On the heels of releasing their annual member episode, John and Merlin answer some of the very good questions posed by one of their friend-guests at length.

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Links and Show Notes:

Things kick off with some discussion of food, which finds one of your hosts trying to prove with science that he tastes everything better.

Also, there is not a band or a sports team called "The Miami Giants."

Next up, John frog-marches Merlin through a check-in on his terrible sleep.

(Recorded on Tuesday, May 3, 2022)

Credits

• Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
  
• Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
  
• Music: Merlin Mann
• The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley

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Context collapse

The Incomparable #104: Kids Have Bad Taste

MARINA

"(often stylized in all caps)"

iJustine's health scare

iJustine's health update

Boop

Interpol - "Obstacle 1" - YouTube

This is 2002's empirically best song for walking on a treadmill at a neighborhood YMCA.

Plaza Suite (1984) | Flickr

"Yep. Senior play. In your FACE, Neil Simon."

John Lee Supertaster - YouTube

Stewart Lee - "Give It to Me Straight, Like Pear Cider That’s Made from 100% Pears" - YouTube

"And I'm supposed to believe that's a coincidence, am I?"

They Might Be Giants - "Man, It's So Loud in Here" (Conan O'Brien, 2001) - HQ - YouTube

You have to carry all your things.

You can't misplace them.

There's nowhere to place anything.