May 2013
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Sophisticates #35: Happy Birthday, Sad Birthday
In today’s episode, Rajan and Patches wish Ryan a happy birthday and reveal Rajan’s total distaste for birthday messages. Have annual wishes been forever changed?
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Sophisticates #34: Natural Reaction or Ultimate...
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches discuss the politeness of yawning. Unlike the types of lectures that might induce a yawn, this podcast is spirited.
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Sophisticates #33: Running Away from the...
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches go on the run from the government. Hypothetically speaking. The guys put themselves in the middle of every movie scenario ever and figure out what they would do if they had to drop off the grid.
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April 2013
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Sophisticates #32: We're Counting on You, Base 10
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches imagine a world that doesn’t rely on Base 10 counting. Yes, this is a nerdy math podcast.
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Sophisticates #31: Why Golf Encompasses All...
In today’s episode, Ryan reveals his new passion for the sport of golf while Rajan and Patches wonder if it’s really as zen as he says it is.
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Looking Into iTunes Problem
Hello listeners!
We’re aware there’s an issue with the iTunes feed — Apple’s system isn’t playing nice with ours for reasons we’re looking into. For now though, we’ll still be updating this feed with regular episodes. Hopefully it won’t be too long until they resume magically appearing in your iTunes.
- Patches
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Sophisticates #30: Wait, Video DID Kill the Radio...
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches speculate on the future of radio, if we really need it with all the tech we have today or if it serves a greater purpose than flooding our cars with Top 50 hits.
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Sophisticates #29: Cheating the System
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches wonder if we should start teaching people that cheating is OK and how they can help nurture the right kind of cutting corners.
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March 2013
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Sophisticates #28: How Fit Is Fit Enough?
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches discuss exercise regiments and how physically fit they actually need to be to satisfy their desire to be physically fit.
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My favorite slim wallet →
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Sophisticates #27: Keeping the Wallet Slim
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches attempt to slim down their wallets. Is there an easy way to avoid bulkiness?
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Sophisticates #26: The Matrix... But Real
In today’s episode, Ryan, Rajan, and Patches wonder what the hell we’re going to do when robots take all of the jobs. Rajan predicts all out war.
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Sophisticates #25: What Dreams May Come
In today’s episode, Patches reveals a terrifying dream he experienced and asks Ryan and Rajan how seriously he should consider it.
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February 2013
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Sophisticates #24: You Vs. a New City
In today’s episode, Rajan, Ryan, and Patches discuss the challenge of a adapting to new city and if random Craigslist friends are really the answer.
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Sophisticates #23: When Fantasy Needs More Fantasy
In the return episode, Rajan, Ryan, and Patches discuss Game of Thrones, fantasy worlds, and the requirements for great escapism. Plus, haircuts.
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April 2012
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The Sophisticates #22
This week:
The Kindle: A Judgment Shield (1:00)
When Should You Listen to Drunk People? (11:46)
Phoning It In (20:50)
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“He’s Biggy, Bewitch’d, Block and Block, Boozy, Bowz’d, Been at Barbadoes, Piss’d...”
– Ben Franklin’s 200+ Synonyms for “Drunk”
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March 2012
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The Sophisticates #21
This week:
Adapting Books into Books (1:14)
Being Blind in a Paperless World (13:36)
The Future of Music (23:57)
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Braille Under Siege As Blind Turn To Smartphones →
This week, we’ll be discussing what effects technology and the push for a “paperless world” could have on the blind. Here’s a great NPR piece to get you thinking! Check back Wednesday for the new episode.
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The Sophisticates #20
This week:
Ryan’s Cross-Country Train Trip (1:06)
The Flawed System of March Madness(12:51)
Barbershop Intimidation Factor (24:25)
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A Classic 1950s Propaganda Film Makes the Case for Superhighways
“This is the American dream of freedom on wheels. An automotive age, traveling on time-saving super highways,” begins the narrator of Give Yourself the Green Light, a 1954 film funded by General Motors. “But we’re running out of roads! We didn’t dream big enough,” he explains. This first half of the film...
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March Madness Is The Last Great Pure And Unifying... →
Is that supposed to be a good thing?
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Nathan Englander: Image of a Young Girl Madame... →
There’s a discussion topic here somewhere…
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Image of a Young Girl
Madame Tussauds Unveils Anne Frank Wax Figure
By Kate Katharina Ferguson in Berlin
Madame Tussauds in Berlin has opened a new exhibit featuring a wax figure of Anne Frank, based on the last photographs taken of the…
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February 2012
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The Sophisticates #19
This week:
Obligation to Use Chopsticks (1:00)
Pre-Writing Obituaries (11:30)
The Future of Dirty Jobs (22:53)
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Suicide by jaguar, anyone? →
When was this obit written?
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The Sophisticates #18
This week:
The Logic of Pennies (2:25)
Gender-specific Bathrooms (15:34)
Structured Procrastination (25:44)
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An Essay on Structured Procrastination
“…anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.” — Robert Benchley, in Chips off the Old Benchley, 1949
Not required reading, but this week’s episode includes a discussion on Structured Procrastination. Here’s an essay on the topic, thanks to (where else?) StructuredProcrastination.com.
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Do Pennies Still Serve a Purpose?
The Sophisticates returns next week, with topics as hard-hitting as ever.
September 2011
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The Sophisticates #17
This week:
The Inefficiency of Car Alarms (1:20)
Unfollowing People Online (12:13)
The Confusing Settings on Box Fans (21:19)
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August 2011
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The Sophisticates #16
This week:
Paying Tolls (1:04)
Professional Street Photographs (10:10)
Year-Round Girl Scout Cookies (20:24)
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How America turned poverty into a crime →
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This article is long but well worth the read. Personally, I spent years one step away from being homeless. A large portion of the debt I now carry was accumulated to help keep me, and by extension my mother and my brother and sister, from living in our car. Despite her many years of working, and working in “good” jobs, my mother still lives on the edge - a living, breathing statistic...
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