A weekly comedy, science, and culture podcast for the endlessly curious. Need an escape from the algorithm and the daily outrage cycle? For over a decade and 300+ episodes, two Portland friends have been serving up comfort food for your brain.

If you love deep dives into weird history, psychology, and strange science without the anxiety or hot takes, pull up a chair. We sit down with a drink and explore the fascinating stories you wish you were talking about with your smartest friends.

No politics. No anxiety fuel. Just genuine curiosity and laughs about topics like: • Why we absolutely hate the sound of our own voices • The secret origin of the biohazard symbol • America’s classified, Cold War plan to nuke the moon • The Stanford Prison Experiment (and why it was actually kind of BS) • Portland’s infamous Barbie-hacking culture jammers • The unsolved mystery of the Toynbee Tiles • The actual science of farts

What’s in an Episode? • The Catch-Up: Life banter and comedy from two long-time friends. • Just the Headlines: A quick spin through the week’s weirdest science and pop culture news. • The Deep Dive: A 20-minute, high-level plunge into a strange subject one of us couldn’t stop researching.

Meet Your Hosts: Mark spent his twenties operating nuclear reactors for the Navy and now works as a technical director in Portland’s Silicon Forest. Todd is a former ad copywriter, Newsweek-published writer, and Madonna superfan turned therapist.

Science is funny. Listen in.