The Incomparable

301 Fan/Light

Listener Patrick is concerned about taxonomy, most particularly involving fans that are also lights.

300 Fast Food

There are so many different ways to define fast food. Is pizza fast food? Also, Jason has a story about the Shake Shake in the Minneapolis airport.

299 Window

I can see clearly now.

298 Henchman

As so often happens with us, discussions of evil henchman end up becoming discussions of legal employment status.

297 Relay Podcastathon Special 2024

Live from the Relay Podcastathon, Jason and special guest Casey Liss ask John a bunch of questions from the Robot Or Not question list.

Topics include: All-In-One computers, dates, pasta, and antique vs. retro.

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296 Catchphrase

Oh, Listener Sean wants to know about catchphrases! Well, isn’t that special?

295 Homepods and Other Robots (or Not)

In a rare timely episode, John and Jason discuss a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple is designing a series of robots, including a “robot” that sits on a table and moves its display around, and a “robot” that follows you around your house folding laundry, reminding you of your mortality, and possibly running a viral campaign for Apple TV+ shows.

294 Double Space

Listener Daniel would like John’s blessing for his practice of putting two spaces after every sentence he types.

293 Severe Weather

Listener Arne received a severe weather alert for a fire. Fires are very bad, but are they weather? Are some natural disasters weather, and others not?

292 Tea

Is “truffle mushroom tea” just a soup? Did a fancy New York restaurant play a trick on Listener David and his wife? And what is tea, really?