Today we’re mostly ignoring the news of the week to instead express wonder and dismay at how short form video is probably breaking our brains in really bad ways. It’s a hoot! Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — The Biffler goes full blood-determinism
21:33 — Regressing to an oral culture
36:03 — Maybe weight does in fact correlate with health a bit
58:37 — Did CBS News’ Chief Correspondent Matt Gutman Get Off A Good One in the Fashion and to the Exacting Standards of CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann?
1:03:19 — Is the US about to get weird in Iran? Should we…bet on it?
1:13:55 — Wrap-up! Crime 101; Wuthering Heights; Minority Report; Sinners; The Olympics

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