Ranked #1
Episode 459: Alley Oop to Yourself in the Future
Episode 459: Alley Oop to Yourself in the Future
Merlin needs help in the NOC; Dan discovers sensitive sauce; there are thresholds; hurting your roller skating muscles; ... Read more
7 Jan 2020
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #2
Episode 239: Starving African Child
Episode 239: Starving African Child
TOPIC: Block! Block! Body blow! Uppercut! This week, Dan and Merlin talk less about ad-blocking and more about what kind... Read more
23 Sep 2015
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1hr 49mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 168: It's Okay for Cats to Wander Around on Planes
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TOPIC: Standing up to Attention Bullies. This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the world's impossible expectations regard... Read more
22 Apr 2014
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #4
Episode 238: A 100-Year Problem
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TOPIC: Knowing what you'll need to know. This week, Dan and Merlin answer a listener question about how the "slow your r... Read more
15 Sep 2015
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1hr 55mins
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Ranked #5
Episode 161: Zeitgeist Helmut
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TOPIC: Time, Sleep, and Aspirations This week, Dan and Merlin talk about impossible trade-offs and the benefits of remem... Read more
4 Mar 2014
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1hr 32mins
Ranked #6
Episode 140: Silicon Circus
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TOPIC: Special Guest, Matt Alexander This week, Merlin is joined by Bionic co-host, Matt Alexander. They discuss ““techn... Read more
8 Oct 2013
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #7
Episode 188: The Smell of Snake Anxiety
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TOPIC: Media, Rarely Well Done This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the modern consumer media landscape and how we seem ... Read more
23 Sep 2014
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1hr 48mins
Ranked #8
Episode 237: Slow Your Roll
Episode 237: Slow Your Roll
TOPIC: Stop that train! This week, Dan and Merlin talk about some ideas for noticing and then battling the surfeits of n... Read more
8 Sep 2015
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1hr 38mins
Ranked #9
Episode 185: David Foster Wallace Morning
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TOPIC: The Durable Impossibility of Email. This week, Dan and Merlin return to an evergreen topic: the impossibility of ... Read more
2 Sep 2014
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1hr 29mins
Ranked #10
Episode 181: A Broom Pusher for Johnny Carson
Episode 181: A Broom Pusher for Johnny Carson
While Merlin takes a short sabbatical, Dan is joined by special guest David Sparks to talk about presentations, making y... Read more
6 Aug 2014
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #11
Episode 171: Put a Sweatshirt In My Wallet
Episode 171: Put a Sweatshirt In My Wallet
TOPIC: It's like wallets and backpacks. This week, Dan and Merlin talk about H.R. Giger, Dan's latest Android experiment... Read more
13 May 2014
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #12
Episode 155: Newton's Fifth Law of Politeness
Episode 155: Newton's Fifth Law of Politeness
TOPIC: Isolation and Identity This week, Dan and Merlin talk about civility, identity, Florida, and how you can't unsee ... Read more
21 Jan 2014
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1hr 31mins
Ranked #13
Episode 175: Andy is the Stuff of Nightmares
Episode 175: Andy is the Stuff of Nightmares
TOPIC: "Creativity" where you din't expect it. This week, Dan and Merlin talk about PIXAR, creativity, and FoldingText b... Read more
10 Jun 2014
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50mins
Ranked #14
Episode 260: Stuck in Green Forever
Episode 260: Stuck in Green Forever
TOPIC: Grab Bag. This week, Dan and Merlin cover the waterfront. This wide-ranging episode covers lots of listener feedb... Read more
23 Feb 2016
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2hr 1min
Ranked #15
Episode 373: Red Cheekums
Episode 373: Red Cheekums
Discussed: Dan's gummi vitamins, vitamins in general, the childhood shame of those weird plaque pills, exotic sickness i... Read more
24 Apr 2018
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1hr 48mins
Ranked #16
Episode 404: Very Advanced Camping
Episode 404: Very Advanced Camping
Discussed: Merlin worries that Dan is getting ground down; web sites are getting very thirsty; Dan thinks it's like pads... Read more
11 Dec 2018
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #17
Episode 166: 404 - Friends Not Found
Episode 166: 404 - Friends Not Found
TOPIC: The future we can't know. This week, Dan and Merlin talk about how quickly technology is evolving, how janky that... Read more
8 Apr 2014
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54mins
Ranked #18
Episode 258: Means of Egress
Episode 258: Means of Egress
TOPIC: Feelings, Slide Rules, and The Franklin Test This week Merlin hasn't had enough coffee and may have early-onset t... Read more
9 Feb 2016
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1hr 45mins
Ranked #19
Episode 183: Remember Who Has the Cannon
Episode 183: Remember Who Has the Cannon
TOPIC: Wait, what'd I DO?!? This week, Dan and Merlin talk about anger, misunderstandings, and trying to do the right th... Read more
19 Aug 2014
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1hr 30mins
Ranked #20
Episode 164: Back in the Medieval Village
Episode 164: Back in the Medieval Village
TOPIC: Curiosity & Creativity This week, Dan and Merlin talk more about expertise and how it relates to the ineffabl... Read more
25 Mar 2014
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1hr 38mins
