Nothing Suspicious About Collecting Spicy Pigeons

Nothing Suspicious About Collecting Spicy Pigeons

From That's Absurd Please Elaborate by Trace Elements Media

March 19, 2026 · 1h 10m · Episode 120

About this episode

In this episode, Julian explores absurd communication methods while Trace reflects on the nature of reality.

.... . .-.. .-.. --- / .- -. -.. / .-- . .-.. -.-. --- -- . / - --- / .- -. --- - .... . .-. / .-- .. .-.. -.. / . .--. .. ... --- -.. . / --- ..-. / - .... .- - .----. ... / .- -... ... ..- .-. -.. / .--. .-.. . .- ... . / . .-.. .- -... --- .-. .- - . In this episode, we learn that Julian will never be employed as a telegraph operator, but he might have a future as a Soviet janitor named Ivan who works at a nuclear research facility and collects spicy dead pigeons in his spare time. It's OK, the CIA left them for him, he's not weird. Meanwhile, Trace discovers that the world does not in fact revolve around himself… or anyone else, for that matter. If it did, Everyone Dies™ one way or another. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DWARF 3 SMART TELESCOPE https://link.thatsabsurdshow.com/dwarf Here's Trace's photo of the Orion Nebula that made Julian even more jealous than before: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVgdBJ8jW3l/?igsh=MXR2cnp0MWJhcmU0aA== QUESTIONS Julian: "What is the best way to secretly communicate with another person in the same room?" from Art Trace: "What if the world actually did revolve around a person?" from Swamp Goat & Chris Do you have an absurd question? Maybe it's a…

People in this episode

Host: Trace

Guest: Julian

Topics covered

  • communication
  • absurdity
  • reality
  • humor
  • science
  • society

Keywords

  • telegraph
  • Soviet janitor
  • nuclear research
  • spicy pigeons
  • absurd questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

Books & works: Orion Nebula

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