Topic: Pavlovian Training

The Washington Post reported that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was banned from using seven specific words, including "transgender" and "science-based." The hosts argue the story is a "bogus" trigger designed to evoke George Carlin's "seven dirty words" bit. They discuss how modern students are "programmed" to react to specific trigger words as part of their Pavlovian education.

Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open the program from New York and California, discussing technical difficulties involving wireless jingle pads and high latency on the iBond hotel network. They describe a Pavlovian training method using a jarring buzzer to discourage the use of repetitive phrases like "the fact of the matter." Curry explains his mobile studio setup using a first-generation Wi-Fi-only iPad.