Profoundly Pointless

Death Diving (Døds) is a mix of danger and style. Like Cliff Jumping mixed with Professional Wrestling. The sport is soaring in popularity worldwide and Asbjørg Nesje and Jonny Nyberg are two of the best. We talk Death Diving (Døds) basics, overcoming your fear and why getting hurt is part of the game. Then, we countdown the Top 5 Best Looking Foods Asbjørg Nesje and Jonny Nyberg: 01:12 Pointless: 30:38 Top 5: 47:55 Contact the Show Asbjorg Nesje YouTube Asbjorg Nesje Instagram Jonny Nyberg (Jonny Goes Hard) TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As an NFL Scout and Director of the Scouting Academy, Dan Hatman’s job is to predict the future. He’s got to sift through hours of game tape and talk to everyone from coaches to cafeteria cooks to find out which football players are hope and which are hype. We talk the NFL Draft, why scouts get it wrong and the best way to tell if a player is going to be good. Then, it’s commas and periods vs. exclamation points and parenthesis and we countdown the Top 5 Types of Punctuation. Dan Hatman: 01:22 Pointless: 40:47 Top 5: 1:00:41 Contact the Show The Scouting Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NFL Draft is fast approaching and NFL Agent Evan Brennan is fielding hundreds of phone calls a day, all in the hopes of moving his clients just a few spots up in the draft. Go inside the life of an NFL Agent as we talk cloak and dagger contracts, shady recruiting tactics and the business of the NFL. Then, we countdown the Top 5 Sports Video Games. Evan Brennan: 01:36 Pointless: 35:22 Top 5: 56:09 Contact the Show Evan Brennan Instagram Evan Brennan Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eclipse Astronomer Dr. Benjamin Boe has spent the last decade studying eclipses all over the world. He says the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, will be incredibly special. We talk the rarity of solar eclipses, what science has learned because of eclipses and why one day, we won’t have them anymore. Then, we unveil a new Candle of the Month and countdown the Top 5 Scariest Things About Space. Dr. Benjamin Boe: 01:30 Pointless: 31:19 Candle of the Month: 53:39 Top 5 Scary Space Things: 57:13 50% of Factor Discount Code: pointless50 Contact the Show Dr. Benjamin Boe Social Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There have been five Mass Extinctions in Earth’s history and right now, we might be in the middle of a sixth. Paleontologist Dr. Michael Benton studies Mass Extinction events. We talk the history of mass extinctions, what causes mass extinction and if humans will survive the next one. Then, we countdown a special “touchy” Top 5. Dr. Michael Benton: 01:24 Pointless: 35:40 Top 5: 55:28 Contact the Show Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices