Mt. Rushmore Podcast

A famous German philosopher once said "and when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer." Of course, little did he know that within a few years after his death, Macedon would be ripped apart by civil war and in-fighting. What a dope! Yes, all great civilizations come to an end at some point, whether it's for reasons catastrophic or simply the ravag...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! You know what this time of year means. It's time to get really meta and review all of the best things that happened on the podcast this year. Some might say that this is an excuse for us to get lazy and not do any research for an episode over the Christmas break. Others will contend that this is a form of wankery designed to make us feel better about ou...

If there is one thing that cool-guy hipster doofuses like us know: it's that holiday music doesn't have to be so dull and boring. This week we skim through our record collections to handpick the most essential holiday music for your bougie party on the Mt. Rushmore of Hipster Holiday Songs.  SHOW NOTES "Jesus Christ" by Big Star (Richard's Choice) "The 12 Days of Christmas" by John Denver and the...

What would you do if you were trapped on an island? Maybe look for a source of fresh water, or get a fire started? How about building yourself some sort of shelter from the elements? OK, let's be honest - the first thing you'd do is get butt naked and let the warmth of the sun hit every forbidden spot on your body. But it's the things that would happen after the inevitable sunburn subsides that wo...

I'm the summary writer and I'm here to say, I'm the baddest rapper in the USA... Sorry about that, guys, but I just had to do it. After all, we're talking about the lighter side of rap. While we've talked about gangster rap acts like NWA in the past, this week we're spitting out fire about artists who care more about getting a laugh than getting props for their rhymes. And this week's extra-specia...

What's up amigo? Friend? Pal? You get the idea, because this week we're talking about Sidekicks. No, not the Chuck Norris/Jonathan Brandis team-up from the 90s! Actual sidekicks - the people (or things) whose primary job is to support something else and make it better in the process.  

The Swiss invented it. Mice swear by it. People are forced to smile at it's mere mention.  Here's to CHEESE: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems. RICHARD "QUESO FUNDITO" MANFREDI and MICHAEL "MOZZARELLA FOR BLOOD" WINFIELD go head to head as they battle over the Mt. Rushmore of Cheese.  JEFFREY "THE FONDUDE" HOPKINS is our judge and makes up our formage-a-tois. 

Breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day, but it's also the setting for some of the most important scenes in our favorite movies. To investigate, we invited our friend Alex Gradet of the Wild Brunch podcast on to debate the Rushmore of Breakfast Scenes in Movies. So, butter up your bacon and load up your double decaf half caf with a twist of lemon - this one's fortified with all th...

As the year begins to come to a close we decided to talk about the Mt. Rushmore of Songs about The Seasons. Paprika, Coriander... Oh! THOSE seasons!  For reals its a Mt. Rushmore of Songs About the Four Seasons: Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man and Workin' My Way Back To You Oh, we're just being silly, there are only four seasons: Fall, Autumn, The Harvest and Halloween. That's it. We...

Kids! What's matter with kids today? A question that echoes through the ages from the cavemen of old to the millennial parents of today.  Rachel, from the excellent podcast We Are Weezer, joins us, not to talk Weezer, but about all those exasperating and needling things toddlers, kids and teens do that drive us parents up the wall.  Check out We Are Weezer podcast here!  https://www.weareweezer.co...

To celebrate Halloween we've invited the ladies from Stupidstition Podcast (Brenda and Liz), experts in all manor of spooky and spoopy subjects, to discuss the Mt. Rushmore of Hauntings. We delve into real world hauntings and those of a fictional nature to cover all things... unnatural. 

Do you miss the days when FAKE NEWS meant stories about Bigfoot getting married, Elvis being spotted in an Akron bowling alley or the continuing adventures of Bat Boy? Then join us in looking back on some of the most unbelievable, outrageous and hilarious articles ever produced by the Weekly World News, aka America's Finest Newspaper.  No stone will be left unturned and no fact will remain unfabri...

We've all done it - discovered that something in our fridge we really wanted is just a few days past the expiration date. But there's no mold on it, and it doesn't smell funny. Why not take a chance? But what if we're talking months instead of days? 12 months, to be exact. We're talking about foods that you'd be willing to take the calculated risk on eating even if it's a year past its expiration...

We all know that we should eat healthier. But no one has ever come home from a miserable day at work and decided that the only thing that would make them feel better is a kale salad. When you are leaning on food as the crutch to get you through this slog we call life, you want carbs, sugar and/or greasy meat. We're talking about our favorite comfort foods this week – the meals that make us feel al...

Scrappy? Check. Unconventional? Check. 5000 to 1 odds? Triple Check! This episode we break down those facing an insurmountable challenge against a much more overpowering foe. Also a talking pig. On the Mt. Rushmore of Underdogs.   

It's the end of the world and we...well, we don't feel fine at all. In fact, it's pretty depressing! We've had nothing to eat but canned pumpkin and Twinkies for the last three months and quite frankly, we're starting to get a little sick of each other. Also, sick from likely radiation poisoning. On this episode we're discussing everything that has to do with the Post-Apocalyptic world as it has b...

The "I do's" have been "We did-ed". The rings have been rung. And now the guests gear up all the hullabaloo around the Wedding Reception itself. This episode we Mount Rushmore the hell out of all the wonderful, joyous and infuriating aspects of the happy couple's party of their lives. If only they were around to enjoy it.   

Richard may have come up with a ridiculously long title this week, but I, Michael, can sum it up with one word: Poseur. And HE went to school to be a writer... This week we debate all the things we pretend to like so that someone cool will like us. Look, have you met us? It's really the only way we're gonna get into the cool kids party.  From Punk Rock to Politics to Picasso. We put the P in Poseu...

There's nothing like sitting through 30 minutes of trailers and two hours of movie only to feel like you need to sit through another 10 minutes of credits. Why? Not because you really want to find out who the Best Boy Grip was on the production - no, you're stuck there because you have to see if there's any extra scenes hidden in the credits. This week we're taking on mid- and post-credit scenes....

Imagine if you had someone who looked and sounded JUST LIKE YOU. Except they had one difference that made them totally evil - like being the type of person who microwaves broccoli in the work lunchroom and smells the whole place up for the rest of the day. How frightening would THAT be? This week we're exploring lookalikes - both as harbingers of pending doom and as wacky celebrity impersonators....

This week's episode is about the act of losing something, which can go in many directions. It could mean losing something physical, like a toy or tickets to a sporting event. Or, it could mean something a little more ethereal, like a loss of innocence.  But mainly, it's about how annoying it is to keep losing your earbuds. Isn't that just the worst? SHOW NOTES Soccer tickets (Richard's Choice) Mos...

A great movie or TV shows transports you out of your normal, humdrum existence into another world. You become so absorbed in the people, places and things that are happening in front of you that you eventually forget that you're watching a screen and feel like you are actually part of everything happening in front of you. And then some ding-dong actor swings his "full" coffee mug around and makes...

We may have a Monopoly on the idea of what belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of Board Games, but that doesn't mean we have a Clue. This week we're looking at everyone's favorite time-waster/family fight starter. Our choices run the gamut from all-time classics to forgotten personal favorites. Want to know if your top pick made the list? I guess you'll have to listen and Yahtzee. (Sorry, that last one wa...

This week we turn the magnifying glass on our younger selves to analyze those things we were just too young to appreciate. A good glass of brandy. A fine pair of sneakers. Hell, even the crushing, yet liberating, weight of being absolutely alone. But not in that Lydia Deetz sort of Beetlejuicey/goth way.

Can you imagine someone having to pretend to be the President of the United States? No, seriously, we'll wait for you to stop laughing. We mean REAL ACTORS. After all, our presidents are among some of the most recognizable figures in American history. Whether they are heroes or scoundrels, they cast a large shadow. Put it this way: everyone can do a bad JFK impression, but how many people can do i...