Costco’s $5.99 Rotisserie Chicken Is Still One of the Best Deals in Retail
Gene made the case on-air for a Costco run specifically for the rotisserie chicken: a well-seasoned, full-size (2–3 lb) bird for $5.99 — “literally less than a burger at most places.” Costco famously sells it at a loss as a loss-leader to get people in the door, and it’s held that price for years even as everything else at the store has crept up roughly 40% over the last decade, by Gene’s own rough count walking the aisles.
If the chicken’s not calling to you, the food court’s chicken bakes are the other similarly-discounted option worth grabbing on your way out.
[Unrelenting #212 55:40]
No ID: A North Idaho Podcast Worth Checking Out (noidshow.com)
On the show, Rob Dew played a clip from a podcast called No ID (short for North Idaho), hosted by Scott and a co-host, featuring a sharp, satirical bit on what stays exactly the same no matter who wins an election — building permits still take forever, the next election will still be billed as the most important of your lifetime, and your health insurance will still cover everything except what actually happened to you.
Rob gave it a genuine, first-person endorsement afterward, having met the hosts at a couple of meetups: “good guys up there in northern Idaho… stand-up dudes.” You can check them out at noidshow.com — they tape on Tuesdays and release on Thursdays.
No ID is part of the broader No Agenda Nation podcast circle — later in the episode, Rob and Dana ran down a list of shows (Party Line Show, Curry and the Keeper, Planet Rage, Nick the Rat, and No ID) they plan to spread some of their own donation money to in support.
[Scanning Podcast #2 1:09:39]
Godcaster: Adam Curry’s AI System Now Runs 300+ Radio Stations and Churches with Agentic AI
In the interview CSB plugged on air, Adam Curry revealed a project separate from Currycaster (his podcast-recording app, already covered here): Godcaster, a system that runs the entire on-air operation for radio stations and churches with AI. By his own count, it’s already serving “over 300 radio station customers and over 35 streaming stations and churches” — generating station IDs, ad promos, local weather segments, and even a fully AI-voiced hourly newscast (five stories, four different synthetic voices) automatically, with no per-station API costs since it runs on his own local hardware. He demoed it live on real customers, including KHCB.org in Houston and a church station in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Watch the full interview: Adam Curry: From Inventing Podcasting to Reinventing It with Agentic AI on the AI archwizard YouTube channel.
[Planet Rage #243 2:17:19]
The Bobaverse: An Audiobook Sci-Fi Series Worth Getting Hooked On
Buried in an otherwise heavily political episode, Gene mentioned he’s currently listening to the latest book in the Bobaverse series — Dennis E. Taylor’s “Bobiverse” novels, starting with We Are Legion (We Are Bob) — and Ben enthusiastically backed it up, calling it “a very funny series… very good sci-fi that’s very irreverent humor… sarcastic and fairly hard sci-fi.” Both hosts said they’ve enjoyed the first four books and are looking forward to the fifth.
Several editions and formats are in print (it’s a popular audiobook pick in particular), so here’s a search starting point rather than a single pinned listing: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) on Amazon.
[Just Two Good Old Boys #185 1:14:38]
The MOTU UltraLite AVB: The “Overkill” Podcasting Interface That’s Held Up for 15 Years
This one came up as a tangent during the Currycaster discussion, but it’s a real, specific, long-standing piece of gear advice worth pulling out on its own. Gene’s been running a MOTU UltraLite AVB interface for about 15 years at this point — he traced it back to around when he moved to Austin — and his case for it is straightforward: it does everything the newer purpose-built podcasting boxes (the ones with all the knobs and flashing pads) do, and then some, because it’s actually professional stage-audio gear, not something designed around podcasting specifically. Gene is upfront that it’s overkill for the job and that the routing software took real time to learn, but once it’s set up, it just works — he’s still running the same unit, and these interfaces are reportedly known to hold their resale value rather than depreciate. Worth knowing before buying a flashier, podcasting-specific box: a serious audio interface built for the stage might already do the job better.
You can get this updated version of the MOTU UltraLite on Amazon.
[Unrelenting #211 49:45]
Cub Scouts: A Caller’s Case for It
A caller, Sir Achilles, gave a heartfelt, specific testimonial about Scouts: his son initially had no interest in sports, reluctantly joined Cub Scouts, and ended up an Eagle Scout; his daughter is close behind. One concrete detail worth keeping: after his son attended a week-long National Youth Leadership Training program in 8th grade, he came home and said he wanted straight A’s the next year — and got them, for two years running, after previously earning C’s and D’s. The caller’s framing was simple: the program has been around for a hundred years, it’s well thought out, and it gave his family camping trips and structure they wouldn’t have otherwise organized themselves. One of the hosts, also an Eagle Scout, agreed it’s a genuinely transformative program for a lot of kids.
[Party Line Show #2 1:12:21]
The Last Show: No Agenda Ends After 19 Years and 1,916 Episodes
After 19 years, 1,916 episodes, and zero ads ever run, No Agenda went off the air for good on October 29th. Andrew Horowitz — who co-hosted alongside John Dvorak for almost as long as the show existed — sat in for the entire final episode, calling it “emotionally draining, but at the same time a…
Costco’s $5.99 Rotisserie Chicken Is Still One of the Best Deals in Retail
Gene made the case on-air for a Costco run specifically for the rotisserie chicken: a well-seasoned, full-size (2–3 lb) bird for $5.99 — “literally less than a burger at most places.” Costco famously sells it at a loss as a loss-leader to get people in the door, and it’s held that price for years even…
No ID: A North Idaho Podcast Worth Checking Out (noidshow.com)
On the show, Rob Dew played a clip from a podcast called No ID (short for North Idaho), hosted by Scott and a co-host, featuring a sharp, satirical bit on what stays exactly the same no matter who wins an election — building permits still take forever, the next election will still be billed as…
Godcaster: Adam Curry’s AI System Now Runs 300+ Radio Stations and Churches with Agentic AI
In the interview CSB plugged on air, Adam Curry revealed a project separate from Currycaster (his podcast-recording app, already covered here): Godcaster, a system that runs the entire on-air operation for radio stations and churches with AI. By his own count, it’s already serving “over 300 radio station customers and over 35 streaming stations and…
The Last Show: No Agenda Ends After 19 Years and 1,916 Episodes
After 19 years, 1,916 episodes, and zero ads ever run, No Agenda went off the air for good on October 29th. Andrew Horowitz — who co-hosted alongside John Dvorak for almost as long as the show existed — sat in for the entire final episode, calling it “emotionally draining, but at the same time a…
Costco’s $5.99 Rotisserie Chicken Is Still One of the Best Deals in Retail
Gene made the case on-air for a Costco run specifically for the rotisserie chicken: a well-seasoned, full-size (2–3 lb) bird for $5.99 — “literally less than a burger at most places.” Costco famously sells it at a loss as a loss-leader to get people in the door, and it’s held that price for years even…
No ID: A North Idaho Podcast Worth Checking Out (noidshow.com)
On the show, Rob Dew played a clip from a podcast called No ID (short for North Idaho), hosted by Scott and a co-host, featuring a sharp, satirical bit on what stays exactly the same no matter who wins an election — building permits still take forever, the next election will still be billed as…
Godcaster: Adam Curry’s AI System Now Runs 300+ Radio Stations and Churches with Agentic AI
In the interview CSB plugged on air, Adam Curry revealed a project separate from Currycaster (his podcast-recording app, already covered here): Godcaster, a system that runs the entire on-air operation for radio stations and churches with AI. By his own count, it’s already serving “over 300 radio station customers and over 35 streaming stations and…