...there is no intro music this week. Oh well!

https://santamariatimes.com/long-term-fixes-high-school-uber-hilker-ahc-board/article_3383e643-17b9-562e-80dd-884681054ede.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnappings_in_Colombia

Nick's computer is dying. I'm out of brandy. My computer stops us from recording several times. But who cares because we're BACK! Welcome to episode 11 and do enjoy what are probably sane volume levels. This week we talk some serious financial crisis (it's not serious), and may have a good science tangent, but you get to decide that. Enjoy!

Intro music prod. Ty Cobb Here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoe-fitting_fluoroscope

https://amsterdamtulipmuseum.com/pages/tulip-history-botanical-mystery-tulipmania

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/7rx93a/til_during_the_dutch_tulip_mania_a_sailor_mistook/

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/02/03/tulipomania/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_(unit)

https://financebuzz.com/rare-pogs-worth-a-fortune

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_(unit)

Well I'd say that's much louder anyway! Thanks for Joining!

Welcome back to the show. This week Ted gets with Guest Host Nick for a discussion on this Fermi fellow and ponder the age old question "Where is everybody?" Don't worry host Nick will be back next week for more shenanigans. In the meantime, enjoy!

Intro music prod. Ty Cobb ⁠Here⁠

⁠https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bumblebees-have-learned-to-read-simple-morse-code-an-ability-seen-only-in-humans-and-vertebrates/⁠

⁠https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Alien_Bigfoot⁠

⁠https://science.howstuffworks.com/question431.htm⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#cite_note-1⁠

So it turns out I still have no idea how audio engineering works. Fortunately one of you fine listeners informed me that last weeks episode was EXTREMELY QUIET! As such, E10.1.1 will be the same Fermi Paradox episode, but at an actually audible level. Enjoy!