The Mint

Everybody Knows the Words. Nobody Knows What They're Singing About.

A familiar chorus. A room full of singers. Nineteen songs and one nursery rhyme where the mood and the meaning have very different plans.

If Gandalf Had PowerPoint: The Risk Management Deck Middle-earth Needed

Gandalf delivers a 16-slide illustrated PowerPoint to Middle-earth’s reluctant leadership. Sauron is rearming. The executives would still like to discuss the premise.

Patrick Stewart Is Where We’re Drawing the Line? Star Trek and Casting

A StarTalk joke about Picard leads to a stranger casting conversation: Khan, Sulu, Hoshi, Keiko, M*A*S*H, and the difference between acting and flattening cultures.

Aggressive Biscuits: Made With Love. And Excessive Force.

Some founders see a gap in the market. Leeta saw a lap. Meet the tuxedo-cat founder behind a very paws-on company.

1883 Is Oregon Trail With a Budget

Sam Elliott is the veteran player. Everyone else spent their starting money on furniture and a piano. Spoilers through Episode 4, The Crossing.

People With Two First Names

Steve Martin. Martin Lawrence. Michael Jordan. What happens when both halves of a name sound like first names? A field report on the TFN advantage.

Versus Stress Test: John Constantine vs. Ghostface

John Constantine walks into Woodsboro, sees Ghostface, and spends half of Scream hunting a demon that does not exist. Then he discovers the humiliating truth: it is just two dipshits from high school.

Versus Stress Test: John Wick vs. Zsa-zsa Korda

John Wick makes consequences happen. Zsa-zsa Korda survives consequences that should have ended the movie. So what happens when one is sent after the other?

Our Lips Are Healed: The Ad Campaigns That Wrote Themselves

ChapStick has the Go-Go’s. Febreze has Seals and Crofts. So why are advertising agencies still pitching “Lip Forward™” instead of campaigns that write themselves?

The Herbivore Heavyweight: Aur Naur Unveils the Tapir

Even longtime Aur Naur fans failed to predict this one. When the stage lights came up at the latest stop on the 2026 tour, Aur and Naur appeared wearing towering tapir masks complete with oversized snouts...

Spotted on Tour: Aur Naur Trades Whiskers for Pugs

The feline era has officially come to a close. Just two weeks into their 2026 run, Aur Naur surprised fans at their latest stop by taking the stage in massive, wide-mouthed pug masks.

Or: The Day a British Accent Accidentally Invented a New Social Science I was listening to a podcast recently when one of the hosts, a very British gentleman, said something along the lines of: “Some people...