Mike Jones is back! We’re asking the big questions: did the Bicentennial Man have sex? Can holograms have children? Who killed Laura Palmer? Does the theology of The Book of Job seem kind of… monstrous? Also: our experiences with de-personalization and de-realization (DP/DR), The Matrix, religion, and spirituality. Then we get nerdy comparing magic systems in fiction. Good times.

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We’re secretly making french fries the entire episode. Kristine the librarian immediately tries to seize control of my podcast. Corks are pretentious. Robots are cool. An argument over toast technique leads to real talk about what it’s like to grow up as the other. We live test a new method for getting the neighbors to play their thumpy-ass music at a reasonable volume. There’s no school like home school. Moms are calmed.

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Cigarettes will be worth a lot of bullet money some day. Climate change won’t affect you unless you live on Earth. Jeremy wants to run off to live in the woods. 4chan turns nerds into White Nationalists. Methane turns earths into Venuses. The Internet turns celebrities into Twitter addicts. Earthships are metaphorically and literally cool. Are mole people the ultimate preppers?

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We make fun of vampires and robots. Deal with it. Also we unravel the dark secrets of the Pokemon universe, like how does the economy even work and are the pokemon secretly running the show? Whoa, real talk about creative career paths ensues. There are feelings. Michael and I bond over our mutual love of space magic and french fries, then plans are hatched for a post-apocalyptic underground french fry speakeasy. If any of that sounds appealing at all, you’ll have a real nice time, you big ol’ nerd.

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First time listening? Maybe don’t start here. This podcast finds itself as it goes, so it’s probably a better idea to start with the latest episode or episode 9 then maybe come back here.

Am I getting better at Rimworld? Probably not, right? Talon played Watch the Skies, a long and complicated board game, with Seattle MegaGames. How does one breathe and clothe in the Quantum Realm? Headcanon is established to explain pew-pew laser sounds in space. I saw a lot of Disney direct to DVD movies. (Thanks, Family Movie Night.) We check out Tarzan’s abs. CGI animals look terrible. Shane Black is full of Christmas spirit. What the hell is Garfield? Talon’s had many gaming experiences.

There is a dad joke.

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