Subtitle: Merlin only ate one.

Topic include perception, misdirection, binaries, and how it is that "Survivor" so rarely leaks.

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Links and Show Notes:

Things kick off with the usual problems, and then somehow there's a whole thing about magic tricks, perception, and misdirection. John cannily coins "The Reverse Columbo."

In Follow-Up, Merlin has a headphone correction, Listener Dave nominates !bff, Listener Benjamin identifies the weird old guy pronunciation channel, and a band from the 80s gets the LED out.

John points out that, with computers, binaries are definitely a thing, but Merlin feels like he could go either way about it.

For a main topic, your hosts have more to say about Jelinsky. As a very entertaining dingaling, our guy's brief time on Survivor provides a good opportunity to explore how the show is produced and presented.

Finally, your hosts consider John's potential career path as "an external coach."

(Recorded on Tuesday, March 19, 2024)

Credits

• Audio Editor: Jim Metzendorf
  


• Admin Assistance: Kerry Provenzano
  


• Music: Merlin Mann


• The Suits: Stephen Hackett, Myke Hurley

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Dr, Geoff Lindsey, "the weird old guy pronunciation channel"

An American T-dropping conspiracy?! - YouTube

Jack Rhodes's YouTube channel

Slow-motion up-close magic example video - YouTube

Merlin's Apollo Robbins playlist - YouTube

Trying to understand why light "slows down" in water, glass, etc. - YouTube

The cover of The Police album Ghost in the Machine

Fair-Play mysteries

List of Seinfeld fictional films | WikiSein | Fandom

The series Seinfeld mentions many fictional films, sometimes as major plot elements, sometimes minor plot elements and often as running gags.

Revisiting the Seinfeld Movie Posters - IGN

"Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants" (David Mamet, 1996)

Dr. Katz - Best of Ray Romano - YouTube

"Blade Runner" (1982) - Photo Analysis Scene - YouTube

Penn and Teller Magic bullet catch complete - YouTube

Frinkiac - S04E07 - SHE MUST THINK YOU'RE AFTER HER EGGS!

"I ONLY ATE ONE!"