71: No Such Thing [December 27, 2013]

Heron starts the show talking about backing up options. They fly into 2013 trends in review. Does the NSA know who Heron and Tom are? Can Christmas be written off as a social, capitalist or religious festival? Heron and Tom don't really understand the weather. Can our listeners help? Tom likes number theory and multi-dimensional calculus. Heron likes algebra and geometry. Heron explores how we move from programming languages to English. They explore the utilization of English. Tom opines on the end of year tradition. Heron raps on Glenn Gould. How about that AK47 and the man who made it. Tom prompts Heron to talk about dog ownership and Tom reflects on rich-people dogs. Heron goes with a standard dismissive line on art. Tom attempts to explore this. He fails dismally. Just when the show looks like it is wrapping up, Tom raises the success of Jeri Ellsworth as the blueprint of community creation to Kickstarter. Tom explores why there are fast food outlets in major cities in the US. Tom concludes the lights-out nature of death.