Mike and Nathan discuss Chinese self-help manuals, Noah's Ark, Stop Green Suicide, the global telecoms treaty, vaccination attacks, Syria, obesity, guns, indefinite detention, Keystone XL, and Obamadon gracilis.

Mike and Nathan discuss Gaza, opium, Murdoch, Google, greenhouse gases, dogs, cornfields, lexicographers, Galapagos, minks, mortgages, Elizabeth Warren, Curiosity, Hostess and, of course, drones.

Mahler is relieved that he won't have to ride on the roof of the car in this very special Backyard Election Roundup Edition of Weekly Signals.

Mike and Nathan discuss earthquake convictions, radiation, Damascus, Bank of America, banning homework, Ulaanbaatar, panda eating men, the Five Second Rule, a game of Battleship, puberty, smuggling a Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton, Tony Scott and, of course, drones.

Mike and Nathan discuss TNT, cluster bombs, toxicology, elite commandos, iron sulphate, Norway, youthful blood, octopi, binders, trade wars, violent crimes, al-Qaeda and Citigroup.