Give Us the Launch Codes

This week, Tom talks about an intense prison thriller movie he saw starring Jamie Lanister from 'Game of Thrones'. Meanwhile, Travis is still grieving the loss of Patrick Stewart and talks about his best episodes of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

The new James Bond movie is looking for its James Bond, which leads us to a weird question - could Batman be America's James Bond? Was anyone asking this question? Nope. Should it be asked anyway? Sure why not! All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

AMERICA BLUE ITSELF! A historic election just happened that might change America forever... if the Democrats actually sieze the opportunity! Tom & Travis discuss more. All socials: @giveusthelaunchcodes

Sorry for being late on this one - we got distracted with the World Series. And honestly, can you blame us for being distracted by baseball with all the bile and hatred being spewed in these midterm election campaigns? Tom and Travis can barely scratch the surface in this episode, it's so bad. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Private equity (and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds) strike again - this time with Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabia buying EA and shutting down BioWare while they were making the next MASS EFFECT game. Tom and Travis mourn over this sad omen for the gaming world and how it needs to move forward in the future. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

The NFL fumbled on handling a serious injury... shocker. Except this injury is, like, REALLY serious! Tom offers Travis some High School Freshman Football insight about athletes forced to play hurt. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Do you ever hate your job so much you wish you could do a different job.. one that doesn't exist? Travis and Tom talk about jobs they wish they could do. Their ideas may surprise you! All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

A White House Press Secretary gets hired and fired faster than a carton of milk spoils. And America's prospect of hosting the first-ever government sanctioned livestream of an execution has been cancelled due to President Trump having surprisingly good taste. Another bizarre week in the White House that Tom and Travis are delighted to reviews. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Protests and riots engulf France, prompting Tom & Travis to consider why when such things happen in the United States, it leads to nothing. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

A little plague outbreak in Siberia has gotten Tom & Travis a little nervous. It might amount to nothing, but we can't help but flashback to six years ago when we started hearing about a viral outbreak from a Wuhan lab. Wait, was that REALLY six years ago??? All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

It's midterm time. You know what that means? SO! MANY! EMBARRASSING! COMMERCIALS! Travis provides Tom with a sample of them from the boring to the bizarre! All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Bombing American cities? Live-streamed executions? Halloween monsters giving saving accounts to children? Boy it has been a strange week! At least for Travis, the Dodgers are in the NLCS again. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Vince McMahon's wife has decided that your college major isn't worth receiving loan money... and she can decide that for some reason. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

The law doesn't matter. The rich always get their way. And Hollywood is about to get even smaller. The Paramount/Warner Bros. Skydance merger is going to happen after all and Travis is crashing out about it. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

An Ivy League school has a most heinous scandal involving a most heinous crime... and now it's a culture war topic because that's America today. In a world that seems designed to sympathize with sex criminals, Tom & Travis choose to instead ask why sex criminals choose to not be better people. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Originally recorded June 6, 2026. We’ll take the launch codes, but we also have some thoughts on how to do sports! Travis & Tom take on the NFL, MLB, Olympics, Soccer, and much more. Put us in your office, Roger Goodell! We’re ready! All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Originally recorded December 7, 2025. Tom is a fan of a lot of sports teams who have been bad lately - something a Dodger fan like Travis has difficulty relating to. What is that like? All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

This is what happens to our show when we need a vacation - a directionless drone on whatever is happening. Is this one of our worst episodes? Maybe. Don't worry, we're taking the month off. Hopefully, we're get it together afterwords. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

So many food recalls. So many food-borne illnesses. Travis and Tom talk about how maybe having an anti-vax, alternative medicine wacko who once had a worm in his brain run the government's department that oversees food safety isn't the best idea. All socials: @giveusthelaunchcodes

Originally recorded April 11, 2026. Travis & Tom examine from their armchairs the state of the video game industry as consoles and games get more expensive, game memory files take up bigger chunks of our hard drives, and less games being made by major publishers, and the fact that games take too long to beat! All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Chaos on the USS Lincoln (and probably the whole darn War Department)! Propagandists Struggle to Respond! Tom & Travis bring up a funny Fox News segment with a Marine veteran with a funny name who makes funny analogies about hot dogs and IED explosives to outright shame Americans in uniform - which funnily enough accidentally implies that the whole military is poorly run. Yep, this is another...

The day we recorded this, it was Tater Tot's birthday. But you know who hasn't been a good, happy-birthday boy? Paramount Skydance and owner David Ellison, who's desperation in buying the Looney Toons studio for his Star Trek studio knows no bounds. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Tom made Travis watch a cop show that's been off the air for 13 years! What's so special about this show? Is it one of the best shows ever made as Tom says? Is there anything of value society can draw from it? What does ' The Pitt' even have to do with this (besides having the actor who plays Dr. Abbott)? All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Originally recorded March 7, 2026. On this "F*** IT!", Tom and Travis talk about books. But not just any books - spooky books! One was made into a very famous movie while the other is so twisted that it literally can't be filmed!!!! All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes

Originally recorded on May 9, 2026. Tom and Travis give their spiciest, non-political (mostly) takes. 'Nuff said. All socials @giveusthelaunchcodes