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Hyperfixed YouTube episodes

  • Phoebe's Origin Story

    Phoebe is in search of a video game from her past that had an outsized impact on her, and she needs our help.


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    LINKS:

    Books by Phoebe Wahl

    Clay Routledge

    McGee

    Katie’s Farm (McGee 2)

    McGee at the Fun Fair (McGee 3)



    31 min
  • A Song About Ethan

    This week, listener Manon asks why are there so many songs on streaming services featuring her brothers name - Ethan. And why are they all about poop?


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    LINKS:

    Get a custom song by Matt Farley: https://moternmedia.com/custom-songs

    Listen to A Song About Ethan on Spotify

    Benn Jordan’s Using AI to Detect AI Music

    Poopz’s Ethan Stop Pooping Your Pants or Move to France

    The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke, and Pee’s The Ethan Poop Song

    Reckless Otter’s Ethan Poop Fart Funny Song

    Super Poop’s Ethan Smells Like a Llama (Super Poop)


    38 min
  • Garbage Fruit [Or, The Fruit of Theseus]

    Robin has a very simple question: No one likes Red Delicious apples. Why are they unavoidable?

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    LINKS:

    David Karp on KCRW's Good Food Instagram

    Matthijs Welle's Apple Post on LinkedIn


    33 min
  • Presenting Proxy with Yowei Shaw: Alex and the Impossible Ask

    This week, Alex is a guest on another podcast that solves a problem for him. 

    Episode description:

    Alex used to host a huge podcast (Reply All). He now makes a new independent show called Hyperfixed. He loves making it. Only problem is, Alex now has to ask for money all the time to survive, which he hates doing.

    From the episode: 

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    • Learn more about Haley Bash and Donor Organizer Hub, a support network for people who fundraise for under-resourced causes
    • The Accidental Fundraiser, Haley's step-by-step guide to raising money for your cause
    • Alex's post about the state of Hyperfixed (posted May 2025)
      1 hr
    • Third Eye Blind

      This week, Mitchell finds out he's missing something almost everyone else has, and he wants to know -- who would I be if I had it?

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      • Adam Zeman's book, The Shape of Things Unseen
      • Sussex University Aphantasia Research Sign-up Form
      • Future Minds Lab
      • Radiolab's Aphantasia piece
      • 35 min
      • Bonus Episode *Unlocked*: Catman and Robin

        Even thoug this is an off week, we decided to unlock a bonus episode for our main feed listeners, because we thought this was useful context.

        On this episode: Noted cat-lover Alex Goldman interviews the founder of FIP Warriors, Robin Kintz, and things get a little tense.

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        Thanks for listening! We'll see you next week with an episode that has nothing to do with cats, I'm pretty sure.

        42 min
      • The Cat Drug Black Market, Part III

        The conclusion of our series, ex members of the FIP Warriors facebook group get to work making the whole GS black market obsolete.

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        LINKS:

        • Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1994 (AMDUCA)
        • GFI #256
        • FDA Announces Position on Use of Compounded GS-441524 to Treat FIP
        • Stokes Pharmacy & Bova Group Partner to Bring Oral Treatment for Feline Infectious Peritonitis to U.S.
        • U.S. Pharmacies Offering Compounded FIP Treatment
        • 36 min
        • The Cat Drug Black Market, Part II

          This week, a black market and community network of cat lovers sprang into existence to help pet parents get access to an illegal lifesaving drug for a cat disease called FIP. But a massive revelation threatens to tear this community apart. 

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          LINKS

          Nicole Randall Sentencing Release

          FIP Vet Guide

          FIP Warriors

          38 min
        • The Cat Drug Black Market

          When Marlena's cat was diagnosed with a terminal disease, she found herself seeking help not from a vet, but a series of websites and Facebook groups. The first in a three-part series.


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          LINKS:

          GS treatment available in pharmacies: https://bestfriends.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/Network_09%20Webinar_FIP%20Treatment_US-Pharmacy-FIP-Treatment-Options.pdf

          Dr. Pedersen's 2019 paper

          FIP Warriors Facebook Group

          Gilead's statement: 

          Since Gilead identified GS-441524 as a potential treatment for cats with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), we made it available to institutions with the expertise to advance medicines for veterinary use. This is why we shared GS-441524 with UC Davis to research its impact on FIP.

          GS-441524 is an intermediate in the synthesis of remdesivir, an approved treatment for COVID-19. Gilead’s supply of GS-441524 was and continues to be used to manufacture remdesivir to meet the demands of COVID-19.

          Today, remdesivir has been made available to more than 14.5 million patients around the world, including more than 8.1 million in low- and lower-middle income countries.

          In parallel, Gilead has made progress in studies identifying prodrugs of GS-441524 with improved oral bioavailability that could be further investigated as a therapeutic for FIP in cats. Discussions with suitable veterinary specialty companies are ongoing, but to-date we have not identified an appropriate partner. Gilead supports finding a solution for FIP at the earliest opportunity.

          44 min
        • Presenting: The Dream - Babies Not Having Babies

          This week, we're running an episode of one of our favorite shows, The Dream, hosted by Jane Marie. At the top of this episode I talk to Jane Marie about her show, and the fact that we went to the same high school and didn't know each other (true story!) 

          THIS EPISODE:

          This past year Charlotte Isenberg, a once-popular teen anti-abortion activist, found herself switching sides in this national debate. What happened to her next is unprecedented and a warning for parents and kids alike.

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          LINKS:

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          TikTok


          1 hr 41 min

        About Hyperfixed YouTube

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        Maybe it’s just a quiet annoyance you’ve grudgingly learned to put up with, or a life defining issue that makes it hard to move forward. Whatever it is, former Reply All co-host Alex Goldman —…