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  • #27 - January Jump Start reunion (guest: Josh Lambert)
    Curtis and Jordan are joined by Josh Lambert this week for episode 27! Josh is brother to Jordan, and embarked on our challenge we did way back in January! We are excited to finally have him join us live and in person at studio #2! We will be discussing the challenge, trending topics in the news, anything Josh wants to bring up, and anything crazy that is interesting to us this week. We will of course be laughing at some shower thoughts too!If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfire

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    NASA gives SpaceX a challenge with the moon as a prize - If SpaceX is able to land a Starship on the lunar surface, the space agency will partner with the company to conduct voyages to the moon on the rocket ship.

    The CPR Doll’s Face Is Actually A Copy Of A 19th Century Drowned Woman’s Face

    Instagram video with people running

    Prison stats

    Modern problems required modern solutions

    Shower Thoughts

    Our remains and belongings could end up in musuems and be labeled as "ancient artifacts."

    Whoever said 'Aim for the moon. Even if you miss it, you'll end up among the stars' really has no knowledge about the universe

    “Sleeping like a baby” sounds more like you were up all night crying and shitting your pants.

    There’s prehistoric creatures that we’ll probably never know existed because they lived in areas where the correct conditions for preservation / fossilisation weren’t met.

    Spicy is the only flavour you can feel with your butthole

    The person who named the belly button must’ve had an outie.

    If your heart is a muscle the size of your fist, then your fist is a weapon the size of your heart. 

    Nickelodeon really showed us a cartoon about a talking sponge who lives in a pineapple with a pet snail who meows like a cat and we just fell in love with it.

    If you have to convince someone to love you, they're not the one.

    Girlscout cookies are a corporate invention that somehow gets away with child labor

    The longer you're told to wait in the ER, the more likely you will be fine.

    A coat of arms sounds terrifying.

    As you grow taller you unlock more shelves at the super market.

    “Drive it like you stole it” should really mean going the speed limit with the radio off, hands at ten and two and properly using blinkers.

    If someone claims they have no weaknesses, one of their weaknesses is that they don't know themselves well enough

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  • #26 - Shower thoughts and beyond
    Curtis and Jordan will be discussing trending news, topics, science, and anything crazy that is interesting to us this week. We will of course be laughing at some shower thoughts too!If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfire

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    Eating Cop Food

    Skyscrapers glass

    Quantum microphone 

    World's smallest computer compared to a grain of rice

    IBM tiny computer

    I'm a scientist. Under Trump I lost my job for refusing to hide climate crisis facts | Maria Caffrey | Opinion

    Netflix (funny)

    Times are a-changing 🤷🏻‍♂️ (funny)

    Neil deGrasse Tyson Cleared by Misconduct Investigation, Will Keep Museum Job

    Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time

    Elon Musk Proposes a Controversial Plan to Speed Up Spaceflight to Mars - Soar to Mars in just 100 days. Nuclear thermal rockets would be “a great area of research for NASA,” as an alternative to rocket fuel, and could unlock faster travel times around the solar system.

    Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time

    Shower Thoughts

    Kid in concrete photo

    The biggest flex is using mobile data in your own home because the WiFi is being slow.

    On a clock, the minute hand and hour hand never overlap during the 11th hour.

    Cooking products are sold by saying they can help you cook "restaurant quality" meals, but restaurants get you to come in by saying they have "Homestyle" cooking.

    Smoking kills you, but the actual “act” of smoking is a very healthy practice - leave a stressful environment, go outside for five minutes and take deep breaths.

    Locksmiths are the most honest people; they can practically pick any lock, and yet they choose a low paying job over theft.

    pistachios are little vegan clams

    A fighter pilot's drive home must be incredibly boring.

    Just imagine if you were able to have the ability to dream together with other people, just like multiplayer dreams

    Butts are actually shoulders for the legs.

    People who died doing what they loved were simultaneously having the time of their life and the time of their death.

    It's weird to think that people in 2100 will look back on us like we look back on people in 1900.

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  • #25 - Let's talk about the Mexico border (guest: Kelli Bennett)
    Curtis and Jordan (With guest: Kelli Bennett) will be discussing the US/Mexico border. Kelli recently went and spent time on the border and got to see first-hand what most of us just see on the news. We are excited to hear from her and ask questions. Please join us live and chime in with your questions as well! We understand that topics like this are sensitive, but believe that they deserve being talked about. This episode is just the beginning to the conversation, and we want to invite our listeners and viewers to join us. We will of course be laughing at some shower thoughts too.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfire

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    Asylum Seekers

    Big Money in private detention camps

    Detention statistics 

    Storming Area 51

    Don’t golf with kids

    Gender neutral city

    Cat Filter

    City hopes 'Baby Shark' song will drive homeless from park

    Five guys arrested after fist fight at Five Guys

    An ‘EpiPen’ for spinal cord injuries, an injection of nanoparticles that can prevent the body’s immune system from overreacting to trauma, potentially preventing some spinal cord injuries from resulting in paralysis, has been demonstrated successfully in mice, without the side effects of steroids.

    Japanese loo

    Award-winning lamb under investigation for performance-enhancing drugs

    Shower Thoughts

    Virtual reality gives us the ability to occupy and interact with two spaces at the same time.

    When someone dies doing a dangerous hobby, it's acceptable to say they died doing what they loved. When someone dies to addiction, evidently saying that same thing is not a good idea.

    If you’ve gained weight and nobody wants to mention it, you are the elephant in the room

    The most unrealistic thing about Toy Story is that after 14 years Woody still has his hat.

    Maybe kids suck at understanding time because when parents say 5 minutes, it’s never actually 5 minutes.

    A clear toothpaste tube would make so much sense.

    The news anchor greets you good evening and proceeds to tell you why it isn't.

    As family, it’s nice to be considered a friend. As a friend, it’s nice to be considered family.

    Spread the word that North Korea has huge untapped oil reserves and a regime change will be in order

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  • #24 - Anything and everything we want (guests: With guests: Mack Strawn & Matt Landis)
    Curtis and Jordan (With guests: Mack Strawn & Matt Landis) are going to be doing something a little different this week thus the different day and time of our usual stream. Many topics will be discussed, fun will be had, and we will of course be laughing at some shower thoughts too.If you like the music check out the artist here: theearthonfire

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    A trillion new trees could be the best solution to climate change, study says

    Super low tides allow beachgoers to walk all the way around Haystack Rock (PHOTOS)

    A clear path to tackling climate change: planting billions of trees

    Scientists report restoring forests could cut atmospheric carbon by 25 percent, in a new study that assessed tree cover using Google Earth, finding that there’s 0.9 billion hectares of land available for planting forests, which could store 205 gigatonnes of carbon.

    The U.S. Should Go Back to the Moon—but Not on Its Own: Do not make the U.S.’s lunar return an international clash. Collaboration, not conflict, is the sustainable path forward to the moon.

    June was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth

    https://www.amazon.com/The-NoPhone-Original-Cell-Phone/dp/B016856FDG

    Shower Thoughts

    If you punch a sleeping person hard enough, they’ll just stay asleep.

    Now that the truth about processed foods is really coming to light can you imagine in 5-10 years when we start seeing commercials like "Have you or a loved one been exposed to Totino's Pizza Rolls? You may be entitled to a settlement".

    Trees that were cut to make jenga are repeatedly living their death over and over again

    We're all pretty lucky that roaches, spiders, and other creepy crawlies don't understand how creepy we find them. Imagine if a spiders knew how much better they could protect themselves by jumping at your face.

    If your home is solar powered and you use AC then you are using the sun against itself

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  • #23 - Mental health needs to be a conversation (guest: Jeremy Andresen)
    Curtis and Jordan (With guest: Jeremy Andresen) discuss the issue of mental health. Jeremy currently works as a wraparound facilitator which is an intensive evidence-based planning process that is used to implement Systems of Care values & principles for children with special healthcare needs. This is going to be an amazing episode and we are looking forward to this important conversation. We will of course be laughing at some shower thoughts too.

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    Wraparound care

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    Fox host Tucker Carlson defends North Korean regime: ‘Leading a country means killing people’

    Young adults who had higher levels of connectedness (feeling engaged, supported and cared for at home and at school) when they were teens were as much as 66% less likely to have mental health problems, to experience violence, to take sexual risks, and to engage in substance use (n = 14,800).

    Teenagers’ ability to describe negative emotions protects against depression, suggests a new study (n=233), which found that teenagers who can describe their emotions in precise and nuanced ways, saying ‘I feel ashamed’ instead of simply saying ‘I feel bad’, are better protected against depression.

    Medical Marijuana is Finally Legal in Ireland — and Insurance Covers It, Too

    Illinois just legalized marijuana

    Shower Thoughts

    If we colonize Mars, in a couple of generations/centuries some people will think that the Mars is flat

    The era of alcohol and tobacco has been replaced by caffeine and cannabis.

    We live thanks to oxygen created by trees and water. And we use them to clean our ass.

    Since your body is made up of prexisting particles, and matter is neither created nor destroyed, technically you were present during earth's creation and will witness the end of the world.

    History classes will become longer and more complex over time

    If we are in a simulation, the people running the simulation were probably pretty scared when The Matrix came out.

    Cancer is a group of individuals in a closed environment reproducing and taking resources without giving back to the system. It either kills off its environment or the environment kills it, often with radiation. Sure is a hot one outside.

    Naming a bird "talon" is like naming a human "toenail"

    You weren't picked last, you just weren't picked. You joined the second team by default.

    Night before a day off is more satisfying than the actual day off.

    If you date a homeless person, then you can drop them off anywhere.

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  • #22 - The biggest Star Wars fan we know (guest: Joe Pynch)
    Curtis and Jordan (With guest: Joe Pynch) discuss Star Wars, space, aliens, and of course laugh at some shower thoughts.

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    Deep Fakes!

    Herpes In Space

    R2d2-pic

    George Lucas’ original plan for Star Wars 7-9

    Muslim family dragged out of Belgian embassy in Beijing by Chinese police - A Belgian diplomat was expected to travel to China’s restive Xinjiang region on Tuesday to try and confirm the whereabouts of the woman and her four children, who are members of the Uighur minority.

    The legal cannabis market in Washington has put a significant dent in the illegal market, as many established users switched from the illegal to the legal market, finds a new study that analyzed three years of sewage samples and cannabis sales.

    US Engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50%

    How do we measure the height of mountains on planets with no sea level?

    Oregon Senate Republicans walkout on HB 2020 - Republicans working hard for us here in Oregon while being greatly outnumbered in the state congress

    Looking for more info about HB 2020

    Oregon Senate Republicans walkout on HB 2020 - Republicans working hard for us here in Oregon while being greatly outnumbered in the state congress

    Risk Of Natural Gas Price Hike Looms As Oregon Lawmakers Finalize Cap And Trade -- NW Natural projects HB 2020 would raise prices for industrial customers by 28% in the first year of the program.

    A group of (Oregon) Republican politicians are in hiding — and US police have been sent to track them down

    ‘Send bachelors and come heavily armed’: GOP state senator threatens violent action if forced to vote on climate bill

    HB 2020 - Oregon Legislative Information System

    Shower Thoughts

    Once you hear psychotherapist as psycho the rapist there's no going back.

    Bubbles are to fish what rain is to humans

    Peek-a-boo works because babies can't imagine where you went. Once they learn to imagine where you went, they graduate to hide-and-seek

    Everyone has a moment where they realize islands do not “float” on the ocean.

    You don’t realize the impressive acceleration due to gravity until you drop your phone on your face

    In 100 years people will be bewildered that giant ice cubes were floating around our oceans.

    It's amazing how waterproof we are, considering that we have multiple orafices that directly connect to our insides.

    Bermuda Triangle might be the exit portal of this simulation.

    Somebody will die of cancer the day the cure is created.

    California is the nearest state to Hawaii, but Hawaii is almost the furthest state from California

    Since the Sun is 4.6 billion years old and takes 230 million years to orbit the center of the Milky Way, in his own years, our Sun is 20 years old

    Perhaps the reason it is more acceptable to show violence rather than sex in media is because we want to reduce the number of humans rather than increase them.

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  • #21 - Two Men & their sons (special guests: our dads)
    Curtis and Jordan (With our dad's as our guests: Corky & Jim) discuss being dads, being sons, random topics/stories, get to know our dads better, and of course shower thoughts.

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    Fathers Day facts 

    Gut Biome Absorbs Medications

    Roundup

    Senolytics

    Monsanto lobbyist claims roundup is safe to drink

    Porn Sites in Hong Kong Shut Down to Encourage People to Protest

    Glyphosate Used to Speed Up Wheat Harvest

    After the 2 million strong march that we had in Hong Kong today, some protesters made sure to stay behind and clean up the trash along the route! They even sorted the garbage by type! (Source: South China Morning Post)

    Mark Twain Quote:

    “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in 7 years.”

    Shower Thoughts

    If you are cautious enough to carry one of those pointy car window-breakers in case you drive your car into a lake, you are probably cautious enough to not drive your car into a lake in the first place.

    Flat Earthers would start the Round Earth Society if there was proof that Earth is flat.

    DNA kits are a risky idea for a Father’s Day present.

    When you drop your phone, you have created "Schrödingers phone" bc you don't know if the screen is cracked or not until you check.

    How do vampires always look so well groomed if they can’t see themselves in the mirror.

    There is probably at least one white guy, adopted and raised in China, who speaks English with a Chinese accent and strangers just assume he’s a total asshole

    Everyone assumes Dr. Pepper is a man

    If alternate dimensions exist for each possibility, then all stories are true.

    When you buy something online you're trading electrons for molecules

    All cockroaches can fly but only a select few actually figure it out

    Dad Jokes

    Today I wished my dad a Happy Father’s Day. His Response: Thanks son. I couldn’t have done it without you!

    Sylvester Stallone got the part of Beethoven in a new movie about classical composers. Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “I’ll be Bach!”

    If I ever ran into a big cat in the jungle, I'd probably puma pants.

    When marijuana is legalized, all the money raised through taxes should go into road repair. It would be called “operation pot holes”

    A Father is someone who puts... Pictures where his money used to be.

    There is a fine line between the numerator and the denominator.

    What do you call a hundred centipedes? A dollar-edge

    What happens when you drop a duck egg on the ground? It quacks.

    The amount of cabbage is directly proportional to the square root of the carrots divided by the volume of the Mayo. That’s Cole’s Law. 

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  • #20 - New books, leadership, and parenting (guest: Luke Zedwick)
    Curtis and Jordan (With guest: Luke Zedwick) discus Luke’s new book Problem Solvers, his career as a teacher and principle, parenting, leadership training, many other rabbit trails of topics, and as usual laugh at some shower thoughts as well.

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    Preorder “Problem Solvers” book

    Links discussed in episode:

    This won the internet for me today (metric system vs guns)

    School board votes to fire high school teacher who reported undocumented immigrant students to President Trump

    A group of 60+ kids saw a ufo land in their school yard in 1994. in 2016, they were interviewed again and still stood by their experiences. "he was trying to tell us to look after the planet because there won't be any air"

    Protests in Hong Kong

    Arial view of the protest today in Hong Kong

    Anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong

    Shower Thoughts

    If you're standing at sea level, most of the dead are buried above you.

    Correct someone's grammar, and you're an asshole. Correct someone's math, and you're their hero.

    You aren’t allowed to drive without a seatbelt unless you take away the doors and roof, sit on the engine and only have two wheels.

    One or two generations from now, chemotherapy will seem as barbaric as giving mercury pills for syphilis.

    Neil Armstrong spelt backwards is Gnorts, Mr Alien.

    Michel Phelps was always the faster swimmer even as a sperm

    Strangely, society has decided that violence, gore and death are more acceptable in children's media than swearing.

    We have all at one point kicked a pregnant lady.

    Children cry when they are hurt physically, and shout and cuss when they are hurt emotionally. Adults are the reverse.

    If you lose 5 dollars its just annoying, but if you drop the food you bought for 5 dollars it's the end of the world

    "Based on a true story" is the "made with real fruit juice" of the film industry

    You always hear people say, “bitch, please” but you never hear “bitch, thank you.”

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  • #19 - Exploring the music of Smith Foxe and theearthonfire (guests: Jeff Bennett & Anthony Hicks)
    Curtis and Jordan (With returning guest: Rob Rooney!) discus trending topics, unpopular opinions, and as usual laugh at some shower thoughts as well.

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    Outshined: Apple Music / Spotify

    Theearthonfire artist pages: Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube

    Other Artists/Movies Discussed:

    Tragic (Local Salem Artist) - Apple Music

    Old Country Road - Lil’ Nas X: Apple Music / Spotify

    Yesterday (Movie)

    Dr Who confession dial episodes: Heaven Sent / Hell Bent

    Links discussed in episode:

    ELI5: What is the difference between desert and ocean sand?

    Astounding Amount of Water Has Been Discovered Beneath the Martian North Pole

    Safe sealed for 40 years until museum visitor spins the dial

    Shower Thoughts

    In 300 years, as humanity colonizes other planets, there could still be actual human beings living in primitive tribes in the jungle, having no idea about what the rest of us are doing.

    Thousands of years later, archaeologists will be so confused about what fidget spinners were used for.

    When someone says "Bless you," you never know what entity's blessing you're getting.

    In the future, if we do expand to other planets, some conspiracy theorists will be convinced earth isn't real.

    We tend to take for granted how impressive cameras really are. You’re literally freezing a moment in time, and it will never change, nor will you ever be the person in that photo ever again

    If your car has made it to 240,000 miles then it has traveled far enough to reach the moon.

    From the Cat's perspective, the human outside is dead and alive at the same time and cannot be known until the box is opened.

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  • #18 - Going where no one has gone before (guest: Rob Rooney)
    Curtis and Jordan (With returning guest: Rob Rooney!) discus trending topics, unpopular opinions, and as usual laugh at some shower thoughts as well.

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    Ozone Eating Away

    East Coast Hurricanes d/t climate change 

    British town going away from flooding

    Electric vehicles result in less emissions to manufacture than gas vehicles create

    Ever more evidence that electric cars could save the planet

    Elon Musk air travel video

    Doping documentary: Icarus

    Starlink Website Live and First Launch Took Place

    Facebook execs subpoenaed in Canada

    What's going on with the Huawei ban?

    Huawei is banned from using SD cards in future devices

    Google ban against Huawei: Implications on the present and future Huawei Business.

    Huawei has stockpiled up to a 12-month supply of parts as a buffer against a potential ban

    Theme park ride based on Princess Diana's fatal crash opens tomorrow

    Uk Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation

    Shower Thoughts

    How fast you go up the stairs is a good indication of which mood you’re in

    Mechanics might disagree but eyedrops are technically blinker fluid.

    You are probably closer to being a millionaire than Bill Gates.

    Serial Killers have a net negative carbon footprint.

    The “smell of death” is actually the smell caused by billions of living organisms.

    If an object is large enough, it becomes a location

    If people said “it’s okay to be nervous” instead of “don’t be nervous”, it might make things a little easier

    T-shirts with long sleeves are M-shirts

    There is no middle ground for deep disagreements about facts

    When two people kiss, they form an opened pipe of 22m (36ft) from anus to anus

    The difference between a bartender and a barista is literally night and day.

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