Men in Gorilla Suits Ep. 144: Last Seen…Talking about Tools

These are just some of the tools we use to create an episode of Men in Gorilla Suits:

• Our brains
• Smartphones
• Web-based email
• Cars
• 2 Audio Technica ATR-2100 microphones
• 2 Gator Frameworks tabletop boom mic stands
• Zoom H6 digital recorder
• Computers
• The World Wide Web
• Adobe Photoshop
• morguefile.com or unsplash.com (for images)
• Skype (on occasion — like this episode)
• Audacity
• Auphonic
• This website
• Libsyn

Tools can be as complex as the International Space Station or as simple as a stick used to dig holes or defend yourself. What some deem as tools, others claim are something else. (Are our brains really tools?) But there’s not a person alive who won’t use a tool of some sort today. So…we decided to dedicate an entire episode to the things that make life a little better.

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We begin this week’s episode talking about the first tool we remember seeing, and then…the first tool we ever used that helped define who we are.

After that, we discuss a tool we regularly use that many might not consider a tool. Next, it’s back to school, where we ask if the use of traditional tools was taught to us at any point during our educations.

Most people associate tools with work. We dedicate some time to talking about working jobs where we’ve used what most would consider traditional tools, and then we jump to the one tool we cannot live without.

We constantly find new ways of doing things, and that usually involves new tools. We talk about some recent tools we’ve incorporated into our lives in recent years before chatting about the most badass, tough tool we’ve ever used.

It’s not uncommon to use tools to make new tools to fit one’s needs. Find out if we’ve ever invented or repurposed tools for other things, and also listen to us discuss out favorite tools of the trade. After that, it’s on to the one tool we do not own that we’d love to have in our possession.

We close out this week’s episode talking about the future. (Big surprise, huh?) Find out if we think humans will use more tools — or fewer tools — in the future.

And please consider the comments section your tool for telling us what you think about this episode.

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