F’ing Up the Ineffable

F’ing Up the Ineffable

Brian and Mike discuss various topics from science and technology to the nature of consciousness and laugh a lot while they do it.

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January 1, 2026 148 mins

Happy New Year!

It’s the 10th episode, so we ramble on a bit about that and risk putting people to sleep before we talk about today's subject: Sleep. Brian and Mike share some information and tell lots of hilarious and somewhat frightening stories about surgery, narcolepsy, sleepwalking, dreams and locki...

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Brian and Mike discuss economics, wealth inequality, why it's getting worse, what it means for the average person, why you are so uncomfortable on airplanes, and why we wish the old Netflix was back.

 

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Brian and Mike revisit the topic of Artificial Intelligence, touching on AI replacing jobs, what AI can't do, when the AI bubble will burst and billionaire tech bros' super-secret plans. It’s either our best episode ever, or our worst. You decide. Then let us know!

 

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Brian and Mike talk about games of all sorts and what elements make games fun. They discuss sports, video games, role playing games, card games, board games and they stop playing games with your heart.

 

In this episode we mention the follo...

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Brian and Mike talk about their experiences with music from playing live to recording, writing, musical tastes, likes and dislikes, with a side trek to a visual of a 5-year old Mike, sporting a bald head and goatee,...

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Brian and Mike talk about habits, motivation and discipline, how to stay on track, and how to fall off of the wagon. They talk about intensely personal things like depression, exercise, marriage, smoking, alcoholism and picking up dates at family reunions.

 

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey  https://amzn.to/4giOI5R

The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg  https:...

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Brian and Mike talk about the sixth extinction, climate change, books you DEFINITELY should not read and then nearly everyone dies at the end. It's real uplifting.

 

Editor's Note: Even though this is our 4th episode that we have released, this was the first ever recorded. Because of that that there are some audio artifacts that show up as we were still learning the ropes. We debated whether to release it at all due to the audio ar...

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Brian and Mike talk about AI and its impact on today and the future and why you probably shouldn't let it drive your car.

Some of the things we talk about in this episode:

Dr. Sbaitso Trackmania Training an unbeatable AI in Trackmania 3 Blue 1 Brown - Large Language Models explained briefly ChatGPT Gemini Parata Occult Mysteries Unconstrained Semantle Isaac Asimov's Robot Series

 

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Brian and Mike get nerdy and discuss old-school computer role playing games (CRPGs) and Roguelikes, what they like and don't like about them, some of the best and worst of the lot, and whether bards get the respect they deserve. 

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Brian and Mike discuss the Fermi Paradox, Drake Equation, the possibilities of alien life in the universe, and whether aliens really do abduct people and probe their butts. 

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