Talking About The Big Stuff

Mike and Matthew talk about marijuana, and get a bit off topic without even getting stoned. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and available now. You can also download...

We revisit the topic of AI 3 years later. A lot has changed, and honestly, It's getting a bit scary. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vRMike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and available now. You can a...

We're talking about the idea of treating intoxication as consent and then blaming and humiliating a victim after that has happened. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vRMike's first novel, The Dinner Party is o...

There's been a lot of videos popping up in which someone takes an innocent video made by a kid, and they politicize it, say bad things about the kid, and not even bother to blur the kid's face out. We're going to talk about the ethics of this. Matthew mentions his daughter's music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy0mHhXBRLw&list=RDxy0mHhXBRLw&start_radio=1&pp=ygU...

We watched the documentary Inside the Manosphere, and want to talk about it. Matthew mentions an interview with Louis Theroux you can watch that here: https://youtu.be/Ssql2TQt0KA?si=icT6ba6AMcZoZzcZMike mentioned a podcast that he heard talking about the man who spoke about his brother's suicide: https://youtu.be/wpVR0ceX3NIMike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Ch...

The 2026 Oscars were this past weekend, and as always politics were present, and we thought it would be good to talk about politics and their place at the Oscars. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first...

Mike and Matthew talk about the Iran conflict. Here are a couple of interesting historical perspectives that Mike mentioned in the episode: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood https://a.co/d/080WJXvXPalestine https://a.co/d/05jhRPmb Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5...

This week welcomed Jason Riddle back onto the show to talk about the state of the democratic party and some of their candidates. He's working on Nida Allam's campaign, as she primaries Valerie Foushee for NC-04 US congressional seat. Does Vote Blue No Matter Who give the party a lack of accountability when they put their thumb on the scale, or when they offer bad candidates? We dive into t...

We talk about how people react in a crisis and tragedy, and how the general public tends to judge that validity of those reactions. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vRMike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out a...

With yet another potential attack on freedom of speech happening, it feels important for us to talk about the concerted effort over the years that have been trying to strip away the freedoms in a real way. Mike makes plays a clip from Taylor Lorenz, watch the whole clip here: https://youtu.be/b0RRxR4LvK4?si=qcjf29kS8qaikOBs Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocola...

We talk about language, national languages, Spanish, and the Superbowl. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and available now. You can also download the first chapter f...

We talk about the fact that people cannot seem to read with any critical thinking, and try to breakdown how we as individuals can improve this within ourselves. Mike shows pieces of a video by ⁨@ThoughtSlime⁩ which inspired this topic, and if you want check out the entire video here's the link: https://youtu.be/e6uwbE_pxCE?si=MDFrisGX9By4lBzqMike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-M...

We talk about idioms that people don't seem to understand, or that they have forgotten part of. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vRMike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and available now. You can also d...

We talk about when in the course of human events, breaking the law has been a good thing. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vRMike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and available now. You can also download th...

The guys talk about respect, what it means today, and where it is deserved. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and available now. You can also download the first chapt...

We have to talk about Venezuela. 2026 didn't start off the strongest, and seems to not be getting any better. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vRMike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and available now....

In this episode, as we wrap up 2025 a little early, we took this time to just talk about the small stuff. If you're ever wondering what those $10 patrons get at the beginning of every episode, this is an entire episode of that preshow discussion. We hope you had a great 2025 and will have an even better 2026. Thank you for following us. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men ov...

We talk about when there isn't a big age gap in a relationship, but something like health causes an artificial gap between a couple. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first novel, The Dinner Party is...

Anti-semitism is on the rise once again in America, and is usually the case the bigotry is being used as a tool politically for some of the worst people in society. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's firs...

We have Jason Riddle back on to talk about the outcomes of this years elections, specifically in Apex NC, but also throughout the country. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first novel, The Dinner Party...

It's the holiday that represents capitalism in its most current most detestable form, and we're talking about it. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first novel, The Dinner Party is out and availa...

When we recorded this it only appeared that the shutdown was coming to an end, since then it has obviously come to an end, and our thoughts haven't really changed. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's f...

Now that Zohran Mamdani has won the mayoral race in NYC, we wanted to talk about the difference between campaigning and actually doing the job. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vR Mike's first novel, The Dinner P...

Have you ever been irritated by someone throwing psychological and therapeutic terms at you in an attempt to shirk social responsibility? We think it's a problem, and we want to talk about it. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYu...

In this episode we talk about the pride we have for our loved ones. Mike and Alex have a new movie podcast called Cine-Men over on the Chocolate Diamond Media channel, you can find that podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5oX38FsBlU&list=PL6bLEHmnkdkEPTcYue5JvWHTH5Urmn9vRMike's first novel, The Dinner Party is coming out November 4, 2025 but is available for preorder now. You ca...