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We back! The band is back together for a year-end special and it's like we never left.  On this very special Christmas-y episode we talk about being Extremely Online, ask the fellow kids how they're doing, and New Year's resolutions. 

This week, the crew details how movies like Fight Club and American Beauty don't really stand the test of time; Mike talks about the perks of being a ninja when it comes to air travel; and we come to the realization that a Porg is just cat. 

WE BACK. That's right, after a nine-month hiatus, we got the gang back together. In our return, we decided to switch things up as we'll cover multiple topics throughout the show by rolling the die at varying times; you'll just have to listen to find out about the change.

Intro/Games (00:00) -- Kate delves into the history of game shows and reality TV The Future (27:25) -- Ian worries about whether worrying is productive Food (45:08) -- Mike reveals his three favorite things to eat as a kid Pop Quiz (1:30) -- Proctor Jose administers a pop quiz about Trump and Kanye

We're back after a long layoff with an episode that has something for everyone! Jose delves into the mysterious, creepy and annoying world of roadside clowns Ian explores niche sports, from real-life Harry Potter jocks to Irish field hockey Mike reads from his unintentionally (???) homoerotic middle school fantasy novel Kate has a nut to move your butt ... with an alternative national anthem choice.

Topics: Fads, The Potato, The Pitch, Hypotheticals Hey, we finally recorded another damn episode! We're back after a long break to discuss the the long-term prospects of Pokemon Go, the history of Ian's favorite tuber toy, a theoretical Icosahedron music and arts festival and a trip back to the chart-toppers of 1991. Intro/Kate: 00:00 Ian: 24:13 Jose: 39:57 Mike: 1:06:34 Rolls: 1:28:35

This week, Mike lays out a simple, four-part plan to fix the garbage fire of negativity that is Twitter, Ian goes in search of buried treasure, Kate suggests you watch the Netflix comedy Lady Dynamite, and Jose does the devil's work, quizzing us on music played backwards. Intro/Mike: 00:00 Ian: 32:17 Kate: 54:38 Jose: 1:18:44 Topic Rolls/End of Show: 1:26:40

This week: Ian and @notphaserstopun discuss trolling Grant Wahl and other adult babies, Jose talks eSports, Kate recalls her disastrous graduation trip to Mexico, and Mike travels to LA and has an encounter with Iggy Pop, Keanu Reeves, Val Kilmer and a Ukrainian Uber driver. Ian/Jason: 00:00 Jose: 22:43 Kate: 43:35 Mike: 1:04:00

In this episode ... THE INTERNET (1:00): Mike digs through his Twitter archive to recall how the four of us first met THE PAST (27:32): Jose uses the Wayback Machine to reveal his previous online persona HYPOTHETICALS: (43:16) Ian gives us an overview of various and sundry conspiracy theories BACK TO SCHOOL: (1:04) Kate ruins everything by getting a terrible, terrible song stuck in our heads forever

Jose: 4:56 -- a very RAW discussion of the world of pro wrestling, and why it's so appealing. Kate: 22:49 -- writers love to drink, and so do readers. Who wouldn't want to quaff a few in a CS Lewis-themed pub? Mike: 40:16 -- Sometimes you have a Facebook exchange over the Christmas holiday with the biological father you've never met. Ian: 1:13 -- What is the Singularity? Will it result in a the death of all humankind? Or will it enable us to live forever? We actually figured it out. You're welcome, science.

This week we start with a special guest that Jose has invited: Seattle Sounders fan, California transplant and Twitter curmudgeon Mark Kastner. He tells us an epic story about the time his family won the lottery. Then Kate delves into the seedy underbelly of fan fiction, which features, oddly, your Seattle Mariners. Ian explores what it means to be lucky and finds that sometimes surviving is enough. Finally, Mike explains why you should vote for Donald Trump, and everyone kind of loses, really. Mark's lottery story: 3:14, Kate's fan fiction: 36.30, Ian's potato: 59:30, Mike's incoherent Trump endorsement: 1:16:14

Games [6:13] Mike attempts to learn how to play video games. Laugh at his incompetence! The Pitch [28:57] Ian investigates the best practices of bank, art and jewel thievery. Youthful Indiscretions [54:12] Have you ever wanted to visit a biblical theme park? Kate has, and it's not what you might expect. Sports [1:16:33] Seahawks! Mariners! Sounders! Husky hoops! We run down the week's sporting news.

1. Science Cats (Mike) 2. Two Croissants (Ian) 3. Hitler/Bread Phone (Kate and Ian) 4. Sounders Roundtable 5. Tiny Psychic (Mike) 6. Hoaxes (Kate) 7. Cockney Slang (deleted scene with James) 8. Learning Spanish (Jose)

Intro – How do you uncover a Seattle Sounders trade rumor? Youthful Indiscretions (7:03) – Ian discusses his brief baseball career History (25:04) – Kate details history’s greatest hoaxes Art (52:30) – Jose uncovers the origins of graffiti in New York Film & TV (1:15:34) – Mike and the gang discuss the first season of Jessica Jones

This week: A familiar voice joins us to talk about the pros and cons of having a British accent here in the States, and takes us on a audio tour of England's various dialects. Kate examines the perils of using sarcasm on the internet and ask whether a sarcasm font might actually be useful. Plus, Jose talks about deciding to learn Spanish and Mike explores the strange history of GLOW: The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.

This week: The very first Halloween episode of the Icosahedron Podcast ... WILL LITERALLY SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU.

This week, Jose discovers the world of indie board games and RPGs, Mike asks the gang about their first/best/worst concert experiences, Ian explains what it's like to live and work in Antarctica and Kate tries to decide whether we've all been duped into liking a shitty impressionist painter.

Contained herein: A discussion about the ass-blood left behind after an invasive butt procedure, Ian's breakdown of the inscrutable world of cricket, why Jose is completely and utterly wrong about the pronunciation of "GIF," Kate's continued references to Nazis and her take-down of the ridiculous Victorian couple from Port Townsend and, to end on a real upbeat note, Mike's decision to quit boozing.

This week: With several Sounders absent for the international break, Mike and the gang discuss why Americans like playoffs so much; Kate goes on a search for folk art in West Seattle; Ian ponders the authorship of Shakespeare's work; and Jose nerds out on 8-bit pop songs

This week: Jose asks us what we'd each do with $10 million, Mike shares a misadventure in the Hollywood screen trade, Ian harks back to the days of finding pornography on teh ground, & Kate gives us an audio pop quiz featuring some incredible foreign-language covers of pop songs. Plus, listener questions. We still have listeners!