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 22: All You Could See Was My Boots
March 17th, 2016 | 1 hr 50 mins
John returns from his battle with a virus to talk with Dan about Russian baths, "the executive workout", terry cloth rompers, daydar, podcasting from home, legitimate businesses, private premises, cough buttons, Iron and Wine shows, becoming the "Al Pasto
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Episode 21: Closed Head Injuries
February 29th, 2016 | 1 hr 29 mins
America's top two podcast personalities are at it again. John recalls an Orlando mugging, wearing white jeans, getting in fights, murderers on the highway, living a life of romance, closed head injuries, nursemaid's elbow, and childhood traumas.
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Episode 20: Wall to Wall and Treetop Tall
February 18th, 2016 | 2 hrs 15 mins
John and Dan talk about John's heart being on the wrong side, vehicle repair and owner pride, rising like a phoenix, being the lizard king, Ray Manzarek and his hair, living on the cusp of greatness, non-famous dog selfies, and more.
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Episode 19: Space Lizards
February 4th, 2016 | 1 hr 20 mins
John and Dan talk about dentist chairs, marijuana whippet combos, near death experiences, and John's path from druggie to sobriety.
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Episode 18: Seized by the Demon
January 21st, 2016 | 1 hr 18 mins
John and Dan talk about international coffee, using illness as means to escape caffeine and nicotine addiction, finding inner peace and your natural self, and licking a South American frog.
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Episode 17: Knob and Tube House
January 14th, 2016 | 1 hr 21 mins
John and Dan talk about salvage yards, the tearing down of Victorian houses and childhood schools, maritime maps, electrical wiring, the erecting of false walls, doubling down and powering through, the "Lady Carpenter", and the Flying Academy of Miami.
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Episode 16: No Raven Has Ever Brought Me a Button
January 6th, 2016 | 2 hrs 41 mins
John and Dan return for the new year in this special 2-hour extravanganza. John opens and reveals the contents of the mystery packages he has received. They also discuss macramé owls, taxidermy, dream guitars, zwetschgenmaennla, and spirit animals.
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Episode 15: One Foot in The 20th Century
December 3rd, 2015 | 59 mins 46 secs
John and Dan discuss faulty water pumps, becoming a turtle, efficiency for its own sake, the "cult of the best", interstitial moments, making art, compulsive self-documentation, and the lost history of humanity.
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Episode 14: Jinx! You Owe Me a Coke Pt. 2
November 24th, 2015 | 49 mins 3 secs
John and Dan talk about how they define success, setting and achieving goals, and continue their discussion about conspiracy theories, bigfoot, the fluoridation of drinking water, The Long Walk, the Roswell UFO crash, and the Bermuda Triangle.
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Episode 13: Jinx! You Owe Me a Coke Pt. 1
November 20th, 2015 | 1 hr 6 mins
John and Dan talk about superstition, jinxes, OCD, secret cabals, NFL money, surveillance, playing tambourines on the floor, real magic, and sociopaths.
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Episode 12: Intellectual Languages
November 14th, 2015 | 1 hr 54 mins
John talks with Dan about his recent trip with John Hodgman, eating fancy meals, Cleopatra hair, Pendleton shirts, smoking pot and chewing tobacco, mixed media shows, foley artists, social scientists, metaphors of fire, and John's acquisition of Silver Me
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Episode 11: To Serve Man
November 5th, 2015 | 1 hr 59 mins
John and Dan talk about John's mystery package, false Egyptian beards, reading in the modern age, receiving data, vinyl, authorship, and the Mighty Max.