059 - Destin Breaks the Sound Barrier in an F-16

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STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE

Pikes Peak Prickly Pear Soda

Destin’s Pikes Peak Prickly Pear Soda

Pouring Wine Sound Effect

T-38 Aircraft

Air Force Thunderbirds

Breaking the Sound Barrier with an Aircraft

Speed of Sound Table Chart

Don Knotts

Knot (unit of measurement)

F-16 Aircraft

Fighter Pilots - SNL Skit

Suppressor in Slow Motion - Smarter Every Day 204

How to Snap Your Fingers

Hick Maneuver

Iocane Powder - The Princess Bride

Richter Scale

How Hard Can You Hit a Golf Ball - Smarter Every Day 216

G.I. Joe 1983 Toy Commercial Skystriker

 

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054 - The Combat of the Thirty

053 - What would happen every time you restarted the Earth?

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Risk
Settlers of Catan
The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
Fertile Crescent
Game of Thrones: There’s a Scientific Reason for Westoros’s Years-Long Winters
What is the difference between a mastadon and a wooly mammoth?
Mahout
Targaryen
What is a CMU?
Smarter Every Day - Making a House Out of Mud Bricks
International Space Station
Sentinelese
U.S. Not Seeking Action Against Andaman Tribe
Ecuadoran tribe transformed after killing of 5 missionaries
Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot
What is a cosmological argument?
Bringing Down the ISS
Frederick Jackson Turner
Wedding Ducks
Battle of Agincourt
Welsh Longbowmen
Pershing Missile
History of the Firearm
Constantine
Roman Empire
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick
Black Mirror
Gene Roddenberry
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Bosporus
The Hellespont
Judea
Strait of Hormuz
Chukchi Sea
Denmark
Billion Tree Tsunami
Khyber Pass
George R.R. Martin 

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034 - Siege Warfare

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Define “Siege”
Matt’s Audio Book
Warfare Articles Matt Read
Jaws of Defeat Podcast on iTunes
Fort Monroe
Akko
Masada
Siege of Jerusalem
Fort Ticonderoga
World War I Trench Warfare
Eagle’s Nest - Berchtesgaden
Heidelberg Castle
Malta
Battle of Mobile Bay
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Siege of Vicksburg
Civil War Anaconda Plan
Grant’s Canal
Alexander the Great and the Siege of Tyre
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Battle of Jericho
List of Siege Engines
Battle for Minas Tirith - The Battle Begins
Battle of Pelennor Fields
Ethan Allen
Ballista
Atlatl
Trebuchet
Sapping
Saltpeter
Agincourt
Moat
William the Conqueror and The Battle of Hastings
Motte and Bailey
Parrott Rifle
Smarter Every Day Whitworth Rifle (Not created yet)
Bessemer Process
Paris Gun
Dora Railway Gun
Siege of Antioch
Define Dysentery
Define Cholera
Valhalla
Valkyrie
Odin
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Rhône River
Rhine River
Charlemagne
Siege of Paris
Sabaton-Winged Hussars
Siege of Vienna
Battle of Stalingrad
Thirty Years’ War
Siege of Baghdad
Battering Ram
An Example of a Sabaton Concert 

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025 - Makey Makerton and the Makerholes (ft. Laser-Guided Bob Clagett)

Makey Makerton and the Makerholes (ft. Laser-Guided Bob Clagett)

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Bob’s Song, O Holy Night
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Making It Podcast
The Bible Project
Kenneth Copeland’s New Jet That God Gave Him
Don Mattingly’s Rookie Baseball Card
George Brett Baseball Card
Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball Card
Original Grimlock Transformer Toy
Original Astrotrain Transformer Toy
Slag, Transformer Triceratop
Transformers Matrix of Leadership
Bob Claglett’s Matrix of Leadership Video
Ultra Magnus Transformer Toy
George Carlin’s “Stuff” (Censored)
Lego Space Bot Twitter Account
Shepherding a Child’s Heart
Not Forgotten
Weird Fruit Explorer
Red Letter Media
Hawaiian Nuclear Scare
Three Caves
Kwajalein
Justin Thomas
Bob’s Grandfather’s Artwork
Coco the Movie
Mammoth Cave
Jewel Cave  

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019 - Urinal Confessions and Soft War

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012 - Darth Vader with Mickey Mouse Ears

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INTRO

Ready Player One Trailer
Where is the tenderloin?
Case New Holland Industrial
Cake (1990s band)
Michelin
Stupid Star Wars Dancing Crap Brandtastrophe - YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AWAY - IT'S LIKE WATCHING A TRAINWRECK ON TOP OF A TIRE FIRE ALL PILED IN A GIANT DUMPSTER FLOATING THROUGH AN EVEN MORE GIANT SEWER ON A RAFT MADE OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND SELF-LOATHING
Star Wars Mickey Mouse Ears
Snapchat
Instagram
Mike Rugnetta - Reasonably Sound
Oprah
Jerry Seinfeld
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Gordon Ramsay
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Michael Jordan
Rolex
Coca-Cola
Pepsi
Chevy
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
Poland
Alabama
John McCain Concession Speech
Apple (Justin Long commercials)
Nike
Craig Engels
Google
Walmart
Levi's
CNN
Philip DeFranco
Graffiti in Pompeii
Chi Rho
Branding Cattle
Fellowship of the Ring Cast Tattoo

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008 - The North Korea Problem and Matt's Issues with Meat

005 - Talking Backwards? (And Other Freakish Human Skills)

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Destin's Cat Flipping Video
Feline High Rise Syndrome
Destin’s Business Cards
1980’s Frosted Flakes Ad

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SECTION 2: BACKWARDS TALKING WITH KURT QUINN
Kurt's YouTube Channel
His Instagram
His Twitter
His Email

AD 2: WORD OF MOUTH
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SECTION 3: LIGHTNING ROUND
Questions from Patrons
Freakish Human Skills thread in the Subreddit (pics or it didn’t happen)
Leave a review on iTunes
What skill are you personally working on?

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004 - What Is the Fifty-Fifty?

Matt and Destin introduce the world to "The Fifty-Fifty" and respond to the first wave of listener feedback... which makes for a great opportunity to unpack the nature of feedback in general; giving it, receiving it, and the dangers associated with over-responding to as well as under-delivering on feedback given to us by loved ones.

INTRO: MATT PITCHING A TENT

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SECTION 1: LISTENING TO THE FEEDBACK
Very clear thesis statement as requested: “Should we listen to the feedback?”
Analyzing the feedback we received about the podcast itself
An engineering look at feedback and its uses in control theory (Example: Tracking a rocket).
Discussions about Matt’s feedback from teaching at a university.
Canoeing vs Pilot Induced Oscillations
Boardgames used as teaching aids:
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•  Axis & Allies
•  Conquest of the Empire
Battlefield simulations without immediate feedback:
•  Waterloo Campaign

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The Veldt - Ray Bradbury
deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt (Music Video) 
deadmau5 discovers vocals for “The Veldt” (Crude Language Warning)
Original vocal track by Chris James
Providing negative feedback after extended positive feedback.
Using technology to calm children
Casting your pearls before swine

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SECTION 3 - LISTENER QUESTIONS LIGHTNING ROUND

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003 - Drones and BEARS?

Destin accuses Matt of over-marveling at mundane things before the conversation shifts to advances in drone warfare. Matt expresses his skepticism about the whole concept of weaponized drones. Destin talks about tracking down a missing toy drone over Christmas.

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Insane Drone Swarm

001 - Are We Too Similar?

Destin and Matt take personality tests to figure out if they're too similar to make a podcast together.

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Stupid Pirate vs. Ninja Test
Awesome Regional Dialect Test 
Personality Profile Test