Conceived in a dream and fueled by an endless fascination in the great human experiment that is life on earth, we bring you the Cathartic Yardstick Podcast. These are the random musings of two old guys and one-time college roommates who find themselves in similar existential states after following d…
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts are joined by Professor Mike as we discuss our limitations in understanding the true nature of reality.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts commemorate our 50th episode with a look back at some show highlights.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the risks and rewards of using ever-advancing AI technology. Will AI bring a boom or doom to our future?
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss some interesting items in the news. Are we alone in the universe, or are there entities who want to get up close and personal with us.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss funny product reviews left on Amazon. Sometimes levity is where you least expect it.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss changes in technology and society that have occured in our lifetime. Is the rate of change accelerating or is it the same as it ever was.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts are joined by Professor Mike to discuss the somewhat unique Gospel of John - beyond the bumber stickers.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts do a book report about Messages from Beyond the Veil by Reginald H. Gray and David J. Dye. Were a group of pre-war spirtualists contacted by messengers? Maybe.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts sit by the campfire and regale each other with strange and mysterious stories gleaned from the internet - Plus a few from personal experience. If it is on the internet, it must be true.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts are joined by Elise to discuss trends and make predictions. Will 2022 bring about fundamental changes or just be the sequel to 2021 that nobody wanted?
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the strange world of nightmares - more specifically, our nightmares. Join us in a peak into our subconscious minds - if you dare.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the merits and possible unforseen consequences of trying to repopulate the world with wooly mammoths. We also talk about the billionaire boys club in space.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts are joined by Professor Mike to discuss the current proclivity for exorcisms in the Catholic Church. Production note: we recorded on a warm evening with the windows opened, that sound is actual crickets and not our audience.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the recent release of a UAP report to Congress. We speculate about what this really means and wonder if we are not alone in the cosmos.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts bring Professor Mike back to the podcast lounge. We bask in his wit and wisdom while hurling random questions at him.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts talk to two real paranormal investigators as we confront our fears and facination of things that go bump in the night.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts ask each other random questions.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts travel to the dark recesses of a little place known as the Twilight Zone to explore memories of favorite episodes.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts investigate the rise and fall of a Canadian band that had some people believing that the Beatles had reunited.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts investigate the urban ledged that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a body double.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts reflect on childhood memories of the Space Race and react to the return of manned US space flight in the form of a private start-up company.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts take some internet quizzes to help pass the time in quarantine. They discover that they are old versions of Bones and Spock who are worth a million.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the ever changing COVID-19 outbreak. Will society be changed forever, or will we be soon to forget the lessons that we have yet to learn?
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss COVID-19. Can a few dad jokes help get us through this crisis? Let's hope so.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the enduring mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke Island.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts sample some craft brews with their progeny and discuss the dubious history of nutmeggers.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts ponder the immutability of time and wonder if something can be done about it.
Dear listeners; in this episode, freshly back from a brief summer hiatus, your intrepid hosts record a podcast guided by no more than the random firing of neurons.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the brilliant career and mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the development of theosophy and its impact on the belief in past lives in Western culture.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts tackle the interesting and mysterious subject of shortwave numbers stations.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts tackle the subject of unexplained areal phenomena, a.k.a UFOs.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the life and legacy of Nikola Tesla.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts take a career survey to find out if they made the right choices.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss family legends, folklore, and foibles.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the Philadelphia Experiment and the lure of conspiracy theories.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts are joined by Professor Mike in the Podcast Lounge for a discussion about belief.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts tackle the subjects of aging and death with their usual grace and wit.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts list their top 5s in a number of subject areas as they approach life's penultimate stage.
Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts react to an interview that went off the rails and go a little off the rails themselves.