Batir We Go: Recent Episodes
Batir We Go
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall of a mid 30's happily married couple? Same.
Batir We Go features Joe and Ali Batir as they sit on their couch and discuss the finer things in life: oatmeal raisin cookies, bad tv shows, and hot takes on stupid Olympic Committee rules... among other things. If you found this podcast, we are frankly shocked. #batirwego
The Batirs talk about neanderthals, megafauna, and SMU football highlights.
Discussed Resources:
The Menu of North American Ice Age peoples
New solar system with Sun
Neanderthals Made a Tar Pit
The Batirs are back and recording from their new house. They get their listeners up to speed on everything that has happened since moving in as well as an exciting edition of "Does Joe Know?".
Discussed Resources:
Teverra in Alaska
Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
The Batirs announce their last episode... before the move into their new home and catch up on some interesting articles form the past few months.
Discussed Resources:
The Rest is History Podcast
Stunning discovery of 9000-year-old rock art shows humans knew about dinosaurs
The UK is running out of Ghosts
Neanderthal Skull with Down Syndrome
New Dinosaur with lots of Horns
The Earth's Core is Slowing Down
The Batirs discuss the beginning of Dumpster Diving Season, animal news, and how many licks does it take to eat a Tootsie Roll pop?
Discussed Articles:
Scientists discover hidden oasis of life underneath world’s driest desert
Scientists Communicate with Twain the Whale
100 New Species Discovered
T-Rex Could have Used Tools
The Batirs are back after a two month hiatus and SHOTS ARE FIRED. Ali puts Raising Canes on blast and Lady and Gentleman Batir discuss multiple updates in evolutionary biology.
Discussed Resources:
Human Evolution is Reversed
Symbiosis in Action
Animals are Sentient
Jump into a whirlwind of diverse discussions on "Batir We Go" as we traverse hilariously unrelated yet connected topics. From Ali's experience working at Radio Disney to the speculative existence of aliens and humorous tales of UFO sightings in France, this episode is truly a rally of diverse subject matter. We also discuss the fascinating world of pets, specifically, a deep dive into the peculiar world of hairless cats.
The Batirs make their predictions for 2024!
Discussed Articles:
Pierce Brosnan Trespasses
Houses on the Moon
Welcome to Batir We Go Lite... the show where the Batirs overbooked and have to squeeze in a podcast before a prior commitment. They discuss Max's new documentary "Love has Won: God is Mother", the differences between cults and religions, and how identity politics are affecting today's youth.
Discussed Resources:
Love Has Won: God is Mother
If attitudes don’t shift, a political dating mismatch will threaten marriage
The Batirs discuss how society has evolved over time, how what we believe today is a product of different factors, and the downfall of civilization as we know it.
Discussed Resources:
Post-Christianity? Podcast
The Great Leap Forward
Family & Civilization by Carle C. Zimmerman
The Old World and the New 1492–1650: The Wiles Lectures Given at the Queens University Belfast 1969 by J.H. Elliot
Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West by Andrew Wilson
The Batirs discuss Halloween and catch up on recent events.
Discussed Articles:
The Moon is Old
Search for Lock Ness
Man Missing at Sea Found
Best Cheese
Dog Goes Missing in the Airport
Giant Hamster Wheel of the Sea
The Batirs are back after a two month hiatus. They discuss Ali's lack of geography skills, bologna sandwiches, and debate the pros and cons of running into a serial killer on the Appalachian Trail.
The Batirs discuss all the articles they haven't had time to talk about since the last episode. They cover multiple topics including Europa, EV batteries, and Hank Green.
Discussed Articles:
Gravitational Waves
Kenyan Death Cult
No Core for Europa
Ships with Giant Kites
Massive Phosphate Deposits
The Batirs address the elephant in the room as well as the new research on the dangers of Diet Coke.
Discussed Articles:
Flame-throwing Robot Dogs
The Batirs discuss Joe's connections to the world of science and Ali is a terrible tipper.
Articles:
Earth has Been Nudged
Synthetic Embryos
Geologists Challenge Conventional View of Earth
The Batirs are back after a long hiatus from podcasting. They recap their family vacation to Rome and Naples and also discuss the tragic downfall of the name Kyle.
The Batirs recap Earth Day 2023 (Aka Batir Christmas) and discuss the following articles:
500 Days in a Cave
Mammoth Burgers
Mars Finds Evidence of Water
The Batirs discuss mammoth meatballs, 9 phrases people use in healthy relationships (according to science), and Dr. Joe corrects mainstream magazines.
Discussed Resources:
Mammoth Meatballs
The Earth's Core Is Wrapped In Ancient Ocean
If you use any of these 9 phrases every day, ‘your relationship is more successful' than most
The Batirs answer a listener question: How do they parent around video games. They discuss their experiences growing up with video games, the rise of e-sports, and Ali never wants to be famous.
The Batirs discuss the location of the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant and debate the importance of religious artifacts. They also talk about parenting through big questions and whether "frickin" is a curse word.
Discussed Articles:
Is the Holy Grail under a house?
The Batirs are back and, this time, its all three of them (until bedtime). Jacob starts us off with an in depth look at volcanos and snakes. Mom and Dad finish the conversation with alien motherships, millennial triggers, and their 8th wedding anniversary.
Discussed Articles:
Virus in Permafrost
Chernobyl Dogs
Galaxy Breakers
The Batirs are joined by Casey and Robert and revisit neanderthals and zombies as well as discuss baptizing dead people and quantum foam.
Discussed Resources:
Cancer Patient Develops Uncontrollable Accent
Quantum Foam
Biblical DNA in Modern Populations
Pedro Pascal SNL Clip
The Batirs discuss Neanderthals, aging gracefully, and the top ten dirtiest cities in America.
Discussed Articles:
Dirtiest Cities in America
Extreme Aging
9,000 year old Stone Henge
The Batirs discuss whether zombies have souls, the earth's core taking a pause, and the string of curious incidents at the Dallas Zoo.
Welcome to 2023! The Batirs discuss what they are currently watching on television, AI's takeover of baby products, how fast fashion is cluttering our lives, and ponder what the Church can do about it.
Discussed Resources:
AI Stroller
Books:
Futureville
Dawn
Searching For Enough
The Batirs discuss Houston's current water crisis, weird new laws, and how they are handling Santa with their son.
The Batirs are back after a brief hiatus. Ali read some entires from her high school journals, they discuss "types", and all things Greece.
The Batirs are back after an unplanned 2 week hiatus.
Discussed resources:
Cryogenic Facility Article
The Batirs are back after a week hiatus. They discuss their new busy schedules as well as how one's view of the end of the world determines how they live in it.
The Batirs discuss the complexities of the hiring felons and their experience serving with people who've served time.
Joe is back! He regales us with his tales from the geothermal conference world and we talk about the craziness that is cryogenics.
With Joe out of town, Ali has a new temporary co-host: her 4 year old son. They discuss Jake's love of Jurassic Park and how one would make smores using miniature marshmallows.
The Batirs discuss their recent thrifting adventures as well as the severed foot found in Yellowstone last week.
Discussed Resources:
Human Foot Found Floating in Yellowstone Hot Spring
The Batirs have a new pet, Ali investigates whether Joe was hazed in high school, and we both say 'poop' more times than we are comfortable with.
Discussed Articles:
Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’, study finds
Through the Eyes of a Fighter: Cutting Weight
The Robinsons are back on the pod! This time, Haley is in charge and has chosen 7 things to talk about... and all space related!
The Batirs are tired and loopy. So naturally they will be able to easily transition from talking about hunting dogs to the complexities of transplanting one's brain. Enjoy.
Ali and Joe discuss the challenge of summer birthdays, the strange evolution of gift giving, and share a message from the great American buffalo.
Happy Birthday Jacob!
Joe and Ali wish Jacob a very happy birthday and discuss the vast differences in their high school experiences.
The Batirs recap their 24 hours in San Antonio and discuss Moonfall, the upcoming NASA photos, and another edition of Does Joe Know?
Ali and Joe discuss new innovations in food, how changing diet affects the climate, and C.S. Lewis' Out Of The Silent Planet.
Discussed Resources:
The Future Of (Netflix)
The Batirs survived their first covid infection (and hopefully their last). They discuss quarantine, talking to dead relatives, and the new initiative to de-extinct the wooly mammoth.
Discussed Resources:
Alexa will soon mimic your dead relative's voice
Solving the Colossal Problem of Extinction | Colossal
Stolen artifacts, sentient A.I., Alaskan mammoths.... Does Joe now?
Discussed Resources:
Alaskan Wooly Mammoths
Geologist Sentenced to Prison
Sentient A.I.
Joe and Ali discuss "The Big Sort" and its future implications.
Discussed Resources:
With God Daily
We introduce two new segments: "Who Asked For This?" and "Does Joe Know?"
Discussed Resources:
AI Using Micro Chips that Act like Human Brains
NASA will send probes to Uranus
Signs of life is 830 million year old salt?
Divided By Faith [BOOK]
This weekend, the Robinsons surprised the Batirs by coming to Dallas. So, naturally, they decided to have them on the podcast. This quad discuss a wide array of topics, including a recent archeological dig, a rambunctious group of middle schoolers, and Joe's all-time favorite band: Green Day.
Discussed Resources:
Female Clergy Found in Israel
Salem Witch Exonerated
The Batirs record live from their 9 hour road trip back home from Missouri with special guest: Jacob Batir.
Discussed Resources:
Ancient Tooth Found in Cave
New Pentagon UFO Report
The Batirs are back at it again. This week, we've got more headlines from Ali: ghost hunting, moon plants, Alabama cave drawings, and the short history of the human language.
Discussed Articles:
Lunar Plants
Ghosting Hunting Lottery Winners
U.S. Native American Boarding Schools
The Batirs share updates on everyone's favorite "fictosexual" as well as Hank the Tank. They also share the story of picking their son's name and Joe's weird nicknames.
Discussed Resources:
The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap
'Fictosexual' Japanese man no longer able to communicate with hologram he married
Hank the Tank finds love?
Ali regales Joe with her favorite headlines from the last week.
Discussed Resources:
The Culture Translator
Pine Valley Golf Club Investigation
Fictosexuals
Harvard Reparations
The Bible Project Classroom
Joe & Ali discuss their takeaways from the EarthX convention and Ali goes postal.
Discussed Resources:
EarthX
Bill McKibben | No License to Give Up [PODCAST]
Falter by Bill McKibben [BOOK]
Joe and Ali discuss more fossils, TikTok therapy, AI dead people, and where in the world did all the tiny homes go?
Discussed Resources:
Tiny House Article
Asteroid Fossils
TikTok Therapy
AI Chatbot
Joe & Ali discuss new data that shows almost half of parents today would object to their child marrying someone of the opposite political party.
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Ali and Joe debrief their trip from California, discuss the slap heard round the world, and how we all can ground ourselves in a crazy world.
Discussed resources:
Hubble finds oldest star
California reparations task force
We have completed the human genome
Reparations Book
Reading the Times book
The Batirs sit down and discuss ice dinosaurs from Antartica as well as the theological implications of Aliens and the multiverse.
Discussed Resources:
Antarctica and the Arctic are warmer than average
God and the Big Bang
Bring on the Multiverse - Biologos Podcast
The Batirs discuss their childhood favorite tv show (Cutlery Corner), compare and contrast popular dating shows, and are finally going back to La Brea.
The Batirs celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary by discussing the crazy gas prices. Buckle up.
The Batirs are, frankly, all over the place in this week's episode. Their discussion includes (but is not limited to) LOTR, talking donkeys, International Women's Day, the 2022 Oscar nominated movies, and much much more.
The Batirs give an update on Hank the Tank and go through the week’s top science stories which includes grave robbing, baby dinosaurs, and the 2022 Climate Change Report.
Discussed Resources:
Hank the Tank Update
Prehistoric Croc Ate Baby Dinosaurs
How well do you know Gen Z slang? The Batirs goes over the top 10 new slang terms, hold a memorial for Hank the Tank, and discuss the latest Olympic controversy.
Discussed Resources:
‘Hank the Tank’: 500-pound black bear still at large after breaking into another home in Tahoe
Feeling lost with Gen Z slang? OK boomer, here are the basics
The Batirs discuss all things Valentine's Day: their own past experiences, the materialistic holiday it can be today, and how time haven't really changed all that much.
The Batirs discuss and compare the ice storms of 2021 and 2022 as well as whether or not Joe's neanderthal genes make him a better rock climber.
The Batirs are Robinsons discuss their new favorite book about the Old Testament as well as how Christians are called to be stewards of our planet. This episode also features our first GIVEAWAY so listen in to find out how to enter.
Discussed Resources:
The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament
Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters
Bear Grease Podcast EP. 20: FROM THE EARTH - CIVILIZATION, HUMANS, AND WHITETAILS
The Batirs celebrate a landmark and discuss all things Winter Olympics including Shawn White vs Carrot Top, breaking bones, and everyone's favorite flag bearer.
The Batirs discuss favorite board games and how games in general created happy childhood memories.
For years we've kept a tight lid on our dirty hobby... but now, for all the world to hear, we talk about our history with dumpster diving.
Happy New Year! The Batirs discuss the top 10 new stories from 2021 and recap the year while slightly ill and massively cynical. Buckle up.
Discussed Resources: From the Capitol riot to abortion rights, here are the top political stories of 2021
On this week’s episode, the Batirs discuss Ali’s experience as a social media influencer, how to win online giveaways, and why Joe’s body is broken.
The Robinsons filmed a bonus episode with us to discuss all things advertising. Whether you think advertising is the devil or hip and cool like Mad Men, you'll learn a lot from Neil and Haley as they delve into the behind the scenes of the holiday shopping season.
In this episode, the Robinsons are back to hang with the Batirs as they discuss cultural appropriation, slavery, CRT, and reparations. So... super chill and noncontroversial topics!
This week, the Batirs are joined by their friend Carlos as they discuss "Tick Tick Boom", favorite musicals, and all things Broadway.
This week is all things Thanksgiving: pies, stuffing, small pox blankets... join us as we get ready to kick off the Holiday Season.
The Batirs discuss the results from last week's election, Ali's hot takes on current events, and Jake's first Halloween.
If you didn't think anything could be worse than the Cannibalism episode... you would be wrong. This week the Batirs discuss their favorite celebrity encounters and discuss the ballot propositions for Tuesday's election.
Find Your Sample Ballot
Welcome to our 13th episode!
Today we talk about Halloween and Christmas movies, maternity leave, and revisit the most talked about topic around everyone's holiday dinner this year: Would you eat your own leg?
Discussed Articles:
Taco Leg
Maternal Mortality Rates
This week the Batirs discuss why it seems harder to make friends as an adult, whether they would resort to cannibalism to survive, and how La Brea sunk faster than it's own sinkhole.
The Batirs discuss the Singularity, microplastics, and what tragedy would make the best new hit musical.
Microplastics in Babies
The Singularity
Welcome to episode 10, where the Batirs discuss the departure of the moon, Einstein's famous equation, and the premiere of La Brea... all during a power outage.
Resources discussed:
Light Creating Matter
The Moon is Leaving
The Robinsons are back! On this episode, the foursome discuss the probability of aliens, Tim Burton's Batman franchise, board games, and time travel.
The Batirs discuss more 'La Brea' (premieres 9/28!), delve into old earth vs new earth creationism, and ponder whether "being funny" is a requirement for a long and successful marriage.
Discussed resources:
LaBrea 5 min Clip
BioLogos
Tim Keller on Evolution
History of the Fundamentalist/Modernist Debate (Young Earth Creationism)
The Science of God by Gerald L. Schroeder
The Language of God by Dr. Francis S. Collins
The Batirs discuss the vaccine mandate and the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, reflecting on how the country has changed in the past two decades and what the future may hold.
It's life or death... can you name all 5 original American Girl Dolls? In this week's episode, the Batirs discuss the upcoming season of Survivor, being married to a twin, and somehow end up back on Buzzfeed.
The Batirs discuss the question rocking the nation (atleast back in 2012)... "are you Team Gale or Team Peeta?", as well as discuss books, the benefits of climate change, and Ali apologizes for interrupting.... multiple times.
The Batirs sit with down with Ali's mom and step dad to discuss a myriad of different things: how climate change is affecting earthquakes, Tom's love for Art 'Appreesh', and they tease a future [BONUS] episode unmasking an infamous Gatewood folk tale.
This week, we sit down with the Robinsons and discuss twinning, La Brea (because why wouldn't we), and Haley's love of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. We also created a brand new musical which we swear is the next big thing.
We discuss the climate change report that is giving Ali anxiety, more news on La Brea (quickly becoming an audience favorite), & can 36 questions really make you fall in love with someone?
Links to articles discussed:
36 Questions to Fall In Love
Climate Change Report
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall of a mid 30's happily married couple? Same.
Today the Batirs discuss many things: the superiority of oatmeal raisin cookies, the new TV show 'La Brea', and the anomaly of a musical combining both Joe and Ali's interests.