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Like many of her nerdy friends, Jen spent her teen years playing Dungeons & Dragons. And while it faded out of her life after college, her love for the classic roleplaying game never waned. With the recent release of 5th edition giving her a good excuse to jump back into an old pastime, Jen's joined by Alex Berg, Dave Christenson, and James Mulholland to try out the new edition, and examine what role D&D has played in their lives.

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Show notes:

• Follow Alex, Dave, and James on Twitter
• Dungeons & Dragons official site
• D&D 5th edition Player's Handbook
• Darkon

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Alex Berg joins Jen this week to chat all things tattoo. With eight pieces and counting, Alex is no stranger to figuring out a design and where to put it, the tattooing process itself, and even a little tattoo regret. And while ink may be the sign of criminals and badasses in movies, Alex and Jen find it pretty run of the mill in LA. Heck, it may be even more common than they realize. After all, you never know what might be hiding under other people's t-shirts…

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Show notes:

• Follow Alex on Twitter, see him at Upright Citizens Brigade in LA on Thursdays at 11pm with his group Convoy and Saturdays at 7pm with his group Sentimental Lady, plus see Convoy with special guest Alex's mom at The Manifesto Show on 1/10/14!
• Alex's recommendations: the the Hardcore History podcast, indie games, and skulls
• Carl Zimmer's Science Ink has tons of cool science tattoos, including Alex's Schrödinger's Cat
• John Irving's novel Until I Find You deals heavily with tattooing
• The internet famous bad memorial wife tattoo that was fixed by a second artist
• Scarification

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Alex Berg joins Jen this week to discuss the nerdy wonders that are TED Talks, the lectures on technology, entertainment, and design given throughout the year at various TED events as well as provided free online. From robotics to ancient relics to defining life, love, and consciousness, there's a TED talk for just about everyone, though Alex and Jen admittedly geek out primarily over the talks that fall under TED's "T." Of course, that doesn't mean they haven't also watched talks about porn and sex toys. They are human, after all.

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Show notes:

You can follow Alex on Twitter, see his improv group Convoy on Thursdays at 11pm at Upright Citizens Brigade Los Angeles, and check out his movie Hell Baby this fall.

• TED
• J.J. Abrams: The mystery box
• Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth
• Theo Jansen: My creations, a new form of life
• Julia Sweeney has "The Talk"
• Edith Widder: How we found the giant squid

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