Ruby May Valentine joins Nick and Paul to talk all things Minecraft, the ridiculously popular and ever-replayable game of crafting and creepers. Ruby takes us through getting started with a fresh Minecraft "seed," the game's basics, cool stuff

Snakes with Tanner Harvey

Jun 22nd, 2021 56m 9s

Snakes on planes, snakes on trains, snakes on podcasts...who's going to do something about all these snakes?!Tanner Harvey could. The professor and doctoral candidate joins Nick and Paul to talk about venom, deceptive zoo gift store plushies,

American Literature with Trevor Strunk

May 18th, 2021 1h 17m

You remember books, right? Those hardcover or paperback collections of pages with words on them. No doubt you've read one or two in your time on this lovely planet. Well, Nick and Paul's guest on today's episode has probably read closer to one

"Cats" with Anika Chapin

May 4th, 2021 1h 5m

It's hard to describe Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats." We could try, but we figured it was probably better to have a theater pro come on and do it far better than we ever could. Anika Chapin of Goodspeed Musicals helps us digest it all; from the i

Coral Reefs and Conservation with Tom Quigley

Apr 20th, 2021 58m 2s

Under the sea, everything's better down where it's wetter, take it from Tom Quigley. Tom joins the show to give us the scoop on sea slugs, underwater life as Pokémon, the majesty and importance of coral reefs, and the different ways you can kee

Language Learning with Dr. Kate White

Apr 6th, 2021 57m 19s

Dr. Kate White — a literal, bona fide expert! — joins the show to talk about how we learn and understand language, how changes in technology both help and hinder that process, and just how big of a messy melting pot American English is these da

Magic with Brian McElhaney

Mar 23rd, 2021 56m 50s

Brian McElhaney, SNL writing alum and one half of the comedy duo BriTANicK, joins Nick and Paul to pull some podcast magic out of a hat (or microphone) and talk about why magic is still secretive, how the greatest magic tricks cause us to quest

Non-Profits with Lauren Braun

Mar 9th, 2021 45m 46s

Vaccines are pretty amazing things. And they're in the news a lot these days! But getting people to actually take vaccines, especially in less developed nations and areas of the world, can often be a true challenge.Lauren Braun, co-founder of

Darts with Dan Radcliffe

Feb 23rd, 2021 52m 48s

Snakes painted on sides of heads. Comparisons to Alexander the Great and Michael Jordan. Things this wild and outlandish can only come from the world of...darts?Nick and Paul are joined by actor and noted darts buff Dan Radcliffe to learn a bi

Cricket with Tim Sorrell

Feb 9th, 2021 1h 27m

Cricket is one of the toughest things in the world for Americans to understand, next to taxes and traffic circles. So, we did what any reasonable person would do and invited a real, verifiable Englishman on to help us out.On this stuffed episo

Fly Fishing with Jeff Wood

Jan 26th, 2021 1h 2m

Jeff Wood of troutandfly.com stops by to tell us a bit about fly fishing, playing tricks on salmon, how fishing is kind of like being a scientist, and how to avoid casting your lure into someone's face.---Recorded January 4, 2021 //Hosts: Pa

Submarines with Michael Baumann

Jan 12th, 2021 50m 41s

Former Best Man and current college baseball savant Michael Baumann from The Ringer joins us on a deep sea dive to go through a brief history of underwater warfare. Some discussion of how subs are shaped like éclairs also included.---Recorded

Detroit Lions and Fantasy Football with Erin Darke

Dec 29th, 2020 44m 17s

The wonderful Erin Darke of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Dietland, and Good Girls Revolt joins us to talk about her hometown Detroit Lions, how a lot of losing can actually build you and breed camaraderie, and the priceless value of snagging a fa

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Help Us Out With This

Dec 29th, 2020 2m 17s

Help Us Out With This, Episode 0A quick primer on what this show is, and why we're doing it.---Recorded December 2020Hosts: Paul Boye and Nick SchaeferMusic: Pete Scalzitti (http://brontosor.us/)

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