If you place the entire history of the cosmos, from the Big Bang until now, onto a single calendar year, the first humans don't arrive until 10:30 on Dec. 31. Everything we know about, everything in our history books, happens in the final 10 seconds, of the final minute, on the last day of the calendar. This show is about those 90 minutes.

Ol' Arty believed that every living thing has a specific potential, one dictated by its internal structure and fulfilled through vital activities. That's what this show is about.

Also:

We've swapped wonder for warning.

Is anything invented or is it all discovered?

And why the hell do horses let us ride them?

The answer is embarrassingly simple, which is to clean out your mind and body. Easy enough, right? Actually, yes, and Billy discusses how three weeks without a phone, and without putting crap into his body, has had such profound effects that he's just mad at the moron who took this long to do it. Also, Jody buys "barefoot" shoes that aren't hideous (finally); the boys present a drunk history version of the discovery of Bermuda; and how a trip to a homestead that functions off the grids of electricity, money, and motor vehicles made Billy very uncomfortable when they started singing.

What happens to your brain, like immediately, when you just get rid of your phone? Billy reports back from his first week since dumping his iPhone for a cellular watch. Plus, Doc and Billy discuss whether we've abandoned survival of the fittest, plus Doc explains his recent off-air comment that he wasn't listening to Billy during the first 14 episodes.

The show took a hiatus, but Billy and Doc did not. We're back to catch you up on the evolution of our RIA project, which is deeper and more dynamic than ever. We have much to talk about!

In this very strange crossover episode of The Crowded Hour and Remembering I'm an Animal, Billy and Jody are back together. It will make sense if you listen. Probably.

It's been a little over a year since Jody and Billy decided to start documenting this journey they call "Remembering I'm an Animal." Thirty-seven episodes later, the boys take a look back, list their highs and lows, and look ahead to more species-appropriate behaviors.

If you've been listening, thank you. If you haven't, it would be kinda weird if you were reading this.

It's been a while since the boys have done an old-school, multi-topic episode, so settle in. And, once again, Billy announces his New Life Plan.

Plus: the three (and a half) types of fun; the collapse of the metaverse; how "avid" hikers are the heavyweight champions of Mr. Outdoors behavior; lots of life lessons from Stephen King; the misnomer that substance abuse plays any positive role in creativity; and the most important question that will never be answered: Who is the youngest person named Dick?