Alex Schmidt
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How Science Proves That We're All Total Assholes
Do you find yourself getting irrationally mad when you're cut off by the car plastered in bumper stickers warning about the danger of contrails?
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- By Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien, J.F. Sargent
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4 Ways To Fix The Star Trek Franchise
There certainly needs to be a lot less lens-flaring.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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Why 'Nice Guys Finish Last' Is Complete Bullsh!t
Why do we think Ned Flanders is so lame?
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- By Alex Schmidt, J.F. Sargent, Jack O'Brien
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The Terrifying Truth About 'Arrested Development'
George Sr. decided his real world is actually a fictional TV show, and he makes up its next developments like they're new episodes.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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6 Amazing Badasses History Books Don't Tell You About
Two years ago we told you the tales of some of the most badass people lost to the annals of history.
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- By Michael Swaim, Alex Schmidt, Carmen Angelica, Tom Reimann, Jack O'Brien, J.F. Sargent
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Why Cats And Dogs Are Way More Interesting Than You Think
Ever since we started letting friendly wolves and tiny tigers into our homes a few thousand years ago, society has been split into two camps: dog people and cat people.
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- By Carmen Angelica, Alex Schmidt, Daniel O'Brien, Cody Johnston, Jack O'Brien
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Breathing New Life Into The Cold, Dead Oscars
Sorry, the Oscars, but you're old, out of touch and boring.
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- By Daniel O'Brien, Jack O'Brien, Alex Schmidt, Liana Maeby
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Why The English Siri Had It 4 Times Worse Than The Others
A short list of completely ridiculous things we put up with as English speakers:
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- By Jack O'Brien, Carmen Angelica, Daniel O'Brien, Alex Schmidt
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Why American Beauty Is Horrifying To Watch Now
If you look back at the most popular comedies through the years, there are always parts that don't hold up.
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- By Jack O'Brien, Alex Schmidt, Soren Bowie
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15 Movies Completely Changed From An Alternate Perspective
Most disaster movies make cannon fodder out of almost every single living person on the planet who isn't a president, a fighter pilot, or the one scientist who has the key to solving the alien/meteor/whatever problem.
Why All Your Favorite Movies Are About The Apocalypse
From 'Mad Max' to 'San Andreas' to 'The Avengers,' the most popular movies of our times are about how we fear our world will end.
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- By Michael Swaim, Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien
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Forgotten American Communities That Disappeared Overnight
America is great at gentrification.
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- By Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien, Adam Tod Brown
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Inventions That It Took Humanity Way Too Long To Design
Screws, or at least some form of cylindrical fasteners, have been around since the 3rd century BC, and it wasn't until the 1500s that screws began to start appearing in what we now accept as their modern form.
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- By Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien, Tom Reimann
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Why Nothing About The Presidential Election Matters
Newsflash: You only have 407 days until the 2016 presidential election.
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- By Alex Schmidt, Daniel O'Brien, Kristi Harrison
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Why The Old Disney Classics Aren't As Wholesome As You Think
Think about the Disney princesses of the 1930s, 40s and 50s and what they actually accomplished in their films.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Adam Tod Brown, Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien, Tom Reimann
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What The Golden Rule Gets Wrong About Human Psychology
Growing up we were taught to abide by the golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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- By Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien, Jason Pargin
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Why Everything You Know About Sleep Is A Lie
It's possible to murder someone while you're asleep SO WATCH THIS VIDEO OR YOU WILL LEARN NOTHING AND KILL AGAIN.
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- By Alex Schmidt
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Hidden Rules Behind Famous TV Shows
A frequent topic on this podcast is the way all movies follow the same structure and how our brains are trained to look for these common rules.
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- By Alex Schmidt, Daniel O'Brien, Soren Bowie
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Weird Ways Repeating Sounds Hack The Human Mind
Why is it that if you hear a pop song like 'I Kissed A Girl' more than two or three times, you feel like you're going insane, but when you play an old video game you can listen to the music for hours?
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- By Daniel O'Brien, Alex Schmidt, Jack O'Brien
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13 Crazy Fan Theories the Internet Invented
As we've previously covered on the site, before JK Rowling had even finished the 'Harry Potter' books, an interesting fan theory started popping up on Potterverse fansites.
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- By Michael Swaim, Daniel O'Brien, Jack O'Brien, Adam Tod Brown, Soren Bowie, Alex Schmidt, Cody Johnston
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