{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Firefly 8 \u2013 Out of Gas","description":"I almost ran out of gas getting to the gas station the other day. So I\u2019m pretty sure I have a 10 gallon tank and somehow the other day I put 10.2 gallons in my car. Either I somehow have a larger tank or I overfilled the car. Or, by some miracle, my car was literally running on fumes. Look there must be a simple explanation to this but for some reason I choose to believe the most fantastical. It\u2019s Out of Gas, written by Tim Minear and aired on October 25, 2002 Show-notes:1:44: Literally via the the Oxford English Dictionary [Editor\u2019s note: is this just a copypasted definition from the page for \u201cliterally?\u201d] I. a. In a literal, exact, or actual sense; not figuratively, allegorically, etc. [\u2026] c. colloquial. Used to indicate that some (frequently conventional) metaphorical or hyperbolical expression is to be taken in the strongest admissible sense: \u2018virtually, as good as\u2019; (also) \u2018completely, utterly, absolutely\u2019. 2:06: Doctor Who: Flux Episode 1: The Halloween Apocalypse went out on October 31, 2021. Our episode on it will go out in November 7, 2021. Catch it on Trust Your Doctor: A Doctor Who Podcast, our Doctor Who podcast. 3:56: 10 Hidden Details You Missed in The Episode Out of Gas. This has to be the worst article title of all time, by the way. 17:04: Believe it or not, both cosmetology and cosmology both originate  (if you go far enough back) from the word kosmos. Thanks etymonline. [Editor\u2019s note: Wait, why is this hard to believe?] 21:20: Gonna link the Magnum, PI wiki for all you under-30s out there. [Editor\u2019s note: We\u2019re under 30.] 22:26: Here\u2019s a good article on being an accent chameleon. 33:10: Here\u2019s the TV Tropes recap page for Out of Gas in case you really REALLY have nothing better to do. 59:27: I don\u2019t remember what my order was either, but you can find out for me if you go and listen to our Fall Out episode of Inevitable. 1:04:30: Angel began airing in 1999, so before Firefly. 1:05:43: Never eat pears. Also I was mistaken, this was in Human Nature, not Blink. 1:11:12: NaNoWriMo 2021 has officially started. If you want to read my (Dylan\u2019s) novel as I write it, I\u2019m putting the full text online day by day over here. 1:12:29: The documentary is called What We Left Behind. 1:13:31: Apparently the Science Channel re-ran Firefly in 2011. 1:15:59: Victor Mair writes a little on the mutual intelligibility of Sinitic languages. Many of them are not mutually intelligible when spoken. 1:19:18: To quote my show-notes from last week: \u201cThere is a Hallmark Christmas Movie podcast, it\u2019s called Deck the Hallmark.\u201d Their exact description is as follows: \u201cJoin Bran, Panda, and Dan as they attempt to watch and review Hallmark movies. Just 3 dudes\u2026watching made-for-tv movies. What could go wrong?\u201d Firefly \u00a9 Fox Television Any other references belong to their respective owners, no copyright infringement is intended by this podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe on Google Play! Subscribe on Spotify! Check us out on Facebook!Check us out on YouTube! Check us out on Twitter! ","author_name":"Inevitable: A Classic Sci-Fi Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/decorativevegetable.com\/category\/inevitable\/","html":"