Thick Bottoms and Dyslexia Fonts
About this episode
The episode explores topics ranging from dyslexia and modern baseball to the future of smartphones and AI.
Episode 37 starts with Fourth of July cookouts, leftover hot dogs, and Michael trying to watch the World Cup while pretending to pay attention to the podcast. From there, the cousins dive into Banana Ball, the state of modern baseball, a man who allegedly bought 16 beers at a game, and whether everything on the internet should now just be assumed to be AI. Then Madison makes a discovery that might explain something he's wondered about his entire life: he may be dyslexic. After trying a font specifically designed for people with dyslexia, reading suddenly goes from feeling like "walking through sand" to "gliding over water." What follows is a surprisingly deep—and frequently hilarious—conversation as Michael desperately tries to understand exactly how John's brain processes the letters B and D, why Madison has always hated subtitles, and whether this discovery means he might finally become an anime guy. The conversation then turns to privacy-focused phones, the massive 17,000 mAh battery and built-in projector of the Tank 5, and John's plan to see whether a smartphone could completely replace his laptop and desktop. Could our phones eventually become our computers, gaming…
People in this episode
Host: John Giddens
Topics covered
- dyslexia
- Banana Ball
- modern baseball
- AI on the internet
- smartphones
- personal AI servers
- future technology
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Tank 5
Books & works: The Jetsons, Mad Max, The Flintstones
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