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Andy brings you tales of what happens when creators ask YouTube for help and why hundreds of AI workers contracted by Google were fired.

Swimming naked in school and thinking about Lead.

In Follow-Up, listeners share their experiences with Swimming Naked in School. Won't someone please think of the pool filters? Merlin recalls that distant summer he attended swimming and trampoline camp—albeit in an admittedly non-nude context.

Next up, John does his level best to give updates on his finished room. Space is required for something called "blocking." Merlin confesses that he can't really identify where that beeping sound is coming from.

In the (free-to-you) member segment, things kick off with compliments to the author Stephen King along with some remarks on his earthy social media presence.

But the main topic? Lead (Pb)!

In particular, your hosts explore scientific speculation that the effects of lead on the psychopathology of their generation may be far greater than previously known.

Authentic anecdotes about aggressive childhood lead play are revealed.

(Recorded on Tuesday, September 16, 2025)

N.B. Your hosts thought this week's member segment was pretty good, so they decided to share it with everybody here for free. If you enjoy what you hear, please consider supporting the program at https://www.relay.fm/rd/join.

ATP Overtime: Alterego and “thought to text” translation

Merlin's late father was awarded a Silver Beaver.

“The judge like a great ponderous djinn stepped through the fire and the flames delivered him up as if he were in some way native to their element. He put his arms around Glanton. Someone snatched the old woman’s blindfold from her and she and the juggler were clouted away and when the company turned in to sleep and the low fire was roaring in the blast like a thing alive these four yet crouched at the edge of the firelight among their strange chattels and watched how the ragged flames fled down the wind as if sucked by some maelstrom out there in the void, some vortex in that waste apposite to which man’s transit and his reckonings alike lay abrogate. As if beyond will or fate he and his beasts and his trappings moved both in card and in substance under consignment to some third and other destiny.”

"Each word is noted as to which book(s) it is included in as well as how many times it occurs in that book."

“More than half of the current US population was exposed to adverse lead levels in childhood as a result of lead's past use in gasoline. […] Lead-associated mental health and personality differences were most pronounced for cohorts born from 1966 through 1986 (Generation X).”

The guys reunite to share their impressions of the iPhone 17 Pros, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and Imran Chaudhri's current position at HP.

As David celebrates five years of Widgetsmith, we discuss choices we make to keep our businesses scalable without giving up the working styles we prefer.

Our hosts do a check in with each other in the midst of the busyness that is our summer/fall schedules.

There is also a call for your messages! Send us the skills you work on and skills that other people are great at you wish you could have.

- Jay ✅ - stay hydrated for AWS Summit

Keep sending those MyConduit Connections to us on Discord and through Feedback!

- Jay - Get information that my team needs

Pre-Show: Figuring out future planning and Dodgers Stadium

Brad and Myke are back from Memphis and recap all things Podcastathon. They also attempt to decipher whatever Montblanc Digital Paper is, and break down a new “favorites” list from The Strategist.

Our interest in Meta’s new AR Display glasses, views on iPhone scratch concerns, when we choose to repair vs. replace devices, and the existential question posed by iPhone Air’s allure.

Stephen Robles and Jeff Carlson

Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist & author Donald J. Robertson joins us to talk about ancient philosophy as a tool for focus.

Donald Robertson

Reunited in Memphis, Jason and Myke discuss iPhone and AirPods Pro first impressions, phone transfer troubles, MacBook rumors, and St. Jude shenanigans.

While Stephen is busy with the Podcastathon, Sal Soghoian joins David to talk about the state of automation and the best way to get started with automation in 2025.

Sal Soghoian

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