<p>We follow up on some feedback about our theme songs, and theme songs in general, while taking on whether we use the Skip Intro button when we should be listening to TV theme songs.</p>
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   <p>End theme lyrics written and sung by Lex Friedman. 🐸</p>

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<description>We follow up on some feedback about our theme songs, and theme songs in general, while taking on whether we use the Skip Intro button when we should be listening to TV theme songs. &lt;p&gt;John Siracusa and Jason Snell.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We follow up on some feedback about our theme songs, and theme songs in general, while taking on whether we use the Skip Intro button when we should be listening to TV theme songs....

285: Theme Songs / Skip Intro

<p>It&#8217;s baseball&#8217;s Opening Day, so here&#8217;s our discussion of automated balls and strikes, also known as &#8220;Robot Umps,&#8221; how they relate to automated Hawk-Eye tennis calls, and why we won&#8217;t ever know how good human umpires could actually be.</p>
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       We May Never Find Out How Good Umpires Can Be
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<description>It’s baseball’s Opening Day, so here’s our discussion of automated balls and strikes, also known as “Robot Umps,” how they relate to automated Hawk-Eye tennis calls, and why we won’t ever know how good human umpires could actually be. &lt;p&gt;John Siracusa and Jason Snell.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

It’s baseball’s Opening Day, so here’s our discussion of automated balls and strikes, also known as “Robot Umps,” how they relate to automated Hawk-Eye tennis calls, and why we won’t ever know how good human umpires could actually be....

284: ⚾️ Robot Umps ⚾️

<p>Fresh out of the oven for Pi Day, here&#8217;s a discussion of who exactly thinks pizza is a pie.</p>
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<p>John Siracusa and Jason Snell</p>

 
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<description>Fresh out of the oven for Pi Day, here’s a discussion of who exactly thinks pizza is a pie. &lt;p&gt;John Siracusa and Jason Snell.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Fresh out of the oven for Pi Day, here’s a discussion of who exactly thinks pizza is a pie....

283: (Pizza) Pie

<p>Do you have to leave the airport or get out of the car to claim you&#8217;ve been somewhere? (And are you under oath?)</p>
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<description>Do you have to leave the airport or get out of the car to claim you’ve been somewhere? (And are you under oath?) &lt;p&gt;John Siracusa and Jason Snell.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Do you have to leave the airport or get out of the car to claim you’ve been somewhere? (And are you under oath?)...

282: Places You've Been

<p>Listener Kent is building actual killer robots.</p>
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<description>Listener Kent is building actual killer robots. &lt;p&gt;John Siracusa and Jason Snell.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Listener Kent is building actual killer robots....

281: Killer Robot

Jason Snell asks John Siracusa to rule on the meaning of various words and concepts. It’s not just about robots anymore.

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