Dan Benjamin
Co-Host of Road Work
Dan is the founder of 5by5, a podcaster, writer, software developer, designer, and ex-corporate stooge. He is the author of Bacon Method, writer of Hivelogic since 2000, and has contributed to A List Apart and O’Reilly.
Dan Benjamin has hosted 262 Episodes.
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Episode 34: China Pig
June 30th, 2016 | 2 hrs 8 mins
John and Dan talk about carrying coffee mugs, stacking BBs, the coats of arms of military organizations in the Habsburg era of the Czech Republic, china pigs, Winnie the Pooh, licking buttons, junk-men, and the perversion of college.
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Episode 33: Apocalypse Vehicle
June 24th, 2016 | 1 hr 31 mins
John Roderick of Seattle sits down with Austinite Dan Benjamin to discuss the purchase of a police car, frisbee golf, the malaise years of the Carter Administration, Fox body Mustangs, visiting smelters at night, looking like a cop, the aquisition of an A
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Episode 32: Chocolate and Gasoline
June 17th, 2016 | 1 hr 58 mins
John and Dan talk about the Bohemian Grove, revisit optional traffic lights, street sleepers, the Macintosh Company, Mama Cat, perfect foods, and the Ampex ATR 102.
John tastes chocolate and has an epiphany.
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Episode 31: Socks and Gloves
June 8th, 2016 | 1 hr 59 mins
John talks with Dan about fume venting, driving, the Chateau, skin to skin contact, sidekicks, Evel Knievel and the Snake River Canyon, first exposures to porn, interacting with millennials, and heroic practice.
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Episode 30: Florida in Her Eyes
May 27th, 2016 | 1 hr 34 mins
John and Dan talk about Helicopter-themed television shows (Blue Thunder), Magnum P.I., John's theater experience (Hot l Baltimore, etc.), Michelle Shocked, Northern Exposure, the A-Team, Foul Play, Greatest American Hero, the Bill Murray/Chevy Chase fued
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Episode 29: There's A Lot of Stuff Inside A Bear
May 19th, 2016 | 1 hr 53 mins
John and Dan talk about stolen sleep, interacting with the straight world, second sleep cycles, midnight wakefulness, what it means to be human, seeking a paleo life, the vagabond life, living on the skids, sleeping in the Aerostar, and more.
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Episode 28: Casual Shinto Exposure
May 13th, 2016 | 1 hr 16 mins
John and Dan talk about days of enchantment, hauntings, Triskaidekaphobia, growing old with dignity, Charlie Watts, jazz hipsters, the Hardy Boys, growing up with religion, speaking Yiddish, Messiah politics, timeshares, and harnessing the atom.
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Episode 27: The Vampire Cross
May 6th, 2016 | 1 hr 49 mins
John talks with Dan about trolling car sites, the essence of cool, The Fonz, Formula 1, lifting of curses, and being normal.
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Episode 26: A Glorious Revolution
April 21st, 2016 | 1 hr 29 mins
John and Dan talk about Prince's passing, Kurt Cobain, humping songs, The smartest Beatle, converting insecurity into a lightsaber, The Emperor’s New Jams, sex, politics, and religion, idealogical purity, Ted Nugent's confederate army, and a glorious revo
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Episode 25: A Pint Glass Full of Meatballs
April 14th, 2016 | 1 hr 51 mins
John and Dan talk about La Croix, olives, potatoes (which John calls fat dirt), tater tot guns, secondary body spray, eating in the bathroom, John's lady friend/special lady, Future John™, the clenched fists of determination, Neanderthal genes, golems mad
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Episode 24: Science Kids
March 31st, 2016 | 1 hr 47 mins
John and Dan talk about John's recent experiment with being vegan, building princess castles, time spent thinking about food, addictive tendencies, the time Dan smoked pot, parking by the airport to watch airplanes land, the little devil on your right sho
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Episode 23: The Day the Internet Opened
March 24th, 2016 | 1 hr 59 mins
John and Dan talk about men who talk about prostates, "gypsy curses", the collected work of a lunatic, the Instagram of Michael Stipe, self mockery, beards, virus immortality, the Great Bear Motel, and rooms available by the hour.