

Welcome to
Commute – The Podcast
The average commute can last 20 to 30 minutes, or more! Why not spend your time in the car (or mowing the lawn, or shopping for groceries, or…) learning about things that will fuel your imagination, spark conversations and make you the smartest person in the room?

Ep. 66
The origin of the word Bluetooth | Heads I win – Tails I win. The gambling secrets of Mattress Mack. | Yasuke, the unlikely samurai
Wouldn’t it be great if you could gamble and never lose? Houston furniture mogul Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale may have figured it out.
In 1579, a mysterious man from Africa arrived in Japan and lived quietly and anonymously, but by the end of his time there he would become a legend.

Ep. 65
Video game movies are usually awful. Why? | The Salem Witch Trials revisited | The famous chef who had it all – including a secret
In the late 1600s, the town of Salem, Massachusetts, dissolved into total hysteria and violence during the infamous Salem Witch Trials. But what caused the panic in the first place?
Acclaimed chef David Ruggerio had it all – published cookbooks, a show on the Food Network…and a sinister secret.

Ep. 64
Inflation comes for the Tooth Fairy | The best kind of blacklist | Joey Chestnut is the G.O.A.T.
We’ve heard of someone or something being blacklisted, right? An action has happened that brings with it a level of distrust and rejection. In 2005 a new type of blacklisting began, but this blacklist often ends with an award-winning green light.
Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. Tom Brady… and Joey Chestnut?

Ep. 63
Thank you for NOT smoking | Big Foot lives | Why do we sleep?
The Patterson-Gimlin film has been the definitive Big Foot documentation since 1967. It didn’t take long, though, for the two men to disagree on just what they saw. (+ Dave has a plan for he and Jay to join a Big Foot expedition.)
For 7-8 hours per night we do nothing … or do we? What happens while we sleep, and is lack of sleep really more dangerous than terrorism?!