The neuroticism of playing yourself back, the internet's effect on knowledge and cultural memory, plus the 1998 movie Deep Impact. Next week: Idiocracy!
Adam's back! An episode of half European travel talk and half the John Hillcoat movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bleak masterpiece.
Post-fest, the energy flow of socializing, screen sizes, plus the movie The World's End.
Taylor Swift, pre-ACL, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and more!
Grocery deliver, 24-hour dining, hotel night clerk tales, This Is The End, and more!
It's Rapture eve! Duncan, Jordan, and Jon talk Biblical prophecy, free speech, and Darren Aronofsky's mother!
Jo returns to talk ghosts, speaking in tongues, creativity and pushing through plateaus, and as always Jesus comes up somehow. (Mother! discussion pushed to next episode)
Lottery tickets, Labor Day, jump scares and 2021's Don't Look Up.
Back from vacation! On the ever-present fraudulency of calling yourself an "artist." A relic from Covid for the soundboard, malls, writing, and more!
Ted joins Duncan, Adam, and Jon for a spirited discussion that covers the pilot episode of The Last Man on Earth, among many other topics.
The gang talks shocking horses, regional dialects, superhero nonsense, and the Lars Von Trier movie Melancholia.
Duncan, Jon, and Jordan discuss video calls, fine dining, money, and Lord Byron's 1816 poem "Darkness."
Duncan, Jon, and Adam (plus a special guest co-host playing with a chew toy) talk diet, graveyard shift, chaise lounges, and the movie Moonfall.
Duncan, Jon, and Jordan talk social media, the commodification of art, and the 2004 disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow. Watch Moonfall for next week!
The gang catches up after the holiday and discusses the 1996 action blockbuster Independence Day.
Pandemic memories, obscure taglines, being startled, the snowpocalypse, and more! On the unknown future- the podcast returns July 8th!
Brandi Davis and Jason Rodriguez stop by the live show. An annoucement, some white claws, various words for debris, boners, waffles, a night to remember.
A spirited round of Freedom Flotilla aka The Name Game. The unknowability of language, regional dialects, and more!
Zain Hussain, Brian Tweedy, and Brett Vervoort stop by the live show for a round of Hard Eight. The return of the Monthalogue, horse noises and other noises, and a lively crowd.
Katherine Hutchins joins the live show for a special edition of the show, a three part (mostly) scripted live reading of an idea that Duncan has been mulling over when his Roku TV times out. The illusion of choice, the dangers of the algorithm, and the impossibility of connection in times like these.
