In episode #66 Alberotle brings to light a new controversial piece of potential “Big Brother” technology called “smart coolers” that enables products to scan the faces of shoppers, which is now being piloted in a Walgreens store in Chicago.  The trio of minds also talk about the recent scientific discovery of inexplicable “cosmic light flashes” or fast radio bursts (FRBs) in the deepest, darkest parts of outer space.  Does this suggest proof of intelligent non-human alien life?  Some scientists do not rule out this possibility.  Finally, Paulato discusses the impact that various factors, e.g., sabermetrics and free agency, have had on “the [tradition and] purity of the game” of baseball, and the San Francisco Giants.

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Credits:

Ludwig Beethoven’s Symphony no. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 – I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio (Royalty free music. Public domain and copyright free classical music)

Music: “Noiase improv anfd piyuaneo – nr. kamghiyeu afnd asteqwasrt” by Stewart Miller, Natalia Kamia, and other invisible entities
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“La plus que lente” by Claude Debussy (Royalty free music. Public domain and copyright free classical music)

Music: “Campanula” by Blue Dot Sessions
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Music: “View Back Softly (ID 1023)” by Lobo Loco
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Music: “0____0” by Lee Rosevere
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“Celtic Impulse” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

“The Rules of the Game” by Volition