Robot Or Not?

Where do beaches exist? And what materials do they need to be comprised of?

The difference between islands and continents, and also why Pluto can be a planet if you want to lower your standards.

Sometimes they’re wicked, sometimes not. Can an adult call a parent’s new wife a stepmom? Bonus: Can you be too old to be an orphan?

Listener Chris clues us into an important ice safety campaign.

Shoes, socks, sandals, boots. Footwear is complicated.

What makes a university? Is it the buildings, or the people, or the big hole you throw money into?

Listener Rob and Listener Reiner, who are not Director Rob Reiner, want to know if they are Friends of the Show.

Are we too late to say it?

Some deeper questions about whether certain Roomba behavior makes it more or less of a robot.

Blaine is a pain, and that is the truth.

For the very first time, we do some housekeeping about holes, Russian robots, salad, genocide, Voltron, and available sales leads.

Is garlic a vegetable, an herb, a spice, or what?

Spooky!

If you’re a werewolf, are you a werewolf all the time?

It’s a house, but it floats.

Sometimes, everyone on the Internet wants John’s opinion.

When robots flock together naturally, will humans give them a name? Or will we be too busy dying?

Many robots, one robot, or no robots?

Topology can be tricky.

It’s a big thing in the middle of nowhere. Does it need to be a rock to be a monolith?