Brady & Grey discuss: Brady goes to the doctor (or doesn't), Corporate Compensation Corner massage edition, arguments about Guns, Germs and Steel and a theory of history, breaking news about the New Zealand flag referendum, and thoughts on Making a Murderer.  

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond

Brady and Grey discuss Getting Things Done

What a pulse is

Grey: Americapox

/r/badhistory on Guns, Germs, and Steel

Moneyball, by Michael Lewis

Foundation, by Isaac Asimov

Triumph of the City, by Edward Glaeser

New Zealand flag referendum results

New Zealand flag referendum voting breakdown

Making a Murder first episode on YouTube

H.I. #56: Guns, Germs, and Steel

CGP Grey and Brady Haran talk about YouTube, life, work, whatever.

Education

Training

Language Courses

Higher Education

K-12

Educational Technology

Grey and Brady discuss: The Mt Doom Edition, Dinosaurs Attack! randomness, YouTube videos from beyond the grave, betting on your weight, speedrunning, date formatting, the Space Force logo, and emoji.
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Mt Doom Edition
Vinyl supply threatened
Podcast Postcards
A Tim and David Allen
"I've been murdered"
Aaron Swartz
Weight loss wager firms
Speedrunning
Pitfall 2 Speed Run
Doom level speedrun explained
House of the Dead
Confessions of a Tetris Addict
United States Space Force
New Emoji season

H.I. #136: Dog Bingo

Brady and Grey discuss: weak sauce water, the uncertainty of the hotstopper pilgrimage, reliving Dinosaurs Attack! through the eyes of the young, should people be able to write, sportsball corner, placing bets, Réunion, and the night sky.
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Aarke
The Mighty Black Stump
Vantablack
Dinosaurs Attack!
Spencerian cursive
Palmer cursive
South Australian handwriting
Long Bets
Réunion
The night sky is increasingly dystopian

H.I. #135: Place Your Bets

On a chill boxing day, Grey and Brady discuss: post-final-Star-wars-trilogy feelings, the endings of things, Cybertruck, xmas hotstoppers, gong baths, imagine an apple revisited, Brady's idea for youtube rewind, still more straws, and meditation... results?
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The Star Wars discussion
London Harry Potter World
Servant
Chalet Girl
The Cybertruck
Framed Germany hot drop
'Winter Wonderland' hot stop drop
SHOWNOTES UPDATE: hot stop drop found
Christmas Village Nightmare
Aphantasia
Faceless Voices
Pi Million Subscribers - Numberphile
Captain Disillusion impersonations

# H.I. 134: Boxing Day

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Hello Internet Christmas Special

Brady and Grey discuss: Berlin hotdrops, China feedback, fizzy water revisited, annual Instagram Island, yet more straw materials, art corner, the completely appalling and totally unacceptable Peloton bike commercial, and YouTube Rewind 2019.
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Berlin photo hotdrop
Notre-Dame redesign that won't happen
Aarke
Brady on Instagram Island
Banana art
Turner Prize renders itself valueless
Peloton Bike Commercial
YouTube Rewind 2018
YouTube Rewind 2019
PewDiePie's wedding

H.I. #56: Guns, Germs, and Steel

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