H.I. #69: Ex_Machina

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H.I. #68: Project Revolution

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H.I. #67: Doctor Brady

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Brady and Grey discuss: Brexit and emoji flags revisited, Brady doesn't want his problems fixed -- just his jokes laughed at, jousting and golf at the Olympics, Brady gets an honorary degree, and Grey's split-brain video which inevitably spills over into another discussion of free will in which Grey says part of the universe might not make sense but forgot to mention one key point of the argument.

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Brexit: Mustn't be so hasty

Grey: Brexit, Briefly

Reddit Brexit discussion

The Great Guns Germs and Steel Debate

Nepal Flag Emoji

Man in Business Suit Levitating

Let's make jousting an Olympic sport

Brady: Doctor of Letters

Grey: The Trouble with Transporters

Clever Hans the Horse

H.I. #66: A Classic Episode

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H. I. #65: Operation Zeus

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H.I. #64: The Quiz Show

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Grey and Brady discuss: poker, podcast postcards, bi-weekly auto update, flying the Nail & Gear and the Milwaukee flag, and Brady has Grey take a general knowledge / trivia quiz.

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Playing poker while listening to HI

The Borgata Hotel & Casino

Brady and Grey discuss subvocalization

Podcast Postcards

Hello Internet Flag Referendum

Uber’s self-driving cars are on the road

Travis Kalanick

Google vs Uber

Nail & Gear at a concert

Flying the flag for the show

The Milwaukee flag

Milwaukee flag rebels

Famous Robert Scott

Brady's Quiz:

WORLD LEADERS: Political leaders of these countries (1 point each)

  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Australia

SPORT

  • Name one current Major League Baseballer (1 point)
  • Name one person who has ever played Test Cricket (1 point)
  • Name four of the countries to win the Men’s World Cup of Soccer more than once (0.5 points each - 2 points max)

WORLD WAR II

  • The nuclear bombs dropped on two cities in Japan at the end of WW2.
  • The names of the two cities bombed (1 point each)
  • Name two of the following - nicknames of either of the two bombs or the two planes that dropped them (1 point each - 2 points max)

A FAMOUS US LANDMARK

  • Mount Rushmore is in which state? (1 point)
  • The Four Faces carved into Mt Rushmore (0.5 each and 1 point extra for the correct order, left to right)

MUSIC: Who sings these lyrics…

When I was younger so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. (1 point)

Don't forget me, I beg
I'll remember you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead (1 point)

Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name (1 point)

  • German composer Beethoven’s first name (1 point)

MOUNTAINS

  • 14 Mountains are over 8000m.
  • Name four of them (for 1 point each)

FAMOUS WIVES: Name the wives of

  • Barack Obama (1 point)
  • Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (1 point)
  • Brad Pitt (1 point)
  • David Beckham (1 point)

MOVIES

  • Name eight films directed by Steven Spielberg (0.5 points each)

SPACE

  • List the 10 largest bodies in the Solar System in descending order (2 points for the list being in descending order, 2 points for it being correct)

WEBSITES

  • YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees…. Can you name any one of them? (1 point)
  • Year of first YouTube upload (1 point)
  • Name either of Reddit’s two founders (1 point)
  • What University did Mark Zuckerberg attend? (1 point)

BONUS PICTURE ROUND

H.I. #63: One in Five Thousand

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H.I. #62: Cheer Pressure

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H.I. #61: Tesla and King Tut

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H.I. #60: The Beautiful Game

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H.I. #59: Consumed by Donkey Kong

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H.I. #58: Hawk & Mouse

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H.I. #57: Podcasters React

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H.I. #56: Guns, Germs, and Steel

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H.I. #55: Element Zod

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H.I. #54: Star Wars Christmas Special

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Straight from the theaters and into the podcast, Brady and Grey give their first impression on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (once Brady finishes his gambling).

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Brady's scratchie

H.I. #52: 20,000 Years of Torment

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H.I. #51: Appropriately Thinking It

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H.I. #50: Queen of Spades

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Brady and Grey discuss: a first cup of coffee, Rice Rats vs Swamphen, Brady Travels, AirBNB and the sharing economy, first thoughts on the Hello Internet Flag Referendum, Brady's refuses to play games, Hotstopper awareness auction results, the county flags of Liberia, things people happen to be doing while they are listening to the Hello Internet podcast corner, bi-weekly weigh in (YOU SHOULD CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE TEAM!), YouTube Red, and answers to some listener questions for the fiftieth episode.

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Show Notes:

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Brady's first cup of coffee

Marco Arment

Tiff Arment

Brady points

The view from the MSRI director’s office

Team Rice Rat

Team Swamphen

Hello Internet #6: Brady's Cat Pee Story

AirBNB

HI: The Shortlist

HI flag voting rules

Uno

HeroQuest

Hotstopper Awareness

CGP Grey the penguin

County Flags of Liberia