1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:02,580 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:02,580 --> 00:00:05,740 - I'm Scott. 3 00:00:05,740 --> 00:00:06,580 - I'm Russell. 4 00:00:06,580 --> 00:00:07,400 - I'm Leo. 5 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:08,240 This is Spitball. 6 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,820 (upbeat music) 7 00:00:10,820 --> 00:00:19,820 Welcome to Spitball, where three binary bards 8 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:22,060 and a guest empty their heads of tech startup 9 00:00:22,060 --> 00:00:23,740 and product ideas that we have stuck up in there 10 00:00:23,740 --> 00:00:25,360 so you can all have them for free. 11 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:26,880 Anything that we say is yours to keep. 12 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,580 And I believe Scott, you brought our guest this week, right? 13 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:30,520 - I did. 14 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:32,600 This week I brought Rebecca. 15 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,920 Rebecca is a business development partner at my company 16 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:36,960 and works with Robbie, 17 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,920 who is our guest from a couple episodes ago. 18 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:39,760 - All right. 19 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,460 - Together they, yeah, recently started a venture capital 20 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:43,660 group in the organization 21 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:45,840 and they're all about fresh new ideas. 22 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,760 - Well, if there are none that are worth developing here, 23 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,040 you've come to the wrong place. 24 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,800 (laughing) 25 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:53,040 Welcome to Spitball, Rebecca. 26 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:53,880 - Thank you. 27 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:54,700 Thanks for having me. 28 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:55,540 - It's gonna be great. 29 00:00:55,540 --> 00:00:56,380 All right. 30 00:00:56,380 --> 00:00:57,760 And this week we are gonna be playing a game 31 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,720 that's a quick true or false one called Patently False. 32 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,580 I have here a list of patents 33 00:01:02,580 --> 00:01:04,040 and you just have to tell me if I made them up 34 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,240 or if they're actually from the US patent and trade office. 35 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:08,080 It's gonna be easy. 36 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:08,900 No problem. 37 00:01:08,900 --> 00:01:09,740 - Let's go. 38 00:01:09,740 --> 00:01:11,460 - And of course we got to start off every week 39 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:12,560 as we do with Rebecca. 40 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,420 Rebecca, let me tell you about, 41 00:01:14,420 --> 00:01:16,560 I'm gonna read the actual like claim 42 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,440 or there's a section that's an abstract for the project 43 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,280 or a claim. 44 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:21,860 I've taken a little bit of liberty 45 00:01:21,860 --> 00:01:24,220 with making them not five paragraphs long, 46 00:01:24,220 --> 00:01:27,240 but tell me if you think this is real or not. 47 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,660 The present invention provides a small umbrella 48 00:01:29,660 --> 00:01:31,300 or a quote beer brella, 49 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:34,460 which may be removably attached to a beverage container 50 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:36,340 in order to shave the beverage container 51 00:01:36,340 --> 00:01:38,180 from the direct rays of the sun. 52 00:01:38,180 --> 00:01:40,160 This is an apparatus that's a small umbrella, 53 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,960 approximately five to seven inches in diameter. 54 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:44,620 And it has spaces for suitable advertising 55 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:47,580 and or logos that may be applied to the umbrella surface 56 00:01:47,580 --> 00:01:48,860 for promotional purposes. 57 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:50,460 Is that something that I made up or is that real? 58 00:01:50,460 --> 00:01:51,940 - I feel like this is real. 59 00:01:51,940 --> 00:01:52,780 - That is real. 60 00:01:52,780 --> 00:01:54,420 I can't believe that. 61 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:55,860 They'll grant a patent for anything. 62 00:01:55,860 --> 00:01:57,900 Scott, a device that projects 63 00:01:57,900 --> 00:02:00,380 a three dimensional hologram of a pet, 64 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:01,740 which interacts with the user 65 00:02:01,740 --> 00:02:03,520 based off of movements and commands. 66 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,220 It provides the companionship of a pet 67 00:02:05,220 --> 00:02:07,780 without any real world mess or responsibilities. 68 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:09,380 And I may remind you that these are patents, 69 00:02:09,380 --> 00:02:12,140 not necessarily things that exist in the world, 70 00:02:12,140 --> 00:02:14,140 but is that a real thing or a thing that I made up? 71 00:02:14,140 --> 00:02:15,440 - I want this to be real. 72 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:16,500 So I'm gonna say real. 73 00:02:16,500 --> 00:02:17,940 - I made that one up, I'm sorry. 74 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:20,740 - Ah, he's such a Spitball ideas Leo. 75 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:23,220 (laughing) 76 00:02:23,220 --> 00:02:24,060 - We should just like troll them. 77 00:02:24,060 --> 00:02:25,140 - Just use all your ideas in this. 78 00:02:25,140 --> 00:02:26,420 - There's another podcast idea, 79 00:02:26,420 --> 00:02:28,640 which is just trolling and developing the patents 80 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:30,420 that have all expired, man. 81 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:32,260 'Cause there are so, every single one of these 82 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:33,420 that are real have expired. 83 00:02:33,420 --> 00:02:34,580 - Oh. 84 00:02:34,580 --> 00:02:35,580 - Next, Russell. 85 00:02:35,580 --> 00:02:36,420 Yeah, I know. 86 00:02:36,420 --> 00:02:38,300 There's not very many that are actively enforced 87 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:41,540 when you just search for weird ideas over the years. 88 00:02:41,540 --> 00:02:43,900 Russell, an anti-eating face mask, 89 00:02:43,900 --> 00:02:45,620 which includes a cupped shape member 90 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:47,020 conforming to the shape of the mouth 91 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:48,620 and chin area of the user, 92 00:02:48,620 --> 00:02:50,380 together with a hoop member and straps 93 00:02:50,380 --> 00:02:54,740 that detach, they keep you from ingesting food. 94 00:02:54,740 --> 00:02:56,180 Is that a real thing? 95 00:02:56,180 --> 00:02:58,100 - Wow, I think it would help with more 96 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:00,540 than just ingesting food. 97 00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:03,960 So I think that's definitely a patent. 98 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,780 - It's a chastity belt for, yeah, it's real. 99 00:03:07,780 --> 00:03:11,020 - Can some guy just see "Silence of the Lambs" 100 00:03:11,020 --> 00:03:13,940 and be like, oh my God, what a great idea this could be. 101 00:03:13,940 --> 00:03:15,180 - I need that for cake. 102 00:03:15,180 --> 00:03:16,020 - Yeah, right. 103 00:03:16,020 --> 00:03:18,580 - Very good. 104 00:03:18,580 --> 00:03:20,140 All right, Rebecca. 105 00:03:20,140 --> 00:03:22,700 An apparatus for simulating a high five, 106 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:24,460 including a lower arm portion 107 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:26,980 having a simulated hand that was removably attached 108 00:03:26,980 --> 00:03:29,740 there too, an upper arm portion and an elbow joint 109 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:31,820 for pivotally securing the lower portion 110 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:34,600 to the upper arm portion, a spring bias element 111 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,120 for biasing the upper and lower arm portions 112 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:38,820 to a predetermined alignment. 113 00:03:38,820 --> 00:03:40,940 It is the high five simulator. 114 00:03:40,940 --> 00:03:41,780 Real or fake? 115 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:47,260 - Oh, I feel like we're just talking about, yeah, 116 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:50,380 like maybe accessories for amputees. 117 00:03:50,380 --> 00:03:53,300 Like I think this exists in some form. 118 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:54,940 So yes, it's real. 119 00:03:54,940 --> 00:03:58,060 - It is real, but it's not anything noble or altruistic. 120 00:03:58,060 --> 00:04:01,300 It is literally just a device that sits on a countertop 121 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:03,460 and gives you high fives. 122 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:05,380 - Okay. 123 00:04:05,380 --> 00:04:10,000 - Scott, a shoe containing a hollow compartment in the sole 124 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,380 that opens to allow the collection of dog waste during walks. 125 00:04:13,380 --> 00:04:15,740 This design includes a mechanism to seal the waste 126 00:04:15,740 --> 00:04:17,380 until it can be properly disposed of 127 00:04:17,380 --> 00:04:19,260 and a removable cartridge system. 128 00:04:19,260 --> 00:04:20,100 Real or fake? 129 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:22,260 - I'm sorry, wait, back up for a second. 130 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:24,940 You're saying that I can like click my shoes 131 00:04:24,940 --> 00:04:27,460 like James Bond and instead of a knife coming out, 132 00:04:27,460 --> 00:04:31,740 a pooper scooper slash bag that puts it back into the shoe? 133 00:04:31,740 --> 00:04:34,900 - There are no scooping mechanisms mentioned in this. 134 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:37,860 It is purely a little door. 135 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:39,580 - I love that's where your brain went. 136 00:04:39,580 --> 00:04:41,740 - I thought I heard retract in there or something. 137 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:42,580 - Go gadget pooper scooper. 138 00:04:42,580 --> 00:04:43,780 - That's what I thought too, Scott. 139 00:04:43,780 --> 00:04:45,220 I thought literally you're walking 140 00:04:45,220 --> 00:04:47,420 with the poop under your shoe. 141 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:48,860 - That's yeah, no, that's what it is. 142 00:04:48,860 --> 00:04:51,180 It's a hollow compartment in your shoe for the poop. 143 00:04:51,180 --> 00:04:54,220 - I'm gonna say false on this one. 144 00:04:54,220 --> 00:04:56,380 - Yeah, that's from my twisted and sick mind. 145 00:04:56,380 --> 00:04:57,860 I'm sorry about that. 146 00:04:57,860 --> 00:05:00,340 - I'm still gonna pitch that idea next week though. 147 00:05:00,340 --> 00:05:01,180 Just gotta give it a little more thought. 148 00:05:01,180 --> 00:05:04,300 - Oh man, I believed it until Leo said. 149 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:06,820 (laughing) 150 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:08,380 - I shouldn't have elaborated. 151 00:05:08,380 --> 00:05:11,100 I should have just said you get what you get, sorry. 152 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:14,420 Russell, furniture items that change shape 153 00:05:14,420 --> 00:05:16,380 and function based off of user needs. 154 00:05:16,380 --> 00:05:18,660 This includes a series of motors and adjustable parts, 155 00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:20,860 a sofa that can transform into a bed, 156 00:05:20,860 --> 00:05:22,940 a recliner or even a workout bench. 157 00:05:22,940 --> 00:05:25,460 Controlled via an app, this furniture adapts to space 158 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:27,220 and functional requirements dynamically. 159 00:05:27,220 --> 00:05:29,620 - Yeah, I think this was filed by Optimus Prime. 160 00:05:29,620 --> 00:05:33,140 So absolutely, this is real. 161 00:05:33,140 --> 00:05:34,940 - Sorry, I made that one up too. 162 00:05:34,940 --> 00:05:38,260 - Oh man, Megatron. 163 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:41,980 - I think that means Rebecca two 164 00:05:41,980 --> 00:05:44,700 and the other two won last time through here. 165 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:47,180 Rebecca, a child delivery apparatus 166 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,940 comprising of a centrifuge, 167 00:05:48,940 --> 00:05:51,180 a mechanism for supporting the centrifuge 168 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:53,660 to allow rotational movement around a vertical axis 169 00:05:53,660 --> 00:05:55,860 and a mechanism for securing the patient's body 170 00:05:55,860 --> 00:05:58,220 to prevent displacement from the centrifugal forces 171 00:05:58,220 --> 00:05:59,940 generated during rotation. 172 00:05:59,940 --> 00:06:01,900 The patient's body is positioned radially 173 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:03,620 relative to the vertical axis 174 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:05,420 in a suitable posture for childbirth 175 00:06:05,420 --> 00:06:08,380 with her head located at or near the vertical axis. 176 00:06:08,380 --> 00:06:10,220 (laughing) 177 00:06:10,220 --> 00:06:12,220 - And then it just kind of like, yeah. 178 00:06:12,220 --> 00:06:13,220 (laughing) 179 00:06:13,220 --> 00:06:15,100 - Or merry-go-round from hell, I guess. 180 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:16,780 (laughing) 181 00:06:16,780 --> 00:06:20,300 - That pulls the child out of you by gravity? 182 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:21,460 Or centrifugal force? 183 00:06:21,460 --> 00:06:22,300 Oh my God. 184 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:25,420 - There's like a man at the US Cabinet Office, 185 00:06:25,420 --> 00:06:28,020 a guy who actually filed for this. 186 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:29,020 So it's gotta be real. 187 00:06:29,020 --> 00:06:30,580 It's totally real. - It's real. 188 00:06:30,580 --> 00:06:31,660 (laughing) 189 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:33,100 - It totally is. 190 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:35,420 - It's a real one, I was cracking up. 191 00:06:35,420 --> 00:06:37,620 - That guy at the USPTO is like, 192 00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:41,660 99% of his job is like this variation of a toothbrush 193 00:06:41,660 --> 00:06:42,780 by corporations. 194 00:06:42,780 --> 00:06:45,980 And then, no, I get the baby out of you 195 00:06:45,980 --> 00:06:47,180 by spitting you really quick. 196 00:06:47,180 --> 00:06:48,980 - Granted, I can't believe, 197 00:06:48,980 --> 00:06:50,340 who's the guy granting that? 198 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:52,340 That is, wow. 199 00:06:52,340 --> 00:06:55,420 - I mean, that's novel, I will give them that. 200 00:06:55,420 --> 00:06:56,260 - Nobody would have thought of that. 201 00:06:56,260 --> 00:06:57,460 - Yeah, exactly. 202 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:59,740 - Scott, a paired shower head 203 00:06:59,740 --> 00:07:02,940 and matching audio-visual light box and speaker. 204 00:07:02,940 --> 00:07:04,700 This device uses a microcomputer 205 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:07,020 to let you experience different weather conditions. 206 00:07:07,020 --> 00:07:08,780 Choose from settings like tropical rain, 207 00:07:08,780 --> 00:07:10,780 misty morning, or storm shower, 208 00:07:10,780 --> 00:07:12,540 complete with corresponding water temperatures, 209 00:07:12,540 --> 00:07:14,700 pressures, sounds, and visual effects 210 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:16,060 to match the chosen weather. 211 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:18,860 - I'm gonna say false, only 'cause of the weather in there. 212 00:07:18,860 --> 00:07:20,220 And this sounds like something, Leo, 213 00:07:20,220 --> 00:07:21,900 that you would either want to create 214 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:23,340 or have created already. 215 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:26,300 (laughing) 216 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,980 - I did make that one up, but I haven't made this yet. 217 00:07:29,980 --> 00:07:31,180 I'll put that in the back pocket. 218 00:07:31,180 --> 00:07:32,580 - Oh, that sounds awesome. 219 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:34,880 - Something that came to me in a dream, right? 220 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,820 Lastly, Russell, a timepiece for monitoring 221 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:40,500 and displaying the approximate time 222 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:42,300 remaining in a user's life. 223 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:44,900 A microprocessor monitors the passage of time. 224 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:47,140 A resettable memory is connected to the processor 225 00:07:47,140 --> 00:07:49,740 for storing data representative of years, days, 226 00:07:49,740 --> 00:07:51,060 hours, minutes, and seconds. 227 00:07:51,060 --> 00:07:52,740 A display is connected to the microprocessor 228 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:54,880 for displaying data stored in the memory. 229 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,460 Buttons or switches are provided to enter 230 00:07:56,460 --> 00:07:59,200 and change the stored data so that the approximate time 231 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,820 remaining in the user's life can be set by the user. 232 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:04,380 - That's definitely-- - The death watch. 233 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:05,820 - Thousand percent, yeah. 234 00:08:05,820 --> 00:08:07,060 - That's a real patent, yeah. 235 00:08:07,060 --> 00:08:08,380 - I've been to the website. 236 00:08:08,380 --> 00:08:11,980 There's a web app, you type in how old you are 237 00:08:11,980 --> 00:08:13,980 and how old you get up, yeah. 238 00:08:13,980 --> 00:08:15,780 - Would you want that on your wrist at all times? 239 00:08:15,780 --> 00:08:16,620 I don't know. 240 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:17,460 That's pretty far going. 241 00:08:17,460 --> 00:08:19,100 - Yeah, I mean, what happens if you hit zero 242 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:20,780 and you're still alive, you know? 243 00:08:20,780 --> 00:08:25,420 Just like, I wasted all my life and here it is, 244 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:27,340 I'm at zero, I calculated wrong. 245 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:31,740 - I imagine the actual implementation of this is like, 246 00:08:31,740 --> 00:08:34,140 you have to put in your diet and exercise 247 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:36,740 and your BMI and all that, you know? 248 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:37,580 - That makes sense. 249 00:08:37,580 --> 00:08:38,540 - Ominous. - Ominous. 250 00:08:38,540 --> 00:08:40,860 - So I believe with all three correct, Rebecca, 251 00:08:40,860 --> 00:08:43,340 you're this week's winner, well done. 252 00:08:43,340 --> 00:08:44,740 You won Spitball. 253 00:08:44,740 --> 00:08:46,060 - We did it, it's over. 254 00:08:46,060 --> 00:08:47,220 (laughing) 255 00:08:47,220 --> 00:08:48,780 - Cool, we're done? 256 00:08:48,780 --> 00:08:49,980 - We're done. 257 00:08:49,980 --> 00:08:51,420 See you next season, everybody. 258 00:08:51,420 --> 00:08:54,940 - All right, Leo, the man with the podcast voice, 259 00:08:54,940 --> 00:08:58,220 what is your idea of the day? 260 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:00,060 - We all have podcast voice 'cause we're on a podcast. 261 00:09:00,060 --> 00:09:02,940 - Listen, the fans know what I'm talking about. 262 00:09:02,940 --> 00:09:05,660 The true listeners. 263 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:06,580 - Thank you, I guess. 264 00:09:06,580 --> 00:09:08,620 - The true ballers, as we call them. 265 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:10,180 - We don't get a lot of comments on here, 266 00:09:10,180 --> 00:09:13,060 but the ballers, yep. 267 00:09:13,060 --> 00:09:16,620 - All right, how many people on the show 268 00:09:16,620 --> 00:09:19,220 have heard of the Internet Archive, archive.org? 269 00:09:19,220 --> 00:09:20,060 - Yes. 270 00:09:20,060 --> 00:09:21,780 - So they make the Wayback Machine, 271 00:09:21,780 --> 00:09:24,700 so you can see what websites looked like back over time, 272 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:26,820 but they also are a digital library 273 00:09:26,820 --> 00:09:28,100 with all kinds of amazing stuff, 274 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:29,420 and they're one of the few nonprofits 275 00:09:29,420 --> 00:09:30,740 that I make sure to donate to every year. 276 00:09:30,740 --> 00:09:32,300 I really, really love what they do. 277 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:34,340 They are in trouble because they're fighting 278 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:37,380 a court case battle about scanning and distributing books 279 00:09:37,380 --> 00:09:39,380 that they didn't have publishers' permission 280 00:09:39,380 --> 00:09:44,180 to distribute, and they may not live for too much longer, 281 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:47,260 which is too bad, 'cause they do some really cool stuff. 282 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:49,300 I'm very nervous about their future, 283 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:51,460 but I have an idea for something 284 00:09:51,460 --> 00:09:54,260 that can help get the word out about how they exist. 285 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:57,660 The Internet Archive maintains many different repositories 286 00:09:57,660 --> 00:09:58,900 of, like, here's a bunch of books, 287 00:09:58,900 --> 00:10:02,740 and here is old software for the Commodore 64, 288 00:10:02,740 --> 00:10:05,220 and here is a collection of this, that, the other. 289 00:10:05,220 --> 00:10:08,580 One thing that they have is a huge live music library 290 00:10:08,580 --> 00:10:13,580 where actual, like, authorized, random fans of John Mayer 291 00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:16,700 or The Grateful Dead or whatever will go 292 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,860 and set up nice audio equipment at concerts 293 00:10:18,860 --> 00:10:21,280 and record them and, like, put them up for free. 294 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,700 There are thousands of hours of these recorded concerts 295 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:27,140 that are not on Spotify or YouTube or whatever 296 00:10:27,140 --> 00:10:29,020 that are all on this Internet Archive site 297 00:10:29,020 --> 00:10:30,900 that are just freely available. 298 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:33,020 You fire up the website, and you listen. 299 00:10:33,020 --> 00:10:36,860 They're available via torrent, or you upload a file, 300 00:10:36,860 --> 00:10:38,660 and it converts it to all kinds of different formats. 301 00:10:38,660 --> 00:10:41,420 It's so cool, and nobody freaking knows about it. 302 00:10:41,420 --> 00:10:44,500 So I'm here today, Sharks, to pitch 303 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:48,860 they should just make a freaking streaming media app. 304 00:10:48,860 --> 00:10:51,540 I don't know if you guys would fire up 305 00:10:51,540 --> 00:10:54,660 a alternative to Spotify or whatever on your phones 306 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:58,160 to listen to just live music archives, but I totally would, 307 00:10:58,160 --> 00:10:59,480 and the only way to listen to them right now 308 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,900 is via a tab in your browser, and I think that's silly. 309 00:11:02,900 --> 00:11:07,180 So I'm asking for $5 million for 20% of my company. 310 00:11:07,180 --> 00:11:09,700 (laughing) 311 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:10,540 Have you guys ever heard of this? 312 00:11:10,540 --> 00:11:12,980 Is this something that would be interesting to you? 313 00:11:12,980 --> 00:11:14,980 - Yes, I can download on my own phone? 314 00:11:14,980 --> 00:11:16,500 - Yeah, you can just get all the files. 315 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:19,220 Just press a button, and you download the whole concert, 316 00:11:19,220 --> 00:11:22,900 bunch of WAV files or MP3s or whatever the uploader posts. 317 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:24,940 - It's like bringing back Napster, but an app. 318 00:11:24,940 --> 00:11:27,300 - And, like, legal. (laughing) 319 00:11:27,300 --> 00:11:29,100 - And legal this time. 320 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:30,700 Can I, like, play it in the background 321 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:32,500 of, like, my YouTube videos and stuff 322 00:11:32,500 --> 00:11:34,020 and, like, or is that not allowed? 323 00:11:34,020 --> 00:11:35,300 - Ooh, that's a good question. 324 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:37,780 Will YouTube flag that and pull it down as copyright? 325 00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:39,780 - Well, Content ID probably would. 326 00:11:39,780 --> 00:11:42,300 I know that I've helped manage YouTube channels before, 327 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:46,060 and if a band is doing a cover of a song, 328 00:11:46,060 --> 00:11:47,220 that often will get flagged as, 329 00:11:47,220 --> 00:11:50,580 "Hey, you're doing a performance of Ed Sheeran's whatever, 330 00:11:50,580 --> 00:11:53,820 "and that is gonna send ad money to him now, sorry." 331 00:11:53,820 --> 00:11:58,020 So it's pretty loose about what is or is not flagged 332 00:11:58,020 --> 00:11:59,540 as someone else's content. 333 00:11:59,540 --> 00:12:00,380 - Okay. 334 00:12:00,380 --> 00:12:01,740 - I mean, this is a shoein' app. 335 00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:03,340 Like, easy. 336 00:12:03,340 --> 00:12:05,980 I'm surprised somebody hasn't created that already. 337 00:12:05,980 --> 00:12:07,220 - I think they have an API and stuff, 338 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:08,780 so it should be technically possible. 339 00:12:08,780 --> 00:12:09,620 - Man. 340 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:11,260 - And it's totally crowdsourced, 341 00:12:11,260 --> 00:12:12,980 where people are just uploading. 342 00:12:12,980 --> 00:12:15,660 - Yeah, yeah, you can go archive.org. 343 00:12:15,660 --> 00:12:16,860 - It's not illegal. 344 00:12:16,860 --> 00:12:17,700 - No. (laughing) 345 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:18,540 Isn't that crazy? 346 00:12:18,540 --> 00:12:19,380 - I know, that's the part that I'm trying 347 00:12:19,380 --> 00:12:20,500 to wrap my head around right now. 348 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:23,220 - I don't know, I mean, some venues disallow it 349 00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:24,580 and some artists disallow it, 350 00:12:24,580 --> 00:12:26,460 so it might be, like, only the artists 351 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:28,660 that say it's okay for people to come and record, 352 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:31,300 but I think if you, like, bring your iPhone 353 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:33,660 into a whatever concert and you have 354 00:12:33,660 --> 00:12:34,900 a good microphone on it. 355 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:35,740 - Oh, I guess it's-- 356 00:12:35,740 --> 00:12:37,860 - Plugged in via the port, you could even just do that. 357 00:12:37,860 --> 00:12:39,540 - It's your content, I guess, huh? 358 00:12:39,540 --> 00:12:40,380 In a way. 359 00:12:40,380 --> 00:12:41,220 That's a gray area, right? 360 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:42,780 - I think it's morally gray. 361 00:12:42,780 --> 00:12:43,620 Yeah. 362 00:12:43,620 --> 00:12:46,740 Obviously, there's a varying degree of quality, too. 363 00:12:46,740 --> 00:12:49,100 So, some of them sound better than others, 364 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:51,100 but some of them are really, really good. 365 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:52,980 - You just add a rating system in your app. 366 00:12:52,980 --> 00:12:54,180 - Yeah, they have, yeah. 367 00:12:54,180 --> 00:12:55,180 - Honestly, Napster did, though. 368 00:12:55,180 --> 00:12:57,700 - The Internet Archive has, like, the classic TV 369 00:12:57,700 --> 00:13:00,900 and the, I don't know, here's old cartoons from whenever. 370 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:01,820 - This is awesome. 371 00:13:01,820 --> 00:13:04,540 I think one of the worst parts about a concert 372 00:13:04,540 --> 00:13:06,260 is everybody holding their phone up 373 00:13:06,260 --> 00:13:08,700 and trying to record the concert the whole time. 374 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:09,580 - Totally. 375 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:12,780 - And you're just looking at a crowd full of phones. 376 00:13:12,780 --> 00:13:14,780 It's like, let's get rid of that, 377 00:13:14,780 --> 00:13:18,660 and, you know, how about we archive the entire concert 378 00:13:18,660 --> 00:13:23,660 through one 360 camera, everybody go to this thing, 379 00:13:23,660 --> 00:13:26,300 and now we've solved, like, if you have your phone up, 380 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:30,020 you look like an idiot because you just go to archive.is 381 00:13:30,020 --> 00:13:31,900 or whatever we call it, 382 00:13:31,900 --> 00:13:33,460 and now you can see the whole concert. 383 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:34,460 You don't have to record it. 384 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:36,740 Put your phones down, enjoy. 385 00:13:36,740 --> 00:13:38,620 That would be awesome. 386 00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:40,340 - I feel like if most people knew 387 00:13:40,340 --> 00:13:42,020 that the concert that they were at right now 388 00:13:42,020 --> 00:13:43,580 was available online somewhere, 389 00:13:43,580 --> 00:13:45,580 that they wouldn't bother recording it themselves. 390 00:13:45,580 --> 00:13:48,100 Like, it's gonna be better when I pull it up later anyway. 391 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:48,940 - Right. 392 00:13:48,940 --> 00:13:50,140 - It's like taking videos of fireworks. 393 00:13:50,140 --> 00:13:52,300 Have you ever watched a video of fireworks that you took 394 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:53,980 and been like, wow, I'm glad I did that? 395 00:13:53,980 --> 00:13:55,980 - Or, yeah, picture of the moon, yeah. 396 00:13:55,980 --> 00:13:58,500 - Yeah, that too, yeah. 397 00:13:59,860 --> 00:14:01,060 I don't know why, but everybody's like, 398 00:14:01,060 --> 00:14:04,820 whoa, full moon, check out this moon, it's so big, 399 00:14:04,820 --> 00:14:06,140 and you send a picture and you're like, 400 00:14:06,140 --> 00:14:08,500 I, you just gotta go outside. 401 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:09,500 It's not gonna work. 402 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:13,500 - It's just like a streetlight, a blurry streetlight. 403 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:15,220 - No, that would be, I guess, like, how would I, 404 00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:16,660 I guess the streaming experience, 405 00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:20,460 I think it'd be cool knowing that my concert, 406 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:23,460 the one that I attended was in this archive, 407 00:14:23,460 --> 00:14:27,020 and, like, listening back to it would be awesome. 408 00:14:27,020 --> 00:14:28,260 - Yeah, that's where I'm at. 409 00:14:28,260 --> 00:14:30,380 Everyone's got that one or several concerts 410 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:32,380 that they're like, that was one of the greatest nights 411 00:14:32,380 --> 00:14:33,740 of my life, and I wanna go back 412 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:35,940 and hear exactly that performance. 413 00:14:35,940 --> 00:14:38,740 - Yeah, and you could actually get agreements 414 00:14:38,740 --> 00:14:43,660 with artists or venues to hand out codes for that concert. 415 00:14:43,660 --> 00:14:45,620 People, depending on who downloads it 416 00:14:45,620 --> 00:14:47,740 or who searches it or enters the code, 417 00:14:47,740 --> 00:14:51,260 you could, you know, for five bucks, it's yours. 418 00:14:51,260 --> 00:14:52,900 - I went to a show that did that. 419 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:57,260 It was a, this is gonna put me in a weird niche, 420 00:14:57,260 --> 00:14:59,020 it was a ukulelist. 421 00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:01,940 But I bought one at his merch table, 422 00:15:01,940 --> 00:15:05,220 they had, like, t-shirts and whatever else, 423 00:15:05,220 --> 00:15:06,740 and then one of the things was a flash drive, 424 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:08,500 and on the flash drive was a code good 425 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:12,980 for one redeemable download of the show that you went to. 426 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,420 Then he said, you know, wait 48 hours, 427 00:15:14,420 --> 00:15:16,460 and you go here, and it'll have it. 428 00:15:16,460 --> 00:15:17,420 It's so cool. 429 00:15:17,420 --> 00:15:19,300 That needs to be more of a thing, for sure. 430 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:21,740 And, like, I like the idea of decentralizing it, too. 431 00:15:21,740 --> 00:15:23,100 - That makes sense, Rebecca, like, 432 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:25,540 why don't, why doesn't everybody do this? 433 00:15:25,540 --> 00:15:28,460 Like, everybody should be just selling their concert for, 434 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:31,220 I mean, why not, five times the number of tickets, 435 00:15:31,220 --> 00:15:33,900 get some Ticketmaster out of it, you know? 436 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:38,780 And make some direct cash, man, that's a no-brainer. 437 00:15:38,780 --> 00:15:40,580 - Do you guys prefer to listen to live albums 438 00:15:40,580 --> 00:15:42,100 when you're given the chance? 439 00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:45,100 Do you skip 'em, do you mix 'em in 50/50? 440 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:47,020 - That's true. - Avoid 'em? 441 00:15:47,020 --> 00:15:47,860 I feel like, yeah. 442 00:15:47,860 --> 00:15:50,900 - I avoid them unless I've been to that concert. 443 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:52,620 And then even if it's not the same one I went to, 444 00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:55,220 I'm still like, oh yeah, that was, I like that. 445 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:57,780 - I think artists are worried about saturating the, 446 00:15:57,780 --> 00:16:00,060 and that might actually affect ticket sales, too, 447 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:02,860 if they are putting all their live stuff up too much. 448 00:16:02,860 --> 00:16:04,620 - Oh. - Hmm. 449 00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:07,540 - Eh, they should figure that out, that's not their problem. 450 00:16:07,540 --> 00:16:08,540 (laughing) 451 00:16:08,540 --> 00:16:09,940 - I don't know, there's some pretty cool, 452 00:16:09,940 --> 00:16:12,100 like, unplugged concerts. - Yeah. 453 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:14,420 - Like, I think of Kurt Cobain doing unplugged, 454 00:16:14,420 --> 00:16:17,580 and I don't know, I think that there is some sort of 455 00:16:17,580 --> 00:16:18,860 nostalgic piece to it. 456 00:16:18,860 --> 00:16:21,340 I would totally, I'd pay a ridiculous amount of money 457 00:16:21,340 --> 00:16:23,780 to be able to have that, I don't know, 458 00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:25,820 on a code or something where I could download it. 459 00:16:25,820 --> 00:16:27,660 - There are some exclusive songs, too, 460 00:16:27,660 --> 00:16:30,260 that like, only, they only do in concert, 461 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:32,100 that you're like, that's the first time 462 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:33,900 they played that song ever! 463 00:16:33,900 --> 00:16:36,540 And I was there, and I listened to it, right? 464 00:16:36,540 --> 00:16:38,340 And then now I can download it, or like, 465 00:16:38,340 --> 00:16:40,020 that'd be awesome. 466 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:41,220 - That's pretty cool. - I think of that, 467 00:16:41,220 --> 00:16:43,260 Panic at the Dis, not Panic at the Disco, 468 00:16:43,260 --> 00:16:45,580 what is it, Streetlight Manifesto concert, Scott, 469 00:16:45,580 --> 00:16:48,540 our, one of our guests, Sam Zoe, played. 470 00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:50,620 He would've loved that download, 471 00:16:50,620 --> 00:16:52,660 'cause he played Streetlight for like, 472 00:16:52,660 --> 00:16:55,700 months after that concert. 473 00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:58,220 I think he crowd surfed, that's right! 474 00:16:58,220 --> 00:17:00,900 - He crowd surfed in that crowd, yep, I remember that. 475 00:17:00,900 --> 00:17:05,100 - Are you allowed to crowd surf as a member of the crowd? 476 00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:08,020 That feels wrong, you're not the band. 477 00:17:08,020 --> 00:17:11,180 - I just remember that, he's just not typically 478 00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:14,260 the person you would think of as crowd surfing in a concert, 479 00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:17,020 and he's being crowd surfed, and they're all pushing him, 480 00:17:17,020 --> 00:17:19,220 they're trying to throw him up on the stage, 481 00:17:19,220 --> 00:17:20,820 and like, this big security guard comes 482 00:17:20,820 --> 00:17:22,940 and grabs him out of the air and throws him down. 483 00:17:22,940 --> 00:17:25,100 - He's a tall guy, too, I don't know how he. 484 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:28,620 - Calm, collected CEO getting tossed up on the stage. 485 00:17:28,620 --> 00:17:29,780 - Almost. - It's a good time, almost. 486 00:17:29,780 --> 00:17:32,740 - If you look, that concert that you all remember, 487 00:17:32,740 --> 00:17:35,340 listener, might be on archive.org, 488 00:17:35,340 --> 00:17:36,820 and while you're there, throw a few bucks their way. 489 00:17:36,820 --> 00:17:41,100 - Or, you can download the app called Leo, 490 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:45,100 Leo, let's hear it, let's hear it, you know? 491 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:46,940 You got the idea name. - Um. 492 00:17:46,940 --> 00:17:48,740 - Om. - Archivist. 493 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:50,500 - Archivist? (laughing) 494 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,660 I don't know, I panicked. 495 00:17:52,660 --> 00:17:54,340 - That's pretty good. - It's MikedUp. 496 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:56,260 - Oh, that's good. - MikedUp. 497 00:17:56,260 --> 00:17:57,420 (imitating music) 498 00:17:57,420 --> 00:17:58,540 Spitball.show. 499 00:17:58,540 --> 00:17:59,940 (laughing) 500 00:17:59,940 --> 00:18:02,300 So you can download today. 501 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:04,880 (upbeat music) 502 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,980 - All right, Scott, you're up next. 503 00:18:07,980 --> 00:18:08,860 What do you got for us? 504 00:18:08,860 --> 00:18:11,500 - All right, I was thinking of ideas for this week, 505 00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:15,500 and I've come up with one that I'm calling Carl Dating, 506 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:18,620 and this is gonna be a Russell's Love Corner. 507 00:18:18,620 --> 00:18:19,460 Cue the music. 508 00:18:19,460 --> 00:18:22,300 (imitating music) 509 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:30,300 So, where this comes from is actually how I met my wife. 510 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:32,540 We both met through online dating, 511 00:18:32,540 --> 00:18:36,260 and what we had both been dating for a while 512 00:18:36,260 --> 00:18:38,260 and not finding anything, 513 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:40,780 and what made our first date unique 514 00:18:40,780 --> 00:18:44,420 was that we were going to meet up at a bar together, 515 00:18:44,420 --> 00:18:46,780 and as we're walking into the bar, we see each other, 516 00:18:46,780 --> 00:18:50,420 and then we also see a third party named Carl, 517 00:18:50,420 --> 00:18:53,420 and Carl just happened to be walking by 518 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:56,780 and also happened to know both of us individually. 519 00:18:56,780 --> 00:18:57,820 Complete coincidence. 520 00:18:57,820 --> 00:19:00,860 I had run cross-country with him in high school, 521 00:19:00,860 --> 00:19:04,060 and Caroline currently works with him right now, 522 00:19:04,060 --> 00:19:07,140 and at the same time, both of us go, "Carl," 523 00:19:07,140 --> 00:19:10,220 and then we look at each other and go, "You know Carl?" 524 00:19:10,220 --> 00:19:14,980 And, long story short, Carl crashed our first date 525 00:19:14,980 --> 00:19:17,500 and sat with us at the bar and pretty much acted 526 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:21,820 as a mediator/hey, I know both of these people, 527 00:19:21,820 --> 00:19:23,900 and neither of them are serial killers. 528 00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:25,420 - Dual wingman. 529 00:19:25,420 --> 00:19:26,540 - Yeah, dual wingman. 530 00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:30,660 It was crazy and awesome, and now I'm married to my wife. 531 00:19:30,660 --> 00:19:31,500 - It works. 532 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:32,540 - It works. 533 00:19:32,540 --> 00:19:35,500 So, anyway, I wanna create an app 534 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:37,940 that is essentially Carl dating, 535 00:19:37,940 --> 00:19:39,980 where you have apps like Tinder and Bumble 536 00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:42,740 where they look at your friends on Facebook or whatever, 537 00:19:42,740 --> 00:19:45,100 and they actually remove you one or two degrees 538 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:47,100 from anyone and one of your friends on there. 539 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:48,220 They don't want you dating your friends 540 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:49,980 or friends of friends. 541 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:51,540 I wanna do the opposite of that. 542 00:19:51,540 --> 00:19:54,260 I wanna be like, "You've matched with this person. 543 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:56,860 "Here is a mutual acquaintance between both of you. 544 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:59,420 "You should reach out," or we could both request him 545 00:19:59,420 --> 00:20:02,780 to crash your first date or be a part of that. 546 00:20:02,780 --> 00:20:07,420 - I love this love corner idea. 547 00:20:07,420 --> 00:20:09,780 This is amazing. 548 00:20:09,780 --> 00:20:11,340 - Of course you do. 549 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:15,420 - That is my, in a way, a dream of mine, Scott, 550 00:20:15,420 --> 00:20:19,540 to just wingman both sides of the table. 551 00:20:19,540 --> 00:20:20,980 Well, I think I would. 552 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:22,020 I'd probably not be. 553 00:20:22,020 --> 00:20:25,900 I'd be rated low, but I'd be so excited. 554 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:28,700 (laughing) 555 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:30,580 - Three stars, wingman. 556 00:20:30,580 --> 00:20:32,620 - So, you wanna have a whole Uber ranking system 557 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:34,260 for how good the wingman you are? 558 00:20:34,260 --> 00:20:35,100 That's fun. 559 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,660 - If an app could just look at my friends list 560 00:20:38,660 --> 00:20:40,660 and my friends of friends list, 561 00:20:40,660 --> 00:20:41,500 and just be like-- 562 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:42,380 - Compare the two. 563 00:20:42,380 --> 00:20:44,340 - You know this person, and you know what? 564 00:20:44,340 --> 00:20:47,580 You know a friend that really needs to meet somebody. 565 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:50,780 I could do it. 566 00:20:50,780 --> 00:20:51,700 I could wingman 'em. 567 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,140 But it's, I guess it's a little weird 568 00:20:53,140 --> 00:20:55,220 if you're the facilitator. 569 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,980 If Carl had set you both up, does that make it different? 570 00:20:57,980 --> 00:21:00,900 It was just a quinkydink, right? 571 00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:02,940 (laughing) 572 00:21:02,940 --> 00:21:05,140 But maybe that's part of the experience. 573 00:21:05,140 --> 00:21:07,500 He just, like, Carl could have just planned 574 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:10,140 the whole date for you by accident. 575 00:21:10,140 --> 00:21:11,420 - Hey, I'm gonna be at our bar. 576 00:21:11,420 --> 00:21:14,220 Hey, you know, I'm gonna be at our bar too. 577 00:21:14,220 --> 00:21:15,100 - That's interesting. 578 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:17,260 I'm not actually sure I would have gone on that date 579 00:21:17,260 --> 00:21:19,100 if Carl had been like, 580 00:21:19,100 --> 00:21:21,260 hey, I know one of my coworkers. 581 00:21:21,260 --> 00:21:22,540 You wanna come out and hang? 582 00:21:22,540 --> 00:21:23,860 - An ambush. 583 00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:25,540 - Versus at the same time, 584 00:21:25,540 --> 00:21:28,220 if I had been about to go on that date, 585 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:30,420 and a notification popped up to be like, 586 00:21:30,420 --> 00:21:33,140 by the way, did you know that Carl, 587 00:21:33,140 --> 00:21:35,540 this Carl also is, you know, 588 00:21:35,540 --> 00:21:39,060 works with this person you're about to go on a date with? 589 00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:41,180 Even just that information alone right there 590 00:21:41,180 --> 00:21:43,180 would be enough to be like, you know, screw it. 591 00:21:43,180 --> 00:21:44,020 I'll invite Carl. 592 00:21:44,020 --> 00:21:44,860 I got nothing to lose here. 593 00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:45,700 Let's go. 594 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:48,100 - Right, or you're just calling up Carl ahead of time. 595 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:48,940 Like. 596 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:54,140 - So wait, would you have to have both parties, 597 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:56,580 so Carl plus the person you're gonna date, 598 00:21:56,580 --> 00:21:57,500 agree to the date? 599 00:21:57,500 --> 00:21:59,980 Like, are you swiping on both of them? 600 00:21:59,980 --> 00:22:01,780 - Carl, leave free Friday, please. 601 00:22:01,780 --> 00:22:03,860 That's a great question. 602 00:22:03,860 --> 00:22:04,700 I don't know. 603 00:22:04,700 --> 00:22:07,380 - And it's kind of like LinkedIn, right? 604 00:22:07,380 --> 00:22:09,860 Like when you have a request and it's like, 605 00:22:09,860 --> 00:22:10,940 oh, I know they know Russell, 606 00:22:10,940 --> 00:22:13,140 so they must not be a total creeper. 607 00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:14,460 And then you accept their-- 608 00:22:14,460 --> 00:22:16,260 - Maybe that's the extent of it then. 609 00:22:16,260 --> 00:22:18,980 It's just, hey, this person knows this person. 610 00:22:18,980 --> 00:22:19,820 You could talk to them. 611 00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:21,100 They don't have to crash your date. 612 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:23,380 You could just talk to Carl on the side and be like, 613 00:22:23,380 --> 00:22:24,500 what do you think of this person? 614 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:25,820 Like, are they sane? 615 00:22:25,820 --> 00:22:26,660 - Yeah. 616 00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:27,660 - Carl has endorsed you. 617 00:22:27,660 --> 00:22:28,500 - Carl has endorsed you on LinkedIn. 618 00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:30,100 - But for the premium upgrade. 619 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:30,940 - Yes, exactly. 620 00:22:30,940 --> 00:22:32,060 - Carl can come on the date. 621 00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:33,340 (laughing) 622 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:35,420 - If you just told me free drinks at our bar. 623 00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:37,260 - Here's Carl's dietary restrictions. 624 00:22:37,260 --> 00:22:39,420 (laughing) 625 00:22:39,420 --> 00:22:42,380 Okay, what if it, I'm trying to think of like, 626 00:22:42,380 --> 00:22:45,900 what if I got a notification and it said, 627 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:48,780 come to our bar right now and get a free drink? 628 00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:50,980 I'm like, okay, I don't know why. 629 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:53,900 And then all of a sudden I'm at our bar and guess what? 630 00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:56,980 I see my friends in the room 631 00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:58,940 and they just happened to be talking to each other. 632 00:22:58,940 --> 00:23:01,740 And I'm like, oh, I didn't know you guys knew each other. 633 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:04,580 Yeah, you know, like create like complete, 634 00:23:04,580 --> 00:23:05,940 I mean, it's a little harder. 635 00:23:05,940 --> 00:23:07,940 I think it's a little less feasible. 636 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:09,540 - To create that organically. 637 00:23:09,540 --> 00:23:11,660 - But I mean, but like, I would be, 638 00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:14,100 I would definitely sign up knowing that I was gonna get, 639 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:15,220 you know what would end up happening? 640 00:23:15,220 --> 00:23:17,260 I'd go to the bar, get my free drink 641 00:23:17,260 --> 00:23:18,460 and look for everybody I knew 642 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:20,220 and try to talk to all of them. 643 00:23:20,220 --> 00:23:22,460 (laughing) 644 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:25,100 Because of me. 645 00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:26,980 - That's exactly what you would do too. 646 00:23:26,980 --> 00:23:29,140 - Yeah, but okay, I get like, 647 00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:33,660 I think there's some really valuable like dating app concept 648 00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:38,100 of who is one of my, this dates connections that I know. 649 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:41,060 Right, is that not revealed in any dating apps yet? 650 00:23:41,060 --> 00:23:42,900 I guess, I don't know. 651 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:44,940 It seems like it should be, I think. 652 00:23:44,940 --> 00:23:48,140 - Maybe nowadays, back when we were online dating, 653 00:23:48,140 --> 00:23:49,740 they were very much like, 654 00:23:49,740 --> 00:23:51,220 no, we're not gonna show that information. 655 00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:53,260 People don't wanna know that information. 656 00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:55,540 - Seems like something Facebook would be poised to, 657 00:23:55,540 --> 00:23:56,860 didn't they have a brief moment 658 00:23:56,860 --> 00:23:58,900 where they dip their toes into Facebook dating? 659 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,540 - Did they? - I think so. 660 00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:01,740 I think that's died now though. 661 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:02,580 And I don't know if it ever did 662 00:24:02,580 --> 00:24:04,460 exactly what you're talking about here. 663 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:05,500 It should have. 664 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:06,780 - That's so cool. 665 00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:11,500 It just feels like, so when my, okay, sidebar maybe, 666 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:15,500 but whenever one of my friends starts like dating somebody 667 00:24:15,500 --> 00:24:17,420 or is interested in somebody, 668 00:24:17,420 --> 00:24:19,660 you know, the first thing you do is Facebook stock 669 00:24:19,660 --> 00:24:23,180 the crap out of that person and see how you know them. 670 00:24:23,180 --> 00:24:24,420 And if they don't have an Instagram, 671 00:24:24,420 --> 00:24:27,260 you find their LinkedIn profile and you're like, 672 00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:31,780 dude, I can connect you to this person this way if you want. 673 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:35,460 I think there's some value in the, I guess I-- 674 00:24:35,460 --> 00:24:36,460 - The third party vouching for you. 675 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:39,420 - Yes, a huge, a huge value. 676 00:24:39,420 --> 00:24:41,820 Like, especially if I saw the friends 677 00:24:41,820 --> 00:24:45,900 that were friends with them, I'd be like, ooh, or oh. 678 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:48,220 (laughing) 679 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,420 Oh, they're only friends with those people? 680 00:24:50,420 --> 00:24:52,700 I don't wanna talk to them, right? 681 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:54,300 But-- - Sure. 682 00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:57,220 - Like, okay, Scott, like if you were on your dating app 683 00:24:57,220 --> 00:24:59,860 and you saw, let's say, 684 00:24:59,860 --> 00:25:03,980 let's say Caroline was a person that is not gonna, 685 00:25:03,980 --> 00:25:05,420 let's say there was somebody else, I don't-- 686 00:25:05,420 --> 00:25:07,260 - You mean CJ? 687 00:25:07,260 --> 00:25:11,940 - Let's say your wife was on the app 688 00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:13,900 and you were definitely, 689 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:15,820 you're definitely doing a super like, 690 00:25:15,820 --> 00:25:17,940 let's say, instead of a regular like, 691 00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:20,740 because of the connections with that person. 692 00:25:20,740 --> 00:25:23,780 What if this was like a play on a dating app 693 00:25:23,780 --> 00:25:27,900 where you're trying to date somebody for their connections 694 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:29,020 or the other way around? 695 00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:30,100 (laughing) 696 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,660 Not that, no, maybe not that, but more of, 697 00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:34,660 but like, maybe you're more interested in that person 698 00:25:34,660 --> 00:25:37,900 because who they associate with, you know? 699 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:38,820 - Whoa. 700 00:25:38,820 --> 00:25:40,700 - And so maybe there's a little bit of that. 701 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:42,740 And it's because you can maybe tell something 702 00:25:42,740 --> 00:25:44,620 about a person by who they hang out with 703 00:25:44,620 --> 00:25:45,980 and who they're surrounded by. 704 00:25:45,980 --> 00:25:47,920 And so I feel like there's some, 705 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,700 there's some maybe reason to not, 706 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:51,060 I guess in the other way, it's like, 707 00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:53,440 maybe you're less likely to swipe right on somebody 708 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,420 that you're less interested in, 709 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:57,680 but then you realize, oh, they hang out with these people? 710 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,420 Like, oh, I know those people and I like those people. 711 00:26:00,420 --> 00:26:03,020 So maybe they're like them, right? 712 00:26:03,020 --> 00:26:05,180 - Might literally be just LinkedIn dating 713 00:26:05,180 --> 00:26:07,020 then by the end of this. 714 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:09,340 - Well, you could call it five friends 715 00:26:09,340 --> 00:26:11,100 'cause the saying is like, you're the average 716 00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:13,500 of the five people you spend the most time with, right? 717 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:15,340 - Yes. - Ooh, that's a good one. 718 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:16,180 - I've never heard that, that's great. 719 00:26:16,180 --> 00:26:18,700 - Yes, that's a, that's right. 720 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:19,780 Who do I hang out? 721 00:26:19,780 --> 00:26:21,100 Do I hang out with you guys too much? 722 00:26:21,100 --> 00:26:22,260 Am I gonna, gotta go? 723 00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:23,300 (laughing) 724 00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:25,020 - I mean, we have a podcast. 725 00:26:25,020 --> 00:26:25,860 - Reassess that. 726 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,720 (laughing) 727 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:28,880 - Ah, good thing I'm not dating. 728 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,040 - I do my best to avoid you 729 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,920 other than when we're recording, yeah. 730 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,240 - No, that's so true though. 731 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,840 I think, all right, would you wanna be 732 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,840 on your friend's dating profile? 733 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,600 Let's say you had to like sign up for the app 734 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,840 and be the vouch or something. 735 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,400 - I would do that in a heartbeat. 736 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:46,240 - Totally. - I really would. 737 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,060 - That sounds so fun. 738 00:26:47,060 --> 00:26:48,040 - It does sound a lot of fun. 739 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:49,880 - And it would be two people that you know, that'd be great. 740 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:51,440 - Wait, Rebecca didn't nod 741 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,440 and she's the only girl in the room, so. 742 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,000 - No, I would totally do it 743 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,900 'cause I feel like the inverse is also true. 744 00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:00,740 Like there should totally be a feature like band booty 745 00:27:00,740 --> 00:27:02,660 where you know they're bad guys 746 00:27:02,660 --> 00:27:05,300 and you can alert other people or other friends. 747 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:08,380 Like this person's a pathological liar, 748 00:27:08,380 --> 00:27:11,340 he'll ghost you or she, whomever. 749 00:27:11,340 --> 00:27:14,300 But you should have a feature where it's like, 750 00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:18,220 yes, I vet their thumbs up or no, definitely. 751 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:20,300 It was the worst first date I've ever been on. 752 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:22,020 And they go in the band booty. 753 00:27:22,020 --> 00:27:24,820 - The band booty section, I love it. 754 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,120 - That's its own dating app. 755 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:29,440 - Band booty. 756 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,600 - An add on, it's a super feature to your dating apps. 757 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,400 - We got two ideas for next week now, this is great. 758 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,000 - But I think vouching for people or like, 759 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,040 oh, you know, what is it? 760 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:46,380 If I could swipe on maybe my friend's dislikes 761 00:27:46,380 --> 00:27:48,880 and then maybe re-vouch or something, I don't know. 762 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,720 That might be a stretch. 763 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:51,560 - Whoa. 764 00:27:52,060 --> 00:27:55,300 - Like I wonder if vetting the reverse way would be like, 765 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:58,940 I can't believe you swiped right on this guy, he's great. 766 00:27:58,940 --> 00:28:03,940 Or this girl looks so cool, you should like her. 767 00:28:03,940 --> 00:28:07,980 But then maybe that just comes off as like, 768 00:28:07,980 --> 00:28:10,660 your mom trying to set you up with somebody. 769 00:28:10,660 --> 00:28:14,340 - Yeah, we are closing in a little bit 770 00:28:14,340 --> 00:28:16,500 on the friend of a friend market, 771 00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:19,620 the previously pitched dating app too, aren't we? 772 00:28:19,620 --> 00:28:21,020 Where you're kind of like. 773 00:28:21,020 --> 00:28:22,080 - I guess so. 774 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,240 - This could be a feature of friend of a friend. 775 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,880 - Yeah, all these. 776 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,060 - All dating apps end up being friend of a friend, 777 00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:29,180 that's what this is. 778 00:28:29,180 --> 00:28:32,260 - That's right, we're all making, yeah. 779 00:28:32,260 --> 00:28:37,140 It'll all blur into one dating hive mind, just. 780 00:28:37,140 --> 00:28:40,320 - Russell's hive mind. 781 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:41,440 - Oh, yikes. 782 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,040 What's the name of this app, Scotty? 783 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:44,280 - Rebecca named it. 784 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,240 - Band booty? 785 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,580 - Band booty. 786 00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:49,080 I was gonna call it Carl dating, but I like band booty. 787 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,540 - Oh man, band booty would be good for mine too. 788 00:28:51,540 --> 00:28:53,800 (laughing) 789 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,380 (upbeat music) 790 00:28:57,380 --> 00:29:02,000 - All right, Russell, what have you brought us this week? 791 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,020 - All right guys, this week, I really am sometimes 792 00:29:06,020 --> 00:29:08,500 getting like antsy being in the house a lot, 793 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:10,540 or especially this winter. 794 00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:14,920 And I really want to do, I guess like, 795 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,900 have you guys had like a game show kick, 796 00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:19,020 where you're just watching a bunch of game show, 797 00:29:19,020 --> 00:29:20,800 television shows, I don't know. 798 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,780 - I went through a phase, oh man, 799 00:29:22,780 --> 00:29:25,780 like three years of high school, middle school era, yeah. 800 00:29:25,780 --> 00:29:29,200 - Well, I guess part of me wants to live that experience 801 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,160 without like having to, I guess like part of me 802 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,600 wants to like be on Family Feud, 803 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,740 or on, you know, Price is Right or something. 804 00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:42,620 And I guess this simple idea is game shows locally. 805 00:29:42,620 --> 00:29:46,260 So you just host local game shows, 806 00:29:46,260 --> 00:29:51,260 and partner with businesses, get giant groups, 807 00:29:51,260 --> 00:29:56,580 and maybe stream it on your local television station, 808 00:29:56,580 --> 00:30:01,540 you know, create some like really different kind of buzz 809 00:30:01,540 --> 00:30:05,560 about, I guess like community events, 810 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:09,020 and all the other things that happen. 811 00:30:09,020 --> 00:30:14,000 It just seems like a local game show type of experience 812 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,740 would be really interesting to me. 813 00:30:16,740 --> 00:30:18,380 - A lot of communities have bar trivia. 814 00:30:18,380 --> 00:30:21,060 How would this, what sorts of games are you thinking? 815 00:30:21,060 --> 00:30:26,020 - I guess I'm thinking of this like a full on studio. 816 00:30:26,020 --> 00:30:28,300 Like you go into a travel studio, 817 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:32,720 where you go into a like a local college auditorium, 818 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,620 and you have the boards, 819 00:30:35,620 --> 00:30:38,280 you give out tons of gift cards and prizes. 820 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,220 There's that one game show, like one versus 100, 821 00:30:41,220 --> 00:30:42,260 where you do giant, 822 00:30:42,260 --> 00:30:46,900 like you try to engage the entire community or audience. 823 00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:49,260 And yeah, that's what I'm thinking. 824 00:30:49,260 --> 00:30:51,620 Like one versus, like, yeah, you know what I mean? 825 00:30:51,620 --> 00:30:53,460 Or deal or no deal or something. 826 00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:54,460 Well, that's kind of boring. 827 00:30:54,460 --> 00:30:55,420 I feel like in real life, 828 00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:57,900 there'd have to be more real life like games. 829 00:30:57,900 --> 00:30:59,940 - Dude, just make this a show where, 830 00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:02,300 okay, so you get an auditorium, 831 00:31:02,300 --> 00:31:04,300 you rent it out from your local community center 832 00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:05,360 or college, right? 833 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,460 You charge a cover at the door of like $10 a ticket 834 00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:11,260 to come in, and you don't have any contestants chosen. 835 00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:13,480 They're just randomly picked from the audience. 836 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,220 So it gives incentive for people to come 837 00:31:15,220 --> 00:31:17,260 and they can participate in the show. 838 00:31:17,260 --> 00:31:19,700 And then you just host the game show up front. 839 00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:20,740 Half the money goes to you, 840 00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:22,500 half the money goes towards the prize pool 841 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:23,860 that you get at the door cover. 842 00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:26,140 - That's boom, monetization. 843 00:31:26,140 --> 00:31:27,420 - Oh, I would attend that. 844 00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:28,740 That would be so much fun. 845 00:31:28,740 --> 00:31:30,220 Just the chance that I get to go up there, 846 00:31:30,220 --> 00:31:32,780 and if not, I at least get to see my friends up there. 847 00:31:32,780 --> 00:31:33,820 - Family friendly. 848 00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:35,620 - Playing wheel of fortune or whatever. 849 00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:36,500 Yeah. 850 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:39,020 - You've got to capture the crowd energy 851 00:31:39,020 --> 00:31:40,100 of the prizes, right? 852 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:41,500 - Yes. 853 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:42,380 Oh. 854 00:31:42,380 --> 00:31:45,660 - Screaming, trying to get onto the show itself. 855 00:31:45,660 --> 00:31:47,740 I feel like half of that show is just like the excitement 856 00:31:47,740 --> 00:31:49,620 of watching people lose their mind 857 00:31:49,620 --> 00:31:51,260 with their matching shirts, 858 00:31:51,260 --> 00:31:52,820 trying to get actually on. 859 00:31:52,820 --> 00:31:55,660 - We always pick one guest that's the most enthusiastic 860 00:31:55,660 --> 00:31:57,260 from the audience, just randomly. 861 00:31:57,260 --> 00:31:58,180 There you go, right? 862 00:31:58,180 --> 00:32:02,200 Okay, then you throw in some local sponsorship opportunities. 863 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,940 I guess part of me thinks of, 864 00:32:06,940 --> 00:32:10,080 you know how bingo night at these old people homes 865 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:11,940 are like crazy? 866 00:32:11,940 --> 00:32:15,860 How do you make the fun version of that for young people? 867 00:32:15,860 --> 00:32:17,380 (laughing) 868 00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:18,780 - Can you define crazy? 869 00:32:18,780 --> 00:32:19,820 - I mean. 870 00:32:19,820 --> 00:32:20,740 - What does that mean? 871 00:32:20,740 --> 00:32:24,300 - How crazy, just use your imagination, Leo. 872 00:32:24,300 --> 00:32:25,140 These old. 873 00:32:25,140 --> 00:32:26,600 (laughing) 874 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,180 People are spending money on bingo with these, 875 00:32:30,180 --> 00:32:32,500 and they have their own like little systems, 876 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:35,180 and they're buying eight bingo cards for a chance to win. 877 00:32:35,180 --> 00:32:38,060 Like it just seems like you could tap into that, 878 00:32:38,060 --> 00:32:39,860 make it more family friendly, 879 00:32:39,860 --> 00:32:42,540 create an event, and actually win some money. 880 00:32:42,540 --> 00:32:45,640 I don't know, it just seems like something different 881 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:49,900 from the typical entertainment that's out there. 882 00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:51,900 And if you make it community centric, 883 00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:53,360 or you partner with like, 884 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,900 you jump between town to town, right? 885 00:32:55,900 --> 00:32:58,920 And you just get the whole community excited about it. 886 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,300 What do they call those events? 887 00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:03,340 - The Chamber of Commerce. 888 00:33:03,340 --> 00:33:04,300 - Yes. 889 00:33:04,300 --> 00:33:06,060 There'd be just so much, if it happened, 890 00:33:06,060 --> 00:33:07,540 if you make it reoccurring, 891 00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:09,480 and you make it like an escape room experience, 892 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,100 it's not gonna be great. 893 00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:12,700 'Cause it's always there, 894 00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:14,300 the size is always gonna be too small. 895 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:15,620 It's gotta be like-- 896 00:33:15,620 --> 00:33:16,500 - One time thing. 897 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:20,260 - Traveling Circus, a semi full of all the props 898 00:33:20,260 --> 00:33:22,820 for Price is Right, or Wheel of Fortune, or whatever. 899 00:33:22,820 --> 00:33:23,720 And they bring it in. 900 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,140 - Yeah, you get like political figures to talk 901 00:33:26,140 --> 00:33:28,320 in front of a whole crowd of people. 902 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,020 You just turn it into, 903 00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:33,660 and now everybody's campaign is around their game show event 904 00:33:33,660 --> 00:33:36,980 or whatever, like this is local politics, 905 00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:40,500 local community buzz. 906 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:43,600 And you gotta get support from the downtown, 907 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:44,900 the chamber, that stuff. 908 00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:49,020 And then it makes it a really rememberable experience. 909 00:33:49,020 --> 00:33:53,740 And if it's like, the city of Detroit sponsored this event, 910 00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:55,880 maybe not Detroit, something like, 911 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,920 but you know what I mean, right? 912 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:02,420 There's like elements there that makes it really engaging 913 00:34:02,420 --> 00:34:05,140 for those types of non-profits and stuff. 914 00:34:05,140 --> 00:34:06,420 - You know what this could be? 915 00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:09,540 Our friend and former guest on the show, Steph, 916 00:34:09,540 --> 00:34:13,540 did the tryouts, I think it was down south of here 917 00:34:13,540 --> 00:34:15,060 somewhere, Kalamazoo or something, 918 00:34:15,060 --> 00:34:16,500 for the Wheel of Fortune. 919 00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:20,980 And they come to cities and set up the whole dang set 920 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:21,820 and everything. 921 00:34:21,820 --> 00:34:23,940 And not only did they get like, 922 00:34:23,940 --> 00:34:25,620 do you know how to play this game well 923 00:34:25,620 --> 00:34:26,440 and that kind of thing, 924 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,240 but also like, what is your chemistry on the set? 925 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:30,980 Are you engaged? 926 00:34:30,980 --> 00:34:32,460 Would you be a good contestant? 927 00:34:32,460 --> 00:34:35,780 It seems like you could combine franchising out 928 00:34:35,780 --> 00:34:39,900 popular game shows as a funnel for the actual 929 00:34:39,900 --> 00:34:43,900 nationwide game show being the finals, you know? 930 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:47,020 So like, you get in touch with, 931 00:34:47,020 --> 00:34:48,340 I don't wanna use like Jeopardy, 932 00:34:48,340 --> 00:34:49,780 something a little more, 933 00:34:49,780 --> 00:34:53,860 what's a high octane game show 934 00:34:53,860 --> 00:34:55,220 that's like on the air right now? 935 00:34:55,220 --> 00:34:57,180 - Price is Right, I mean, is always. 936 00:34:57,180 --> 00:35:00,060 - Sure, so let's say you go to the Price is Right 937 00:35:00,060 --> 00:35:02,200 and you say, hey, I think it's CBS, 938 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:06,680 we want to make a traveling Price is Right, whatever. 939 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:11,680 And anyone who wins at this can then go to the season finale 940 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,160 to be on the show for the one that everyone sees. 941 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,760 Yeah, exactly, it's regionals. 942 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,060 - Dude, that generates a lot of like buzz too, 943 00:35:20,060 --> 00:35:22,200 like making more viewership on the show 944 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,440 because they just experienced it live. 945 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,480 Like there's, yeah. 946 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,960 - I'm way more interested in the Jeopardy's 947 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:29,800 and whatever of the world 948 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,000 when it's like the tournament finalists too. 949 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,720 If you as an entire, like, 950 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,760 here's the three episodes of all of the people 951 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,320 who've already won this facing off 952 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,600 at the showcase showdown or whatever, 953 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,380 like that's really fun. 954 00:35:42,380 --> 00:35:44,320 - Dude, yeah, I like that a lot. 955 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,480 - The experts, the finalists, nationals. 956 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,320 - Like the worldwide Price is Right competition. 957 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:52,460 Like can you imagine? 958 00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:58,280 Yeah, or shoot, you could go as simple 959 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,160 as rock, paper, scissors, man. 960 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,560 States, finals. 961 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,360 - This person has won like 3000 962 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,360 rock, paper, scissors games in a row. 963 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,800 Statistically an anomaly, 964 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,520 but don't you wanna see him play his next game? 965 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:12,720 - That is a thing too. 966 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,480 There is the National Rock, Paper, Scissors Championships, 967 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:16,520 the competition. 968 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:17,400 - I mean, there's got, like, 969 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,200 if you were to do that for the whole nation, 970 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,520 there would be one person, right? 971 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:22,360 That would- 972 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:23,960 - Who's just the best at it. 973 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,160 - That just would have done it like 3000 times. 974 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,400 I mean, I don't know. 975 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,080 - But I guess like if you wanted to go smaller too, 976 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,880 you could go to each high school, 977 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:35,440 you could do, you know, 978 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:36,800 kind of like the speaking, 979 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,200 the local speaking event routes, 980 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,240 but you do that as entertainment to each school 981 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:46,400 in a school district, different types. 982 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,200 - I love that you can use like local businesses 983 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,480 as the prizes too. 984 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,440 Like, yeah, you can get, you know, 985 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,560 whatever voucher at this place, 986 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:54,680 if for the top winner there 987 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,100 and they'll donate the prizes or whatnot. 988 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:58,800 And then as you just keep getting bigger 989 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,400 and keep expanding on that. 990 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:01,760 - In addition to the prizes being, 991 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,520 you get to go to the actual show on TV. 992 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:06,400 That's a cheap prize 993 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,320 because they have the filmings anyway, right? 994 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,480 Instead of just picking randos for it. 995 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,320 - They gotta earn it. 996 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,880 - Seems like it'd make their life easier too for casting. 997 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,080 If you can go to these actual game shows and say, 998 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:19,320 "We can guarantee you contestants who are enthusiastic 999 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,160 and good and play tested and whatever," 1000 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,320 that might be better for everybody. 1001 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,160 - Dude, yeah. 1002 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:26,000 - That's good. 1003 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:26,840 - It might, and it'd be fun, like, 1004 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,120 you know, it's like a minor league baseball team. 1005 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:30,440 I feel like I wonder if there's like a way 1006 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,480 to make enough ticket sales 1007 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:38,320 or like fill arenas that are empty during non-seasonal. 1008 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,780 - The price is usually right. 1009 00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:42,400 (laughing) 1010 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,280 - Like, I mean, there's so many like churches 1011 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:46,600 that are empty during the week. 1012 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,140 Like you just throw a Friday night event or something. 1013 00:37:49,140 --> 00:37:50,400 I don't know if that's the, 1014 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,960 or like what is Van Andel Arena doing 1015 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,740 on a Tuesday afternoon? 1016 00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:59,240 Like, kids, people with families would go there 1017 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,440 and do that stuff, I think, so maybe. 1018 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:02,280 - You need to attract more people 1019 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,720 if you had the Jeopardy's and the Price of Rights 1020 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:05,960 and the Wheel of Fortunes. 1021 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,160 Who wants to be a millionaire? 1022 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,400 Everyone would do that. 1023 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,400 - Who wants to be a thousandaire? 1024 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,000 (laughing) 1025 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:12,840 - Who wants a thousand bucks? 1026 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:13,680 - The minor league. 1027 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,840 - Who wants a thousand bucks? 1028 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,000 (laughing) 1029 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,640 - In gift cards from your local pizza and-- 1030 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,240 (laughing) 1031 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:23,920 - Who wants a thousand bucks in gift cards? 1032 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:24,760 - I do. 1033 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:32,680 - All right, Rebecca, welcome and let's hear it. 1034 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,560 What's your Spitball idea of the day? 1035 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,640 - Okay, so I've always been really interested 1036 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,840 in like sensory substitution or sensory expansion. 1037 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,720 I came to the States when I was two 1038 00:38:44,720 --> 00:38:46,000 and I'm partially deaf, 1039 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,560 so I have a hearing aid in my right ear 1040 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,940 and it's not from the auditory nerve, 1041 00:38:50,940 --> 00:38:52,400 which means I don't have brain damage 1042 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:56,040 so I can still pick up sounds through vibration, 1043 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,240 but it just needs to be amplified. 1044 00:38:58,240 --> 00:38:59,920 It's basically a mechanical issue. 1045 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,360 So my eardrum is static. 1046 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,360 Usually an eardrum is really dynamic 1047 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,240 and with sound waves, it flexes 1048 00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:09,880 and then translates those waves into sound in your brain. 1049 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,120 Mine's damaged so it doesn't actually flex. 1050 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,120 There's a lot of scar tissue on it 1051 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,720 and throughout the years, like hearing aids, 1052 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:18,560 functionally, if I took it out right now, 1053 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,400 it almost looks like a little tiny satellite 1054 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,360 that can go right into the ear. 1055 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,360 So I take it out when I work out, I do hot yoga. 1056 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,160 So it's like, I feel like they're casing and everything 1057 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,920 and all of the little like electrical components 1058 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:32,520 are pretty delicate. 1059 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,800 And I was on a plane one time and I saw this guy, 1060 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,080 he had these totally encased silicone earphones 1061 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,840 that actually sat above his ears 1062 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,360 like a cochlear implant would. 1063 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,640 They're called shacks and they're like 200 bucks 1064 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,480 and they're waterproof 1065 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,560 and it seems like such a better feature 1066 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:52,520 for a hearing aid. 1067 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,520 So when I went to my audiologist, I was like, 1068 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,120 you have anything that's like a cochlear implant 1069 00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,360 but it's like just single 1070 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,560 and I don't actually have to have a hole drilled in my head 1071 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,200 that I could use 'cause they, 1072 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,720 he let me try them on and they were awesome. 1073 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:08,360 The sound came through really crisp and clear 1074 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,160 and I didn't have to like stick something in my ear 1075 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:11,680 and have it sit like on top. 1076 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,960 I wouldn't have to take it out when I exercise. 1077 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,480 It's like the shock absorbent properties 1078 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,800 of whatever the shacks were made out of 1079 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:21,360 plus it's totally encased in silicone. 1080 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:22,840 So it's basically waterproof. 1081 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:28,080 So what I was thinking is an actual hearing aid 1082 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,880 that's like a cochlear implant that sits above the ear 1083 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:35,360 instead of piping something directly into the ear canal 1084 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:41,600 and it's, yeah, more user-friendly for exercising. 1085 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,560 I think you could probably even swim in it. 1086 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:45,560 So. 1087 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:46,480 - Yeah, so most of the time, 1088 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:50,320 I have a pair of the Aftershocks, the running version. 1089 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,400 So they're not totally waterproof 1090 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,000 but they're sweatproof and stuff and they're great. 1091 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,400 I use them because they sit on top of my ear, 1092 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,320 like you said, and they're bone conducting 1093 00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,440 and you don't have your ear occluded 1094 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:00,560 so you can still hear traffic. 1095 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:04,040 And when I'm commuting via bike or I ride a one wheel, 1096 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,520 they, I can still hear traffic and car horns 1097 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,440 and things around me without occluding, 1098 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,560 and blocking out the world. 1099 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:13,440 They're also great for like wearing around the office. 1100 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,320 You have your podcast or music in or whatever 1101 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,640 and if somebody says, "Hey, come here for a second," 1102 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,920 that you can like still hear what's going on around you. 1103 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:20,920 They're great. 1104 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,000 They don't sound super great, 1105 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,280 but they'd be great for like an amplification 1106 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,160 of in-room audio for sure. 1107 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:27,960 - And you're saying that this doesn't exist 1108 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,960 as a hearing aid right now? 1109 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,680 That is crazy. 1110 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,080 - Your options for like, for the bone actually 1111 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,400 is for a cochlear implant. 1112 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:38,440 - That's it? 1113 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:39,920 That's ancient technology now, right? 1114 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,200 I feel like they've been doing that for like a long time. 1115 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,000 I guess it's like 2024. 1116 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,360 Like they haven't fixed that? 1117 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,800 - My thing is like, we can literally send shit 1118 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:53,280 to Mars and we can't come up with better things 1119 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:54,720 that like go on our bodies. 1120 00:41:54,720 --> 00:41:56,080 That it makes me feel crazy. 1121 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:57,600 - And the Aftershocks that I have, 1122 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,400 have a microphone in them for phone calls, for Bluetooth. 1123 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,120 But they just don't pipe the microphone that's in them 1124 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:06,960 into the speaker that's on them. 1125 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:07,960 - Wait, what? 1126 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,360 Like there's a separate microphone to it? 1127 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,800 - You're 99.9% of the way there. 1128 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,560 - Totally, I feel like you just do a steady change. 1129 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:13,400 - They're headphones? 1130 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:14,360 - Yeah. 1131 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:15,200 - Yeah. 1132 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,880 They're headphones that have a microphone 1133 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,040 so you can take a phone call, right? 1134 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,040 Like any, most Bluetooth headphones have. 1135 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,320 But there's no way to like turn on, 1136 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,240 make the microphone pick up what's in the room 1137 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:26,960 and make that sound louder in the headphone. 1138 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,480 It only can pipe the sound to the phone call, 1139 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:30,720 to the phone, you know? 1140 00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,760 - No, no, I'm confused as to why this doesn't exist. 1141 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,240 This seems like very doable and clearly useful. 1142 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,320 - Without Googling it, Aftershocks, I think, 1143 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,000 makes a version that's two independent ones too. 1144 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,560 So we're like 99.99% of the way there. 1145 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,600 - Do we just need to call their customer service line? 1146 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:49,160 - Should we not air this episode? 1147 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,760 Should we like just do this real quick? 1148 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,120 - Yeah. 1149 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:54,360 - So the other piece of it is too, 1150 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,240 if like for people who are profoundly deaf, 1151 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,000 like I still have hearing in my left ear 1152 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,640 and I'm not profoundly deaf, just partially. 1153 00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,520 I feel like there's options for vibrations 1154 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,320 to be able to be translated in different parts of your body. 1155 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,400 So maybe you can't, your auditory nerve is broken, 1156 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,680 but I've seen things like wristwatches 1157 00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:14,240 or like whole chest pieces 1158 00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:16,480 that people put on like smaller children 1159 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,480 to translate sound waves or vibrations 1160 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:21,160 and correlate it to certain sounds, 1161 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,720 like certain pitches and the sound of a dog 1162 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:27,960 that can help round out the way that you hear. 1163 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:31,120 'Cause your brain is just perceiving these sound waves. 1164 00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:35,040 And so I feel like there's some kind of in-between there, 1165 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,560 between like an over-the-ear hearing aid 1166 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,480 and that vibrational piece 1167 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,840 that people are like strapping all over their body. 1168 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:46,120 But I don't know how any of the science pieces of it work, 1169 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:47,400 but. 1170 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,240 - Yeah, you just need an equalizer. 1171 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:51,400 So you make your bass more loud 1172 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:54,800 if you can't pick that up naturally as well or vice versa. 1173 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,800 I think that most traditional 1174 00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,120 hearing aids themselves do filter out. 1175 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,760 Like I know that my pair of, 1176 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:09,160 I think it's Pixel Buds or Sony earbuds or AirPods 1177 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:10,920 all have active noise canceling, 1178 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:13,400 where you can say only let the voices through, 1179 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,200 but the rest of the sound not. 1180 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,000 And AI is getting really, really good at real time, 1181 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,840 like only let certain frequencies through. 1182 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:21,560 So if you had a personalized profile 1183 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,840 of what frequencies you can and cannot pick up naturally, 1184 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,440 then you just boost what you're not able to pick up. 1185 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:30,920 And you like, it's your own real world EQ 1186 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:32,520 and you normalize it yourself. 1187 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:33,360 That's so good. 1188 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,840 - Can I tune out certain voices of certain people 1189 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:36,680 and just be like, 1190 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:39,480 I just don't wanna hear this person talk ever. 1191 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:40,840 (laughing) 1192 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,320 - I'm sorry, I can't hear you. 1193 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:44,160 - You're on mute, sorry. 1194 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:45,640 No, I put you on mute. 1195 00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:46,840 You, person. 1196 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:47,840 - Real life mute. 1197 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:50,800 - Isn't there a black mirror about that? 1198 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,760 Somebody gets like shunned from society. 1199 00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,320 So they're blacked out and you can't see or hear them. 1200 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:56,800 And they're just like a blur 1201 00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,680 'cause they were committed to crime or something. 1202 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:00,680 - That's gonna be this show. 1203 00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:01,520 - It's like that. 1204 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:02,880 - When we get famous, 1205 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,440 people are gonna be muting us. 1206 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,000 (laughing) 1207 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:06,840 - Full kids. 1208 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:07,680 - IRL blocked. 1209 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:08,520 (laughing) 1210 00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:10,440 - I wanna, I guess like imagine, 1211 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,280 thinking of concerts, right? 1212 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:13,920 You can't, you wanna hear the concert, 1213 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,320 but you wanna talk to your friend 1214 00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:17,240 and you don't wanna scream. 1215 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:18,920 Like, or you're at a bar 1216 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:20,680 and now you're just, everybody's talking 1217 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,320 and now you can have a normal voice conversation 1218 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:24,720 and not yell at each other 1219 00:45:24,720 --> 00:45:26,680 because you have this like bone. 1220 00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,520 You still have the bar experience with, 1221 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,920 but you can isolate voices or, yeah. 1222 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,880 Like it's maybe more magnify rather than like isolate 1223 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:37,480 'cause you still wanna hear the outside sound, 1224 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,040 but you wanna magnify in a specific voice. 1225 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:43,880 So aftershocks should just, or whatever, 1226 00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:45,200 we create a version like this 1227 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:46,680 that's just like a setting 1228 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,240 that allows you to have normal conversation 1229 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:51,840 with people in loud places. 1230 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,880 Simple, right? 1231 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:55,360 - Rebecca, this is one of those ideas 1232 00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,480 that's making me angry that it's like, 1233 00:45:57,480 --> 00:45:58,720 doesn't exist 'cause it's, 1234 00:45:58,720 --> 00:46:01,520 we're so close as a society. 1235 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,120 Aftershocks only makes the kind 1236 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:03,960 that you're talking about 1237 00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:04,800 where they wrap all the way around. 1238 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:05,640 - Like two, right? 1239 00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:06,480 - And it's one big wrap around here, 1240 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,840 but there is no one that I've seen that's two from them, 1241 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,680 but other brands have some like bone connecting ones. 1242 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,440 So basically you just wanna like 1243 00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,520 take one of the two pair of earbuds that BoneConducts 1244 00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,880 and stick it on the side that you are more deaf in 1245 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,880 and crank up the volume from the mic that's on it. 1246 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:23,720 Yeah, totally. 1247 00:46:23,720 --> 00:46:26,400 - And I feel like anything in age tech, 1248 00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,800 most deaf patients are older. 1249 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:30,880 I feel like there's a silver tsunami coming 1250 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,720 and we have to figure some of this stuff out 1251 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,120 and then people like me will benefit greatly. 1252 00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:36,240 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1253 00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:39,320 - Hearing aids were recently opened up 1254 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,960 for over-the-counter administration, 1255 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,960 which hopefully will spur some innovation in this market 1256 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,320 because they've been restricted 1257 00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,400 by you need to go to an audiologist, 1258 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,600 you need to have a prescription and stuff for decades. 1259 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:52,920 - What's crazy is it's not covered by insurance either. 1260 00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:53,760 - What? 1261 00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,040 - That's nuts. - Yeah, they're like four, 1262 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,840 four grand. - Man, this country sucks. 1263 00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:58,240 - And they're not covered by insurance. 1264 00:46:58,240 --> 00:46:59,080 - Four grand? - Yeah. 1265 00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,240 - Is that what you just said? - Yep, for one. 1266 00:47:02,240 --> 00:47:03,680 And it's not covered by insurance. 1267 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,000 - Man, how long do they last? 1268 00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:08,400 - I mean, you can like 15 years, 10 years, 1269 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,920 but like the tech gets better all the time. 1270 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,160 - Wow, I guess like, is that its own insurance? 1271 00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,040 It's like vision, maybe that's why. 1272 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,600 Like, I guess people are walking around blind all the time. 1273 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,000 I just don't understand why that's not covered by insurance. 1274 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,520 Like, it's okay if they're blind, you know, 1275 00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,920 they gotta pay for vision insurance, not health. 1276 00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:28,240 It's not for their health. 1277 00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:31,480 - Or dental, like, yeah, you're covered 1278 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,000 except for the teeth, like what? 1279 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,480 - That's not critical to your health. 1280 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:36,360 - How is that not health? 1281 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:37,560 This country makes no sense. 1282 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:39,760 Yeah, it sucks that they're $200 1283 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:42,920 for a really good pair of Bluetooth earbuds, 1284 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,600 which do a lot more than a hearing aid, 1285 00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:49,320 but then a hearing aid unit itself is thousands and thousands. 1286 00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:50,240 - Totally a racket. 1287 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:51,640 - Hopefully that's being fixed soon. 1288 00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:55,360 - Like my urgency here is I'm not getting more hearing. 1289 00:47:55,360 --> 00:48:00,360 So the deafer I get, so somebody out there listening, 1290 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,360 make me an on the bone hearing aid. 1291 00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:04,520 - Mark, it's there. 1292 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,400 - You said that you do have a little bit of sensitivity 1293 00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:07,240 in the one ear, right? 1294 00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:10,480 - On the right ear, partially, yeah. 1295 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,400 - Do you have, partially, okay. 1296 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,920 Have you ever tried putting in one Bluetooth earbud 1297 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:16,720 and just cranking up the pass through? 1298 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:17,880 - No. 1299 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:18,720 - Really, really loud? 1300 00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:19,560 - No. 1301 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:21,320 - That'd be interesting to do as a little experiment. 1302 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:22,880 - Every noise though, right? 1303 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:25,560 - You can get, well, I mean like AirPods and Sony's, 1304 00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:27,760 you can say only let voices through and stuff. 1305 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:29,520 So that would be an interesting thing. 1306 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,440 Everybody would be different listening to this. 1307 00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:33,600 - Yeah, 'cause they tune them, 1308 00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,160 like when you go to an audiologist 1309 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,480 based off of the frequencies that you can hear 1310 00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:39,840 and lower sounds are much harder for me to hear. 1311 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:43,200 So they, like I'll take it out if I go to a concert 1312 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:47,600 or mine's tuned to pick up lower frequencies. 1313 00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,080 So male voices, if I'm not like looking at you 1314 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:51,520 and kind of watching your mouth, 1315 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:53,320 I can miss like a third of a conversation. 1316 00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:55,720 - Three white married 30-somethings on a podcast, 1317 00:48:55,720 --> 00:48:56,560 for example. 1318 00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:57,600 (laughing) 1319 00:48:57,600 --> 00:48:59,720 - Your pipe's like directly in, so. 1320 00:48:59,720 --> 00:49:02,160 - Wish you had to crank it up, guys, for us. 1321 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,400 (laughing) 1322 00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,880 - Yeah, I feel like there's other applications too 1323 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,400 that it's not like, it's a benefit 1324 00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,760 to those of hard of hearing, but like, I don't know. 1325 00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:16,920 I wonder if the isolation thing is really important 1326 00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,040 in other scenarios or I don't know. 1327 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:22,440 Like it just seems like there's a lot of other use cases 1328 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,840 and I'm curious what our listeners 1329 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:27,400 are gonna come up with, you know? 1330 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,080 - Yeah, like the bar scenario. 1331 00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,880 I mean, even dinner in a restaurant, 1332 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:34,600 if you're in like a work event 1333 00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:36,920 or any type of social gathering, 1334 00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:38,560 there's like tons of ambient noise 1335 00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:40,200 that's happening all the time. 1336 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,480 And there's like a buzz that's always there 1337 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:46,840 in the background and you have to really pick out tonalities 1338 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:49,800 so I feel like if that tech improved 1339 00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:53,280 or became more accessible, it'd benefit multiple venues. 1340 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:54,120 - Yeah. 1341 00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:57,520 - Actively canceling out just the TV at the bar 1342 00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,840 or just the, yeah, the things you don't want. 1343 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:03,440 Man, I wish I could open an app and it would show me, 1344 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:04,800 here's the four different things 1345 00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:05,960 that we're detecting around you 1346 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,320 that are the category of sound 1347 00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,280 and which ones do you wanna just turn off? 1348 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:11,320 - TV at the bar. 1349 00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:12,160 - You wanna prank? 1350 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,080 Crying baby. 1351 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:15,360 Yeah, cancel. 1352 00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:16,200 - Yeah. 1353 00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:17,280 - That would be incredible. 1354 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:18,120 - Yeah. 1355 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,120 - Or like a, yeah, like a concert again. 1356 00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:23,400 You wanna listen to the band and not like, you know, 1357 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,600 the people or you wanna enhance the audio, 1358 00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,400 get clear audio and... 1359 00:50:29,480 --> 00:50:30,960 - But turn off the screaming drunk guy 1360 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:32,560 that's one row ahead of you. 1361 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:33,400 - Yes. 1362 00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:34,240 - Who's singing along with it. 1363 00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:37,080 - Yeah, well, if it's on the bone, 1364 00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:40,240 you'll be able to turn off, I think, as many voices, right? 1365 00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:42,760 You'd be only, well, I don't know, I guess. 1366 00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:43,600 Oh, maybe you-- 1367 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:45,760 - Whatever your input is, process the input 1368 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,320 and determine your output. 1369 00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:52,840 - But the TV's at a bar, that was, yeah, Leo, like... 1370 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,760 All right, it's less weird, put something in your ear, 1371 00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:57,800 but now I can listen to this, like, 1372 00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:59,680 yeah, this TV, that's great. 1373 00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,800 - I've used active noise canceling headphones 1374 00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,520 by in one form or another for many years, 1375 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,880 and it's still novel every time to turn on 1376 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,760 the noise canceling and have the sound 1377 00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,080 where it just sort of turns off the, 1378 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:14,800 oh, I didn't even realize there was an air conditioner 1379 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,040 running in this room, but yeah, that's way better. 1380 00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:19,320 Feels good. 1381 00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:20,960 Every pair of active noise canceling headphones 1382 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:22,680 I've ever owned has a microphone on them 1383 00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:25,560 because they have to, to like cancel out the wave 1384 00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,240 of the sound that it's around. 1385 00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:31,280 Just fricking pipe that in, but louder, 1386 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:35,600 and boom, that is ear enhancement, dang. 1387 00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:37,440 - Rebecca, you're saying there's devices 1388 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:40,680 that someone who can put like around their waist 1389 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:43,240 or something that is able to translate sounds 1390 00:51:43,240 --> 00:51:46,400 into vibrations, or like your wrist, you said? 1391 00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,880 - So it gives like electromagnetic pulses, 1392 00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:54,080 which that's all your brain is using to convert into sound, 1393 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:55,120 'cause your brain doesn't see, 1394 00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:56,600 and your brain doesn't actually hear, 1395 00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:58,880 just takes in these electromagnetic waves. 1396 00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:02,160 So basically these devices, there's, 1397 00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:05,760 I think the smaller, or like for children, 1398 00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,760 it's an actual chest band, and then for adults, 1399 00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:11,200 there's like a wristwatch, and it takes a little bit 1400 00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,400 for your brain to be able to kind of learn 1401 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:19,400 how to hear through the pulses, but basically it'll, 1402 00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:21,480 I don't know how they tune it, 1403 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:24,440 but then they have you wear this for a couple of days, 1404 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:29,200 and you're able to pick up like certain words 1405 00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:31,360 because of the way that your brain is starting to train 1406 00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:33,320 on the vibrations. - That's amazing. 1407 00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,360 - And I mean, there's major implications 1408 00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:39,040 for sensory like substitution or sensory expansion, 1409 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:42,560 like think, Google Lens even, 1410 00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:46,120 or what were the glasses that came out? 1411 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:49,440 Yeah, totally, oh, like, oh, so it was at South by Southwest, 1412 00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,160 and there's this VR set, and the only thing it plays 1413 00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,480 is like these K-pop dancers who are coming 1414 00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:56,720 like really close to you, and they're, 1415 00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:58,720 you know, there's like these dudes lined up 1416 00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:01,160 with these goggles, and they're like right in your face, 1417 00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:03,840 and I'm like, this is what we've used the technology for. 1418 00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:06,320 We can create an entire experience 1419 00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:08,680 and like put people elsewhere, 1420 00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:10,640 and this is what we chose to do? 1421 00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:12,040 - K-pop. (laughs) 1422 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:14,960 - I know, I know, don't get me wrong, I like K-pop, 1423 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:18,960 but we're like so close in all these areas. 1424 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:22,720 They're so close to like really revolutionizing some things 1425 00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:26,120 for sensory expansion in a way that's helpful. 1426 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:29,040 - Sensory expansion, like can I like, 1427 00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:31,360 so I'm really interested in how like dogs 1428 00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:34,560 can smell an entire different world than humans. 1429 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:36,200 Not that I want to, but it's just like, 1430 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:38,280 they don't see as well, like you can't do that. 1431 00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:40,280 You can't, can you train, like are there people 1432 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:43,120 trying to train people's noses to like, 1433 00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:44,520 I don't know, pick up crazy stuff 1434 00:53:44,520 --> 00:53:46,600 that maybe wouldn't be able to, 1435 00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:47,880 it's just like the weirdest thing, 1436 00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:50,920 'cause like there's no technology out there for smell, 1437 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:54,000 and I always am like trying to figure out how like-- 1438 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:55,320 - I've wondered that too, actually. 1439 00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:58,160 - There's an entire world that you can't see, 1440 00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:01,120 feel, taste, process, even with technology. 1441 00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:04,260 Like we have cameras, we have microphones, 1442 00:54:04,260 --> 00:54:07,560 we have, I'm sure, feeling technology, 1443 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,960 but you can't do smell yet, I think. 1444 00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,920 - But I imagine it's just like if you could translate 1445 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:17,280 the what stimulates the olfactory nerve in your brain, 1446 00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:19,080 right, like you, they could hack it, 1447 00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,720 they could figure out like to just saturate you 1448 00:54:21,720 --> 00:54:25,000 with the most sumptuous smells based off of like 1449 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:28,240 triggering some like series of dots 1450 00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:29,960 in your olfactory system. 1451 00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,800 - Send you some electrical pulses and boom, yeah. 1452 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:34,960 - And all of a sudden it activates a center of your brain. 1453 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:36,640 I mean, there's people like stroke victims 1454 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,200 who can speak other languages or all of a sudden 1455 00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:41,520 have like cheese then associate, 1456 00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,560 like the smell of cheese associates with like forest fires 1457 00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:46,760 and things like that because the wires get crossed. 1458 00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:49,920 I feel like even technologies like infrared 1459 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:54,000 or like night vision, I feel like we're one step off 1460 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:58,880 of being able to see like if someone was just sitting down 1461 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:02,080 in a seat, we can see like a heat print 1462 00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:04,760 of where they were sitting based off like having goggles 1463 00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,760 or something that allows us to see like a thumbprint 1464 00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:09,720 on a mic and see who last touched it 1465 00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:12,120 because there's still a heat transfer on it. 1466 00:55:12,120 --> 00:55:14,600 Like I think sensory expansion is like, 1467 00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:18,200 we're so close to VR and like night vision goggles 1468 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,360 or stimulating the olfactory nerve. 1469 00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:24,600 Like we're really close to this whole other world 1470 00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:27,960 where like what if we could see the way that 1471 00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:31,960 there's like animals that have such a larger spectrum 1472 00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:34,680 of color that they're able to access 1473 00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:36,920 and that's gotta be a center in the brain too, right? 1474 00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:37,920 - Oh yeah. 1475 00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:39,880 - And you're right, smell is one of the only senses 1476 00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:42,720 we haven't really developed much augmented technology for. 1477 00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:44,160 - Could argue taste too, I guess, 1478 00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:45,960 but it's kind of hand in hand with smell. 1479 00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:46,800 - Yeah. 1480 00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:47,640 - That's interesting. 1481 00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:50,400 - I think just, yeah, it's kind of like bio training. 1482 00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,680 It's like bio hacking, but with training. 1483 00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:56,320 Like that is crazy. 1484 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,160 Can you imagine like 20 years from now 1485 00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:00,720 and your kids are like, yeah, I smelled that. 1486 00:56:00,720 --> 00:56:02,960 What did you smell? 1487 00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:03,800 (laughing) 1488 00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:04,640 - Did you hear about that? 1489 00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:06,800 There's a woman in the UK a couple of years ago 1490 00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:11,680 who has some sort of, what's the word I'm looking for? 1491 00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:14,840 Genetic mutation that lets her smell Parkinson's 1492 00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:16,920 and scientists are totally baffled by that. 1493 00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:17,800 What is that all about? 1494 00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:20,300 Like once in a while, I guess a human comes along 1495 00:56:20,300 --> 00:56:24,280 that's inches closer toward some new unlocked realm 1496 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,480 of smell that we've never had before. 1497 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,520 - That's such a crazy mutation, that's awesome. 1498 00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:29,800 - It just validated my idea. 1499 00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:32,240 Rebecca, we got this. 1500 00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:33,280 Like it's gonna happen now. 1501 00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:36,880 We just gotta start having people smell diseases 1502 00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:38,680 and shocking them and that's it, right? 1503 00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:40,320 Just a little bio shock. 1504 00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:42,920 (laughing) 1505 00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:44,160 Scott, you got a taser? 1506 00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:45,160 Anybody got a taser? 1507 00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:48,120 - Why me? 1508 00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:49,960 - You're gonna be the, no, not you. 1509 00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:52,720 - Who has to tase you until you can smell new smells? 1510 00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:57,200 - Oh God, I'm not tasing you, I need the taser. 1511 00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:00,560 - I need a research grant so I can just tase students 1512 00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:02,640 and see if they smell new smells. 1513 00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:04,600 - You need the real scientist. 1514 00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:05,880 Nah, we got this. 1515 00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:07,720 - Well, listener, whether you're listening 1516 00:57:07,720 --> 00:57:10,280 on your Smell-O-Vision in the year 2050 1517 00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,360 or in a podcast app now, we thank you for listening 1518 00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:16,320 and be grateful you can't smell us, I guess. 1519 00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,320 We hope you enjoyed yourself. 1520 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:19,840 And thank you very much, Rebecca, for joining. 1521 00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:20,880 That's such a fun idea. 1522 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:21,720 Thanks for being here. 1523 00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:22,920 - Thank you. 1524 00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:25,680 - Our website is Spitball.show. 1525 00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:27,400 There you can find links to our YouTube channel, 1526 00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:31,280 other social media, email us, feedbackpodcast@Spitball.show. 1527 00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,200 We'd love to hear your ideas, comments, 1528 00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:35,480 all the stuff about olfactory nerves 1529 00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:36,520 that we didn't get right. 1530 00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:37,840 We'd love to hear your corrections 1531 00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:39,800 and/or expansions on these ideas. 1532 00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:42,000 And that's also how you can follow us on the Fediverse, 1533 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,840 such as Mastodon, or podcast@Spitball.show. 1534 00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:46,680 Our subreddit is r/spitballshow. 1535 00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:49,640 Our intro/outro music is Swingers by Bonkers Beat Club. 1536 00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:51,920 Please, you're listening for now on a podcast app, 1537 00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:54,560 maybe someday on a smell app. 1538 00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:56,560 Give us a rating, subscribe, add, review us, 1539 00:57:56,560 --> 00:57:58,400 wherever you get your podcasts. 1540 00:57:58,400 --> 00:58:01,040 That's the best way for people to find out about the show. 1541 00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:03,120 New episodes coming out in two weeks. 1542 00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:04,200 We will see you then. 1543 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,800 (upbeat music) 1544 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,560 (dramatic music)