Cliche Court is in session, but rest assured we won't be throwing the baby out with the bath water, because that's one of those disturbing cliches that has no place on this podcast.

We take another look at CRISPR, the genetic tool that earned Doudna and Charpentier the Nobel Prize, to ask the question on everyone's mind. Can we use CRISPR to produce a super intelligent bear?

After a long run of balmy weather, the first autumnal day causes Scott to face his seasonal outerwear amnesia. He must use trial and error to remember which coats and jackets he employs when the temperature takes a dip.

Tom hasn't done anything embarassing lately, yet he still can't get his name off the list of the 400 Most Embarassing People in America. He has no idea who the people are behind this list, so contacting them to make his case is impossible. Or is it?

Scott revisits a literary commitment he made two years ago, and vows to finish the remaining 960 pages of The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro, by his birthday on March 5.

Tom's visit to New Orleans takes a surprising turn when he runs into an old friend he hasn't seen in years. We calculate that the odds of that happening are less than winning two Lottos in the same day while being struck by lightning from three different storms.

Tom and Scott do their part to cure the election blues of their constituents, as the self appointed, unelected co-Mayors of Irving place in Manhattan. Thanks to their "not seen and not heard" style of governance, the mood on the street of their five block district is cool, calm and collected.

We reveal the previously unknown solution to your Election Day blues, that involves a delicious chocolate pastry and other details that you can only discover in this episode.

In a heart warming antidote to post election blues, Tom and Scott proudly proclaim that Irving Place in New York is calm and free of angry rioters. As unelected self appointed co-mayors of those five blocks in Manhattan we take credit for no cars on fire and no garbage cans hurled through windows! But there's an exciting new twist to this story.

This one boggles the mind: Tom and Scott do something so unlikely it's the equivalent of winning the lottery twice while getting hit by lightning from three different seriously. Only the truth is way better than the metaphor because of the lightening,obviously.