Between The States

Are AI and piracy about to change gaming forever? Is streaming becoming more expensive than cable? And what really happened to John McAfee? This week on Between the States, Dan, Jared, and Noel dive into the weird intersection of technology, conspiracy theories, money, and everyday disasters. From claims about AI-powered video game decompilation and PS5 games running on PC to Disney+ price increases and the return of digital piracy, the guys debate whether technology is making life better or ...

What if reincarnation is real, robots are secretly judging us, and the only thing separating humanity from the apocalypse is a Snickers bar? This week on Between the States, Dan, Noel, and Jared welcome back returning guest Nick for another completely unhinged conversation that starts with cardboard sculptures and RC cars before spiraling into secret second families, horror movies, artificial intelligence, reincarnation, psychedelic hallucinations, and the possibility that reality itself is o...

The garage is back in session, and this week the conversation goes completely off the rails. Dan, Noel, and Jared catch up on expensive home improvements, squirrel-proof bird feeders, broken cars, Helldivers, and Dan’s dangerously addictive attempt at building his own idle game. From there, the guys dive into Swimply, backyard stock-tank pools, Apple Vision Pro, increasingly ridiculous school pickup lines, abandoned schools turned into dream homes, and the absolute terror of a smoke detector ...

Why do Americans measure everything in football fields, school buses, blue whales, and Olympic-sized swimming pools instead of just using actual units of measurement? This week on Between the States, we dive into the weirdest ways people describe size, distance, weight, and volume, and attempt to make all of them even more useful by converting them into the internet’s greatest unit of measurement: bananas for scale. How many bananas long is a school bus? How many bananas tall is the Empire St...

Season 4 of Between the States is here, and the guys are kicking things off from their glamorous new location: a cramped garage that may or may not look suspiciously like a basement. Dan, Noel, and Jared catch up on everything from Connecticut flooding, broken lawnmowers, lawn envy, school pickup lines, Facebook Marketplace, and the bizarre idea of renting a stranger’s swimming pool through Swimply. Then things take a technological turn when Dan tries the Apple Vision Pro, leading to a discus...