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Welcome to Hwat?! Hweekly!! A weekly talk show wherein Joe updates Finlay on the interesting things that she missed last week because she is always in her studio.

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67: Text Amber a Goat

Simulation? He thrusts his fists and makes less posts and still insists this video roasts. Subscription fatigue. Green space, less crime. Palm trees defeated? Mid-tier cetaceans. I'r a bird, it's a plane, it's Steve. House Hippo. Catch you on the Aztec TL. Typewritten. Dolphin and whales head back home: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12052-009-0135-2?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExUzk2SDNaVXc4bVducmY3M3NydGMGYXBwX2lkDzUxNDc3MTU2OTIyODA2MQABHuQQA2l_n4gONEVbzo5aLSxG-lYmro-q-jp_zL4uk522MMPT7WVPtxRwdCpu_aem_6lOuYrmxO35ox2o0ycDJKQ Palm trees: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/29/los-angeles-palm-trees-dying Philly green spaces: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/greening-abandoned-lots-philly/ Simulation theory: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2632-072X/ae1e50 Less posts: https://petapixel.com/2026/04/03/social-media-users-are-less-active-on-platforms-due-to-rise-of-short-form-video/ Less subs: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/04/three-newsletters-for-the-price-of-1-5-independent-journalists-experiment-with-a-bundle/ Artemis tracker: https://artemis-tracker.netlify.app House Hippo https://youtu.be/TijcoS8qHIE?si=HM5FfcJ83-AcRxLZ Houe hippo felt: https://imgur.com/a/homemade-house-hippo-iWoL3WZ How to Pronounce the Aztec TL: https://youtu.be/3j2m510Pp2o?si=ofrLkRgYYAeUSuIM Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/

59 min
MAR 29 • THE SECRET MENU ONLY

66: 100% Safe to Drink

Meteors! Lightning! Moon! Kitten! Poop! Purple! Dolphins! Descartes! Turkeys! Tinnitus! Newfoundland! Typos! Meteors embiggening: https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-say-recent-rash-of-meteor-sightings-warrants-serious-investigation-2000738638?utm_source=DamnInteresting Crazy lightning article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/lightning-strike-survivors-body-mind/686057/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ-X29a3sQP9dT9t6OaO3vMk Magnetic safe zone on the moon: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-magnetic-field-may-be-more-powerful-than-we-thought/ Purple isn't real: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70129575/purple-is-fake-science/ Saber toothed kitten: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/16/nx-s1-5193845/35000-year-old-kitten-siberia-frozen?emci=dc70b4ec-05a6-ef11-88d0-6045bdd62db6&emdi=9ba28b99-4da8-ef11-88d0-6045bdd62db6&ceid=2410533 Bear Poop Beer: https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/bear-poop-beer-columbia-breakside Enigmatic Cat Bird Research: https://www.science.org/content/article/dolphins-make-peace-and-love-not-war-when-they-encounter-strangers Typo exhibit: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/typos-have-plagued-us-for-centuries-just-ask-the-publishers-who-printed-the-seventh-commandment-as-thou-shalt-commit-adultery-in-1631-180988353/ END OF SHOW TAG Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/

1 hr
MAR 23 • THE SECRET MENU ONLY

65: Rich, Cut This.

Sorry about Joe's Crappy Mic. It's not Rich's fault. Coffee: Same. Moon: Mysterious. Kids: Fine. Phone: poems. Muppets: Good. Mummen: Shantz. Americans: Canadians. Moon: Safe. Horse: named. Cheese: riotous. Seizures: bad. Molly: guarded. Girl Scouts: innovating. The Coffee Shop: https://theconversation.com/indie-coffee-shops-are-meant-to-counter-corporate-behemoths-like-starbucks-so-why-do-they-all-look-the-same-275746?utm_source=DamnInteresting Howtown Moon Video: https://youtu.be/ghW7BEC0byg?si=v757Ea9dE9HBuB9U Kids are Alright: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-kids-are-all-right/ Phone Poems: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/poems-dictated-to-my-phone-mostly-while-waiting-in-my-car Molly Guard: https://unsung.aresluna.org/molly-guard-in-reverse/ Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners

58 min
MAR 9 • THE SECRET MENU ONLY

64: Happy Visdeurbelling

Vera! Maya! Chickpeas! Danish doorbell! Trolls! Sad mice! Mad bear! Deep ocean! Uncle Bob! Big syringes! Universe 25: https://www.the-scientist.com/universe-25-experiment-69941 Librarians: https://lithub.com/8-badass-librarians-we-need-to-celebrate-this-international-womens-day/ The 85% Rule: https://medium.com/swlh/85-percent-rule-a4a9c80b96bf Canadian KitKats: https://www.narcity.com/why-kitkat-taste-different-in-canada-us-shocked-try-it Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/

1h 11m
MAR 2 • THE SECRET MENU ONLY

63: Deep Sea Yeti Crab Club Med Situation

Achoo! Cueiform O'Clock! Tortoise: Back. New weird guy. Executioner clown frog?! Four eyed opossums! Polar bears: leaving. Dog: not wolf. Where is the art? New Weird Guy: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/nyregion/mickey-barreto-new-yorker-hotel-fraud.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur Come Back Tortoise: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/galapagos-tortoise-once-believed-extinct-is-now-roaming-free/ Super old language: https://www.reuters.com/science/40000-year-old-german-artifacts-may-display-written-language-precursor-2026-02-24/ Please look at this art: https://www.modernillustration.org Yeti crab: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Galath%C3%A9e_y%C3%A9ti%2C_un_habitant_des_profondeurs_abyssales_%28Ifremer_00569-68091_-_25272%29.jpg Hasselhoff Crab: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Close_up_of_Hoff_crab_carapace.jpg https://deepseanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/press13-11crab.jpg Crab pile: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dense_mass_of_anomuran_crab_Kiwa_around_deep-sea_hydrothermal_vent.jpg/960px-Dense_mass_of_anomuran_crab_Kiwa_around_deep-sea_hydrothermal_vent.jpg

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FEB 23 • THE SECRET MENU ONLY

62: Temporegulatory Doom Loop

Unsung Typing Heroes! Toothy Rock! Troll Report! GigaMoon! Bennu Update! Gay Sheep! Nerd Win! Octopus followup! Lord Robare wants to help! Grandpa Pie! Writer's wives: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/ Tooth Rock: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v0ev05mdjo Giga Moon: https://cosmicbackground.io Bennu update: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/stbcn0QB6C0 Gay Sheep: https://rainbow-wool.com Nasgul: https://youtu.be/Qxq1bMy4XVg?si=TTFSPc6jcpvP47hX Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners

1h 15m
FEB 16 • THE SECRET MENU ONLY

61: Norwegian Cheaters

Dark Matter Center?! Moonrace! Problematic Norwegian! More Problematic Norwegians! Problematic Norwegian Words! Tiny non-norwegian robots! Blanket Octopuses?! The Rise of the Sea Walnut! Dark Matter Center of the Galaxy: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/dark-matter-not-black-hole-could-power-milky-ways-heart Mars Pivot: https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/a-city-on-the-moon-why-spacex-shifted-its-focus-away-from-mars Norway's Main Character: https://defector.com/adulterous-norwegian-biathletes-appeal-denied Small Cows: https://pandarosaminiatureranch.com Blanket Octopus Pics: https://divernet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/9-Opened-Blanket-Octopus-female-ANZ-1-of-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize,to_auto,s_webp:avif/octonation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Blanket-Octopus-Tremoctopus-.gif https://assets.iflscience.com/assets/articleNo/80008/aImg/85121/blanket-octopus-male-vs-female-meta.png Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners

1h 7m
FEB 9 • THE SECRET MENU ONLY

60: Tree Big. Squirrel Frozen.

Norwegian tragedy! Unfortunate Positive AI News! Tubes! Snakes in Wrong Places! Deep Mines! Dwarves and Zombies! Frogs! The David of Buffalo! Big Dog! Tree Big! Squirrel Frozen! 20204 YR4 Update! Big Dog Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/NJOiINRtmbc?si=bIxbqIlx5F9pllAD Pando Tree Pic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29#/media/File:FallPando02.jpg Pando Tree Surface Area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29#/media/File:Pando_Land_Mass_Outline.jpg Medieval Frogs: https://www.medievalists.net/2025/10/medieval-frogs/ Floating Aluminum: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unsinkable-metal-discovery-could-build-safer-ships-and-harvest-wave-energy/ Train Snakes: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/snakes-on-a-train-king-cobras-may-be-riding-the-rails-in-india/ Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/

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When Gloria took a waitressing job at a diner outside of Phoenix, she didn't realize she was now an employee of Midnight Burger, a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. Every day Midnight Burger appears somewhere new in the cosmos along with it's staff: a galactic drifter, a rogue theoretical physicist, a sentient old-timey radio, and some guy named Caspar. No one knows who built Midnight Burger or how it works, but when it appears there's always someone around who could really use a cup of coffee. "When the waves of the universe crash unrelentingly, when the stars seem indifferent to your plight, suddenly there is a diner." We open at 6.

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2025-05-23

glueturtl

I was listening to the ‘preview’ on the Midnight Burger feed and Joe said that it would be “available to the general public”, but all the episodes here are for ‘Subscribers Only’. Was this a mistake, or did something else happen?
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Mar 8

HappyGenny

What are we supposed to do with something that we can’t listen to? If we subscribe to everything, we’d all be broke. I’m OK with reasonable ads and an option to go ad free. Oh well. Unfollow & only pay for what you can afford.

Welcome to Hwat?! Hweekly!! A weekly talk show wherein Joe updates Finlay on the interesting things that she missed last week because she is always in her studio.