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We've got a blue ribbon hog of an episode today as the guys jimmy the locks at the Pentagon and make our way to it's dark heart to look with horror on the giant jarred brain that animates American empire. Which is to say, we talk about Annie Jacobsen's book The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency and discuss the unsung government agency and the nerds behind it who architected much post-war world for good or for ill.

We also have a guest feature from our pal Dalton Corr's musical project Espresso Tempo in place of regular intro music, and finally credit friend of the show Ethan Goodstein with the nifty guitar loop he made for our intermission.