We did it! Another show in the can! I hope this show is making you laugh at least a little bit during this disaster that is COVID-19. It’s a mess out there, but in here, it feels pretty great. Enjoy the show! Our show is listener supported… tel

Episode 511 – Close Your Eyes and Think of England

May 22nd, 2020 1h 6m

According to sleep experts, teens need at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night, compared to an average of seven to nine hours each night for most adults. Their internal biological clocks also keep them awake later in the evening and keep the

Episode 510 – Mostly Fine

May 15th, 2020 1h 17m

Our show is listener supported… tell EVERYONE about the wackiness! EVERYONE! Even your grandmother! She needs penis jokes too! If you really dig what we do, be sure to leave us a review on whatever podcast service you use. It helps us out a

Episode 509 – Oxford Comma Strippers

May 8th, 2020 1h 18m

If you really dig what we do, be sure to leave us a review on whatever podcast service you use. It helps us out a ton! Our show is listener supported… tell EVERYONE about the wackiness! EVERYONE! Even your grandmother! She needs penis jokes

Episode 508 – Pounding Us Full of Science

May 1st, 2020 1h 15m

It’s been another week in the plaguelands, but we’re making it through! Not only that, we managed to pull in a bunch of stories that have nothing to do with a virus! We did learn that Ashley is violent, and that both of us managed to get a pass

Episode 507 – Hammer It Back Home

Apr 24th, 2020 54m 26s

This quarantine has been a real bear for everyone, but we’re working our way through it together. We here at the Orbiting HQ truly hope you and yours are doing fine and everything is going alright. If not, all we can really provide is a few lau

Episode 506 – Violent Burp

Apr 17th, 2020 1h 1m

Tyrannosaurus rex looked the most ferocious of all the dinosaurs, but in terms of overall cunning, determination and its array of vicious weapons it was Utahraptor that was probably the fiercest of all. Utahraptor measured about 7 metres and we

Episode 505 – Validated, Justified, and Always Right

Apr 10th, 2020 1h 9m

Oh man! What a big week this was. We got a new baby in the family! That’s right. Smash finally had her kid and he’s awesome. We talked about that quite a bit on the show, but don’t you worry! We also did some news and it was fantastic. This was

Episode 504 – Gooch Weiner

Apr 3rd, 2020 1h 7m

Though we associate pollen with the color yellow, pollen can come in many vibrant colors, including red, purple, white, and brown. Since insect pollinators, such as bees, can’t see red, plants produce yellow (or sometimes blue) pollen to attrac

Episode 501 – Ding Dong Flap

Mar 13th, 2020 1h 24m

Tea is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis, a small tree native to Asia. (Confusingly, this is not the plant used to make tea tree oil.) The difference between green tea, black tea, white tea, yellow tea, and oolong tea comes from how the

Episode 500 – FIVE HUNDRED

Mar 6th, 2020 2h 45m

FIVE HUNDRED FREAKING EPISODES of Stephen and I rambling into a microphone! Thank you guys for making this the most fun we have all week! <3 Enjoy some egg facts… because non sequiturs are fun. Chickens don’t produce one egg at a time. Instead,

Episode 400 – AGAIN

Feb 27th, 2020 1h 17m

The Road to 500 continues with Episode 400! We had a great time on this one and I hope you guys dig it. It was a glorious time during the show and we were entering a new era of our podcasting careers at the time. You’re gonna dig it!

Episode 300 – REDUX

Feb 21st, 2020 1h 37m

Hey folks! Here’s the deal. We’re all dead here. Dead with a capital “EAD” if you know what I mean. Since we’re all dead, we’ve had to pivot to a new plan. We can’t do Episode 500 and give it the attention it deserves when our heads are full of

Episode 499 – Splooge Cruise

Feb 14th, 2020 1h 28m

One week till 500!! Historians believe Valentine’s Day actually began in Ancient Rome as a pagan fertility festival called Lupercalia, with the celebration dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, and Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

Episode 498 – Have You Seen My Lizard?

Feb 7th, 2020 1h 17m

Lizards are popular prey for many types of predators, from birds to snakes and carnivorous mammals. Their camouflage and ability to stay still for hours helps keep them safe. Several types of lizards are able to escape from an enemy’s grasp by

Episode 497 – Wu Tang Virus

Jan 31st, 2020 1h 16m

Candles have been used as a source of light and to illuminate celebrations for more than 5,000 years. The earliest use of candles is often attributed to the Ancient Egyptians, who made rushlights or torches by soaking the pithy core of reeds in

Episode 496 – Emotional Support Yeast

Jan 24th, 2020 1h 11m

Painting one’s nails goes back as early as 3000 BCE. There is archaeological evidence of the Ancient Babylonians painting their nails before they went into battle—with a solid gold manicure set. In Ancient China, during the Ming Dynasty, people

Episode 495 – Sex Dust Moon Juice

Jan 17th, 2020 1h 13m

The half-life of an isotope is the time on average that it takes for half of the atoms in a sample to decay. For example, the half-life of carbon-14 is 5730 years. This means that if you have a sample of carbon-14 with 1,000 atoms, 500 of these

Episode 494 – Sarlacc Vajayjay

Jan 10th, 2020 1h 21m

In Greece the word drakōn, from which the English word was derived, was used originally for any large serpent (see sea serpent), and the dragon of mythology, whatever shape it later assumed, remained essentially a snake. In general, in the Midd

Episode 493 – RoboPenis in the HooHah

Jan 3rd, 2020 1h 9m

The first recorded New Year’s celebration dates back 4,000 years to Babylon, when the first moon after the spring equinox marked a new year. In 46 B.C., Julius Caesar created a calendar with Jan. 1 as the first day of the year, partly to honor

Episode 492 – Oozing Moisture

Dec 27th, 2019 1h 14m

Christmas in Iceland is a colorful fusion of religion, fairy tales and folklore. Instead of one Santa, the kids are visited by 13 Yule Lads that either reward children for good behavior or punish them if they were naughty. The holiday period be

Episode 491 – Barely a News Podcast

Dec 13th, 2019 1h 25m

In Germany, Heiligabend, or Christmas Eve, is said to be a magical time when the pure in heart can hear animals talking. They can also see that rivers turn into wine, Christmas tree blossoms bear fruit, mountains open, revealing gems hidden ins

Episode 490 – Goldfish Memory

Dec 6th, 2019 1h 26m

The song ‘Jingle Bells’ was written in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title “One Horse Open Sleigh”. It was supposed to be played in the composer’s Sunday school class during Thanksgiving as a way to commemorate the famed

The Bennie Ball Interview

Nov 23rd, 2019

A few nights back we had the privilege of interviewing Bennie Ball! Who is he? Well, he’s the guy that defended his apartment, and possibly his own life, with a dungeon axe! An assailant barged into Bennie’s apartment and he took matters into h

Episode 489 – Fairly Well Known Streamers

Nov 22nd, 2019

I may have ordered a spicy dish of lamb and noodles at a dumpling place tonight. It was like eating a delicious hive of bees… and I may actually die later. TELL US WHAT YOU’RE THANKFUL FOR! Send emails, tweets, space-plasma messages (those are