John and Dan talk about monetizing the pizza rat, criks, shanty towns, survival bags, pocket knives and switchblades, when to use a machete, the stockpiler impulse, the line between necessity and luxury, owning 24 blazers, the perfect spork, feather allergies, death dinners, post-apocalyptic fantasies, and misremembered hip-hop lyrics.

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• New York City rat taking pizza home on the subway - YouTube
  
• You Love Pizza Rat. You Don't Own Pizza Rat | WIRED
  
• Jukin Media: A multi-platform media and entertainment company
  
• Pizza Rat: Our newest obsession - CNN.com
  
• Matt Little (@themattlittle) | Twitter
  
• The three stages of going viral in 2015, according to the Pizza Rat meme - The Washington Post
  
• Krist Novoselic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Stream - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Urban Dictionary: crik
  
• Minecraft
  
• Shanty town - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Levi's 501 Shrink to Fit - Shop Shrink to Fit Jeans | Levi's®
  
• Amazon.com: Buck Knives 110BRS Folding Hunter Knife: Sports & Outdoors
  
• Amazon.com : BUCK 110 50th Anniversary Ebony Diamond Wood Folding Hunter Stainless Pocket Knife : Sports & Outdoors
  
• Ira Elliot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Nada Surf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Amazon.com : Switchblade Comb : Hair Combs : Beauty
  
• Charvet® Shirts: Shop at $485.00+ | STYLIGHT
  
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Juggalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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John and Dan talk about the search for automotive parts in junkyards, taking pies from strangers, the tendrils of insecurity, the cruelty of absence, emotional threats, a trip to Istanbul, clogged feeds, and the concept of giving.

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• INFJ Personality (“The Advocate”) | 16Personalities
  
• Tie rod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Synesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Dana: The Practice of Giving
  
• Meaning of the Pali Word "Dana" | Dharma Wisdom
  
• Sinai Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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John talks with Dan about his recent performance with Fiona Apple, the events which took place on July 25, 2008 at the Westfield Southcenter mall, and their musical "first-times".

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• Fiona Apple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Jonathan Ames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Nickel Creek
  
• American Beauty (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• John Roderick (@johnroderick) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Westfield
  
• Westfield Southcenter
  
• Westfield Southcenter to celebrate expansion Friday - Kent Reporter
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• Freedom of Choice (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Alive II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Nerd.is Tumblr Edition
  
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• Rocky Mountain oysters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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John talks about reconnecting with the world as a sober person.

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John gets a speeding ticket and talks with Dan about automonmously piloted cars, instant messaging, being cocooned in neato, how social media may lead to the genesis of a sentient Earth, breaking Juan Gomez' Burton Woody, living in words, philosopher kings, the mind of Gaia, Martian exclamations (eggplant), and more.

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• Three Laws of Robotics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Three Laws, also known as Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by the science fiction author Isaac Asimov. The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although they had been foreshadowed in a few earlier stories.
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John and Dan talk about John's new back injury, potential treatments, sports teams, and mountain climbing.

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• Rolfing - Wikipedia
  
• Walgreens TENS Therapy Unit With 2 Pads Set | Walgreens
  
• It Happened at the World's Fair - Wikipedia
  
• TD Garden - Wikipedia
  
• Rabbi says meat from genetically cloned pig could be eaten by Jews – including with milk | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  
• Mount Rainier - Wikipedia
  
• GMC Denali - Wikipedia
  
• Denali - Wikipedia
  

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John and Dan discuss crimes, drugs, and motivations.

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John and Dan talk about John's mystery package, false Egyptian beards, reading in the modern age, receiving data, vinyl, authorship, and the Mighty Max.

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• The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
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• A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley
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John and Dan discuss thin t-shirts, the nature of money, eels, and patreon natives.

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John and Dan talk about turning points.

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John and Dan discuss John's idea of the true nature of humanity.

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John and Dan talk about school.

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John talks with Dan about his recent trip with John Hodgman, eating fancy meals, Cleopatra hair, Pendleton shirts, smoking pot and chewing tobacco, mixed media shows, foley artists, social scientists, metaphors of fire, and John's acquisition of Silver Medallion status.

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John's bipolar medicine has stopped working.

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Dan and John compare blues to linoleum flooring. Wood paneling is discussed. John would choose a robot dragon over a robot owl.

John and Dan discuss the ambition treadmill.

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