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Maxwell Black and Silvano D'Agostino explore the intricacies of their lives at Harvard College and how they relate back to the outside world. Following the motto "we're always recording", they talk about whatever may come to their minds—sometimes that turns out to be vaguely interesting and maybe ev…

Maxwell Black & Silvano D'Agostino


    • Feb 2, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    S02E05: Hashtag Sponsor the Pod (with Bardi)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 24:59


    The shoutout episode. I Wish This Could Go Out Uncensored Who Should’ve Won? What is Bruno Mar? No, That’s Fahrrell It’s Gotta Be Rat-Tat-Tat as Opposed to Skrrr-Pop Just Gonna Shout Him Out on the Pod, Too The Most Expensive “That Was Easy Button” That Man Fucking Produced My Adolescence Shoutout I Also Hope Irony Transfers I’m Plugging Everyone Today, Baby Infowoke Hashtag Sponsor the Pod LA is Full of the Trashiest, Scummiest People—Me Included Intellectual Gang Is Wisconsin a State? Gang Gang Y’all Won’t Do The Dishes And I’m Sick of This Shit It’s You Alone in a Room, Completely Naked How Far Away Am I? BEHIND YOU! I’m Too Thic to Be on Tinder Like That I Would Love to Hear What These Old People Think About Lil Xan I’ve Often Thought About How I Want My Life to Be Autotuned If You Have Refried Beans, You’re a Fucking Stanky Human Cordon Bleu I Became a Cornhole When I Was a Little Boy Pancakes with Ketchup My Family Always Jokes… It’s Like Eating a Vacuum I Don’t Thirst You Hate Soup, This is Amazing I Have a Theory About Peas The Future is Grim @Bardi__@zebrascream@Silvano_D

    S02E04: Peppa Pig Poop David Lynch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018 26:12


    (We apologize for this episode’s delay. Life is complicated and editing is hard. Also, it was very windy on the sixteenth floor that day of recording…)* So, I Got Notes Now* Maybe That’s How They All Got The Same Macklemore Hair* You Could Just Have an Anime Girlfriend* We’re All About Sex-Positive Feminism, But Eventually We’re Going to Have to Move On* Dick in the Mail* Do You Think That We Should Respect Robot Marriage?* The Upcoming Twenties* The Kids and The YouTubes* What I Like to Call “Elsa Spiderman Poop”* Mr. Manhattan Just Saw a Really Cool Word* Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cake* Just a Prank, Bro!* Christian Rock is Just Like Dylan* Really Jesus Would Be An American If He Were Here Right Now* When’s The Worst Time to Figure Out How to Hold Your Breath?* I Saw Wonder Woman Coz Hashtag Feminism* Hitchcock Pregnant Needle* A White Supremacist Eating Poop* Now We Can Only Destroy* This Is OK Because We Can Make More Apps* Everyone Is a Temporarily Embarassed Millionnaire* I’ve Been Watching Some Boiler Room DJ Sets

    S02E03: Rapid Expansion of the Darkness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2017 26:24


    The onyx episode. Do You Wanna Talk About Email? We Need to Limit the Size of the Observable Universe The Maxwell Black University He Had No Knowledge of Words IKEA Naming Convention I Want a Bunch of Little Silvs The Padawan of the Silvs Eventually You Would Reach Final Silv I Wouldn’t Even Fuck My Clones This is a Little Bit Like Apple and Microsoft A Literal Army of Associates The Act of Killing On Killing More of a Camp Than a Campus Spread the Darkness Onyx You Just Don’t Like the Woods Maxwell Black 2; Spreading Darkness I’m Really Busy Recording This Podcast Nothing’s Gonna Happen Artificially Create the Right Kinds of Crises They’re All Just Puddles of Muck

    S02E02: Outrageous People Across All Nations Unite

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 39:34


    Our funniest episode yet. We can't wait to see what you do with it. Close Your Eyes, Take Your Eyelashes, and Pull Looking in the Mirror and Trying to Make Yourself Smile in a Natural Way Albert Einstein! You Also Were Advocating for Sharia Law in High School? Down Syndrome in Iceland There Was a Time When People Would Dress Like Billboards Signaling Theory Behavioral Sink They Do Bitcoin “Shit On Me” I Used to Whistle a Little Bit in Wisconsin The Winston Churchill of the Holocaust You’re Not Doing Bitcoin, Bitcoin’s Doing You We Don’t Need to Be Thinking About Death All The Time, But… There’s No cmd+z For Society Let’s Say You Ejaculate Into Horse Dung Sterile Joe I’ve Never Tasted Urine I Love My Thic Curvy ATP Holding on to the Very Few Things We Still Have That Make Us Human You Wanna See My Hologram? The Tim Ferris of Music @zebrascream@Silvano_D

    S02E01: You're a Horse That Ate Poison

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2017 39:58


    Max and Silvano are back with everyone's favorite educational podcast! The World Is Not Even the Same J.J. Abrams Gave a TED Talk Five Minute Histories Someone Who Has Conversed in the Circles of Lads Could You Maybe Please? If You Join the Sesh, You Gotta Stay Committed The Romantic Comedy We’re All Watching Tomorrow Night When The Worm Bites Its Own Tail Do You Flip the Flipped Upside-Down? What If Our Twitter UIs Are Really Different, Man? It Wasn’t About Slay Queen The Universe Threw Me a Strawman @zebrascream@Silvano_D

    S01E05: That Space Baby…? That's You!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2015 27:53


    In the space episode of Retroactive Swearing, Max gives a science lecture, after Silvano elaborates on his life philosophy. So, no surprises in this one.

    S01E04: People Think I'm Being Serious

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2015 31:51


    In this dark (which is what the cool people now say) episode, it’s Max’s turn to reveal his lifehack. We then talk about the Holocaust, and nations and nationalism and borders, only to return to Hitler many a time, leading the conversation to drugs and status symbols here and in Asia.

    S01E03: You Put Two Fingers In Your Mouth And You Go WHOAAAA

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2015 37:54


    Max is really tired. Silvano teaches you how to get things done and decides to try Soylent (I ordered—my body is thanking me!). And airplanes, doode—they’re crazy. @zebrascream @silvano_d @retroswear Links: Reality Theater Co United World Colleges Melancholia Sacks Case Study: Man Who Mistook Wife for a Hat Getting Things Done Subscribe in iTunes

    S01E02: Ey, Yo, I'm Brick Brother

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2015 24:55


    In our most arts-y-political episode yet, we talk about currencies and complexity in art. Max learns some math after he decides to be more bullshitt-y. Oh, and free business idea: Get famous. Sell your excrements.

    S01E01: We're Always Recording

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015 60:58


    In this first iteration of Retroactive Swearing Max and Silvano talk about the play (or film?) Max wants to make, creation vs. thinking in general, religion (because we want to upset everyone right away), where intellectual curiosity comes from, curiosity for curiosity’s sake, philosophy and the impact it has had on our lives as well as sleep, the beauty of the night, and the end of science, politics, and all the great ideologies.

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