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Clown CastMagisterium AI: Can a Chatbot Handle Catholic Theology?Enterprises spent $19 billion on AI apps in 2025 — and one of the most fascinating cases is a Catholic theology chatbot backed by 28,000 sacred documents. Magisterium AI is the perfect lens for understanding how modern AI actually works, and where it dangerously breaks down.
Topics covered:
- How RAG (retrieval augmented generation) works: the chef, the library, and the recipe
cards
- Vector embeddings explained: meaning as geometry, and why AI can't understand 'not'
- The Barnes vs. Sanders debate: is
conversing with a theology bot an 'irrational act'?
- The creator's own AI hallucinated fake quotes in his defense of the to...
2026-02-2032 minClown CastHow to Moderate a Killer Book Talk (Without Spoiling the Murder)What do you do when the author gives a three-word answer and you have 58 minutes to fill? We break down the surprising art and psychology of moderating author events — specifically for murder mystery books.
Topics covered:
- The golden rule:
over-prepare your questions, under-prepare your ego
- The 'insider bubble' trap and how friendship on stage alienates your audience
- A
minute-by-minute blueprint for engineering a 60-minute event around human attention spans
- The spoiler paradox: how to talk about a
mystery novel for an hour without ruining the ending
- Crowd control tactics for the 'more of a comment th...
2026-02-2020 minClown CastHallow: Silicon Valley's $105 Million Catholic Prayer AppA Catholic prayer app raised $105 million in VC funding, hired Mark Wahlberg, ran a Super Bowl ad, and hit #1 on the
App Store — beating TikTok and Netflix. How did rosary beads become a tech unicorn?
Topics covered:
- How Hallow 'baptized' the
Calm/Headspace wellness playbook with traditional Catholic content
- The Notre Dame founders who went from McKinsey and Goldman Sachs to selling the rosary
- Peter Thiel, JD Vance, and the politics of faith-tech funding
- The 'liturgical engine' — why Hallow grew while
secular wellness apps crashed post-pandemic
- Celebrity endorsements gone wrong: the Liam Neeson and Russell Bran...
2026-02-1916 minClown CastMillwrights, Union Politics, and the Hidden Cost of Building WarehousesA zip code can triple your labor cost, a Depression-era law still dictates robot installation wages, and the most
critical trade in logistics is filed under 'carpenters.' Welcome to the invisible economics of warehouse construction.
Topics covered:
- Millwrights: the misunderstood surgeons of industrial installation
- Union vs. non-union labor — why the same crew costs
$38K in Chicago but $11K in Dallas
- Jurisdictional disputes: when trades go to war over who bolts what
- The Davis-Bacon Act: how a
1931 law inflates modern automation projects by 161%
- Per diem math: $75K just for hotels and meals before a single bo...
2026-02-1718 minClown CastRacks, Robots, and Anchors: What Actually Gets Built Inside a WarehouseEvery shelf in a warehouse is bolted to concrete with seismic-rated anchors, and every conveyor costs $1,500 per foot. We tour the hidden hardware that makes next-day delivery possible.
Topics covered:
- Selective pallet rack: the backbone of every warehouse and how crews install 30 bays a day
- Drive-in rack and gravity flow systems — where tolerances drop to fractions of an inch
- Conveyor systems from basic belts to bomb-bay sorters and spiral lifts
- Warehouse robotics: AMRs, AutoStore grids, and rack-supported ASRS buildings
- Pick modules: the 'boss level' install combining racks, conveyors, and mezzanines
- Loading docks and
truck re...
2026-02-1714 minClown CastWhy Warehouses Cost Millions More Than You ThinkThat 'big box' by the highway is hiding heated underground cables, seismic bracing, and floors flat to a quarter inch. We break down why warehouse construction is way more complex than it looks.
Topics covered:
- Distribution centers vs. fulfillment
centers — same outside, totally different inside
- Cold storage nightmares: vapor barriers, brittle steel, and heated sub-slabs
- Why a
tiny bump in the floor can cause a 40-foot forklift crash
- Seismic zones beyond California — Memphis is at risk too
- The chaos of
building a warehouse while it's already operating
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction: the 'big box' myth
01:30 - Dist...
2026-02-1715 minClown CastHow a Podcast Joke Made Millions Think Garth Brooks Is a KillerA comedian called Garth Brooks a serial killer in 2018. By 2024, millions were posting 'where are the bodies?' — and
then a real lawsuit blurred the line between meme and reality. This is the story of the internet's wildest conspiracy theory and the psychology that makes it stick.
Topics covered:
- The Tom Segura joke that started it all (YMH Podcast, Episode 476)
- TikTok
'evidence': tour date maps, out-of-context quotes, and Chris Gaines
- The psychology: apophenia, confirmation bias, and the irony
pipeline
- How the 2024 sexual assault lawsuit collided with the meme
- What the Garth Brooks theory reveals about ho...
2026-02-1614 minClown CastMichael Jordan Toppled NASCAR's 77-Year DictatorshipHow did a basketball legend break a family monarchy that ruled American racing since 1948? From a fistfight at
Talladega in 1969 to a federal antitrust lawsuit in 2024, this is the story of two rebellions against NASCAR's France family — and why
Michael Jordan succeeded where Richard Petty failed.
Topics covered:
- Big Bill France's iron-fisted rule and the construction of Talladega Superspeedway
- The 1969 driver boycott led by Richard Petty and the PDA
- Leaked texts calling NASCAR leadership a
'comfortable dictatorship'
- Michael Jordan and Jeffrey Kessler's antitrust lawsuit under the Sherman Act
- Tyler Reddick's symbolic
Daytona 500 win in February 2026
Ti...
2026-02-1614 minClown CastSmokey Yunick: The Mechanic Who Drove NASCAR CrazyA NASCAR mechanic hides 5 gallons of gas in a sewer-pipe fuel line, stuffs a basketball in his tank to fool inspectors, and drives away without a fuel tank. Meet Smokey Yunick.
Topics covered:
- The legendary 1968 Daytona 500 fuel tank incident
-
Creative engineering exploits: the 11-foot fuel line, basketball trick, and frozen fuel
- The 'seven-eighths scale' Chevelle and the
fender well grammar loophole
- Smokey's WWII service as a B-17 bomber pilot and how it shaped his fearlessness
- His rivalry with Bill
France Sr. and the NASCAR establishment
- The adiabatic engine: 51 MPG and 0-60 in under 6 seconds — in...
2026-02-1613 minClown CastHow Romantasy Became a $610M Industry: BookTok, Dragons & BusinessRomantasy hit $610 million in 2024 sales — up 34% in a single year. We break down the business model,
the breakout paths, and why your TikTok following might matter more than your manuscript.
Topics covered:
- Four paths to breaking in: the veteran (Rebecca Yarros), the viral star (Lauren
Roberts), the skit-to-book deal (Hannah Nicole Maehrer), and the hybrid indie-to-trad route
- Content vs. platform: why publishers pay 2-3x advances for authors with BookTok reach
- Sprayed edges, deluxe editions, and how books became video props
- The dark side: AI scandals, review bombing, and the Kate Carian controversy
- The lipstick in...
2026-02-1516 minClown CastWhy the Southern Breakfast Tomato Vanished From Every PlateHow did a thick slice of salted tomato go from non-negotiable breakfast staple to completely forgotten? The
answer touches genetics, migration, and the death of the 90-minute morning meal.
Topics covered:
- The agrarian roots of the Southern breakfast tomato — why it was inevitable, not invented
-
How the uniform ripening mutation (GLK2) bred the flavor out of commercial tomatoes
- The Florida paradox: why Tallahassee kept the tradition but St. Petersburg never had it
- The Clean Plate Club, kids' taste buds, and the broken chain of forced exposure
- Women entering the workforce, the rise of fast food, an...
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The Sports MixThe Sports Mix 3-29-23 (Shepherd Pro Day Interviews, Hedgesville Baseball Interviews, & more)Nick and Colin open the show by recapping yesterday's Pro Day at Shepherd. We hear from Rams head coach Ernie McCook and former players Joey Fisher and Solomon Alexander. Then we talk about local baseball and softball as Hedgesville, Musselman, and Spring Mills were able to win in baseball alongside Jefferson, Washington, and Hedgesville getting wins in softball. We also discussed the Basketball HOF Class of 2023, gave our MLB Season Predictions, and shared our thoughts on the NFL's new rules.
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