Australia has a list of baby names you are not allowed to use, a church once removed a devil statue for being distractingly hot, and one German bloke accidentally kayaked from Europe to Australia. This week, Will and Rod bounce between naming laws, scandalous art, and a seven-year adventure that sounds fake, but absolutely wasn’t. We start with banned baby names and why governments step in when a name looks like it could cause harm, invite ridicule, or create a lifelong admin headache. Then we hit art history, where the Geefs brothers made the devil too handsome for church, plus Stendhal syndrome which is the idea that beauty can literally make you dizzy. Finally, we follow Oskar Speck’s kayak trip that escalated wildly, seven years, malaria, dangerous crossings, and prison camps, all because he was trying to outrun a collapsing economy. This week is a wild ride. CHAPTER MARKERS 00:00 Banned Baby Names Setup 00:33 Germany Name Ban Game 01:50 Lucifer And Other Forbiddens 04:13 New Zealand Weird Bans 05:52 US Rules And Santa Claus 06:58 Australia Banned Names List 09:43 Name Roast Side Hustle 10:34 Hot Art Hospitalization 14:17 Stendhal Syndrome Explained 18:26 Hacking AI Agents 20:41 Prompt Hacking Agents 22:59 Ethical AI Sabotage 23:20 Nutrition Study Pitfalls 24:25 Genes As Diet Proxies 27:40 Onion Gene Surprise 30:22 Ice Cream Taste Debate 30:59 Button Sewing Fails 32:03 Kayaking To Australia 39:54 Just Do Stuff Mindset 41:30 Wrap Up SOURCES: https://bsky.app/profile/caesarion10.bsky.social/post/3mnxix4uu7k2r https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220110-stendhal-syndrome-the-travel-syndrome-that-causes-panic https://maritimeheritage.org.au/documents/MHA%20September%202007%20journal.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.24245 https://www.404media.co/it-is-trivially-easy-to-use-reddit-to-manipulate-ai-search-research-suggests/?_bhlid=efba6cdec7cbc45e0cd89dc96464988b2cd3bdd2 https://www.parents.com/banned-baby-name-in-germany-8779188 https://www.smh.com.au/national/todd-carney-wants-to-call-his-son-king-daryl-problem-is-it-s-one-of-89-banned-baby-names-20260225-p5o596.html https://www.sciencealert.com/your-taste-for-onions-may-reveal-something-about-your-future-health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendelian_randomizationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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