Show Notes
The crew opens with a hard benchmark for what makes a good day (spoiler: a "10" doesn't exist), spirals into $6-gas economic doom, and lands on why earnestness might be the whole point of the show. That gives way to a real-talk detour on ignorance, avoidance, and the stuff nobody wants to look at directly; before it all resolves back in Draconaria with an egg heist, asteroid-mining skepticism, and a full derail into Mr. Green's new mouth. Ends, as always, at a tavern halfway to the castle. Got a better idea? Email us at [email protected] — Mr. Green will read it personally and never recover.
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Timecodes 00:00 Rating a Four 01:44 Six-Dollar Gas Predictions 03:39 Earnestness Is the Brand 04:29 Jon Snow Energy 05:54 GoT Rewatch Derail 07:21 Nobody Wants to Touch This 10:39 History Crash Course 13:39 Russia, China, India 14:59 Fossil Fuels and Faith 19:29 Steal the Egg 23:59 Aliens in the Elevator 27:28 Asteroid Mining Is a Grift 31:13 Moon Base Doubts 33:06 Mars Manifest Destiny 34:30 Trail of Tears 36:40 Mythmaking vs. History 37:41 Should Kids Learn This 39:24 Selling Life Skills 40:37 Deep State Rabbit Hole 42:08 Apathy by Design 45:37 Elon's Howard Hughes Arc 49:18 Tech Progress Rant 49:46 Mr. Green's Mouth 58:42 Walk to the Tavern 01:01:08 Canon Reset 01:03:24 Tavern Wrap
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