By Recommendation

Episode 16 - Juggling (feat. Hatsune Miku)

Do you enjoy aliens in drag? How about the perils of translating English into Japanese hiragana? Do you ever start out saying something as a joke, only for it to entirely change your brain chemistry? If you answered yes to any of these, enroll in a grad program, or listen to this episode of the By Recommendation podcast! This week's recommendation: Listen to (and/or watch) The Ballad of Jane Doe (https://open.spotify.com/track/49qujGctHLuEXF35sWwG2c?si=40a0b98608714282 and/or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qUQ-YSW6Do) Twitter: @byrecpod Email: byrecommendationpodcast@gmail.com *** Elevator music provided courtesy of Bensound License code: OITGXNNWFUPMR1PO

Episode 15 - The Lumps Got Me Worried (the Japan Episode)

Do you enjoy getting rowdy at the barbarian ren faire? How about standing in the rain while little Japanese deer bite your legs? Do you ever realize you have free will and somehow still choose going through TSA over laying on the beach in Honolulu? If you answered yes to any of these, get outta your mind, or listen to this episode of the By Recommendation podcast! This week's recommendation: Learn to juggle! Twitter: @byrecpod Email: byrecommendationpodcast@gmail.com

Episode 14 - Trenchgoat (Takk, Рахмат)

Do you enjoy eating handfuls of dry dog food? How about lauding the many uses of the humble yardstick? Do you ever forget taking high school biology with your podcast cohost, but remember trying to create a Prince Rupert's drop? If you answered yes to any of these, reflect on the simple joys of life, or listen to this episode of the By Recommendation podcast! This week's recommendation: Send a handwritten letter to someone you've never sent a letter to before! Twitter: @byrecpod Email: byrecommendationpodcast@gmail.com

Episode 13 - Ice Merchants

Do you enjoy emo boys and orphans? How about killing Tyranids with your Space Marine brothers? Do you ever remember an old commercial jingle and have no choice but to edit it into your podcast? If you answered yes to any of these, remember to take your Adderall, or listen to this episode of the By Recommendation podcast! This week's recommendation: Learn how to say "thank you" and "you're welcome" in an obscure language! Twitter: @byrecpod Email: byrecommendationpodcast@gmail.com

Episode 12 - Phone a Friend

Do you enjoy talking to robots about your stolen identity? How about fighting to the death over lentil chili? Do you ever dream of sending rude customers to the gulag? If you answered yes to any of these, try to escape the dystopian realm you live in, or listen to this episode of the By Recommendation podcast! This week's recommendation: Watch "Ice Merchants" by Joao Gonzalez - https://youtu.be/VUDXQUUKNEY?feature=shared Twitter: @byrecpod Email: byrecommendationpodcast@gmail.com Get your identity back: identitytheft.gov