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And so we confront the maw. David and I tackle this behemoth of a novel so you don't have to! Atlas Shrugged has lots of interesting ideas scattered within a book that is almost impossible to read. More than any other episode we have done, we sincerely encourage you not to read this novel; if for no other reason than your own sanity. However, the underlying philosophy of Atlas Shrugged, Objectivis...

In this episode we finish talking about this awesome show. We discuss Summer, Beth, a number of recurring characters, cultural references, and a number of the shows tropes and motifs. Hope you enjoy!   Additional Spoilers: 1984  28:25 The Breakfast Club  44:05 Watchmen  1:16:00 Insidious  1:58:16

Part two of our Rick and Morty adventure. We focus on Morty and Jerry in this episode. Particularly Morty's unlikely growth and Jerry's likely ungrowth. Hope you enjoy!   Additional Spoilers: Breaking Bad 10:57

Wub a lub a dub dub! Welcome to part one of our Rick and Morty Odyssey. We will be doing three parts on this show, and there is so much going on and so much to chew over. This episode is all about Rick! Hope you enjoy! Additional Spoilers: Breaking Bad 49:13 The Conspiracy 1:43:33 On Becoming A God In Central Florida 1:48:08

Andys coming! Hope you enjoy our foray into the Disney/Pixar world. This one was such a blast to do and it was wonderful reliving this movie. What a gem.   Additional Spoilers: Brave Little Toaster 3:10 Toy Story 2 1:11:50 and 1:15:18

We close the loop on Children of Men. The book is much more meditative on the world and society than the movie; so we flesh that part out a little bit more. We don't talk so much about a world without children here; as we did that a lot in the movie episode. This one was a lot of fun though; enjoy!   Additional Spoilers: The Great Gatsby  1:25 The Brothers Karamazov  1:03:50

Part one of a two parter on this story. We read the book as well, but decided it deserved it's own episode as the plots between the movie and book are so different. Ergo, here is the movie for you! We are really proud of this one, and hope you enjoy it as well. *Additional Spoilers* Inferno (Big Spoiler) - 27:45 The Stand - 28:15 Saving Private Ryan - 32:56

In which the conclusion of this amazing trilogy is achieved. Hope you enjoy the Dark Knight trilogy this go around as much as we did.   Additional Spoilers: The Master 12:10 Stranger Things Season 1 1:37:38

Never go full Thanatos! Here is the episode you deserve, if certainly not the one you need. We do a pretty deep dive into the psychological/philosophical differences between the Joker and Batman in this one. The first hour is pretty ethereal as such. If you want more tangible stuff, the second hour is for you!

In this episode we begin the Dark Knight trilogy! 

Welcome to 2020! In this episode we talked about the classic and hilarious Joseph Heller novel Catch 22; one of the all time satires. If you haven't read this book before, I would encourage you do before listening to this podcast. Some books are not necessary to read before listening but this one is. It is non-linear and there are lots of characters, so your reference for what we are talking about...

Apologies for any ambient sound for the first 45 minutes on this one. We had the furnace blasting. Lesson learned. Either way, it didn't affect this episode too bad. This one was a lot of fun and you can hear the passion in both of us in our feelings about The Crucible. Cheers!

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope that you enjoy the season with your family, and enjoy taking another trip through the wardrobe. Also, we riff for about 15 minutes on How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Additional Spoiler: Inception 18:20

This was a fun one talking about the film There Will Be Blood. Enjoy!   Correction Matthew McConaughey does commercials for Lincoln, not Lexus. 

In this episode we are talking about the Gaiman novel only as neither of us have seen the TV show. This one is jam packed with meaningful topics; hope you enjoy! Additional Spoilers:  Die Hard 1:29:05 *Correction* The Japanese author's name is Haruki Murakami, not Hiroshi Murakami.

Here we go into a film that was a comedic culmination of an era. Be forewarned that this episode contains so many bad words, and so many crude observations. If this is not your jam, really make sure you don't bring any toast. Additional Spoilers: Stand By Me 1:23:50 Pulp Fiction 1:32:05 Wizard Of Oz 1:35:53

Finally we hit the Dickens! Charles Dickens is one of my all time favorite authors and it is always a treat to spend some time with him. David Copperfield is a kind of autobiography of Dickens himself; though with many components of the book being different from his own life. This isn't a book you necessarily have to read in order to enjoy the podcast, but I would still highly recommend you read i...

His giant is with him wherever he goes. We had a lot of fun re-visiting this one and we hope you do as well. Strength and Honor.   *Correction* I (Luke) make a point in this episode that Mother Theresa took money from the Duvalier family in Haiti, and that should count against her. I actually don't know that to be true (I mis-remembered during the recording something Hitchens said about her), thou...

Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally, golly what a day.  David and I go full on nostalgia for this one. Hope you were as charmed by this movie as we were. Cheers!   Additional Spoilers: Chernobyl  43:10 Game of Thrones  1:04:30

Lots of talk about Dwight, Pam and Jim; as well as a smattering on the others. Cheers!   Additional Spoilers:   Atlas Shrugged 1:09:32 American Beauty 2:11:00

First part of a two parter from everyone's favorite paper company! This one is all about Michael.   Additional Spoilers: A Tale of Two Cities 55:13   *Correction* It is Meredith (not Mindy) played by a different actress in the pilot episode.

We talk about the classic novel and movie in this episode. I'm really grateful for this one as I felt David nicely helped me understand the point of the book more. Thanks buddy!   Additional Spoilers: I Heart Huckabees  2:10 Narnia: This Silver Chair  1:28:20 Aladdin  1:32:20 This Side Of Paradise  1:45:00 Return Of The King  1:56:05

Additional Spoilers:   Slaughterhouse Five 21:50

Hate is baggage, and life is too short to be pissed off all the time.   Additional Spoilers:   The Sopranos 1:29:00

On growing up with trauma and using all the things you know to not deal with the first part.    Spoilers:   Citizen Kane  1:19:40