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Matt's Here, Cruz Went to Cancun & Someone Stole Our Uranium @ AOL.com - Ep 48

Tae and Ryan are joined by the one and only Matt, and things get delightfully chaotic.

We're talking homemade tortillas, pull-up competitions, Myspace nostalgia (beach blonde babe at AOL , we see you), and the great corn vs. flour tortilla debate.

Then it's a deep dive into Ted "Cancun" Cruz — five years later and still just as unhinged — followed by a lesson on hyphens, en dashes, and the alpha EM dash that no one asked for but everyone needed.

Tae drops a nuclear heist story involving stolen uranium, Israeli tech, and your iPhone's face unlock, we play the gorilla selective attention test live with Tiffany, and we watch a man absolutely shred the gnar with a remote control airplane.

Oh, and Ryan's headed to Tokyo, the Dow is up 50,000, and we are formally anti-prediction market. Subscribe, rate, hit that bell, and tell Pam Bondi we said hi.

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OH HI there —Literally the longest episode EVER for WYTW.

(PLEASE look at the chapters and get snippets. Don't have to have the whole feast. Take something and go)

We are wasting our time wisely by literally recording the longest podcast ever. In this one, Tae and Ryan kick things off with:

• Avatars
• Board game rankings (Catan strategies, Secret Hitler chaos, and Ryan getting destroyed by his wife nightly), and
• Full Wikipedia appreciation segment in honor of its 25th birthday.

Then it's Groundhog Day facts — turns out Punxsutawney Phil is only right X% of the time, while Staten Island Chuck is out here with an X% accuracy rate. Who got it BETTER

From there, things get real: immigration policy, trickle-down economics, corporate taxes, credit card debt (Santa Clarita, we see you), and a verbal anti-Alex Cooper treaty that you'll just have to hear to believe.

Oh, and someone definitely farted at a press conference.

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We're back! Possibly with vengeance.

Kicking things off the right way — board games. Catan, Uno, Monopoly, and of course RISK.

And yes, somehow twerking ended up in a game of pong. No further questions.

Then we get into the real debate: why does Christmas go so hard and New Year's just... doesn't? The decorations, the music, the whole cultural machine — Christmas wins every year. New Year's deserves a banger. A real one. We're putting Sabrina Carpenter and Miley Cyrus on notice. Someone step up.

We talk about the 18th and the 21st — Prohibition and Repeal — and which state was the last one to finally fold. Spoiler: some states still don't care who's pouring your drink or whether they're even supposed to be.

Meanwhile, Gen Z is quietly putting the whole alcohol industry on notice. Non-alcoholic beer is having a moment, and we ask the actual question: what does the future of liquor and beer even look like?

That leads us, naturally, to designated driving, drunk driving, and — How many cars have you personally driven? Not for work. Not valet. Just... driven.

Ever heard of a song designed to play for 1,000 years? We found it. It's called Longplayer, it's been running since the year 2000, and it's built to be technologically agnostic — meaning it doesn't care what devices exist when your great-great-grandkids are alive. Check it out: longplayer.org

Are crows stealing MAGA hats? Are murders of crows — yes, that's what they're called — actually thieves? And more importantly: are crows smarter than some of our friends? We explore this seriously. The answer may disturb you.

We also get into batteries, donuts, the environment, Tony's documentary, and a group of people we both genuinely cannot stand. You'll know who we mean.

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Thoughts: There's a lot of X-mas songs, but not a lot of NYE songs. What's with that?

It’s the final episode of 2025. With Ryan literally stuck in a dryer (long story), Tae takes the mic solo for a "late-night radio" style year-in-review.

In this episode, we’re wasting our time wisely by looking back at a massive year of transitions. Tae discusses the fascinating (and weird) history of the New York ball drop, cultural New Year traditions from around the world, and the science of why your resolutions usually fail by February.

On a deeper note, Tae reflects on a year defined by "variable changes": traveling through 7+ countries, the emotional toll of saying goodbye to his dog Oscar (McMuffin), and the decision to buy a house and leave Los Angeles behind.

In this episode, we cover:

• Fun Fact Friday: Why sailors actually invented the "time ball."

• The Travel Log: Lessons from Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Portugal, Estonia, Greeceand beyond.

• The "Small Wins" Architecture: How to actually achieve your 2026 goals.

• Asian AF: Producing comedy in Hollywood and the upcoming 10-year anniversary.

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Someone get on the NYE song, please

🎄 Was Jesus really born on Christmas?

Hey — it’s Christmas, but make it historically confusing.
This week on Waste Your Time Wisely, we’re unpacking the holiday everyone celebrates… but almost nobody questions.This week on Waste Your Time Wisely, we unpack the surprising history behind December 25th.

From pagan solstice festivals to Roman politics, from biblical clues to astronomy theories — Christmas might be the most successful remix of all time.

We cover:

• Saturnalia, Yule, and the real roots of Christmas

• Why historians say Jesus was born in spring or fall

• The "Star of Bethlehem" — comets, conjunctions, and cosmic events

• 2024 Christmas economy: $1 trillion in sales?!

• This Day in History: James Webb Space Telescope launches on Christmas

All that — plus dream Christmas cities, TikTok shopping stats, and why mistletoe might be witchcraft.

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Episode 43 already (RAUL MONDESI?!)

Treat or Treaties?! Dual Screen episode, Double trouble. 

This year has been going by FAST. We’re looking back at October 1st. 

Garlic sauce from ZANKOU! CDs, Things are Dire Strait, going Gold, Platinum, Diamond, sending out Thank you Letters, Not Rage Bait at all, Rage Bait, Very Rage Bait, then skipping stone — scandal? 

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We’re back, time-warped, Memento/Tarantino style. This episode actually happened right after the Estonia–Finland–Greece trip, which explains absolutely nothing but sets the mood.

Ryan is… playing Fantasy Football now?

We spiral into downfall arcs, redemption arcs, and the University of Arizona storming the field way too early because of course they did.

Sports podcasts, sports interviews, press conferences, and Tyrod Taylor — the myth, the legend, the quarterback scholars fear to rank.

AMC A-List life. Screen Unseen (#amcscreenunseen).

Safdie brothers chaos. June Squibb supremacy.

Ryan’s Show & Tell: Pushpa 2 (not Pushpa 1, don’t ask), Zack Snyder 300 slo-mo, DJ Caruso, Eagle Eye, classic cinema rabbit holes, 4K hoarding culture, and Denis Villeneuve gems that sparkle like tax refunds.

Shaky cam — cinematic genius or a war crime? We debate.

THEN we go full privacy paranoia: Pimeyes, public vs private tech, how exposed you really are online, and why Google AI keeps talking even when you beg it not to.

And again… Google AI, PLEASE, let us turn off your voice.

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WYTW Thanksgiving — READ HERE ALL ABOUT IT! We’re BACK!

We hope that you’ve been wasting YOUR time wisely. Ryan’s been drilling. Drilling holes — Until his overlord found out. Uh oh.

Tae’s been exploring Lacto-Ovo’s. Not O-V-O, Lacto Ovo. Pies and Tom Cruise Coconut Cake list. Movie list, over another movie list. Juggling multiple podcasts.

What we missed! (WWM!) - Films We blab on about films for a while, but if you want to skip that, get to (47:07) mark.

This Day in History (TDIH) Of Thanksgiving - when did Thanksgiving become an official holiday?

Fun Fact Friday (FFF) Mirror Mirror on the wall, what Catoptromancy are you? — which power would you pick?

What I Found (WIF) Ryan found the “CENTRAL PARK of Orange County” or….. just some recreational field. People making decisions not making good decisions

Chapters 

(00:00) — Intro/ Drilling Holes with Realtor Pies

(08:58) — Lacto-Ovo Huevos and Strange Wet Dreams

(20:04) — Behind the Scenes of Ryan’s OTHER Podcast

(33:00) — Tae’s Film Recs that Ryan won’t see for another 4 years

(46:10) — Thanksgiving!

(01:00:14) — Catoptromancy: Supernatural Insight or Distance Places? 

(01:18:20) — The Great Park Story: Overpromised and Underdelivered

(01:34:14) — Choosing your ghostly Supreme 

Tae's Europe 2k25 trilogy ends here. Please check out part 1 and 2 if you haven't.

We recap Germany, Estonia, Finland,

and final tour at the Isles.

We visit Milos, jumped off the Moon rock beach, cliff jumping, Children of Bodom in Finland. Spas, nice libraries in Helsinki, other topics, Reddit, ChatGPT too specific and not correct (sorry <3), Hollywood movie magic where locations are the used for different reasons like Tallinn being Kyiv. Being an art thief like THOMAS CROWN, AND!! WIFE CARRYING competition from Finland!

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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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Hey, Full In-Person Episode, Travel Recap Pt. 2, Check it out. We’re going over some Suffrage, some amendments, and then recapping part 2 of Tae’s Summer European travel to Germany, Estonia, and Finland.  Germany, cute towns with PHILOSOPHER'S WAY, trains, planes, and automobiles of Mercedes Benz museum!

Estonia - got priced out by AC/DC??

Finland - has a literacy rate of .... %????

AND SHE'S REAL.

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Chapters are now ⁠Auto-Generated by Spotify!

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Wherever you stand politically, please fight and protect the First Amendment of the United States, which states:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Myself and many other service members, our oath is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Thank you for reading and thank you always for listening!