Hyperfixed

Phoebe is in search of a video game from her past that had an outsized impact on her, and she needs our help. Please become a premium member! We can't exist without your support! https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] LINKS: Books by Phoebe Wahl [https://phoebewahl.shop/collections/all-books] Clay Routledge [https://www.clayroutledge.com/] McGee [https://archive.org/details/msdos_McGee_1990] Katie’s Farm (McGee 2) [https://archive.org/details/msdos_Katies_Farm_1990] McGee at the Fun Fair (McGee 3) [https://archive.org/details/msdos_McGee_at_the_Fun_fair_1991] Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

This week, listener Manon asks why are there so many songs on streaming services featuring her brothers name - Ethan. And why are they all about poop? Please become a premium member! We can't exist without your support! https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] LINKS: Get a custom song by Matt Farley: https://moternmedia.com/custom-songs [https://moternmedia.com/custom-songs] Listen to A Song About Ethan [https://open.spotify.com/album/3xetPo4dA1aC5UMEux23ql?si=twnkpjJpTsO1Mar04iXEDw&nd=1&dlsi=2d8db116a3f64659] on Spotify Benn Jordan’s Using AI to Detect AI Music [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVXfcIb3OKo] Poopz’s Ethan Stop Pooping Your Pants or Move to France [https://open.spotify.com/track/4f1v7ACYQ5GWIFans8Sl3I] The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke, and Pee’s The Ethan Poop Song [https://open.spotify.com/track/799xI4raxwcp4KILKuCrPa] Reckless Otter’s Ethan Poop Fart Funny Song [https://open.spotify.com/track/4hGSLQOp57UZuFsuiuVhK8] Super Poop’s Ethan Smells Like a Llama (Super Poop) [https://music.apple.com/gb/song/ethan-smells-like-a-llama-ethan-poop/1813053817] Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Robin has a very simple question: No one likes Red Delicious apples. Why are they unavoidable? Please vote for us in the Signal awards! Vote for Best New Podcast [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/shows/genre/best-new-podcast] Vote for Best Live Podcast Recording [https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting?utm_campaign=signal4_finalists_finalistnotification_092325&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio#/2025/individual-episodes/craft/best-live-podcast-recording] Please think about becoming a premium Hyperfixed Member: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] LINKS: David Karp on KCRW's Good Food Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNQ606mB8I7/] Matthijs Welle's Apple Post on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matthijswelle_do-you-ever-wonder-why-hotels-always-have-activity-7307425666356957184-aLKQ/] Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

This week, Alex is a guest on another podcast that solves a problem for him.  Episode description: Alex used to host a huge podcast (Reply All). He now makes a new independent show called Hyperfixed. He loves making it. Only problem is, Alex now has to ask for money all the time to survive, which he hates doing. From the episode:  * Listen to Yowei's podcast, Proxy [https://www.proxypodcast.com/]! * Subscribe to Yowei's Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/ProxyPodcast] * Become a premium Hyperfixed Member [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] * Learn more about Haley Bash and Donor Organizer Hub [https://www.donororganizerhub.org/https://www.donororganizerhub.org/], a support network for people who fundraise for under-resourced causes * The Accidental Fundraiser [https://firestorm.coop/products/23516-the-accidental-fundraiser.html], Haley's step-by-step guide to raising money for your cause * Alex's post about the state of Hyperfixed [https://cooldudezone.substack.com/p/hyperfixed-earnings-report-may-2025] (posted May 2025) Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

This week, Mitchell finds out he's missing something almost everyone else has, and he wants to know -- who would I be if I had it? This show is made possible by your support so please consider joining up as a Hyperfixed premium member! https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] * Adam Zeman's book, The Shape of Things Unseen [https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/shape-of-things-unseen-9781526609779/] * Sussex University Aphantasia Research Sign-up Form [https://www.syntoolkit.org/imagery-lab-survey] * Future Minds Lab [https://www.futuremindslab.com/] * Radiolab's Aphantasia piece [http://radiolab.org/podcast/aphantasia] Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]