Pursuit of the Trivial

Introducing The Matthew Carroll Podcast

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:00:36 +0000

Matt and Spencer have a new podcast! Don’t miss out on the Matthew Carroll Podcast! Go subscribe wherever you get podcasts

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Ep.70 – Sibling Rivalry

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 01:22:07 +0000

Spencer and Colin compete to see who is the more well-rounded brother.

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Ep.69 – Olympic Ignorance 3

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:38:56 +0000

Spencer and special guest/co-host emeritis Matt Carroll (of The Marvel Cinematic Universe Podcast) talk about not watching the Olympics and desperately desperately try not to be pulled into the blackhole that is talking about the Republican Nominee for President.

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Ep.68 – Olympic Ignorance 2

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:55:27 +0000

Spencer and special guest Dave Roberson (from the DC on Screen podcast) brave wind and rain to talk about not watching the Olympic games.

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Ep.67 – Olympic Ignorance 1

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:52:23 +0000

Spencer and special guest Nick Munkachy take recumbent bicycles on a meandering journey all the way from the Olympics to a nuclear submarine!

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Ep.66 – 18,000 bad ideas

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 11:39:52 +0000

Spencer ponders being prolific while stranded on the side of the road.

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Ep.65-Time Traveling Birds

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 06:00:00 +0000

Time traveling birds are appearing in our literature, sabotaging our scientific research and attempting to alter the course of U.S. holiday history.

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Ep.64 – Brexiting Rocky 3

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:45:47 +0000

Spencer talks about failed podcast ideas.

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Ep.63 – Rocky 2

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:18:24 +0000

Matt and Spencer watch the rematch of Rocky And Apollo!

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Ep.62 – Rocky

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:07:55 +0000

Matt and Spencer watch the classic boxing movie Rocky. Get ready for some inspirational podcast training montages!

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Ep.61 – Terminator Genisys

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:05:06 +0000

Matt and Spencer watch Terminator Genisys.

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Ep.60 – Terminator Salvation

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 12:53:27 +0000

Matt and Spencer watch Terminator Salvation.

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Ep.59 – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 16:18:24 +0000

Matt and Spencer watch Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines!

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Ep.58 – T2: Judgement Day

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 22:15:13 +0000

Matt and Spencer watch Terminator 2: Judgement Day

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Ep.57 – The Terminator (1984)

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:26:13 +0000

Matt and Spencer talk Terminator.

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Ep.56 – Sensual Concrete Walls

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 00:15:53 +0000

Matt and Spencer talk 3d printed bridges, ticks, Chilly Gonzales and sweet sweet reverb.

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Ep.55 – Crystal Nose

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:42:37 +0000

Matt and Spencer discover Bin Laden’s reading list, how to give anyone you know a personality test, the simplest of productivity hacks, and why there is no need to worry about a towel folding apocalypse.

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Ep.54 – The Key Is In His Diaper

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Fri, 22 May 2015 00:22:20 +0000

Storm troopers occupy Disney World, break out room scarcity and how local politics could disrupt the space time continuum!

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Ep.53 – Friendship Like Autism

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 06 May 2015 22:53:21 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they get old man haircuts and wait for the robot hotel maids to take over the world.

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Additional Reading:

Benjamin Button haircut
Robot Hotel
The Problem with Artificial Intellegence
Robot Camel Jockeys
Camel Wifi
MCU podcast – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Jim Gaffigan – Eating on Vacation
The Incomparable Star Wars Teaser Episode: Find My Lightsaber

Ep.52.keep your podcast away from the holocaust

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:39:52 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer try to break out of a room, create belly button cheese and finally find that adventure playground they’ve been dreaming of.

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Additional reading:

Trailer for The Land documentary

Scientists create belly button bacteria based cheese

Break Out Birminham

Matt’s cover of Wrecking Ball

Matt’s coverage of Daredevil

Ep.51.Sloppy, Profound

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:46:06 +0000

Matt and Spencer talk about meeting John Popper, building their life on a lie, plastic and The Boredom Method.

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Ep.50! – We’re Baaaaaack!

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:28:14 +0000

Matt and Spencer return from their hiatus and talk about disappointing vacations, media endurance challenges and the owl vandalism subplot in The Walking Dead.

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Ep.49 – The Times They Are a-Changin’

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 00:03:20 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they prepare for the Pope’s arrival by throwing back some North Korean brew, sneaking Bob Dylan lyrics into scientific papers and replacing their food intake with Soylent. How do they get so much done you ask? Two words: adult diapers!

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Sports & Leisure
North Korea’s microbrewery culture

Geography
When preparing for the pope to visit don’t forget the adult diapers

Science
Lose your dependence on food (video: How I Stopped Eating for 30 Days)

Arts & Literature
Swedish scientists compete over who can sneak the most Dylan lyrics into their articles

Ep.48 – Vegetable Theory

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:42:36 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they send glitter to their enemies, take up DIY synthetic biology and get surgery on a boat! All while watching the same bad movie over and over and over.

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Entertainment
Two guys watch Grown Ups 2 every week for a year and thier podcast about it

Sports and Leisure
Glitter bomb your enemies!

Science & Nature
What are the risks of DIY synthetic biology?

History
What president had secret surgery on a boat?

Ep.47 – All the Way to Mexico

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:31:40 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they watch violent children’s films, bet on their weight loss and wait for their lost parrot to return. The entire time they are the only audience for an exclusive Bob Dylan show!

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Science & Nature
How to bet on your weight loss with Diet Better or use Healthy Wage (or you could go cold turkey)

Arts & Literature
Bob Dylan does a show for one man as part of an “experiement” on the effects of community (also check out the video) (or check out The Filip and Fredrick Podcast)

Geography
Parrot returns to owner speaking a different language after four years

Entertainment
Children’s movies are rife with murder!

Also we talked about

Ep.46 – Eli Is My Power Animal

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:58:52 +0000

Join Spencer, Ashley and Brittany as they take their emotional support alpaca to an eatery, clean their chimneys with a goose and find out why the movie Face Off is no longer science fiction.

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Ep.45 – Nothing Good to Say About Cuba

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:46:55 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they visit an abandoned man-made lake in search of a tree of forty fruit and then create an elaborate infographic about the journey. All the while they are hoping the Cards Against Humanity expansion pack they purchased on Black Friday can’t be judged by it’s cover!

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Arts & Literature
Nicholas Felton makes data filled annual reports of his life

Entertainment
Cards Against Humanity gives it’s Black Friday customers exactly what they advertised

Geography
The Saltan Sea is a man-made lake that is all but abandoned (also there’s a short film on it)

Science & Nature
Artist makes a tree that produces 40 different types of fruit

Ep.44 – North Korea Special

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:48:24 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they explore the mysterious and humorous depths of North Korean history and speculate on whether the Sony leaks are the “merciless counter measure” Kim Jong Un was promising. All while erecting a statue to Kim Jong Sung in celebration of his eternal presidency!

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History
10 things you might not know about North Korea!

Entertainment
Were the Sony Leaks payback for “The Interview”? Is Kim Jong Un the leader of The Guardians of Peace?

Ep.43 – Baby at Mic Level

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Join Matt, Spencer, and special guest Ashley Roeder as they prevent the rise of Polish vampires, scroll through a stomach churning app and remember what Thanksgiving is really all about, shopping! Also special appearance by Spencer’s son who attempts to eat the microphone!

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History
Why Thanksgiving was moved up a week

Geography
How to prevent Polish vampires from rising (and why they probably weren’t to begin with)

Science & Nature
Doctors share stomach turning patient photos on the app, Figure 1

Ep.42 – Rippling Adonis

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:38:14 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they disprove the chicken tornado theory and seclude themselves in the harsh Siberian wilderness for 40 years with only the song of comet 67p to get them to sleep at night.

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History
Kurt Vonnegut’s brother myth busts the chicken-tornado theory

Science & Nature
Humans land on a comet for the first time in history! And Comet 67p sings!

Sports & Leisure
How people used to sleep (you may be doing it wrong)

Geography
Family found after 40 years alone in the Siberian wilderness. Also watch a documentary about the daughter who still lives there (after 70 years).

Also heres the Key and Peele sketch we talked about!

Ep.41 – Meatball Assembly 101

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:16:17 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they wander nonexistent streets while popping brown pills, preparing for an epic snowball fight and wondering what type of meat they just consumed!

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History
The largest snowball fight in history was during the American Civil War!

Science & Nature
Poo pills make fecal transplants less invasive, but not less gross

Geography
Phantom streets aid in discovering copyright violations

Sports & Leisure
Why eating dogs and cats in Pennsylvania is still legal

Also:

The Bacon Method

Spencer’s art

Ep.40 – Premeditated Hugging

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:37:51 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they take a rash of illegal selfies and fight off a serial hugger with their high-tech umbrellas!

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Science & Nature
An umbrella made of air!

Sports & Leisure
A trio of banned selfies! You can no longer take selfies of bears, selfies of tigers or selfies of yourself in a ballot box.

History
Man terrorizes Pomona, California by hugging unsuspecting women

Ep.39 – Halloween Special!

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:13:53 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they go door to door performing this special Halloween episode whilst take photos of dead Victorians dressed as clowns.

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Geography
Creepy clown wanders the night in Wasco, CA

Art
People in the 1800s took photos of their dead relatives

History
People used to have to work for their treats

Entertainment
Walmart has “fat Girl Costumes”

Ep.38 – Hoverboard Conspiracy Theory

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:07:17 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they ride their hoverboards to into a distopian future where the illuminati have paved the streets with cooper!

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Arts & Literature
Behold a Pale Horse! And an elaborate conspiracy theory involving the illuminati, aliens and not going home for Thanksgiving dinner. (also available free in audiobook form!)

Science & Nature
Kickstart your childhood dream! The hoverboard is here.

Ep.37 – Dogs, Cats & Coked Up Polar Bears

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:03:11 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they identity the man slipping on a banana peel dressed as a polar bear whose portrait is burnt into this piece of toast.

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Science
The Ig Nobel Prize gently mocks the absurdity of experiments while acknowledging their contribution to science

Tell us if you like this format, we’re thinking of mixing things up a bit.

Also which Host is more self-admiring, more manipulative, and more psychopathic? Feel free to answer overall or each attribute individually!

Ep.36 – A Different Kind of Bum Fight

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:44:11 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they make a B movie about a rag tag group of Shakespearean invasive species paying it forward at Starbucks. WARNING: If you listen to this podcast sitting down, it may give you cancer.

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Arts & lit

American woman sculpts french WWI veterans prosthetic faces

Entertainment

Mockbusters and The Asylum film studio

Sports

Paying it forward at Starbucks
History

American Acclimatization Society tries to bring all of Shakespeare’s birds to Central Park

Science

Sitting on your bum can give you cancer

Geography

Centralia Mine Fire has been burning since 1962

Ep.35 – Dictator Salad

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:40:39 +0000

Join Matt, Spencer and special guest Alyssa as they eat too much cheese, fund a man’s dream of potato salad and kill the dream of the silver screen for some princesses. All while cultivating infamous mustaches!

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Arts & lit

Women who wouldn’t make the cut for children’s animated movies. Rejected Princesses!

Science

Ticks can make you allergic to red meat

Geography

Kim Jong Um has eaten too much cheese!

Sports & leisure

Paper airplane covers 82 miles

Entertainment

The best Kickstarter ever is for potato salad

History

The origin story for hitler’s famous mustache (sorry no gamma rays involved)

Ep.34 – Mummies and White Leather Toilet Seats

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:06:08 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they get their pets an agent, launch fish from a cannon and name an island after their podcast. We suggest listening on a speaker that looks like Kim Jong-Un.

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Science & Nature

Salmon Cannon! (and video!)

Entertainment

Internet meme Grumpy Cat has a movie coming out

Sports & leisure

Which royal carries around a white leather toilet seat?

History

People in Europe used to eat mummies for their medical value (also listen to Sawbones episode on medical cannibalism)

Arts & lit

Artist makes makes busts of infamous world leaders into speakers

Geography

Man wants small island in pond recognized as Busta Rhymes Island

Ep.33 – Poison For Your Mind

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:31:52 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they fight off snakes in this amazing ice hotel where they would give anything for a flaming monkey.

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Arts & literature

Apply gives away the new U2 album and people get angry

Entertainment

A&E cancels the show Longmire for being highly successful with old people

Science

What should Spencer do about his snake problem? (hint: not this)

Geography

Ice Hotel! exactly what it sounds like!

Sports & Leisure

9 year old boy steals city bus

History

Opium War sparks creative thinking (i.e. Flaming Monkeys!)

Ep.32 – How To Spend $70,000

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:41:59 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they buy dead squirrels, rent a country and collapse into a delightful weekend of mass hysteria.

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Arts & lit

Dead squirrel art sells for $70,000

Geography

Rent a country on Airbnb!

Science

The fitness tracker that shames you

Entertainment

5 crazy amusement parks

Sports

What is cheese rolling?

History

Laughter epidemic in Tanzania

Ep.31 – Penguin Gernade

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:47:55 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they send flowers to space, drink some elephant processed coffee, lose all their feathers and dream of paying their way to performing in the Super Bowl Halftime Show. If they succeed its ninja checkmate!

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Ep.30 -I’d Recognize That Grease Anywhere

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:38:42 +0000

join Matt and spencer as they deal in the Lego black market, try not to run afoul of the Malawi law and attempt to keep their jobs from those creative machines! All the while speeding at a steady ten miles over the speed limit in their Google driverless car!

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Arts & Literature

Computers create original tunes (will they put Matt out of work?)

Geography

Malawi introduces bill that makes “fouling the air” illegal

Science

Google driverless cars can now speed!

History

Order of the white feather shames men for not joining the war effort

Sports & leisure

VA employee visits crack house with recovering vet

Entertainment

Illegal Lego operation foiled

Ep.29 – Man v. Nature

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 02:53:32 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they take placebos, fart in the Queen’s presence and get in a hot dog eating contest with a grizzly bear while climbing a dam with a band of goats. It was all caught on film by a troop of monkeys.

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Arts & lit

Who owns a monkey’s selfie?

Entertainment

Leave the cuddling to the pros

Science

Whats not in the pill can still hurt you

History

Royal fart leads to self-exile

Sport
Kobayashi vs bear in a epic hot dog eating contest

Geography

You dam climbing goats!

Ep.28 – Babies for Sale

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:49:01 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they literally go to adult summer camp where they herd spider goats, regret eating ice cream sandwiches and eagerly await the results of the baby raffle! Literally.

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Arts & lit

Merriam Webster literally made literally mean nothing

Geography

An arranged marriage in the Mall of Americs stands the test of time

Science

Scientists create spider goats that produce silk milk
History
1912 Parishan orphanage holds a baby raffle

Sports & Leisure

why you shouldn’t eat Walmart ice cream sandwiches

Entertainment

Adult summer camp!

Ep.27 – Bringer of Darkness Cometh

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:12:54 +0000

Join Matt, Spencer and special guest Brittany Roberson as they kill spiders with makeshift blowtorches, carve self portraits out of frozen blood, and race to the death! All caught on tape via a cat telephone.

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Sports

Two words… Death Race!

History

Cat telephone… yes, you heard me right

Entertainment

How Marvel’s gamble on a racoon and a talking tree paid off… big
Science

IBM’s Watson computer got tired of beating us at Jeapordy, so it started making BBQ sauce

Arts & lit

Marc Quinn puts himself into self portrait. By himself I mean his blood. Lots of his own blood.

Geography

There are better ways to kill a spider than with an improvised blowtorch

Ep.26 – Illumi-naughty

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:41:44 +0000

Join Matt, Spencer and guest David C. Roberson (maladjusted.tv) as they sink their teeth into some lake cow bacon, while sinking into a chair that looks and smells like human skin and hoping that their new illegal kayaks don’t… well, sink. All the while carrying assault rifles and looking into the connection between Family Guy and the Illuminati.

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Sports

Furniture made to simulate human skin… even in smell
Science

Vanta black, the blackest black you can imagine… wait no, blacker than that!

History

A bold initiative to solve Americas meat shortage with hippopotamus ranching!

Entertainment

How Family Guy is in bed with the Illuminati… well maybe

Arts & lit

Japanese artist arrested for making a kayak in the likeness of her vagina

Geography

Open Carry Texas carries rifles into target and makes people uncomfortable, and pretend they weren’t making a pun

Ep.25 – Hitler Vs Bouncy Castles Vs Kramer

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:11:07 +0000

Matt, Spencer and special guest Colin Roeder finger paint icy landscapes, fight evil with inflatable tanks, and bask in the Norwegian sunlight thats piped in from the mountains above. The whole thing is caught on tape because someone (cough.. Colin) butt dialed 911.

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Sports & Leisure

If you hate the environment and are a real jerk then rolling coal might be for you!

Science & Nature

Never butt dial 911, especially if your a meth dealer

History

Dummy Tanks wage war on the axis powers during WWII!

Arts & lit

Finger painting beautiful icy landscapes
Geography

Norwegian town pipes in sunlight

Entertainment

Original Predator outfit embarisses Jean-Claude Van Damme

Ep.24 – Podcast Face

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:00:13 +0000

Join Matt & Dave as they ditch Spencer and pursue trivialities on their own!

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Ep.23 – Far Afield

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:32:46 +0000

Join Matt, Spencer and guest David C. Roberson (maladjusted.tv) carry their significant others over the parrot fish poop covered beaches of Hawaii while painting tumors with scorpion venom and singing the alternate lyrics to “Like a Rolling Stone” at the top of their lungs.

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Sports & Leisure

Wife carrying gets competitive!
Science & Nature

Hawaiian beaches are made out of parrot fish poop?

Science & Nature
Painting tumors with the venom of the deathstalker scorpion!

Arts & lit

Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ sell for 2 million

Arts & lit

An Artist with big ideas and a hankering to give birth to a shark

Sports & Leisure

And its root root root for the laundry, if they don’t win its a shame!

Ep.22 – Kim Jong Unreasonable

pursuitofthetrivial@gmail.com (Pursuit of the Trivial) — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 21:40:48 +0000

Join Matt and Spencer as they crash a kickball game, start using playing cards as currency, and make a pact to send their ashes to pluto. All the while fervently hoping that Kim Jong Un declares war on them!

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Entertainment

Bill murray crashes a bachelor party and well… you wouldn’t believe me

Geography

North Korea threatens Seth Rogan after seeing the trailer for his next movie

History

Sending children through the mail in the early 1900s

Entertainment

Community gets renewed by Yahoo

Geography

Spacecraft on its way to Pluto with it’s discover’s ashes onboard

History

Using playing cards for currency in New France