Send us a text What do we owe the people who serve, and what do we owe each other when jokes hit sensitive ground? We open with Veterans Day reflections that put family stress front and center, then pivot to pop culture that refuses to sit quietly. Tropic Thunder’s star-studded satire still sparks debate, and we unpack why intent and impact don’t always meet in the middle. Context matters, timing matters, and sometimes the target of the joke isn’t who the audience thinks it is. From there we...
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Send us a text What do we owe the people who serve, and what do we owe each other when jokes hit sensitive ground? We open with Veterans Day reflections that put family stress front and center, then pivot to pop culture that refuses to sit quietly. Tropic Thunder’s star-studded satire still sparks debate, and we unpack why intent and impact don’t always meet in the middle. Context matters, timing matters, and sometimes the target of the joke isn’t who the audience thinks it is. From there we...
Send us a text A stuffed sloth looming over I‑5, five yaks crashing a middle school lunch, and a python weaving through a drive‑thru might sound like pure chaos—but this hour uses the absurd to reset our senses before we face something heavier. We start with a frank rewatch of Urban Cowboy: a glittering soundtrack wrapped around characters we can’t love, and the sharp dissonance that creates. We trace its DNA into Landman, talk about how live music at Gilley’s gave the film grit, and then shi...
Anne Levine Show
Send us a text What do we owe the people who serve, and what do we owe each other when jokes hit sensitive ground? We open with Veterans Day reflections that put family stress front and center, then pivot to pop culture that refuses to sit quietly. Tropic Thunder’s star-studded satire still sparks debate, and we unpack why intent and impact don’t always meet in the middle. Context matters, timing matters, and sometimes the target of the joke isn’t who the audience thinks it is. From there we...
