We Gotta Blow It Up

Allen saves us from asteroids, Jack Black’s mom saves some astronauts, Allen offends Arik’s sense of probability, and Arik sets the record straight on streetcar conspiracies.

• Asteroid impact avoidance
• The Truth About Jack Black’s Mother’s Historic Past
  • Ep. 63, A Heaving Mass of People
  • In Memory of Judith Love Cohen
• The math behind how unlikely it is that two well shuffled decks have the same order
  • An attempt to convey how long it would take to shuffle 52! times
• Did a conspiracy really destroy Los Angeles’s huge streetcar system?
  • Kennedy, 60 Minutes, and Roger Rabbit
  • General Motors streetcar conspiracy