Fan mail (11:20).

The only thing gayer than John Travolta is mindlessly surfing the internet (18:20).

The Simpsons teaches sadness (27:25).

An article in Slate prompts Derek to discuss the big picture of artificial intelligence (34:55).

We take the implicit association test and discover we’re subconsciously racist (47:30).

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Top of the show: drinking, gambling, cigars.

Big Bang Theory vs Community, Beyonce as beautiful, and a coffee article by Derek (17:20).

Banning football and the psychology of Malcolm Gladwell (38:30).

Hipster racism (52:00).

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We roll our eyes at modern video game culture (12:30).

Metta World Peace’s seven-game suspension for this is fair, though not what he deserves (20:30).

The viability of a laissez-faire government in a complex, modern society (38:20).

The psychology of earworms, songs you just cannot stop listening to (51:55).

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Top of the show: weddings, drinking, dancing, open bars.

Nuances and career (9:30).

Measuring telomeres to predict death (26:30).

Dichloroacetate and cancer (37:15).

The perils of over-analyzing masculinity (45:30).

Hipsters vs sports (55:35).

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Thinking about death (5:45).

Derek breaks down Wings of Hope by Werner Herzog (12:45).

Axl Rose refuses Rock Hall induction (24:00).

Mike Wallace RIP (47:50).

John Derbyshire may be a hermetic racist, but that doesn’t mean he has nothing good to say (55:20).

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All you need to know about the case of Tyler Clementi in 40 seconds (9:00).

Vissa D’arte on the Celebrity Apprentice (18:45).

David Lynch’s Crazy Clown Time is weird for the sake of weird (39:40).

Tucker Max exposes Planned Parenthood as a Birkenstock-clad circle jerk (50:30).

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Playing golf (7:20).

JetBlue freak out and David Foster Wallace (16:05).

Bill Burr rants against The Office 18 months after we did (30:05).

Trayvon Martin (43:40).

What’s wrong with normal Christians (55:45).

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We analyze the reality distortion field created by Bill Clinton and Steve Jobs (14:30).

How you view Carrot Top is how you view life (32:10).

A bumper sticker is not niggardly with irreverence (44:00).

Robert De Niro makes a joke; Newt Gingrich demands attention (51:50).

How Afghans view death (57:10).

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Answering fan mail (8:30).

Failing with grace (12:15).

David Brooks tries to be autonomous (20:40).

We wrap up the Marilyn Hagerty story (35:20).

Sasha Baron Cohen at the Oscars (56:30).

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Top of the Show: Douches, periods, sun, and mesh shorts.

Mark goes to Banana Republic (16:00).

Limbaugh vs Fluke (26:50).

RIP Davy Jones (41:35).

Saints bounty (57:00).

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