This week Patron Saint Jay stops by to record and we're talking about seeing red. There are stories of bar fights, street fights, and closet rage arguing with imaginary opponents. Did you know monsters are metaphors and Jesus was a chaotic good sorcerer? *** Topic - What "you just messed with the wrong guy" moments [...]
This week is all about bugs. What would happen if they banded together and rose up in rebellion? Short answer - we'd be boned. Not only do they outnumber us, but they have crazy special forces. Geoff hatches a conspiracy. Max finds comfort in cat-Jesus. Ben makes a Lovecraftian simile. *** Topic - All the [...]
Everyone talks about spirit animals. Which is why we're talking about spirit instruments... Max is moved by strings. Geoff jams with jugs. Ben hears horns and his spirit band is Country Bear Jamboree. Listen as we stereotype people based on the instruments they play. Pssst...Oboists are long snappers. *** Topic - What is your spirit [...]
In a weird way this whole show is really one long definition of a word Ben struggled to define at the end of the show. A malapropism is the name we give to those times when you say the wrong word, but the word you say sounds like the word you meant to say. Kinda [...]
Anything that's advanced enough looks like magic... Placebos are powerful. This week it's some hippie healing stuff, which means Max is front and center. Learn about the power of lasers, microwaves, and New (or if you're Geoff, Clean) Sock Day. Did you know Ben is a super taster? Ps - In case you were wondering [...]
How do you feel about socks? Is new sock day your favorite? What about neck tattoos? How do you feel about those? If you were forced to get one, what would it be? What about Girl Scout Cookies? If you had to eat an entire box in one sitting, what type would you choose? Okay [...]
This week we're talking about stories and how changing the narrator's point of view affects them. For instance... - Superman's alien socialism threatens the core tenants of the US - Mic needed Rocky to take a dive. (That's why he kept calling him a bum.) - Mr. Miyagi was a bully. - Indiana Jones was [...]
Between the three - which would you choose? Are you like Ben? The jumping-heel-clicking-fist-pumping Chaz Palminteri who took Sonny's lesson to heart? Are you like Geoff? The galactic overlord who rules with an iron fist and doesn't care about your opinion? Or are you Orientalist trash like Max? The profane/found Team America got it right... [...]
The topic clearly stated that Ben needed to be here. And it's a good thing it did. Lord knows, if he weren't this episode would be 30 minutes of wide-eyed, panic-stricken silence between Geoff and Max. It's the King of the Rock Musical vs. The Father of the Contemporary American Musical. (Otherwise known as Ben [...]
Pat wants to know why our economy is based on consumption. We want to know what blood-splattered handkerchiefs have to do with anything. The thing is, aren't all economies tuberculosis based? What would happen if we took away desire and leveled the playing field with a Star Trek type situation? Better listen in to find [...]