Ignorant and Uninformed

Max is out of town. Ben is gearing up. Celebratory dinners. Up coming projects. Escape to Margaritaville (staring Kurt Russell) *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ben's Therapy journey.  How Max discovered his values. Our automatic responses to the weird phrases we use to say hi. If you don't know what your values are - then you're probably living by someone else's. "It's amazing, the things you see, when you don't have a gun." *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free [...]

Small wins. Momentum. Diet & health  There is no quick fix  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Learning what not to do. Comparison. Self-improvement. Thank you, Josh Johnson - for your haunting question. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max's time melts away. Ben's day melts down.  But more importantly - where does your power live? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ben catches Max up on the happs.  Dungeons and Dragons. Warhammer 40k. DC20. Bootlegging gray plastic crack across boarders.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Sometimes the state of the world gets you down.  Ben is on the struggle bus. Max does what he can to help.  Detours to Cochella, Sumo Wrestling, and tarot along the way!  Ps - doing your taxes is like playing the worst game of dnd.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - [...]

The origin of Ben's nickname.  Max's struggle with perfectionism. Resident Alien.  Colorado on TV vs real life.  Done is better than perfect.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ben takes us to school and then takes a turn. A red button is all it takes to confuse Max.   Some things don't age well. Never meet your heroes, kids. Nick Offerman - don't you dare break Ben's heart.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

We are doing the thing! Ben's mom's mysterious request. Some of Max's thoughts on writing. Technology as a gateway to the Dark Side. "You don't see things how they are. You see things how you are." ps - Weekly Show link.  *** Submit a topic or just say hi - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

We start with the part-time gig. We go to the full-time gig. Big steps for Ben (asking for help!) The takeaways: Enmeshed technology is cool until it isn't. Don't update software during crunch time *** Reach out, submit a topic, say hi - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It's a wide ranging conversation this week! How much money is feeling better worth? Ben wants to lose his baby weight. (Maybe shivering on his son's floor will help...) Max is ignorant and uninformed. And our buddy, Ritzman, is mythic. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It's a surprise for Ben as St. Jaysopher drops in.  Everyone is into the longer days. Where the word robot came from.  Some shop talk. Over committing and when help does not help.  (Ps - Jay has given us 70+ topics) *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Work trips to Vegas. Pleasure and joy are nourishment (and now - a form of resistance!)  The Saw escape room.  Blood pacts to preserve dignity. Nothing says “you failed” like a dude in a pigmask with a cattle prod chasing you into the lobby. Inspiration is everywhere  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  [...]

Ben is stressed. Max only cares about his forks. A little talked about event from the past of the show. Art, inhabiting the moment, creative anxiety, and self doubt.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ben is interviewing people and has a hunch. Max wants to figure out a way to use it against them. Topics ran out on EpiDose 577.  Trying to explain invisible things to children.  Instant gratification vs how long it takes to learn a skill. Disarming with self-deprecation and humor.  A listener take on EpiDose 661  [...]

Max roles with that DGF style & has a cool opportunity. Ben got over his leading-man-phase. The freedom of the fringe.  How not to give feedback.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

May as well call these EpiDoses what they are. Ben likes the long game and is feeling some creative frustration. Max says follow the joy and is prone to fantasy. Changing schedules and Beavertown. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max is fired up about work. Ben teaches.  No adult, toddler, or teen is in their “right mind” when in the grip of strong emotions.   The ultimate parenting fantasy.  Focus and attention are our water and sun. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

A peek into Ben's life. Max thinks about the lights in his life. Hellish holidays. Traffic jams. Change can be hard. ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

When are you at your most authentic?  Moments of shattering awe and beauty? When surprised?  When you're out of your head? How ben knows he is. Why Max questions if he is. The article that set Ben off.  Following prescriptions for success/winning life.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It may start as a tech talk but it doesn't end there. The best thing Max learned in college. A metaphoric interpretation of Hanukah.  The moment it all changed for Ben. The difficulty of gray. Never underestimate the power of a well-timed question.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max likes his life Ben thrives at chaotic work   Max's phone boundaries  Ben's got a good story to end on ***  Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Work sucks some times Ben makes a life pledge Max gives (and should follow his own) unsolicited advice Ben's mom has the shining.   *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

A long ass meeting is not a “retreat” Flex time vs rigid time.  Some good I told you so laughter. Max's strong opinions. Greet the other side with curiosity, interest, and kindness. Because lord knows where hate has got us... *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

"Everything is done live, ultimately." - Ben Why Max is a Kiki Hernandez fan.  Remote work kills Ben's soul.  Choosing between a subway pass and name-brand cereal.  Max doesn't know how Ben does it. Unlimited and totally devalued.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Resolving last week's cliffhanger. Ben got a brand new bag. Or two.   If only Max knew when he was riffing... “Baby, I can change!"  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

The first time Ben and Max have talked since the election. Ben is going Stoic and drops some news in the last 10 minutes. Max was bitchslapped by winter. "Confidences brings naught but heartache and pain."  Tolerating intolerance weakens us all.  Propaganda works. In case you're curious - the Trump Memos  *** Submit Your Topic, [...]

Everything is a product of its times. Comedy as a litmus test for culture. Fishing for criticism not compliments.  Are you Stingified? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Doing business with friends Exciting nerd news for Summit County 3d printer blues  ps - Ben was totally wrong about his daughter showing up on the full moon *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ai for paint colors. Ai for trip planning. Ai piano pieces. "In the far flung future there is only Ikea..." Alas, Darth Bortles. We wlll miss you. Everyone was just here for Geoff  ps - Max was applying the three colors while listening to this episode and it's Agreeable Gray *** Submit Your Topic, Get [...]

This is how it's going to be for a while. A listener opportunity. Ben is raising a Sith lord. Max gets mystical.  Baby watch! Babies save marriages and make things easier... *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It's a Tarantino episode. Max hasn't seen it. (Obviously) Ben is living that always-kinda-sick parent life. When your buddy's celebrity crush gets engaged.  Hurting yourself to love someone.  Ps - Hakuna Matat is Swahili *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max remembers what he wanted to ask Ben! Ben does not disappoint… The last story is the best. Veritasium on luck and success.  The looks that are etched in our minds. Was Supertroopers 2 right? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max and Ben's mutual envy.  Ben's eventful, solo road trip. Symmetries between book 1 and book 55.  Surrounded by people and feeling alone. The Mindful Body by Ellen Langer It's not about making the right choice, it's about making the choice right.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

This is Geoff's last episode. But he didn't want to talk about that so...  Awkward moments on stage.   Bad comedy shows. Getting to see the process can be fun sometimes.  Geoff echoes Max's grandpa.  The joy of building inspections. “When do I get to reap what I am sowing?!” *** Submit Your Topic, Get [...]

It's Max and Geoff, so it's gonna be about food. Robots replacing table games. Naughty nuns. The wrong kind of mushrooms. Meeting the in-laws. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

It's Max and Ben, again!  (3 letter names only...sorry, Geo)  Random choice of topics leads us to... Toddlers are like drunk dinosaurs.  Parenting woes. Acting philosophy for life. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Welcome to the PeakD&D meeting! Also: Laundry tips!  Baseball analogies! Ben's self-coaching! Max's liminal linchpin status! Keep having faith in the work and showing up because you don't know when the breakthrough will happen.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Geoff has no hot water and doesn't know what day it is. Max went to GenCon and is a crappy capitalist. Emergency expenses. Expensive hobbies. The similarities between different fandoms. Each summer, from here on out, will be the coolest summer of your life...  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max's birthday gauntlet. Ben's parenting gauntlet. A mutual love fest. Hiding under the piano for an hour. Ps - GenCon was 71,000+ people  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Opposing postal experiences. How the "awkward phase" applies to more than hair on top of your head. Sometimes people won't thank you when you say the weird thing. Sometimes saying the weird thing means you don't get hired for the job. (Ps - The robots get angry at Ben a few times during this episode. [...]

Max wants to know why the far-right is on the rise the world over. Geoff shares his thoughts.  The rate of change and authoritarianism.  “Loud” doesn't equal many. People don't like uncertainty.  No nation, person, religion, or organization belongs on a pedestal.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Ben is on vacation.  Most of what Geoff and Max talk about is food. Someone will always try and game the system.  Women love bluegrass. Things with only a 10% chance of happening do happen.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Birthday celebrations. The shoestore theater.   “You should go do stuff.” The most Colorado question. You mean combo mexican/carwash place next to the weed shop? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

This is Ben's safe space.  Geoff hates our Lowes. Max is truly ignorant and uniformed about this stuff.  Pro-tip - the combination is always the store number.  *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Max and Ben back again!  What does sound design even mean? Mornings are for pointing yourself in a good direction.  Don't burn bridges in a small town.  Check out these hot jams!  If there is a carpenter in the story - people will assume it's an allegory. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  [...]

It's Ben and Max this week! Ben's been on a monthlong clean. Max's comeuppance and heart-opening. 4% of what we say is totally worthwhile! *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

What's your favorite pie? When did your picky eating change?  Geoff was a picky eater in his own way. Ben gets excited for steamed broccoli.  Max hasn't met a "normal" pie he didn't like.   The right and wrong way to eat Neapolitan ice cream *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - [...]

Everyone made it! Jinxing ourselves. 4 year-olds with jet packs. LEGOS. Where's the carpentry/construction themed pre-school? *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

Geoff is culling. Always checks the expiration date at Max's house.  20 year-old Pepto Bismal. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com