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Back to Search91. Daniel Penny & The Other Case
A stern, humorless warning about what news stories to allow into your mind space.
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1 year, 9 months ago
90. The Big Sleep w/ Glen Rockney
Raymond Chandler defined Los Angeles as a corrupt labyrinth of hidden truths that only an adventurous detective with noir eyes, a steel spine, and a …
1 year, 10 months ago
89. The Twilight Zone w/ Yeerk
How Rod Serling's TWILIGHT ZONE continues to shape the American imagination and make us cry. A deep dive into the first five episodes with Yeerk of B…
1 year, 10 months ago
88. How does it feel?
Notes on a miracle.
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1 year, 11 months ago
Smoke Break: Charismala / RFK / J.D. Vance / Arnold's Disgrace
Election Day is upon us, so here is a sampler of political Smoke Break mini-eps from the last few months about some key characters on that stage. If …
1 year, 11 months ago
87. Hillbilly Elegy w/ Cara Cunningham
Appalachian icon Cara Cunningham ("Leave Britney Alone") returns to analyze the story of J.D. Vance, the crises of the land he comes from, the powers…
1 year, 11 months ago
86. Lunch at Philippe's w/ Jared Klickstein
After a reunion tour of Skid Row, Jared and I dip into the place that invented the French Dip Sandwich -- but how? -- to break bread and reflect on t…
1 year, 11 months ago
85. Escaping Skid Row w/ Jared Klickstein
A walking tour of America's most notorious rock bottom junkie town with a man who lived there, almost died there, and miraculously escaped...but how?…
2 years ago
84. Nighthawks 2: Something Was Off w/ Drew Bratcher
An editor dies, but a painting comes to life, as I ask the most faithful man I met in Washington how he came to know God at such a young age.
For t…
2 years ago
83. Nighthawks w/ Drew Bratcher
In the presence of America's most beguiling depiction of loneliness, I reunite with the one faithful man who helped me survive the horrors of Washing…
2 years ago