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Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker

cj little and Jeff Parker

Nonsense desperately tries to make sense of today’s business, technology, and (sometimes) entertainment headlines. Not too serious and occasionally funny, join technologist cj little and leggy blonde Jeff Parker for their unique take on the past week. While we can’t promise you’ll laugh every week, we can promise you’ll learn something new (and maybe even interesting). New episodes drop every Tuesday & Thursday mornings (UTC). Produced by an orangutan; art thanks to artificial

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00:26:58

Heat Pumps: Save The Planet, Save Your Wallet

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/07/17

(0:00) Open(3:28) How To Drop Residential Emissions By 36-64%(7:30) A Short Primer on Heat Pumps(16:25) Additional Public Health Benefits of Heat Pumps(19:05) Innovative Heat Pump Solutions(22:13) cj’s recommendation: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule Reentry(25:00) Jeff’s Recommendation: Pee-wee as HimselfIf every American home adopted heat pumps, residential emissions could drop by 36-64%, cutting overall U.S. emissions by 5-9%. This climate-friendly appliance, more efficient than furnaces, saves

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00:25:19

HEADLINES: EV’s Shock, Musk's Intimate Emails, Grok’s...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/07/15

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:42) Open(1:29) cj's week: Making Minecraft Videos, Modern Marvels, & Sprinkles(3:55) Jeff's Week: All-Star Game, Fire at Runyon, & Prime Madness(5:54) Headline: The Auto Industry's Electric Shock(10:35) Headline: Elon Musk's Influence, Greg Abbott's Silence: What Are They Hiding?(14:51) Headline: New Grok AI is a Good Boy and Checks In With Daddy Before Answering(18:16) Headline: Your Wearable Will Know If You’re Pregnant(21:45) Hewlett-Packard OmniGo

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00:30:41

The Anti-Vax Backlash: Measles Makes a Comeback

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/07/10

(0:00) Open(1:59) Measles Frightening Comeback(5:41) Wasn’t Measles Eliminated?(8:06) How Quickly Does It Spread?(11:51) Reducing The Symptoms From Spicy To Mild(14:34) Fortunately It Doesn’t Mutate Quickly(17:17) Immune Amnesia & The Vulnerable(20:46) Technology Is Helping The Fight(23:15) This Is All Preventable(26:47) cj’s recommendation: Fireworks Videos. All of them.(28:31) Jeff’s Recommendation: Dodgers: The Rough Patch & The All-Star BreakOnce eradicated from the United States,

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00:37:47

HEADLINES: Tesla Robotaxi Bloopers, FreedomTok, & The...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/07/08

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:51) Open(1:26) Math 2.0 Day!(2:38) cj's week: Big Bear & Pastrami(4:05) Jeff's Week: Givin’ Up The Asbestos(7:56) Headline: Austin Demands Answers on Tesla Robotaxi Safety(21:28) Headline: ByteDance Launches Separate US TikTok(27:50) Headline: Moderna's mRNA Flu Shot is a Leap Forward in Seasonal Protection(34:08) Godfather’s Used Computer Syndicate - The Best Color 13" RGB MonitorAustin's streets are already a battleground between futuristic ambition and

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00:31:58

Ghost in the Sky: How the B-2 Redefined Air Power

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2025/07/03

(0:00) Open(2:05) The Unseen Hammer: The Silent Dominance of the B-2 Bomber(3:22) The B-2’s Backstory(9:28) What Came First - The B-2 or The B-2’s Tech?(12:10) How Many B-2s Did We Want & Get?(18:14) Why Whiteman Airforce Base?(20:35) How Many People Fit in a B-2?(24:58) What’s Replacing The B-2? (28:23) cj’s recommendation: The Right Stuff & Airplane!(30:02) Jeff’s Recommendation: 1990’s AvalonLast week, the United States deployed two groups of B-2 stealth bombers to Iran, with one group

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00:27:13

HEADLINES: Fair Use or Foul Play?, Detecting...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/07/01

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:13) Open(2:36) cj's week: You’re Not THAT Big or Rush?(3:51) Jeff's Week: Tucker Carney, Polymath(5:20) Headline: Fair Use or Foul Play? AI Copyright Ruling Divides Industry(13:23) Headline: Android 16 Has a New Feature: Detecting Government Spy Tools(17:20) Headline: Canada Drops Tech Tax to Resume Trade Talks(18:48) Headline: Beyond Published Posts: Meta Seeks Access to Your Private, Unpublished Photos(21:57) Headline: Trump Phone's "Made in USA" Claim Disappears(28:13)

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00:24:19

Where Do Heroic Spacecraft Go to Die?

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2025/06/26

(0:00) Open(1:05) Point Nemo: The Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility(4:53) The Space Graveyard(9:30) I’m Burnin’ I’m Burnin’ For You(13:01) What Makes It Back(16:45) The Goldmine of the Future(20:44) cj’s recommendation: Star Wars: Andor(22:08) Jeff’s Recommendation: My Name Is NobodyHumans throw out over two billion tons of garbage every day. Mostly it’s stuff we no longer need and truly don’t want to keep - good ol’ trash. Sometimes though you just can’t keep the thing any longer, even if it is

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00:25:46

HEADLINES: Finally, a Fat Pill; Tesla’s Not So...

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2025/06/24

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:57) Open(1:37) cj's week: Old Friend Lunch!(2:28) Jeff's Week: Hands-Free & Iran(5:52) Headline: Pill Power: Eli Lilly's New Drug Rivals Injectables for Weight Loss, Diabetes(10:02) Headline: Not So Autonomous Yet: 10 Tesla Robotaxi Roll Out in Austin(16:13) Headline: Beyond Misdials: How AI Could Expose Your Private Phone Number(21:04) Headline: Sanctions? What Sanctions? Huawei's AI Chip Defies Expectations(23:22) The Microtek ScanMaker IIHRPharmaceutical

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00:28:02

Defying Decay: Humanity's Quest for Eternal Everything

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2025/06/19

(0:00) Open(2:30) People Keep The Strangest Things(3:45) The Museums You Don’t Know About(9:00) The OG Tupperware(12:42) Knowledge & “Modern” Preservation(19:50) Oddities: Airplanes, Wedding Cakes, & Einstein’s Brain Jerky(23:10) The Catacombs(25:01) cj’s recommendation: Acquired: The Complete History & Strategy of Rolex(26:02) Jeff’s Recommendation: Moneyball (the talkie, not the book)From ancient salts curing fish to the audacious freezing of human heads, our fight against decay is more than just

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00:28:46

HEADLINES: More Leaks in Space, Pirelli’s Cyber Tire,...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/06/17

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:20) Open(2:02) cj's week: Hot, In-n-Out, & Oppression(4:04) Jeff's Week: Shohei Pitching & Barkley’s QR Code(8:07) Headline: Aging International Space Station Faces "Top-Level Risk" as Air Leak Accelerates(12:26) Headline: Pirelli's Cyber Tire: Transforming Roads with Real-Time Data(18:32) Headline: Errors and Exaggerations: Decoding the Trump Mobile T1 Phone(25:29) Recommendation: Seville-XTurboWe had a leak in the ISS; it has been there for half a

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00:31:34

The Earth's Hidden Secret: Infinite Power Right Under...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/06/12

(0:00) Open(1:19) Geothermal Energy Intro & Global Energy Footprint(6:24) Geothermal Electricity Generation(9:26) Down in The Deep(15:08) Vaporizing Rock (!!!)(17:12) Making Coal Plants Green(24:35) cj’s recommendation: Rock Candy & WWDC 25(29:15) Jeff’s Recommendation: Inside the Mind of a DogGeothermal energy is a triple threat - a sustainable source for heating, cooling, and generating electricity. Up until recently, we thought geothermal could meet up to 15% of our global electricity

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00:30:36

HEADLINES: Ukrainian Drones Hits, Apple’s New...

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2025/06/10

(0:00) Pre-Show(1:14) Open(2:04) National Iced Tea Day(2:54) cj's week: Summer is Lit!(6:03) Jeff's Week: LA is Lit!(9:58) Headline: Ukrainian drones hit Russian electronic warfare facility(15:38) Headline: Unpacking Apple's AI and OS Overhaul at WWDC(24:45) Headline: Charge Your EV in Five Minutes! BYD’s Megawatt Monster(28:01) MAS Computing SystemsUkrainian drones are far from done - still attacking key targets deep inside Russian territory, causing explosions and fires. And to help

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00:27:28

The Unseen Costs of Public School Decline

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2025/06/06

(0:00) Open: Graduating High School @ KSMF(2:47) Funding: A Strong, Positive Correlation(8:21) Private vs. Independent Schools(12:01) Independent & Charter School Origins(18:45) The Thousand Person Desereted Island(22:30) cj’s recommendation: School Games(24:40) Jeff’s Recommendation: The Four SeasonsThe notion that school funding has no bearing on student performance is a pervasive, yet deeply flawed, talking point. Decades of robust research consistently demonstrate a strong, positive

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00:26:49

HEADLINES: Russia’s Walking Into Spider Webs,...

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2025/06/03

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:43) Open(1:27) Pride Month!(2:18) cj's week: Banana Ball!(5:01) Jeff's Week: Dr. James Robert “Bobba” Parker, 90.(6:21) Headline: Operation Spiderweb: Drones Hammer Russian Airbases(10:20) Headline: Mars or Bust: Why Starship Keeps Blowing Up(16:11) Headline: Trade Chaos Mounts as Court Blocks Trump Tariffs(20:38) Headline: Broadband Giants Push Trump to Kill Low-Cost Plans(24:24) Mirart Saver II18-months in the making, a hundred low-cost, AI-fueled, FPV drones launched remotely

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00:01:13

No Nonsense: Off This Week, Back Next Week!

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/05/29

Well folks, I’m not feeling well and Jeff had to make a trip out of town last minute, but we are planning to be back next week with more episodes of the Nonsense that you come here looking for.We’ll be back next week with more headlines and our big story: Budget Cuts & Broken Dreams: The Unseen Costs of Public School Decline.

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00:25:29

HEADLINES: The CDC Has Been Unleaded & Digital Tests...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/05/27

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:58) Open(1:57) Bee Week: Scripps Spelling Bee(2:41) cj's week: Viruses & Sonic Booms(5:14) Jeff's Week: Terrible Booms(6:39) Jeff’s Week Part 2: Chocolate Cake(8:08) Headline: From Prevention to Peril: CDC's Lead Program Has Been Dismantled(11:24) Headline: Paying Top Dollar for Disaster: In Its Transition to Digital, the College Board Is Getting Failing Grades(16:42) Headline: Bar Exam Blunders: California’s Legal Test Continues to Discover Mis-Scores(22:40) Micro

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00:35:50

When Good Memories Go Bad: The Distorting Power of...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/05/22

(0:00) Open(2:45) When Good Memories Go Bad: The Distorting Power of Nostalgia(4:44) The Allure and Deception of Nostalgia(9:33) How Nostalgia Works(15:31) The Consequences and Implications of Distorted Nostalgic Memories(19:50) How to Navigate Nostalgia with Awareness(30:34) cj’s recommendation: The Handshake From Game 6 of the Dallas-Winnipeg Series(34:06) Jeff’s Recommendation: Hannah Gadsby’s DouglasMemory is a tricky, fuzzy thing; your recollection of past experiences may be funny, clever, and

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00:30:07

HEADLINES: AI Writes 30% of Microsoft’s Code, Fusion...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/05/20

Guess which role was hit hardest in Microsoft’s recent layoffs? The answer might surprise you if you didn’t already know that AI writes up to 30% of their code these days.Did you know that turning diamond-encrusted, gold-encased fuel into plasma might be the secret to generating a whole pile of energy? Well, a laser-powered fusion experiment is doing just that - more than doubling its previous power output.And a local, personal AI continues to inch closer for Android users as Google gives app

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00:38:02

The Mind's Mischief: Why We Fall for What Isn't Real

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/05/15

(0:00) Open(0:37) The Lure of the Lie: Exploring Our Susceptibility to Falsehoods(2:53) Quantifying Bullshit: Pseudo-Profound Bullshit(6:28) Why Do People Still Believe in Falsehoods?(29:55) Fighting The Untruth(34:24) cj’s recommendation: ChatGPT Likes Me!(35:40) Jeff’s Recommendation: Poker FaceWhy do humans, with our big fancy brains, keep falling for obvious falsehoods? The short answer is because it’s comforting, convenient, and often way more fun than the truth.Thinking critically is hard

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00:22:04

HEADLINES: Europe lures American nerds, California...

Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker ·

2025/05/13

(0:00) Pre-Show(0:58) Open(1:47) cj's week: Smokin’ Beef!(2:43) Jeff's Week: Dodgers & Ecobees!(3:19) Headline: Europe launches program to lure scientists away from the US(8:50) Headline: California overtakes Japan as fourth largest global economy(11:34) Headline: Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico(15:49) Headline: Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century (20:11) Recommendation: The JFD Universal Print BufferEurope has been

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