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"It is a scientific fact that these macaques, like all other primates, including humans, are communicating. They communicate in much the same way we do - facial expressions, vocalizations, body postures, those kinds of things." - Jeff Kerr Jeff Kerr is PETA foundations Chief Legal Officer. I asked him to come on the show to talk about one of PETA’s current lawsuits against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Nathional Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). PETA is arguing that the monkeys being tested on in a government run facility are capable of communication (or “are communicating”). And that we have a constitutional right under the First Amendment to receive their communications. This could be a game changer in allowing us to see what’s really going on in labs that are funded by taxpayer money, and which have so far been censored from public view. PETA’s lawsuit follows years of NIH’s attempts to deny Freedom of Information requests banning PETA executives from its campus and illegally censoring animal advocates’ speech on NIH’s public social media pages. Through the lawsuit, PETA is seeking a live audio-visual feed to see and hear real-time communications from the macaques who have been kept isolated, used in fear experiments, and had posts cemented into their heads. Anthropologists and other scientists have studied macaque and other primate communications for decades and know that the monkeys communicate effectively and intentionally through lip smacking, fear grimaces, body language, and various cries and sounds—all of which constitute speech under the law. Primatologists can analyze that speech on a deeper level to share their stories with the world.…

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Mr. Irrelevant Podcast v2.0

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85 episodes

#Sports #Mr. Irrelevant Podcast v2.0

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🚨EMERGENCY POD TO DECIDE IF DEEBO SAMUEL MERITS AN EMERGENCY POD🚨 32:18

13 weeks ago32:18

32:18

Jamie and Matt get together ostensibly for an emergency podcast discussing the Commanders' trade for Deebo Samuel, but it quickly degenerates into a podcast debating whether or not the trade for Deebo Samuel is the kind of thing that warrants an emergency pod. (Also, Matt quite possibly calls him "Deebo Samuels" the whole way through because Matt is now officially 800 years old.) Also, please note that we had some technical difficulties with this one, so it cuts off a little more abruptly than usual. Hopefully that's the only problem.…

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2024 Commanders Season In Review, or Imagine Sisyphus Happy 1:04:24

17 weeks ago1:04:24

1:04:24

Well, that was different. After a 2024 Commanders season that stretched well into 2025, after the rookie QB became a bona-fide superstar and OROY, after all the miracle finishes and dramatic video packages, Jamie and Matt finally sit down and take stock of it all. Where does this rank in all-time Washington NFL seasons? What were the best moments? How much breathless Jayden Daniels praise can two guys pack into one brief episode? We find out all that and more. This is the one for everyone who have wondered if this podcast could ever not be dreary and cynical.…

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"Power" Ranking the "Top" 35 Washington Quarterbacks Since 1993 1:13:16

41 weeks ago1:13:16

1:13:16

Congratulations to Jayden Daniels for being named the starting quarterback for your 2024 Washington Commanders! Assuming he's not hit by a meteor in the next week or two, he will be the team's 36th starting QB since 1993, and simply by virtue of being able to walk and chew gum at the same time, he is probably already among the ten best of those players. We'll never know, though, because Jamie and Matt don't rank him. But they DO rank the other 35 guys, and boy, is it ever bleak. Join us, won't you, for a grim deathmarch through 31 years of quarterbacking futility!…

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The Commanders In Earnest 45:14

2 years ago45:14

45:14

By actual, honest-to-god request, Jamie and Matt are back to talk about the Washington football team formerly known as the Washington Football Team. There's a lot of chatter in this one about the actual team and what it means to have Dan Snyder gone and so on, but the highlight is definitely Matt having a brainfart that makes him look catastrophically dumb. If you like that sort of thing--and let's be honest, who doesn't!--this is the episode for you.…

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Viral Novelty Sports Media Apparel (and Commanders) Chat 35:09

3 years ago35:09

35:09

Jamie and Matt talk about the viral big hat, the viral Sean Taylor mannequin, the less-than-viral Commanders win over the Falcons, and the usual assortment of other stuff. It's a much more fun episode than I'm making it sound. I'm sorry.

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Moxie! 42:02

3 years ago42:02

42:02

Jamie and Matt talk about Taylor Heinicke's moxie at exhaustive length. Truly, you have never heard the word "moxie" used so many times in a non-ironic (or at least semi-non-ironic) way. Moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie moxie. Then they talk about some TV and music and other stuff, but not very long and not with any spoilers. Moxie!…

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Extended Griping About Scott Turner 32:56

3 years ago32:56

32:56

With the news we've all been waiting for hovering out there, Matt and Jamie reconvene despite promising not to, and then the conversation mainly consists of Matt complaining about Scott Turner. It'll probably be really good if you like that sort of thing.

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Mid-Season Check-In, AKA We Are Unable To Keep A Weekly Schedule 51:14

3 years ago51:14

51:14

Jamie and Matt use the last-second win over the hapless Colts as a springboard for catching up on the hapless Commanders' season so far. This time around, Jamie is the bright side and Matt is hammering one frustrated point repeatedly. Around 36:50 or so, talk turns to House Of The Dragon, Andor, Werewolf By Night, and dadrock concerts. No spoilers for anything besides the Smashing Pumpkins' truly dreadful setlist. See you again at some point in the future that is undefined except that it will NOT be next week, win or lose.…

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The Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022 TV Series) of Football Games 46:13

3 years ago46:13

46:13

Jamie and Matt start off by discussing the Commanders' loss to the Lions for awhile--the positive signs, the causes for concern, the abject lack of defense--and wind up talking for a surprisingly long time about a traditional North Carolina pig pickin. In the end, there's some brief conversation about the upcoming Andor series, culminating in an explanation of why yesterday's game was almost exactly identical to the Disney+ Obi-Wan series. So pretty much the usual, then.…

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Building The 'Derwagon 39:01

3 years ago39:01

39:01

Jamie and Matt are a little punchy from seeing a Washington football team look alive and playmaker-y on offense (and also totally devoid of linebackers on defense). There's some light spoiler-free House of the Dragon discussion in the middle but mostly it's all football. This might be the high point of the season, so enjoy it while it's here.…

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The Most 7-10 Organization In Human History 55:11

3 years ago55:11

55:11

By popular demand (only eight of you asked us to please not do this!), Jamie and Matt return to talk about the Washington Commanders heading into Week 1 of the 2022 season. Is there ANYTHING to be hopeful about? Can the most 7-10 organization in the world manage to exceed that win total? One of us thinks so! Also, toward the end of the episode we discuss a bunch of TV and movie stuff (without spoilers) and then Jamie makes fun of emo for awhile. The Mr. I Pod is BACK, baby!…

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Anything Happen In The Last Four Months? 57:40

3 years ago57:40

57:40

Jamie and Matt try to catch up on four months that included a name change, a new quarterback, multiple congressional investigations, a pre-draft process, a draft, post-draft evaluations, 40 hours of Marvel content, and six to ten top-notch TV/streaming programs. Mainly they talk about the draft and the team name before trying to do an overview of the pop culture stuff. There are no major spoilers I can think of in that part. It's all kind of a ramble but let's be honest: you're probably not here for hard-hitting analysis.…

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Locker Clean-Out Day 2022 51:03

3 years ago51:03

51:03

This episode actually has nothing to do with the actual locker clean-out day, so if anything interesting came out of the exit interviews don't expect to hear about it here. The title is more of a metaphor, as Jamie and Matt discuss the last few games of the season, their hope for the team going forward (minimal!); their thoughts on the new name, which will probably be Commanders (meh!); their ideas for how to succeed in spite of Daniel Snyder (¯\(ツ)/¯); and their general analysis of the current squad. From a non-football standpoint, they discuss Yellowjackets (which appears to be on an assortment of streaming services, including but possibly not limited to Showtime, Hulu Premium, Pluto TV, something called Spectrum TV, or The Roku Channel), Station Eleven (HBO Max), and a little bit about if Disney+'s Book of Boba Fett is boring (yes).…

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Hindsight Is Justin Herbert and Micah Parsons 47:13

3 years ago47:13

47:13

In their second episode since shedding the canned intro music, Jamie and Matt discuss the WFT's debacle of a loss against Dallas, a game they lost by seven and never led and probably should've lost by 40. They touch on what went wrong (everything), what comes next (nothing good, probably), and spend several agonizing minutes talking about how much more impactful than Chase Young Micah Parsons appears to be (very). They close by very briefly touching on Succession and Hawkeye but don't really say much about either and if we didn't mention them here you probably wouldn't even notice that part of the episode happening.…

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A Karmic Do-Over For Kirk Cousins? 53:34

3 years ago53:34