Love Hate Relationship

Love: G.O.A.T. Debates Alex opens this episode with a discussion on the concept and phenomenon of G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) debates. He lays out the term's history in basketball and Hip-Hop culture, and then he and Andy turn it to everything from hockey to guitarists to hockey to weightlifting and boxing and rap and even hockey. They lay out the purpose of the debate, what can be gleaned fro...

Love: Mark Waid's Daredevil Following brief addresses on both last month's midterm elections and the passing of Stan Lee, Andy brings the podcast to possibly its most niche topic ever, writer Mark Waid's three-year comics run on Daredevil. He and Alex summarize a little about the character and the particular arc, and focus in on what a story can do when it lowers the stakes from the world-ending a...

Love: Moral Orel Love Hate Relationship welcomes guest host, Mac and Cheese Connoisseur Moriah Boell ( @moraiuhuh ), who has brought the Love for us all today: the stop-motion religious satire, Moral Orel . She, along with Alex and Andy, dive into the various characters and all the ways in which they're super broken as people, the dark and twisted plot lines satirizing on biblical literalism and s...

Love: The Doors (A Challenge) This episode, Alex dives into the 1960's psychedelic rock band, The Doors, with a caveat: he and Andy agree to have almost the entirety of the discussion without referencing their lead singer, the one most of you are most familiar with. They talk about the versatility of the three instrumentalists, how they blended those skills into the band's unmistakable style, and...

Love: The McElroys It's a podcast partly about podcasters this episode as Andy explains to Alex all about the McElroy brothers, best known for their shows My Brother, My Brother and Me, The Adventure Zone , and a plethora of additional projects. They discuss the brothers' heartwarming beginnings, the podcast boom which they arguably helped usher in, and how genuinely awesome they all seem to be as...

Love: Burritos For the first time ever, Alex and Andy are recording together, in the same room, facing each other! And how best to use this opportunity than for Alex to talk about his very favorite of all foods, burritos. He talks about his somewhat wistful, reverent relationship with the meal that essentially carried him through a cross-country solo road trip, Andy gives recs regarding fast food...

Love: Hunter S. Thompson Following his take-down of a certain frustrating fantasy author last episode, Andy comes in this time with a hyper-real literary icon, the incomparable Hunter S. Thompson. He talks about Thompson’s background, his unflinching devotion to subjective journalism, and what his writing makes of the American Dream. Alex meanwhile interrogates the politics of that writing, and bo...

Love: Bojack Horseman Only a little late following the premiere of the show's fifth season, Alex talks up one of his very favorite TV shows out there, Bojack Horseman. Following a spoiler-ridden discussion of characters, comedy, animal puns, and darkness, he and Andy dive into the show's depiction of Existential Nihilism, a little about the philosophy, and why it resonates with Alex so hard. Big s...

Love: Happy Places Back to form this episode as Andy talks up the concept of one's "Happy Place." He discusses his love of the mountains (and beer) of Canada, the nostalgia that fuels his love of them, and Alex works very hard not to spend the entire segment making dirty jokes while dissecting this complex psychological phenomenon. Hate: Tortured Artists Alex brings the rage to yell about the ster...

In a departure from our usual format, Love Hate Relationship is proud to present our first ever Triple Love Special, all about the life, career, loss, and impact of the incomparable Robin Williams. In this episode, Alex and Andy along with our special guest host, Stephanie Renae Johnson (Poet, Editor of 'The Passed Note,' a literary magazine for young adults, and a 'Hook'/Peter Pan aficionado from...

Love: Rob Paulsen Alex reintroduces Andy to an array of their favorite cartoon characters and the man who voiced a truly ridiculous number of them, Rob Paulsen (@yakkopinky). They discuss his life, career, and projects before sashaying into a larger discussion of all the respect voice actors deserve, but don't get from the industry. Clips galore, kiddos. Hate: E-Sports (Virtual Sport Sports) Andy...

Love: Hockey Andy's stepping up to take everyone on a journey through his lifelong passion of hockey. we get a little history on the sport, a lot of history on Andy and the sport, and Alex only makes a handful of references to the Mighty Ducks movies. They also go way in-depth on the fighting. Like, WAY in-depth. Hate: Nickelback Haters Alex goes to great lengths NOT to defend Nickelback (a band h...

Love: Stephen Sondheim's Assassins Alex lets his Theatre Kid past come back to haunt all of you as he brings you a discussion of his favorite musical, Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. Andy, also a fan, plays the perfect co-conspirator as they deep-dive this weird, surrealist exploration into the complicated stories and motivations of people who've tried to kill past US presidents, and they try not to...

Love: Sam Kinison Comedian. Former Preacher. Tragically passed and terribly missed. At least by Andy, who calls Kinison his favorite comedian of all time. We talk best bits, problematic parts that maybe don't hold up so well these days, and Alex learns the really dark story of how the man actually died. Hate: Diets. Alex expounds on his loathing for all traditional diet advice, zeroing in particul...