Robot or Not?
Hosted by John Siracusa and Jason Snell
Jason Snell asks John Siracusa to rule on the meaning of various words and concepts. It’s not just about robots anymore.
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338 Facial Hair
Listener Justin tries to get us to stretch the definition of “facial hair” beyond the beard.
Previous Episodes
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March 2, 2026337 Shirt
Listener Roy brings us into his debate with his teenage son about what makes a shirt a shirt.
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February 23, 2026
336 Building
Listener Jack wants to know if a few famous gates and statues are also buildings.
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February 16, 2026
335 Pop-Tart Pie
Listener Gregory thinks Pop-Tarts are pies. We have ratio questions. Also: We remember so many burned palates caused by calzones and McDonald’s fruit pies.
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February 9, 2026
334 Open-Faced Sandwiches and French Bread Pizzas
Listener Gregory tries to confuse us with a question about open-faced sandwiches and pizza. We largely ignore him and talk about different ways to eat things that are like pizza, but aren’t quite pizza.
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February 2, 2026
333 Scrolling
Listener Scott’s wife sure has a strange definition of which way is up.
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January 26, 2026
332 Basement
Listener Joel has discovered some Canadians referring to the first floor of a two-story house as a “basement.” Does this defy all reason? How low must you go to be a basement?
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January 12, 2026
331 Supercars and Hypercars
Host John Siracusa asks himself to discuss the difference between Supercars and Hypercars, while Jason looks on.
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December 15, 2025
329 Charger follow-up
Listener William challenges our ruling about chargers and we get deep into the weeds of car charging.
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