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  • No better way to end the series (for now) by learning all about Vin Scully.

    Mike Parker was born in LA in 1958, grew up in Hacienda Heights, discovered baseball, and Vin Scully, after listening to him call a Dodgers game at age 7. As a child Mike decided he wanted to be a sports radio broadcaster and he followed that dream. After graduated from the University of Oregon in 1982, all the way to the present Mike Parker has worked as a sportscaster. The past 26 years he has been the play-by-play radio announcer for Oregon State Beaver football, basketball, and baseball teams. He is the six time Oregon Sportscaster of the Year. He has been called the Vin Scully of Oregon State. www.mikeparkermedia.com

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  • Dr. Kevin Peter Hickerson, is a nuclear physicist, who is part of the team that broke the world record for the best neutron lifetime measurement. He also founded the ‘Earthineering Company a nuclear power company making an advanced nuclear reactor.

    He is also a comedian and host of the Science and Comedy Podcast "Surely You're Joking" created with Jimmy O. Yang featuring Nobel prize winners, scientists and comedians.

    Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @kphickerson

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  • Jay Leno : Stand-up comedian, host of The Tonight Show; Jay Leno’s Garage on CNBC.

    IG and YT : @jaylenosgarage

    Kelly Blackheart also joins us! Check out her and DJ Quall's podcast "Locked and Probably Loaded": http://www.loadedpod.com

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  • Natalia Reagan is a biological anthropologist, primatologist, comedian, host, producer, podcaster, professor, writer, and monkey-chasing weirdo. You may have seen her on Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “StarTalk”, Nat Geo Wild’s "Everything You Didn’t Know About Animals”, History’s “UnXplained”, Travel Channel’s “Paranormal Caught on Camera”, or "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "My Name is Earl".

    Website: NataliaReagan.com

    IG: https://www.instagram.com/natalia13reagan/

    FB Official: https://www.facebook.com/nataliareaganofficial/

    Substack: (Coming soon!) https://nataliareagan.substack.com/

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beholdnatalia?lang=en

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nataliareagan

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/natalia13reagan

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  • Chad is a world renowned activist and surfer. When he’s not fighting for the greater good, he’s usually out at El Porto getting shacked and talking shit to grind. He also does stand up.

    http://www.chadandjt.com for tour dates

    IG @chadgoesdeep

    Podcast: @goingdeepwithchadandjt

    Watch the music video for the Doohickeys' "Rein It In Cowboy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDHf9alkjCI

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  • Kevin Rowland AKA Trayne Rekk: A Goodtime Charlie from Okotoks, Alberta, Canada who collects and loves anything involving music and movies. Kevin opened a TV/Stereo repair shop then eventually became a Radio Shack. The last 15 years Kevin has been making a living playing music with the Hillbilly Punk & Roll band, ‘Puttin' On The Foil’. Their two albums ‘Fired up, Ready To Roll’ and ‘Sing-A-Long Drinkin’ Songs’ are available on all the streaming sites and youtube. Go to www.puttinonthefoil.ca

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  • Lydia Parker has a degree in History from Oregon State University. She is the founder and former Executive Director of Hunters of Color, a nonprofit connecting People of Color to the outdoors. She was appointed to the Department of the Interior's "Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council" and is an awarded speaker on issues of environmental policy and Indigenous rights. She is an enrolled member of the Walker-Mohawk band of Six Nations of the Grand River.

    Nonprofit "Hunters of Color," @huntersofcolor on Instagram; www.huntersofcolor.org

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    Forrest Shaw

    Website: http://www.forrestshaw.net

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    Jack Hackett

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    The Doohickeys: https://www.instagram.com/the.doohickeys

  • Geoff Gibson is a geographer and former city planner. He has Bachelor's degree in Geography and a masters in urban planning. He has always been fascinated by maps and the power they have to convey information in a spatial manner.

    YouTube channel: Geography By Geoff

    Podcast: Geography Is Everything

    He is also launching a brand new podcast called “Around The World With Geoff,” where he covers the history and geography of a different country or state in each episode with a special guest from that location! You can subscribe to that show now so you get episode 1 when it drops in a couple weeks!

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    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 — Ads

    0:34 — Theme Song

    8:31 — Judging a Book by It’s Cover

    13:59 — Guest Intro

    16:05 — Questions

    18:51 — What is the international date line?

    26:19 — Newfoundland

    28:14 — Ads

    31:14 — Grading

    41:56 — International date line answer

    53:16 — Jim has a good question

    1:08:52 — Toomgis

    1:14:22 — Dinner Party Fact

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    Forrest Shaw

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    Jack Hackett

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    The Doohickeys: https://www.instagram.com/the.doohickeys

  • Actor and writer Andy Richter is best-known for his long-running role as Conan O’Brien’s announcer and sidekick throughout multiple late-night shows. Andy has guest-starred in popular shows such as Arrested Development and Love, Victor. His feature film work includes Scary Movie 2, Elf, Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory, Semi-Pro, and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On. He has had a prolific voiceover career including Mort in DreamWorks Studios’ Madagascar films, as well as in the Nickelodeon series Penguins of Madagascar.

    Podcast : The Three Questions with Andy Richter on the Team Coco Network

    IG : @richtercommaandy

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    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 — Ads

    0:25 — Theme Song

    9:28 — Judging a Book by It’s Cover

    14:29 — Guest Intro

    18:42 — Celebrity Jeopardy

    21:30 — Questions

    23:45 — Dogs from Egypt

    28:13 — Ads

    32:39 — Answers

    35:50 — Dog Poop

    39:54 — Jim’s sad dog story

    47:54 — Albino animals in Vegas

    54:00 — Rhodesian Ridgeback

    1:05:05 — We don’t deserve dogs

    1:14:05 — Weiner dog races

    1:34:38 — Dinner party fact

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    Forrest Shaw

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    IG: https://www.instagram.com/forrestshaw

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/forrestshaw

    Jack Hackett

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    The Doohickeys: https://www.instagram.com/the.doohickeys

  • Evan Lovett is the creator of social media mainstay ‘L.A. in a Minute’ and the host of the podcast ‘In a Minute with Evan Lovett’. Lovett attended UCLA to pursue journalism, landing positions at the L.A. Times and NBC before moving into the AdTech space. Lovett began ‘L.A. in a Minute’ through a desire to share the culture & history of his hometown. Creating highly-researched and entertaining videos about the evolution of L.A.'s neighborhoods, infrastructure, cultures and food; residents of Los Angeles (and beyond) responded enthusiastically to these videos. Within one year, Evan was featured on KCRW, KIIS-FM with Ryan Seacrest, Access Hollywood w/ Mario Lopez, KTLA, Spectrum1, and Fox11, as well as sitting down with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to discuss her first year in office.

    IG: @lainaminute

    Podcast: In A Minute with Evan Lovett

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    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 — Ads

    3:02 — Theme Song

    5:39 — Judging a Book by It’s Cover

    7:04 — Guest Intro

    12:38 — Questions

    16:20 — Theater District

    22:11 — Bill’s Burgers

    26:35 — Answers

    29:10 — Ads

    35:20 — When LA was founded

    46:08 — The aqueducts

    1:16:44 — Tommy LaSorda

    1:39:50 — 7 Wonders of LA

    1:42:38 — Dinner Party Fact

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    Forrest Shaw

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    Jack Hackett

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  • Aiden Gabor is a former associate of a notorious crime family, who, found his way back to the side of justice. Approached by the DOJ with a daunting ultimatum— face life imprisonment for crimes including racketeering, embezzlement, extortion, and conspiracy to commit murder—he chose to become a confidential informant. For over a decade, Aiden worked undercover, risking his life to help the DOJ arrest and convict over a dozen high-ranking police officers and politicians. His gripping memoir, Conflicting Loyalties, offers an unflinching look into his life as a Mafia enforcer and a DOJ informant.

    IG: @conflictingloyaltiesbook

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    FB: Conflicting Loyalties

    Buy Aiden's book "Conflicting Loyalties" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Conflicting-Loyalties-Enforcer-Turned-Informant/dp/1510779671

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    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 — Ads

    0:23 — Theme Song

    10:37 — Judging a Book by It’s Cover

    12:28— Aiden Gabor Introduction

    14:29 — Questions

    19:55 -- Jim's 5 families

    22:27 -- Grading

    22:58 -- Gangers like New York

    23:30 -- Answers

    26:47 -- "How many bones have you broken?"

    28:13 — Ads

    35:00 -- "I was diagnosed with no empathy"

    45:55 -- What's the deal with protection?

    56:00 -- Mafia Inclusion

    1:12:00 — Dinner Party Fact

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    Forrest Shaw

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    Jack Hackett

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    The Doohickeys: https://www.instagram.com/the.doohickeys

  • Frank Sinatra also put firecrackers in peoples shoes? What's this guy's deal? Our expert Daniel Van Kirk teaches us all about the shenanigans Ol' Blue Eyes got up to.

    This was recorded live at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, CA on May 21, 2024.

    BIO:

    Daniel Van Kirk is a stand-up comedian whose comedy has charted at #1 on Apple Music. He just released “Rose Gold,” his first special and second album, available on YouTube. Daniel has been named a “Comic To Watch” by Comedy Central as well as one of JFL’s 42 in Toronto. You may know him from his characters on Bob’s Burgers (FOX), Physical (Apple TV+), Central Park (Apple TV+), and the lead in the feature film, Wine Club (Prime). Daniel can also be heard every week on the hit podcasts, "Pen Pals" with Rory Scovel, and co-hosting "Dumb People Town" with The Sklar Brothers.

    IG: @danielvankirk

    Website: danielvankirk.com

    Rose Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JYdB7LWEjQ

    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 -- Intro

    8:36 -- Judging a Book by It's Cover

    12:29 -- Daniel Van Kirk Intro

    15:56 -- Questions

    28:56 -- Grading

    43:27 -- Best Photo of Sinatra

    1:10:28 -- Sinatra Was an Asshole

    1:14:13 -- Camilla Cleese's Story

    1:17:21 -- Dinner Party Fact

  • DMT and Ayahuasca? What’s the difference? What are they? Jim couldn’t even fake his way through these questions. Good thing our podcast shaman Professor David Nutt was here to guide Jim his Ayahuasca journey.

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    Prof. David Nutt is the Founder of Drug Science and the Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology. He serves as the Head of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Centre for Academic Psychiatry within the Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London. He has also chaired the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. For over twenty-five years, Prof Nutt has served as the editor of the Journal of Psychopharmacology, and he acts as a psychiatry drugs advisor to the British National Formulary. He has written over 500 original research papers and 31 books. Notably, his book for the general public, 'Drugs Without the Hot Air' , earned him the Transmission book prize in 2014 for Communication of Ideas.

    Twitter: @ProfDavidNutt

    The Drug Science Podcast - https://www.drugscience.org.uk/podcast

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    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 — Ads

    2:20 — Theme Song

    12:27 — Judging a Book by It’s Cover

    14:37 — David Nutt Introduction

    18:35 — Questions

    24:08 — Jim’s Ayahuasca Diet

    26:55 — Ads

    38:47 — Grading

    39:43 — Answers

    44:28 — The Great Tradition

    50:30 — How Old Is Too Old?

    1:13:25 — Australian Ayahuasca Guide

    1:14:33 — Dinner Party Fact

  • Is Magic the Gathering only for nerds? The answer may surprise you, almost as much as it surprised Jim thanks to our expert Dan Black (@danblackattack).

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  • The consensus is in: Jim doesn’t understand how polls work. Luckily our expert Joshua Doss knows enough within a margin of error (that’s a polling term!)

    Josh’s Socials:

    TikTok: @appliedscience11

    IG: @josh_doss5

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  • Jim don't know sh*t about poop. Our expert Dr. Will Bulsiewicz helps him out.

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  • Jim may know Australia but does he know Austria? Thank goodness historian Stephen Beller is on the podcast to tell us everything Jim doesn't know.

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    GUEST BIO: Steven Beller was born in London, England and educated at Cambridge University; since 1989 he has lived in the USA. He has written widely on Austrian, Jewish and Central European history. His books include A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge, 2006), Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History (Cambridge University Press, 1989); Herzl (Halban, 1991); Francis Joseph (Longman, 1996); ; Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008, 2015); Democracy: All That Matters (Hodder, 2013). He also edited and introduced the anthology Rethinking Vienna 1900 (Berghahn, 2001). His latest book is The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918 (Cambridge, 2018). He is currently an independent scholar resident in Washington DC.

  • Jim knew very little about Mark Twain, thankfully our expert Paul Morrissey (@paulhasawebsite) did! Check out Paul's website: www.paulhasawebsite.com

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  • Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey) is back! Previously our Titanic expert, she now takes her knowledge from the water to the skies... and then back to the water.

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  • There are some gaps in Jim's knowledge on sneakers. Our expert Michelangelo Falcon (@michelangelofalcon) fills in the cracks.

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    GUEST BIO: Michelangelo Cosmic Falcon is a singer, song writer, and businessman. Michelangelo is the owner of Equvalence (a sneaker and clothing store in Los Angeles), Boba ‘N Tings (Boba Tea and Collectible Store) and Questions Clothing. Michelangelo is also a global brand ambassador for El Cristiano Tequila. He has a new sneaker product he is promoting - Quiqcleaning.com.

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