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B&X is a podcast filled with “Today I Learned” moments where two friends, Robert and Alfonso, pick each others’ brain on different strange, intriguing or downright fascinating subjects.

Robert Dickson

  • Dec 22, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 1h 6m AVG DURATION
  • 12 EPISODES


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The 12 Facts of Xmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2019 56:19


Did you think Christmas started when Jesus was born? So when WAS he born, huh? Do you know? What do the originators of this feast say? Maybe he was born with the sun? On the day it reaches the lowest point in the skies? Is Santa a demoted viking deity? Did the druids bring us the elves? Folk lore and mythology are but a huge telephone game played throughout ages of human transit. Take a journey with us through every pagan origin of the Christmas tradition and help us send this first season off with a hell of an all-inclusive season’s greeting. Wæshæl, motherfuckers, merry kwanzukkah to you. #bertfonx, #podcast, #christmas // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/ // Any use of works in our videos is de minimis, transformative, and constitutes fair use under the Copyright laws of the United States. Any improper attempts to takedown or claim our videos may be subject to 17 U.S.C. 512(f) claim for bad faith under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you want to discuss any content in our videos, please contact us at bertnfonx@gmail.com. before initiating any takedown requests. Failure to do so may constitute bad faith.

Fuck Star Wars

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2019 82:25


If you love science fiction, like we do, but you’re stuck in a bipolar vortex between Star Wars and Star Trek, boy, do we have a treat for you. We traverse parsecs of parallel universes that encompass this multi-genre narrative style. From George Lucas’s first, pre-Star War dystopian masterpiece to the seminal influences of Jodorowsky and Moebius on the great genre influencers of our time: Star Wars, Alien, Terminator, Blade Runner. Through generations of masters: H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Frank Hertbert, Jack Vance, Ray. Bradbury, Orson Scott Card, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Stanislaw Lem… the heroes: Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Pirx the Pilot… the epic, the post-apocalyptic, the utopian, the dystopian, one great adventure… We cover almost all of it and still somehow manage not to space out into a black hole. Buckle up, enjoy the ride, and live long and prosper, motherfuckers. #bertfonx, #podcast, #scifi // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/ // Any use of works in our videos is de minimis, transformative, and constitutes fair use under the Copyright laws of the United States. Any improper attempts to takedown or claim our videos may be subject to 17 U.S.C. 512(f) claim for bad faith under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you want to discuss any content in our videos, please contact us at bertnfonx@gmail.com. before initiating any takedown requests. Failure to do so may constitute bad faith.

Monster Legends and Myths

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 59:10


With his love of all things monsters and legends, Bert decides to bring Fonx into the fold with a breakdown of this pseudo science! #bertfonx, #podcast, #cryptozoology // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/ // Any use of works in our videos is de minimis, transformative, and constitutes fair use under the Copyright laws of the United States. Any improper attempts to takedown or claim our videos may be subject to 17 U.S.C. 512(f) claim for bad faith under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you want to discuss any content in our videos, please contact us at bertnfonx@gmail.com. before initiating any takedown requests. Failure to do so may constitute bad faith.

Fonx Made a Music Video

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 79:28


Bert & Fonx examine the trials and tribulations of collaborating in a music video for a song Fonx wrote, shot in Spain and the US. And, in doing so, revisit all of the experiences and lessons-learned of this intense multi-year venture. The production, the casting, the location scouting, the prop and costume design, the shoot, the post-production and the special effects... no stone is left unturned on this exploration of the world of amateur film-making, with a capital A. Paying the Ferryman video https://vimeo.com/354556260/8bdd51818f Film Press Kit https://www.dropbox.com/s/m4gy36k10lwilwz/BarqueroPressKit.pdf Paying the Ferryman song https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com/track/pagando-al-barquero-2 Lyrics in English https://www.dropbox.com/s/tit9c40g6gr97sr/BoatmanLyricsEng_vSinglePage.pdf The Isle of The Dead http://www.toteninsel.net/home.php Alfonso Cronopio Trío live ¿Qué es este Temblor? (What's This Tremor?) https://vimeo.com/138803990 Search and Destroy (Stooges' cover) https://vimeo.com/102484270 The Mezquinos http://alfonsocronopio.com/the-mezquinos-los-gardunos/ Will Stock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZO6qAv_FD8 Laïla Bensaad-Johnson https://vimeo.com/lailabensaadjohnson NOUS: Beautiful Nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R51aoiFAjBw NOUS: Moderate Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLH1hl4bojg NOUS: Midnight Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7vrpHhHAW0 D4Darius http://d4darious.com Bertimus Coverage Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V8QMvSAOCE Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQFqtP1cRTY Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VYpyz63ZNk Instagram Account https://www.instagram.com/barqu3ro/ #bertfonx, #podcast, #boatman // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/ Any use of works in our videos is de minimis, transformative, and constitutes fair use under the Copyright laws of the United States. Any improper attempts to takedown or claim our videos may be subject to 17 U.S.C. 512(f) claim for bad faith under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you want to discuss any content in our videos, please contact us at bertnfonx@gmail.com. before initiating any takedown requests. Failure to do so may constitute bad faith.

Profanity: The Universal Language

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 66:31


What is the meaning of certain meanings and why do so many get so salty about them? Can inconvenient words be hidden? Do we make them disappear when we cease to acknowledge them? Does sheet happen? Are you a sun of a beach? Join us as we explore the relativity of verbal offence, on this episode of Bert & Fonx … LINKS deadwood swearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFDYAz5LFjc #bertfonx, #podcast, #profanity // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/ // Any use of works in our videos is de minimis, transformative, and constitutes fair use under the Copyright laws of the United States. Any improper attempts to takedown or claim our videos may be subject to 17 U.S.C. 512(f) claim for bad faith under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you want to discuss any content in our videos, please contact us at bertnfonx@gmail.com. before initiating any takedown requests. Failure to do so may constitute bad faith.

Language, Motherfucker, Do You Speak It?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 81:42


Fonx has been speaking English for 50 years now. In fact, Fonx has been speaking English longer than Bert’s been alive. And yet, his English still sounds weird AF. Are there disadvantages to a multilingual upbringing? Does making room for other languages in your brain make them have to share a confined space? Could it be that Fonx doesn’t know as much English as most natives do? …or does he? LINKS Here: Etymology Quickies https://alfonsocronopio.com/etymology-quickies/ Ed Ronthaler “English is Dumb” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTjeoQ8gRmQ The Chasers War On Everything “Do You Speak English?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thZzfdDcCuo Miss Guised https://missguised.tumblr.com #bertfonx #podcast #etymology // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/ // Any use of works in our videos is de minimis, transformative, and constitutes fair use under the Copyright laws of the United States. Any improper attempts to takedown or claim our videos may be subject to 17 U.S.C. 512(f) claim for bad faith under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you want to discuss any content in our videos, please contact us at bertnfonx@gmail.com. before initiating any takedown requests. Failure to do so may constitute bad faith.

Bert went to Scotland!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2019 75:46


Bert recounts his amazing three week trip in search of his roots for his thirtieth birthday. The conversation, as usual ends up all over the place, ranging from travelling alone versus meeting up with friends or family to haggis, ancient castles, the Loch Ness monster, Robert The Bruce and the spider, Robert Lewis Stevenson and how to properly drink a good scotch whiskey. #bert&fonx #podcast #scotland // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/ // Any use of works in our videos is de minimis, transformative, and constitutes fair use under the Copyright laws of the United States. Any improper attempts to takedown or claim our videos may be subject to 17 U.S.C. 512(f) claim for bad faith under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you want to discuss any content in our videos, please contact us at bertnfonx@gmail.com. before initiating any takedown requests. Failure to do so may constitute bad faith.

Hickfests!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 55:41


Fonx’s less-than-conventional use of the term “hick” leads Bert to show him some examples of eccentric celebrations around the world to try to figure out what on earth he means. It turns out to be a fun exercise, with an interesting conclusion. Links to what we watched: Tomatina Festival - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6S9ZIjegaY Cooper's Hill Cheese Roll - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtvG9XDtjv4 World Gurning Championship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEH1rUB7-Ys World Beard and Mustache Championships - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUlnxzpcoT4 Extreme Ironing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1y4rsEVzYo World Championship Punkin Chunkin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mAIy_TUuHk Bee Wearing Championship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb4PGe_X13g // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/

Ancient Astronauts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 56:30


Fascinated and intrigued with the ancient astronaut theory, Bert decides to put it through the Fonx wringer. // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/

From the steam engine to the “fart phone”

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 66:57


Our friends compare their timelines to that of two millennial relatives in search of the milestones that marked the end of the industrial age and the rise of the information era. From calling from home to carrying your phone around, from radio and television through video and dvd, all the way to PDA and smart devices. Through the rise of social networks and the radical communication paradigm shifts brought by the advent of internet technology, what was the big corner stone? How did the transition unravel? Find out, on this episode of Bert & Fonx. // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/33jsdXH Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2Mak7uD Anchor.fm: http://bit.ly/30LojVX Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31QjZWJ Pocket Casts: http://bit.ly/2Orl17B Breaker: http://bit.ly/2B3zvCV Overcast: http://bit.ly/31che0O RadioPublic: http://bit.ly/32bEnBF Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/

Not taught in school: ‘round the world via Columbus, Genghis + Marco Polo

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2019 59:15


Bert & Fonx compare notes on the history they were taught in school versus what surfaces after contrasting other sources and, in doing so, end up traveling back in time circumnavigating the globe and retracing the steps of Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, and the mighty Genghis Khan. // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other Bertimus Channels: Bertimus https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVcEU0HnQW3A53LFs8MTcQ Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAudiovisual https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiovisual/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.audiovisual/

Love, Business, Bands, and Getting Tone From Your Butt.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2019 55:17


Bert & Fonx explore the ingredients to successful human partnerships. From family to business ventures and musical bands, they end up finding that, often times, the best energy can be that which you pull out of your ass. Subjects covered: human relationships, business, bands and musicians (Minor Threat, Eagles, The Police, Beatles, Thin Lizzy, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Severinsen, Chris Botti and many more) // Bert & Fonx Created by: Robert “Bertimus” Dickson and Alfonso “Cronopio” Moreno Edited by Miah Detjen Musical Theme by Alfonso Cronopio Trio, produced by Chano Audiovisual // Other sources of B&X: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCra5ITO4mIzksZ00UXXX2jw Other Bertimus Channels- Bertimus: https://www.youtube.com/c/bertimus Not Taking It Seriously: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVc... Alfonso Cronopio Trio https://alfonsocronopio.bandcamp.com Miah Detjen http://miahdetjen.com Chano Audiovisual https://www.youtube.com/user/ChanoAud... https://www.instagram.com/chanoaudiov... https://www.facebook.com/pg/chano.aud...

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