Mark and Jeff discuss the importance of storytelling to conveying concepts, engaging people, and helping to remember life events.  Stories change how your brain works and is critical to connecting to the information being conveyed.

Mark and Jeff discuss the current outbreaks of measles, a disease that was considered eradicated decades ago in Canada.  This is particularly relevant to travellers and to individuals that were originally vaccinated in the 1960's

Mark and Jeff discuss something as far away as possible from politics.... Antarctica!

In this episode, Mark and Jeff discuss the unique bond between humans and dogs and compares them to humans and cats as well as humans and horses.  The differences might surprise you

Have you ever gone to a meeting, taken written notes only to find you can't read your own notes and can't remember what you committed to?  Well, there are AI notetaking apps to help you with your meetings.  Mark and Jeff discuss AI notetaking apps

In this episode, Mark and Jeff look at stats for Cannabis useage in Canada and how it has changed since Cannabis was legalized in Canada.

Mark has been attending clown school and has learned a lot about clowning and himself. In this episode, we discuss how clowning works in Canada and what you can learn about yourself when taking clown school

Trump has been inaugurated and the daily chaos has begun!  Just like last time.  Hold on to your hats!  Mark and Jeff discuss the implications of the new Trump administration for Canada/US relations.  They are pretty sure Americans will not get cheaper eggs.  Welcome to the Tech Bro Oligarchy

Mark and Jeff, discuss US and Canadian politics just prior to the inauguration of Donald Trump.  This episode will come out just after he is inaugurated but the discussion is more far reaching about the differences between Canada and the US, between US protectionist tactics and the implications of his proposed threats.  The political uncertainty will have lots of implications for both countries with nobody winning.

Mark and Jeff discuss their predictions from a year ago for 2024 to see how things turned out.  They also discuss what their predictions for 2025 are.  They are broken down into high confidence, medium confidence and low confidence.  They also discuss what they learned in the past week, sample some coffee and discuss what media they are consuming right now.