This time around, the boys are joined by everyone’s favorite resident science consultant, Lauren. It’s an extended episode featuring extreme birding in Ecuador, flying drunk, culture shock, parasites, dating and typical banter punctuated with the occasional momentary existential crisis.

2:48 – Who is Lauren?

4:11 – A joke about Ecuador referencing Toto’s Africa

9:12 – Dressing like a cartoon character with severe OCD

12:37 – “Birding is not for the faint of heart”

17:12 – Culture shock strikes again!

23:25 – Like Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, but in first class

32:09 – And that’s why you fly drunk, with a posse

35:09 – Bring on the noise, bring on the Americans

40:43 – I love the smell of commerce in the morning!

42:52 – The Great Lauren War

49:54 – Dispatches from Real America

56:30 – If it’s on the Internet, you should have heard about it by now

1:03:09 – Beware, assholes are everywhere

1:08:18 – The Death of Calm

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