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Your first crush. Detention. The prom. That time your entire extended family was horrendously racist toward a foreign exchange student. In Episode 8, When We Were Young takes you back to simpler times (and a song from Simple Minds) with the Molly Ringwald teen trifecta brought to you by the legendary John Hughes. From the panty-sniffing hijinks of Sixteen Candles to the shattering teen angst thera...

What’s your favorite scary movie? If you grew up in the 90s, there’s a good chance your answer is SCREAM. In Episode 7, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG plunges bone-deep into the millennial teen horror craze with the franchise that (re)started it all, the meta horror-comedy written by then-unknown Kevin Williamson and directed by shock maestro Wes Carpent- er, Craven. So burn some popcorn, lace up...

The 1990s were an innocent time where cassette singles ruled and Disney pop songs were a regular fixture on the Billboard charts. The singles released during this decade earned the Mouse House multi-millions in sales and more often than not scored some sweet Oscar glory, but are any of these recordings — sung by actual humans, not their cartoon counterparts — actually something you’d want to liste...

Hey, kids! Do you like cartoon mice? Catchy songs? And lots and lots of death? If your answer to these questions is “yep, yep, yep!,” then have we got the podcast for you! In Episode 5, When We Were Young revisits our childhoods through the filmography of Don Bluth, a former Disney animator gone rogue whose lifelong rivalry with the Mouse House makes for one fascinating tale. So let&#8...

“Seinfeld” is the most successful and arguably the most beloved sitcom of all time. But how do the antics of TV’s favorite self-absorbed foursome hold up today? In this episode of WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, we take a look back at the 90’s hit series to see how it holds up nearly two decades after its polarizing finale. Are the show’s views on sexuality, gender and race antiquated, or wa...

Movies, Music, TV and More… Nothing is Safe. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000) and decides if they hold up today. Episode 3 of WHEN WE WERE YOUNG assesses the candidates and votes unanimously for the 1999 Alexander Payne film ELECTION, starring Reese Witherspoon as overachieving high school honor student Tracy Flick, Mat...

In October of 1994, three podcasters disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland. Police were baffled by the podcasters’ vanishing… mostly because podcasting had not been invented yet. A year later the MiniDisc player they recorded to was discovered. 21 more years later, that recording is released here. Just in time for Halloween (and yet another sequel), WHEN WE WERE YOUNG&#...

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at different beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000) and decides if they hold up today. Strap yourself down to a pipe with us and enjoy our first episode as we revisit TWISTER, a 1996 Jan de Bont action thriller starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Here are our social media links: twitter.com/WWWYshow facebook....

Happy 40th! The By That I Mean podcast issues our 40th episode before our 38th and 39th (which will be a double-episode with Chris Godwin!) because reasons. Asia Coleman rejoins us to address the unintentional hiatus, the rise of #BlackLivesMatter, the need for more new political movements to push legislative change, the inadequacy of body cameras to stop police killing innocent black men, and the...

The 37th BY THAT I MEAN podcast wonders why we’re stuck in a reality centered around profit and undercompensated labor, and breaks down the various ways it breaks each of us down. Our reality is still one where men are not equal to women. Our reality is still one where non-white people are still considered less human, or something other than the default of humanity. Our collective models of...

The BY THAT I MEAN podcast continues to dismantle reality in our 36th outing. My conversation with Ikoi turns to the perils of organizing a society around fear, loathing and naked greed – and the predatory capitalism we must let go to move ahead. Our reality is still one where men are not equal to women. Our reality is still one where non-white people are still considered less human or somet...

The BY THAT I MEAN podcast dismantles reality. Our reality is still one where men are not equal to women. Our reality is still one where non-white people are still considered less human or something other than the default of humanity. Our collective models of reality no longer fit the truth of our lives, and so many of our discussions are getting harder and breaking down what should be common grou...

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In the 34th BY THAT I MEAN, Ikoi and Seth ignore the political outrages of the week and focus on one crucial subject the US media won’t touch: K-12 education, specifically the “school reform” movement. We learn that the demonization of teachers and teaching is being used as a smokescreen to hide the true purpose of the “school reform” movement, which is to profitably...

The supersized 33rd BY THAT I MEAN podcast is action-packed with news that the news didn’t give you. Ikoi Hiroe and Seth Pierson discuss inspiring citizens and politicians in Texas fighting a Republican crusade to legislatively ban abortion, a defense contractor leaking details of the secret government and warped priorities of America’s post-9/11 “security” state, and how t...

The BY THAT I MEAN podcast now has a 32nd flavor and a new host, the excellent Ikoi Hiroe! America operates with broken 20th century systems in the 21st century, and if we don’t vote we’ll have our ability to control our government taken away from us. We have so much to unpack, and so much to unlearn. The Supreme Court nullified a large part of the Voting Rights Act the day before it k...

In the thirty-oneth BY THAT I MEAN podcast, Asia and Seth create a conspiracy theorist dating website, deepen the mystery of Asia’s nipple fear, and say goodbye to a raging sorority sociopath. Also, Guantanamo detainees are hunger striking – most of them. If you listen to this show, you can tweet Seth @mfpseth and you can hear more BY THAT I MEAN by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes...

We made it to thirty! In the 30th BY THAT I MEAN podcast, Asia throws children into pools for fun, Seth has funky bones, and a fertilizer factory exploded in Texas and took an entire neighborhood with it. Also, America took a small step forward by trying the Boston Bomber in a US court. If you listen to this show, you can tweet Seth @mfpseth and you can hear more BY THAT I MEAN by subscribing to t...

Seth and Chris Godwin continue eviscerating the sequester and America’s perverse obsession with deficits and debts amid an unemployment crisis in Episode 29 of the BY THAT I MEAN podcast. If you listen to this show, let me know by subscribing to us on iTunes. If you like this show, write an iTunes review and like us at facebook.com/bythatimean BY THAT I MEAN is a production of the MFP Studio...

Seth brings aboard the magnanimous, brilliant and hirsute Chris Godwin for the spirited and wide-ranging 28th episode of BY THAT I MEAN. We struggle mightily to detail precisely how fucked we all are thanks to the sequester and the Republican Party, and we are sickened that our perverse political system is inflicting suffering on poor people while enriching the rich. Our epic conversation is conti...

The tremendous 27th time we convene the BY THAT I MEAN podcast, Seth uncovers another of Asia’s many fears. We break down the bullshit fiscal cliff. We then discuss the horrific Newtown shooting rampage, the “doomsday prepper” movement, and the possibility for commonsense gun safety measures to actually become law. Finally we urge Democrats in the Senate to reform the filibuster,...

The 3rd Less-Sode of BY THAT I MEAN finds fiscal cliffs averted and toilets getting to know you. If you like this please review us on iTunes and like BY THAT I MEAN on Facebook at facebook.com/bythatimean. You can tweet Seth @mfpseth and you can follow Asia @Mitchell3point0 if you appreciate Twitter silence. BY THAT I MEAN is recorded and produced at the MFP Studios. Check out themfp.org someday a...

On the 26th of BY THAT I MEAN, Seth and Chris mark the tremendous progress that occured on Election Day, the opportunity to organize through technology, and a proposal from the latest right-wing extremist the Tea Partiers love. You can like this podcast if you like it, at facebook.com/bythatimean and you can subscribe to it with iTunes or RSS. Tweet me @mfpseth! Tweet Chris @Chris_ONeill. BY THAT...

If the BY THAT I MEAN podcast has told you once, it has told you 25 times: only one major political party in America thinks most of you are worthless scum, and loves democracy so much that they are trying to destroy it. It’s time to end that party. Humanity has real shit with which to contend, so get to the polls on Election Day and get rid of the delusional bastards who promise only to make...

The BY THAT I MEAN podcast’s 24th episode unfolds Asia’s epic tale of a whirlwind romance with Poop Hoodie. Also, a haircut can be a hate crime. A silly, silly hate crime. You can like this podcast if you like it, at facebook.com/bythatimean and you can subscribe to it with iTunes or RSS. Tweet me @mfpseth! Tweet Asia @mitchell3point0. BY THAT I MEAN is a production of the MFP Studios...