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American's favorite podcast! Submit a topic. Get a t-shirt. Three regular dudes sit around, draw listener submitted topics out of a bowl, and discuss them for 30 minutes.

Ignorant and Uninformed


    • Jun 19, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 684 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Ignorant and Uninformed

    EpiDose 684- The Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025


    Having a healthy relationships with uncertainty can be hard. Talking about what's going well can help. Same goes for what you're excited about. So that's what we do. Enjoy! *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

    EpiDose 683- Externalizing the Internal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025


    Ben is about to love drugs. Max already does. The transition from labor to management. Where inspiration comes from. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

    EpiDose 682- Throwback

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025


    Which fictional universe would you like to live in? Ben is benevolent. Max is selfish. But both can agree where not to live. Also - shows that don't get good until season 2-3. *** Submit Your Topic, Get A Free Shirt  @IgandUn - ignorantanduninformed@gmail.com

    EpiDose 681- Checking In

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 680- Values

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025


    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 [...]

    EpiDose 679- Big Journey, Small Steps

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025


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

    EpiDose 678- Hamburglaring Your Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 677- Pianos and Saws

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 676- Gaming News

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 675- Nihilism and Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025


    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 - [...]

    EpiDose 674- Pobody’s Nerfect

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 673- Theater School

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 672- Moms, Writing, and Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 671- Ben’s Work Therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 670- All Over the Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 669- Rollercoaster Runway Boulder

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 668- Team Building

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025


    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  [...]

    EpiDose 667- PeakD&D Chat Vol 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 666- AI Job Interviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025


    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  [...]

    EpiDose 665- Liminal Living and Laughing

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 664- PeakD&D Chat Vol. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 663- Gentle Parenting with Ben

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 662- Home for the Holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 661- On Authenticity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 660- The Curse of Critical Thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025


    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

    EpiDose 659- Phones and Fog

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 658- Work Slogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 657- Families and Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 656- We Are All Dumb

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024


    "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

    EpiDose 655- New Bags

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 654- Aftermath

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024


    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, [...]

    EpiDose 653- Gaming and TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 652- Nerd News and Baby Watch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 651- Robot Helpers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024


    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 [...]

    EpiDose 650- Cooking Coals and Conflagrations

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 649- Fall in the Mountains

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 648- Ben’s Bombs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 647- Solitude v Loneliness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 646- Fare Thee Well Geoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024


    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 [...]

    EpiDose 645- Summertime in Vegas

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 644- Neglection

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 643- Talking Shop

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 642- Hot Water and Conventions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 641- Gauntlets

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 640- Mail Service and Facial Hair

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024


    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. [...]

    EpiDose 639- Preaching to the Choir

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 638- Places to Eat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 637- Small Town Living

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024


    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

    EpiDose 636- Tool Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024


    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

    EpiDose635- Sound and Morning Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024


    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  [...]

    EpiDose 634- Diet and Emotional Exercise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024


    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

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