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(0:00) Intro(1:05) Reading Atlas Shrugged in the park(9:53) A suspicious guy on a bike(14:49) "Where is my knife?"(16:09) The bloodshot eye(19:15) The cool cucumber(20:50) Wiping fingerprints off the backpack(22:30) Pursuing the thief(24:40) Pursue!(26:42) The $25-for-medications story(30:03) The $100 bill get-out-of-jail-free card(31:21) Finding a cop, but it's a traffic cop(34:55) Oh no, a precinct jump(37:46) The police come in hot(40:29) Giving the police the phone(43:24) AirTags aren't real-time(44:40) The bike is recovered, but he's gone(46:27) The cop needs his lunch(47:50) Texting from the back of the squad car(49:00) All roads lead to chess(52:23) Now there are cops in the park(54:10) They're rolling up(55:20) Ratting on your friends(56:11) He's going to prison

Recorded September 11, 2025

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(0:00) Intro(2:09) The piano is for happiness, not for show(3:09) Let's be jingle guys!(3:56) You can't put a piano in a belt loop(4:47) Recorder or creative writing?(5:28) An absolute trip fiasco(6:17) The buddy of a Twitter buddy(7:42) The definition of sunk cost(8:53) Deciding not to go on a trip the morning of(10:44) "I already lost respect for you"(11:34) Wildcard friend gets deported(12:28) Arriving in France with no housing(13:02) Crazy Avis(15:00) French customer service don't give a f...(16:15) We got to call the time!(17:40) The south of France is hot(18:27) Learning to drive a stick shift(19:51) The Zamboni yips(21:26) Cliff diving in France(23:43) Rosé is cheap(24:52) Pizza girl in a bougie town(26:33) Trying to flirt in French(27:36) Oh god...

Recorded August 23, 2025

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(0:00) Intro(2:05) The episode that was banished(3:06) His mom watched the unlisted pod(3:35) The friend who found the unlisted episode(5:08) A catch-22 in a new relationship(7:24) I now fully understand racism(7:55) The loud Africans at the movie in the park(9:53) The one thing a white lady hates(10:48) Banished from the five-star hotel beach(11:09) The new self-driving car thread(13:28) Full self-driving vs. the total fear(15:16) Self-driving missiles(16:07) The gamification of war(17:33) Me flying vs. the IG reels(19:04) What is smut?(19:39) How a heat-seeking missile works(22:31) Evasive maneuvers against a missile(23:33) Lemur 3: The new pilot(24:09) How to dodge a missile(27:11) What happens when a missile misses?(28:18) The final resting place of missiles(29:56) Using flares to fool a missile

Recorded August 8, 2025

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(0:00) Intro(0:47) Part II of the love and marriage saga(1:25) 7 hours a day on marital research(2:08) Tim ferris is a serious goose, not a silly goose(2:44) Getting adults to arrange things is impossible(3:25) The book of answers (our new bible)(3:55) The isosceles we have: Competing vs. slugging(6:05) The joe rogan jiu-jitsu analogy(6:45) Our approach to marriage is wrong(8:23) The case for arranged marriages(11:59) We marry families, not people(15:15) The enlightenment and romantic love(18:35) How the lower class started dating (19:21) Hollywood propagating romantic love(21:05) America is a bunch of rebellious teenagers(23:09) The girlfriend's grandma on the lips(25:44) Marrying for passion vs. values(30:52) Why we should be more family-centered(32:23) How arranged marriage was portrayed as evil

Recorded August 5, 2025

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(0:00) The Pod Was Doomed From the Start(0:15) Yesterday's episode was a dumpster fire(0:46) "Jump out the window" moments(1:23) When a joke goes wrong(1:49) My skin was Bible paper thin(2:06) Paper thin skin and company finances(2:42) The downsides of profit sharing(4:08) Changing our company's value system in a week(4:48) Our "bastard child business"(5:59) A man is only as big as the things that make him angry(6:30) Why did I cuff my shorts like that?!(7:29) Bringing back the old Smart Nonsense(9:11) The podcast might change forever(10:24) Living together before marriage?(13:12) Why we're trying to find religion(15:16) We're doing things historically we wouldn't do(16:45) 5 reasons living together before marriage is a bad idea(17:46) The Spaniard vs. Church(26:40) Everything is figure outable(27:47) Cohabitating focuses on the wrong things(33:29) Easy to break up, hard to get divorced(42:45) Everyone's ugly when they're 60(47:50) You don't get ready, you just figure it out(51:54) The importance of "we'll figure it out"

Recorded July 31, 2025

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(0:00) The "Lost" Fourth of July Episode(0:49) Cashing in a "Make-A-Wish" for an Ad Read(1:28) Hating Acting & The Ad Read Meltdown(2:44) The Roundabout Plan to Become Tom Cruise(3:40) The Navy vs. Air Force Flight Squadron Debate(5:49) Getting Blue Angels Clout for YouTube(6:36) The Time I Puked All Over Myself on a Plane(8:04) Flying Blue Angels: Joystick or Weapon?(9:36) The Glorious Sound of the A10 Warthog(10:42) The Naked Massage Experience(12:02) My Butt Was Clenched "Real Tight"(15:10) Boys Weekend & Why Golf Is a Ponzi Scheme(17:03) Getting Drunk & Mastering the Six-Iron(18:43) Breaking 100 with a Single Club(19:07) Getting Grounded & Taking Your Shoes Off

Recorded July 19, 2025

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(0:00) Siesta: my secret work-avoidance hack(1:09) Lake meetings: executive therapy for us(1:53) My weird memory vs. chess prodigies(2:47) Tiger Woods' golf vs. my brain fog(3:40) I land planes. You can't.(4:54) My heart's expanding (with... something?)(5:10) Warning: current dates, DO NOT LISTEN.(6:22) Shocking: girls can be funny!(8:23) Friends who are girls = dating chaos engine(9:31) Matchmaking: it's "lindy," so it's ancient.(11:28) Dating pools: hers shrinks, mine explodes.(12:30) Guys don't approach? I'm busy dancing.(13:37) That time we saw "Matthew McConaughey" playing tennis(15:52) My celebrity magnet: a random tennis court(17:27) I'm a "phenomenal" tennis coach (stuck on basics)(18:48) My terrible batting form, now on a tennis court(20:25) My D1 tennis player dating phase (RIP)(20:51) Friendship: low reward, high risk.(21:18) Tennis addiction: my love language.

Recorded June 24, 2025

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(0:00) I'm a mega-influencer now (and I use the toilet for Twitter)(0:58) My sacred Twitter time on the toilet(1:35) Munchkins vs. healthy wraps (I swear it was health)(1:59) Our friend just discovered Geoguessr five years late(2:53) The boys booted up Geoguessr at 1 AM(3:50) Geoguessr's game design: totally clueless(4:07) Playing Geoguessr with friends makes me happy(4:54) Geoguessr's flaw: no multipliers for my dominance(5:46) Geoguessr's fuzzy scoring system is just... bad(6:59) Geoguessr's mysteries: miles, kilometers, or just vibes?(7:24) Geoguessr's sound design: chef's kiss(8:16) Geoguessr makes millions, even with terrible multiplayer(12:45) Geoguessr's secret weapon: "monkey brain" addiction(13:34) Dropped in a Romanian forest alley: Geoguessr's worst nightmare(14:37) Brain Blast's perfect ramp: from easy to "challenge question"(16:15) Our app launch goal: minimum viable profitability!(17:18) Why I'm terrible at Brain Blast (it's not me, it's the game)(17:47) Hunter's "ethnoguessr" strategy: just look at the people(19:10) Geoguessr's simple pricing: pay to play, suckers!(21:09) Brain Blast pricing: pay to feel like a god(24:09) "Just copy what works!" - podcasting's ultimate wisdom(26:27) Our main metric: how many hours you lose to our app

Recorded June 19, 2025

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(0:00) Intro

(0:34) Dylan's GrubHub credit card hacks

(0:58) Why I should cancel my Amex Platinum card

(2:58) Winning three championships (I'm kind of a big deal)

(3:42) Soccer vs. Hockey shifts: a chaotic debate

(4:59) Dylan the "banshee" on the soccer field

(7:39) Obsessing over tennis game design

(9:06) Tennis scoring is secretly brilliant

(11:00) Why football's Hail Mary is peak game design

(12:53) KO comebacks and Black Swan KOs

(14:50) How hockey fixed its boring overtime

(17:01) Are penalty kicks better than shootouts?

(17:48) Making our game fairer than the SAT

(19:57) Why Desmos's UI/UX is so bad

(21:35) The mystery of the "y=x" graph

(22:37) My buddy's to-do list app paradox

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(0:00) Intro

(0:34) Dylan's GrubHub credit card hacks

(0:58) Why I should cancel my Amex Platinum card

(2:58) Winning three championships (I'm kind of a big deal)

(3:42) Soccer vs. Hockey shifts: a chaotic debate

(4:59) Dylan the "banshee" on the soccer field

(7:39) Obsessing over tennis game design

(9:06) Tennis scoring is secretly brilliant

(11:00) Why football's Hail Mary is peak game design

(12:53) KO comebacks and Black Swan KOs

(14:50) How hockey fixed its boring overtime

(17:01) Are penalty kicks better than shootouts?

(17:48) Making our game fairer than the SAT

(19:57) Why Desmos's UI/UX is so bad

(21:35) The mystery of the "y=x" graph

(22:37) My buddy's to-do list app paradox

Recorded June 6, 2025

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(0:00) Intro - ultimate teaser

(0:58) Michael Dell, his hat, and downfall

(2:09) West Village guys and their dating secrets

(5:38) Is this Harvard hockey player gay?

(7:09) Selling booze to 13-year-olds

(9:28) Our crazy "anti-sales" strategy

(12:12) Brother's big move to outsource himself

(13:38) My BOGO taco obsession

(16:45) Mistaken for an Uber Eats driver (twice!)

(20:43) Charlie Puth's weird spoon grip

(26:59) My childhood salad trauma

(27:00) Running into Tony Hawk in Chicago

Recorded June 13, 2025

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(0:00) Mega Influencer Status: Shopify Sponsorship(1:48) The "Macro" Photography Misunderstanding(2:30) Jonathan B. Your Boy's "Unique Strategy" Neg(3:38) Getting Recognized in Trader Joe's(5:50) That's a Mega Dude: Spotting Jack Harlow(8:10) The Rotisserie Chicken & Pool Floaty Days(12:12) The Dreaded Impromptu Speech(15:00) Learning What a "Speech" Really Means(17:35) Pilot Communications: A Natural Communicator

Recorded June 12, 2025

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(0:00) Luger vs. Slug Confusion & Crashing Out

(1:10) Creator Mental Health & David Dobrik Comparison

(5:00) Getting Served Legal Papers Story

(6:44) Nick Mayer Art - The Prawn of Life Gift

(14:59) Bodega Booze Incident Gone Wrong

(18:12) Death Spiral Flying Dreams & Tom Cruise Stunts

(20:44) Building AI Bots for Their Game

(23:35) The Perfect Bot Problem & Data Regression

(28:31) Sister's Binning Paradox Solution

(31:15) Always Let Players Win Strategy

Recorded June 6, 2025

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(0:02) Welcome to Smart Nonsense - Mumbly Mo and Yanni Chlani intro(0:55) Flight lessons and fog clouds - why I'm a pilot now(2:59) The Naval rule: treating your time like $5,000/hour(4:14) Bike mechanic gets PISSED at my Super 73 "motorcycle"(7:04) I had the last laugh - undoing his "impossible" screw in 1 second(11:24) U-2 Spy Plane Skunk Works - crazy landing without landing gear(15:52) David Senra event - billion dollar CTO vs podcast celebrity(19:33) I FOUND CRAIGSLIST CRAIG walking down the street(23:30) Craig's LinkedIn reveals he "kind of sucks" as a manager(25:24) Bike mechanic wants my "magic touch" - are we friends now?

Recorded May 30, 2025

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(0:21) Why dogs tilt their heads - the cockeyed Joe mystery(2:47) Subway peaked in 2010 and now tastes like poop(4:34) House hunting with $10K budget in West Village(6:08) Naval's life philosophy: "You get what you deserve"(8:23) New friends opened my eyes - finally living my 20s(11:02) The Secretary Problem - Dylan solved it independently(13:58) First time in a Waymo robot taxi in San Francisco(16:27) Memorial Day debauchery weekend in Stone Harbor(18:39) Alcohol is Lindy - missing out on college drinking(20:56) Season of Yes - getting after it for 5 years

Recorded May 29, 2025

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(0:00) Hockey injury & podcast sponsorships(3:42) The "toxic girlfriend" group chat(7:05) Fighting morning fog for flight lessons(10:58) What creates fog? Weather science(14:25) Windy.com & Ken Griffin's weather data(21:36) Chess.com: The perfect game app model(25:30) Getting hooked on chess & matchmaking(30:52) Making friends with random Polish players(34:10) Playing bots with celebrity skins(38:25) The Trumpowski opening & poker wildcards

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(0:21) Johnny IV Jr: Making the draw function seamless

(2:48) "Been living it up" - A DM from a celebrity

(5:05) Sponsored shorts competition with Cleo Abram

(7:12) Eyeball anatomy confusion

(9:31) Brain Blast roadmap: Solving the cold start problem

(11:45) Botting multiplayer lobbies

(13:17) Stats feature: Predictive SAT scores

(14:42) David Blaine's tricks come from ancient Indian magic

(16:35) "You only need one magic trick"

(17:45) Peter Thiel freaking out over magician's trick

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(0:00) "Chimpanzee" mic test debate

(2:25) Two-club golf philosophy

(6:03) Retiring the Spaniard bar

(9:12) Ivy League parties & $80K watches

(12:36) "She lied about Harvard AND hockey"

(15:51) Accidental chess grandmaster encounter

(19:04) Pilot gear obsession explained

(21:35) $1500 headset & astronaut sunglasses

(23:40) "It's all a business write-off"

(24:51) Dating someone with Space Force connections

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(0:00) "NYC is basically Disneyland for adults" - Spring update and urban living metaphors

(3:42) Speech anxiety & King's Speech moment - Tackling public speaking challenges

(7:15) Soho House pool encounters - Almost meeting "Twitter hot" person

(10:23) Weekend plans: The Spaniard bar & becoming a pilot - Flight school ambitions

(13:57) Bloody nose chronicles - Pool paranoia and tampon solutions

(17:31) Dark turn: Bike accident story - Sobering reminder about street safety

(20:15) "Make the thing exist first, make it good later" - App development philosophy

(23:46) UI vs UX debate - Why functionality beats pretty design in early development

(26:21) The blank screen problem - Creating engaging first experiences in the app

(29:35) Learning from mistakes - SAT practice and tackling "the discriminant"

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(0:00) Intro & Forgotten Rainbow of Life

(2:35) NYC Rant: The City That Don't Sleep Sucks

(6:10) Mike Wazowski Body Problems

(11:25) Turkey Trip: The Last-Minute Adventure

(15:47) Beach Town Disaster: "Imagine This Place In Season"

(19:32) Hot Air Balloon Rides in Cappadocia

(23:15) Epic Hog Adventure: Tearing Through Mountain Ridges

(27:38) The Ravine Disaster: When Google Maps Betrays You

(35:42) Type 2 Fun vs Type 3 Fun: Two Ways to Handle Disaster

(39:50) Istanbul: Soho House and Turkish Baths from Hell

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