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#669 - Just a Slob Like One of Us
At the turn of the millennium, one New Jersey-based auteur nailed his 130 minutes' worth of theses on the Catholic Church's door. We discuss Kevin Sm…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
PREVIEW - #668 - At Long Last, the EDtv Episode
Long remembered as "The movie that isn't The Truman Show," Ron Howard EDtv (1999) imagined a world where an average guy became a 24/7 TV superstar. W…
8 months ago
#667 - A War Room with a View
Just as Zohran Mamdani's New York mayoral campaign has written a new playbook for Democratic Party politics... we look back at the old playbook. We i…
8 months ago
PREVIEW - #666 - The Veer of Libidinous Intellect
David Cronenberg's COSMOPOLIS (2012) imagines a world where a young Wall Street billionaire is insulated in his limousine while society collapses aro…
8 months, 1 week ago
#665 - Cheesy Movies
It's a Gen-X and millennial touchstone that anticipated the next generation's parasocial content. But how does MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 hold up i…
8 months, 1 week ago
PATREON PREVIEW - Luke Unfiltered Two-Part Q&A Episode
In a special, Patreon-exclusive two-part AMA episode, Luke answers listener questions. PATREON-EXCLUSIVE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/luke-unfilte…
8 months, 1 week ago
#664 - The Night They Censored Fred Allen
"When a radio comedian's program is finally finished it slinks down Memory Lane into the limbo of yesterday's happy hours." So said the most brillian…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
#663 - A Nice, Chill Episode
The boys enjoy a nice, casual conversation like friends sometimes have - and invite you along to join! Topics discussed include Trump on the cover of…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
#662 - Essential Paragraphs
On this very special episode, we share some of the most important individual paragraphs of writing in our lives - paragraphs that have planted acorns…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
PREVIEW - #661 - Our Elections are the Envy of the World (Newsroom Part 18)
We finally reach the end of Season Two of Aaron Sorkin's THE NEWSROOM. The two-parter finale ELECTION NIGHT PART I and II sends us on a nostalgic rev…
8 months, 4 weeks ago