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The Question Quest Podcast. Geeks sitting around, asking nerdy questions, and fabricating answers. We tackle a broad set of topics ranging from video games to software development, but always for science!

Jordan Irwin and Tom DuPont


    • May 31, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 1m AVG DURATION
    • 227 EPISODES


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    Quest 366 - Have you found your ikigai purpose?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2025 66:09


    Raul takes Tom on a full frontal adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder trip of a podcast! Terrible dream jobs, high fidelity video games, artificial intelligence, and existential dooooom!!!

    Quest 365 - What are you subscribed to?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 67:09


    Every month millions of wallets are dinged with forgotten subscriptions. It's time for things to change. Now you can make a difference. For only $12.99 per month, you too can be a sucker.

    Quest 364 - When was that discontinued? (Late 2010s Edition)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 81:43


    Tom and Zach plumb the depths of Wikipedia in search of discontinued software. Will they discuss Google products? Will Bernadette hallucinate? Is the Pope Cath...oh.

    Quest 363 - Do any content creators know anything?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 70:29


    Tom comes uncharacteristically prepared, but Zach and Ruly refuse to stay on topic! We discuss armchair experts on YouTube, existential dread, and more existential dread. Then we end with a horror movie trailer? How fitting.

    Quest 362 - How deeply do you dread AI deep research?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 45:15


    After failing to record the first half of the podcast where they talked about software Easter eggs, Tom and Raul pivot to talking about chat GPT's new deep research feature. Is it terrifying? Yes. Will Bernadette schooled us for deleting the first half of the podcast? Yes. Will Tom recap the whole damn thing after the podcast? Yes. Spoilers? Sure, why not!

    Quest 361 - Does Google invent things?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 68:33


    Post 2004 Google is less "embrace extend extinguish," and more "purchase role-dice fail." Also, M3GAN 2.0 looks 4CK'N GR8!

    Quest 360 - Are you going to buy two Nintendo Switch 2s too?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 70:34


    Is Mario Kart World going to be open world? Yes! Is Donkey Kong Bananza going to be bananas? Maybe! Are tariffs going to delay the launch? Oh noooooo!

    Quest 359 - What is your dead internet theory?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 69:46


    Is the internet dead? Does it matter? Do you care? Do you want more bots? Because this is how you get more bots; right, Bernadette?

    Quest 358 - How do you edit a podcast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 84:41


    What are some unprofessional tips and amateur tricks for editing a podcast? Also, do you edit your podcast before or after you do puppy yoga?

    Quest 357 - What was different, but awesome?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 71:01


    Lower Decks was different, but was it awesome? Army of Darkness was awesome, but was is different? Breath of the Wild is just awesome. Full stop.

    Quest 356 - Does ChatGPT dispense good life advice?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 67:39


    Tom and Zach are joined by special guest Bernadette, a 98-year-old woman from France with a doctorate in comparative psychology. Spoiler warning: SHE IS A ROBOT!!!

    Quest 355 - Who would win in a fight?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 63:37


    The cast pit fictional characters against each other! Vader vs Predator! Alucard vs Alucard! Adama vs Sisko! Who will win? The answer: Raul "Extra Spicy" Torres!

    Quest 354 - What's on your tier list?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 65:22


    Fries vs McNuggets, Rust vs C, Kill Bill Vol 1 vs Kill Bill Vol 2, and Johnny Cage vs Gremlins...Let's get this party started!

    Quest 353 - Should we review Section 31?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 87:16


    Is Section 31 a Star Trek movie? The answer is unequivocally NO, but we watched it anyway for Zach's enjoyment (because he is a masochist).

    Quest 352 - Is the algorithm censoring us?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 70:26


    We journey into the political danger zone to discuss online censorship, social media algorithms, and artificial intelligence. Is it all as dumb as it sounds? I don't know, but we're even dumber than we sound!

    Quest 351 - Can we QQ review Event Horizon?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 53:42


    Special guest Ms Kori joins us to review Paul W. S. Anderson's 1997 science fiction horror classic, Event Horizon! Does it hold up? Do you need eyes to see? Is Tom going to abuse the soundboard? F this ship!

    Quest 350 - How are you going to self-soothe in 2025?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 49:49


    Tom and Ruly celebrate 350 episodes by having an intimate chat about nostalgia, and what they go back to when they need to just chill the F out in 2025.

    Quest 349 - What are you looking forward to in 2025?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 2:41


    The QQ Cast, including Mr. Matt, tried to bring a vision of Hope to the already dire year of 2025; but then, in true 2025 fashion, Tom deleted the whole darn podcast.

    Quest 348 - Can you not tell me about 2024?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 65:17


    The QQ Cast attempts to describe 2024 without actually describing 2024! Yeah, it's another one of those stupid gameshow-esque episodes. In their defense, 2024 was stupid too.

    Quest 347 - Is AI putting the holidays in Jeopardy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 93:11


    Can we save everyone's favorite consumer-holiday-which-shall-not-be-named from our benevolent AI powered corporate overlords?

    Quest 346 - Ready for a tech shakeup?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 66:12


    Intel's CEO is out? Steam OS is in? Does the QQ Cast have their facts straight? Probably not!

    Quest 345 - Which character would make the best celebrity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 61:17


    From Endor to Hoth, Ripley to Spock, they'll advertise what you want, but there's going to be a cost.

    Quest 344 - Can you spot the fake TV show facts?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 53:32


    ChatGPT generates TV show facts, but one of them is wrong? Can we "well actually" out robot overlords?

    Quest 343 - Should we review Fallout?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 70:58


    The games are a prime of example of excellence. The show is a prime example of excellence. Prime rib is a prime example of delicious. Join us as we review Fallout Prime, and keep that coffee hot!

    Quest 342 - What did you buy on Prime Day 24?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 63:14


    Tom and Raul start my talking about nothing, then they talk about Prime Day, so really they never stop talking about nothing!

    Quest 341 - You call that S Tier Horror?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 62:29


    Special guest Kori joins us to tier rank horror movies! Raul thinks these movies are too normie. Tom thinks these movies need more Star Trek. Terrifying, isn't it?

    Quest 340 - Where do you shop online?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 69:44


    Don't trust users with zero reviews. Bring a friend. Only accept cash. And that's just for Etsy.

    Quest 339 - Who are the best pair of side characters?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 61:11


    Less Batman and Robin, more Pumba and Timon. Less Kirk and Spock, more R2-D2 and C-3PO. Also, Ruly is getting a drone!

    Quest 338 - Who wrote that Sci-Fi episode?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 77:00


    From Trek to Galactica, from DCF to JMS, from Sci-Fi to Syfy, one thing is always true: Rod Serling is awesome! Also, Tom Hardy is funny.

    Quest 337 - Are these fun true facts truely fun?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 75:28


    Why did Thomas Jefferson serve macaroni and cheese at State dinners? Which is the least safe seat on an airplane? Why does Count Von Count like to count? Is the Minecraft movie teaser trailer really that bad?

    Quest 336 - What's in your fantasy home lab draft?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 67:46


    I like my storage prefixed like my space programs: with NAS. I like my Pi like my PopTarts: Raspberry flavored. I like my CPU threads like my personal trainer: Ripped.

    Quest 335 - Who is your favorite Tech CEO?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 74:30


    Is Logitech logical? Is the Metaverse meta? Is cryptocurrency cryptographically secure? It doesn't matter so long as number go up and to the right!

    Quest 334 - You call that an outage?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 86:44


    There was giant computer outage, but who was responsible? Crowd flare? Cloud strike? Crowd strife? Cloud Strife: Stop meteors. Drive PlayStation sales.

    Quest 333 - Which Xenomorph is your favorite?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 86:05


    In preparation for Alien Romulus, we discuss the franchise containing our now favorite Disney princess! GET AWAY FROM HER YOU... witch?

    Quest 332 - How much Balatro have you played?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 70:34


    These Balatrones have put more than 600 hours into Balatro, and they're going to bleat about it! Does that make you want to ballare with excitement, or throw blateae with distain?

    Quest 331 - What is Nintendo Direct Jeopardy GPT?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 73:34


    Will this be the last Nintendo Direct for the Switch? Did Samus just scan a pirate? Is Zelda gonna have to flip a table? Can an AI finally teach Tom the rules of Jeopardy?

    Quest 330 - Who enjoys crossing genres?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 56:45


    What movies do you recommend to viewers who enjoy fantasy and westerns? What about science fiction and oatmeal cookies?

    Quest 329 - Are you guilty of enjoying breakfast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 67:32


    On this historic day we do everything right and yet are still found guilty on 34 counts of enjoying a perfect breakfast! Oh hush, dear listener!

    Quest 328 - What's in your YouTube?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 67:43


    Ruly and Tom form a support group to discuss their dirty dirty YouTube fetishes. Zach wisely sits this one out, but only because his terribly expensive computer died minutes before the cast. Is there a moral to these stories? Meh!

    Quest 327 - What ending stuck the landing?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 81:27


    Trey drops to discuss great endings to movies, books, and games! Be warned, some spoilers beyond this point!

    Quest 326 - Will you miss Lower Decks?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 67:48


    Ruly misses out as Zack and Tom commiserate over the cancellation of Star Trek: Lower Decks; and by commiserate, I mean recap every single episode in Season 4. Set course for excitement, maximum warp!

    Quest 326 - Will you miss Lower Decks?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 67:50


    Ruly misses out as Zack and Tom commiserate over the cancellation of Star Trek: Lower Decks; and by commiserate, I mean recap every single episode in Season 4. Set course for excitement, maximum warp!

    Quest 325 - How many roguelikes are in your Steam library?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 68:08


    Whenever developers fuse card games with roguelikes, Tom is there to give them money! Also, Zach shoots chess pieces?

    Quest 324 - When does horror work for you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 69:08


    Raul loves scary things. Tom does not. So when, where, and why does horror work for them? Insert jump scare here!

    Quest 323 - Which devices are you using in 2024?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 75:44


    Some of us have PCs, others laptops. Some of us use smart watches, others the sun. All of us are addicted to our Steam Decks!

    Quest 322 - Can AI be used for good?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 56:29


    Are you tired of traffic congestion? Conduct it with AI! Are you tired of low quality 90s TV shows? Upscale them with AI! Are you tired of AI? Fix it by... going outside?

    Quest 321 - Which OS powers your NAS?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 70:58


    These hypocrites are all for running private Plex servers, but they are against nefarious cargo acquisition practices on the high seas? This podcast is brought to you by: Cerveza Cristal!

    Quest 320 - What software are you running in 2024?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 68:23


    Dear listener, it' s time to migrate off of Google and on to Proton! Also, off of Trello and on to Obsidian! Also, off of WordPad and on to... well, anything really.

    Quest 319 - Which films have the greatest director's cuts?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 61:10


    How many directors cuts does Blade Runner have? Are they all worth watching? Can Deadpool save the MCU?

    Quest 318 - Do you want to believe in alien hoaxes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 62:31


    Ruly and Tom don their tinfoil hats, ready their anal probes, and turn on the Fox News; because it's time to discuss the greatest alien hoaxes! Did you just hear the X-Files theme song? Also, are Sonic and Knuckles aliens?

    Quest 317 - What are the greatest rip-offs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2024 58:57


    Us pals take a break from our world to talk with our pals about the pals worlds! Speaking of things, heavily inspired by other things, do you know that Akira Kurosawa was both the first and last original filmmaker? (Reupload)

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