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Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Vancouver’s Squirrel Legacy, Science Oddities & Absurd News

Episode Date: August 29, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg (A), Brady Bogen (B), Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Episode Theme: A wild, irreverent romp through odd news, quirky historical facts, and hilarious science updates—highlighted by Vancouver’s squirrel saga, ancient tailgating, and the latest in questionable scientific breakthroughs.

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Episode Overview

Holmberg’s Morning Sickness continues its tradition of offbeat humor and Arizona-centric banter, serving up rapid-fire stories from around the world, with sidebars on local sponsors and raucous in-studio chemistry. This episode centers on Vancouver’s gray squirrels—descendants of a New York City “gift”—and careens through ancient tailgates, Uber revenge, evolving cockroaches, and the prospect of mayonnaise-powered fusion.

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Highlights & Key Discussion Points

1. Bizarre Beginnings: Vancouver’s Squirrel Inheritance (02:54 – 03:56)

• Fun Fact: Vancouver’s Stanley Park is 10% larger than Central Park and has a thriving gray squirrel population, all descended from eight pairs gifted by NYC’s Central Park in 1909.
  • “They gave them squirrels.” – Brady (03:51)
  • Holmberg marvels at “the most ignorant thing we’ve ever done,” poking fun at early 20th-century animal gifting and ecological meddling:
    • “Just drag animals into new ecosystems and say, ‘This can’t hurt!’” – Holmberg (05:50)
• The crew jokes about the absurdity: “Hey, thanks, eh! Hopefully these squirrels thrive.” (04:00)

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2. History Laughs: The First Tailgate & Civil War Spectators (04:17 – 05:49)

• First Tailgate: Attributed to spectators at the Civil War’s Battle of Bull Run, who set up picnics to watch the fighting—a macabre precursor to football cookouts.
  • “Putting out that camping chair... Kind of want to watch this.” – Holmberg (05:18)
  • Subtopic: Gettysburg had its own spectator crowd, who soon regretted it.

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3. Odd News Briefs: Drunk Driving Simulators Gone Wrong & Uber Malice

Drunk Driving Golf Cart Mishap (05:58 – 07:11)

• Jersey Shore police ran a low-speed golf cart to simulate impaired driving—but this year a minor crashed, injuring five.
  • “Mission accomplished.” – Holmberg (05:58)
  • Discussion on whether letting minors drive these is wise: “You’re gonna encourage drunk driving if you give them a tool to train on.” (07:11)

Uber Driver Throws Brick After Poor Rating (10:36 – 11:49)

• A teen gives an Uber driver a one-star review; the next day the driver retaliates by throwing a brick at the house.
  • Reflection: “This unstable person, who may be having some financial difficulties, knows where you live. Don't do one star.” – Holmberg (11:14)
  • Rule: “Uber drivers don’t get anything less than a three, and that’s if they try to kill you.” (11:22)

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4. Archaeology Absurdities: Pyramids’ Employee Absence Tablet (07:28 – 10:11)

• Archaeologists find a 3,200-year-old Egyptian “attendance sheet,” with slave workers giving excuses to miss pyramid duty—one was “stung in the eye by a scorpion;” another, “making beer.”
  • “They were slaves. Who’s keeping track?” – Holmberg (07:41)
  • Jokes about ancient “excuse sheets” carved in stone and Flintstones’ style office life.

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5. Science News – Sizzling Stories and Weird Wonders (11:49 – 28:16)

Coffee, AI, and “Super Wood” (12:32 – 14:36)

• Four+ cups of coffee or two energy drinks may damage your heart.
• ChatGPT and AI “don’t pose a serious threat to society yet” (Brady):
  • “That was written by ChatGPT. Everyone calm down. That’s what the alien always says in the movie. We come in peace, and then they blow you to bits.” – Holmberg (13:03)
• “Super wood” developed to store more carbon for greener building—sparks juvenile puns and confusion about artificial vs. natural wood.

Stonehenge Origins & Pyramids by Water Theory (16:34 – 17:11)

• Stonehenge’s sarsens traveled 500 miles.
• New pyramid theory: stones floated via internal canals, not just rolled on logs.
  • “The aliens... ghosted our ass.” – Holmberg (17:11)

Super Roaches & Evolution in the Microwave (17:24 – 22:44)

• Cockroaches are evolving immunity to sprays.
  • “They got used to... clean itself out, and now these little guys are living through the microwaves, which means they’ve adapted, changed, and grown stronger...” – Holmberg (22:54)
• Microwaves contain “extremophile” bacteria that withstand radiation (“Darwinian microwave bug”).
  • Segment ends with a riff on evolution and “super gonorrhea.”

Black Ring in the Sky & Meteor Showers (12:03, 18:02 – 19:22)

• Residents of Virginia see a mysterious black smoke ring; no explanation is found.
  • “Are there no more Sherlock Holmes in the world? This smoke ring comes from some type of fire. I will look no further into this. It’s just magic.” – Holmberg (28:17)
• Perseid meteor shower this weekend: the guys joke about holding hands under the stars.

Mayonnaise and Nuclear Fusion (19:22 – 20:31)

• New science: mayonnaise behaves like plasma; could help model nuclear fusion.
  • “Looks like we’re out of plasma.” – Holmberg (20:13)
  • The hosts mock the “mayonnaise-fueled” nuclear future.

Earth’s Continents, Moon Hover Trains & Dyson Spheres (20:48 – 25:28)

• Earth may have six continents due to plate tectonics.
• NASA proposal: build a hover train on the Moon—filed under “the ramblings of a madman.”
  • “[NASA] gave him a nice long coat.” – Holmberg (24:07)
• Nearby stars may be surrounded by alien-engineered “Dyson spheres.”

New Tech and Medical Breakthroughs (25:28 – 28:16)

• Apple’s new eye-tracking for accessibility.
• Gene editing may someday cure herpes.
  • “If somebody next to you just went YES... Start pointing and laughing at him.” – Holmberg (25:50)
• Swiss scientists invent a gut-coating gel to prevent drunkenness.
  • “So you don’t get Dr. So you could, like, you get plastered and it’s the drunk Narcan. You rub it on your belly and you can drive.” – Holmberg (27:17)
  • Brady clarifies it’s ingested, not topical: “Like Pepto Bismol. Oh, okay. So it’s a shellac for your gut.” (27:31)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “What a dumb thing our ancestors used to do. Just drag animals into new ecosystems and say, ‘This can’t hurt.’” – Holmberg, on the Vancouver squirrel saga (05:50)
• “Uber drivers don’t get anything less than a three, and that’s if they try to kill you.” – Holmberg (11:22)
• “They got used to... clean itself out, and now these little guys are living through the microwaves, which means they’ve adapted, changed, and grown stronger than the microwaves.” – Holmberg on bacteria evolution (22:54)
• “The aliens... ghosted our ass.” – Holmberg, regarding lost pyramid/alien contact theories (17:11)
• “Looks like we’re out of plasma.” – Holmberg, riffing on mayonnaise-fusion (20:13)
• “If somebody next to you just went YES... Start pointing and laughing at him.” – Holmberg, on herpes cure hope (25:50)
• “Are there no more Sherlock Holmes in the world? ... It’s just magic is what I say.” – Holmberg, on the unexplained Virginia smoke ring (28:17)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 02:54 – 03:56: Vancouver's Stanley Park & invasive squirrel history
• 04:17 – 05:49: Civil War “tailgate” history
• 05:58 – 07:11: Jersey Shore drunk driving simulator disaster
• 07:28 – 10:11: Ancient Egyptian attendance “tablet” & pyramid worker excuses
• 10:36 – 11:49: Uber driver throws brick after one-star review
• 12:32 – 14:36: Science news – coffee, AI, and super wood
• 17:24 – 19:22: Cockroach “super bugs” & black smoke ring mystery
• 19:22 – 20:31: Mayonnaise and nuclear fusion
• 20:48 – 25:28: Six continents theory, lunar hover trains, Dyson spheres, and Apple accessibility
• 25:28 – 28:16: Herpes gene editing and alcohol-preventing stomach gel

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

The show balances zany, irreverent humor with genuine curiosity about obscure facts and scientific advancements. The conversational style is peppered with sarcasm, nostalgia, and clever skepticism, offering both laughs and a sideways look at the news you never thought you wanted.

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Transcript

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[B]

Good Friday morning to you, Phoenix. Hello, world. We've made it. Hi, Happy world listening day and perfect family day.

[A]

You're not a CEO. Somebody tried to make perfect families.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Now she just puts posters in her sales department. We tried so hard to have the perfect family. Little blonde boys, blue eyes. Little blonde girls with blue eyes. Selling, selling.

[B]

Couple of basis fun facts. Vancouver Stanley park is 10% larger than Central park in New York City. Wow. Got a lot of Vancouver news this week.

[A]

Did you say 10 times?

[B]

10 times larger? 10% larger. Sorry.

[A]

Oh, I was gonna say 10 times 10 times Central Park.

[B]

10% larger.

[A]

How much of Vancouver is missing Has.

[B]

A thriving gray squirrel population?

[A]

All of Canada does.

[B]

All of the gray squirrels found there are descendants of eight pairs of gray squirrels that Vancouver got as a gift from New York City. Central park in 1909.

[A]

They gave them squirrels.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

To put in their park.

[B]

The gray squirrels. Yeah.

[A]

That is the most ignorant thing that we've ever done here. You guys don't have any of these. This can't hurt anything. Hey, thanks a lot, eh? We're gonna really. Hopefully these squirrels thrive. We don't know if they live in this kind of temperate. We don't know what the. What. What are they.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

What do they eat? They'll figure it out. Don't worry about it. They're squirrels. They live outside. We have them all over.

[B]

The first tailgate on record happened in 1861. For they're giving the credit to the people that traveled to watch the battle of the of Bull Run in the Civil War. They had picnics set up, I was sure in history class. One of my history Teachers.

[A]

When that went on, you had a.

[B]

Class back in the day. It was just a couple years after that tailgate.

[A]

I was in history class when Bull run happened, as the pregnant paws made that happen.

[B]

But my teacher was talking about that, said they traveled out there and thought.

[A]

This is gonna be great was Gettysburg.

[B]

And then when they started seeing the. The lead and skulls and stuff.

[A]

Gettysburg had a crowd.

[B]

Yakko Rama.

[A]

Yeah, Gettysburg had a crowd that showed up knowing that there'd be a battle there. And then people brought their families to see what was going on and it was just a bloodbath that they had to run from. We've had plenty of wars where people's, you know, I mean, think about that. We still do it. Car crash, you slow down and look. I mean, imagine if they're like, hey, there's going to be a war, fight, skirmish.

[B]

Putting out that camping chair.

[A]

Wait a second. I kind of want to watch this. You might get on your roof and take a look. Technically, tailgate, I'm not going to get a cooler full of beer in like pre. Pre game, but maybe. By the way, congratulations to Miami. Eh, We've got a park up here in Vancouver. I understand you're opening up one down in Miami. I wanted to give you a polar bear for that. We got these all over too. Grizz Polars. Hopefully it does well and thrives in your park like it does in ours. Eh?

[B]

I think you really enjoy them.

[A]

They're stupid. What a dumb thing our ancestors used to do. Just drag animals into new ecosystems and say, this can't hurt.

[B]

Police on the Jersey Shore have been running a ride at this event that they hold every year for the past 20 years. It features a low speed golf cart that's rigged up to simulate the experience of a drunk driver. You're not in it alone. A cop rides with you on it. But things somehow went awry this week when the cart was being driven by a miner. It veered off the course, crashed into a crowd of people, striking four adults and a kid. Mission accomplished. Firefighters were already on the scene. They immediately began to treat the injured persons. Five people were taken to the hospital. Three have since been released. The condition on the other two are unknown. The police issued a statement and said they were sending their sincere thoughts and prayers to those injured.

[A]

How's that working?

[B]

The accident is under investigation. It's unclear if alcohol was involved.

[A]

To get drunk and drive the drunk driving car and aren't like 16 year olds are minor.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I mean it's. Miners are driving the thing all the time from.

[B]

Yeah, I don't think that would be uncommon.

[A]

For the right to teach.

[B]

That's when you want them to know this is hard.

[A]

You have to be an expert. Practice, actually, what that is is just, you got to get good at this here. I've rigged up this car to make it. You're gonna. And then the more you drive it, you're like, I've got this. You're gonna encourage drunk driving if you give them a tool to train on.

[B]

Archaeologists found a 3,200-year-old Egyptian tablet that shows attendance and work absences on it when they're working on the pyramids. It was on limestone. It was a slab of limestone.

[A]

This is made up black and red ink. They were slaves. Who's keeping track?

[B]

This ancient Egyptian tablet displayed at the British Museum. IPads.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Was a work supervisor's attendance sheet. And a couple of the excuses are pretty good why they're not working to attend.

[A]

They were slaves.

[B]

No, they. They have unearthed archaeology as well. So it wasn't all slaves working on the.

[A]

A lot of slaves.

[B]

I don't know if you had choices back then.

[A]

Yeah, I knew you were working on the pyramids.

[B]

Well, evidently, the ones that did. One got stung in the eye by a scorpion. Couldn't go work today. The other wore. That's a valid.

[A]

Even if you're a slave. I think even your slave owner's like, yeah, that guy's not going to make it today. He's kind of useless out there on the old pyramids. It wasn't a union job back in the day. I mean, you know, you better getting stung in the eye by something. Well, funnily enough. And he had to show up.

[B]

You couldn't call in an employee named Panebuild? Couldn't make it in because his mother was ill. One person said, I'm not making into work today because I'm making beer. People who believe beer was big.

[A]

People who believe in the Bible call that time. The employees of the pyramid every Friday got paid. The pyramid employees, not the incredible slavery that was going on. You got some cot. This plantation here, we used to have thousands of employees, if you know what I mean. Plus, they'd have an. I have my sheet of excuses. This here was my buck. He broke his leg and I missed a day. And then we patched him up and got him right back out into the field. He was employed to work.

[B]

Excuse me. What is that, Django?

[A]

Excuse me. You have an excuse. Your mother's sick. Oh, you know what we're gonna do Kill your mother if you don't go to work. Hurry up. You think she's sick now?

[B]

Can't come in today because I had to embalm my mother. Yeah, but that's that one.

[A]

The guy who got stung in the eye had to actually go in and go, hey, I'm not gonna be very helpful today. You want to put that on your giant stone tablet?

[B]

No, he called him on the phone, said, I'm not making.

[A]

Yeah, how much money did they waste on the stone tablets? If it was day to day attendant sheets. Oh, my God, you're not a racer.

[B]

I'm gonna need you to kind of cut off a couple more sheets.

[A]

This is garbage.

[B]

Yeah, and delivering it to him. Boss, here's the rundown.

[A]

There's a dude over in Egypt right now laughing his ass off and goes, they think it's real.

[B]

This is the basis of every Flintstones.

[A]

By the way, I need another chunk of stone for an attendance.

[B]

What was the Bedrock's boss's name? Mr. Slater.

[A]

No, Mr. Slate. Wasn't it Slate? It was just Slate. It was just Slate Flintstone. And then he'd have his stupid. You'd carve out a thing. And then I'm like, where's the filing cabinet for all this big thick rocks that they would chunk out notes on? I'm like, man, what a waste.

[B]

An Uber driver in Chicago threw a brick at someone's house after they got a one star review. 17 year old kid ordered an Uber take him to the mall on Friday. He says the driver seemed agitated, drove erratically, took a longer route necessary. Here's where it's gonna start. The kid told him, take the highway. But instead the guy took the surface roads. He gave the guy a one star review and it got dropped off. And that was the end of it until the next day when the driver showed back up at his house, chucked a brick out. Yep.

[A]

You got to remember, this unstable person who may be having some financial difficulties, knows where you live.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Don't do one star. It's like giving a one star review before your food shows up at a restaurant. They know where you live. Uber drivers don't get anything less than a three, and that's if they try to kill you. I've been in. Three is crushing. The dude would have to turn and put a gun to my head for me to give him anything less than a three. Like, nope, you're still. You're still getting me from A to B. And you know where I live. I'm not pissing you off.

[B]

And now it's time for some science news.

[A]

Because you're dicking around, trying to be part of everything, not doing your job. Focus man. You're right. Asking all these questions about something that happened 10 minutes ago.

[B]

We'll get to the the mysterious black ring that appeared in the sky. Hear about this?

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No.

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It appeared in the sky in Virginia on Tuesday. Some people flipped out. They almost surely they saw a giant smoke ring. But some thought it was a UFO.

[A]

Are you gonna do the music?

[B]

Is this it?

[A]

UFOs and bass and stuff. I figured that. Isn't that science? Just hit the button.

[B]

Oh, hello my friends.

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Turned all the way there.

[B]

Professor Brady Bogan here with your science news. A study found that more than four cups of coffee or two energy drinks a day could cause heart damage.

[A]

Whatever. We're living to be 90. We got to find some way to cut this off.

[B]

In AI news. A study in England found things like Chat GPT don't actually pose a serious threat to society yet. So we should all chill out and stop worrying about it.

[A]

That's what CHAT GPT would tell you.

[C]

I know.

[A]

That was written by Chat GPT. Everyone calm down. We're friends. That's what the alien always says in the movie. We come in peace and then they blow you to bits.

[B]

Scientists developed a new way of producing super wood. With Semen X? No. It's basically the super wood. It stores more carbon and reduces emissions.

[A]

Like actual wood products?

[B]

Yeah. So climate. Wood burn. Burn cleaner. Yeah, climate.

[A]

So it's artificial wood?

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Are you sure?

[B]

No.

[A]

Why? Answer. We've gone over this. Why?

[B]

I can't help myself.

[A]

You can't. You really can't. Can I see the story? I have curiosity. It's called curiosity. I'd tell you to look it up but you're not curious enough. So. Oh, it's just a one off. He's putting stars. These little headlines.

[B]

I should say that they're just headlight. But it has a link in there, doesn't it?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Climate and science has developed a new way of producing superwood that stores more carbon. But it's not okay. And I'm glad you didn't do this because in parentheses the little sheet says, careful, I've got super wood in my pants. But they're not taking.

[B]

You can tune up the dial for that.

[A]

They're not taking nothing. Like they do melamine. They do that fake melamine wood and take pulp and make wood out of it. You don't know.

[B]

For a minute I thought you were talking sleep. I'M just hoping it's a better Duraflame that they produced a more quality heat burns longer. You're looking for smoke products? No, Duraflame doesn't smoke. Oh.

[A]

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[C]

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[A]

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[B]

A study found that the 6 ton ultra stone at Stonehenge likely came from 500 miles away.

[A]

That whole thing is if you don't look at Stonehenge and wonder how did this happen, you're just, you have no curiosity in your body. All the stones are from somewhere else and when you consider when it got put together, they didn't have any any ability to Roll those things outside of on other stones and they'd roll at 8 or 9ft.

[B]

See the new theory on logs about the pyramids?

[A]

Crazy.

[B]

They think they moved those stones of the water. Yeah. They filled it from the inside.

[A]

Like it. We'll never know. The aliens will never come back and tell us. We pissed them off and they ghosted. They ghosted our ass. There's. We're never going to hear from them again.

[B]

A study found that bug sprays meant to deter cockroaches don't work well anymore. And now the term super roaches is being tossed around. It's happened a few times with cockroaches.

[A]

What do you mean?

[B]

Get impervious to the raid sprays.

[A]

Strengthen the raid. Had a dead little cockroach under my coffee table the other day. Just looked down and there he was. And he's just. I don't know. I like how they roll over. That's it. I'm done. Get on their backs. Like the guy will clean me up.

[B]

So back to the black smoke ring. There you go. In Virginia. Because people were causing traffic accidents.

[A]

What's the black thing?

[B]

Someone thought it was an ominous SOS signal.

[A]

I always thought a black smoke ring was just menthol. Just making the. I didn't know.

[B]

Cool. Just made black smoking news outlet tried to investigate but as far as we know they haven't figured out what caused it. But some theories been thrown out that it could have been a truck. A diesel truck exhaust. And the ring. It's big. It must have kept expanding on its way up and stayed together. There are also some videos demonstrating the science of it which is not unlike you blow a smoke ring from a pipe and get it that big. But they're. They're saying something else could have blown up and caused.

[A]

They don't know where the smoke came from.

[B]

It just happened. It could have been from a power transformer.

[A]

Maybe they should know. Is there anything in the area that's blowed up?

[B]

No one's come up with anything.

[A]

Problem I'm having.

[B]

The annual Perseid meteor shower is happening this weekend.

[A]

Always in August.

[B]

So look out for some shooting stars.

[A]

Oh we'll be up north. We'll hold hands.

[B]

Can't wait.

[A]

We're in the woods together. Probably not going to do that of us holding hands or the meteor shower.

[B]

In physics the secret ingredient for nuclear fusion and limitless energy might be in mayonnaise. It behaves like plasma under certain conditions. And it's a lot easier to work with. Scientists are using it as a Stand in to better understand the precise physics of plasma. Well, we're soon gonna have a nuclear expert on the show then.

[A]

He is about to start his quantum physics run with the people of Helman's.

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Or do you like.

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Are you.

[B]

Bring out the best, baby. Bring out the helmet.

[A]

Maybe if you put it on another sandwich, I'd understand it because the first one has scientifically disappeared.

[B]

Looks like we're out of plasma.

[A]

Hey, we're out of this place. Some sort of weird phenomenon going on where the plasma just keeps disappearing into my belly. I do believe I have more plasma. Test me.

[B]

Keep it coming.

[A]

Keep coming. I wonder if I just have a steady stream of it, if it would show up in my blood like asparagus. Does your pee smell? I'm your. I'm half plasma. You want some mayonnaise? Science, I'm your huckleberry. Pour it in.

[B]

In geology, a controversial study found Earth might only have six continents, not seven.

[A]

It claims we lost one.

[B]

Nope. It claims that the tectonic plates under North America and Europe haven't fully broken apart yet.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

So we still might be considered one supercontinent.

[A]

We're still part of Europe. Ew.

[B]

That's the theory.

[A]

All right, well, let's get some Mexicans down there and start sawing that thing in half. I don't want to be part of this. I want my own. Canada can be European, but not us.

[B]

In kitchen science, a study found that microwaves have their own micro biome. They zap and kill normal bacteria, but they're loaded with extremophiles, or bacteria that can survive and thrive in harsh environments.

[A]

Oh, so they got stuff that cleans up the mic.

[B]

That's why you clean out your. Yeah, but they created these. Like the creatures that can live in volcano vents.

[A]

They've learned to survive, so over time they've adapted.

[B]

Bacteria can. Yeah. Survive. The microwave.

[A]

Darwinian microwave bug.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That has said. Used to be murdered by the microwaves and now has become stronger.

[B]

As long as it makes that hot pocket taste better.

[A]

Well, I don't care about that. I'm just saying, you realize you just. You just told us about evolution.

[B]

Irradiate. My.

[A]

Yeah, they're mutant, but it's.

[B]

Or maybe that's the first time they've tested. Never know there. There's always bacteria that survives after the fact.

[A]

So why would they tell us about. If it was the first time, they'd be like, hey, we just found this. They just said that they've adapted.

[B]

One scientist.

[A]

See when I brought. You see what I did there.

[B]

I wonder if I. Does anything live in there after that?

[A]

You took your story and I said, you know, you just said, that's. That's evolution. And now you're defending that. It's just that it never happened.

[B]

They've always been around.

[A]

You think they've always been around?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You don't think anything that they did not science man has discovered it. Well, yeah, but science is wrong. They used to die, and now they're saying, wow, these things now survive.

[B]

It could live in a microwave.

[A]

They got used to. Used to clean itself out. And now these little guys are living through the microwaves, which means they've adapted, changed, and grown stronger than the microwaves. Like the gonorrhea. Gonorrhea now is not super gonorrhea. Well, that's right. They call it super gonorrhea because it's adapted, it's changed. It's fights off the stuff. The stronger ones have survived and now super gone. There's like a medicine. Like it's not for me. You have microwave evolution. Oh, chaos. Microwave evolution. And now he doesn't like that. He said it.

[B]

NASA wants to build a hover train on the moon. This guy NASA, he's like, I'm gonna lay down some magnetic tracks and build this hover train that'll just go from station to. It'll build little shops they'll go by. Or science.

[A]

Hold on. Science news is the ramblings of a madman.

[B]

I think he spitball.

[A]

We haven't even gone to the moon.

[B]

This guy has put a proposal together to NASA and NASA says.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Let's. We want to look into it. There's a long code for you until they get the. Until they get the number to build it.

[A]

Gave him a nice long coat. So why don't you put this on and put your hand. There you go. You're gonna stay in a room for a little while that's really, really comfy.

[B]

Or is this our listener from Maricopa?

[A]

Yeah, the guy that wants the train that's underground that follows the dolphin. We said the same thing to him. Okay, nut bag, move along. Hopped up on goofballs.

[B]

Well, put your proposal together. Let's see some numbers.

[A]

Yeah. And he did it. And it looks good from our perspective. If we ever have people up there, we'll have trains and buildings. So we got a plan to build a train on the moon, right? I'm curious. Go ahead.

[B]

In alien news, a study found at least seven nearby stars could be surrounded by Dyson Spear spheres, vacuums they. They're the theoretical megastructures. An advanced civilization would build around their star to harness its energy. The seven stars behave oddly. But there are also other explanations that might be more likely. Sounds like a Marvel movie waiting to happen. In AI news. People think ChatGPT's sexy new voice sounds like Scarlett Johansson's AI character in the movie Her.

[A]

Yeah. They're in sixth place in the ratings. ChatGPT. That's pretty good for a automated show like that.

[B]

Apple is adding an eye tracking feature that lets people with disabilities control their phone or their iPad with just their eyes. Sorry. Sean.

[A]

Oh. Why do you take a swing at our blind? It's true.

[B]

And new gene editing breakthrough might eventually cure herpes.

[A]

Hey. If somebody next to you just went. Yes.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

If the guy here. If the roofer next to you just got real happy. Start pointing and laughing at him.

[B]

He couldn't help it.

[A]

Hey, shut up. Guys win. Brady win. I'm asking for a friend.

[B]

No timeline.

[A]

If a girl in your cubicle just threw her arms in the air. Yes. I can finally get rid of Greg and date a regular guy. I've really settled.

[B]

They're saying right now they've got. It's looking pretty good as far as taking care of the outbreaks. The blisters and.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That comes from the herpes flare up.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. We know.

[B]

Enough.

[A]

Weeping sores on genitals.

[B]

Yuck.

[A]

I'm eating breakfast.

[B]

Finally. Researchers in Switzerland. Switzerland. Have come up with a gel that coats your stomach and prevents you from getting drunk. Wait a minute. They think it might be Also be able to sober people up.

[A]

Ladies. Let me just put this gel on your guts. You'll be fine for the whole night.

[B]

Ace Ventura where he drinks a bottle of olive oil to do that same thing.

[A]

It's a belly gel and you can't get drunk.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It's got to be great for your liver.

[B]

Coat your stomach.

[A]

You just pour more and more alcohol in and nothing happens. It's a counter. We're going to need Narcan for the. This. Eventually somebody's gonna. This is a. This is.

[B]

The gel wore off.

[A]

Are you? So you don't get Dr. So you could like you get plastered and it's the drunk Narcan. You rub it on your belly and you can drive.

[B]

I think you have to ingest it. For those true alcoholics who really like the taste. Katie. KB Will be trying to coat your stomach and prevents you from getting drunk.

[A]

Oh, I thought you meant you rubbed it on like Vicks. Coat your stomach. After you drink it. Like Pepto Bismol. Oh, okay. So it's a shellac for your gut.

[B]

Line, so it prevents the alcohol to.

[A]

It can't get in your bloodstream. At least until it wears off. Then what? Then you just have diarrhea for days.

[B]

They're working on that.

[A]

This is. This can't be good. This can't be good to do to your stomach. This is like Ozempic. It's like. Yeah, you'll lose weight, you'll see what happens after, who knows? Brady, Joe wants you to send him the link for the herpes cure, so.

[B]

Oh, there you go. Okay.

[A]

He's. He's waiting on that. Asking for a friend. Yeah, if you guys could do me a solid, I got a couple friends that have that problem. I'm not. Not me, but if you could put that up on your website with like pointing arrows at it and stuff, I think a lot of people could benefit.

[B]

That's your science news.

[A]

Are there no more Sherlock Holmes in the world? This smoke ring comes from some type of fire. I will look no further into this. It's just magic is what I say. He's gonna be an idiot not to sit back and say, where did that come from? Did something just recently blow up and then backtrack? Okay, this blew up. That could be where the smoke ring came from. And you move forward with your hypothesis. But no, you and your. You and your following through. Stupid. And I'm the guy who didn't want to go to science class because I'd rather watch a horse get. Man, that girl horse standing in that pen. A homemade boxed in pen, and she's just standing there. When they brought that boy out, the two of them went nuts. Knowing that they were just. It would be like when. If, like Larry has a date that goes well, they'd acted the exact same way. And like, jumping around, that horse got hard. Immediately horrifying. I wish I had one of those 80s handicams. I'd show that at every gathering at my house. This happened to me in eighth grade. Who's the guy in the dress? That's Father Dale. He went to all this stuff. It's not weird.

[B]

It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fee.

[A]

I have heard enough of this. Hey, Byron. I was [e-mail]'s website. You have everything. And the prices are incredible.

[C]

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[A]

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[A]

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