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
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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_randomization
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