PODCAST · comedy
Worrying Bugs
by Certus Stone & Zak Sharp
Zak Sharp and Certus Stone host a podcast that is generally about our lives, but we promise it's more interesting than that. We might talk about milk politics, philosophy, technology, college life, everything you could possibly want to know about whatever we find interesting this week, and more. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes we talk about ourselves too much, and sometimes we get carried away.
Episodes
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Generationally Archived Streams
Zak and Liz discuss the Dairy-Free lifestyle, Liz’s fear of loosing data, and what Big-Milk is doing to market to Gen-Z. Recorded on July 3, 2022 Dairy-Free Mac & Cheese – Daiya Wicked Kitchen Daiya Slices Original Creole Seasoning – Tony Chachere’s Media Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott...
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Queerly Journaled Project
Zak and Liz try out other pharmacies, discuss the best gay chatbot that 2022 can offer, and check-in about yearly themes. Recorded on Jun 18, 2022 Containers MicroK8s Trevor Project Walgreens Rainbow Logo (as of June 2023) – Facebook What does “Queer” mean? – them magazine One neurodivergent...
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Fulfillingly Phony Pharmacy
Zak and Liz talk about Zak’s Year of Being a Better Friend, how he plans to be the latest-greatest Zak next year, and why Liz is NOT friends with Walgreens. Recorded on Jun 12, 2022 Zak’s New Theme Your Theme – CGP Grey on YouTube Big Friendship Call Your Girlfriend Walgreens Pharmacy Woes...
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Rockily Competitive Messaging
Zak and Liz want the aliens to kiss, the milks to duke it out for glory, and the error messages to say what they mean. Recorded on May 8, 2022 GMO Free Chicken – Sentient Media Project Hail Mary Andy Weir The Martian Artemis Randomize The Frontiers Saga The Silmarillion Dwarf Fortress – Wikipedia...
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Freely Shared Maps
Zak and Liz talk about mapping tools and displays of geograpic data. They also talk about the “gay pirate show”. Something for everyone this episode. Recorded on April 24, 2022 More Maps Manifesto Zak’s Tweet about Black Restaurant Week – Twitter What is GIS? – Esri Milwaukee Spec Hydrants Edward...
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Measurably Proximal Signals
Zak and Liz talk about weighing a W boson (with “bonus content” for those who participated in the Worrying Bugs Book Club). Liz’s new old has bluetooth audio… if you’re willing to work for it. The 2016 Macbook Pro only has USB-C ports and drivers are a nightmare. Recorded on April 10, 2022 Newly...
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Poorly Publicized Snotworm
Zak and Liz talk about Liz just wanting the all the levels of software to get along and Zak’s recent travel experience. Recorded on April 3, 2022 Whale Fall – Wikipedia I Contain Multitudes – Harper Collins Chemosynthesis vs Photosynthesis – NOAA Osedax mucofloris – Wikipedia The Universe is…
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Fairly Stressed Bugs
Zak and Liz are taking the fortnight off.
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Independently Corny Decisions
Zak and Liz talk about E15 gasoline; it’s like E10 gasoline, but 5 more. Zak tells us what he has found out about the Home Front Energy Independence Act. There is a billion dollars on the line to accomplish 4 things (and the 4th thing is “Other”). Recorded on March 12, 2022 Home Front Energy...
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Manifestly Tertiary Web
Zak and Liz talk about what Liz’s vision of a better Internet looks like. She’s got some radical ideas like “don’t make your website worse for the sake of profit”, “wow, online advertising is pretty intrusive these days”, and “putting existing infrastructure on a blockchain is strictly worse.”...
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Markedly Watched P’dcast
Zak and Liz talk about their Lists™. Zak puts his body on the line to see if the vegan mac and cheese can pass as a comfort food. Liz finds a suspicious infographic, so some research and incredulous journalism is done. Liz shares her thoughts about the NFT video essay that Zak assigned as…
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Journalistically Hunted Containers
Zak and Liz talk about re-experiencing movie theaters, Zak explains how Docker works which is even nerdier than using Docker, Liz explains why she loves a Minecraft mod-pack which is even nerdier than playing it, and Zak untangles yarn of truth regarding some farmland that is owned by people who...
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Agreeably Leaning Pickles
Zak and Liz talk about the latest Dairy Free Milk Alternative, Zak tried the Tofutti imitation cream cheese that Liz really liked, and Liz just got back from a road trip and there was a lot to think about, okay? Recorded on January 21, 2022 (Not) Milk – NotMilk – Nextmilk – Silk (Not) Dairy …...
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Lgebily Digitized Tiles
Zak and Liz try to figure out how their brains work by reciting the alphabet a few times. Zak gives a brief history of computer handwriting recognition and tells us his opinions on the ReMarkable Tablet. Want to meditate but can’t stop thinking about all the stuff you have to do? Zak has just the…
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Problematically Shelled Soy
Zak and Liz talk about the best dairy-free cream cheese that Liz has had the pleasure of spreading onto a bagel. Zak calls out the cowards at Malk Organics LLC for not standing up to the dairy lobby… oh, and their new oat milk isn’t that good. Zak describes the Log4Shell exploit and all of …...
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Fishily Ratcheting Allegations
Zak and Liz talk about the best chocolate chip cookie in Milwaukee. You can only get them during certain times of year, so make sure to get them while they’re hot. Zak explains the ‘soup’ model for the genetic testing of Subway™ Tuna™. Liz rambles about how the Matrix Conversation Standard works....
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Therapeutically Commonplace Desk
Zak and Liz start this episode by talking about the personality disorder of a fictional character. There was probably some context, but it has been lost to time. Liz has some serious FOMO for Obsidian. If only she had something to write about. Liz decided that years of research that all says…
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Limitedly Almond Feeds
Zak and Liz try some passible dairy-free alternatives to yogurt and cream cheese. Mouth noises are included. Liz need to scroll something… anything… so Zak tells us what RSS feed he’s subscribed to. Liz’s computer ran out of disk space, so she and Zak explore their strategies for managing large...
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Openly Borderline Cubes
Zak and Liz talk about the one simple computer skill that could save you 20+ hours per week at your banking job. Liz figured out how to make her mouse talk to Minecraft correctly. It turns out that all she needed to do was actually read what the people on the forums had to say. Zak tells us …...
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Normally Comprehended Linda
Zak and Liz swear off code forever. Liz’s yearly theme is being completed to ~43% capacity so far. Liz gets mad about a single sentence in a 500 page book and says that Kahnemn should’ve just made it into a tweet. Logitech is intentionally making Liz’s life harder by making software that does not...
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Journalistically Expedient Pockets
Zak and Liz talk about Zak’s experience with setting up Fastmail. Zak demands features from the developers of an app that he does not pay for then discovers that the feature he wants is already included. Zak breaks his silence regarding his history with cargo shorts. Listener discretion advised.…
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Spitefully Personal Mail
Zak and Liz talk about Liz having some very healthy and normal feelings about a guy that makes Youtube videos about the block game and Zak rudely pathologizes her with the bible. She continues to double down until it’s not funny anymore. Liz is trying to get one step closer to living her Tony…
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Randomly Meaty Lovers
Zak and Liz invented a new role-playing game in an effort to help Liz figure out her yearly theme. Recorded on August 29, 2021 Themes Everyday Problems Generator Motive Generator Terrible Things Generator Space for Secrets And Lies – YouTube Obverse and Reverse – Wikipedia Running a Session Zero…
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Enjoyably Audible Preparation
Zak and Liz talk about borrowed knowledge, computational theory mottos, Zak’s ren-fair experience, programming with cute little bubbles, how loud things are, and how Zak is arranging his boxes. Recorded on Aug 18, 2021 Theory of Computation Your Program as a Transpiler – YouTube Nondeterministic...
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Accurately Played Estimates
Zak and Liz talk about what Liz thinks should happen in an award winning play. Recorded on July 31, 2021 Play Synopses Atomic Gardening – Wikipedia The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds – Wikipedia The Hot Wing King – Wikipedia That Championship Season – Wikipedia Among Us –...
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Hierarchically Paternalistic Addresses
Zak and Liz talk about artificial poetry, wanting to tell everyone where we live, wanting to know where and when to do things, how monopolies are ruining clocks but not milk, ‘And’ the cat. Recorded on July 18, 2021 Statement Begins – Tumblr The Poem on Archive.org The Magnus Archives GPT-2 –...
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Movingly Elevated Signs
Zak and Liz talk about their tips and tricks for changing your home, what we would do if we ever had guests, and a conversation game. Recorded on July 11, 2021 Moving Moving in Amsterdam – 99pi Fox, Chicken, Sack of Grain – Math Is Fun Randomize – Goodreads Project Hail Mary – Goodreads The Egg –...
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Coherently Charged Brimbo
Zak and Liz talk about the sequel to milk and VASYs. Recorded on June 20, 2021 After Milk – USPS Truck Shape – Motortrend – Cromslor – YouTube – Frindle – Wikipedia – phonology – Wikipedia – Bouba/Kiki effect – Wikipedia – White Knight – Garden of Flavor – Horchata – Wikipedia – White Knighting …...
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Socially Miniaturized Mobility
Zak and Liz talk about Zak setting foot outdoors, microbe ice cream, a developer conference that happened 6 months ago, and Vehicles of Appropriate Size for You. Recorded on June 13, 2021 Coffee Shop – Coffee – Fair Trade Ice Cream – Vanilla n Cookies – Brave Robot WWDC – Concurrency – Swift –...
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Friendly Low-Level Croissantwave
Zak and Liz talk about getting maxinated, the Grocery app, theme periods, perfect home-made croissants, and some aesthetics. Recorded on May 23, 2021 Grocery App – von Neumann Architecture – Wikipedia – Grocery app – Open Recipe Format – h-recipe – microformats.org – Paprika Recipe App – Smart...
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Sustainably Discontinued Protein
Zak and Liz a genuinely interesting service that you can no longer use, a genuinely interesting app that you can use, ice cream made with microbes or something, and trains! Recorded on May 8, 2021 Nuzzel – Mac-assed Mac Apps – Inessential by Brent Simmons – Nuzzel – Wayback Machine – Matt…
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Meaninglessly Respectful Elders
Zak and Liz talk about being the adult in the room too young, a diagonally scrolling website, phrases that may have some meaning, vegan cream cheese, and what to do if you’re waiting in line at the Post Office. Recorded on April 25, 2021 Adult In The Room – Evergiven Blockage – Wikipedia – Credit…
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Ceaselessly Killer Bees
Zak and Liz talk about Minecraft real quick, DAAB DAAB DC 2021, the Queen laughing at bees, and the Halo novels that do exist. Recorded on April 11, 2021 WWDC 2021 – The Verge – Telephone Recording Laws – Wikipedia – The Bean – Wikipedia – Tankie – Wikipedia – Why Google Glass Failed – … Continue...
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Overwhelmingly Empty Purchases
Zak and Liz talk about our seasonal themes, how NFTs actually work, and what J0rd@n P3t3rs0n has been up to. Recorded March 28, 2021 Themes – Cortex for Context – Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Indiebound – Consensual Disruption – Do By Friday – Orwellian – Wikipedia NFTs – Wikipedia – Smart...
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Unnecessarily Federated Farms
Zak and Liz talk about PM data structures, cool new ways to get food, our season of themes, non-dairy creamers, NFTs Teaser, and time travel. Recorded on March 13, 2021. CSAs – USDA – Ruffage – Indiebound – CSAs – Urban Ecology Center – Local Harvest – Old Plank Farm – Madison CSA Coalition – …...
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Comfortably Watermarked Cowpaganda
Zak and Liz talk about small online rivers, alternative creamers, making Twitter less bad, and police shows. Recorded on February 28, 2021. Grow Your Twitch Channel – WikiHow Bird Rights – Hedonistically Intersectional Rights – SuperAwesomeCorp – It’s working! – Utah Division of Wildlife…
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Cheezily Kept Ballots
Zak and Liz talk about something that we’ve been talking about for 4 years now, basically the same topic again, and immediate ranked choice first past the post voting. Dairy Pride – Congress.gov – Laboratories of democracy – Wikipedia – WI SB 81 2021 – Wisconsin State Legislature – Compacts…
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Frigidly Non-Orientable Desserts
Zak and Liz talk about non-dairy Klein bottles and more Subway standards of identity. Recorded on January 30, 2021. Alternative Frozen Desserts – Flavors – Cado Ice Cream – Ice Cream Chemistry – American Chemical Society – Ben and Jerry’s for Dogs – Non-Dairy Flavors – Ben and Jerry’s – Why the...
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Speedily Lucky Pillows
Zak and Liz talk about why pillows are the key to American exceptionalism, Minecraft speedrunning, and how to generate the perfect shallot. Recorded on January 16, 2021. The Book With The Main Character – Indiebound American Pillow Talk – Biden’s January 6th Speech – C-Span – Evil Pillow Man Met...
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Rurally Bred Dogs
Zak and Liz talk about herding sheep, missing beef, the new and different Department of Agriculture, and some graffiti. Recorded on January 2, 2021. Dog Facts – Border Collies need a job! – Border Collie Help – Milwaukee City Bike Parking – Department of City Development – Bike Parking Styles –...
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Awarely Dreamt Characters
Zak and Liz talk about winter’s vibe, dreamt mass-murder, Zak eating carrots, whether we should believe that we should eat carrots, and high (fem) fantasy. Themes – Your Theme – CGP Grey on YouTube – Proactive vs Reactive – Psychology Today – Omnifocus – Zoom cancelled – Tom’s Guide – Two Fingers...
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Questionably Evil Centurion
Zak and Certus talk about the last 100 episodes of this fine podcast, why J*ff B*z*s might be evil, and a very helpful update about your insurance. 100th Episode Spectacular! Episode 1 Poorly Prepared Peljmeni Relevant XKCD Into the Woods – Wikipedia Audacity Ferrite – App Store Bootleg Logic Pro...
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Sizably Mountainous Pods
Zak and Certus talk about new ways to stick things to other things, a game that is not new, reseting the elves, and nut pods. Gecko Tape – Wikipedia Microsuction Tape – Sewell Trackball Mouse – Kensington Repetitive Strain Injury – Wikipedia Zak’s Keyboard Tray – Amazon Meadowbrook Glitter Sizing...
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Temporally Sugary Forks
Zak and Certus talk about how much better Zak is at programming, how it’s still March somehow, what Zak actually meant by (Self)(Care), and bread law. HTML is kinda a CFG – Stack Overflow Zak’s App Request Swift UI Declarative vs Imperative syntax – Stack Overflow Scriptable Scriptable to Widget…
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Cooly Pro 5G
Zak and Certus talk about a tale as old as time, some nice apps, the decline and fall of the theme system, and if Zak is going to get an iPhone. Setapp Dropzone 4 – aptonic uBar – Setapp Wont – Merriam-Webster Nova Themes A History of America in Ten Strikes – Indie Bound Citrus … Continue reading...
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Commonly Dynamic Blases
Zak and Certus talk about how Liz Liz’s website is, why 5G is like fire and why Lexus is stimulating our brain, what Blaseball is, a review of a new oat milk, and briefly about Fall Themes. A Very Liz Website Gimlet Media Reply All Dynamically Inserted Podacast Ads – Rob Greenlee Zapped Candle –…
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Forcefully Switched Deliveries
Zak and Certus have an unstructured discussion about whatever we want, talk about how we could possible listen to all those podcasts, and make an announcement about Web Objects. Liz’s Gaming PC Switches are Sold Out – Business Insider Fortnite Switch – Hypebeast Amiibo storage cases – iMore What...
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Sleepily Shopping Spectre
Zak and Certus talk about the exact amount of time until Black Future Month, pawning Zak’s PGP keys, Zak experiencing the ghost of cooking future, the multitude of ways to tell your Mac to take a nap, and our genuine concern for the healh of your battery. How Long ’til Black Future Month –...
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Economically Constrained Creativity
Zak and Certus talk about a future Apple sucking, whether or not we get cool stuff after building the guillotine, and how not to manufactuer toilet paper. Apple Vacuum Phil Shiller “Advances” – Apple ATP Episode 391 – Worse in Stupid Ways Das Kapital – Wikipedia Wobbly Tables and the Problem with...
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Hotly Copylefted Cube
Zak and Certus talk about decentralized baking, the super tiny blackhole train, how .NET is killing the internet, and laser removal. Blockchain Squad Great British Baking Show – Netflix Salt Fat Acid Heat – Netflix Salt Fat Acid Heat – Indiebound Yamaroku Soy Sauce – Oishi So Japan Hour Long...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Zak Sharp and Certus Stone host a podcast that is generally about our lives, but we promise it's more interesting than that. We might talk about milk politics, philosophy, technology, college life, everything you could possibly want to know about whatever we find interesting this week, and more. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes we talk about ourselves too much, and sometimes we get carried away.
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