We play Learned League, the greatest trivia competition in all the land. Each day, we run through the questions and how we arrived at the answers (or at least, how we arrived at our answers).
You know how they determined the geographic center of the United States? They cut a big piece of cardboard and moved it around on a pin until it balanced.
Seriously, why were there so many sitcoms that looked like documentaries with no explanations?
The cat was offended that George didn't know the sixth nation.
He shoulda called it Sockdolager.
A pretty good day turned into an absolute crapshow trying to record last night.
George categorically refuses to learn French things, Vietnamese things, or female artists.
See if you can tell where we had to pause because George always forgets not to drink milk before recording.
Amanda inverts her categories, and a layup for the Australians in one of George's worst areas doesn't help.
Don't ask how long ago Amanda's grad school was.
Photography is basically alchemy, and George shall not truck with such dark magicks.
Nice to see you. You look good. Have you been walking more? Drinking water? Whatever you're doing, it's working.
...but not the Broadway discussion one would expect.
By the way, Jello Biafra is the absolute worst. Just a horrible person all around.
One should not let one's LearnedLeague performance put one in a bad mood, and yet.
Sometimes we can actually walk you through our thinking process. Go figure.
George is genuinely sorry that he interrupted, but Amanda insisted he not edit it out.
There are too many Hawaiian islands these days. Please eliminate three. P.S. I am not a crackpot.
Apparently, the main defense against theft is bolting a plate to the bottom of your car.
Are we still in stereo? Sorry about that.
Sometimes you think, but therefore you aren't. Correct. About the answers.
We are entering a new Lavender Scare era. Please call your representatives.
Also, that painting is *probably* in that museum but it's been stolen so many times that who really knows for sure?
David Pilkey goes by "Dav" but pronounces it "Dave" because it's a joke about a nametag maker that broke when he worked at Pizza Hut.
Sometimes one can assemble small chunks of knowledge into an actual guess.
The song was on a Wham! album but the single is credited to George Michael. Sure, that makes sense.
Slow start to the week. Gotta knock the rust off.
Take the long weekend to learn even more Netflix miniseries.
The thalamus, of course, is named after Dr. Edward Thalam.
Our remote audio engineer tried to talk George through it, but we shall see.
Violations of Rules 3 and 4. An inauspicious start to the season.
Private Rundle names: LearnedLaag / LearnedLagg Registration Code: Rule3ShutUpCat
It's been a pretty spiky season. How have you been doing?
Thank you, Thorsten, for only barely overlapping bowl season.
The Ayatollah regime actually adopted the crescent, but reserves the right to use the lion.
Sorry about how creaky George's voice got. Dry recirculated air all day.
We genuinely do not edit out the vast majority of the nonsense. Y'all get all of it. Like it or not.
Not the best day for slowly, carefully reasoning through it.
We just kind of went off on rants here. Sorry about that.
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