Episode 289: Chaos in the Lunch Bay

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01/19/23 • 85 min

Real whiplash this week, dear listener. First up, it's a right mess of an episode that brings back bad faux–Native American nonsense and makes Robert Beltran scream a lot in "The Fight". After that, we do NOT resist the urge to make too many "Seinfeld" references when Jason Alexander shows up as a soft-spoken but malevolent genius in "Think Tank". Also this week: NPR voice, the many uses of creed, and space-based life! [Timestamps: The Fight: 01:14; Think Tank: 35:23; Blogtivity: 1:29:44] [tumbling: https://at.tumblr.com/sshbpodcast/tough-as-a-tardigrade-space-dwelling-lifeforms-in/o9765xcym4cn]

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Episode 290: The Phantom of Pygmalion

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