Vaguely Scientific #194: Cool Is Just Stuck

About this episode

The episode explores the effectiveness of traffic roundabouts compared to regular intersections and discusses the concept of 'cool'.

In this episode, Jim and Derek are joined by Mark to go around a bunch of traffic roundabouts and see whether or not they're better than regular intersections. Then, we debate why 'cool' is the only word for 'cool' that is still 'cool.' Panelists: Jim, Derek, Mark

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim, Derek

Guest: Mark

Topics covered

• traffic roundabouts
• intersections
• coolness

Keywords

• traffic
• debate
• language

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