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It’s the best of 2019 episode! (CUE AIR HORN SOUND) Santos and I both pick our favorite movies, books, TV shows, food and podcasts from 2019. Listen to get the picks! Hint: It’s NOT The Irishman.

Back in the swing of things: we discuss new music from Miloe, the incredible and brilliant true crime book “Savage Appetites” by Rachel Monroe, Santos does his lightning round review of current movies and more.

As promised, we are posting more regularly. We discuss Tarantino’s latest OUATIH, Amazon original The Boys, Our overall health and Santos new found love of barefoot running shoes, and much more!

BACK FROM THE DEAD! Just when you thought you were out we PULL you back in. Seriously, though, we apologize for the extended hiatus, but Santos and I have recommitted to regular episodes. In this episode we catch up on what each of us has been watching, including Big Little Lies season 2, Euphoria, and The Handmaiden’t Tale and much more!

Best of 2018! Double length episode with our best of 2018 picks across all categories. Follow us on Twitter @glopodcast if you want a recap of all of our picks and more that don’t make the episodes!

Back from the dead! Sorry it’s been so long but life has been getting in the way with deaths in the family etc. We make up for lost time with tons of picks! We discuss the latest podcasts, TV, books and films including the new Netflix Sabrina series, the Cali wildfires, ramen and tacos in SF, Mark H corrupts Santos with Three Wives One Husband on Netflix, Eric recommends two amazing books The Sisters Brothers and The Boneless Mercies, and at least 8 more picks!

Santos talks about seeing My Bloody Valentine live, Eric tells about his family trip to an ELC on the North Shore of MN, We discuss Korean food and Seoul Kitchen in Parma, OH, We discuss other hole in the wall asian food. Eric rants about Ready Player One, Santos hips everyone to a crazy foot treatment called Baby Foot, we discuss the HBO show Succession and more!

Santos spills his guts about getting his gallbladder out and what that means for his lifestyle. HINT: NOTHING. We talk summer for a bit and then get into the movies Incredibles 2, Wind River, the amazing book Senlin Ascends, we get deep into grilling and then Santos comes with the hot music recommend soul musician Darrell Banks and Vinyl Me Please.

We discuss Kanye West's latest antics, Legion season 2, Atlanta season 2, The Terror, the Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai, the upcoming Duplass brother's crazy pizza bomber doc Evil Genius, and much more including weed in CA.

Santos is finally back from his world travels. We waste no time getting into it with Happy Hour recipes and movie recommendations, we discuss Sayulita, Ear Hustle season 2, The Moth and Risk podcasts, The Marvelous Mrs. Maizel, the Golden State Killer and Michelle McNamara's genius true crime book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," and much more.

Santos tells of his time in Mexico and Eric talks about traveling to Austin for food and SXSW Film Festival. We discuss the new Netflix docs Flint Town and Wild Wild County. Santos finally starts watching Altered Carbon, we discuss Time Restricted Eating and Intermittent fasting and the amazing Jim Jarmusch film Paterson.

Santos is back from Mexico. Eric talks about going to SXSW film festival. We discuss the new Netflix sci-fi series Altered Carbon, Santos talks about watching Mafioso by Alberto Lattuada and Jean-Pierre Melville films on Mubi, Santos talks about the Room 237 documentary about the theories around the “true meaning” of The Shining, We both sing the praises of The Pit Barrel cooker, the amazing Ear Hustle podcast and more.

We recap our personal most overrated and underrated things of 2017. Santos talks about how he's man enough to get waxed, we update our faithful listeners on Daily Harvest and Butcherbox, and pack in more picks than you could ever explore.

First off, we check in with Santos about his proximity to the LA fire. Santos is newly doing the Whole 30, so we talk the meat delivery box Butcher Box. We talk the new Netflix doc Voyeur, and the Netflix series Godless. We discuss upcoming seasons of Black Mirror and the brand new sci-fi show Altered Carbon and more.

Happy belated Turkey Day! In this episode, we finally got our remote audio set up ironed out, thanks for bearing with us. We discuss Thanksgiving food, Mindhunter, the new Netflix Punisher series, Santos declares war on a few restaurants in L.A., and Eric confesses a new-found interest in the Joe Rogan podcast.

We return to food this episode. Santos talks about his posh new LA lifestyle and the amazing Nobu-inspired black cod dish he made for me. I discuss a Sunday family fav in our house, Martha Stewart's classic beef stew recipe. We discuss K-Bop Korean in MPLS, and Korean and Indian food. I give Santos unrelenting shit about his tragically hip yet somehow totally uncool Allbird sneakers, and Santos yaks about the World Series. Note: we are still working out some kinks in our new setup, but have ironed out some of the bugs. Please bear with us and thanks for listening!

Back from the dead! We snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and record our first episode with Santos in L.A! We discuss Crowd Crow, the new site that lets you get grass fed beef directly from ranchers, Big Little Lies, the amazing sci-fi gem All Systems Red by Martha Wells, the new Rainer Maria record and concert, Santos favorite new spots to indulge in LA and much more!

This week we discuss YouTube wormholes of content like Vice's Party Legends, clips of Fool Penn & Teller and more, the legendary anime series One Punch Man, Vegetarian indulgence, Peep Show, the new Netflix series Atypical, and more!

In this episode, we get back to current picks. We talk a lot about new Netflix and Amazon series including Bosch and Ozark. We also talk about the indie hit movie The Big Sick and get into a new culinary staple everyone should be cooking at home.

Sorry for the long delay! In this Episode we have special guest Kaia Fischer help us revisit the best picks of the last 49 episodes and also talk about some new stuff as well.

TV Party! We have our own version of Black Flag's famous TV Party this episode and stick to TV shows you should check out. Santos gets down in his usual literary fashion and recommends Olive Kitteridge. Eric talks Fargo season 3, Better Call Saul season 3, and Elementary. Santos gets even more obscure with the Amazon Original "Fortitude." Eric brings it back to Earth with the amazing revival (after a 10-year hiatus) of Samurai Jack. Santos can't let it lie in pop culture and throws a powdered wig on to talk John Adams from HBO. We talk the poetry and prose of Deadwood and our hopes for the Deadwood movies. Enjoy!

Easter episode! Music is resurrected on the show. Eric tries to convince Santos that DAMN! by Kendrick is PURE FIRE but Santos pulls out his water bucket. Santos waxes poetic about singer/songwriter Sampha and electronic pioneer Raymond Scott. We talk Spotify Release Radar and some new discoveries, the indie film gem Before I Disappear, Santos brings the crime fiction heat with Texas Wind by James Reasoner, and we discuss Gimme Danger by Jim Jarmusch and more!

The exciting conclusion of the Great Cooktop War of '16/'17. Santos tells a cautionary tale about grilling INSIDE your garage. We both pick the Korean zombie thriller Train To Busan, Eric talks the new podcast S-Town, and the sci-fi novel Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty. Santos schools fools on how to make a proper omlette and keeps trying to make Bronson happen.

A true mensch joins us this week, Reuven Perlman, to discuss the Sam Harris podcast Waking Up, new Minneapolis hip-hop from Alan Kingdom and then just a bunch of other crap. Also covered this week: FX's Legion (again), a bad ass water bottle from Miir, Drunk, the new release from Thundercat, Manchester by the Sea, new sci-fi from Becky Chambers in The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet and we steer you the right way on Spindrift, the new sparkling water taking millenials by storm.

Special guest: Mark H joins us and tells a ghastly story about remodeling a house and discovering weird objects in walls. We also talk the tv show Legion, the Kim Jong-Nam assassination, the wonderful novella Every Heart A Doorway, We eat Detroit pizza delivered by Goldbely, Mark recommends the tv show Taboo, we talk the 2nd season of Baskets and more!

In this episode we have the perfect meat grilling storm- Santos has sausages shipped from Esposito Bros. in NYC and Eric grills them on his new indoor grill with NASA heat tech. We also discuss the end of the OA (without spoilers), Eric hips the world to Longmont Potion Castle, and we have a freeform discussion about current TV and Film we are watching or anticipating.

Netflix has been posting gobs of new series and content. We talk about the ones that are worth your time and a few shows and movies that aren't. Special bonus not on the show: Skip "Frontier" starring Jason Momoa (aka Khal Drogo.) It's hot garbage. We also eat some amazing salumi from Salumi in Seattle.

Like it or not, 2016, went down. Few are huge fans, but we're going to do a run-down of our own personal highlights, because even though Bowie (and many others) called it in, as will happen, many others carried on. In no particular order, here are some of the things that straightened us out this year: shocking, I know, but another new podcast called Startup (it's riveting), Dinosaur Jr's new record, The Witch, YT series Critical Role, the new re-releases of every Crowded House record with copious bonus tracks, FX's amazing new drama Atlanta, Pierce Brown's conclusion to the Red Rising trilogy Morning Star, and last but FAR from least, the majestic French Dip sandwich. Happy New Year to you all, thanks for listening, can't wait to uncover great new finds in 2017.

It's been awhile since we spent the proper time on our favorite topic of Crime, so here's an hour devoted to the grime we love the most. Among topics visited: Crimetown podcast, a revisit to My Favorite Murder, a podcast about an infamous child disappearance in MN called In the Dark, a doc on NYPD corruption in the golden days called The Seven Five, the graphic novel Sex Criminals, Thomas Perry's Forty Thieves, and yet another podcast devoted to the Boston Strangler murders called, wait for it, Stranglers. Enjoy you heathens.

Eric gives Santos a present even though he doesn't really deserve it. We talk Walking Dead season opener (Hello Lucille!) , the indie thriller The Invitation, Leonard Cohen, new legal thriller Goliath, indie drama Captain Fantastic, Santos pushes Divorce on Eric, 2 minute hot takes on sketch comedy shows and more.

Winter arrives and gooses Santos. We discuss the amazing documentary The Witness, the new season of Black Mirror, the Amazon Original comedy Fleabag, a politically-oriented 2-minute Hot Take, Hong Kong action from Johnnie To, and the new movie streaming service Filmstruck

Santos yaps so much about baseball, you'll think we've pivoted to being a baseball podcast. HINT: We haven't. I also talk about the amazing baseball doc Fastball, We argue about the merits of brats and sausages, we talk magicians and David Blaine, we taste healthy snacks, Two-minute hot takes on winning the lottery and Superhero movies. Problems with Closure on NYTimes:Doc 

Santos and I declare a fatwah on Caribou Coffee, We talk about where to see amazing short-form documentaries about global culture, we talk West World, a few new film picks for crime lovers, and we intro 2 new sequences for the show: 2-Minute Hot Takes and Problems with Closure

Santos moans about how winter is coming, we have a final discussion about The Night Of and John Turturro. We discuss the new Nick Cave record, Carteland, Vice Principals, and subscription services including Carnivore Club. Santos contemplates becoming a Ganjaprenuer, Eric sings the praises of Spotify Discover Weekly and much more.

This episode features special guest Kaia Fischer! We taste and talk about Kombucha and Shrubs, Black Market with Michael K Williams, My Favorite Murder podcast, Kaia recommends "layering" an entirely new way to watch media, The movie Heavy by James Mangold, My Friend Rockerfeller, Mubi, Stranger Things and more.

In this episode we debate Podcasts (we know how meta but you won't want to miss the reco's), We talk about The Americans, white wines that don't suck, Rick and Morty's Interdimensional Cable website, and Santos talks about going to concerts by your aged heroes.

In this episode we discuss Jensen Karp's new book Kanye West owes me $300, we taste a flight of Compass Box whiskys, The Witch, the unreleased Prince tracks, and we debate Vinyl vs. Whole House Streaming, Peaky Blinders season 3, and Pimento Jamaican restaurant in MPLS.

In this episode, Eric goes LARPing, we debate which genre benefits society more, documentaries or science fiction. We try a tasting of a variety of cheeses, drink some bullshit sparkling water and a great Rosé. Eric has the pick of the week with a newly discovered (from the great podcast Reply All) blog about life in prison from Paul Modrowski then we hit on some new finds: Finders Keepers and Welcome to Leith both streaming on Netflix then some new vinyl releases from Rhino, the new PJ Harvey and a newly discovered box set from Alan Lomax.

In this episode we discuss Hispanic food in LA, The internet marvel that is Quora, Ms. Marvel and Daniel Clowes comics, Verbatim documentary series from the NYT, Mineral Water, The Magicians on SYFY, and a crazy story about a random stranger with bandages all over his face.

Lots to cover this time around, psyched about Marvel Unlimited and (maybe missing the comic shop visits a little bit), Mubi once again, cannot get enough of Mubi, Amazon Fire and cord cutting in general, the great podcast Surprisingly Awesome, the Steve McQueen doc The Man & Le Mans, the shitshow that is Orange is the New Black, snack foods of course, and all while tasting a killer Balvenie 12 year.

Breaking from tradition here, and instead of coming with our normal assignments, we go off script here and kind of just talk about what's on our minds. It's the right thing to do, hope you all agree, let us know! Enjoy in this episode a massive rant about the douche level of Jon Favreau, The Revenant, Every Frame a Painting, Deadpool, join us on a tasting of a flight of bourbons, Joe Lansdale, a new sous vide machine Eric got, the series 11/22/62 and Cooking by Michael Pollan.

One after the other, new series here, new series there... There are plenty that aren't mentioned here that you already know about, but if you're on the look out for something new, save yourself the subscription to US Weekly and just start here. We cover off on our favorite new series, coming from all channels, that you need to be watching. Included this week: Baskets, Casual, Horace and Pete, The Expanse, Black Mirror, The Vikings and High Maintenance.  

Picasso said that "good artists borrow, great artists steal." Somewhere in between there is the artist that falls in love with a story so much that they need to re-live it again in another place and time. That's what we're talking about here today, our favorite reinterpretations. We start out with some chili and chianti and move (not so) quickly into: The Ten Thousand by Paul Kearny, Steve Martin in Roxanne, O Brother Where Art Thou, Metallica's One, The Cure's Killing an Arab, Bruce Springsteen's The Ghost of Tom Joad, and Miller's Crossing. 

In 60 years, no one is going to make a differentiation between 2015 and 2016, so here's our time capsule to all the robot people listening in 2075 so they know the shit that was correct in 2015. Including but not limited to: Star Wars, Fargo Season 2, The Leftovers Season 2, PIZZA RAT, Fresh Off the Boat audiobook, Into the Badlands (we hate it), Detective podcast, New York Times and Rick and Morty. Happy New Year to everyone, here's to a year of reading, watching and listening to the best shit in the world.

Pour a glass of whisky and explore the world of hitman movies with us. Focusing a little more than usual this time and looking at the sub-genre of contract killers. By no means an exhaustive list, but covering off on our faves including The Mechanic, The American, Leon The Professional, La Femme Nikita, Ghost Dog, Le Samourai and others.

STUMPISODE! It's the end of the year, so we're looking to stump the hump with three of the best tracks of the year that the other hasn't heard. Picks include Low's What Part of Me, Disclosure from Caracal (Deluxe) feat. Lorde, Everyday from ASAP Rocky, Novella's Follow, White Reaper's Sheila, and Solace from Myriam Gendron.

Feels like the books could use a little attention, been awhile since we dedicated a whole episode, so we take some time this episode and talk about three of our picks that we believe are modern classics. Titles include Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece All the Pretty Horses, Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon, George Saunders' Tenth of December, Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself, The Guards by Ken Bruen and John Scalzi's Old Man's War. It's winter time, time to hole up and start reading and you could do a whole lot worse than starting with this list.

Tackling what could be an endless topic here, one we're certain to circle back to, and that's underrated movies. Films that we believe, for whatever reason, didn't receive their due. Included here, The Leftovers, Project Greenlight, Sexy Beast, Passion Fish, Moon, Melancholia, Alphaville, The Imitation Game, Steve Jobs and Man on Fire.

Grab a drink and put a buzz on with us as we dig in to some of our favorite foods and drinks. Join us as we get into (literally) a few of our favorite dishes. Eric has a killer food hack for a dessert that everyone loves, along with a massive discovery of a recipe we've been trying to duplicate for years and Santos brings in a few home cookin' faves. Mix in a couple of bad ass cocktails and we're there.

Stumpisode time. This go around we look to confound each other with a TV series that the other hasn't seen. We get kind of high-brow with some picks like Rick and Morty, My Name is Earl and Reno 911, but then keep it real with The History Channel's Vikings and Happy Valley. Sundance TV's Rectify also makes a strange appearance here. Competition can drive you to do some weird shit.

Chuck Palahniuk said "It's easy to cry once you realize that everyone you love will either reject you or die". We do not however need this kind of motivation, in fact it turns out we cry pretty easily. This episode we talk about the stuff that, without exception, every time you hear, watch, read, whatever; turn on the waterworks. Dinosaur Jr, Slingblade, The Incredibles, T.S. Eliot, Paris, Texas and Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson all get some time here.