I Don't Get It Podcast

We touch on a real spark of greatness with Rick and Morty, the outre cartoon sensation from Adult Swim. Warning, there’s a lot of references to burping and gagging noises, in case you’re misaphonic. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is Rick and Morty? 16:27 -- Why is Rick and Morty so popular? 23:14 -- Would you have liked Rick and Morty if you were...

We flash the pan so hard this week by looking at the hottest rapper in the game, Cardi B. How’s this going to work out? @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and Who is Cardi B? 15:23 -- Why is Cardi B so popular? 22:20 -- Would you have liked Cardi B if you were a kid? 25:09 -- Is Cardi B a sign of the apocalypse? 29:23 -- Is your irrational hatred of Cardi B ba...

We might be living in blessed times if there are two Star Trek-themed shows on TV at the same time, but unfortunately, the one we’re speaking about is the one made by Seth MacFarlane. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is The Orville? 14:44 -- Why is The Orville so popular? 19:34 -- Would you have liked The Orville if you were a kid? 23:14 -- Is The O...

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are eminent comedy stars and bonafide successes best know for their groundbreaking Comedy Central sketch show. Listen as we ply them with praise and discuss their career with unvarnished adoration. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and Who are Key and Peele? 15:28 -- Why are Key and Peele so popular? 22:39 -- Would you have...

Under scrutiny this week is an oleaginous Angeleno named Adam Levine, the well-known frontman of Maroon 5. If you’re a 13-year-old girl, you might as well just tune out right now. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and Who is Adam Levine? 16:18 -- Why is Adam Levine so popular? 19:58 -- Would you have liked Adam Levine if you were a kid? 24:54 -- Is Adam Levin...

Noah and Bill are treating tiny collectible Shopkin toys as candies, and like any good toddler they’re choking on tiny pieces of plastic. Listen as we describe this childhood phenomenon. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What are Shopkins? 16:39 -- Why are Shopkins so popular? 22:54 -- Would you have liked Shopkins if you were a kid? 26:57 -- Are Shopkins...

We take an observational look at streaming service cut-up Aziz Ansari, a man who has climbed the walls of success quite rapidly. There might be some intersection with Noah’s own comedy career, and a few of Bill’s friends, but they make an effort to be as impartial as possible. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and Who is Aziz Ansari? 15:22 -- Why is Aziz Ansa...

Noah and Bill take a trip to a Canadian soundstage designed to look mysterious and sexy -- the only town dangerous enough to be called Riverdale! We’re not talking about the leafy Bronx neighborhood, but the desperate cash grab by the CW to cash in on ancient IP. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is Riverdale? 13:04 -- Why is Riverdale so popular? 22...

Noah and Bill are ordering a bunch of bullshit they don’t need from Amazon and they carefully open the boxes on camera to show you. Want to hear them talk about? @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is Unboxing? 16:13 -- Why is Unboxing so popular? 19:42 -- Would you have liked Unboxing if you were a kid? 23:22 -- Is Unboxing a sign of the apocalypse? 2...

Swinging in the backyard, pull up in your fast car whistling my name. Open up a beer and you say get over here and play a video game. For some godforsaken reason kids are watching recordings of other kids playing games. We try to puzzle this out. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What are a Video Game Playthroughs? 10:11 -- Why are Video Game Playthroughs...

Meet Bill and Noah -- they’re a couple of witty teenagers like you, fast with a quip, they eat go-gurt out of a tube, and grind out wicked skateboard moves with.... skateboards. They discuss the weighty and sad Netflix sensation “13 Reasons Why,” a suicide parable about thin, wealthy teens played by 26-year-olds. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is...

Bill and Noah get their grubby hands on an even number of cups to stack swiftly, as some of the sharpest minds of the younger generations do. They talk about how inscrutable the practice of cup stacking seems to old men. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is a Sport Stacking? 11:13 -- Why is Sport Stacking so popular? 16:28 -- Would you have liked Spo...

Mix four tablespoons of Bill with three tablespoons of Noah, sprinkle a little borax on them and you get slime. It’s the hottest sensation amongst teen girls, and they try to figure out what the hell the appeal is. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is a Slime? 9:57 -- Why is Slime so popular? 16:54 -- Would you have liked Slime if you were a kid? 21:...

Bill and Noah probe the soulless reaches of Bruno Mars, trying to reach some sort of concrete definition of self. Noah finds the slick pop to be pleasing and non-threatening, while Bill tires of identity-free art blowing up huge with the kids. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and Who the fuck is Bruno Mars? 19:13 -- Why is Bruno Mars so popular? 29:37 -- Wou...

The level of meta irony is stunning as a podcast looks at another podcast -- this time, Noah and Bill consider the McElroy Brothers’ show “My Brother, My Brother, and Me,” an audio show with a 30 minute Seeso video series following close behind. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is My Brother, My Brother, and Me? 12:41 -- Why is My Brother, My Brothe...

Hell has filled up, so Transformers will walk the earth. Michael Bay has thoroughly warped not only a good brand of transforming robots, but the very art of motion filmmaking with five travesties in a row. So, Bill and Noah ask, why are these things so popular around the planet Earth? @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is Transformers? 16:18 -- Why is...

The ratings juggernaut that’s sweeping the sweeps is NBC’s “This Is Us,” a shmaltzy yet highly effective drama with comedic notes about many generations of a family. Noah and Bill talk about Very Special TV and somehow manage to leave Gordon Jump’s bicycle repair man off the table. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is This Is Us? 16:34 -- Why is This...

They’re sweeping the nation, and the bellies of seagulls and turtles -- tomorrow’s plastic detritus is today’s hottest sensation, the FIDGET TOY! Noah and Bill preoccupy themselves with useless time-wasting to better get a handle on what’s fuelling this craze. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is a Fidget Toy? 12:48 -- Why are Fidget Toys so popular?...

If you like $300 t-shirts, you’ll love SUPREME. A “streetwear” label founded in NYC in 1994, this is the latest in a long line of conspicuously-consumed status symbols, an entity which Noah and Bill understand but have no time for. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is a Supreme? 15:27 -- Why is Supreme so popular? 21:00 -- Would you have liked Suprem...

They are little and yellow, and they are also insipid. Noah Tarnow says you don’t have anything to worry about from a harmless children’s property, but Bill Scurry is puzzled by their alien anuses. http://twitter.com/noahandbillshow -- http://twitter.com/williamscurry -- http://twitter.com/noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and Who are the Minions? 17:50 -- Why are Minions so popular? 20:28 -- Woul...

Noah and Bill whisper and tap their way through an encounter with AUTONOMOUS SENSORY MERIDIAN RESPONSE, better known as the arcane art of ASMR. We discover that Bill is a fiend for it, and Noah gets tingly hearing pickles being crunched. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is a ASMR? 13:26 -- Why is ASMR so popular? 23:11 -- Would you have liked ASMR i...

Men (and women) meet in the octagon to hurt each other using MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, but in spite of Noah’s avowed fandom of wrestling and Bill’s yellow-bellied cowardice, they just can’t get down with bloodsport. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00 -- Introduction, and What is a MMA? 12:25 -- How do you reconcile the violence outside the MMA ring? 15:10 -- Why is MMA so popular? 1...

LANA DEL REY is a sad ghost who sings as if her top lip is numb, and for some reason she endures. Noah and Bill get into it as only two middle-aged men far out of her demo could possibly cover the topic. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00-14:17 -- Introduction, and Who is Lana Del Rey? 14:33-20:57 -- Why is Lana Del Rey so popular? 21:11-22:42 -- Would you have liked Lana Del...

DEATH NOTE is a 2006 anime series which lasted for 37 episodes, before spinning off countless live action films, musicals, and a North American adaptation on Netflix coming in 2017. Noah and Bill match their differing experiences with pan-Asian animation and come to a consensus about the topic. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00-15:12 -- Introduction, and What is a Death Note?...

A CAPPELLA is a instrument-free form of pop music that Bill Scurry hates but Noah Tarnow goes to bat for. Listen as the “Pitch Perfect” films are compared to zika, and Noah remembers the halcyon days of collegiate singing groups in the 1990s. @noahandbillshow -- @williamscurry -- @noahtarnow 00:00-16:20 -- Introduction, and What is a cappella? 16:34-18:51 -- Why is a cappella so popular? 19:05-20:...