Stone Ape Podcast

Heron might be able to touch-type soon. Tom talks about strange excuses for murder. They talk about Dear Zachary. They discuss OJ in LA. Tom has a confession for Heron and likes the sympathy of listeners. Tom has pushed aside the previous radical of a social group. Tom deconstructs the systematizers and WWDC. Tom reflects on meeting one of his seminal mentors. The pushing of air can be powerful. What about those digital books? Tom talks about popular music in terms of levels of musicians. They discuss touring for musicians. Heron points out a tipping point. Tom thinks reading is very dangerous. [Editorial note: the sequel will be out sometime up to 2020.] Tom outlines some of the folks he will be meeting.

Heron has been pondering his health. Heron wonders about spam. Tom identifies coal mining porn. Tom recommends 'Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father' as the worst documentary of all time. Tom is going to Hell and talks about productivity. They discuss a missed participant. Tom tries to talk about gardening. Heron wants to talk about his rustling. Tom wonders about litter and finding a word. They discuss the ratios of vocabulary and tertiary education. Tom thinks classical music is dying at an exponential rate.

They spend a minute talking about record stores and news agents. Tom explores Heron's broader audience of clown sushi fetishists. They share a battery problem story. Tom raises if organized religion can ever be inoffensive. Tom has changed his gardening practices. Tom recommends the Intelligence Unclassified podcast. Bill Clinton reminds us what war criminals sound like. Brace yourself for the latest San Jose update. Music has been copyrighted. The Gorilla of Code may fall flat. Heron is a Skype jinx. Tom explains Bolinas. They discuss vlogging and twenty years of Noble Ape. They conclude with taxes.

Heron has been having problems with Skype. Heron isn't doing this for you. Heron has found a potential investor but Tom remains skeptical. Tom has been investigating how to do this music thing. Tom is postponing the trip to the UK but built a greenhouse to improve his circumstances. Tom has been reflecting on aging and time [Editorial Note: Robert Mitchum Goof Butts for those in relationships, NSFW]. Tom laments the lack of high culture music that isn't entrenched with propaganda. They stop for a cat/wine break. Tom returns to music and genetic-based health analysis. They discuss Ted Cruz's love of brunettes and prostitutes. Tom gives a short restaurant review.

Tom has woken in an alternative universe for a single issue at least. Heron hasn't collected the check from the most money he has made on Gendo in the past fifteen years. Tom ponders the genetic origins in the pattern of the narrative form with a long wander narrative about a cat thrown in. They discuss shepherding, turbulence and taxes. Tom offers the meeting of the deceased minds. Dissecting listeners along their reading interests takes a number of turns. Tom raises the Aquatic Ape and the Stoned Ape hypotheses. Tom's brain has changed a little bit but the mind is still not going anywhere. Tom tries valiantly to explain a concept about gestalt learning versus team learning. They touch on considered speaking and then there was a crash. They return to listener feedback. Tom raises Heron's journals and owning digital media.

Heron thinks we all fit on spectrums. Tom turns the conversation to post-politics. Heron keeps one light bulb around for one purpose. They discuss the impact of pedophiles. Tom has been exploring audio options and accents. What happened to Heron's YouTube experiment? Tom is enjoying working on the Mushroom Boy.

[Editorial note: This recording was full of technical difficulties that have been removed - hopefully it won't sound too choppy.] Tom asks about Heron's new use of Google Hangouts. Briefly Tom explains a listener's predicament then back to the Hangouts discussion. Tom talks about another listener's podcast. They discuss Tom loosing his memory and being stood up. Tom wants more information about the post-Stone universe. Heron derails a basic discussion of authoritarianism, then talks sumo and TV-less-ness. Tom talks about Australian music of the 1980s and 1990s. Heron isn't showing his keyboard. The recording ends prematurely due to technical difficulties.

Heron gives a movie recommendation. Tom provides some feedback on previous Heron recommendations. Heron recommends a nemesis of Tom's and they agree about artificial life. Tom tackles the blue elephant in the room. What about trusting people?

Heron is exploring a new direction. Tom talks about a repressed memory. They continue to explore Heron's new direction. Heron finds Tom's response strange. Tom offers a topic of a random listener in Australia. CSB provides some great material with the Freedom Girls. Tom talks about the community meeting. Tom's laptop is a difficult friend. The pie plate is back! They explore Heron's new career some more. This episode had to conclude with a theme from our favorite pre-butterfly candidate. Brace yourself.

Heron has questions about data and the Internet Archive. Heron gives a hypothesis associated with sexuality: Tom disagrees. Tom returns to a topic from last week and talks about learning Arabic from an iOS app. Tom is done with being jaded. Heron asks Tom why he bothers. Tom describes a neighborhood wasp attack. They rap on creating a community. Tom reflects on mind over matter. Heron explains his camping plans. Tom proposes a Youtube format for Heron and returns to Bob Dylan. Heron brings up records as nonsense to him (once again). Heron sets Tom a test.

Tom tried to get Heron a signed book. Heron has been reflecting on his former love of coke (as in the cola). Tom finds a belated birthday gift. They explore people who don't use technology and look at different aspects of the medical profession.

[Editorial Note: No summary intro to get the show out on Christmas Day.] Heron has some film recommendations. Tom raises the internet has changed choices for young people. Heron gets cheesy. They both recommend the Incredible String Band. They discuss both Hof(f)mans. Tom introduces the Guerrilla of Code. They explore migraines. Tom deconstructs #stonersloth. Heron's gift is an ongoing topic. Tom wanders into the Stone Ape t-shirt and creating non-profits. Heron talks about his desert trip. Tom talks about joining the Salon forum.

They start with questions from CSB. Tom decides to tackle CSB's question about creating art first. They dig into creating music and what has changed. Does a relationship kill productivity? They explore the second CSB question about health care in the US (or at least Tom frames it that way). Heron wants to start adding sound effects. Tom explores a particularly curious narrative and how he has relaxed over the past week. Tom discusses the film, Spotlight, and wedding politics. Tom concludes the recording Gendo-style with some rap music he did find while in Malaysia 'Chopped and Screwed' so it is remotely intelligible.

Hacking into Heron identifies the changes in scab technology. Tom has been pondering wonder and using the iPad Pro. The neighborhood is starting to get to Tom. They explore some extended theories about the Google bus and utopia. Cue the wine glass discussion as Tom wants to explore what gifts not to get Heron. What about holidays? Manson is always under the surface. Tom explores the music machine. They review online communities. Tom dissects what wonder actually means and takes a meandering conversation through how wonder may not be possible to manufacture. Tom revisits a topic that was unusable previously. They are somewhat divided on listener contributions to the Stone Ape Facebook page.

Tom proposes a slight format change. They discuss a listener question associated with escaping the caterpillar. Tom offers some listener correspondence. Tom starts with the broad topic for the evening associated with the future. There is a digression into copyright and King Crimson. Heron digresses into his upcoming surgery and projects. Tom outlines the reliance on others. They explore what they get out of Facebook. Heron kicks off a discussion on wine glasses. Tom explains how he saved himself from organized crime this week. Tom talks about a listener video on YouTube and interactions with law enforcement. Do not mess with elderly Australian women.

Heron has been reading Autobiography of a Yogi and has some thoughts about it. Heron outlines Gendo for new listeners and Tom gives some deconstructions. Tom takes a little diversion through WWII military items into the listener question. What is the morality of change? Tom provides tips on recreating Vietnam in your backyard. They rap about forgotten nuances.

Heron wants to whine about life. Tom has been rescuing kittens and thinking about Chilean listeners. Tom talks about principles in podcasting and KickStarter. How about distinctions in various communities? Is the future a fabrication? Tom breaks down how open source saved the US tech economy. It's a complex thing blood.

Heron has changed his mobile and had a chunk of his face removed. Zombified Tom wanders through time management. They explore what's to hate about people in particular us in our past. Tom tries a take through some technology. Tom is disgusted with the new Playboy but the Target hack is spot on. Tom gives a not bombing Syria and San Jose update. Tom puts in a plug for the Astoria Railroad Preservation Association and does his patented Bernie Sanders impersonation. Logic Pro provides Tom something more. Heron appeals for listener contact. Heron's condition concludes the recording.

Heron broke 170 pounds. Tom reflects on an interview and the political establishment of San Jose. Tom kicks off a topic on false memories. How do you move to the unknown? Tom had a re-awakening through a single mouse click.

Heron had a day of funk. They cast their minds back to 1935. Tom's community has been taking time. Heron had to pledge his elegance. RIP Wiccat. Harold and Maude provides some insight into Tom's childhood. Arson science and the weather are very similar. Van living narrative has captivated Tom. Are atheists Heron's people? Tom delves into Heron's prior lives with a brief interlude on the Republican debate, Mr. Bean and Vietnam.