Going for Zero

Joe and Rhett talk catch up on BYU football, NBA vs NFL, and some politics.

Feel free to skip anything :)

0-14 min: Joe's genius talent show gimmick

14-36 min: BYU football. Worst. Season. Ever.

36-1hr 7 min: NBA vs the NFL.

1:07: Politics (the great overshadower)

Lewis Gunter finally joined an episode to give his opinions on:

6 min: Rhett's Twitter battle with University of Utah football fans. He is now a hashtag

25 min: Vidangel and the future of TV. Hallmark Christmas movies are awesome. Bundling economics.

1 hour: Crypto currencies - is this a bubble like 1999 or 2006? (probably a bubble, but not like '99 or '06)

1 hour 15 min: Esports - is it a overhyped? Also, Rhett was once a professional gamer.

Links of the week: Redcross Hurricane Harvey & Hurricane Irma

Nathan was kind enough to come back on the podcast to discuss his latest article, sports, HR, and the Bay Area.

5:30 Why watch baseball? Is it a game or a sport? (editor: a game)

11:00 NBA and Utah Jazz talk

18:00 NFL and Steve Young's biography (Nathan recommends)

20:00 The Lakers, Lonzo, and Lavar Ball

35:00 Article: 3 better things to do instead of obsessing over finding your passion

50:00 Human Resources - the bar is super low

63:00 Defend that Tweet

71:00 The Bay Area - why stay here if you don't own a home

Link of the week: Doctor's without Borders

Jon and Rhett review 2 songs. This takes an hour and a half.

The idea was to pick 1 song each and do a deep dive on that song.

The first 15 minutes is just small talk.

At the 17 minute mark, Jon introduces Rhett's song of choice (hint: it came out in 1997).

At the 51 minute mark, Rhett introduces Jon's song of choice (hint: it came out in 1990, but is definitely and 80's song).

Link of the week is the Make A Wish Foundation

Brandon Rodriguez and Dan Gould join the pod to talk about the NBA season. It's all basketball talk (except for the story about Mario Lemieux).

Topics:

0:05:30 Season in review. Warriors KD's team now?

0:12:00 The KD haters are wrong

0:21:00 Lebron or KD?

0:23:00 MJ or Lebron?

0:32:00 Will Lebron retire as the GOAT?

0:39:00 Kyrie.. simmer down

0:43:00 Warriors team best of all time? (MJ's '96 bulls beg to differ)

0:55:00 Rhett called it! (kind of)

1:00:00 Who is the great Mormon basketball hope?

1:06:00 Big3 3-on-3 basketball league

Link of the week: the MS Society

Zo and Jon are back for what is probably the longest and most boring episode you will ever hear. Seriously, feel free to skip this one. Zo was mad about the 80s movie episode and wanted a rebuttal opportunity. He says things like "I'm partial to..." and "it's a derivative work" (ok that may have been me).

If you really went to know what we talked about, here is a rough run down:

0-5 min Jon complains about the TV display screen

5-10 min Zo says the Beatles suck and are worse than U2 (although it's close)

10-15 min Cars 2 is the worst Pixar movie

15-20 min Netflix rating system

23 min Introductions! Finally.

30 min Annie Hall. They made me talk about Annie Hall.

From here on it's mostly a review of the same 80s movies as the other episode. Rhett claims the NeverEnding Story is the worst and gets rebuked. At the 2 hour mark, Jon does tell the story of how he pranked Rhett at his wedding.

Jared Williams is a senior at Cal Poly and all round good guy. He joins the podcast to give his thoughts as a "fringe millennial" on a variety of topics.

0-10 min Introductions, serving a LDS mission in South America, Chilean soccer stories

10 min Video conferencing gaffes

15 min LDS or LSD?, idea for a segment called "explain an 80s movie plot to a millennial", playing basketball on Adobe's rooftop court

26 min Jordan vs Lebron. Does Lebron have a chance to be the GOAT?

35 min NBA Playoffs, Westbrook, Utah Jazz, coaches

44 min Soccer, Champions league, Euro leagues, Pulisic: is he already the greatest US soccer player in history? US soccer kits are the worst

1hr 2min Stratechery.com the best tech writing out there, pay for things of value

1 hr 30 min Do millennials realize that the economy has set backs?

Link of the week is www.stratechery.com

Jon is back (from the future?) to pick favorite movies from every year between 1977 and 1989. A small sample of movies to chose from:

• The Empire Strikes Back vs Flash Gordon
• Ghostbusters vs 16 Candles vs Footloose
• Fletch vs Goonies vs The Breakfast Club
• Top Gun vs Three Amigos! vs Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Princess Bride vs Lost Boys vs Dirty Dancing
• Die Hard vs Rain Man
• Batman vs Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs Roadhouse

Also, does Back to the Future fulfill scripture prophecy? (no)

Oh and 1984 was an INCREDIBLE year for movies.

Link of the week: The American Cancer Society

Paul and Brandon return with first time guest Alexis to hand out GFZ Iconic Awards for fast food. Categories include awards for the most iconic:

• Burger
• Fries
• Taco
• Pizza
• Chinese
• Chicken sandwich
• Sauce
• Mall food
• Bacon
• I'd rather starve than _____
• Which restaurant would you choose if you had to eat there every day for the rest of your life?

Mostly we tease each other for having terrible taste in fast food. (Not fast food itself, just choosing the wrong establishment.) Fun episode with lots of friendly arguing!

Link of the week is Doctors without Borders.

Every year, Jon hosts the best Oscar party with an accompanying game. Listen to his picks for each category (of course he picks a Star Trek movie to win one) and his tentative foods for each best picture nominee. There is also some rapid fire TV talk.

0 min - Jon's comic book

7 min - Star Trek talk (because of course)

16 min - The Oscar Game!

25 min - Jon's picks

54 min - In memorium: who will be last?

1:09 min - TV rapid fire: Black Mirror, Riverdale, GoT, Veep, and Jon gives up TV for lent

1:16 min - Trump and Russia (because overshadower)

Donation of the week is the Red Cross. The flooding in the Bay Area is trivial compared to other parts of the world.