Halloween - The National Holiday we Deserve
In our annual Halloween episode we finally put Halloween itself under the microscope, putting an end to the ongoing constitutional crisis...should Halloween be a national holiday?
Oct 31, 2024•48 min
Stupid/Not Stupid
Jason is an expert in science, technology, history, music, and basically everything else...Matt is an expert in disagreeing with Jason. Come along as we argue over topics from Star Wars to the Electoral College, and determine once and for all if they are stupid or not stupid!
Episodes
The Lost Frog Boys of South Korea
On the day of South Korea's first ever state elections--March. 26 1991--5 boys go missing, leading to perhaps the strangest (stupidest) series of events in the history of missing persons cases.
Jun 17, 2024•2 hr 51 min
Life on Europa
2001: A Space Odyssey warned us not to, but in October 2024 we are going there anyway. Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa, and how stupid an idea is it to go looking for it?
Jun 03, 2024•38 hr 44 min
Intelligent Design...or Intelligent decline?
Is our entire reality just the sandbox of a flying spaghetti monster? Where did it all come from? And if it came from there, where did that come from? A lot of stupid questions that need answering.
May 20, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Luke Turned to the Dark Side
Did Luke follow in his father's prosthetic foot steps and give in to the temptations of the dark side? I guess sometimes there's just no coming back from kissing your sister...
May 03, 2024•44 min
Announcing Season 2?
I guess it sounds like we're back? What a stupid idea.
Apr 27, 2024•1 min
The Scranton Strangler Worked in the Office
Is the greatest comedy of our generation also the greatest "who done it" of our generation? When the Court of Public Opinion wont do, all you can do is ask: Stupid/Not Stupid?
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Do we Need a Wealth Cap? - They're Stupid Edition
Dr. Tyler, the shows wealthiest fan, returns to the podcast to debate the need to finally cap his outrageous earnings for the good of all humankind.
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 29 min
The Least Stupid Ways to Hide a Body - Halloween Edition
Never murder if you can help it, but if you must murder, then don't get caught. Happy Halloween!
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 5 min
The Golden Record - A Lasting Testament...or Last Testament?
In 1977 NASA sent a time capsule out into the cosmos that has since left our solar system and is traveling at 61,500 km/h through the vastness of space. That record contains a summary of our entire species...and a map to Earth. One of the coolest things ever done? Sure. Perhaps also one of the stupidest...
Sep 21, 2022•55 min
Altruism, Who is it Good For? - They're Stupid Edition
World famous philosophical thought leader Dr. Dandashi joins the show to make the point that there is no point, and everything we do is in furtherance of our own self interest.
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Could we get there?
Let's dig a hole! With some earth shattering insights, the guys answer the question, are we too stupid to dig to the center of the Earth?
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr
The Empire were the Good Guys - Star Wars Edition
Having wiffed on the entire point of the podcast by not putting an episode out on May 4th, we reconvene to determine once and for all...we're the Empire the Good Guys?
Jun 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Pirates, an Asset to Humanity? - They're Stupid Edition
From Vikings to Napster, have pirates made the world a better place? Also, just to prove a point, we turn Dr. Tyler's mic down to pirated level quality for the last 10 minutes.
May 31, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Yuba County 5 - All the Stupid Theories
Yuba County, 1978...5 "boys" head out to watch a college basketball game and are never seen alive again. Are the stupidest theories surrounding their fate actually the most plausible?
May 16, 2022•1 hr 15 min
World War 3 - How Possible is it?
There are lots of ways that WW3 could kick off, some less stupid than others...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 15 min
The Titanic Never Sank...and Jack is a Time Traveler
Is the most titanic thing about the Titanic disaster the lies that we've been told? And just how contiguous is the James Cameron multi-verse?
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Sports! - Stupid Rule Changes that could Make them Better
With the Superbowl now behind us, its not time to reevaluate what we've learned over the past season of various sports, and consider some stupid rule changes that will both improve the game, and drastically up the entertainment value.
Feb 14, 2022•42 min
Are We Living in a Simulation? - They're Stupid Edition
This week we open up with some bonus content, a review of Matrix Resurrections, before determining if our entire stupid reality is in-fact a simulation. Oh, and Dr. TJ is back.
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Could we Stop a Stupid Asteroid from Destroying the Earth?
1km sized objects strike the Earth on average every 500,000 years, and we are WAY overdue. If we detected one headed for Earth today could we do anything about it, or would we just refuse to look up?
Jan 10, 2022•50 min
Pre-Human Civilization - The Silurian Hypothesis
The Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years, but humans have only called it home for 300,000 years, a period of time so brief that if we disappeared today it's unlikely that future species would ever know that we were here. So is it stupid to assume that there were civilizations that came before us?
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Mattress Firm - Money Laundering Front or Terrible Business?
Stores across the street from each other, no foot traffic, low demand...how is Mattress Firm a viable business? And are the most insane explanations the least stupid?
Dec 20, 2021•47 min
Let's Redraw the States!
Forget gerrymandering, let's reset the entire map! Could many of the United States' most stupid problems be solved by simply resetting the map? And what are the least stupid ways that we could do it?
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min
The Case for Cannibalism - They're Stupid Edition
In 1884 the case of "The Crown v. Dudley and Stephens," set the modern standard for how we view cannibalism as a society. As an expert on English caselaw, the infamous Rag Reynolds returns to the show to debate the finer points of the crossover between morality and necessity, and help us decide if there are any less stupid ways that we could utilize one of our most renewable resources...the dead.
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Ants Rule the World
There has been a lot of talk on the show about the various types of future overloads that are likely to enslave humanity in the future, but what about the overlords that are already here? The guys pull out a magnifying glass to superheat the argument--Stupid/Not Stupid, Ants rule the world?
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Get your Ass to Mars...in our Lifetimes?
On a topic that Jason clearly knows nothing about, the team breaks down what it would take to land humans on Mars in our lifetimes, and if all the hype is stupid, or not stupid?
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 5 min
The Science of Ghosts
Somehow we made it to a second Halloween. This year we decide if ghosts are stupid or not, and what science has to say about it.
Oct 30, 2021•46 min
Dyatlov Pass Mystery (Murders?) - All the Stupid Theories
9 went in, none came out...alive. Matt and Jason journey into the snowy crags of Dyatlov Pass to search for clues as to the fate of the ill-fated expedition. Especially stupid clues.
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 19 min
FLY YOU FOOLS! - Frodo should have Flown to Mordor - They're Stupid Edition
World renowned Tolkienoligest Dr. Aaron joins the crew to debate the finer points of one of literature's most contested plot holes...why didn't the hobbits just hop an eagle to Mordor and eliminate approximately 9,576 pages of walking?
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Lost Cosmonauts - Stupid Conspiracy or Human Space Junk?
When Yuri Gagarin first went to space, was he boldly going where others had gone before? When Valentina Tereshkova broke the glass celestial ceiling had it already been cracked by a tragic earlier flight? The evidence might not be as stupid as you think.
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 15 min