Smart Nonsense

Dylan Jardon & Henry Belcaster
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Aug 10, 2025 • 34min

Should You Have an Arranged Marriage? | Smart Nonsense #356

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(0:47) Part II of the love and marriage saga(1:25) 7 hours a day on marital research(2:08) Tim ferris is a serious goose, not a silly goose(2:44) Getting adults to arrange things is impossible(3:25) The book of answers (our new bible)(3:55) The isosceles we have: Competing vs. slugging(6:05) The joe rogan jiu-jitsu analogy(6:45) Our approach to marriage is wrong(8:23) The case for arranged marriages(11:59) We marry families, not people(15:15) The enlightenment and romantic love(18:35) How the lower class started dating (19:21) Hollywood propagating romantic love(21:05) America is a bunch of rebellious teenagers(23:09) The girlfriend's grandma on the lips(25:44) Marrying for passion vs. values(30:52) Why we should be more family-centered(32:23) How arranged marriage was portrayed as evilRecorded August 5, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Aug 9, 2025 • 52min

Should You Live Together Before Marriage?? | Smart Nonsense #355

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) The Pod Was Doomed From the Start(0:15) Yesterday's episode was a dumpster fire(0:46) "Jump out the window" moments(1:23) When a joke goes wrong(1:49) My skin was Bible paper thin(2:06) Paper thin skin and company finances(2:42) The downsides of profit sharing(4:08) Changing our company's value system in a week(4:48) Our "bastard child business"(5:59) A man is only as big as the things that make him angry(6:30) Why did I cuff my shorts like that?!(7:29) Bringing back the old Smart Nonsense(9:11) The podcast might change forever(10:24) Living together before marriage?(13:12) Why we're trying to find religion(15:16) We're doing things historically we wouldn't do(16:45) 5 reasons living together before marriage is a bad idea(17:46) The Spaniard vs. Church(26:40) Everything is figure outable(27:47) Cohabitating focuses on the wrong things(33:29) Easy to break up, hard to get divorced(42:45) Everyone's ugly when they're 60(47:50) You don't get ready, you just figure it out(51:54) The importance of "we'll figure it out"Recorded July 31, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Aug 8, 2025 • 19min

My Suspicious Massage | Smart Nonsense #354

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) The "Lost" Fourth of July Episode(0:49) Cashing in a "Make-A-Wish" for an Ad Read(1:28) Hating Acting & The Ad Read Meltdown(2:44) The Roundabout Plan to Become Tom Cruise(3:40) The Navy vs. Air Force Flight Squadron Debate(5:49) Getting Blue Angels Clout for YouTube(6:36) The Time I Puked All Over Myself on a Plane(8:04) Flying Blue Angels: Joystick or Weapon?(9:36) The Glorious Sound of the A10 Warthog(10:42) The Naked Massage Experience(12:02) My Butt Was Clenched "Real Tight"(15:10) Boys Weekend & Why Golf Is a Ponzi Scheme(17:03) Getting Drunk & Mastering the Six-Iron(18:43) Breaking 100 with a Single Club(19:07) Getting Grounded & Taking Your Shoes OffRecorded July 19, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Jun 28, 2025 • 22min

I Met an A-List Actor | Smart Nonsense #351

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) Siesta: my secret work-avoidance hack(1:09) Lake meetings: executive therapy for us(1:53) My weird memory vs. chess prodigies(2:47) Tiger Woods' golf vs. my brain fog(3:40) I land planes. You can't.(4:54) My heart's expanding (with... something?)(5:10) Warning: current dates, DO NOT LISTEN.(6:22) Shocking: girls can be funny!(8:23) Friends who are girls = dating chaos engine(9:31) Matchmaking: it's "lindy," so it's ancient.(11:28) Dating pools: hers shrinks, mine explodes.(12:30) Guys don't approach? I'm busy dancing.(13:37) That time we saw "Matthew McConaughey" playing tennis(15:52) My celebrity magnet: a random tennis court(17:27) I'm a "phenomenal" tennis coach (stuck on basics)(18:48) My terrible batting form, now on a tennis court(20:25) My D1 tennis player dating phase (RIP)(20:51) Friendship: low reward, high risk.(21:18) Tennis addiction: my love language.Recorded June 24, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Jun 27, 2025 • 28min

We Figure Out How to Make a Viral Game | Smart Nonsense #350

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) I'm a mega-influencer now (and I use the toilet for Twitter)(0:58) My sacred Twitter time on the toilet(1:35) Munchkins vs. healthy wraps (I swear it was health)(1:59) Our friend just discovered Geoguessr five years late(2:53) The boys booted up Geoguessr at 1 AM(3:50) Geoguessr's game design: totally clueless(4:07) Playing Geoguessr with friends makes me happy(4:54) Geoguessr's flaw: no multipliers for my dominance(5:46) Geoguessr's fuzzy scoring system is just... bad(6:59) Geoguessr's mysteries: miles, kilometers, or just vibes?(7:24) Geoguessr's sound design: chef's kiss(8:16) Geoguessr makes millions, even with terrible multiplayer(12:45) Geoguessr's secret weapon: "monkey brain" addiction(13:34) Dropped in a Romanian forest alley: Geoguessr's worst nightmare(14:37) Brain Blast's perfect ramp: from easy to "challenge question"(16:15) Our app launch goal: minimum viable profitability!(17:18) Why I'm terrible at Brain Blast (it's not me, it's the game)(17:47) Hunter's "ethnoguessr" strategy: just look at the people(19:10) Geoguessr's simple pricing: pay to play, suckers!(21:09) Brain Blast pricing: pay to feel like a god(24:09) "Just copy what works!" - podcasting's ultimate wisdom(26:27) Our main metric: how many hours you lose to our appRecorded June 19, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Jun 22, 2025 • 23min

I’m a Caveman That Learned Calculus | Smart Nonsense #349

Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/Join the waitlist for our new app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://clipt.co/Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(0:34) Dylan's GrubHub credit card hacks(0:58) Why I should cancel my Amex Platinum card(2:58) Winning three championships (I'm kind of a big deal)(3:42) Soccer vs. Hockey shifts: a chaotic debate(4:59) Dylan the "banshee" on the soccer field(7:39) Obsessing over tennis game design(9:06) Tennis scoring is secretly brilliant(11:00) Why football's Hail Mary is peak game design(12:53) KO comebacks and Black Swan KOs(14:50) How hockey fixed its boring overtime(17:01) Are penalty kicks better than shootouts?(17:48) Making our game fairer than the SAT(19:57) Why Desmos's UI/UX is so bad(21:35) The mystery of the "y=x" graph(22:37) My buddy's to-do list app paradoxHenry:🎥 Henry's Vlog: : https://youtu.be/k6vHpBUfbb8?t=128🎥 Henry's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/henrybelcaster/🎥 Henry's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@henrybelcasterDerd:🎉 Derd's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dummy.derd/#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcasterRecorded June18, 2025
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Jun 21, 2025 • 25min

The Magical Design Hidden in Sports | Smart Nonsense #348

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) Intro(0:34) Dylan's GrubHub credit card hacks(0:58) Why I should cancel my Amex Platinum card(2:58) Winning three championships (I'm kind of a big deal)(3:42) Soccer vs. Hockey shifts: a chaotic debate(4:59) Dylan the "banshee" on the soccer field(7:39) Obsessing over tennis game design(9:06) Tennis scoring is secretly brilliant(11:00) Why football's Hail Mary is peak game design(12:53) KO comebacks and Black Swan KOs(14:50) How hockey fixed its boring overtime(17:01) Are penalty kicks better than shootouts?(17:48) Making our game fairer than the SAT(19:57) Why Desmos's UI/UX is so bad(21:35) The mystery of the "y=x" graph(22:37) My buddy's to-do list app paradoxRecorded June 6, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Jun 20, 2025 • 28min

I Met a $150M Athlete.. | Smart Nonsense #347

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) Intro - ultimate teaser(0:58) Michael Dell, his hat, and downfall(2:09) West Village guys and their dating secrets(5:38) Is this Harvard hockey player gay?(7:09) Selling booze to 13-year-olds(9:28) Our crazy "anti-sales" strategy(12:12) Brother's big move to outsource himself(13:38) My BOGO taco obsession(16:45) Mistaken for an Uber Eats driver (twice!)(20:43) Charlie Puth's weird spoon grip(26:59) My childhood salad trauma(27:00) Running into Tony Hawk in ChicagoRecorded June 13, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Jun 19, 2025 • 24min

Jack Harlow Eye-F*cked Me | Smart Nonsense #346

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) Mega Influencer Status: Shopify Sponsorship(1:48) The "Macro" Photography Misunderstanding(2:30) Jonathan B. Your Boy's "Unique Strategy" Neg(3:38) Getting Recognized in Trader Joe's(5:50) That's a Mega Dude: Spotting Jack Harlow(8:10) The Rotisserie Chicken & Pool Floaty Days(12:12) The Dreaded Impromptu Speech(15:00) Learning What a "Speech" Really Means(17:35) Pilot Communications: A Natural CommunicatorRecorded June 12, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster
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Jun 12, 2025 • 33min

I Buy 13 Year Olds Booze | Smart Nonsense #345

Newsletter: https://www.smartnonsense.com/SAT app: https://www.brainblast.com/Hire a video editor: https://www.clipt.co🕘Timestamps:(0:00) Luger vs. Slug Confusion & Crashing Out(1:10) Creator Mental Health & David Dobrik Comparison(5:00) Getting Served Legal Papers Story(6:44) Nick Mayer Art - The Prawn of Life Gift(14:59) Bodega Booze Incident Gone Wrong(18:12) Death Spiral Flying Dreams & Tom Cruise Stunts(20:44) Building AI Bots for Their Game(23:35) The Perfect Bot Problem & Data Regression(28:31) Sister's Binning Paradox Solution(31:15) Always Let Players Win StrategyRecorded June 6, 2025#SmartNonsense #DylanJardon #HenryBelcaster

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