The Y2K Show

This week, Courtney brings on her friend Allie Campbell to walk us through the beginning of a lifelong homesteading project. Along the way, the friendship is pushed to the limit at the revelation that a snake is involved. What else goes into homesteadin’? How do you keep plants alive? What about slaughtering animals for food? Can Courtney ever forgive Allie? We get into it all. Check out Allie’s h...

For decades now, you’ve wondered if your sign is compatible with your romantic partner’s sign. But how do you know if you can co-host a podcast together without the insights of a horoscope? Today we decide we are the first people to ever wonder about this. Also: Tucker Carlson believes that demons invented the nuclear bomb, what kind of hunting trip Courtney would go on, and sobriety humor. Have t...

On Will’s great date night idea, the appeal of fish fries, a new White House buzzer, and #boredommaxxing. What’s your go-to date night movie? Let us know in the comments. Our new bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram or TikTok . Please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen. Thanks for listening!...

Should we be kind and polite to LLMs? Is it time we start asking AI how its day was before we bark orders at the thing? Also: the ultimate polygraph machine, bodily donations, and RFK starts a cooking show . Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Our bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram or TikTok . Please consider leaving us a revie...

Sodium lovers, Will has some good news for you. Also: AI news, the perils of fibermaxxing during #ExplosiveDiarrheaParasiteSummer, and that time Alex Jones infiltrated Bohemian Grove. How are you fibermaxxing these days? Let us know in the comments. Our bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram or TikTok . Please consider leaving us a review...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.com A listener comment about impressions leads to a discussion about our best impressions, our dream impressions, and dueling impressions of the two latest Hannibal Lecters. What impressions do you want to hear? Let us know in the comments. Our new bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Fo...

Courtney has a new business venture: quizzes. Like Buzzfeed but good. And it’s how she pays her bills now. Also: a book club update, don’t drink the bathwater, and a eulogy for Tom’s favorite awkward podcast. Thoughts? Questions? Complaints? Let us know in the comments. Our bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram or TikTok . Please conside...

Film critic Genevieve Radosti joins the show this week to discuss the process of submitting films for consideration by the library of congress as “culturally significant.” We wonder what that term means—but also what it means when standards of art are often a lot more nuanced and complicated than the people consuming it. What about dumb movies? Don’t they deserve some attention, too? We throw arou...

Since our fans have inexplicably been bombarding us with questions about Taylor Swift over the past few months, despite our complete lack of fandom or interest, we decided it was time to bring on an expert to get into the weeds. Friend of the show and self-proclaimed Swift expert Jenifer is here to give a comprehensive timeline of Swift’s career, personal life, and address the rumors that won’t go...

Despite months of loud internet controversy, the world can’t get enough of Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation of The Odyssey —from general audiences to unlikely fanboy Ben Shapiro. We wonder if maybe that’s exactly the point. Did you see it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Our bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram or TikTok ....

Tilly Norwood is back from the dead. And she’s starring in a new AI movie called Misaligned. Also: Alec Baldwin eulogizes Sam Neill and new sponsor WB Chum Buckets is here to save you from the diarrhea parasite. Are you looking forward to the Tillyverse? Let us know in the comments. Our bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram or TikTok . P...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.com On the frustrations of method acting, the state of democracy, the perils of trusting TikTok recipes, and the strict dress code at The White House these days. Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments. Our new bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram o...

It’s almost Shark Week again. Or is it always Shark Week somewhere? In any case, this week Courtney brings her expertise on the long tradition of shark movies while Will runs through the worst Jaws knockoffs. Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments. Our new bumper music is “Little Lounge” by Das Kope. Check out his work here. Follow the show on Instagram or TikTok . Please consider leaving us...

On the loose conspiracy known as Gaylor Swift , Barack Obama’s foray into sketch comedy , and Michael Caine’s AI audiobook of The Odyssey. Have questions you want us to answer on the show? Let us know in the comments. 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To support the show and gain access to the full archive, including premium episodes, please consider becoming a paying...

Just what you wanted on this 250th anniversary of the good old US of A: a conversation on yearly physicals, Dr. ChatGPT , and shark fixations. Have questions you want us to answer on the show? Let us know in the comments. 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To support the show and gain access to the full archive, including premium episodes, please consider becoming a pa...

On Nate Bargatze’s extremely, unambiguously, completely apolitical appearance at The White House, the Swedish podcast audience, and a new market opening for an AI that’s really not rooting for you at all. Have questions you want us to answer on the show? Let us know in the comments. 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To support the show and gain access to the full arch...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.com Some thoughts on the new Star Wars , the extent of the Walt Disney Company’s policing power in Florida, and the new diet keeping the Veep both slim and smelling terrible. 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To gain access to bonus episodes like this one as well as the full archive of epis...

After a listener asks for some clarity on Taylor Swift’s wedding venue, we decide that a deep dive on Swiftism is in order—from Gulliver’s Travels to “Shake it Off.” Have your own questions? Let us know in the comments! 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To gain access to bonus episodes as well as the full archive, please consider becoming a premium subscriber. This is...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.com What’s going on with this Backrooms movie, anyway? Are the kids revolting against the nostalgia of the 90s? What’s with that one recurring detail about the ex-wife? We hash it out in today’s bonus episode. 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To gain access to bonus episodes like this one...

Matt Rose, bonafide YouTube legend , joins the show’s 50th episode for a very important discussion on the history of tea in England and America, his addiction to disaster stories, his legacy as a funny guy on the internet, and that time he failed to impress Simon Cowell . In addition to the usual audio, you can also find a video recording of this episode on our YouTube channel . Let us know your t...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.com On Disclosure Day , Spielberg’s relevance as the YouTube generation takes over Hollywood, and the Netflix amusement park. 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To support the show and gain access to the full archive, including premium episodes like this one, please consider becoming a payin...

Book club update. Resistance cake. Neighbors are fighting. The men are listening. 10 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To support the show and gain access to the full archive, including premium episodes, please consider becoming a paying subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit y2ksh...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.com Newsom? Harris? Tucker? Nicholson? We have some thoughts. 15 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To support the show and gain access to the full archive, including premium episodes like this one, please consider becoming a paying subscriber.

On the uses (and variants) of magnesium, the end of Stephen Colbert’s late night reign , the total amount of activity everyone should aim for each week , and the failure of the Daily Wire epic fantasy series The Pendragon Cycle . Let us know what you think in the comments. 15 episodes of The Y2K Show are free wherever you get podcasts. To support the show and gain access to the full archive, inclu...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.com The internet, much like the Mycenaeans and the Trojans, can’t stop fighting over a woman named Helen . But how much authenticity is owed to a mythological tale that has transcended its original cultural context anyway? Also: Xi Jinping employs a classic Jack Donaghy negotiation technique , Trump the Chinamaxxer , a...