Pursuit of the Trivial

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November 19, 2014 Ep.42 – Rippling Adonis
Join Matt and Spencer as they disprove the chicken tornado theory and seclude themselves in the harsh Siberian wilderness for 40 years with only the song of comet 67p to get them to sleep at night.
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History
Kurt Vonnegut’s brother myth busts the chicken-tornado theory
Science & Nature
Humans land on a comet for the first time in history! And Comet 67p sings!
Sports & Leisure
How people used to sleep (you may be doing it wrong)
Geography
Family found after 40 years alone in the Siberian wilderness. Also watch a documentary about the daughter who still lives there (after 70 years).

Also heres the Key and Peele sketch we talked about!

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November 12, 2014 Ep.41 – Meatball Assembly 101
Join Matt and Spencer as they wander nonexistent streets while popping brown pills, preparing for an epic snowball fight and wondering what type of meat they just consumed!
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History
The largest snowball fight in history was during the American Civil War!
Science & Nature
Poo pills make fecal transplants less invasive, but not less gross
Geography
Phantom streets aid in discovering copyright violations
Sports & Leisure
Why eating dogs and cats in Pennsylvania is still legal
Also:
The Bacon Method
Spencer’s art
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November 05, 2014 Ep.40 – Premeditated Hugging
Join Matt and Spencer as they take a rash of illegal selfies and fight off a serial hugger with their high-tech umbrellas!
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Science & Nature
An umbrella made of air!
Sports & Leisure
A trio of banned selfies! You can no longer take selfies of bears, selfies of tigers or selfies of yourself in a ballot box.
History
Man terrorizes Pomona, California by hugging unsuspecting women
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October 29, 2014 Ep.39 – Halloween Special!
Join Matt and Spencer as they go door to door performing this special Halloween episode whilst take photos of dead Victorians dressed as clowns.
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Geography
Creepy clown wanders the night in Wasco, CA
Art
People in the 1800s took photos of their dead relatives
History
People used to have to work for their treats
Entertainment
Walmart has “fat Girl Costumes”
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October 22, 2014 Ep.38 – Hoverboard Conspiracy Theory
Join Matt and Spencer as they ride their hoverboards to into a distopian future where the illuminati have paved the streets with cooper!
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Arts & Literature
Behold a Pale Horse! And an elaborate conspiracy theory involving the illuminati, aliens and not going home for Thanksgiving dinner. (also available free in audiobook form!)
Science & Nature
Kickstart your childhood dream! The hoverboard is here.
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October 15, 2014 Ep.37 – Dogs, Cats & Coked Up Polar Bears
Join Matt and Spencer as they identity the man slipping on a banana peel dressed as a polar bear whose portrait is burnt into this piece of toast.
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Science
The Ig Nobel Prize gently mocks the absurdity of experiments while acknowledging their contribution to science
Tell us if you like this format, we’re thinking of mixing things up a bit.
Also which Host is more self-admiring, more manipulative, and more psychopathic? Feel free to answer overall or each attribute individually!
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October 08, 2014 Ep.36 – A Different Kind of Bum Fight
Join Matt and Spencer as they make a B movie about a rag tag group of Shakespearean invasive species paying it forward at Starbucks. WARNING: If you listen to this podcast sitting down, it may give you cancer.
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Arts & lit
American woman sculpts french WWI veterans prosthetic faces
Entertainment
Mockbusters and The Asylum film studio
Sports
Paying it forward at Starbucks
History
American Acclimatization Society tries to bring all of Shakespeare’s birds to Central Park
Science
Sitting on your bum can give you cancer
Geography
Centralia Mine Fire has been burning since 1962

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October 01, 2014 Ep.35 – Dictator Salad
Join Matt, Spencer and special guest Alyssa as they eat too much cheese, fund a man’s dream of potato salad and kill the dream of the silver screen for some princesses. All while cultivating infamous mustaches!
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Arts & lit
Women who wouldn’t make the cut for children’s animated movies. Rejected Princesses!
Science
Ticks can make you allergic to red meat
Geography
Kim Jong Um has eaten too much cheese!
Sports & leisure
Paper airplane covers 82 miles
Entertainment
The best Kickstarter ever is for potato salad
History
The origin story for hitler’s famous mustache (sorry no gamma rays involved)

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September 24, 2014 Ep.34 – Mummies and White Leather Toilet Seats
Join Matt and Spencer as they get their pets an agent, launch fish from a cannon and name an island after their podcast. We suggest listening on a speaker that looks like Kim Jong-Un.
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Science & Nature
Salmon Cannon! (and video!)
Entertainment
Internet meme Grumpy Cat has a movie coming out
Sports & leisure
Which royal carries around a white leather toilet seat?
History
People in Europe used to eat mummies for their medical value (also listen to Sawbones episode on medical cannibalism)
Arts & lit
Artist makes makes busts of infamous world leaders into speakers
Geography
Man wants small island in pond recognized as Busta Rhymes Island
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September 17, 2014 Ep.33 – Poison For Your Mind
Join Matt and Spencer as they fight off snakes in this amazing ice hotel where they would give anything for a flaming monkey.
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Arts & literature
Apply gives away the new U2 album and people get angry
Entertainment
A&E cancels the show Longmire for being highly successful with old people
Science
What should Spencer do about his snake problem? (hint: not this)
Geography
Ice Hotel! exactly what it sounds like!
Sports & Leisure
9 year old boy steals city bus
History
Opium War sparks creative thinking (i.e. Flaming Monkeys!)

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FAQs about Pursuit of the Trivial:

How many episodes does Pursuit of the Trivial have?

The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.