HeyJaredNonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker
Nonsense desperately tries to make sense of today’s business, technology, and (sometimes) entertainment headlines. Not too serious and occasionally funny, join technologist cj little and leggy blonde Jeff Parker for their unique take on the past week.
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One Prompt Wonder: The Week the AI Race Hit Fast-Forward (opens the original)
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(0:00) Open (2:09) Launch Week at the Frontier (9:50) One-Prompt Mario Kart (15:38) Let’s Play: Bumble Rally! (16:55) The Karts & The Bees (20:32) Let’s Play: Parcel Panic! (22:01) Packages Delivered! (27:50) cj’s recommendation: War Games (1983) (29:53) Jeff’s Recommendation: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) (30:38) Jake’s Recommendation: The Odyssey (2026) & Big Brother (!!) We’re back! After a long hiatus, the boys return with a special guest: Jeff’s resident AI expert son
Ground Control to Scholar Tom: Science Oddities, Part 1 (opens the original)
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(0:00) Pre-Show (0:47) The Weird Fringes of Science (1:50) Dr. Barry Marshall’s Bacteria Shot (7:50) The Convergent Evolution of Caffeine (10:29) Donald Unger’s 60-Year Knuckle Grudge (14:41) The Pistol Shrimp's Cavitation Bubble (18:22) Werner Forssmann’s DIY Heart Catheter (23:53) Human Blindsight (27:07) cj’s recommendation: Contact (1997) (28:38) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Fly! (1986) This week, the guys dive headfirst into the chaotic, unhinged fringes of scientific history. When mainstream
The Biological Crime Scene on Your Dinner Plate: Food Safety & Microscopic Villains (opens the original)
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(0:00) Open (1:04) The Toxic Truth About Food Safety (3:22) Food Borne Illness Background (5:05) Cyclospora: It’s a Parasite, Not a Bacterium (9:02) Global Supply Chain Risks (14:30) Food Storage & Prep Risks (21:50) Avoiding it All Together (29:10) cj’s recommendation: Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (2023) (30:16) Jeff’s Recommendation: Contagion (2011) Think your kitchen is a pristine culinary sanctuary? Think again! On this week's Big Story, the guys unpack the biological crime sce
HEADLINES: Open-Source AI Battles, Microscopic Taco Coups, and Unsafe Chinese Imports (opens the original)
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(0:00) Pre-Show (00:55) Open (1:50) National Junk Food Day (2:40) cj's week: Legoland & Lounge Chairs (5:37) Jeff's Week: Exploding Transmission Trunks (9:16) Headline: China continues to punch back against America’s AI dominance (13:50) Headline: Slashed Budgets, Spreading Bugs: How the FDA Missed a Massive Outbreak (20:31) Headline: AliExpress Breaks the Bank with Largest Tech Penalty in EU History (25:06) The Hotpoint Electric Refrigerator After navigating a 17-million-gallon water main burst
The Dystopian Return of the Debtors' Prison (opens the original)
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(0:00) Open (2:05) When Empty Pockets Become a Crime (4:02) Debtors' Prisons: A History (9:37) Famous People Who Went to Debtors' Prisons (18:17) Modern Day Debtors' Prisons (22:15) Other Systems That Seem to Work Better (29:05) cj’s recommendation: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (31:12) Jeff’s Recommendation: Emily the Criminal (2022) We made it to Episode 200! Yay us! To celebrate, we start off discussing the absolute worst financial trap in human history: debtors' prisons. Join us as we expl
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