Jerod gathers a group of friends for our first game show experiment here on Changelog & Friends! This is a game of obscure jargon, fake definitions & expert tomfoolery. Our contestants checked their imposter syndrome at the door, because they either know what these words mean or they fake it ’til they make their peers think they do.

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Featuring:
<ul><li>Amal Hussein &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/nomadtechie" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/nomadtechie" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a></li><li>Taylor Troesh &ndash; <a href="https://github.com/surprisetalk" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/taysar" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://taylor.town" rel="external ugc">Website</a></li><li>Lars Wikman &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/lawik" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/lawik" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://underjord.io" rel="external ugc">Website</a></li><li>Jerod Santo &ndash; <a href="https://changelog.social/@jerod" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a></li><li>Adam Stacoviak &ndash; <a href="https://changelog.social/@adam" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://adamstacoviak.com/" rel="external ugc">Website</a></li></ul>

Show Notes:
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<li><a href="https://underjord.io/">Underjord</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theincomparable.com/gameshow/">Game Show - a podcast from The Incomparable</a></li>
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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Let's play!(00:37) - Game show & Friends(03:57) - How to play(06:16) - Round 1: Megger(14:32) - Round 2: Rubber Sheet Model(21:45) - Round 3: Zeigarnik Effect(28:57) - Sponsor: Passbolt(33:16) - Round 4: NMR(42:49) - Round 5: Riemann Hypothesis(51:07) - Round 6: Zitterbewegung(1:01:12) - Round 7: Give it a GOOG(1:09:09) - Sponsor: Statsig(1:12:52) - Round 8: Caisson(1:18:10) - Round 9: How do you do?(1:27:28) - Round 10: Petechiae(1:36:58) - And the winner is...(1:37:29) - Winner's circle(1:39:06) - Game feedback(1:43:03) - Coming up next

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