Josh goes all out to care for his best friend, Farfel the Terrier. He would do it even if his dog were a wanted criminal. Would you? If your pet killed you, how much money would they get from your life insurance payout? Don't act like either of you isn't lunatic enough to think about it. Insurance can't deny your dog if he doesn't remember whodunit.

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Would people take tornadoes more seriously if they had names? Because “Tornado Brandon” sounds like a problem. In this episode, Josh kicks off tornado season exploring the weird world of extreme weather. From “partly cloudy” feeling like emotional manipulation, to buying a survival kit he doesn’t know how to use, to the questionable decision to yell at hurricanes in spray paint.

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Josh confronts a harsh reality he’s never said out loud before: he might be going bald. Well, let’s call it thinning or maybe just a hairline restructuring. Josh explores the cruel trade-offs of life, South Korea’s wild idea to treat baldness as a national crisis and the surprising comeback of toupees.

Josh is also back with a follow up on the war in Iran. He says, if you’re going to chant “Death to America”, at least make it rhyme. He also breaks down the shocking headlines surrounding the new Supreme Leader and reminds Iranians who hate the U.S., that nobody demeans Americans better than Americans themselves.

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To Josh Spiegel’s delight, this may be the year some states repeal the legal recreational use of marijuana. Why are some people who once supported legalization now changing their minds? Josh explores the politics behind the pushback, the economics of legal weed, and reveals his totally reasonable plan to solve the problem once and for all.

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Josh Spiegel exposes the national thief as Daylight Saving Time and questions the time adjustment's value. Josh also dreams of a life without it and how that would bring more sleep and create a safer society.

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We interrupt your life for a surprise episode of Lunatic In The Newsroom. Josh breaks down the chaos, questions the shifting explanations for the attack, and after exploring the possibilities for the late Ayatollah’s funeral, he outlines his own funeral plans.

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Are fraternities just harmless college traditions or outdated institutions that keep producing the same messy and deadly scandals over and over again? In this episode, Josh asks the uncomfortable question nobody in higher education seems willing to answer: Why do fraternities still exist at all?

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Josh Spiegel looks at the human side of Warren Buffett who recently retired: what it must’ve been like having him as a grandpa, what advice he’d give over ice cream, why he drank gallons of Coca-Cola, and how a man who understood the future better than anyone never bothered to upgrade his lifestyle.

Along the way, Josh breaks down Buffett’s unconventional investing philosophy-patience, boredom, doing nothing-and why his real genius might not have been money at all, but temperament.

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The countdown has already started as Josh Spiegel breaks down what returning to the Moon and surviving on Mars means for the future of humanity. Mars babies are in the forecast, but they're threatened at the prospect of America's next great war: aliens with super soakers. Josh explores NASA's Artemis II mission, lunar hotels, and much more. Is humanity's space escape plan genius or a disaster brewing to destroy another planet?

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Josh Spiegel investigates scandalous workplace affairs during America's Love Week. Government official, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is accused of cheating on her husband with her bodyguard. Josh discusses how Valentine's Day could save her marriage that's hanging on by a hyphen. 

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