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Updates on Previous Stories: Zardulu's Mysterious Interview, IP Address Glitch, Milk Delivery by Motorcycle Club, and More
TLDR This episode provides updates on previous stories, including an interview with the mysterious figure Zardulu, the resolution of an IP address glitch causing misidentification of stolen cell phone locations, the partnership between a motorcycle club and a milk bank for delivery, and the progress made in Guatemala by a political nonprofit fighting corruption.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
In this episode, the hosts reflect on past stories and provide updates on six previous episodes, including one about the mysterious figure known as Zardulu.
04:45
Zardulu, the mysterious figure from a previous episode, agreed to do an interview with the host, but wore a death mask throughout the entire interview and had her voice masked, speaking in short, halting sentences, and revealed that her fake news creations are meant to bring merriment to the world, not deceive politically.
09:36
Zardulu collaborated with rapper Belly on a project involving an animatronic fake chicken smoking marijuana, but the project was abandoned; Zardulu also mentioned that she has performed illusions that the host has seen but was unaware of.
14:40
Shruti Pinarmaneni provides an update on the Paul Madraski case, where new DNA evidence could potentially lead to a new trial.
20:24
Mike and Christina's house was being wrongly identified as the location of stolen cell phones due to an IP address glitch, but they were not the only ones experiencing this issue as there were many other houses in America with the same problem, including a location in Kansas with 660 million IP addresses associated with it.
25:31
The company MaxMind changed the default location away from the farmhouse to Cheney Reservoir in Wichita, Kansas, where 600 million lost IP addresses are now pointing.
30:48
The New York milk bank has partnered with a motorcycle club to pick up donated milk from depots and deliver it to the main milk bank.
35:49
The hosts meet members of the Sirens Motorcycle Club of New York City, who help deliver breast milk to hospitals in need, and one of the hosts reluctantly goes for a ride on a motorcycle.
40:58
A caller named Susan from Bloomington, Indiana is excited for 2017 and is looking forward to supporting her friends' soap company, which has created a unique soap-making method called the volcano method.
46:45
Lucia, the woman who started a Facebook post that led to a massive protest and the president of Guatemala stepping down, is now working for a political nonprofit fighting corruption and is happy with the progress being made in the country, despite the shortcomings of the current president.
52:47
Lucia's hope for progress in Guatemala comes from focusing on the small things and the good people in the world who are making a difference, even if it feels like trying to move a massive boat.
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