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603- Planting Your Tree
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, my first podcast, The Fringe Podcast won the 2010 Podcast Award for the best entertainment podcast, and I believe that if you aren’t...
S3E8 Entrada
The riveting season 2 finale’s cliffhanger finally comes to a dramatic climax in “Entrada” when Peter learns the truth about who “Olivia” really is and his actual Olivia finally finds a way home....
602- There’s No Lone Ranger
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, I think of the movie Office Space every time I’m stuck in traffic, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. I...
601- The Shortening of the Years
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, my three favorite songs about time are Clocks by Coldplay, Our Time is Running Out by Muse, and Yesterday by The Beatles (with Back...
S3E7 The Abducted
The Candyman can ‘cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good! Okay, well, maybe not this Candyman. Join us this week (along with returning guest Rachel) as we tackle “The Abducted”...
600- Right Handed Secrets
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, I almost exclusively drink Guatemalan coffee, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. In my early 20’s I lived...
Wide World of Sports
Step into the ring with us this month as we take a look at two sports-themed episodes from The Twilight Zone. "The Mighty Casey" and "Steel" both explore themes of man vs. machine and the struggle...
599- The Day the Music Died
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, Desmond and Penny are my favorite couple from the TV show LOST, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. LOST...
S3E6 6955 kHz
Regular listener Jerame (Sparkeyinva) joins us this week to discuss this incredible episode of Fringe which properly introduces the First People part of the mythology and also explains the purpose...
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624- The Obsolete Man
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, “The Obsolete Man” is my favorite episode of The Twilight Zone featuring Burgess Meredith, and I believe that if you aren’t...
623- Remembering Happy Accidents
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, I have a severed nerve in my left hand, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. The summer that I was 15 was...
S3E18 Bloodline
We are discussing all things bloodlines (or at least baby blood samples) this week on the podcast as we finally return to the Redverse and see the birth of Henry. We are once again joined by the...
622- Navigating the Nativity
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, my favorite Christmas gift from childhood is the bicycle I received from Santa when I was 5, and I believe that if you aren’t...
Mysterious Towns
This month we look at two episodes which share the common theme of time being unnaturally halted and the moral quandaries that such power presents. In "Elegy," three astronauts become stranded on an...
621- Finding Freedom Through Forgetting
Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, I think elephants love to swim because they always have their trunks, and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living....
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S3E22 The Day We Died
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“For all intents and purposes, that was the day we died.” We pick right up where we left off at the end of 3.21 for the season 3 finale of Fringe and are joined by the great David Wu (who also has a Fringetastic surprise to share!) to discuss this emotionally devastating episode with a cliffhanger that will fundamentally change Fringe as we know it for the remainder of its run!

Time Marches On
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Time is a fun concept to explore and the Twilight Zone did plenty of playing in that sandbox. “A Kind of Stopwatch” follows the story of a man named McNulty who comes into possession of a stopwatch that can stop time. Excited by his newfound power, he uses it for personal gain but eventually discovers there are unintended consequences. “90 Years Without Slumbering” stars Ed Wynn and centers on an elderly man named Sam who believes his life is tied to the functioning of his old grandfather clock. As he becomes obsessed with keeping it running, he learns to reconcile his fear of mortality and discovers peace.

630- Shower Thoughts
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Of course, each of us have seen the glow of the city before, but this time it was different. This time it seemed much, much brighter. But the truth is, it had been so long since either of us had ventured outside the lights of the city or the major highways coming into the city, that we’d forgotten just how big the glow is when you remove yourself from it. It’s not just the lights or hustle and bustle of the city that we can become blind to. In today’s world of cell phones, tablets, mobile computing, and internet-enabled automobiles, most of us are always connected to the grid whether we live in the city or not.

629- The Last Best Hope
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I’ve seen countless photos and videos of the Lincoln Memorial, but seeing with my own eyes was magnificent. Many consider Lincoln to be the greatest president of all time, and it’s hard to argue otherwise. The details carved into every part of the memorial left me in awe. I felt like I was standing at the feet of greatness. It’s easy to see why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would stand at this very spot and deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech 100 years after Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Four score and 7 years is equal to 87 years, and it’s exactly that number of steps from the top of the Lincoln Memorial to the nearby reflecting pool. Today I’ll reflect on those moments I spent standing at the feet of Lincoln.

S3E21 The Last Sam Weiss
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We are joined by special guest Marianne this week as we discuss “The Last Sam Weiss,” the penultimate episode of both this three-episode arc and of the third season. We share what we love about this episode (especially the acting from various cast members as well as the great character development that we get with Walter) but also discuss our disappointment around the enigma that is the titular Sam Weiss not being fully explained, seeming to be a thread that was ultimately dismissed.