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124 – Top 5 Festive Characters You’d Want to Party with on Christmas

The lights around the tree are not the only thing getting lit this Christmas!

Merry Christmas all you cotton headed ninny muggins because it’s time for our annual Ranked Christmas/Holiday Special! This time we wanted to end yet another weird year around the sun with a night we’ll never forget. That’s right! What better way to put a close to 2021 then to throw the biggest (fictional) party with all our favourite Christmas characters! So join Tuong and Ef Interns Justin Otto & Cassie Pyatt (Love Is…), and Amanda Pereira (The Liquid Courage Podcast) as they throw the biggest holiday rager while ranking Top 5 Festive Characters You’d Want to Party with on Christmas.

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EP54 – Humanit-E

With Sal still reeling from the news of his upcoming Tribunal review he hastily gets a guest for the show. Angus, wanting to help his friend relax, agrees to sit down with the Robot Hero Vigilant-E (Rich Hillborn). Together the guys learn a little bit about what it is to be human.

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DD40 – The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)

There’s no time like the end of the year to discover a new groove! The Emperor’s New Groove is Disney animated slapstick at its best, and the Dummies are following along on a truly wacky mission to save Pacha’s home from the selfish King/llama Kuzco, and stop the evil Yzma and her right-hand himbo, Kronk, from doing MURDER (gasp!!). Groove along with us, if you dare!

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E10: Capturing Carbon with Coffee Waste with Alivia Mukherjee

People around the world drink a LOT of coffee and all those grounds go somewhere, often into our garbage dumps. What if we could use it for something other than compost? Our guest Alivia Mukherjee is studying a way to sequester carbon dioxide using coffee grounds to help mitigate climate change. Vinny and Katie talk about Spirit Bears and drilling holes on Mars.

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Ep 100 – 100th Episode Spectacular Bonanza

We made it to 100!

We did it everyone! Talkin’ Tuong has officially hit a big ol’ milestone today with the release of episode 100! Join the titular Tuong from Talkin’ Tuong as he reminisces about the history of this very special show while looking ahead to the future. Also if you have never listened to an episode of TT, there has never been a better time! With relentless stupidity and determination, Tuong decided to celebrate today’s occasion by giving a micro-review of EVERY SINGLE movie, game, show, etc. he’s ever talked about on this show all the way back starting from episode 1. Will this be an episode you want to miss? No. Will this be entertaining for you as a listener? Maybe. Will Tuong have fun anyways recording this thing even if talking to yourself for a long stretch of time makes you go a little crazy? Absolutely. So sit back and enjoy Tuong ramble on and on with Talkin’ Tuong’s 100th Episode Spectacular Bonanza!

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Season 2, Episode 2 – Destiny

Featuring Marc Hallworth (SiriusXM, Vest of Friends Podcast), Rachel Manson (What We Do In The Shadows, NOW Toronto), and Zoe Towne (EP Mint & Roses, Ouija Shark). This week, the panel discusses which Pokémon look like genitalia, competes to invent the best McDonald’s-themed innuendo, and gets to enjoy another of Garfield’s manliest adventures.

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123 – Top 5 Fish

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming!

Humans have discovered some pretty amazing creatures in history but some of the most amazing ones come from those vast and varying bodies of water that span our Earth. While there are over 30,000 species of fish known to us, we have only scratched the surface of what’s out there in the darker depths of that great big blue. So forget aliens! There’s a whole bunch of interesting and weird fish species that inhabit the Earth that also feel out of this world! So join Tuong and Fishy Freaks Simone Dorie, Braeden Etienne, and Hayley Kellett as they plunder the ocean and swim their way to ranking a Top 5 Fish list!

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E09: Repairing Nerves Using Spider Silk with Lizzie Baker

Bioengineering is the field of using and modifying natural processes to produce new materials. This week’s guest, Lizzie Baker, bioengineered a new kind of spider silk to promote the growth of nerves and treat spinal cord injuries. Vinny and Katie share facts about space clocks and hybrid animals.

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EP53 – Wine and Wives Night

Angus and Sal unwind on their wine and wives night. Angus has had a rough first few days as a S.H.A.R.T. field agent while Sal has had to adjust to working alone again.

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DD39 – Dinosaur (2000)

After decades of audiences clamouring for a feature-film crossover between dinosaurs and lemurs, Disney finally delivered with Dinosaur, a movie starring a cast of colourful characters who love a long walk! Follow Aladar, Neera, and the Dummies as they traverse barren land to the mystical nesting ground – and maybe learn a lesson or two about friendship along the way.

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