Reconcilable Differences

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John has Follow-Up on his tile guy and cover band Mad Libs.

(Recorded on Tuesday, September 5, 2023)

In Follow-up, John shares some updates on his tile and paint journey. Also, he reaches a critical junction in the saga of his freezer.

Next, we learn a little about eggcorns and mondegreens. Then there's some confusion about when the kid from There Will Be Blood was in Iron Maiden, and John corrects Merlin's Conan quote. Again and again.

For this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts consider whether John might be a Secret Buddhist.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, August 22, 2023)

In Follow-Up, John has updates on his omnibus home improvement project. As a main topic, Merlin is interrogated about his AI journey.

(Recorded on Tuesday, August 8, 2023)

John reports in with his Vacation Results, but he seems reluctant to set Merlin up with his aunt.

For this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts discuss Hack My Home and the world of home makeover TV shows.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, July 25, 2023)

Hypercritical shirts are sold only every five years, so don’t wait! The sale ends on Saturday, August 12th.

The festival also hosts the crowning of the Strawberry Queen, a talent show, and the World Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship.

An Epicenter of Wordsmithing…for the Enterprise.

John interrogates the source of Merlin's recent infection.

Things kick off with an exploration of sharing a mic on-stage and the Battle of Stalingrad. John reminds Merlin he's repeatedly tried to get him into airplane videos.

John's effort to get his username on a new site is being thwarted by a mom who claims to work too hard.

Lemongrab is discussed, and this leads to a real time review of your hosts' avatars on select streaming service. On my account?

Merlin shares that he needs to watch TV with his kid at night in order to feel alive.

A case is made for normalizing rest, and Merlin shares his worst-received onsite corporate visit. John has been lifting very light weights, and Merlin suggests John start really focusing on his core.

There's a brief discussion of Steven Spielberg in general and Jaws in particular. John informs Merlin that he's pronouncing the name of the movie wrong. Merlin teaches John how to pronounce an umlaut, and John reciprocates by explaining the automotive traffic of Long Island.

Unsurprisingly, this leads to yet another discussion of pronunciation, accents, and regional usage. Then, Merlin tells John about a time he barfed jimmies really hard.

(Recorded on Tuesday, July 11, 2023)

John has questions about Merlin's recent Wedding Results.

A question about question marks becomes a fairly detailed exploration of proper calendar usage and workplace culture. This inexplicably leads to a conversation Merlin recently had about engineering.

John has some Follow-Up on how Vision Pro might handle being used in unusual situations. Casting the right shadow is hard.

Next up, John has questions about Merlin's new interest in onions. Plants are discussed.

For the main topic, John has questions about Merlin's recent Wedding Results. John also tells Merlin things he should have said on other podcasts.

For this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts discuss Spider-Man: Across the Universe (2023).

Also: a surprising amount of R.E.M. talk.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, June 27, 2023)

The episode of Roderick on the Line where John Roderick and Merlin talk about their difficulties doing everyday things that other people do without much struggle.

Molly Gaebe proposed to Leila Bozorg with a rainbow fabric ring and the help of the couple’s favorite drag queen.

As a main topic, your hosts talk about Apple's recent Vision Pro announcement.

In follow-up, John addresses a question from one of Merlin's co-hosts in which John agrees that Merlin is weird.

Also, there's a new movie that John saw and that Merlin hasn't (at the time of recording), and John wants Merlin to figure out how it lost part of a star on his letter box dee.

(Recorded on Tuesday, June 13, 2023)

"John has watched 212 films rated ★★½ "

Yelling "McDonalds!" to end a television commercial for the fast-food restaurant is just one example of many "interactive commercials" contained within this patent.

At last, the pop quiz show.

Then, for this month's members-only bonus show, your hosts discuss their summer plans.

(Recorded on Tuesday, May 30, 2023)

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The pre-WWDC episode where we do "exit interviews" for all current Apple operating systems.

Guests are also automatically given the Complete Works of Shakespeare and either the Bible or another appropriate religious or philosophical work.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Security is a process, not a product. Products provide some protection, but the only way to effectively do business in an insecure world is to put processes in place that recognize the inherent insecurity in the products. The trick is to reduce your risk of exposure regardless of the products or patches.

Identify the birds you see or hear with Merlin Bird ID

How would your hosts approach teaching the other to be them?

Things kick off with some sundry food talk. John shows no interest in party-cut pizza or fruit juice concentrates, and Merlin identifies a perplexing class of food that's made of the wrong food.

Follow-up brings updates on how John tries to make his app play nice with macOS weirdness, and there's some important reconsideration regarding what Larry Mullen, Jr. actually said about the location where The King was laid to rest.

Speaking of music, with pretty much zero provocation, Merlin launches into a jeremiad about a pet peeve with bad needle drops. What a waste.

Finally, your hosts talk about the movie, Gattaca (1997). John saw it a long time ago, and Merlin has watched it most of the way through.

John dutifully lays out a bulleted list of items Merlin needs to immediately start changing about himself.

(Recorded on Tuesday, May 16, 2023)

A dragon great green.

Many people have likely heard a quote attributed to President Calvin Coolidge,  “The business of America is business,” but this is a misquote. The real quote is a little bit different and the context in which it was said is not likely what most would expect.

For a main topic, John has a new project involving music playlists. Generational divides are identified, and we learn the lengths to which John will go for his ungrateful children.

Things kick off with Merlin giving John a pop quiz on music and a font. Merlin would also please like a special episode for his birthday.

After an admittedly overdue U2 Tangent, John gives Merlin a pop quiz on what their show is about. Then, Merlin clarifies what John can expect from an omnibus "Before Show" super-episode.

Follow-Up covers John's count of Steam games, much Succession lore, plus you, the listener's, stated position regarding the correct toothbrush water temperature. Also, Merlin has finally rid himself of a problem with a meddlesome dæmon.

Finally, Merlin reveals one of the numerous ways in which he is a terrible liability.

For this month's members-only bonus show, there's more on playlists and disambiguation, with Merlin offering an impassioned paean to the magic of scene naming—including improbable places we might benefit from standardization in the future. Music is so good, you guys.

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(Recorded on Tuesday, May 2, 2023)

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A mondegreen is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning

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