757: Wet Bulb
episodePreviously titled “761: Wet Bulb” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 11, 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
We're going to do ASMR today. With the sound of...
I can't do ASMR.
Welcome, oh welcome, oh welcome sweet angels to today's day stream. Start off with some basic housekeeping announcements. The night streams are about to resume, heading on a family vacation next week, but I now have access, starting July 1st anyway, I have access to, what is the date right now?
July 1st.
Today, I have access. to my new night stream studio josh is going to help me set it up we got to talk about that josh it's going to be nice nicer than the old studio it's going to have everything that all of you have requested aquarium filled with rare poisonous jellyfish being installed right now buckets of change. Change buckets, as they're called in the South, are going to be throughout the room, allowing me to place change from my pocket into the buckets. Don't know why you guys requested that, but that was a member request. It will be free of shrews, weasels, All kinds of biting creatures. Those of you who did tune into the previous Night's Dreams, you know we were having a problem with shrews, with weasels, some kind of weasel thing, sentient seeming, gleaming eyes, glittering, black, obloid, dark hell swirls that just looked right through me after it bit me on the ankle.
And it did get infected, but the doctor gave me some penicillin and it went away pretty quick, but I was sick for a few days. We're going to have a pinatas. Oh, yeah. You like that, John? You like pinatas?
Oh, I love pinatas. They're the best.
Are you joking?
No, not at all.
Why? Why?
I think it's a cultural thing.
What do you mean?
It's just something that we always had for birthdays, graduations, quinceañera, which is also a birthday.
So it stirs something in you.
Yeah, just being able to beat the crap out of a figure or a person that's shaped in a piñata.
What was your favorite?
My favorite is when you decapitate them and the dad's drunk and he's pulling the rope. That's my favorite.
Sawing its fucking head off. Yeah. Sawing its fucking head off. That's the scapegoat. That's the Sabbath goat. What you have in a piñata ceremony is essentially an archetypical reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus, right? I mean, if... Isn't that what it is? I mean, Jesus, obviously, when they pulled him down, candy didn't fall out of him, but it's sort of, there was candy. Yeah. In the sense that everybody was redeemed.
Yeah, so that was a candy.
So you could argue Jesus was like the first piñata. I wouldn't argue that. I mean, they did basically – if you look – guys, again, if you are an unbeliever or whatever you may be out there, if you're a Christian, Catholic, theologian, a lot of high-ranking Ivy League theologians watch this show in their research. They need my hot takes on Christianity. And if we sort of look at the crucifixion of Christ from the perspective of a pinata – ceremony you did have the piercing with the spear yeah which is didn't they like take the blood out of him and am i wrong that they collected his blood in a cup and this became the holy grail am i wrong about that no i thought the holy grail was the one he had at the last supper
Josh, will you look up the Holy Grail? I guess that's the unholy grail is the one that they got his blood in, the pinata grail. Let's look this up. We're off to a good start here, guys. I didn't expect to dive into such deep water so quickly. We're still doing housekeeping announcements, but I do need to find out. What's the Holy Grail? What is it? The Holy Grail originated as a literary invention in late 12th century French romances, blending early Celtic myths with Christian tradition. It was introduced by the poet in his work where it appeared as a mysterious, sacred vessel. God, you know, inevitably, man... Some boring-ass motherfucker starts talking about the Holy Grail. I'm not going to talk about it.
Like, I have heard so many dry fucking lectures on the Holy Grail. It makes you want to kill yourself. I'm sorry, you can't put that in here. Unalive yourself. Including the Indiana Jones Holy Grail one.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:29
2
What housekeeping updates and night-stream plans does Duncan announce at the start?
6:29–17:37
3
How does Duncan compare piñatas to Christian symbolism and the Holy Grail?
17:37–28:56
4
What new UCLA baldness research does Duncan describe and why does he care?
28:56–40:35
5
Why does Duncan say the current cultural moment needs comic relief and therapy?
40:35–1:22:36