Let Me Ask My Dad

Tangents include: mandatory dentist appointments, military dentistry, old fillings, silver bullets, is that a cow, wisdom teeth we don't do well with pain killers, Mel's top surgery, twilight sleep, dentist horror stories, somehow we worked ghosts into this one, teeth dreams, bite alignment, always get a crown, John's old disabled dogs, dog socialization, and exercise.

Tangents include: hot vernors, hot liquor, pharmacutical sodas, coke syrup, DO NOT USE BLACK SALVE, old medicine smells bad, oil pulling, asprin, peeing vitamins, hiccup cures, vicks vaporub, nasty medicine dance, physics (not) of swallowing pills,  good smells are good, epsom salts, bath bombs, a lotion commercial that made Mel really mad, and gummy vitamins.   

Tangents include: vampires, vampire "rules", romanticizing monsters, Near Dark (John kept calling it After Dark), Mel doesn't know actors from 80s movies, apparently its ok to talk about zombies during a pandemic, rabies,  viral zombies, apocalypses plans, movies aren't real but plagues are, sick people are too weak to kill other people, John unintentionally bashing brands and ruining future brand deals, running zombies are bullshit, boring movies can also cause anxiety, cutting off the head always works, swords>chainsaws, , invest in solar power, bartering, humans are the real monsters,  and human farms.

Tangents include: helicopters, flying cars, autonomous driving, data mining, its hard to trust cameras, don’t leave children in the car, air travel, drones, autopilot, transporters, hyperloop, stargate, public transit, rideshare, twitter, social media, tiktok, and twitch.

DISLAIMER: This episode includes discussion of conspiracy theories. We recorded this back in December 2020 and avoided any theories that were medical in nature or overly political.

Tangents include: Bermuda Triangle , don't read wikis before bed,  plot twists, flat earth, hollow earth, trees, birds, the moon, the matrix, phantom time, calendars, 2012, Jim Morrison, Avril Lavigne, Paul is/isn't dead, 1 ups, computers, and flying cars.

Featuring Magnus the dog being very loud. 

Tangents include: classified papers, social security cards, signatures. Donuts, child labor laws, arcades, golf, Mesopotamia, a toilet paper rant, bouncy houses, John's weird thing against carnies, no one pays for newspapers, community access tv, and hotel escorts.

Tangents include: potlucks, bad food, grape jelly and meat, strangers are weird , sarcasm is mean, video duplication, why you don't give tired 20 somethings free drinks, drunk instigators, white elephants, legit good gift ideas, and some not at all distracting chair noises.

Welcome to our most tangent filled episode yet! There is also a built in drinking game: Every time John says "nefarious" take a drink. Tangents include (but are not limited to): The Da Vinci Code, The Illuminati, The Masons, meetings in the woods, sexism, cannibalism, animal based clubs, and for some reason we talk about Lord of the Rings. 

This week John and Mel talk about how they practice self care. We discuss yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, ASMR, background noises, and rain. 

This week we talk about how unfathomably big the universe is, abductions, ancient aliens, and John's history of "alien calls".