In 1992, then President George H.W. Bush was forced to admit he didn’t know how much a gallon of milk cost, painting him as out of touch with the general electorate. In light of a recent smart home catastrophe, we want the 2020 candidates to answer two questions:

1) How much is a 4-pack of AAA store brand batteries?

This week: Carlos has a head cold, Ryan almost has his kitchen back, and LeBron thinks you need to Calm down. 🧘‍♀️.

Links:

• 2 Towns Ciderhouse - Northwest Craft Cider

OH in Mill Valley: “This week is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S. This week is — wait did someone say affordable housing? Not on my watch. Get the Range Rover, Jeeves.”

On this episode: transit trends, a circuitous burger conversation, and Carlos may or may not know what espresso is.

Links:

• BMW X4 – Model Overview – BMW USA

Okay, follow me here: it’s an alarm clock that orders a case of coconut La Croix every time you hit the snooze button. Boom: insomnia solved. Get Shark Tank on the phone.

This week: ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas — but make it app updates, first class startup scandals at coach prices, and mulling over the new Mac Pro. ✈️.

Links:

• Direct photo import, advanced export now rolling out in Lightroom for iOS and iPadOS - 9To5Mac

When everything is bad, sometimes — if you wish hard enough, a hero appears. That hero is: Baby Yoda.

This week: Ryan joins Team Fancy Camera®, Carlos kicks the tires on a Model 3, and the scourge that is Bublé station creep. 🇨🇦.

Links:

• Carlos Gomez on Twitter: "I'm so sorry. #DisneyPlus https://t.co/JW0FnGlmNF" / Twitter

We take a couple of weeks off for some R&R and demo days and all of a sudden two new streaming services launch. Cord-cutters beware: the holiday season is nigh and it appears we have the power to double your entertainment budget at the drop of a mic.

This week: Carlos discovers his true calling as a Trader Joe’s influencer and spills the beans about store mascots, Ryan outs himself as an unrepentant 12:30AM email sender, and an iconic coffee sugar bomb pairing is back. ☕️.

Links:

• Star Wars episodes I-VII are available in 4K HDR on Disney+ - The Verge

We've accidentally pivoted to being Car Talk for people in the 25-34 demo.

This week: the King James Version of the NBA controversy, Disney going hard in the paint, and feeding the customer sat machine. 🏀.

Links:

• Custom Licence Plate - Adhesive Licence Plate Replica

Worlds are colliding. Joanna Gaines just installed Still or Sparkling® taps at her new coffee shop and we couldn't be happier. There's a 10% royalty attached to that branding though and we only accept payment in Chalk Paint.

This week: backup shaming, infrastructure talk, and for the first time ever, we circle back, literally, to something from last week's parking lot.

Links:

• Still or Sparking™️ at Magnolia Press

When Bryce Harper was traded to the Phillies by the Washington Walgreens, fans in America’s capital did not find it quite so Nice!. #expiredjokes

This week: taking a number at the IKEA DMV, browsing the aisles at Target, and pondering the looming regulation of a 4,000 pound pack of batteries on wheels. 🚗.

Links:

• Space Jam

Quick! Download this episode before TiVo gets the bright idea to sell pre-roll ad inventory against podcasts too!

This week: what we talk about when we talk about always on displays, long exposure risotto, and Carlos hates on an Ed Sheeran collab before getting all the facts. smdh. 🍔.

Links:

• Ed Sheeran & Heinz

When the robots come for our jobs, what they’ll remember was if you were mean to those autonomous Bolt EVs in San Francisco rush-hour traffic and if you helped a Roomba off a cliff. Choose wisely.

This week: shucking hard drive oysters ordered from Amazon at 3AM, waking up early is the new staying up late, and seasonal food gimmicks for millennials. 🧀.

Links:

• The Oregonian on Twitter: "Pizza Hut debuts a gigantic Cheez-It stuffed with even more cheese https://t.co/BHw6hKNUJW https://t.co/XuOT6NrbGQ" / Twitter