Are there actually interesting life innovations that are coming out of the content creation boom?

This week, Joey and Jess talk about homemade pop tarts, learning letters, the power of song, TikTok, mastering movements, and apple dumplings. They don’t talk about Action Bronson.

references

• The recipe is the sooonnggg.
• cool.missp: ABCs Turn Up
• EBITDA
• What Are Popovers And What Do They Taste Like?
• Pepperidge Farm Bakery Frozen Spiced Apple Dumplings Pastry

How many other things do we have that we think of as imprecise but are actually pretty precise and agreed upon?

This week, Joey and Jess talk about box plots, New York neighborhood names, Australian colloquialisms, measurement language, baking, and square roots. They don’t talk about The Smiths.

references

• Box plot
• Reading a Box and Whisker Plot
• Perceptions of Probability
• The New York Times: An Extremely Detailed Map of New York City Neighborhoods
• The Journal of Neuroscience: Distinct Contributions of the Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia to Arithmetic Procedures
• Goldilocks Zone
• Square root
• Spiral of Theodorus
• Klein bottle

What if we've become less willing to sacrifice our pawns to take the queen?

This week, Jess and Joey talk about Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Obama, game theory, defaulting to passion, and nuclear weapons. They don’t talk about David Lightman.

references

• The Ezra Klein Show: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
• Nash equilibrium
• Mutual assured destruction
• A Beautiful Mind
• Pareto principle