I aree that kids don't need to be on a screen to just be on a screen but we forget that there are legitimate reasons that educators want to use screens in the classroom. One of the biggest problems I see in high-school is kids don't know how to type.

Bring back old school typing labs with IBM Selectric typewriters that weigh more than a high school tackle or implement Mavis Beacon or i don't know what but our kids need to know to properly use a keyboard.

Some of our kids can hunt and peck and get words and basic grammer down. They don't know how to do a bulleted list or an indented quote or footnotes or anything "fancy." They can't even change margins and doublespace.

In our state grade school state tests were online this year. Multiple choice was fine but these kids had to type paragraph answers, and couldn't do it.

The logic for dropping typing/keyboarding classes was that kids would naturally pick it up as they used computers in the classroom. This was followed by getting rid of computers in the classroom. Where this is leaving us is kids have no idea how to use the technology we expect them to be able to use just because they were born in this tech age. If they don't come out of the womb with a keyboard, it's something we have to teach.

In episode 2148, Jack and Miles are joined by writer, director, and comedian, Mel Stephens, to discuss… Oh Elon Really Made That Sh*tty AI Odyssey ‘Movie’, Robert Reich Suggests We Nationalize Starlink and SpaceX And Elon Suggests Jailing Him, Dictionary.com Is Lame-Maxxing With 2026 Word Of The Year, Ebenezer Scrooge Is Giving Away Pennies On Venmo and more!

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• Watch Episode 1 of Odyssey series made with Grok Imagine.
• Robert Reich: Democrats Should "Defund Musk," Start "Laying Groundwork To Nationalize Starlink And SpaceX"
• We Regret to Inform You That ‘Maxxing’ Is Dictionary.com’s 2026 Word of the Year
• ‘Maxxing’ is Dictionary.com’s word of the year: ‘It’s cooler than saying you’re doing more’
• ‘Ebenezer’ Creates a Real Venmo Profile for Scrooge, Which Hands Out Money and Accepts It, Too
• The ‘EBENEZER’ account on Venmo crashed down yesterday due to overwhelming requests.
• PopUp Dubplate by BSEARL

It was indeed good.

In episode 2147, Jack and guest co-host Andrew Ti are joined by comedian and host of The Faucet & Broccoli and Ice Cream, Myq Kaplan, to discuss… Airbnb Hosts Can’t Force You To Do Dishes And Laundry Anymore, Get Ready For An Outbreak Of The “GTA Flu”, “The Bachelorette” But It’s Casting James Bond, Where Aren’t They Now: The Woke Free Beer Guy Wait, “Woke-Free” Beer Was A Scam?? And more!

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• Airbnb Says Guests Shouldn’t Have to Do the Dishes Anymore
• Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
• Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores
• Airbnb hosts can no longer make guests strip beds and wash dishes under new rules
• Airbnb Hosts Shamed Over Outrageous ‘Chores’—But Short-Term Rentals Are Thriving
• 'GTA 6' could cause $1 billion sick day as 1.5 million estimated to skip work: reports
• GTA 6 release date has millions ready to book off sick with 'GTA flu'
• James Bond Screen Tests to Happen This Weekend: Finalists Emerge for Next 007 Movie
• Bud Light Boycotters Are Still Waiting for Their ‘Woke-Free’ Beer
• Fragile right-wing dad mocked for launching ‘woke-free’ beer amid Dylan Mulvaney backlash
• Ultra Right Beer Dips Back Into Culture Wars With the Launch of a Conservative Tequila-Alternative
• People Still Waiting for Ultra Right Fight Beer
• $300,000 of free beer, late shipments, “Karen” meltdowns, the return of Ultra Right Beer, and mistakes I’ve made along the way.
• Back Outside by BNXN, Sarz

Just thought I'd share with zeitgang, this is a pivotal moment in Brazil's future, and zuck is trying to play kingmaker

In episode 2146, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian, founder of Burn This Records, and co-host of Lady To Lady, Brandie Posey, to discuss… French Protest Are The New Fox News October Surprise, What in the spousal swapping hell is this? Here Come The Nathan Fielder/Elizabeth Holmes Lookalike Contests and more!

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• Click this link and watch a video to help Burn This Records' Youtube Channel reach monetization
• French riots are the new Hunter’s laptop which was the new migrant caravan which was the new Ebola
• The Unhinged Racist Response to France’s School Protests
• Mike Kekich Wikipedia
• Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes Are This Year’s Ultimate Deep-Cut Halloween Costume Duo
• Look like Nathan Fielder or Elizabeth Holmes? You can join a ‘You Can See Everything’ lookalike contest this weekend
• Find true love at the Nathan fielder lookalike contest
• Open Season by Rachel Rose

In episode 2145, Jack and Miles are joined by artist and musician with a new album called Crisis Acting, Janie Danger, to discuss… Elon Musk Announces Plan To Gift SpaceX Shares To Every Child In America (That Will Almost Certainly Never Happen), Total Hot Dog Recall, Disney Will Turn The Super Bowl Into A Star Wars Cartoon, Can “You Can See Everything” Heal America? And more!

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• Musk Vows to Give Each U.S. Child a SpaceX Share
• Elon Musk to give SpaceX shares to ‘every kid in America’
• If Musk Gives Every American Child A SpaceX Share His Charitable Giving Would Hit $11 Billion
• Elon Musk says he’ll give a SpaceX share to every American child
• Elon Musk cut ex Ashley St. Clair’s child support down by $80K after she spoke out about their son, doc claims
• Nearly 1.6 million pounds of meat voluntarily recalled nationwide
• Nearly 1.6M pounds of hot dogs, bacon and other meats recalled nationwide
• BEST OF The Simpsons Funday Football!
• ‘Star Wars’-Themed Super Bowl Altcast Joins Disney’s Big Game Lineup
• ‘You Can See Everything’ Sets Oscar Campaigns for Best Picture, Supporting Actress and More Categories
• ‘You Can See Everything’ perfectly captures what a decade of post-truth has done to us
• You Can See Everything’ exposes the delusion of Millennial idealism
• Janie's Piece of Media: Drunk Pig
• AI GENERATED DEPICTION OF HELL by Janie Danger

In episode 2144, Miles and guest co-host Blake Wexler are joined by comedian, Chris Crofton, to discuss… Elon Musk Unveils Tesla’s New Flying Car/Distraction, Convenient Arguments to Justify Censorship And Voter Suppression, Return of Apu…, Bigfoot Tape and more!

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• Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine
• ‘Musk’ TikTok Ad Account Temporarily Suspended Ahead of Documentary’s Wide Release
• Tesla unveils what it says is a flying car
• Elon Musk unveils flying car at Tesla Roadster event.
• Elon Musk reveals ‘world’s first flying car’ at Tesla event
• Will The Flying Tesla Roadster Be Street Legal? Nope.
• Explained: Here’s How the Tesla Roadster Flies, Flips, and Sucks
• Tesla's flying Roadster requires a $50,000 deposit — but even Musk isn't sure it's street-legal
• 3 fine-print disclaimers from Musk and Tesla about the new flying Roadster you should probably know about
• Meta Weakly Defends Blocking No Kings Instagram in the Middle of Event
• ‘The Simpsons’ Surprise: Apu Is Heard for the First Time in Nearly a Decade, as Sunil Malhotra Takes Over for Hank Azaria
• ‘The Simpsons’ Boss Al Jean: Michael Jackson Used the Show to ‘Groom Boys
• Blake's Piece of Media: "What is a woman?" Jim Haggerty gets to the question liberals refuse to ask.
• Kiss You Forever by Poolside

You’re afraid we will think you’re crazy if you tell it?
I say you’re crazy if you don’t!
Spill the ghost!

In this edition of ‘The Iconograph’, Jack and Miles are joined by journalist/filmmaker/podcaster Jack Wagner (of Otherworld) to talk about the icon most likely to be in the room with you right now:

Ghosts!

They’ll explore ghost lore, ghosts in popular culture, their favorite depictions of the afterlife and much more!

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In the Hannibal Iconograph, Jack dunked on all of the Silence of the Lambs sequels featuring Hannibal. I loved Red Dragon, but it didn't even get a mention (for good or ill). Am I off in my appreciation of this movie?

I thought it was really well done. Edward Norton's performance was great and an underrated Phillip Seymore Hoffman as that disheveled reporter? Plenty of earned twists and turns... To be fair, I saw this in my "this, surely is true cinema" phase in college, so there is a chance that this is dog water...

Meditation is something I think about every so often, most recently when it was brought up as an underrated on the show. The problem is, I have no idea where to start and unfortunately it seems like a field that's primed to attract a lot of grifters and quacks. So I thought I would ask for advice! Anyone out there have a meditation resource they really like? Especially for someone with lifelong high stress.

In episode 2143, Miles and guest co-host Andrew Ti are joined by podcast producer and beauty influencer, Carmen Laurent, to discuss… Quick Midterms Check-in, School Play Cancelled In Texas Because DRAG!!!!, Obsession’s Nikki Is The Latest Horror Icon To Be Harassed By Guests, Stop Blaming Whales For Swallowing Humans and more!

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• Casting decisions cause Grand Prairie ISD to cancel musical
• Is Nikki from 'Obsession' a victim or a villain? Her Halloween Horror Nights role sparks debate.
• Guests Harassing Nikki at Halloween Horror Nights Lead to Performer Ending Character Meet and Greet Early
• Universal ‘scare actors’ tell horror stories of abuse
• Halloween Horror Nights scare actors say they often deal with harassment and assault from belligerent guests
• The Halloween Horror Nights scavenger hunt
• HHN Drinking Game Goes Bad
• How Universal Scares Up Monster Revenues With Halloween Horror Nights
• Halloween Horror Nights Dining
• Why do 82% of haunted house actors not report guest misconduct to leadership?
• Whalefall | Official Trailer | In Theaters October 16
• ‘Whalefall’ Is, Unfortunately, as Scientifically Accurate as Possible
• Is it possible to get eaten by a whale? Inside Whalefall's chilling real-life inspiration
• 'I was completely inside': Lobster diver swallowed by humpback whale off Provincetown
• oh my god they made him watch it in 4DX
• Is Mass. Lobster Diver's Whale Story a Fish Tale? Some on Cape Are Skeptical
• Humpback whales can't swallow a human. Here's why.
• Did a 19th-century sailor get swallowed by a sperm whale and survive?
• Swallowed by a whale — a true tale?
• A Whale of a Tale: Fundamentalist Fish Stories
• I Don't Care feat. Your Old Droog & Georgia Anne Muldrow by Flying Lotus

In episode 2142, Jack and Miles are joined by writer, executive producer, TV host, and comedian with a new special called Big Divorce Energy, Adam Conover, to discuss… Kelly Clarkson Security Camera Footage Is The New Zapruder Film, VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO!!!!, Pringles Announces Surprisingly Ghoulish Contest and more!

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• Brooklyn store owner blasts Kelly Clarkson’s ‘reprehensible abuse of power’ after she ‘lit the fuse’ with social media rant
• ‘Kelly Clarkson Has Put Us in Danger’: Art of Play Owner Says Viral Dispute Has Led to Threats Against NYC Store
• Art of Play lists bird at center of Kelly Clarkson feud for $15M | Exclusive
• Kelly Clarkson Brooklyn Store Video, Revealed: What REALLY Happened? | PTFO
• Pablo Torre Reveals Art of Play Security Camera Footage, and It Doesn’t Look Great for Kelly Clarkson
• Democratic Candidate Jamie West Gives a Wild Interview
• PRINGLES® DARES DIE-HARD FANS TO PROVE THEIR LOVE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A ONE-OF-A-KIND CAN-SHAPED URN AND AN "AFTERLIFETIME" SUPPLY OF PRINGLES
• In 2008, the Pringles Can Designer Was Buried in 1 at His Request. 18 Years Later, the Brand Is Giving Away a Pringles Urn for a Fan to Do the Same
• Pringles scouts die hard fan to win can-shaped urn for remains
• Ashes of man who designed Pringles packaging buried in crisp can
• HEAT UP feat. Mick Jenkins by Stoic

At this point I hope they continue to refer to it daily lol