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			<title>Toe Boats</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg brought Damon in on the pod this time to discuss potential podcast titles before we get around to discussing Toeboats. Or, Toe Boats. Either way, this million dollar idea can't be kept under wraps. Here it is for your enjoyment. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<title>Fish or Chick; the Vagaries of Dinnertime Decisionmaking</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the phenomenon of decision fatigue as it relates to dinnertime. It's a cruel trick that at the end of a day of decisions, one still must decide what to have for dinner, and at a time when one is most incapable of making choices. Is this a cultural disease? Is this why we have restaurant delivery from horrible companies who are bottoming out our economy? Also, crab parasites, WTF. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #8: Immanentize</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned talk about how a lot of solutions are really just another problem, and our rabbit hole discussion of immanentizing the eschaton leads to a book recommendation, Douglas Rushkoff's Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires. You know it has to be good because of the colon in the title. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:07:49</itunes:duration>
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			<title>It&#39;s Mircotonal Music; the Brilliance of Angine de Poitrine</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned sent Meg a KEXP video of a band named Angine de Poitrine and it consumed her entire day from the moment she woke up and into the next day, the day we recorded this podcast, which is about the anonymous Canadian rock orchestra that Meg now cannot live without. A serious internet rabbit hole or ten later, Meg and Ned discuss microtonal music, instruments, bands, synthesizers, Dan Deacon, mushroom music, Matt Berry and Jemaine Clement in an Orchid Synth promo video, and a bunch of other stuff Meg already forgot about. Check out Angine de Poitrine on YouTube, and you're in for a wild ride. Thanks for listening to us and to Angine, wash your hands, and don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:55:31</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Hum</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thehumb/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg kick off their convo with a discussion of how to piss off men, technofeudalism, sports!!, and the Hum. We talk about the AOMC faltering, how much Ned appreciates espresso over other forms of coffee, and whether or not one might stave off the inevitable loss of coffee through private cultivation. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:12:31</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Microgenres</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about microgenres in art. We also discuss a new turn of phrase, aesthetic erosion, which Meg learned today. We follow the history of microgenres from the 1970s through to the contemporary digital world of art. We talk about all sorts of weird stuff in the process, including unfilmable books, online journaling, Yacht Rock, jewel theft, and whether we should apply color palettes to each of the microgenres we can find. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<title>Vaporwave</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned introduces Meg to the mini-genre of music and visual art called Vaporwave. If you grew up in the 1980s and 90s, you will immediately get the aesthetic, because it's digitally repackaged nostalgia for things from our youth, before they failed to deliver on their promises. Thanks for listening, listen to vaporwave, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:14:46</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Hedonism</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the long history of the concept of hedonism and how it gets sort of a bad rap. For four thousand years, give or take, people have been arguing, sometimes strenuously, over the concept of pleasure and how to measure, maximize, and promote it. We talk about the philosophy of hedonism as well as the neurology and biological basis for it. Are you a doomer who thinks you can only experience a certain amount of happiness no matter what you do? Are you locked into a hedonic treadmill or can you alter your experiences enough to remain happy? Check it out and see what you think after this utterly riveting episode. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:27:39</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Feverish Spinoff</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:09:30 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg generally don't find reaction videos entertaining, until the personal strife of the reactors becomes apparent, in which case Meg thinks they're riveting. We talk about consuming other people's misery, getting rated for inland water sailing, and the dangers of ingesting household chemicals. This one's a shorty! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:22:46</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Woke Butter</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:09:30 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[In today's episode, two pseudoscientists tell you how to live, and it all starts with woke butter and homeschooling. We talk about alternatives to dairy milk and how non-diary stuff has gotten so much better than what was available only a few years ago. We consider whether milk leaches calcium from your bones and whether you ought to eat fruit before noon. We discuss kitchen gadgetry, ice cream vs gelato, the school to prison pipeline, the rights of nature (finally!!), colors of the day, and a fabulous book recommendation at the end. Thanks for listening, do as we say, wash your hands, don't be dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:12:48</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Cults #2, No Cause for Alarm but we are Starting a Cult</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Have you heard the Good News? Ned and Meg are starting a cult! Which cult will it be? That is still up for debate. We haven't really settled into anything yet. Gravity, books, and white noise are all in the running for the focus of our hypothetical cult. What cult will you start and what are we gonna do with all the cash? As always, thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:16:55</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Cults #1</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned decide to design a cult, but first we need some background. You would think years of Catholic 'education' would prepare Meg for this but whatever they said in CCD classes never stuck and Ned was raised without religion, so we need to do some research. We also forgot to get into the shit with Janja Lalich but more on that in #2. For now, join us on our preliminary endeavor into designing a cult. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:37</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Poison!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/poison/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Poison! Poi-poi-poison! In a serendipitous moment of uncertainty, a fascinating email arrived in Meg's inbox and graced us all with the topic of today's episode: intentional food poisonings. When we were little, this included urban legends around sabotaged Halloween candy meant to force children to behave (ok, boomers), but in real life there have been many, many intentional and very real food poisonings. We explore a selection here. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, fund the FDA, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:19:13</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Fifteen Fucks and the Simming Problem</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/simmingproblem/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about the Simming Problem, which is a concept from Iain Banks, a sci-fi writer, about the ethics of simulating entities or individuals or whatever. The *whatever* bit is because how we define all these things gets real dicey and yet makes all the difference. What is an agent, or an intelligence, or a substrate or authenticity and is consciousness an emergent property of sufficiently complex systems? Who fucking knows! Hard question! How do you get ChatGPT to say fuck fifteen times? Turns out that's easy. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:28:20</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Dieter Rams Points and Shrugs</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/dieterrams/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/dieterrams/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg admire the magnificent Dieter Rams, who pointed and shrugged his way into our hearts, and we discuss his legendary ten principles of good design.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:54:13</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Grift that Keeps on Giving</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thegriftthatkeeps/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thegriftthatkeeps/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg celebrate the near-anniversary of the Titan Sub Failure with a couple updates about the ongoing situation, lawsuits, obituaries, and so on. We also learn a couple things about the Gay Agenda, no relation to the Titan Sub Failure. Thanks for listening to our schadenfreude. Wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:36:42</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #5: Analogies or Something</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem5analogies/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem5analogies/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg recorded this so long ago that they don't even remember what it's about! It's like looking for a pine needle in a haystack, or some other bad analogy. We are apt to surprise and delight (maybe) everyone, even us (probably). I mean delighting ourselves is basically the whole point of this thing. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:04</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Shame Solutions, or Something</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/shamesolutions/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
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			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned talk about an awful book in the category of self-help writing that Meg had to read for school. It's about how our culture in America shames women and it totally sucks not because it's true, which it is, but because it fails in its aims, except for one tiny excerpt near the very end and that part is about a man. It's the only part of the book that is any good. That's an opinion. If this book saved your life, well, bully for you. We also discuss just what the hell is wrong with our parents' entire generation. In light of this we discuss shame, shaming, shame as a tool of control, and shamey shame-shame. Also poop. Lotta poop. Thanks for joining us, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:18:39</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #7, Boomerphone</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/boomerphone/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/boomerphone/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg explore examples of familial triangulation involving people who grew up before answering machines and modern smartphone technologies. This leads to a chat about doubling down. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:23:27</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #6, Net Neutrality</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/netneutrality/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/netneutrality/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg forces Ned to explain Net Neutrality on the spot, and then after that we talk about how US courts just overturned it, which is bad. In addition to the bad idea of ending net neutrality, we also talk about flat earth. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:26:04</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Cosmic Latte, Don&#39;t Call it Beige</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cosmitlatte/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about #fff8e7, the hexadecimal index of the color Cosmic Latte. And what is a cosmic latte? Why, it's the average color of all the light emitted in the universe, or close to it! We chat about how this color came to be known in 2002 and the guys who discovered it. We also talk about physics jokes, free will and the double slit experiment, deterministic universes, and coffee. Because of course we talk about coffee. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, and don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:09</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Petards Be Hoistin&#39;; From Scratch, Hard Lines and Gray Areas</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/pitardsbehoistin/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg get off topic super quick because we were in the same room again. Joy! Hello to everyone we met in San Diego, you're all wonderful! Ned and Meg talk about people who hang themselves with their own ropes, also idiomatically known as being hoisted by one's own petard, thank you Shakespeare. We talk about whales and linguistics and dogs with vocabulary buttons and the meaning of the phrase 'from scratch,' plus Bde Maka Ska, a lake in Minneapolis. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:35:24</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Follow This Simple Sophistry for a Perfect Life, Listen to the End to Find Out the Secret</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/followthisophistry/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about the latest hype at the intersection of the art world and block chain, NFTs. We dish on digital assets, block chain public ledgers, the black market, intellectual property rights, and all the major problems with NFTs. This whole topic is both as crazy and not as crazy as you may already think. Watch out! This one’s a trip. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick, thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:21:06</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Not Every Conversation Needs to be a Podcast, Shut Up Yes it Does</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/noteveryconvo/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/noteveryconvo/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have some thoughts about content, content creation, and what the fuck is going on. Also this one is as the name says, so we sorta forget what happens after that. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:39:13</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Get Your Drugs and Candy Here</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/halloweendrugscandy/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/halloweendrugscandy/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg give their thoughts about Derry Girls, a cute and adorable television show set in Ireland in the 1990s with The Troubles and a Catholic school setting as hilarious and relatable backdrops to the lives of teenage friends. We get sidetracked by pizza and fish that share a name, how everything costs $300 now, endless road trips, and a list of Neds. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:07:01</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Derry Girls Watch Party</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/derrygirls/</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/derrygirls/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg give their thoughts about Derry Girls, a cute and adorable television show set in Ireland in the 1990s with The Troubles and a Catholic school setting as hilarious and relatable backdrops to the lives of teenage friends. We get sidetracked by pizza and fish that share a name, how everything costs $300 now, endless road trips, and a list of Neds. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:28:05</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Blue Light Special</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bluelightspecial/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bluelightspecial/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have some thoughts about content, content creation, and what the fuck is going on. Also this one is as the name says, so we sorta forget what happens after that. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:52:49</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>To Read or Not To Read</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/toreadornot/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/toreadornot/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Sierra and Ned spend a lovely afternoon debating the merits of recording an audioboook. Join in and find out all about Ned's angst for the US medical system. Oops, I mean all about the our ideas for a new art project.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:24:22</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The First Cliche</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thefirstcliche/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thefirstcliche/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss cliches and how they get that way. Discussing certain art, artists, and concepts as cliche is, in all likelihood, itself cliche. We do it anyway. What are your favorite cliches? Additionally, we recommend listening to the Psymposia podcast. We also advocate that you check out the Internet Archive and the Fight for the Future organizations, both of which fight censorship! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, and don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:55:38</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Gina Rinehart, Hideous Racist, Spectacular Backfire!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ginarinehart/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ginarinehart/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg extend the far-reaching tentacles of this story, as is our solemn artistic duty. This is the Streisand Effect intersecting with the art world. This story even has children suing parents, financial, labor, and environmental exploitation, The Olympics, hurt feelings, racism, classism, accusations of communism, oh and some of the best art ever. Listen to this episode, google all the images, you are in for a treat. This story is what art is all about, everybody. Wash your hands, don’t be a dick, buy art.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:15:38</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Ice Pirates</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/icepirates/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/icepirates/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg rehash and review the totally queer-coded movie “Ice Pirates” from 1984. This movie is a mashup of every 1980s cinematic trope in one place and we LOVE it! This anachronistic film has a 17% critics score and a 50% positive audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, so you know mischief is afoot. Why the discrepancy? Listen and we’ll tell you. It’s got women bodybuilders bikini wrestling at the behest of a gay disembodied head and literal helping hands popping out of the kitchen walls, plus spandex bodysuits and tickle torture. Not convinced? What if I name drop Angelica Huston? How about Angelica Huston and Ron Perelman, together, as pirates, in space? That’s right, Hell Boy is just a wee baby man in this movie. Gawd it’s so good why are you even still reading this, go watch it on YouTube now! Thanks for listening. Wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:33:56</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #4, Busy Beavers</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/busybeavers/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/busybeavers/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat beavers. These are some of the most impressive critters around. They are environmental engineers and have an incredible impact on their surroundings, creating habitat for other creatures to flourish. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:13:10</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The One that’s Full of Lies</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/fulloflies/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/fulloflies/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about intentionally false statements, which is what the OED defines as a lie. We discuss all sorts of lies, and how they fit into some of our favorite television shows like The Circle, and Taskmaster. We dip into discussion of KC Green’s comic adaptation of the classic, Pinocchio. We survey all the forms lies take, and we talk about the enormous problem of researchers who lie to further their careers or because they’re biased as hell in favor of themselves (ahem, doctors). We also rag on prank videos and any other sort of surprise that requires circumventing consent. Thank you for listening to us, wash your hands, and don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:21:28</itunes:duration>
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			<title>A Miasma of Missing Mission Must-Haves</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/miasmaofmissing/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/miasmaofmissing/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg revisit OceanGate-Gate, the accident-but-not-really-an-accident involving a fraudy, totally unprepared submersible in the Atlantic Ocean almost a year ago. We did a whole episode about it, and the concurrent tragedy of the drowning of nearly a hundred people in a migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean at the same time, which almost nobody talked about, because they were too busy talking about OceanGate-Gate. We also discuss pyramid schemes vs MLMs vs Ponzis. Then, we rip apart the book Wild, a memoir by another totally unprepared person who frustrates us. We also throw punches at Sapiens, a fraudy fraud book we never tire of complaining about, and we crack the topic of Brutalist architecture, more on that later. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:12:53</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Ubiquitoys</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ubiquitoys/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ubiquitoys/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat with Sarah, our featured guest this week, about favorite toys from yesteryear. There’s a lot of unrequited love for toys and games in this episode, since there were more toys than any single kid could possibly have in a short childhood. We envy each other a bit while we relive Easy Bake Ovens, Radio Flyers, Cabbage Patch dolls, Snoopy Snow Cone makers, Little Tykes cars, Nintendo, board games and Barbies. Join us. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:10:10</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Let’s All Agree You&#39;ll Be Disappointed or a Disappointment</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/youllbedisappointed/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/youllbedisappointed/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about Disappointment. Ned has some new chairs, Meg has a sinus infection and someone stole her tarp, it’s Valentine's Day, they make indoor parks now which feature none of the characteristics of an actual park, Warheads are gummies now, insect zappers are even more insidious than we thought, Ned lost his nachos, Meg got a speeding ticket in the final 100 miles of a 2400 mile car trip, and Ned’s internet domain is being held hostage by a company convicted of fraud. Does the fun ever start? Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick! ]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:34</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Angry Fixtures</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/angryfixtures/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/angryfixtures/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and mostly Meg launch into a tirade about the sorry state of modern lighting design. Like everything else in our declining empire, lighting has taken a turn for the worse. We talk about how the USA makes us use less than excellent light bulbs while other countries get the highly efficient long lasting stuff. We express our disappointment with integrated LEDs versus replaceable bulbs and complain about how every business has become a scammy money funnel rather than an organization that provides a good or service as its primary concern. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:14:46</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #3, Colors of the Day </title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem3/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem3/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the process for developing Colors of the Day, which we feature at the end of (almost) every episode. You can check out colors of the day and develop your own at ObjectColor.com which we heartily encourage. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:34:30</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #2 The Cure for Insomnia</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem2/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem2/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about a short topic for a short podcast. Welcome to LIttle Gems for the People. Today’s topic is the movie The Cure for Insomnia. We talk about some other stuff too but when Meg considered how short the episode is, she thought, why even bother taking notes? So you’ll have to listen to find out. Thanks as always, and wash your hands and don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:11</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Balloonacy</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/balloonacy/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/balloonacy/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the sordid history of hot air ballooning. When did it start and will it ever end? Seriously, hot air ballooning is stupid-dangerous, so if you never take anything else away from this weird podcast, know that you should absolutely never go for a hot air balloon ride, ever, for any reason. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, avoid hot air balloons, and don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:19:56</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Legend of Zelda, Greatest Game Ever?</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thelegendofzelda/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thelegendofzelda/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about the Legend of Zelda, which we think is basically the greatest game ever made, and we spend around 80 minutes telling you why! This game, or well these 19 games if you’re counting, feature some of the best design elements of any game and ones that translate so well you can find the 19 Zelda games spread out over at least nine different consoles. This game is so well designed with so many interesting and challenging features, it basically has something for everyone. We discuss the layout, plot, characters, modes of transport, and timelines of the games plus some of the secrets to be discovered. Thanks for listening and reminiscing with us about stories from our childhood AND our adulthood. Wash your hands, don’t be a dick, do something nice for someone.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:58:24</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Bookgate, a Scandalous Book about Gates</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bookgate/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bookgate/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss a very esoteric idea for a book, which is the sort of thing you do when you have many ISBN numbers awaiting assignment. The book would be a compendium of scandalous stories, or -gates, which are accompanied by photos of actual gates related to the scandal. Weird, right? We don’t know. But it’s Bookgate, and we thank you for listening! Wash your hands, don’t be a dick, share with others.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:52:10</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Deep End</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thedeepend/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thedeepend/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about The Sims while Ned’s in Germany, which ties into a conversation about some dogs, some rabbits, the nature of sentience and concepts of harm. The discussion of the Sims leads us to talking about governance and potentially bad ideas involving an earthen berm. We round out with a determination to do another episode about the importance of considering the context. As always, thank you for listening to our meandering conversation, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:52</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Which Troops to Support in the War on Xmas, 2023 Edition</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas2023/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 06:09:30 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas2023/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg revisit their annual tradition of asking no one in particular whose troops we should support in the war on xmas. This year we discuss how Target is targeting your kids for targeted indoctrination with targets. Or, gay nutcrackers. It’s hard to say. Just think of the children. We also take a stab at people who pose, dangerously we may add, with high powered firearms in photos celebrating the co-opted birth of Jesus, a man who would probably faint at the sight of painted wood, since we’re told he was a woodworker of sorts.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:11:08</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Billy Wobble Pitchfork and His Lesser Known Short Form Sketch Comedy</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/billywobblepitchfork/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/billywobblepitchfork/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about William Shakespeare. Was he a lone wolf? Or was he an old timey Banksy, an art genius at the helm of an art cabal? Maybe he was both or neither. We are not Shakespeare experts. Meg also tells Ned about a harrowing visit to the Stratford Upon Avon home of William Shakespeare, if that even is his real name. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick, read Shakespeare.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:33:06</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Themed Nervous Breakdowns</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/themednervousbreak/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/themednervousbreak/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the various thematic elements of our multitudes of nervous breakdowns, be they big or small, exceptional or pedestrian. Themes include having shingles, caffeine induced nervous dysfunction, medical debt, disability, medical treatment abroad versus at home in the US of A, insurance, academia, drugs, wine culture and climate. Phew! You’ve been warned. We also throw in cake related nervous breakdowns just for funzies. We also coin a new term for seeing things, the verbs 'rodding and coning' (you’re welcome) and we offer two exceptional colors of the day which couldn’t be more on-theme for this podcast if we did them on purpose. Enjoy, and thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:18:10</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Little Gems for the People #1, Atlantic Current and Global Temperature Hockey Stick</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem1/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gem1/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg introduce their new series of short episodes that serve as backfiller for Mondays where we didn’t get something posted. We think you might not even want to know this stuff, so if you don’t get an alert it may be for the best. If you are a masochist, listen in! We discuss the waning Atlantic Ocean current that basically makes it possible for people in Europe, Africa, and India to grow food, the loss of which will lead to an ice age in Europe and a horrific shift in global weather patterns. We also discuss the graph of global average temperature, which is shaped like a hockey stick, and that is bad news. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:00:53</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Where R all teh Editors?</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wherearetheeditors/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wherearetheeditors/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the disappearance of the editing profession. Editors are losing their toehold in the workplace! We discuss what we think led to the loss of so many of these crucial professionals who make us not sound like idiots when we write. See? Everyone needs an editor. We also discuss ChatGPT for a hot second, the advent of which we feel is tied to the loss of editors in some ways. As always, thanks for listening, wash your hands, consume less, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:19:24</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Lacks at Last</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/lacksatlast/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/lacksatlast/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the history of, and legal settlement between, Henrietta Lacks’s descendants, her cells, and Thermo Fischer Scientific. This is a celebratory episode and a little more produced than our normal fare, so thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:35</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Nanners, Nanners, Self-Congrats</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nannersnanners/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nannersnanners/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg solve a problem, which is that Meg couldn’t get some candy so Ned had to mail it 2000 miles and it finally arrived so you get to hear all about it! But before we get to that, we sold 13 of our books and we talk about that along with hummingbirds, our podcast ranking in Ireland, our book ranking in the genre of Humor-General, the You Me Food Review and Peter Draws channels both of which you find on YouTube, and whether the show Succession is funny. Phew! Get our book, Every Time a Bell Rings on Amazon and laugh 65% more of the time! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, welcome the Spring, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:05:18</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Long Story Short, The Episode</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/longstoryshort/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/longstoryshort/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg celebrate the return of Lauren as our guest-host-comrade. We chat like old times about whether you’re supposed to swim on an empty or a full stomach, exposure therapy, how a once-disgraced-but-not-really-disgraced germline-editing doctor is back on the science scene, Ned’s progress in Dungeon23, Camaro cars, and the merits of the movie Harold and Maude. As always, thanks for listening, don’t be a dick, wash your hands, do something nice for someone without expecting anything in return.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:20</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Hippo Uh-Oh</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/hippouhoh/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/hippouhoh/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the fate of Pablo Escobar’s wayward Colombian hippopotamuses. Yeah that’s right, Colombian Hippos. What else is there to say? Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:31</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Asterbang*!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/asterbang/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/asterbang/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the invention of the Asterbang, not to be confused with the Interrobang, which we have discussed at length in other episodes. Today we want to introduce a new concept in grammar and punctuation to you but first we talk about how much we hate advertising, and how bad our parents are at the internet. We round out with a revisit of Chesterton’s Fence and Meg’s comparison to colonial discourse. Plus, we publish a book, and, Balloonacy. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick*!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>02:03:47</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Oceangate Gate</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/oceangategate/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/oceangategate/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Damon discuss the Oceangate submersible scandal, which we obviously dubbed OceanGategate, but first we discuss the sinking of a fishing vessel near Greece involving hundreds of people. Our discussion of OceanGategate centers around the many design flaws of the OceanGate Titan submersible, since this is ostensibly an art and design podcast. This one is pretty dense so strap in. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:04:47</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Mechanical Turk</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/mechanicalturk/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/mechanicalturk/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned tells Meg about the once-fabulous, then not fabulous, and now once-again-fabulous Mechanical Turk, a fraudy machine from the late 1700s that beat famous people at chess, sometimes. The best things about this machine are the weird number of insanely famous people who interacted with it. Meg applauds Edgar Allan Poe’s well-placed skepticism of it. This machine was created for marketing purposes back in the day and was never actually functional as described, but it nonetheless made a big splash and went on tour and everything. As Rubin Farr once said, you can be famous and a fraud; a famous fraud. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick, maybe learn how to play chess for real!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:56</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Paper Sizes</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/papersizes/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/papersizes/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat around ISO 216, the paper standard that dictates sizes and scaling for papers not used in the United States. Here we use letter size and other measurements that don’t scale and don’t work as great as the ISO 216 standards! Anyway, we will tell you all about it if’n you give it a listen, plus discussion of paper weights and US stationery sizes, plus aspect ratios and paper sizing. Oh, and Meg’s frequent dream-based panic attacks. OK super! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:01:39</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Lagniappes</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/lagniappes/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/lagniappes/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg wander through the landscape of lagniappes, describing what we see as we go. In this episode we discuss the etymology of the word “lagniappe” and where the whole idea of them originated. We chat about creole food too, and our seafood preferences before we discuss some of our favorite lagniappes like the ones that kids get at the dentist, in happy meals, at the Sanrio store, at grocery stores, Archie McPhee’s, and our favorite, the Hobonichi lagniappes. Thanks for listening, give someone in your life a lagniappe! Wash your hands, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:11:54</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Vaguely Debate the Nature of the Zombie Genre</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vaguelydebatezombie/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vaguelydebatezombie/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Wherein Ned and Meg vaguely debate the nature of the zombie genre. Spoilers on the HBO show The Last of Us. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:13:49</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Watercolors, Watercolours</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/watercolor/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/watercolor/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned undertook a new hobby and tells Meg about his recent experiences with watercolors. Meg is a huge fan, so this was an easy podcast this time! We talk about how Dungeon23 was Ned’s gateway into watercolor painting and its incredible versatility and portability as an artistic medium. We discuss the difference between glutinous paints and glutenous foods. We explore binders, pigments, papers and paints! We chat about illuminated manuscripts and Chinese landscape painting. We also muse about Studio Ghibli and Top Craft whose use of watercolor paint for background artwork in films is really lovely. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:01:37</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Mason Bees</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/masonbees/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/masonbees/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg tells Ned all about the sleeping bees in her refrigerator. Join us for a discussion about the fascinating creatures known as Mason Bees! Solitary nesting bees are EVERYWHERE and they are the coolest little friends you’ll ever make. They’re dynamite pollinators, WAY better than honey bees! We talk about how to raise them, if you are so inclined, and lots of other stuff. Wash your hands, don’t be a dick, read about mason bees. Thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:11:20</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Verisimilitude</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/verisimilitude/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/verisimilitude/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss verisimilitude in a number of contexts ranging from philosophy to art and in the experiences of everyday life. We talk about capturing and conveying truth, and how two truthful things can be closer or farther from THE truth than each other, but how to measure that? We glance over some philosophers along the way as we discuss writing, movies, paintings, expertise, identity, hermeneutics, medicine, Mark Twain, and a future in which the only reference materials are romance novels. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, try to stay healthy, don’t get anyone sick, don’t be a dick, all the things.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:17:05</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Dungeon 23</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/dungeon23/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/dungeon23/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the #dungeon23 project. Which Ned is undertaking a long with multitudes of other people. Come join us for an interesting intersection of some of our favorite things. Hobonichi and table top role playing games.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:51</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Living in Koln as an Expat</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/kolnexpat/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/kolnexpat/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Moriah tells Ned all about life in Koln, Germany. Life as an expat!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:11:57</itunes:duration>
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			<title>DIY City Megalomaniacs</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/diycitymeglo/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/diycitymeglo/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg revisit a topic we love as we discuss the sheer madness of some of the proposed domestic mega-projects around the world. We’re talking about DIY Cities, and boy are there a lot of these popping up -- but only in the hypothetical so far! We talk about Charlie Munger’s Death Dorm again, plus NEOM’s impossible, sideways skyscraper called The LINE for which people have already died, as well as a totally bogus city of dildo buildings in Senegal named for a one hit wonder in the 2000s American R&B scene. But really, all of this is just to get to the discussion of the one that takes *our* cake so far, Kenya’s Konza Technopolis which is ironically the most likely to succeed logistically but which probably would be the worst to actually live in socially. Join us in complaint, and disbelief. As always, thanks for listening, send us an email if you feel like it, don’t get anyone else sick, and don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:16:01</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Backhanded Compliments, Just Like Grandma Used to Make</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/backhandedcompliments/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/backhandedcompliments/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg give each other some familial support in the form of backhanded compliments. You know the ones! Why praise someone when you can infantilize them as well? We get off topic and discuss NFTs, Ned’s coffee regimen, lifting people up just to drop them, the fall of the crypto scam empire, and finally, we share with you the best art snack so far, a discussion of the Bobby Fingers diorama of Mel Gibson’s colorful 2006 Malibu arrest. Enjoy! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:23:23</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Carrot Cake and Murder Hoboism</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/carrotmurderhobo/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/carrotmurderhobo/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg get Ned’s take on reducing sugar, Christmas food cravings, YouTube videos about cake and theater set design, the history of DND, the revival of Old School Renaissance which is not the carrot cake you remember, plus actual Carrot Cake’s much less sweet culinary origin story. Join us! Wash your hands, thanks for listening, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:27</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Steamed Hams But Not Yet</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/steamedhams/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/steamedhams/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned drops some edification on Meg (aka Egg) about Steamed Hams, the Simpon’s episode. Rather, ostensibly it’s about Steamed Hams, but REALLY it’s about the burgeoning art movement reiterating on the theme of Steamed Hams. This is just the beginning folks. Also Meg has shingles AGAIN so feel sorry for her, k thanks. Wash your hands, don’t get shingles, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:07:25</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Germany Super Friends</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/germansuperfriends/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/germansuperfriends/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned chats with some new characters, or new to listeners anyway, in Germany, on a fabulous trip, with super friends. This episode sort of comes full circle for FCBM because right after the podcast started there was a similar trip to Germany and here we find ourselves again! Milestones. Join Ned while he speaks to his expat friends living in Germany!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:22:58</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Forced Fun for Everyone</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/forcedfunforeveryone/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/forcedfunforeveryone/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg take a proverbial poop all over forced fun (aka mandatory fun). In this episode we also talk about Meg’s mall-induced pavlovian panic attacks, which stem from a nightmare she can barely remember. As always, we thank you for listening to our weird stuff, and remember to wash your hands, and don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:10:16</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Halloween 22, A Visit from the Barf Fairy</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/visitedbythebarffairy/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/visitedbythebarffairy/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about how Meg was a casualty of the Barf Fairy on Halloween morning in the year of oh lord 2022. In light of the fact that it is summer weather in November in Minnesota, we talk about the weather’s effect on Halloween costume viability, lightly discuss costume engineering and contraptions, and whether we favor novel costumes over the classics. Happy Halloween, you halloweenies. Wash your hands, don’t give anyone a disease, pass out candy, and don’t be a dick. Thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:11:20</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Bookstore</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bookstores/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bookstores/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg expound on bookstores past and present. There are 2500 independent bookstores in the US apparently although that seems like a lot. It’s up almost 50% from ten years ago. WOW! We compare the rich experience of book reading to the impoverished experience of e-reading. Plus, card catalogs, lawsuits, illuminated text, Borders vs. Barnes and Noble, little free libraries, murder hobos, and books in bookstores as liminalities within liminalities. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:10:18</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Designing Dystopia, The Prisoner 3</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingdystopiaprisoner3/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingdystopiaprisoner3/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about the final two episodes of The Prisoner (the American series version) and explore the outrageous design elements present during the grand finale of the series. Check out those stove pipe jeans and turtleneck sweaters! Very mod. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:43</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Alternative Takes, The Poisoned Carrot</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/poisonedcarrot/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/poisonedcarrot/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg dissect some common buzzwords and talk about exit strategies, quiet quitting which our generation basically perfected and owns forever, mindshares, toxic positivity, mouthfeel, internauts on the runway, and so many more. If you like people who complain loudly and randomly about pop culture, this is for you. Thanks for listening, Hi Buster, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:13:01</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Designing Dystopia, The Prisoner 2</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/theprisoner2/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/theprisoner2/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg continue their discussion of design elements from The Prisoner television show. Why is Number Six in black? Why does everyone in town have a cape and an umbrella? Who pairs pea green walls with camel brown textiles? We compare the Disney-like appearance of the village to Portmeirion and rattle off some other works we feel are derivations of the show. Number two in an ongoing, indefinite installment of conversations about this show in specific, and the umpteenth conversation about dystopias. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, watch The Prisoner, don’t infect anyone with coronavirus.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:19:01</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, The Prisoner 1</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_theprisoner1/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_theprisoner1/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg start to talk about design elements from The Prisoner television show, which is very dystopian in nature and thus sparked another Designing Dystopia installment! Just as we are about to get going, we have to stop, so this one’s a short! Thanks for listening, look for more episodes about this, wash your hands, watch The Prisoner, don’t infect anyone with coronavirus.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:23:47</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Third Wheel on a Shitty Ice Cream Date</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/icecreamdate/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/icecreamdate/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Ned’s adventures in Germany. We discuss the differences between ice cream and gelato. And then, we get around to THE LINE, which is basically Architectural Menace 2: Electric Boogaloo. Oh, do we have lots to say about that! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, don’t spread deadly germs, don’t be a dick, don’t move to THE LINE, whatever you do.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:46</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Rat Dad</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ratdad/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ratdad/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about movie reboots and propose a TMNT offshoot wherein Master Splinter is the focus of the story. Did you know that German TMNT fans are much more discerning than American ones? Is serializing the same story over and over again killing creativity? Does it annoy you to be asked endless questions in headers that are supposed to be informative? Us too! Thanks for listening, hi Buster, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:36:09</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Curing Feet with Hammers, Ein German Medical Stuff Podcasten</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/germanmedical/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/germanmedical/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss healthcare in the US and in other countries, because we have lots of injuries in lots of geographic locations. Also on the menu is curing feet with hammers, emergency rooms, debilitating injuries, recent meta-research debunking SSRI antidepressants as snake oil, and driving on the autobahn.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:02:32</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Is There an Echo In Here?</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/echochambers/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/echochambers/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg gripe about the problem of echo chambers, those ubiquitous spaces that come in literal or figurative form, and share in common the utter lack of critical self-reflection. We cover targeted advertising, the art world, search engines, friend groups, podcasts, Amazon, academia, industries, and abortion protestors. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, listen to criticism, vaccinate the rest of the planet, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:12:41</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>How to Talk to your Cat about Industrial Design</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/industrialdesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/industrialdesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss industrial design, ringspun cotton, data ownership, right to repair, how alexa is always listening, persistent flops, and the amazing book How to Talk to your Cat about Gun Safety. Thanks again for listening and sticking with us as our schedule has been wacky. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, do the things, don’t be a dick, watch for new episodes, enjoy the summer.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:32:41</itunes:duration>
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			<title>A True Story</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/atruestory/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/atruestory/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned tells Lauren and Meg all about a funny ancient story he read a while back that he’s been dying to share with us. We have been waiting a long time to hear this one. Lucien of Samosata wrote a scathing review of the thought leaders of KingDickLandia, also known as Ancient Greece, and in A True Story he crafts a satire embodied in an epic space opera. True Story! Check it out. Thanks for listening, wash your hands wear a mask get the shots don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:10:23</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Immediate Cries for the Suspension of Disbelief, RIP Dan Graham Conceptual Artist</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/immediatecriesfor/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/immediatecriesfor/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have a lovely chat about lovely Dan Graham, a lovely conceptual artist. Or was; he was an artist, but since he is now deceased, RIP Dan Graham. We also talk about Ned’s conceptual art, and Ned’s conceptual art’s paper, and Marcel Duchamp, and ReadyMade, and puppets, lots of puppets, and complicated math, and baby grasshoppers. Thanks to each of you for being an audient to our conversations and musings. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get your shots, don’t be a dick. Hi Buster!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:04</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Cheesecake Factory Bankrolls a Cult</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cheesecakefactorycult/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cheesecakefactorycult/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg gang up in Southern California for a discussion of Northern California Cults and the restaurants that love them. If you are a fan of the dessert restaurant industry you will want to hear this, it’s wild. Thanks for listening, and also, keep washing your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, do the things, don’t be a dick. Happy Spring!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:53</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Go Play 1000 White Blank Cards Right Now!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cardgames/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cardgames/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg take you on a leisurely tour through card game design, with the usual pit stops for distractions along the way. We talk about games that shed and catch cards, tarot and other types of cards, drinking games, multi-genre games, fishing, solitaire and tricky games. We stumble onto the best game ever, and we highly advise you drop whatever you’re doing after you listen to this podcast episode in its entirety and go play it. Cards! Wash your hands, wear a mask, get your shots, don’t be a dick, thank you.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:28:57</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Serious Discusion of Serious Sculpture</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/serioussculpture/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/serioussculpture/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have a serious discussion about serious sculpture so strap in! We side-swipe James Grashow, Max Zorn, Andrew Erdos, Henry Moore, Peter Draws, Blackbean_CMS, and lots of art! We also chat about our own artistic aspirations with interactive and permissive sculpture.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:05:57</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Terror-Based Child Rearing</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/terrorbasedchild/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/terrorbasedchild/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Brandolini’s Law, also known as the BS asymmetry principle, and how it relates to current events. We also discuss the Panopticon, we mean Santa, we mean Elf on the Shelf, we mean don’t lie to your children. We laud What We Do in the Shadows, ponder what a good-enough dystopia is, feast on the glory of cake vending machines, sneak peek a new segment, and succumb to decision fatigue. Thanks for listening, Hi to Buster, wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:59:24</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Hidden Gem of Pencilphilia</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/pencilphillia/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/pencilphillia/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Lauren tell Meg all about their coping mechanisms, managing tools, successes,experiences, strategies and trials with ADHD. Also we collectively declare the British Empire to be the worst one ever though we’re open to suggestion, and accordingly we declare caffeine to be the British Empire of drugs, see also humans, British Empire of species. We chat about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, which two thirds of us can attest is a living hell, and the other third just wants to be left alone with their attachment issues. Ned’s Design Concept Snack of the Week is Transgenerational Design. Don’t miss it. Thanks for listening! Wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, eat your greens, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:27</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Industrial Strenght Emotional Blender</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/emoblender/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/emoblender/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Our tale today begins as so many have, with a gargantuan misunderstanding between friends followed by a backchannel conversation followed by unintentional hilarity followed by a podcast about it. Meg is always to blame somehow, but this time less so than normal! Things are looking up. Also: book reccs, hand-crank-food-processor-fish-oil-mayo, pain-as-liminal-space, other hyphenated phrases, semantic differentials, plans for when we’re lost at sea, and since our research team is on hiatus we have a new ending segment, Design Concept Snacks courtesy of Ned. Thanks as always for joining us, wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:17:02</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Dr. Nutt, the Nutt Job, and the Nutt Case</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thenuttjob/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thenuttjob/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned, Meg, and Lauren talk about a scientific and cultural hero, Dr. David Nutt. Like many people who speak truth to power, his attitudes and research into drugs often offend politicians and policy makers because his discoveries overturn years of taboo and misunderstandings about the relative harms of drugs to individuals and society.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:49:33</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Candy Vanning</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/candyvanning/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/candyvanning/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg get together after a protracted separation over the holidays and new year and record a similarly protracted podcast about the goings on! First topic of the new year, single men in minivans. Then, in not quick succession, what hurts or helps your chances when attempting to pass out candy, internet crazes we missed out on, adjusting expectations around panel vans, squirrel baffle sagas, rabbit poop bonanzas, medical nightmares, Ned’s vacation, OMG omicron, and more. Always more. Thanks for listening, especially to these long winded ones (Buster, I’m looking at you), wash your hands wear a mask get the shots. Don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:18:56</itunes:duration>
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			<title>The Depressingly American Story of the Monopoly Board Game</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/monopolyhistory/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/monopolyhistory/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg revisit the historical waypoints along the existence of Monopoly, our favorite polarizing game. If you are lucky enough to have people in your life still willing to engage you in a game of Monopoly, you are probably a good hearted person. That’s nice. However, everything about Monopoly is ruthless and rewards avarice and that’s what we like to discuss. See also: daring escapes from Nazis, the perpetual rebranding of Monopoly, DIY sets, and so on. Welcome to the cult. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick, thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:02:58</itunes:duration>
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			<title>War on Xmas 2021</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas2021/</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas2021/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg revisit what has become an annual episode topic! Oh, the differences in nomenclature between Xmas and Christmas. We discuss the current status of the ongoing War on Christmas, including the oft-misunderstood Catholic Christmas traditions and appreciation for the thoughtfulness of Kwanzaa, plus we cover the big news, which this year is how the Fox Tree was burned down for reasons besides what Fox would have you believe. Amazing! We also apologize for and explain why we disappeared for a bit. It’s because Meg got a disease but it wasn’t Covid! We will be back on track soon, watch for more episodes in early 2022. As always, thanks for listening, wear a mask, wash your hands, get the shots, and don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:26:05</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Fistfull of Peppercorns</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/fistfullofpepper/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/fistfullofpepper/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Lauren discuss their favorite peppers and birds who steal fruits. We get into a long discussion about food dehydrators and mushrooms as well. We enthuse about which foods make great powders and which CSAs to sign up for in Minneapolis. Thank you for listening and as always wash yer hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick, hi Buster.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:38</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Design Methodologies, and a Surprise</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designmethodologies/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designmethodologies/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss design methodologies and the people who made some of them famous. We also talk about Futurama, rational design, engineering and art, making the abstract real,  and the Design Thinking Methods Catalog. Join us, thanks for listening, get your shots, wear a mask, wash your hands, don’t be a dick. That’s that.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:01:43</itunes:duration>
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			<title>So Easy a Baby Could Do It</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/soeasyababycoulddoit/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/soeasyababycoulddoit/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about their podcast production process and the potential for streamlining it because right now our process is a clunker! We also discuss the present, future, and past, and RIP laser discs. Heady stuff. Also laughing. The usual. Thanks for joining us, wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:36:50</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Dystopian Dorm Design, Charlie Munger the Architectural Menace (Dwarf Fortress)</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/distopiandormdesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/distopiandormdesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about a terrible idea.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:05:19</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>The Book of Books</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bookofbook/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/bookofbook/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about a new book idea. We lay out the case for why we think it’s inspired and then get off track pretty quickly, which is exactly the point of all of this anyway. We discuss the opening lines to some famous books and also gripe about TV we hate. We also have some killer colors of the day today so thanks for listening, wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:17:46</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Slippery Sophistry</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/slipperysophistry/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/slipperysophistry/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Riddle me this? What happens if Ned and Meg and Lauren record a podcast episode where we make up garbage philosophy and pass it off as wisdom? Find out. We also bring up Chesterton’s Fence and Sim City 4: Rush Hour Edition. Chicago’s civil engineering gets a shout, and then we round things off with a chat about STIs. Don’t miss it. Wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t be a dick MINNEAPOLIS I’M LOOKING AT YOU AND YOU MESSED THIS UP SO BAD.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:20:44</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Vacuum Cleaner Design</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vacuumcleanerdesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vacuumcleanerdesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about the wide world of vacuum cleaners and how special some of them are to us. For example, the only heirlooms Meg’s family passes down are, in fact, Rainbow vacuum systems. Now you know. We also explore the historical aesthetics of Rainbow and other vacuum cleaners, and compare design elements to what was going on in Sci-Fi movies at the time, which leads us to National Treasure Jeff Bridges. Thanks for listening, wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:15:10</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>The Big Bad Context</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thebigbadcontext/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thebigbadcontext/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg revisit one of their favorite books, Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, by Andy Hunt, and they discuss the concept of an expansive context. Also, multitasking makes you stoopid, so knock it off and remove that “skill” from your resume. Thank you for listening to us (especially Buster), and wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:00:53</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>He Was Like, WTF is FCBM?</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wtfisfcbm/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wtfisfcbm/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg confuse Meg's dad over text messages and then talk about it. We reassign the rings of hell and remind people that deterrents are not really useful in the ways that proponents usually expect them to be. We sideswipe MLMs, religion, public education, the benefits of the GED, and naming things. Welcome, thanks for coming, please email us, wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick and thank you again.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:53:33</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Nodus Tollens and the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nodustollens/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nodustollens/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[What’s your sleep plan? Ned and Meg push their bedtime with a late night podcast recording, just like old times. Today, or rather tonight, well, really the other night, we discussed the definition of the made up phrase Nodus Tollens which sounds a lot like Latin but is in fact a contrived phrase that means you’ve lost the plot of your own life story and it no longer makes sense to you. If you’re not totally unsettled by this and other existential ponderings, join us. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick and thanks for listening. Go to bed!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:25</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Myopic Design</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/myopicdesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/myopicdesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg get miffy about myopic design, a phenomenon that occurs when people design things for all the wrong reasons. The dumbest invention, a shining example of myopic design, is perhaps the now-infamous and totally defunct Juicero. If you love a good long justifiable cathartic complainaroo, this one’s for you. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots, don’t be a dick, and thank you as always.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:54:58</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>These Two Fabulous Books</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thesetwofabulousbooks/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thesetwofabulousbooks/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have some book recommendations this week, and also the general recommendation that you do a foot peel, stat. Our book recommendations and discussion today are about *The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions* and *Diary of Edward the Hamster 1990-1990*. Both of these books are formidable in their own right and feature incredible design elements as well as huge doses of imagination. Please read! Also, wash your hands, wear a mask, thank you for listening, get the shots, don’t be a dick. Super Great!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:17:50</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Zooming at the Dentist</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/zoomingatthedentist/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/zoomingatthedentist/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Lauren discuss dystopias again, and this time we fuss over details like the difference between a once-great community after the fall, and dystopias that never reached greatness to begin with. We discuss wretchedness as a function of dystopias, societal trends up and down, victim blaming, participation in your own torure, and how hell is alway personal but dystopias are equal opportunity. How do you measure suffering per square foot? Join us on this uplifting voyage through misery. As always, thank you for listening, wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shots and don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:00:36</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Paper Plate Design</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/paperplatedesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/paperplatedesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg investigate the origins of the ubiquitous paper plate. We compare the pros and cons of paper plates. We compare old inventors to new ones. We talk about disposable culture. Join us! Thanks for listening, wash your hands, wear a mask, don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:01:11</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Color Palettes The Podcast</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/colorpalettesthepodcast/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/colorpalettesthepodcast/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg get together after Ned’s birthday to talk about colors! People use colors for all sorts of stuff and how they combine those colors matters a whole lot. Dive into the human condition with us and also visit Objectcolor.com because it’s amazing. Thanks for listening to us, wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t be a dick, super great!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:04:52</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Disappointment Reliquaries</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/disappointmentreliquary/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/disappointmentreliquary/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have a semi-absurdist conversation about a new thing we invented, sort of. We talk about traditional reliquaries, which are gorgeous mini buildings with gross old bones in them. We revisit the Joy of Melancholy. We discuss the colossal, ubiquitous failure represented by flip flops. Ned expounds on the benefits of a turf lawn, and how regular lawns are just vessels for disappointment, which brings us full circle to our topic title. Enjoy the disappointment with us! Thanks, wash your hands, keep wearing a mask, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:00:07</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Your Idea Pile Does Not a Philosophy Make</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/yourideapilenotphilosophy/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/yourideapilenotphilosophy/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Lauren talk about metals, like steel and it’s even cooler friend nitinol. We also talk about how a philosophy is more than an incoherent jumble of opinions, and how Ned’s job is basically just arguing semantics all day (some guys have all the luck). Lauren talks shared meaning, Meg complains a bunch, and we expound on the virtues of the MN State Fair. As forever, thanks for listening, and wash your hands and get the shots and wear a mask anyway and be nice.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:09</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>The Cycle of Discomfort</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cycleofdiscomfort/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cycleofdiscomfort/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Dana and Ned and Meg and Lauren discuss the pain avoidance cycle and adapting to discomfort, patterns of behavior, how kinks are more common than not, how great Ted Lasso is, and how annoying some plot devices are. We ask who among us can stand to rewatch something they’ve seen before, and Dana gives us a plethora of excellent reading suggestions. Thank you for listening to us, and for washing your hands and getting the shots and wearing a mask maybe still because it ain’t over til it’s over, kids!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:15:57</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Design Is Not Art</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designisnotart/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designisnotart/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Lauren talk about the differences between art and design, both of which we love. We also discuss girding loins, medieval torture devices, Jemaine Clement, whose god is it anyway, American tangents, lexical ambiguity, and the Great Buffalo Sentence which some of us had just talked about the other day and some of us were totally ignorant of! Baader-Meinhof! Thanks as always for joining us, and wash your hands and get the shots and don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:15:01</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Polarizing The Lawn Sign</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/polarizingthelawnsign/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/polarizingthelawnsign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Lauren talk about the possibility of Meg having new neighbors to the West and what she’s prepared to do to ensure that only people she likes will buy the house for sale. Ned and Lauren offer moral support. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick! Thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:48:07</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Ned&#39;s Nautical Nightmare</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nedsnauticalnightmare/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nedsnauticalnightmare/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Lauren and Ben from Bisexual Orgies listen to Ned recount a harrowing tale of high seas adventure and high drama aboard a dysfunctional vessel and a dysfunctional captain to match. Sail with us and learn about Ned’s indomitable spirit. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don't be a dick, thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:23:56</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Buyers Remorse</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/buyersremorse/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/buyersremorse/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg tells Ned and Lauren the story of Buyer’s Remorse, which leads to discussion about Lauren’s work as a sexuality educator. Sex ed and sexuality education are different, and we bet you didn’t know that. See? You learn so much with us. Listen to the whole thing! As always, thank you and wash your hands and get the shots and don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:57:44</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Even Though Art Can Go South Sometimes It Doesn&#39;t Mean That You Shouldn&#39;t Try</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/eventhoughartcangosouth/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/eventhoughartcangosouth/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned, Meg, and Lauren converse about the relationship between art and money, art successes and failures, creating art with others and making lots of art in lots of ways. Wash your hands, get the shot, don't be a dick, thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:25:07</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Anxiety in a Cup</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cupofanxiety/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/cupofanxiety/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat on Mother’s Day about how much caffeine makes us psychotic. Meg gets hyperactive depression and Ned has been rabbit-holing an espresso machine and we’re both in a love/hate relationship with coffee beverages. We discuss Ned’s coffee science and dosing schedule. We talk about chasing the high that Ned got at Cafe Madeleine where one may obtain either the best or the worst espresso, depending. We dive into coffee mythology, dissect the merits of espresso machines, and we humbly suggest James Hoffman’s YouTube coffee videos. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get your shots, do all the things, don’t be a dick. Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:19</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Trendliest Tech</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/kryptos/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/kryptos/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss more digital gobbledigook and cryptography, but this time it’s in the context of art! Jim Sanborn made a trio of sculptures that utilize cryptographic puzzles, one of which is called Kryptos, and it lives outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, VA. Three of the puzzles included in the Kryptos sculpture are solved, but the fourth remains elusive. We also discuss old cars, steganography, and Elonka Dunin who is a rad lady who solves puzzles, including the first three in Kryptos. Thanks for listening. Now go get your shots, wash your hands, wash your face, wash your underwear. Be nice.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:30:22</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Step Into Our Wardrobe</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/stepintoourwardrobe/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/stepintoourwardrobe/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about their innate ability to bend and dilate time, Ned's chronostasis affliction, distorted perception, how awe is essentially the experience of perceptual vastness, and how the first and last events in a series of identical temporal events appear to be of different duration even when they are not! Time flies, and does all kinds of other weird business, too. Thanks for listening! Wash your hands, take a walk, wear a mask and get your shots.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:12:32</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Not Fucking Trustworthy</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/notfuckingtrustworthy/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/notfuckingtrustworthy/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about the latest hype at the intersection of the art world and block chain, NFTs. We dish on digital assets, block chain public ledgers, the black market, intellectual property rights, and all the major problems with NFTs. This whole topic is both as crazy and not as crazy as you may already think. Watch out! This one’s a trip. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick, thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:38:17</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Passive Aggressive Foods</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/passiveaggressivefood/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/passiveaggressivefood/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg celebrate May Day by talking all about food. We start with a ranking of passive aggressive foods, which segues into aggressive aggressive foods, peasant foods, and booby trapped foods, with a smattering of English foods just to round it all out. This probably won’t make you hungry but you may want a sweet snack just because this is a long one. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, don’t be a dick. Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:36:29</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>The Ugliest Color</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ugliestcolor/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ugliestcolor/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the grodiest color in the universe known to humans, Pantone 448 C. We analyze this color through several frameworks, including the ISCC NBS, the urban dictionary, the Munsell color system, RGB, CMYK, and of course our own preferences. This one’s a real treat. Enjoy! Wash your hands, wear a mask, get yer shots, be nice.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:22:10</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Existential Dread and the Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone of Despair</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/selflickingicecreamcone/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/selflickingicecreamcone/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg get some stuff off their existential chests in this very existential episode about existential dread and a thing called the self-licking ice cream cone of despair. Dread: where does it come from? We say cops, pain, illness, and other people. Hell is always, always, other people. So what should we do, rob banks and go into existential retirement? It worked for Meg, or the latter half of that sentence did anyway. Join us as we further discuss anxiety, fight flight or freeze, how much Zoom sucks as the default communication tool during Covid, and who we might instill dread in by just being ourselves. Wash your hands, get those shots, keep your mask on because of viral variants, and be nice. Also don’t force your coworkers to be your friends, everyone HATES mandated fun. Get a real social life; we’re never coming back to the office. Thanks!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:02:12</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Octothorpe Means Different Things to Different People</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/octothorpemeansdifferentthings/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/octothorpemeansdifferentthings/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Dana go down the rabbit hole of unusual punctuation and before we know it, we embark on an accidental voyage of discovery where we uncover truths about the many contexts and names for the “#” symbol and explore keyboard layouts. We ask wtf is a hexadecimal?! What’s this about Jim Thorpe?! Who is the mystery man, Doug Kerr?! Find out. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Get yer shots. Stop being a disappointment. Just kidding. Maybe. Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:13:17</itunes:duration>
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			<title>What You Don&#39;t Know About Your Flop Sweat Might Be Killing You</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/whatyoudontknowaboutyourflopsweat/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/whatyoudontknowaboutyourflopsweat/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the dangers of flop sweat, as well as Gio Ponti’s daughter, Lisa Ponti, who made exceptional drawings and watercolor paintings, and who died not long ago at the age of 97. Her work is showing in NYC through the end of May 2021. We also discuss blood draws, cleaning house, the height of Roman plumbing and lead abatement as a means of coping with murder trials.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:37:45</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>I Just Ran Up a Flight of Stairs</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ijustranupaflightofstairs/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ijustranupaflightofstairs/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss their favorite artist, Peter, of Peter Draws on YouTube. We discuss many of his videos and his aesthetic before moving on to aspirational musings around a future Peter Draws fan convention. Beyond that, we rant a while on abortion rights and introduce a new department in the FC:BM empire, the D.E.A.D. Thanks for joining us once again. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get the shot, don’t be a dick, watch Peter.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:12:23</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Toilette Design</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/toilettedesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/toilettedesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss crappers, commodes, and washlets. Join us on a foray into the world of toilet design and see how many variations there are on fulfilling a universal basic human function. Did you know there are toilets that can scan your poo and give data to your doc? Beware! Even toilets are not safe from the internet of things... Wash your hands, wear a mask, get your shots, don’t be a dick!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:00:11</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Polka Dots</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/polkadots/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/polkadots/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Yayoi Kusama, a visionary Japanese artist who works in dots and is probably the most influential living woman artist in Japan. It’s important to note that she is ALIVE, because this episode was inspired by a piece of erroneous information Meg got saying Kusama had died in 2019 but it was a LIE. She is a fascinating individual whose art is so very clearly and thoroughly an extension of her experience of being. This may be the first in a series of episodes about art as a coping mechanism. Wash your hands, get a shot, don’t be a dick, keep that mask on. Thanks for listening. Go see Kusama!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:56:29</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Gestalt</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gestalt/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gestalt/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk Gestalt. Design and more! Gestalt is a German word that means the shape of a thing, or like the quality of its appearance, or its form, we think. Kurt Kafka, German Psychologist, said 'the whole is other than the sum of the parts' which sorta sums up the whole concept. We discuss Gestalt in relation to shifting consciousness, Greg Egan, personal identity, authenticity, Mission Cheese, and then we dive into the Dictionary of Untranslatables, p. 1066 Structure, Pattern, Gestalt.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:45:19</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Interrobang!?</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/interobang/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/interobang/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg edify the masses and discuss punctuation, too. Interrobangs, interrogative point, and others, no punctuation is too weird for us. You can thank Martin K Speckter for inventing a form of punctuation that is essential and absurd! We also propose punctuation for asking a question in a question, and make fun of Inception for a bit, too. To the staircase, for some wit! Treppenwitz! Wash your hands, get the shots, wear a mask, don’t be a dick and THANKS for listening, kids!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:30:42</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Idiomatic Once in a Blue Moon</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/idiomaticonceinabluemoon/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/idiomaticonceinabluemoon/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Dana talk about idioms, again! Violent idioms are confusing to us because we don’t want to beat dead horses or kill multiple birds or bite bullets. Meg is pretty fond of idioms with vivid imagery. Ned schools us on snipe hunts. We discuss our intermittent and subjective love of liars. Red herrings etymology, WTF. We revisit our annoyance about the changing definition and use of the word “literally.” We discuss the Wayback Machine, too. Update on the Exceptional Mouse. Object Permanence and ADHD. Also, this retraction/correction: the Oval Pawfice twitter account is NOT official but it’s still cool. Ok, carry on. Wash your hands, wear a mask, get your shots, don’t be a dick, thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:56</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Harm Reduction</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/harmreduction/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/harmreduction/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg (well, mostly Meg) talk about the practice of Harm Reduction and why philosophers have totally failed to get into the conversation for the last 30 freaking years. Wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t be a dick, thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:38:52</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Recordamaroo</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_recordamaroo/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_recordamaroo/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss beheading royals and the optics of even more trolley problems. We run through upcoming titles and subjects for podcast episodes.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:42:51</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>What&#39;s Outside Dana&#39;s House and Drive By Abortion Discussion</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/whatsoutsidedanashouse/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/whatsoutsidedanashouse/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Dana ramble on about a few things. New identities in the white house! Two dogs, a cat and a first second gentleman. The virtuous side of twitter. Wily Husky is wily. Asshole cat is an asshole. Meg has new boots. Presidential signatures, wtf. Nerve pain management regimens. Birds of prey. Fauci Face. Newsom answer avoidance. CA Covid data crunch. The Buford Scale with the Rear Admiral. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Don’t be a dick. Thanks.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:50:35</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Dana&#39;s Here!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_danalong/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_danalong/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Dana get together at long last and you can hear all THREE of us together! WE DISCUSS EDITORIAL FAILURES Bad idea avoidance specialist professionals Pop Physique font probs, poo Parler meta-weirdness Strong Opinions Loosely Held]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:58:31</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Vampire Bikes</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vampirebike/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vampirebike/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss why you should never trust anyone to leave their crap at your house. Also wear a mask and wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:14:10</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers a Book Report</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_longwaytoasmallangry/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_longwaytoasmallangry/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg are captivated by Dana’s retelling of a story written by Becky Chambers, called The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, which coincides with our ongoing discussion of transhumanism in our full length Monday episodes. This book was originally crowdfunded on Kickstarter by the author in 2012 and published around 2014. Listen to us, and then read this book! Wash your hands! Wear a mask! Don’t be a jerkface! Thank you!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:41:42</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Transhumanism 3</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/transhumanism3/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/transhumanism3/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg plus Dana continue the discussion around Transhumanism, or using technology to improve our own biology through design in order to improve the existence of humans. Topics today include the Theory and Aims of Transhumanism. We raise questions about measuring humanity by its limitations, modifying the self versus future individuals, the age of modifiability, whether transhumanism is narcissistic or serves the greater good, if we don’t die are we still human, and will there be an arms race for enhancement? See also: trickle down rich kid theory, survival vs. other stakes, and the Fermi Paradox. Thanks for going on this adventure with us! Wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:25:06</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Penzey&#39;s Spice</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_penzyspice/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_penzyspice/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the process of online orders in an age when they've been around for a long time. But their is a twist. Also, wear a mask, wash your hands.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:00:24</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Butt Hurt About Everything</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/butthurtabouteverything/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/butthurtabouteverything/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Listen, I'm not saying we might complain a lot in this episode, but I'm also not not saying that. If you know what I mean. Also, wash your hands and wear a mask.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:24:03</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Reverse Bechdel Test</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_reversebechdel/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_reversebechdel/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about the Bechdel Test, which listeners may already know, except we chat about what it means to pass or fail the REVERSE Bechdel test, and there’s some lively conversation about what that even means. We’re not sure we were successful, but maybe you can help! Tell us your secret thoughts. Thanks for listening, wear a mask and wash your hands and be patient for the vaccine, kiddos! End is in sight!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:18</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Intelligent Design is Stoopid</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/intelligentdesignisstupid/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/intelligentdesignisstupid/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg bag all over Intelligent Design, a religious conservative propaganda effort designed to undermine science and secure for its apologists various positions of educational and political leadership throughout the USA. Roundly rejected by scientists and people who like to think, we discuss the many ways in which 'ID' is just stoopid.  Join us! Wash your hands and keep that mask on til you get your vaccine. Thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:21:20</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Exceptional Mouse</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_exceptionalmouse/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_exceptionalmouse/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned listens in stunted horror as Meg describes making friends with a wild mouse that moved into her kitchen. This mouse is no mere mouse, but rather an Exceptional Mouse, and Meg is more than happy to undertake precautionary measures to ensure a safe coexistence until Spring, thus preventing her untimely death from Hantavirus during the Covid Pandemic. Wash your hands twice, and wear a mask! Thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:01:16</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Jelery</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/jelery/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/jelery/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Jelery. What even is Jelery? Is it jelly made of celery? Is it ants on a log but with jelly instead of peanut butter? Today we discuss these heavy hitting topics and more, like Meg’s old jobs, Ned’s Xmas party, rescuing animals, open face sandwiches and we address some reader mail! Wash your hands, wear a mask, be patient for that vaccine! Thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:25:11</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Exodusters</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_exodusters/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_exodusters/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the Exodusters! This intrepid group of former enslaved people left the American South after the Civil War ended and headed West as homesteaders. They faced tribulations along the way, and faced hardship once they finally reached their destinations in Kansas. Meg just learned about these resilient people and wanted to share! Enjoy a piece of American History. Wash your hands, wear a mask, be patient for the vaccine, and thanks!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:16:45</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Transhumanism 2</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/transhumanism2/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/transhumanism2/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg continue the discussion around Transhumanism, or using technology to improve our own biology through design in order to improve the existence of humans. Topics today include the history of Transhumanism and the people who developed the definitions we use today. Also, alzheimer sharks. Wash your hands, wear your mask, don’t quit now! Thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:17:09</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Sickle Cell Disease Cure</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_sicklecell/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_sicklecell/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the results of CRISPR-Cas9 Sickle Cell Disease treatment. Spoiler: It’s working!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:36:21</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Transhumanism</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/transhumanism1/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/transhumanism1/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg wade into a discussion about transhumanism. This is the first in a series where we discuss the improvement of the human condition through science and technology. Today’s preliminary musings include French law, germline genetic editing vs genetic treatments, cyberpunk and biopunk genres of Sci Fi, Philip K Dick, Ann Leckie, Ian M Banks, sickle cell anemia, and more we forget.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:59:35</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>War on Christmas 2020 UPDATE</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas2020/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas2020/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the war on christmas, again, again. This amazing year includes Starbucks cups, holiday arson, autopsies.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:12:11</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Immanentize the Eschaton</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/immanatizetheeschaton/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/immanatizetheeschaton/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Eschatonic Immanentization because Meg is learning to program and has mixed feelings. Also included in today’s episode are tech industry woes and complaints, the Swamp of Sadness, David Foster Wallace, bizarro world communism and capitalism, and Frederik Pohl books. This one probably sparked a series because we have a lot of thoughts. Shocker! Wash your hands, wear a mask. We’re in the home stretch, don’t ruin it now!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:23:33</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Retro Encabulator</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_retroencabulator/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_retroencabulator/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the Turbo Retroencabulator, a most wonderful machine that does not exist, but if it did, this would be the sales and training video. Do yourselves a favor and watch this short informational video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w), preferably on company time. Also, cat diabetes updates. Wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t be a dick so close to the finish line! Thanks and enjoy.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:30:11</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Parcel Delivery Box Redesign</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/parceldeliveryboxredesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/parceldeliveryboxredesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the travesty that is the current state of parcel delivery box design. From there we veer off into discussion around design variables, why not designing for humans is absurd but not in a good way, transhumanism, science journalism, the problem of reproducibility, biology and falsifiability. Strap in, it’s a long one! Wear your mask, wash your hands, don’t be a dick. Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:49:34</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Obsessively Researched Flatware</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_obsessivelyresearchedflatware/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_obsessivelyresearchedflatware/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk silverware, flatware, china patterns and espresso machines. This one is a bit obsessive compulsive and what started as a short discussion turned into a surprise long one. Enjoy and thanks for indulging. Wash your hands, wear a mask, drink decaf?]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:01:55</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>The Trouble With Authenticity</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thetroublewithauthenticity/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thetroublewithauthenticity/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the difficulties that come with trying to become a notary, or in this case maybe it’s easy? Also, what’s the deal with authentication? What does that mean? Why is it important? Maybe we answer some of those questions. What does it mean to be who you say you are? More questions than answers in this one. Wear a mask, wash your hands. Be kind.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:36:54</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Don&#39;t Smoke</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_dontsmoke/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_dontsmoke/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the fact that we are both former smokers as we muse over bygone American cigarette culture. Also cigarettes are terrible, don’t start, seriously you’re not missing out on anything good. It’s a trap. OK wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t smoke, thanks for listening.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:05:16</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Nonsense Company Names</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nonsensebrandnames/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nonsensebrandnames/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the curious phenomenon of nonsensical branding on Amazon and other online retail sites. We take the usual detours and side roads, so conversation also includes supply chain gripes and literary product reviews. Thanks for listening to our inanities, wear a mask, wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:30:03</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Solving Dumb Design Problems Instead of Saving the World</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_solvingdumbdesign/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_solvingdumbdesign/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss trash can liners and a host of other dysfunctional everyday objects that we have to waste time interacting with instead of solving REAL problems. Rant! Thank you as always for listening and commiserating. Wash your hands, wear a mask, don't be a jerk.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:05:39</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Headlines You Won&#39;t See</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/headlinesyouwontsee/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/headlinesyouwontsee/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss headlines you’re unlikely to see and why. Stories include a preschool coup, building saunas, risk assessment for jumping off tall stuff, schadenfreude, working groups, and gnome surgery. Join us and laugh at other people’s misery! Wash your hands, wear a mask, don’t close talk in the time of COVID! Thanks for palling around with us.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:33:11</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Logical Fallacies 3</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_logicalfallacies3/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_logicalfallacies3/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg undertake the third in our series of shorts on logical fallacies by returning to a superlative source of definitions and examples, the Purdue Owl. We talk about hasty generalizations, post hoc ergo propter hoc, ad hominem, ad populum, and red herrings! Logical fallacies are everywhere, and some are in Latin. Wash your hands and wear a mask and don’t swallow BS.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:10:37</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Design Aesthetic of the Jetsons</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designaestheticofthejetsons/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designaestheticofthejetsons/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg set out to discuss the design aesthetic of the Jetsons. Turns out that was a whole can of worms. We attempt to discuss design decisions while navigating the fucked up sexism of the 60’s. It’s not easy.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:33:16</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Games in the Time of COVID</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_gamesinthetimeofcovid/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_gamesinthetimeofcovid/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss playing games during a pandemic! Role playing games (aka RPGs) and others delight us even during COVID-19. Ticket to Ride is a fun game to play online or on PC, and it started as a board game. Doctor Magnet Hands (available for free at http://lookrobot.co.uk/doctor-magnethands/) and Quest, a simple RPG (available at https://adventure.game) are both delightful and fun as well. Try them out! Tell us about it! Wash your hands and wear a mask! Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:04:55</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Housekeeping</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/housekeeping/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/housekeeping/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss housekeeping, which Ned basically intended to be housekeeping in the abstract sense, but Meg ran with it and discussed actually keeping house. Anyway, there’s some good stuff in here about cleaning house, both literally and figuratively. Wash your hands, wear a mask, do nice things for people who are not yourself.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:38:46</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Quest Trip Report</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_questtripreport/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_questtripreport/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg revisit gaming as Ned explains the game Quest and offers a trip report on his recent evening playing it with friends. Did you know game mechanics improve over time? For example, role playing games that are heavy on mechanics and rules aren’t always accessible to everyone but Quest solves that by making it easy to join and follow a story! Characters grow and advance, plus the focus is on telling a story. The Manual has lots of ways to mix and match guidelines and lists without bogging down the story flow. Winning is telling a good story. Find Quest at https://www.adventure.game]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:19</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Hyperbolically Dangerous Domestic Inventions</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/hyperbolicallydangerousdomesticinventions/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/hyperbolicallydangerousdomesticinventions/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss 'really good ideas!' the likes of which may require inebriation or worse. Try our dishwasher-pressure-cooker-autoclave-garbage-disposal-mulching-mower in one. Feel impervious as you hurl cruel insults at your neighbors from inside your personal moat. It’s going to be great. Watch out world, here come the best domestic inventions that just might kill you.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:48:36</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Halloweenies!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_halloweenies/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_halloweenies/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Halloween. Why is it so great? Because it’s a creepy liminal space and there’s nothing we like better than upending all the rules and starting things on fire, plus candy. We talk activities, favorite costumes, and ask what is scary anymore? Happy Halloween, from a couple of Halloweenies. Wash your hands, wear a mask, use a candy chute, celebrate while you can, no one gets out alive!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:04:43</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Hexes for the Modern Day</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/hexesforthemodernday/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/hexesforthemodernday/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss crafting contemporary hexes. So far we have hexes for butts, elevators, peeling skin, and more. If you would like us to craft a bespoke hex for YOU, we can do that. In the meantime, wash your hands, be nice, WEAR A MASK, don’t be a fascist.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:20:52</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, The Role Playing Game Quest</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_questtheroleplayinggame/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_questtheroleplayinggame/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned talks a little bit about role playing games. He gets a little off track and gets into the weeds with Dungeons and Dragons, but ultimately gets back on track and talks about the game Quest. A role playing game that everyone should try.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:01:45</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Gnome-More Pain Surgical Rehabilitation Clinic, Statuary Orphanage &amp; Puppet Burn Ward</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gnomemorepain/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gnomemorepain/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Classical Mythology and garden statuary of Bavaria plus American traditions in art-based humor. This is a weird history lesson with some detours. THANK YOU for listening while the world burns and sinks and wash your hands and wear a mask and watch your butts out there.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:29:45</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Fyootility</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_fyootility/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_fyootility/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned briefly explore futility. Talk a little bit about solar powered toasters, and maybe even think about kitchen gadgets!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:49</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Designing things not usually associated with design, like ennui</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingennui/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingennui/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss ennui. Mostly this conversation circles around designing a sleepaway camp that ensures max boredom by the end of the week. Highlights include saying ‘no’ a lot, and dialing down enthusiasm for any kind of self-expression. Fun is also disincentivized and you’re gonna hate the food. Welcome back, campers! Wash your hands, drink your milk (not the chocolate kind), wear a mask and be nice even if you’re miserable. ]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:22:19</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Openface Sandwich</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_openfacesandwich/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_openfacesandwich/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss sammiches, but ONLY the openface kind. We like turkey dinner hobby kit, eggs, fruit, weird items, and curry. We chat about the various iterations of openfaced sandwiches. Openface, for what it’s worth, is apparently not a word but it is now, and thus goes the entire conversation about sandwiches here. Enjoy. Wear your mask, wash your hands, don’t be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:22:06</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>That One About The 80s Cartoons</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thatoneaboutthecartoons/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thatoneaboutthecartoons/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss 1980s Cartoons and Saturday morning favorites. Lots of the ones we looked up we never even saw, or it turns out are just complicated ads to sell crap to kids--hooray vertical marketing! Somewhere we lose the cartoons and switch tracks to Alice in Wonderland. Enjoy this nostalgic trip! Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Don't be a dick.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:31:04</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Logical Fallacies 2</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_logicalfallacies2/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_logicalfallacies2/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg attempt to redeem the first episode on our series of shorts on logical fallacies by turning to a better source of definitions and examples, the Purdue Owl. We talk about slippery slopes, genetic and either/or fallacies, begging the question, circular arguments and straw men. Please allow us to edify you a little less clumsily this time. Thank you. Wash your hands and wear a mask and don’t swallow BS.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:23</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Designing Dystopias, Where Are We?</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingdystopiawherearewe/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingdystopiawherearewe/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg attempt to tie all our past conversations about Dystopia into a single summary bundle, with predictably mixed results. We pull a drive-by on religion, conformity, conditions on the ground in the real world, entropy, sci-fi, family and state arrangements, and state sponsored violence. Come aboard with us and sail the high seas of disappointment. Wash your hands, wear a mask, stay away from people, don’t be a jerkface jerk.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:13:06</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Logical Fallacies 1</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_logicalfallacies1/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_logicalfallacies1/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg create a mess out of our initial discussion of logical fallacies. But it’s a fun mess. First and worst in a series on Logical Fallacies. The rest will be examples, not hamfisted, much better, please and thank you. Wash your hands, wear a mask, be nice.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:09</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>A Litany of Human Indignities</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/litanyofhumanindignities/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/litanyofhumanindignities/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss a litany of human indignities. We review other people’s urine, men peeing all over, human incivility, starvation, genocide, war, your OWN urine, the best toilet paper and our insecurity about it, symbiotic bathroom snoops, AI personhood, cellphones, Trainspotting, botched social outings, radiation from coal slurry, and reparations to the African diaspora (get with the program, y’all). Thanks for listening to our meandering complaints. Buy our stuff. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. This list of demands is getting so long we’re gonna need an acronym soon.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:26:33</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Mapping Prejudice</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_mappingprejudice/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_mappingprejudice/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about the Mapping Prejudice project that uses GIS data to map racial covenants in housing deeds in Minneapolis, MN, with a goal of explaining and visualizing the effects of discriminatory housing policies over time. You can volunteer to help or read more about this groundbreaking work at www.MappingPrejudice.org. Wash your hands, wear a mask, be nice!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:00</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Gullibility, The Barnum Forer Effect and Horoscopes</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gullibility_theforereffect/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/gullibility_theforereffect/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the Barnum Forer Effect and Horoscopes. Did you know that you have a great deal of unused potential? How human are you today? Bertram R Forer has a test, the 'Diagnostic Interest Blank' to be exact. It’s all BS but people love flattery and celebrity apparently! Call 1-900 Believe A Stranger to get your special predictions now.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:33:57</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Close Talking in the Time of Covid</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_closetalkinginthetimeofcovid/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_closetalkinginthetimeofcovid/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about close talkers in a pandemic spread by close talking. We also take pot shots at updated covid mask designs, dysfunctional citrus presses, and a Niagara of hostile or self defeating design.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:14:16</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Designing Dystopia, My Dystopia is Better than Yours</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/mydystopiaisbetterthanyours/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/mydystopiaisbetterthanyours/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss a letter, sent to George Orwell from his former teacher Aldous Huxley, in which Huxley both celebrates and criticizes Orwell’s vision of dystopia for being excellent but not quite as good as his own. We sideswipe lady gangs, Halloween costumes, tee shirt designs, and the movie Little Shop of Horrors. Here’s mom: wash your hands, wear a mask!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:21:19</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Encounter at Farpoint</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_encounteratfarpoint/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_encounteratfarpoint/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg chat about the first episode of Star Trek Next Generation (TNG) Episode one, Encounter at Farpoint, aka the one with Q! Ned saw it as a kid and it really made a creepy impression. That leads Meg to complain about M*A*S*H*, the worst entertainment drag on television.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:24:26</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Dystopian Movies and More, but not that More</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/dystopianmoviesandmore/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/dystopianmoviesandmore/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned discuss movies that feature dystopian themes. They don't even come close to exhausting the list of possible movies to discuss but they give it a good try.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:22:26</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Designing Dystopia, &#39;I have no mouth&#39;</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_ihavenomouth/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_ihavenomouth/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned briefly discuss the short story 'I Have no Mouth and I must Scream' by Harlan Ellison. We look at how this relates to our ongoing discussion of designing dystopias.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:11:53</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Counting Our Electric Sheep</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/electricsheep/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/electricsheep/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss Philip K Dick’s novel (the one that inspired Blade Runner the movie) about androids and consider the core tenets of a good dystopia. Part of an ongoing series delving into what makes a dystopia, and how to build the most dystopian dystopia ever.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:21:15</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Designing Dystopias with Sir Thomas More or less</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_designingdystopiathomasmore/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_designingdystopiathomasmore/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned continue their discussions about designing dystopias. In this episode we discuss the origin of the concept and introduce some of Sir Thomas More's thoughts on what makes a utopia and possibly why that utopia would probably be a dystopia for many.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:13:28</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Designing Dystopia</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingdystopia/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designingdystopia/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[This week Meg and Ned discuss the ideas and concepts around designing a dystopia. Why would we talk about such a thing? Because this is an art and design podcast. Also, wash your hands and wear a mask. Turns out we are still in the middle of a pandemic.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:18:44</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Hostas</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_hostas/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_hostas/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg loudly complains at Ned about hostas, the Beanie Babies of the plant kingdom, in this week’s short, that is until Ned points out that they’re not entirely ornamental and can be eaten, which changes Meg’s mind about how much she hates them! Wash your hands! Wear a mask!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:54:28</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Louie Mattar on Designing Cars</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/louiemattar/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/louiemattar/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned tells Meg about Louie Mattar’s Fabulous Cadillac Car, now on view at the San Diego Auto Museum! Or, well, it would be if we were allowed to go see anything with other people! That reminds us, wash your hands, wear a damned mask, be nice, mind your own beeswax.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:20:02</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Audio Problems</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_audioproblems/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_audioproblems/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned complain about audio problems in this great time of uncertainty. How are we supposed to get anything done with all this chaos going on? Wash your hands, wear a mask, and stand up for Black lives.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:14:11</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Somebody&#39;s Going to Die II</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/somebodysgoingtodiebutforreal/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/somebodysgoingtodiebutforreal/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the more absurd permutations of the trolley problem. Quick, pull the lever!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:14:07</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Tao Te Ching Chapter 15</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching15/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching15/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned read Chapter 15 of the Tao Te Ching and discuss their thoughts.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:56:48</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Fun With Random</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/funwithrandom/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/funwithrandom/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss crazy ideas (no surprise there), giant cockroaches (or palmetto bugs if you’re one of those people), and Somebody’s Gonna Die II. Wash your hands. WEAR A MASK! Enjoy.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:12:43</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Tao Te Ching Chapters 9, 24, and 5</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching9-24-5/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching9-24-5/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned read Chapter 9, 24, and 5 of the Tao Te Ching and discuss their thoughts.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:08:41</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Vending Machine</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vendingmachine/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/vendingmachine/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss their entrepreneurial and artistic plans for a hypothetical vending machine. Wash your hands. WEAR A MASK!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:07:51</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Short, Tao Te Ching Chapters 18 and 19</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching18-19/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching18-19/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned read Chapter 18 and 19 of the Tao Te Ching and discuss their thoughts.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:15:31</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Conference Quit It!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/conferencequitit/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/conferencequitit/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the abysmal state of professional educational conferences both before, during, and after Covid-19 pandemic. We demand an overthrow of the current professional conference paradigm and we demand it now. Wash your hands. WEAR A MASK!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:09:07</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Tao Te Ching Chapter 13</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching13/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching13/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned read Chapter 13 of the Tao Te Ching and discuss their thoughts.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:13:53</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Distressing Definitions of Despair</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/distressingdefinitionsofdespair/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/distressingdefinitionsofdespair/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss what’s terrible about and around despair. Topics include racism, state and police violence, puke, Florida, commercial air travel, and maltitol. This episode was recorded on June 03, 2020. Don’t forget to wash your hands, WEAR A MASK, take to the streets if you have to, and vote in November.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:13:55</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Tao Te Ching Chapter 31</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching31/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_taoteching31/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned read Chapter 31 of the Tao Te Ching and discuss their thoughts.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:55:53</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Speculation</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/speculation/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/speculation/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg speculate with Damon. About what? You can speculate, or you can listen to us!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:26:59</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Latin American Philosophy</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_latinamericanphilosophy/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_latinamericanphilosophy/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg gives Ned a short lesson on Latin American Philosophy, or the short history so far.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:11:37</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Ice Cream Trucks And Disappointment</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/icecreamtrucksanddisappointment/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:03 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/icecreamtrucksanddisappointment/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about a local Minneapolis hero with a special kind of vehicle that makes existential deliveries. We expound on art cars, lame covid-19 responses, and not being a shit. Wash your hands. Help your neighbors. Wear a mask!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:24:03</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Deesplaining Flowers</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_deesplainingflowers/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_deesplainingflowers/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[In this short, Meg over-explains flowers to Ned and Damon. We discuss Graveolens and Geraniums and the differences between them, which the British have detailed at length.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:59:30</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Why Broomsticks Are Not Crack Pipes</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/whybroomsticksarenotcrackpipes/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/whybroomsticksarenotcrackpipes/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss some of what we think are the self-evident causes of the Salem witch trials, as well as some very unlikely causes, which we ridicule. We also crap all over authors who half-ass their work because it’s paltry, pathetic, and they should know their parents are disappointed in them. Wash your hands and wear your mask!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:37:47</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Phooey Pantone Bullshit</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_pantone/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:20:45 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_pantone/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[In this short, we vent about Pantone’s hilariously terrible website and criticize the supposed utility of color matching technology. Wash your hands and wear your mask!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:14:35</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>I Don&#39;t Knowwww</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/idontknow/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/idontknow/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the FCBM website, our domain name collection/addiction, unscrupulous and repugnant real estate developers, ADHD, escalating dares, and defiance. Take a mental walk with us. Wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:10:15</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Video Games As Expression</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_videogamesasexpression/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_videogamesasexpression/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned spends a few minutes talking about the concept of video games as an artistic medium.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:53:44</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Making Bread With Chet</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/makingbreadwithchet/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/makingbreadwithchet/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg and Damon discuss making things to eat. Quarantine gave us a lot of time to make food from scratch and boy were we ever foolish for not doing this sooner. We discuss different delicacies and delectable dishes. Hey it’s June! Wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:15:26</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, TRISH</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_trish/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_trish/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about the Translational Research Institute for Space Health! The first week of June we will participate in a series of webinars on behavioral health and performance in space! Wash your hands! Wear a mask!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:00:21</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Quarantine Show And Tell With Wind</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/quarantineshowandtellwithwind/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/quarantineshowandtellwithwind/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg visit with their friend Wind (aka Ria) over the internet while we all isolate, alone, together. We discuss how high fences make good and possibly dead neighbors. We ponder rock sizes. We get a very special virtual tour of Wind’s childhood bedroom. Enjoy! Wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:15:27</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Design Rant</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_designrant/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_designrant/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg do a snack-sized Thursday podcast about Applied Arts and Design. It’s a rant really, and who doesn’t love those, especially right now. Enjoy. Wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:00:41</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Words with Random, The Long One</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wordswithrandomthelongone/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wordswithrandomthelongone/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg are back with more random word games, and this episode is twice as long, and 17 times as funny! Ned made a list of 96 words (overachiever) and used them as prompts for Meg to expound on. This episode has already led to several spinoff projects and spawned a new species of absurdism. Enjoy! Wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:30:51</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Words with Random, the Short One</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_wordswithrandomtheshortone/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_wordswithrandomtheshortone/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Me are spilling over onto Thursdays because Monday just can’t contain us. We submit for your approval our 30 minute word association game! Thanks for indulging us, and wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:02:44</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>How to Do a Thing, Maybe</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/howtodoathingmaybe/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/howtodoathingmaybe/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg talk about their book, which you might have a chance to see soon thanks to Chris! We also chat about project stuff, explosions, growing stuff, space radiation, DIY haircuts, and where Meg's tooth is headed.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:15:39</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Short, Meaningful Play</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_meaningfulplay/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/short_meaningfulplay/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned spends a few minutes talking about the idea of meaningful play in the context of video game design.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:57:41</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Untitled 2</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/untitled2/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/untitled2/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg meander around in quarantine and complain about some stuff. We discuss self-hosting podcasts, TP weirdness, forced heroism, cats and dogs and art, owning music, and go wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:12:02</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Strange Intervals of Time</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/strangeintervals/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/strangeintervals/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned discuss the unusual ways in which we mark the passage of time, as well as the intervals that result. We've been thinking on this one for a long time and the Weird Now seemed like a good time to talk about it. Join us on a temporal trip without leaving your house! Go wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:10:15</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Death&#39;s Door and Other Idioms</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/deathsdoorandotheridioms/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/deathsdoorandotheridioms/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[In this episode, Ned and Meg discuss fun idioms and violent verses in the English Language (plus one in French)!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:04:08</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Our Favorite Foods, Volume 1</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/favoritefoodsvolume1/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/favoritefoodsvolume1/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss all the things we love to eat. We spend some time on ice cream, discuss mac and cheese purists, and then tackle PB and J, the Pizza universe, tacos, seafood, and the nacho-ice-cream-death-spiral. Bon appetit! Wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:19:04</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Your Brain is a Construction Zone</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/yourbrainisaconstructionzone/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 01:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/yourbrainisaconstructionzone/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have a late night chat in the midst of a pandemic about our brains’ abilities to do amazing new things. Neuroplasticity -- believe the hype!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:02:14</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>The Joy of Melancholy</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/joyofmelancholly/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/joyofmelancholly/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[We discuss the joy of depression, or rather, Melancholia, which kinda sorta used to be depression, but maybe now isn’t, and for sure was the name of a movie Meg likes. Anyway! Also in the mix are rites of passage, Hannah Gadsby, planetariums, pancakes, saunas, and life saving bathrooms. ]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:49:40</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>No Nazis In The Sound Of Music</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nonazisinthesoundofmusic/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/nonazisinthesoundofmusic/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Until Meg reached the age of 37 she didn’t realize there was a second half to the Sound of Music and that it featured Nazis. We discuss this misconception, lies, and warped memories from childhood, plus we get nostalgic about movies with Ned and Damon and Meg.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:55:27</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Untitled 1</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/untitled1/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/untitled1/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg have a very quiet podcast very early in the morning about all kinds of weird business, like how much I hate squash and wind scorpions, plus commentary on water balloons and betrayal.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>00:55:09</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>How To Do A Thing So No One Asks You To Do It Again</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/howtodoathing/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/howtodoathing/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned discuss how to do things in such a way that it ensures no one will make the mistake of asking you to do it again. Enjoy some examples from our personal experience. Role play along with us. Weaponize your apologies and diversify your skills. A master class from Ned in passive aggression - don’t miss it!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:25:07</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Two Bottles of Corona</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss their Friday the 13th COVID-19 pandemic adventures in San Diego, CA. This is the uplifting, funner, prettier, sister episode to our factually informative, nerdy, practical coronavirus episode (posted today also, titled Holy Corony!). Enjoy and hang in there, everybody. And wash your hands!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:24:30</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Holy Corony!</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/holycorony/</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/holycorony/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[This is a bonus episode-slash-public health info bulletin! We talk about what Coronaviruses are, what *this* particular [COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2/novel coronavirus pneumonia/2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease] virus is all about, why it’s a problem for everyone on the planet (i.e. a pandemic), and how to deal with it. It’s worth mentioning that toilet paper will not save you even though you couldn’t get any for love or money.
At the time of posting (March 13, 2020), all schools are closed until April 3, and public gatherings of 250+ people are banned in San Diego, CA. Grocery stores are a Hobbesian nightmare and have been raided for anything shelf-stable. That includes toilet paper, which we reiterate, will not save you. Now go wash your hands.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:05:56</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Liminality</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/liminality/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/liminality/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Meg and Ned discuss one of Meg’s favorite concepts - that of liminality and existing happily in liminal spaces. Sometimes they knock you sideways and sometimes you can make them happen on purpose, but either way they’re inevitable and you can learn to enjoy navigating them with us!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:06:13</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Jon Hamm Can&#39;t Mime</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/jonhammcantmime/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/jonhammcantmime/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg recount several vivid, hilarious, and unlikely dreams for your entertainment. We discuss the qualities and properties of our dreams, including recurring nightmares, whether we dream in color, dreams that make us laugh, and making your own fun when you arrive, no matter how you get there. Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:51:03</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Embedding Failure</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/embeddingfailure/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/embeddingfailure/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Meg discuss the concept of embedding failure, which we read about in one of our favorite books, Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt (2008, The Pragmatic Bookshelf). In section 7.3, the author discusses approaches to failure. We talk about adding failure deliberately into our own work process/life process to ensure that we continue to learn and grow. Failure is great, come enjoy it with us!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:51:15</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Mittie Era And Other Family Stories</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/mittieera/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/mittieera/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Our guest Damon tells stories about his family, including several about his beloved Great Grandmother, Mittie Era Blevins. She was a tough lady, and that’s usually a virtue, but sometimes not so great. Take a walk down memory lane, back to when people didn't whine about shit.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:11:27</itunes:duration>
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			<title>If Meg Were Here</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ifmegwerehere/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/ifmegwerehere/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Ned and Chris chat about design and walk a winding path through their own thoughts! Meg wasn’t here for this one but you’ll enjoy it nonetheless. Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:58:01</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Consider The Context</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/considerthecontext/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/considerthecontext/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Hey! Don’t you tear down my fence, you clueless jerk! In this episode Ned and Meg discuss GK Chesterton’s Fence, the importance of context when making strategic decisions, John Muir, the critical shortage of wigs on Mars, tomato enzymes, nano-bio-bots, Trent Reznor and open source phones. It’s a real hoot! Join us.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:09:20</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Somebody’s Going To Die</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/somebodysgoingtodie/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/somebodysgoingtodie/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The one where we discuss making a game about ethics, or something. We discuss the possibility of creating an ethics game where the classic conundrums in moral philosophy become the mechanics of the game itself. You have to make choices about trollies, organ transplants, whatever -- either way in this game, somebody’s gonna die!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:40:17</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Design Volume 4</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume4/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume4/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[... And the discussion from Design Volume 3 continues! Listen as we round out our conversation about design principles and challenges. We reach stunning final conclusions and settle the following matters once and for all, no need to ever think about them again: adapting to technology, being well rounded, keeping a holistic perspective, being multidisciplinary, understanding how much you don’t know, uniqueness, Tesla trucks, and butts. Thanks for listening!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:56:04</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Design Volume 3</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume3/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume3/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Wherein Ned, Meg, and Chris discuss design challenges and guiding principles. Thrilling topics include the necessity for specificity—say that a few times fast—tight deadlines, moral and financial expediency, balancing thinking and doing, imposing and thriving within limits, and staying relevant. We had so much to talk about we had to split it into two episodes, so be sure to listen to Design Volume 4 next. Super Great!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:26</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Lifetime Supply Of Things You Don’t Need</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/lifetimesupplyofthingsyoudontneed/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/lifetimesupplyofthingsyoudontneed/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Wherein we discuss having to deal with the unique nightmare of owning a lifetime supply of stuff you probably never even need once.]]></description>
				
				
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		<item>
			<itunes:duration>01:17:51</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Design Volume 2</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume2/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume2/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[We have four folks crammed into this podcast about design, including three people who work in design and one who is just real opinionated about things! We talk about the evolving process of design, spaceships, profit motives in design, decision fatigue, and the Oregon Trail. Guests who are becoming regulars include Damon and Chris, plus Ned and Meg keep showing up cause they’re supposed to be steering this thing.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:53:11</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>How to Support the Troops in the War on Xmas</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/waronxmas/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[For once, it actually starts with a real live anticommunist conspiracy. Yeah, for real! And then Bill O’Reilly barges in. We have so many questions like, how do we reconcile this insanity, who do we support in the war, when are they excommunicating Starfucks? How do people who love Christmas and obsessively support troops of any kind reconcile this worldview? Happy Whatever, audience!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:43:05</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>Absurdism: Video Game Edition</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/absurdismvideogameedition/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/absurdismvideogameedition/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Classic games are mostly absurd! We talk about video games and how fun and weird they are. It’s insane, for example, how popular Pac Man became. Then there’s this Italian plumber, but wait, he doesn’t fix a thing, he just travels through pipes, and is super athletic and kills weird shit? Got it so far, plus Mario's got something about mushrooms and that reminds us of Psychonauts, the best game ever, probably.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:50:32</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Words That Have Been Ruined for Me, Forever</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wordsthathavebeenruined/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/wordsthathavebeenruined/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The intrepid Ned and Meg explore words that we have to hate now. Highlights include the perennially creepy but formerly benign word ‘moist’, the recent torture inflicted upon the word ‘literally’, plus regional variations on architecture and what we call our houses.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:10:43</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Inaugural Space Health Conference 2019</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/spacehealthconference/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/spacehealthconference/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[BONUS EPISODE! Ned and Meg go to the Inaugural Space Health Conference (yay!) in San Francisco (boo!) and we have a great but exhausting time. This episode was recorded after we got home from a road trip over three days and back so forgive us if we sound a little subdued. We learned so much! Space is great!]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>01:03:07</itunes:duration>
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			<title>Design Volume 1</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume1/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/designvolume1/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[For our first podcast, Ned and Meg talk shit about design and why we like (and hate) it. We talk about our favorite designers and what we’ve learned, plus feedback loop on product design, economies of scale, and cell phones! Ned and Meg are super interested in design that gets used in space, including revising existing design to be more conscious of human interactivity and the experience of using the object or process.]]></description>
				
				
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			<itunes:duration>00:04:59</itunes:duration>
			<itunes:episodeType>trailer</itunes:episodeType>
			<title>The Trailer</title>
			<link>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thetrailer/</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 06:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
			<author>contact@fcbm.io (FC:BM)</author>
			<guid>https://fcbm.dev/podcast/thetrailer/</guid>
			
			<description><![CDATA[It's here! The summer blockbuster you've been waiting for! Just kidding, it's Feature Creep: Built-in Microwave and it's an absurdist foray into design, storytelling, and science stuff. Give us a listen and share us with your weird friend.]]></description>
				
				
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