Unramblings

This week Charlyn & Mark discuss The Good Place! We hope you enjoy our rambling thoughts on why this show is such a phenomenon, whose parents are the worst, and philosophy as an unconventional storytelling device. 

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Why Nestle is one of the most hated companies in the world

This week Charlyn & Mark talk about the first video game of the show, Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn! Hear all about how one nihilistic, entitled asshole screws over humanity, why being smart isn’t good enough, and our hot takes on the ships teased in the gameplay.  

Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Unramblings, on Twitter at @UnramblingsPod, and on our website at MarkCollington.com/Unramblings. Email us with feedback, questions, and suggestions at [email protected]. Continue the conversation on social media with #Unramblings!  

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Show Notes: 

End scene - Referenced conversation at 3:00

Polygon - Why the Bow in Horizon Zero Dawn Feels SO Good

This week Charlyn & Mark discuss Seveneves by Neal Stephenson! We focus on human adaption and resilience for survival, the power of the individual/the individual as representation of a group, and the relationship between social media and cannibalism.

Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Unramblings, on Twitter at @UnramblingsPod, and on our website at MarkCollington.com/Unramblings. Email us with feedback, questions, and suggestions at [email protected]. Continue the conversation on social media with #Unramblings!

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Show Notes: 

Bill Nye Video

This week Charlyn & Mark discuss season 1 of Russian Doll! We get in way over our heads discussing the time, relativity, and the many-worlds theory, we unpack the heaps of baggage carried through the show, and we judge Alan for not knowing his girlfriend’s thesis subject.

Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Unramblings, on Twitter at @UnramblingsPod, and on our website at MarkCollington.com/Unramblings. Email us with feedback, questions, and suggestions at [email protected]. Continue the conversation on social media with #Unramblings!

Please rate and review wherever you listen, as it helps more people to find the show. Recommendations and shares are good, too.

Show Notes: 

The end of the episode may sound a little different from the rest. This is because we ended up recording in two sessions again. The transition is not perfect, but we hope it is not too jarring.  

The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz

Hollywood Reporter Article 

Many Worlds Theory – 1  

Many Worlds Theory – 2  

We hope you enjoy our rambling about why The Mandalorian is basically an escort quest, storytelling with a faceless protagonist, and what it means to be a Mandalorian. If you’ve been missing our chats about toxic masculinity and colonialism, you’re in luck!  

Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Unramblings, on Twitter at @UnramblingsPod, and on our website at MarkCollington.com/Unramblings. Email us with feedback and questions at [email protected]. Continue the conversation on social media with #Unramblings!  

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Show Notes:  

There are a couple of places in this episode that sound different from the rest. This is because we ended up recording in two sessions and then cutting some of our later conversation into places earlier in the episode where they made more sense. The transitions are not perfect, but we hope they are not too jarring.  

The Joker - Steve Miller Band

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

Abstract of Mehrabian & Ferris' 1967 article

Communication is 93% Nonverbal: An Urban Legend Proliferates

TL; DR: Essentially, the results of a 1967 study by Dr. Mehrabian at UCLA has been oversimplified and misrepresented in later articles, textbooks, and media. The study focused on communication of emotions and feelings, and was not in any way stating that word choice only conveys 7% of a message’s meaning.  

The Five Love Languages by Chapman (Wikipedia)

Speaking the Language of Relational Maintenance: A Validity Test of Chapman's (1992) Five Love Languages

Results of this 2019 study suggest that the love languages in Chapman’s book match human behaviors used to maintain relationships.  

There Are Only Two Shakers Left in the World

The celibate religious group referenced is the Shakers. They are not Anabaptists, as was erroneously implied in the podcast; they just have a decent amount in common with Anabaptists.  

Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn

Speciesism in Star Wars

Men Can Stop Rape

Nonprofit organization behind the (now phased-out) ‘My Strength’ campaign, who continue to work on ending gender-based violence by promoting healthy masculinity with public education campaigns, mentoring programs, and youth development.  

What we know about the mysterious new lightsaber in The Mandalorian (Polygon)

Explains the history of the Darksaber.  

[Video] The Great Star Wars Ice Cream Conspiracy (SuperCarlinBrothers)

Explains the whole ‘camtono’ thing.  

The Mandalorian episode 3 answers one of Star Wars fans’ oldest questions (Polygon)

Explains the whole ‘camtono’ thing.  

Hamilton Beach 68330N Automatic Ice Cream Maker, 4 quart, White

Make your own camtono prop. Or ice cream. You decide!  

Charlyn and Mark get into what they love and what they hate about the Veronica Mars TV series. Highlights include: why you shouldn’t want to be Veronica; praising a character arc that goes from “shitbag homme fatal” to decent human being; Mark throwing some shade, and Charlyn providing our most extensive content warning to date!  

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Show Notes:  

TV Tropes - Veronica Mars

Den of Geek – How Veronica Mars Transcended Its Many Genres

Charlyn and Mark talk through Raymond Chandler’s “The Big Sleep” and the birth of the hardboiled detective. Here they dwell on corruption, moral vs. ethical vs. legal, the power of wealth, and forgetting to have all of your corpses properly accounted for.

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Brain Imaging Study Sheds Light On Moral Decision-Making

Neural Basis of Rationalization

Raymond Chandler’s Ten Commandments for Writing a Detective Novel

In this week’s episode, Charlyn and Mark discuss the hazy cosmic jive of David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.” Topics include alien language barriers, the nature of celebrity, and why you shouldn’t drink before a public toast.  

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Show Notes:  

No Notes this week.

In this seasonal episode. Charlyn and Mark discuss othering, bad neighbors, and the Whos' sun-cult.

Show notes:

This article talks about some of the issues with Dr. Seuss that we touch on at the beginning of the episode.

We do talk about Santa in this episode, so it may not be best for certain young listeners.

Charlyn and Mark discuss capitalism, empathy, and spontaneous deliveries of unreasonably-sized turkeys in Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and "The Muppets Christmas Carol."

Show notes:

You can read the entirety of "A Christmas Carol" here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm