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We open Episode 191 with sunburn, spring mileage, and a surprisingly serious conversation about bike gear. Stan talks through helmet expiration, the hunt for better bibs, and the joy of...
Dear Listener,
We open Episode 190 in exactly the right place for this show: First Contact
Day. We dig into the Artemis mission, the joy of watching NASA head back
around the moon, the strange product...
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Jon called Stan on his way home from work and got sent straight to voicemail.
Stan was at poetry group reading Dante's Inferno. That's the kind of episode
this is.
We recorded on a mome...
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Episode 188 opens with Stan's brief return to office life and the strange
mental math of salaried lunch breaks, then quickly moves outside for a spring
bike ride through Indianapolis, p...
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This week Jon lobbed an emotional grenade into the group note — the new Disney Cruise Line Oscars ad — and Stan immediately struggled with his "allergies." We dig into what ma...
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Episode 186 opens with Big Ten tournament fallout, then immediately veers into one of the more important questions facing the Midwest: where does Southern Illinois actually begin? That ...
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Episode 185 starts in the kitchen with a deep dive on sourdough timing, discard strategy, and why no-knead fridge fermentation is still one of Stan's favorite practical bread workflows....
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Episode 184 is a true no-agenda Sunday conversation that starts with pizza dough and quickly pivots into AI workflow reality. Stan and Jon compare how they are using chat tools for soft...
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Episode 183 opens with a classic Stan-and-Jon food dispute: chicken "Philly" naming, pizza dough ingredients, and a playful scorecard on who has actually cooked for whom. That...
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Stan returns from the Disney Treasure with a mix of gratitude and hot takes. Bad weather wiped out most port plans, but the conversation turns into a practical breakdown of Triton class...