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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…

Ray and Mark


    • Aug 10, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 40 EPISODES


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    Episode 51 - Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 34:57


    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.

    Episode 50 - A Special Retrospective

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 63:24


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts commemorate our 50th episode with a look back at some show highlights.

    Episode 49 - AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 50:26


    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?

    Episode 48 - News Items

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 45:31


    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.

    Episode 47 - Amazon Reviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 26:02


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss funny product reviews left on Amazon. Sometimes levity is where you least expect it.

    Episode 46 - Changes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 58:30


    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.

    Episode 45 - Gospel of John

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 46:56


    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.

    Episode 44 - Book Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 23:37


    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.

    Episode 43 - Campfire Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 47:54


    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.

    Episode 42 - Predictions 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 47:05


    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?

    Episode 41 - Nightmares

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 45:20


    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.

    Episode 40 - Wooly Mammoth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 28:32


    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.

    Episode 39 - Exorcism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 42:01


    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.

    Episode 38 - They Fly!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 42:19


    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.

    Episode 37 - Wheel of Mike

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 40:11


    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.

    Episode 36 - Weeping Souls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 45:50


    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.

    Episode 35 - Talking Points

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 46:55


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts ask each other random questions.

    Episode 34 - Twilight Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 42:13


    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.

    Episode 33 - Klaatu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 39:22


    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.

    Episode 32 - Paul Is Dead?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 32:37


    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.

    Episode 31 - SpaceX

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2020 0:30


    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.

    Episode 30 - Quiz Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 29:06


    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.

    Episode 29 - One Per Customer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 25:07


    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?

    Episode 28 - Going Viral

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 32:06


    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.

    Episode 27 - Lost Colony

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2020 22:55


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the enduring mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke Island.

    Episode 26 - Octoberfest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 32:04


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts sample some craft brews with their progeny and discuss the dubious history of nutmeggers.

    Episode 25 - Time Travel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 34:14


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts ponder the immutability of time and wonder if something can be done about it.

    Episode 24 - Random Neural Activity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 30:36


    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.

    Episode 23 - Amelia Earhart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 42:01


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the brilliant career and mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

    Episode 22 - Past Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2019 30:01


    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.

    Episode 21 - Numbers Stations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 30:13


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts tackle the interesting and mysterious subject of shortwave numbers stations.

    society dear unexplained numbers stations
    Episode 20 - UFOs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 34:34


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts tackle the subject of unexplained areal phenomena, a.k.a UFOs.

    Episode 19 - Tesla

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 25:43


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the life and legacy of Nikola Tesla.

    Episode 18 - Career Choices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2019 31:20


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts take a career survey to find out if they made the right choices.

    Episode 17 - Family Folklore

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 33:16


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss family legends, folklore, and foibles.

    Episode 16 - Philadelphia Experiment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2019 22:52


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts discuss the Philadelphia Experiment and the lure of conspiracy theories.

    Episode 15 - Belief

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2019 33:41


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts are joined by Professor Mike in the Podcast Lounge for a discussion about belief.

    belief dear mythos podcast lounge
    Episode 14 - Sixty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 29:13


    Dear listeners; in this episode, your intrepid hosts tackle the subjects of aging and death with their usual grace and wit.

    Episode 13 - Top 5s

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2019 55:42


    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.

    Episode 12 - Dust Bunnies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2019 26:57


    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.

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