Stupid/Not Stupid

In our annual Halloween episode we finally put Halloween itself under the microscope, putting an end to the ongoing constitutional crisis...should Halloween be a national holiday?

On the day of South Korea's first ever state elections--March. 26 1991--5 boys go missing, leading to perhaps the strangest (stupidest) series of events in the history of missing persons cases.

2001: A Space Odyssey warned us not to, but in October 2024 we are going there anyway. Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa, and how stupid an idea is it to go looking for it?

Is our entire reality just the sandbox of a flying spaghetti monster? Where did it all come from? And if it came from there, where did that come from? A lot of stupid questions that need answering.

Did Luke follow in his father's prosthetic foot steps and give in to the temptations of the dark side? I guess sometimes there's just no coming back from kissing your sister...

I guess it sounds like we're back? What a stupid idea.

Is the greatest comedy of our generation also the greatest "who done it" of our generation? When the Court of Public Opinion wont do, all you can do is ask: Stupid/Not Stupid? 

Dr. Tyler, the shows wealthiest fan, returns to the podcast to debate the need to finally cap his outrageous earnings for the good of all humankind.  

Never murder if you can help it, but if you must murder, then don't get caught. Happy Halloween!

In 1977 NASA sent a time capsule out into the cosmos that has since left our solar system and is traveling at 61,500 km/h through the vastness of space. That record contains a summary of our entire species...and a map to Earth. One of the coolest things ever done? Sure. Perhaps also one of the stupidest...

World famous philosophical thought leader Dr. Dandashi joins the show to make the point that there is no point, and everything we do is in furtherance of our own self interest. 

Let's dig a hole! With some earth shattering insights, the guys answer the question, are we too stupid to dig to the center of the Earth? 

Having wiffed on the entire point of the podcast by not putting an episode out on May 4th, we reconvene to determine once and for all...we're the Empire the Good Guys? 

From Vikings to Napster, have pirates made the world a better place? Also, just to prove a point, we turn Dr. Tyler's mic down to pirated level quality for the last 10 minutes. 

Yuba County, 1978...5 "boys" head out to watch a college basketball game and are never seen alive again. Are the stupidest theories surrounding their fate actually the most plausible? 

There are lots of ways that WW3 could kick off, some less stupid than others...

Is the most titanic thing about the Titanic disaster the lies that we've been told? And just how contiguous is the James Cameron multi-verse? 

With the Superbowl now behind us, its not time to reevaluate what we've learned over the past season of various sports, and consider some stupid rule changes that will both improve the game, and drastically up the entertainment value.  

This week we open up with some bonus content, a review of Matrix Resurrections, before determining if our entire stupid reality is in-fact a simulation. Oh, and Dr. TJ is back. 

1km sized objects strike the Earth on average every 500,000 years, and we are WAY overdue. If we detected one headed for Earth today could we do anything about it, or would we just refuse to look up? 

The Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years, but humans have only called it home for 300,000 years, a period of time so brief that if we disappeared today it's unlikely that future species would ever know that we were here. So is it stupid to assume that there were civilizations that came before us? 

Stores across the street from each other, no foot traffic, low demand...how is Mattress Firm a viable business? And are the most insane explanations the least stupid?  

Forget gerrymandering, let's reset the entire map! Could many of the United States' most stupid problems be solved by simply resetting the map? And what are the least stupid ways that we could do it? 

In 1884 the case of "The Crown v. Dudley and Stephens," set the modern standard for how we view cannibalism as a society. As an expert on English caselaw, the infamous Rag Reynolds returns to the show to debate the finer points of the crossover between morality and necessity, and help us decide if there are any less stupid ways that we could utilize one of our most renewable resources...the dead. 

There has been a lot of talk on the show about the various types of future overloads that are likely to enslave humanity in the future, but what about the overlords that are already here? The guys pull out a magnifying glass to superheat the argument--Stupid/Not Stupid, Ants rule the world? 

On a topic that Jason clearly knows nothing about, the team breaks down what it would take to land humans on Mars in our lifetimes, and if all the hype is stupid, or not stupid? 

Somehow we made it to a second Halloween. This year we decide if ghosts are stupid or not, and what science has to say about it. 

9 went in, none came out...alive. Matt and Jason journey into the snowy crags of Dyatlov Pass to search for clues as to the fate of the ill-fated expedition. Especially stupid clues. 

World renowned Tolkienoligest Dr. Aaron joins the crew to debate the finer points of one of literature's most contested plot holes...why didn't the hobbits just hop an eagle to Mordor and eliminate approximately 9,576 pages of walking?

When Yuri Gagarin first went to space, was he boldly going where others had gone before? When Valentina Tereshkova broke the glass celestial ceiling had it already been cracked by a tragic earlier flight? The evidence might not be as stupid as you think.

The guys interview dark web personality "Dr. Tater Tots," who under the influence of the contents of his fabled Tiki Chalice divulges the secrets of the Illuminati.

Is it possible to live forever? Not as stupid a question as you might think. Living forever? Way more stupid than you might realize.

Recorded on the 4th of July, are those fireworks in the background? Or the opening salvos in the amphibious assault that we never saw coming?

Special May the 4th be with you edition! On the one year anniversary of podcast the guys show down over whether or not the infamous Jar-Jar Binks was the worst plot device of all time....or the Keyser Soze of the Star Wars Universe?

Fan favorite "Dr. Andrew" returns to the show to take a break from bigfoot and mermaid hunting and explain to us all why Batman is actually the bad guy.

Rarely does "intelligence" make an appearance on the show, but this week the guys enlist an alleged PhD. expert to figure out when and how the robots are going to kill us all.

We're back, crashing into 2021 like a Cretaceous meteor. Sure, this podcast might wipe out a few species here and there, but is caring about those losers stupid...or not stupid?

Fire up your flux capacitor and speed up to the requisite speed to determine if time travel is stupid -- or not stupid. This episode is so good that future self-aware podcasts will have to travel back in time to destroy it.

Through speculation, counterfactuals, and the dedicated support of a real-life not at all pretend historian the team solves once and for all the case of the missing Earhart (and whoever that other guy with her was).

*Technical Difficulties on this Episode*Much like the recent election, this episode in plagued with technical difficulties. If you can actually listen to the whole thing then you are a lot less stupid than we thought.

Like true renaissance men, Jason and Matt review the classics...or rather, movie monsters that were ripped off from actual good ideas in classic novels. Obviously this episode is scary good.

In Matt and Jason's lifelong pursuit of verifying every Jeff Goldblum quote of all time, we trek through the Solar System to see if "life finds a way," and how stupid it might be.

The last think you'll want to deal with mid-apocalypse is not having a working scientific understanding of how screwed you are at that exact moment. Those that listen to this weeks episode still need to fear the end of the world, but will no longer have to fear feeling stupid in the middle of it.

Jason and Matt both agree that Octopuses are not to be trusted, but could they actually be the vanguard of an alien invasion? The guys dig into peer-reviewed research that makes the case that our cephlopods are of extraterrestrial origin.

Should you listen to this episode? Is it up to you? Is there any other possible outcome beyond your decision to click the play button? Stupid/Not Stupid Super Fan "TJ" joins Matt and Jason to explain why our existence is totally futile.

In the latest "They're Stupid Edition" Jason and Matt welcome a former Capitol Hill staffer and professional Congressional schmozzer to tell us if all the Change.org petitions that Jason has been working on for most of his adult life are stupid...or not stupid.

Feeling disenchanted with your current nation of residence? Been exiled from or denied entry to your nation of choice? Micronations might be the answer that you're looking for.

Like a zombie, Jason's arguments won't seem to die, and they all stink. This episode is required listening for anyone wishing to join our squad once the dead rise.

Matt and Jason are joined by the (in?)famous Rag Reynolds to explore the stupidity, or lack thereof, of one of the biggest hoaxes in history...the continent of Australia.

Is this episode stupid or not stupid? Listen, then vote and let us know...just keep in mind, some votes are more equal than others.