J.R Anguiano

A Cynical Optimist

Comedy EN ↓ 251 episodes

Welcome to a cynical optimist! You’ve now committed to 1 hour at least of your time for entertainment that is equal to straight to video movie! Join me each week as I comment on internet jargon, interstellar news, blink 182 sometimes and let’s not forget my take on movies and pop culture nostalgia.

Author

J.R Anguiano

Category

Comedy

Podcast website

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 73: Earn Your Assholery 25.11.2022

Guitar center show offs and I get anxiety if I’m asked to play guitar. RIP to the green ranger. Showed me how to beat up dudes with medallion hearts. My favorite and least favorite Thanksgiving sides!

Episode 72: Skank At My Funeral! 18.11.2022

Ska music is the best even at funerals! Swiftys can change the course of ticket history. Don’t worry darling was decent but they had no frutopia. Banks are the worst with money

Episode 71: Three Way With Elon! 11.11.2022

My gift gets confirmed once again on this episode! A haircut shouldn’t be as hard as figuring out the metaverse. Tipping comes up again. Sorry. Elon can now do what he wants and that does not include sex with me.

Episode 70: It Might Be Dog Food! 04.11.2022

I come to the realization that I don’t need to hear sales pitches anymore. If you’re rich you can definitely have more fun like Diddy! Unfortunately, we lose another legend in the hip hop game. Change is scary but if it came out on a sitcom on the 90s it helped me cope.

Episode 69: Quench Your Ear Holes! 28.10.2022

We are no longer a democracy but an idiocracy. Privileged protestors show they care by destroying art around other privileged people. Kanye really did it this time. Instagram games are annoying and pointless!

Episode 68: Post Hereditary J.R 21.10.2022

Ticket master can suck my 182 inch blink. Why do celebrities get such shitty seats? Isn’t our childhood sacred enough not to turn into a horror film? And a little bit of optimism on the way out.

Episode 67: Turtle Lord! 14.10.2022

Chris Pratt has been an Italian plumber and we just didn’t know it. You can not pay me to pay for someone’s instagram subscription! Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for since I predicted it! Blink 182 is back together and all is right in the world!!

Episode 66: Tommy Two Toes! 07.10.2022

I find my self talking more marvel talk. Community movie announced and I see the light at the end of the tunnel! Does SNL steal sketches? If so I have a few you can have! And lastly, do you want to hear me sing? No? Ok here I go….

Episode 65: Misgender A Spider! 30.09.2022

My house is a terrarium! Anxiety is a challenge that you can cure with boner pills. Nofx calling it quits and I’m okay with it! A particular punk album let’s me know being alone is ok!

Episode 64: Recycled Broccoli! 24.09.2022

Being a rapper almost seems like a death sentence. Queens gambit was actually good! Let me get the chicken Parmesan hold the NyQuil. At last we finally know that sway did indeed have the answers!

Episode 63: Feel It Through The Screen! 18.09.2022

We had a moment with mumble rap and a few stayed and a few well didn’t sort of. Thor and morbid movie review that much like the movies aren’t that bad but also not that good. Maybe the worst pod I’ve edited or put together? But stick with me it will get better!

Episode 62: Honda Hibachi! 08.09.2022

Moved into a new house! Got high off of our work supply. Trying to buy a car sucks! Tipping comes up again cause it’s me. Dinosaurs get paid peanuts in new Jurassic movie!

Episode 61: Shred My Ass Up! 29.08.2022

What happened to batgirl was equivalent to somebody passing. The mist movie had the best or worst ending. Let’s stop experimenting on shit! I know more about law then most internet cops!

Episode 60: Tastes Like A Sock! 19.08.2022

Not knowing when you’re in the good ole days. Eat what you want just don’t bring it around me. What happened to NFTs? Did you realize it was just a screenshot you paid 2 million for?

Episode 59: All Sold Out?! 11.08.2022

They sell us our memories in a funko pop. You gotta be fast if you’re gonna catch a trend! Zumiez had the most smokers per capita. Best Buy charging me for bag technology. I scared myself right into a scary story!

Episode 58: Measure His Mohawk! 03.08.2022

SDCC happened and bad CGI makes people not believe Groot is real. The streets on the internet are tough! Being punk rock is cool now so stop being so punk about it! And finally shoutout Sean!

Episode 57: Trickshot Mafia! 21.07.2022

Don’t talk up an artist or musician just tell them you love their stuff and get out of there! I hate social experiments recorded for the internet. There are some people that are truly in love walking everywhere together! Was the whole world just really talented at trick shots?

Episode 56: Fiddlehead/ No Pressure Show! 11.07.2022

On the way to Austin me and my wife talk about the bands fiddlehead and no pressure and how we discovered them. What it meant to be straight edge. As a bonus we recap how the show went!

Episode 55: Sexy Ass Boulder! 02.07.2022

I get way to passionate about how much donkey balls my city sucks. Is porn a big deal? Nothing really matters cause we are on a rock rotating with other rocks in a rotating motion!

Episode 54: Dead Slushy! 19.06.2022

Movie and music reviews take the experience out of just consuming it. What I would do if I won the lotto! And it doesn’t even start with buying stuff. It is official I am old and not keeping up with the times!

Episode 53: Sarcastic In Spanish! 08.06.2022

It’s different now that I am the new Mr. Worldwide. I might want to live in the middle of nowhere soon. I’m up to my old ways with time travel talk to which I know so little about. Has innovation slowed down? Or, do I just now know what I’m talking about! Find out!

Episode 52: Death by high fives! 01.06.2022

First time bringing up a deep and sad topic. Shrinkflation is absolutely out of pocket! No need to worry if you’re a freak cause the internet has a place just for you!

Episode 51: Classic Dad Belch! 21.05.2022

It’s a good one this week! Me and my wife did a road trip podcast on the way to see the carousel tour with Anthony Green and Laura Jane Grace! We talk all topics on this trip so it was hard for me to narrow down what we did talk about. Also when you think the podcast is over we give you a encore on how the show went!

Episode 50: Theory Of J.R! 15.05.2022

I dive deep into things I have no business in talking about…the multiverse! Mandela effects prove my point! All these songs about growing up and I still did it! Drink some more water it’s only 110 calories! We are savages and will always be!

Episode 49: Diaper Flavored Soda 06.05.2022

My generations attention to detail is wild. What will they have us consume next?! Getting famous reciting lyrics is how you become famous and also having drakes next kid. Amber and Johnny trial is really shitting the bed.

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