36: Happiest Podcast On Earth

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS 

Zippadeedoodah! Our mind-blowing offbeat Disney episode: the tale behind early Lucas/Disney collaboration, the secret psychology of waiting in lines in Disney parks, Disney song quiz, Walt Disney's lesser-known roots, Michael Jackson, and.... A REAL-LIFE VIDEOGAME ISLAND?!

ALSO: Album art music challenge, CSI: GJB!

RUNTIME: 47 minutes 11 seconds

Featured Interlude Music:

"I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" by Cat and a Bird  Amazon | iTunes 

Ep 35: I WANT CANDY

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS 

Let's get hopped up on sugar GUYS, GALS, & GILA MONSTERS. Controversy! Intrigue! Hot molten explosions in your face! We dive into the weird world of candy just in time for Halloween. Serving the sweet scoop on Cadbury Creme Eggs, Tootsie Roll Pops, Gobstoppers, and more. "Wonka? Or Urban Dictionary?," and candy name quiz

ALSO: a very special comics quiz formulated for extra awesomeness and gamma radiation

RUNTIME: 47 minutes 43 seconds

Featured Interlude Music:

"Change Clothes" by Jay-Z  Amazon | iTunes 

"Candy Shop" by Andrew Bird  Amazon | iTunes 

"Pure Imagination/Candy Man" by Harry Connick Jr.  Amazon | iTunes 

"Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz  Amazon | iTunes

Oh hey! We're in the running for Best Games & Hobby and Best Art in the 2012 Stitcher Awards. Don't forget - you can vote everyday until 11/5. Head on over to http://stitcher.com/stitcherawards  

Ep 34: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #7

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS 

Get out your sandpaper because this one's for the quiz buffs! So many individual quiz segments. Karen rounded up her favorite film scores for a special Music quiz, Chris grills us on burgers, Colin's got travel on the mind, and Dana describes dancing diddies.

ALSO: the best punctuation mark, license plates, brain anagram puzzles

RUNTIME: 39 minutes 18 seconds

Featured Interlude Music:

"Hit the Road, Jack" by Ray Charles  Amazon | iTunes 

"D.A.N.C.E." by Justice  Amazon | iTunes 

Ep 33: Have You Seen My Stapler?

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS 

Let's spend a day at the office! We find out how the modern office cubicle came into being, the shockingly old history behind the vending machine, office movie trivia, coffee breaks, and the not-so-nice origin of the Scotch tape.

ALSO: secrets to identifying major African nations, science quiz, the world's fastest clown, and a very special listener challenge!

RUNTIME: 46 minutes 14 seconds

Featured Interlude Music:

"Leggy Blonde" by Flight of the Conchords  Amazon | iTunes 

Ep 32: Ugh, It's Just a Fad

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS 

Still remember how to do the Macarena? We reminisce and discuss the origins of Pogs, singing raisins, ridiculous trend diets, Sanrio, and Hello Kitty. If you think modern fads are nuts, we also talk about the ridiculous crazes from the old-timey days like collecting limes, portable marionettes, and the first 3D movie mania. 

ALSO: Bizarre headlines, the stellar conclusion to our Carmin San Mateo adventure, Music Round

RUNTIME: 47 minutes 2 seconds

Featured Interlude Music:

 "My Baby's Just Like Money" by Merle Haggard  Amazon | iTunes 

"The Popular Thing" by Jukebox The Ghost  Amazon | iTunes 

"Carmin San Mateo" (Parody) by Chris Koher  MP3 | SoundCloud 

Podcast Awards: Nominate Us!

Do you enjoy all the weird facts and trivia we've been gabbing about this year? Then spread the love by nominating us for this year's Podcast Awards. THE WORLD MUST KNOW ABOUT GIRAFFE MATING RITUALS, SNARGE, AND WHAT A JERK THAT THOMAS EDISON REALLY WAS!

Nominate us for BEST EDUCATION PODCAST, and if we enrich your life that much - PEOPLE'S CHOICE as well!

Go to the Podcast Awards nomination page and fill in the following information like this:

(velociraptor in smarty glasses not included)

Thanks again, nifty and nimble, never nebulous, nice nominators!

Ep 31: Color Me Bad!

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS  

Roses are red / violets are blue / we can't talk about color / without mentioning poo.

We dive into the world of color: weird color names, chameleons, the legitimacy of purple, cheddar cheese vs. flamingos, color character name quiz, Crayola crayon controversy, heterochromia, and why we'd want to take Monet to a rave party.

ALSO: Animal collective nouns, Wine quiz

RUNTIME: 47 minutes 29 seconds

Featured interlude music:

"Orange Colored Sky" by Nat King Cole  Amazon | iTunes 

"I Ran (So Far Away)" by Flock of Seagulls  Amazon | iTunes 

"Yellow Submarine" (Cover) by Vitamin String Quartet  Amazon | iTunes 

Ep 30: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #6

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS 

SWEAT. Flex those Adonis mental muscles because it's another All Quiz Bonanza! Video game trivia, "Belgium or Not Belgium?," Tarantino flicks, famous scientist anagrams, name that X-Men power, rockstar alter egos, and movie trivia GALORE. This episode is dedicated to our superfriend and superlistener Fred G who's our top Kickstarter backer! 

RUNTIME: 47 minutes 2 seconds

Featured interlude music:

"Ziggy Stardust" (Cover) by Seu Jorge  Amazon | iTunes 

"Stuck in the Middle with You" by Stealers Wheel  Amazon | iTunes 

"Tetris Theme (Korobeiniki)" by London Philharmonic Orchestra  Amazon | iTunes 

Ep 29: Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

DIRECT DOWNLOAD  /  ITUNES  /  RSS 

Prepare for the inevitable robot uprising by learning about...well, robots! Eymology, first appearances in pop culture, hanging out in the uncanny valley, historical Japanese tea-serving automatons and French duck robots. Inspiration behind C3PO & R2D2, TV + Movie Robot quiz, and of course, our own robot E.L.V.I.S. is back!

ALSO: Brainiacs Book Club, *VERY AWESOME* music round, ...listener challenge...?

RUNTIME: 46 minutes 27 seconds

Featured interlude music:

"Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton  Amazon | iTunes 

"Astro Boy Theme" from Astro Boy  Amazon | iTunes 

How About Dem Apples?

Apple announced the new iPod nano this week, and on their official site, this kind of happened:

Out of the oodles of awesome podcasts out there, Apple chose to feature Good Job, Brain! on their official promos! WHAT?!?!?!? We really had absolutely no idea this was going to happen and our inbox, FB, and Twitter all exploded with fans and listeners telling us about this awesomeness.

CRAZY + AWESOME = CRAZOME

Ya know, it's amazing. So humbling. Thanks, Apple. And of course, thank to all of our listeners and fans for letting us fill their ears with facts about giraffe pee and stories behind old-timey bikes.