Aug 28, 2026 · 57 min · 13 segments
This week we go through the five most unhinged patents ever filed. We also invent our own! Plus: are we slowly googling ourselves to death, the conspiracy about data centres and where all the water…
Son.com looked tiny, by the way.
What's that like?
He's here.
He's good.
It's weird, right?
It's
his laugh throughout the ages.
Oh, laugh throughout the ages.
And they're going to have to turn it off because it's got the Alton Towers music in the background.
Yeah, I've seen that bit.
You're talking about the magazine.
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Sorry.
I'm terrible at this.
It's fine.
Just
keep the levels on.
Yeah, just keep
the levels.
You're all right.
Me and Fran will just have to guess.
Son.com looked tiny, by the way.
What's that like?
He's here.
He's good.
It's weird, right?
It's
his laugh throughout the ages.
Oh, laugh throughout the ages.
And they're going to have to turn it off because it's got the Alton Towers music in the background.
Yeah, I've seen that bit.
You're talking about the magazine.
Oh, that's come up.
Sorry.
I'm terrible at this.
It's fine.
Just
keep the levels on.
Yeah, just keep
the levels.
You're all right.
Me and Fran will just have to guess.
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