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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Zak says that people constantly spell his name as Zack.
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\nOn December 31, 2022, they released the finale of the first season, "The End of the Road (Trip)", putting the series on an indefinite hiatus.
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* CelebCrush: "The Banal Melancholy of Celebrity Crushes" features a discussion of Jacob and Zak's celebrity crushes.
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* SelfDeprecation: The hosts often make jokes about how the podcast rarely stays on schedule.
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* NonIndicativeName: Many episodes have little to do with their title because the discussion veers in a wildly different direction than what was intended.
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* SurfRock: The main theme of the podcast is in the style of surf rock.
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* TheGamblingAddict: Jacob loves gambling, which led to him spending hundreds of dollars on Pokémon cards to find the rarest cards.


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* ToiletHumor: The hosts hate toilet humor and find it childish and unfunny.
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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created and hosted by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off ''topic'' and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly. It can be found [[https://open.spotify.com/show/3wK5itr0DKtiPuEiL6ohO3 here]] on Spotify.



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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created and hosted by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]].WebVideo/{{Alpharad}}. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off ''topic'' and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly. It can be found [[https://open.spotify.com/show/3wK5itr0DKtiPuEiL6ohO3 here]] on Spotify.


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* BaitAndSwitch: The title of "The Capitalist Sovereignty of an Eternal Rat" makes it sound like the episode is about ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'', when the actual ''topic'' is ''Creator/ChuckECheese''.
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* {{Tagline}}: "How Did We Get Here? The audio roadtrip that has no breaks." Jacob or Zak are supposed to start every episode with this, although they almost always get it wrong.

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* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: While the podcast has touched on dark subject matter in the past, "The Scintillating Romantics of Hollywood Conspiracies" has a much darker focus than most, touching on ''topics'' such as pedophilia, bestiality, and sexual abuse. While there are jokes in the episode, the discussion is less humorous and more serious. Jacob and Zak lampshade how bleak the episode is at the end.
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* {{Sexbot}}: Much of "The Divine Multitude of Vehicular Manslaughter" is a discussion of sex robots and their technological potential.
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* CarFu: In "The Divine Multitude of Vehicular Manslaughter", Jacob discusses having taken part in a demolition derby. It was a painful experience.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Jacob describes his own mother as this, saying that she was overly strict and protective.


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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Zak says that people constantly spell his name as Zack.
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* SeinfeldianConversation: Jacob and Zak often have long conversations or rants about random topics.
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** The hosts almost always say the tagline wrong at the start of each episode.
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* ShoutOut: Zak and Jacob constantly discuss and reference other media. Some episodes are centered on specific works. For instance, "The Law-Abiding Technicality of Remote Execution (Anime)" is about ''Manga/DeathNote'' and "The Lucrative Miracle of the Fortnite Zeitgeist" is about ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}.

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* ShoutOut: Zak and Jacob constantly discuss and reference other media. Some episodes are centered on specific works. For instance, "The Law-Abiding Technicality of Remote Execution (Anime)" is about ''Manga/DeathNote'' and "The Lucrative Miracle of the Fortnite Zeitgeist" is about ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}.''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.
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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created and hosted by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off topic and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly. It can be found [[https://open.spotify.com/show/3wK5itr0DKtiPuEiL6ohO3 here]] on Spotify.



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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created and hosted by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off topic ''topic'' and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly. It can be found [[https://open.spotify.com/show/3wK5itr0DKtiPuEiL6ohO3 here]] on Spotify.


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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off topic and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly. It can be found [[https://open.spotify.com/show/3wK5itr0DKtiPuEiL6ohO3 here]] on Spotify.



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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created and hosted by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off topic and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly. It can be found [[https://open.spotify.com/show/3wK5itr0DKtiPuEiL6ohO3 here]] on Spotify.




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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The podcast is based upon this idea, as they constantly get off ''topic'' and don't stay on any given ''topic'' for much time. Jacob has stated that he has ADHD and joked that this podcast was based on it.
* BlatantLies: In some of the early episodes, Jacob and Zak would advertise the podcast's Twitter account, yet this account did not exist.
* KidsAreCruel: Discussed in "The Intrinsic Mendacity of Prepubescence". They talk about how often children lie or say rude things for no reason.


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** Any time someone says the word ''topic'', a a robotic sounding filter is placed on their voice.
** Advertising their nonexistent Twitter account.


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* ShoutOut: Zak and Jacob constantly discuss and reference other media. Some episodes are centered on specific works. For instance, "The Law-Abiding Technicality of Remote Execution (Anime)" is about ''Manga/DeathNote'' and "The Lucrative Miracle of the Fortnite Zeitgeist" is about ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}.

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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off topic and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly.



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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off topic and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly.


weekly. It can be found [[https://open.spotify.com/show/3wK5itr0DKtiPuEiL6ohO3 here]] on Spotify.





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* OddNameOut: Every episode has a SesquipedalianLoquaciousness title, except for one just titled "Smash Bros"
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The titles use difficult vocabulary and scientific language to describe what the central ''topic'' of every episode is.
* {{Tagline}}: "How Did We Get Here? The audio roadtrip that has no breaks." Jacob or Zak are supposed to start every episode with this, although they almost always get it wrong.
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''How Did We Get Here?'' is a podcast created by YouTubers Zak Zeeks, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9geifdI6fzWRjm_lNUjxgw CONEY]], and Jacob Rabon IV, aka [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw Alpharad]]. Described as an "audio roadtrip with no breaks", the podcast is made up of Jacob and Zak discussing a specific ''topic'' each episode. Their discussions usually quickly go off topic and take them on various strange tangents. The first episode premiered in October, 2021 and the series generally updates weekly.



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