Our humble adventurers dip their toes into the world of Anime, and the water's fine, if a bit sad.

Episode Breakdown:

• We start the episode by introducing All the People Network and the podcasts it includes (00:01:50).
• For this episode's Tavern Talk segment, Peter has chosen five interesting thought experiments for us to think about (00:04:46):
• The Chinese Room Argument,John Searle (00:06:22). 
• The Brainstorm Machine, Daniel Dennet (00:14:42).
• Mary, the Color Scientist (the Knowledge Argument), Frank Jackson (00:19:31).
• Twin Earth, Hilary Putnam (00:22:09).
• The Boltzmann Brain, Ludwig Boltzmann (00:25:47).
• The Experience Machine, Robert Nozick (00:31:49).
• We move on to discuss Cowboy Bebop!
• We start by introducing the show and its history (00:48:39).
• We then discuss our general feelings about the show, the storytelling and the characters, and we mention whether we watched it in Japanese or English (00:50:37).
• We discuss the main themes in the show (01:04:05).
• Peter brings up Spike's artificial eye and whether or not he died in the end (01:10:49).
• We discuss the history of the show in a bit more depth (01:14:44).
• We discuss one of the major aspects of the show - the music, which leads us to mention Yoko Kanno, the music director (01:16:40).
• We talk about our favorite characters (01:21:42).
• We quickly mention the Cowboy Bebop movie (01:30:36).
• We close the discussion by summarizing our thoughts (01:31:50).
• We take a vote to see whether or not Cowboy Bebop will be included in the CQEG! (01:37:12)
• Ynon introduces the subject of our next episode: The Transformers - Last Stand of the Wreckers (01:45:15)
• Stick around and check out a promo clip for the Assorted Goods podcast! (01:52:40)

Here's links to the other podcasts on All the People Network:

• All the People You Should Know Podcast -Website, Twitter.
• Assorted Goods Podcast - Website, Twitter.
• Controller Disconnected Podcast - Website, Twitter.
• Happy Hour Gets Weird Podcast - Website, Twitter
• Off the Record Podcast - Website, Twitter.
• All the People Network - Website, Twitter, Instagram.

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The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

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The episode was recorded on July 11th, and originally released on August 9th, 2020.

After initiating the Culture Quest Essentials Guide (episode 23), our humble adventurers take the time to weigh and evaluate every step of the quest - how many subjects we’ve discussed will be inducted to the CQEG? 

Episode Breakdown:

• We start the episode by introducing the Guide - what it is for and how everything will work.
• Then, we vote:
• The Producers, Mel Brooks - IMDb (00:09:30).
• Deja Vu, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Allmusic (00:14:13).
• Playdead’s Inside - Wikipedia (00:18:41).
• Jaws, Stephen Spielberg - IMDb (00:25:28).
• Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Goodreads (00:30:25).
• American Beauty, Sam Mendes - IMDb (00:35:08).
• Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys - Allmusic (00:40:34).
• Man on Wire, James Marsh - IMDb (00:50:48).
• Hunt for the WIlderpeople, Taika Waititi - IMDb (00:56:20).
• Last Chance to See, Douglas Adams - Goodreads (01:01:03).
• All-Star Superman, Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly - Wikipedia (01:08:20).
• Mom’s Classics - The episode's show notes (01:13:30).
• Firefly and Serenity, Joss Whedon - IMDb and IMDb (01:23:09).
• Queen, Live at Wembley ‘86 - Allmusic (01:27:20).
• Flight of the Conchords - IMDb (01:33:38).
• Annie Hall, Woody Allen - IMDb (01:36:24).
• We then quickly remind ourselves that we’re watching Cowboy Bebop for our next episode - we’ve properly introduced it in our Jurassic Park episode (link) (01:42:26).
• Then we play a promo clip for the Happy Hour Gets Weird podcast! (@HHGetsWeird) (01:43:15).

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The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

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The episode was recorded on July 4th, and originally released on July 26th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers close a major cultural gap, collect some more evidence to Spielberg’s greatness, and then the quest changes forever with the formation of the Culture Quest Essentials Guide!

Episode Breakdown:

•  For today’s Tavern Talk segment, we’re discussing whether we could spend a month in isolation for five million dollars (00:02:29).
• We then discuss Jurassic Park - we start by introducing the movie, probably the least needed introduction we’ve ever done (00:28:07).
• We each share our general thoughts about the movie and our experience watching it (00:33:48).
• We then dive deeper into two of the main themes that the movie discusses (00:43:35).
• We talk first about the theme of controlling nature (00:44:59).
• Then, this train goes off the rails for a while - we go on a tangent about Jurassic World, the future of morality, and self-driving cars (00:53:50).
• We then discuss the theme of parenthood (01:01:39).
• We discuss how efficient this movie is in telling the story (01:08:16).
• We talk about the soundtrack of the movie and its part in telling the story (01:09:55).
• We talk about the scene in which our heroes first come across the dinosaurs in the park and how well their reactions and the music take over to tell the story (01:11:15).
• We then tackle the question of what do paleontologists and a mathematician have to do with theme parks (01:18:10).
• We then discuss the fact that this movie features so many well-known moments to anyone who is familiar with modern pop culture (01:20:21).
• We then discuss things we didn’t like in the movie, and unrelatedly, Jeff Goldblum (01:22:40).
• We summarise our feelings about Jurassic Park (01:30:45).
• We then make CQP History by inaugurating the Culture Quest Essentials Guide! (01:34:13).
• We take a vote to see if Jurassic Park has a place in the CQEG (01:36:46).
• Before we finish, we introduce the subject of our next episode - Cowboy Bebop (IMDB) (01:45:57).
• Bonus! The unedited take of Dan’s impression of Ian Malcolm (01:44:30).
• Then, we play a promo clip for the Realms and Nerds Podcast (@RealmsNerds) (01:45:13).

Intro Bit:

• Dan from Assorted Goods Podcast (@AssortedGoodsPC) as Malcolm.
• Tiff from Happy Hour Gets Weird Podcast (@HHGetsWeird) as Sattler.
• Josh from All the People You Should Know Podcast (@AllthePeoplePod) as Grant
• Music - Saving the World by Aaron Kenny (YouTube).

All the People Network - Website.

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The episode was recorded on June 20th, and originally released on July 12th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers Learn that if there’s no one joke that perfectly describes your life, maybe your life is the joke. We discuss Annie Hall! (IMDB)

Episode Breakdown:

•  In this episode’s Tavern Talk segment, we’re discussing musical episodes of TV shows (00:01:52).
• We then head into the main discussion, which is all about Woody Allen’s Annie Hall - we start by introducing the movie (00:19:24).
• We go over our general feelings toward the movie (00:21:33).
• We get into what we thought was the meaning of the movie (00:28:13).
• Ynon brings up two aspects of the movie that seem minor but feel important to him (00:37:34).
• We talk about the character of Annie (00:40:25).
• We mention the fact that Woody Allen and Diane Keaton used to date before they made the movie (00:47:35).
• We talk about a few storytelling techniques used throughout the movie (00:50:03).
• We summarize our feelings towards the movie (01:01:24).
• We introduce the subject of our next episode - Jurassic Park! (IMDB) (01:04:04).
• Stick around and listen to a promo of the Secret Bunker Podcast (@secretbunkerpod) (01:08:09).

Links to stuff we’ve mentioned in the episode:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling (IMDB).
• That ‘70s Show - That ‘70s Musical (IMDB).
• Xena: Warrior Princess - The Bitter Suite (Wikipedia)
• Neil Patrick Harris - Bigger - 2013 Tony Awards Ceremony (YouTube).
• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (IMDB).
• How I Met Your Mother - Slap Bet (IMDB).
• Scrubs - My Musical (IMDB).
• Steven Universe - Mr. Greg (IMDB).
• South Park - Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics (IMDB).

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The episode was recorded on May 29th, and originally released on June 28th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers learn about the scathing rivalry between Australia and New Zealand (by that we mean that every once in a while it is mentioned in a round-and-about way but we don’t take it too seriously and we mostly don’t take sides).

Episode Breakdown:

•  We kick this episode off by celebrating our 20th episode, despite the fact this is episode 21! (The Harry Potter Lockdown Bonus episode we did was not in our plans when we recorded this).
• For our Tavern Talk segment, we’re thinking about a few statistics about our lives that we would be interested in knowing when we die and reach a higher state of being. Or something. (00:03:42).
• We then move on to our main discussion, which is all about Flight of the Conchords!
• We introduce the Flight of the Conchords comedy duo and the TV show (00:15:28).
• We talk about the experience we had watching the show (00:19:35).
• We discuss Flight of the Conchords’ strengths and weaknesses in different types of media (00:21:25).
• We talk about the general feel or atmosphere of the show (00:24:18).
• Ynon brings up how this show reminded him of Tenacious D’s TV show and we briefly compare the two (00:27:49).
• We discuss the music that is in the Flight of the Conchords’ show (00:28:56).
• We talk about our favorite parts from the series (00:29:56).
• We talk about the character of Murray and his part in the show (00:32:14).
• We talk about how this experience compares to other experiences we’ve had on previous episodes (00:36:04).
• We talk about other things that Jemaine and Bret have done in their careers (we had to mention Figwit) (00:37:52).
• We then ask the question that was on everyone’s mind: is Bret that hot? (00:41:59).
• We then mention the Footloose reference in the last episode of the series (00:44:38).
• We summarize our feelings towards Flight of the Conchords (00:45:37).
• Then, Ynon introduces the subject of our next episode - Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (IMDb) (00:47:47).
• Stick around and catch a promo for In Bed with Nikky (@DNikky162), you’ll want to get to know the Lovely Nikky! (00:51:04).

Flight of the Conchords - Jenny

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Flight of the Conchords theme - all lines sung by Ynon Hermon

The episode was recorded on May 15th, and originally released on June 14th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers get to know Queen, a band that they either kind of liked or really loved for a long time, by listening to one of their more iconic live shows.

Episode Breakdown:

• In this episode’s Tavern Talk Segment we’re talking about the movie-going experience (00:01:28).
• We then move on to talk about today’s topic - Queen’s Live at Wembley, 1986 (Allmusic) - we start by introducing the live album (00:16:21).
• We discuss how familiar we are with Queen, the band (00:17:13).
• We talk about our favorite live bands and our thoughts about live albums and concerts (00:26:22).
• We segue from talking about our favorite performers to talking about our general thoughts about Queen’s performance on this album (00:30:46).
• While talking about our general thoughts, we went on a tangent in which we talked about the differences between Queen’s history and the story told in Bohemian Rhapsody (IMDB).
• We then talk about Queen’s performance on the album and our favorite songs from the concert (00:37:15).
• We mention bits we didn’t really like too much (00:44:42).
• We talk about the two speeches that took place throughout the concert (00:46:43).
• We bring up a few songs that we were disappointed or surprised to find out that they weren’t on the setlist (00:50:43).
• We talk about the six-songs encore (00:57:31).
• We discuss whether we prefer listening to Queen’s material from the ‘70s or ‘80s (01:01:01).
• We close by summarizing our feelings towards this album (01:04:01).
• We close this episode by previewing the topic of our next episode - Flight of the Conchords (IMDB) (01:07:40).
• Stick around and check out the promo clip of the Controller Disconnected podcast (@condisconnected) (01:11:11).

Queen’s Killer Queen & I’m In Love with My Car - Live performance - YouTube.

Brian May’s Red Special - Book - Goodreads.

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I Want to Break Free by John Deacon, played by Ynon Hermon.

The episode was recorded on May 1st, and originally released on May 31st, 2020.

Our humble adventurers enjoy a visit to a very magical world! We spend the episode discussing the Harry Potter series!

Episode Breakdown:

• To kick things off, Baryo and Ynon talk about their experience with the series, as teenagers (00:01:58).
• Then, Peter tells us about how he ended up reading the books, despite believing that he might never give them a glance (00:03:38).
• We then move on to talk about the books - we go over them one by one and discuss our feelings towards them (00:07:41).
• We discuss moments from:
• The Philosopher’s stone (00:08:01).
• The Chamber of Secrets (00:11:56).
• The Prisoner of Azkaban (00:15:28).
• The Goblet of Fire (00:19:27).
• The Order of the Phoenix (00:24:18).
• The Half-Blood Prince (00:31:19).
• The Deathly Hallows (00:38:20).
• We specifically discuss Snape’s storyline (00:41:44).
• We move on to discuss the epilogue of the story (00:54:23).
• We address the question of reading the book as a teenager versus as an adult (01:01:18).
• We discuss our rankings of the books and pick our favorites (01:04:15).
• Then, we find that we still have more to say about the epilogue, we mention the epilogue from Lord of the Rings (Goodreads) and the last episode of How I Met your Mother (IMDb) (01:10:13).
• Then, we try to come up with ideas for alternative epilogues (01:12:53).
• We wrap things up by quickly previewing our upcoming episodes (01:20:10).
• Stick around, after our discussion we play the promo for the Bulldogs & Dragons podcast (@BulldogsDragons), a charming D&D podcast! (01:21:13).

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The episode was recorded on May 23rd, and originally released on May 27th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers learn that there’s more to life than fame, riches and friendship if you have a boat. In space.

Episode Breakdown:

•  Peter tells us about his progress through the Harry Potter books (00:01:07).
• We then move on to our Tavern Talk segment, in which we discuss the biggest question - what makes a person good? (00:04:43)
• We then start the main discussion by introducing the TV series Firefly and the Movie Serenity (00:26:22).
• We then discuss our general thoughts about the show and our personal experience of watching it (00:31:04).
• We then focus specifically on the movie for a while (00:38:14).
• We hit upon the struggles between Fox and Whedon in regards to the show (00:42:16).
• We talk about our favorite characters from the show (00:43:49).
• We move on and discuss the soundtrack of the show (00:49:42).
• We talk about if we would bring the show back today, if we could (00:52:12).
• We mention our favorite episodes (00:56:11).
• We preview the topic of our next episode - Queen’s live album Live in Wembley Stadium 1986.
• Stick around and catch the promo clip for the Geeksploration podcast (@geeksplorepod)!

Passion of the Nerd on YouTube - Clicky.

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Firefly Theme by Sonny Rhodes, Played by Ynon Hermon.

The episode was recorded on April 18th, and originally released on May 17th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers discuss the Anthropocene, a term that might be the name of the current period of time we live in, in the first of what eventually may be a series of side quests.

Links to the presentation:

• YouTube.
• Google Slides.

Episode Breakdown:

• We jump right into the main subject - the Anthropocene. Here are the main parts in today’s talk:
• The Anthropocene - an Introduction (00:02:50).
• The Geological Time Scale (00:04:54).
• Humanity and the Global System (00:13:10).
• Suggested Starting Points (00:22:23).
• Should it be Formalized? (00:28:26).
• Current Status (00:32:40).
• Personal Thoughts (00:34:20).
• Once the presentation is over, we move on to a discussion about all the questions that popped in our heads (00:35:35).
• We summarize our feelings (01:05:09).
• We talk about where the idea for this side-quest came from and about future side-quests (01:07:50).
• We then preview the subject of our next episode - Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity (01:11:45).
• Stick around and listen to a promo clip for the awesome It's Murder Up North Podcast (@murderupnorth), an amazing true crime podcast that focuses on the northern parts of England (01:14:38).

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The episode was recorded on April 3rd, and originally released on May 3rd, 2020.

Our humble adventurers run out of casual things to talk about, so they do the unthinkable - they get to know each other.

Episode Breakdown:

•  We start the episode by briefly mentioning a few upcoming episodes and podcasts who were kind enough to let Ynon be a guest on (00:01:07). There will be links to these podcasts further down the show notes!
• We then move on to today’s ‘main discussion’ - an askreddit extravaganza! (00:06:15)
• All the questions we discuss:
• What movie is guaranteed to make you cry? (00:06:37)
• At what moment you stopped and thought ‘Ooh, I fucked up’? (00:11:01)
• What is your 15 minutes of fame? (00:20:32)
• If you could have one more season of any TV show that’s ended, what would it be? (00:31:56)
• What is your favorite subreddit to binge read? (00:34:38)
• What’s a fictional food or drink that you wish you could have in real life? (00:38:51)
• They say it is the small things in life that make it better, what is your small thing right now? (00:41:17)
• What are your pet peeves? (00:46:44)
• What is a disturbing thing you wish you didn’t know? (00:50:07)
• If you could go on a vacation anywhere, where would you go and what would you do? (00:53:31)
• If there are no more handshakes, what would possibly replace them? (00:56:30)
• Stick around and check out a trailer to the Amazing World of Talkin’ Shiz Podcast (@talkin_shiz), one of our best podcasting friends! (01:01:17).

Links to the podcast that let Ynon be a guest on:

• All the People You Should Know Podcast - Website - Twitter - The episode with Ynon.
• Bacon Games Fantasy Sports - Website - Twitter - The episode with Ynon.
• Bulldogs & Dragons - Website - Twitter - The first episode with Ynon.

Stuff from the show:

• Peter’s beer glass - Image.
• Peter’s dream vacation destination - Yangshuo.

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The episode was recorded on April 24th, and originally released on April 28th, 2020.