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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 138 – Turtles All The Way Down
In Episode 138 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast: Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo were having an online conversation and a few key words were mentioned. It just so happens that Eloy later received multiple video suggestions on those very same words and topics. It all started with the saying, “It’s turtles all the way down!” This opens up the first two conversations on this episode: advertising and marketing through the knowledge of people’s online habits, and where did the origin of reality first start? Next, the question of how comfortable are we with the trade off of giving away our privacy in exchange for access to entertainment and information? The…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 137 – The Flat Pineapple Theory
In Episode 137 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast: Flat Earthers. Do they really believe their theories? Are they just trying to keep an argument alive? Are they just doing it for the lulz? Or are they just after attention? Eloy Escagedo and Mark Lindsay delve into it. A brief discussion of the Placebo Effect follows, which leaves folks scratching their heads. The hosts get into a discussion about the absurdity of taking a little bit of information, and running to the extreme with it, not even knowing why, and use Pineapples as the example. (Hint: Pineapples aren’t just for breakfast anymore…) Finally, Eloy asks Mark to name a song, a…
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Trampled Underfoot Podcast – 136 – Who Discovered America?
In Episode 136 of the Trampled Underfoot Podcast: Did Columbus really discover the Americas? I mean weren’t there people there already? And by the way, if not for historical events unfolding as they did, would many of us even exist now? Next we delve into the history of a couple of words – if you’re okay with that. Then Eloy quizzes Mark on a few strange facts, which leads to a discussion on word pronunciations in various languages, using veggies to find lost jewelry, online security, and much more. Strap yourself in for this mishmash of an episode of Trampled Underfoot Podcast, with your hosts, Mark Lindsay and Eloy Escagedo,…