History Defeats Itself
How's Your Stream?
A Blood Popsicle on a Hot Summer Night
NASA Whoopsies
'Ello Gov'na!
Nukey Whoopsies
A Good Guy With a Pie
Get Ready For My Staff Infection
Loose Joints of Grass
You're the Poster Child for the Far Right
by Kevin Rosenquist
The crew discusses ASMR, which is basically how people get oddly pleasurable feelings from mundane sounds like shispering or listening to someone eat sushi. Hey, whatever floats your boat.
In honor of Halloween, Kevin conjures up a spooky tale of vampires and a town gone mad. Also, Greg drinks a White Claw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John discusses a NASA math blunder that took out a satellite. (Hint: they forgot to carry the one.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
They say war is hell. And no one knows that better than the Australians. In 1932 they waged war against a fighting force that is still undefeated to this day. The force? Emus. On this episode Greg discusses the great Australian Emu War of 1932. Come for the knowledge...stay for the accents. Sources: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/australia/great-emu-war-how-australia-started-a-war-against-flightless-birds-and-lost.html ____________________ Dig our show? Subscribe to HDI at Podcast Guru, Google, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
HDI is back! On an early fall day in Arkansas, 1980 the sky was blue, the birds were chirping, school was just back in session, and a three megaton nuclear bomb nearly decimated a chunk of the state. How could this happen? We'll talk about that and Kevin's high level safe word on our latest episode. Sources: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/1980-titan-ii-disaster-fallen-socket-wrench-triggers-explosion-of-armed-nuclear-missile https://ualrexhibits.org/zerohour/titan-ii/ ____________________ Dig our show? Subscribe to HDI at Podcast Guru, Google, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Guns don't kill people. People kill people." But as the great Eddie Izzard once said...the gun helps. On the latest episode of HDI John talks guns. And holy shit he knows a lot about them for a pacifist! You'll laugh...you'll cry...you'll learn...then you'll probably cry some more because America's gun problem shows no signs of getting better. at lease we're on a Canadian podcast network. Keep those couches warm for us, Sonar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As most of us know five conservative judges from the US Supreme Court recently took it upon themselves to drop their collective pants and shit all over women's rights by making it so that abortion is no longer a guaranteed right. This is, of course, after some judges said they wouldn't do that in their confirmation hearings. Yes, even judges can be lying pieces of shit hellbent on promoting their personal, religious agenda. On the latest episode of HDI we get fiery over this and other human rights the court may try to take away. Because if there's one thing we know about people in power, they rarely give a shit about the rest of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
All of us have some experience coaching and/or being coached. Sometimes your coach was a mentor...a teacher...a friend...someone to confide in. And other times your coach was just a giant piece of shit. On this episode Greg talks about coaching and what it means to him to mold the young people of America. And John and Kevin wonder how he passed the background check. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The idea of American isolationism has a long and complicated past. From George Washington to Trump and his minions people have clamored for an America first approach to diplomacy throughout our history. On the latest episode John leads the charge in a discussion about our role as a world leader. Plus, Kevin has a suggestion for John and Greg on how to fix their combative relationship. (Hint: it's sex.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stand up comedy is an art, it's a platform, and it's one of the best mediums for social commentary. But it's not without it's pitfalls. On this episode we talk about everything stand up comedy and how difficult it is to walk the line of being funny and being offensive. Plus you'll hear about John and Greg's short (very short) stand up careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices