We Are Adults

Episode 8 – Waldo Is Dead

weareadultspodcast — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 04:50:03 +0000

Nolan and Colton continue to talk about flags as they finish discussing and analyzing the state flags of the United States.

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So, we got some feedback after this show was recorded that we need to do a better job describing flags for the folks who can’t look them up during the show. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything about that for this show, but we’ll do better in episode nine! Sorry!

Follow along with our discussion: List of the flags of U.S. states and territories (Wikipedia)

The Symbolism of the Pelican – Father William Saunders (Catholic Education Resource Center)

Waving Ohio flag (YouTube)

CGP Grey and Brady Haran discuss flags on their podcast, Hello Internet.

Badger (Wikipedia)

People and Stuff: Wendover Productions and Half as Interesting

More flags! (World Flag Database at Flags.net)

Also, Colton is an idiot who now knows that bison farming is a thing and that branding bison is also a thing. He is very sorry and apologizes.

Episode 7 – The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

weareadultspodcast — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:00:30 +0000

Nolan and Colton talk about flags! After discussing principles of flag design, they start talking about the state flags of the United States and breaking down what makes most of them so terrible.

Sorry about the delay, we had some more editing problems. Hopefully everything sounds good!

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Show Notes

WATCH THIS: Roman Mars TED Talk about flags (YouTube/TED)

99% Invisible with Roman Mars

History of Uranus’ name (YouTube/CGP Grey)

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Wikipedia)

Follow along with our discussion: List of the flags of U.S. states and territories (Wikipedia)

Flag of Indianapolis (Wikipedia)

Flag of Lansing (CRW Flags)

CGP Grey and Brady Haran discuss flags on their podcast, Hello Internet. If you liked our discussion, you’ll love theirs.

People Make Cool Stuff: North American Vexillological Association

2001 State/Provincial Flag Survey (North American Vexillological Association)

Good Flag, Bad Flag (North American Vexillological Association)

Episode 6 – Transition Music

weareadultspodcast — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:11:35 +0000

Nolan and Colton finally end their hiatus. Nolan’s wife Katie joins the show and they talk about the recent changes in their lives. They also talk for far too long about Nolan’s socks.

This episode would have been out much sooner, but the audio was really out of whack, so it took a while to edit. It still isn’t great… sorry.

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People Make Cool Stuff(s): 3D Sidewalk Artists (BoredPanda)

Episode 5.5 – Help, I Accidentally Build A Shelf

weareadultspodcast — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:03:54 +0000

Nolan got married this week, so Colton is joined by Warren Epps and Alexis Craig for… something. Also, the internet’s questions are answered.

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Episode 5 – Warren’s first appearance on the show

Report: Some patients treated for putting sunblock in their eyes during eclipse (Reddit/r/NotTheOnion)

Officials warn consumers of counterfeit tickets ahead of solar eclipse (The Onion)

70 things Millennials have killed (Mashable)

Syntactically ambiguous headlines (Prezi)

Planet Fitness offering new lights-off hour so no one can watch you work out (The Onion)

Plane evacuated after odour leaves passengers feeling nauseous – but was a flatulent flier to blame? (Telegraph)

Police slog through 40,000 insipid party pics to find cause of dorm fire (The Onion)

Hawk with snake in claws likely sparked Montana fire (Great Falls Tribune/USA Today)

Vox video of a man who makes complicated art in Microsoft Paint (YouTube/Vox)

Download Microsoft Pinball (GroovyPost)

Download Microsoft Paint (Microsoft)

Download Paint 3D (Microsoft)

Download GIMP, which is basically open-source Photoshop (GIMP)

Download Internet Explorer, I guess?

Elon Musk AI killer robots (The Verge)

Google autocomplete, including “help, I accidentally build a shelf” (List25)

The Google map (which apparently comes from Estately, not the Guardian; Colton’s mistake)

Obama is not a Muslim (YouTube/vlogbrothers)

Okapis! (Wikipedia)

Drop bears (Wikipedia)

Toledo War, when Michigan and Ohio kind of went to war, sort of (Wikipedia)

Is Joe Flacco elite? (Uproxx)

Zombie-face eating in Florida (Wikipedia)

Episode 5 – U*********

weareadultspodcast — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:00:55 +0000

Nolan and Colton are joined by student and internet citizen Warren Epps to talk about the internet and its role in entertainment. They also respond to feedback and talk about technology and its potential.

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Show notes!

Our discussion of Pacific Rim in episode one

Detroit Lions-Chicago Bears rivalry (Wikipedia). Seven of the last eight, Scott.

Mitchell Trubisky, the Bears’ first-round draft pick

Episode four with Matt/Matthew Brooks

Jacksfilms made many videos about the Emoji Movie (language) (YouTube)

Internet in South Korea (Wikipedia)

Facebook AI creates its own language (Forbes)

Snopes article on Facebook AI creating its own language, what it was and was not (Snopes)

Also, Facebook AIs develop their own language to communicate with each other (The Atlantic)

Elon Musk says AI ‘poses an “existential threat” to human civilization” (NPR)

Moore’s Law (Wikipedia)

People Make Cool Stuff: Alan Becker – Start Here playlist (YouTube)

Bill Wurtz’s “history of the entire world, i guess” (YouTube) (language)

Bill Wurtz’s ‘history of japan’ (YouTube) (lanaguage)

Episode 4 – Magic Is A Thing

weareadultspodcast — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 08:07:28 +0000

Nolan and Colton have their first listener feedback. They also continue talking about entertainment by welcoming special guest and game enthusiast Matt Brooks to talk about games, how they are good for us and how they help us tell stories.

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Show notes!

Senet (Wikipedia)

People Make Cool Stuff (Which is the official name of the segment, we looked it up):

Jon Bois’ new book, “17776: A Football Story”

Extra Credits (YouTube)

Extra Credits’ Extra History series (YouTube)

Links to all of the board games we talked about in order of appearance, all of which come recommended by at least one of us:

Space Checkers – Checkers in space, I guess?
Settlers of Catan – Race to settle an island by claiming its resources and building cities
Alhambra – Build grand structures by managing different currencies
Puerto Rico – Govern an island by shipping resources and raising buildings
Ticket To Ride – Connect cities across the country by rail to complete tickets
Agricola – Build a diverse farm while fighting for scare resources
Dead of Winter – Collaborate to survive a zombie apocalypse while watching for betrayers
The Resistance – Stop the bad guys and save the mission, or be a bad guy and sabotage it
Pandemic – Work together to save the world from widespread disease

Other games we talked about:

Dungeons and Dragons
Pokémon Go
Magic: The Gathering
StarCraft on YouTube
Pathfinder
Jackbox

Finally, you can get ahold of us at all of these places:

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Episode 3 – Internet Art Content

weareadultspodcast — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:55:21 +0000

Nolan and Colton have big news and talk about entertainment as entertainers. They talk about entertainment’s relationship with art and beauty and the relationship between entertainers, their work and their audience. They also discuss post-mortem podcast plans.

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Show notes!

Odell Beckham Jr.’s catch

The thing Colton wrote about NFL logos

Bo Burnham – “Can’t Handle This (Kanye Rant)” (language)

A thing that Colton wrote that he thinks is important and would like more people to read

How to pronounce “Van Gogh” (BBC)

People Make Cool Stuff: Angela Luna’s jacket tent for refugees – ADIFF

Episode 2 – The Hypothetical Future You

weareadultspodcast — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 08:00:17 +0000

Nolan and Colton put off talking about procrastination. They also talk about work habits and how they are influenced by education and culture. It’s not as boring as it sounds, we promise. And Colton talks for way too long about his favorite writer.

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Show notes!

Why We Procrastinate (Psychology Today)

People Make Cool Stuff: Jon Bois’ website: ahugedog.com

Jon Bois’ “Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles”

YouTube playlist featuring Jon Bois

Episode 1 – Xenoanthropology

weareadultspodcast — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 08:00:44 +0000

In which we are introduced. Nolan and Colton review the movie “Arrival,” talk about alien languages and look things up on Wikipedia. And also argue about “Pacific Rim.”

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Show notes!

“Arrival” on Rotten Tomatoes

Sapir-Whorf

Everything Wrong With Pacific Rim (CinemaSins)

Honest Trailers – Pacific Rim (Screen Junkies)

People Make Cool Stuff: Jeff Bezos in a mech suit (LiveScience)