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I review A Complete Unknown as well as give my take on biopics in general.  Email: mmampodcast@gmail.com  © MMAMPodcast 2025 All Rights Reserved

I review and comment on the great show Patriot.   © MMAMPodcast 2025 All Rights Reserved

This is a short one but, hey, quality over quantity.  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2024 All Rights Reserved  

I analyze the criminally underrated series Patriot from a social worker point of view.   Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2024 All Rights Reserved

I continue my 72 Seasons commentary, song by song, from a social worker's point of view.    "We can all help prevent suicide. The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States."   https://988lifeline.org/   Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Email: mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2024 All Rights Reserved

I'm a social worker so why not analyze the lyrics of Metallica's 72 Seasons? This episode features Shadows Follow.   Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com  

Since I'm a social worker/therapist, I'm going to analyze every song on Metallica's 72 Seasons from a social worker/therapist perspective.   This episode covers the first track, 72 Seasons.   Links: Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv-PnVm1JwqOUr6wTltM22A   © MMAMPodcast 2023 All Rights Reserved

Rewatch and Commentary for episodes 4-6 (“Johns' To-Do List, Un Monsieur Triste En Costume, The Structural Dynamics of Flow")   “We haven't used a prim since 2004. This guy, right. Let' get serious. Hunched houser heat rails. Let's talk about them”.   Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2023 All Rights Reserved  

I'm a bit of a curmudgeon on this one.   Spoilers are ahead (including for Rise of Skywalker).   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2023 All Rights Reserved

Spoilers are ahead for what I call Star Wars for Adults.   Thanks to the Ringer Verse for the inspiration about Star Wars speeches   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast   Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2 Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com    © MMAMPodcast 2023 All Rights Reserved

I watch, comment, and review...cool. Hey. Don't forget to check out the Integral Principles of the Structural Dynamics of Flow podcast.    Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

I rewatch and comment on Patriot, Season 1, Episode 2, “C19”.   Recorded July 24, 2022   Show notes:   -The theme song in my head   -C19   -New Lord of the Rings show   -Timens and Saperstein songs   -Mark Boone Jr.   -Amsterdam   -The Internet   -Afternoon Spray   -Train Song   -Cool Rick   -Little things   -C19   -Leslie   -Back to the stressors   -Taking its time   -Luxembourg detectives   -If there was a third season…   -Sophie   -United States government interfering   -Misogyny    -Leslie and jargon   -Kurtwood Smith   -Gregory Gordon   -Cool Rick before Dead Serious Rick   -Beastie Boys monologue   -Alice's tattoo   -Tavner father and sons   -Tavner brothers loyalty   -Social Security number stress   -Birdbath's bizarre blackmail   -2017   -Air horn   -Ducks   -Harmful coping mechanism   -Lakeman's descent    -The villains   -Establishing characters   -Ichabod   -Agathe in the States   -The end   -LInks! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

There was construction outside of my apartment. Recorded June 22, 2022 -Why didn't he kill Vader? -Who Obi has actually killed -Still feelings for Anakin -Arresting Vader? -Nitpicking -Leia seeing Ben in Episode IV -More seasons? -Alluding to Leia -Ringerverse with Jo and Mal  -Weighing the advantages and disadvantages of squaring that circle -The prequels -Writing a political tale -How the prequels are relevant -Problems with the prequels -The spirit of the prequels -Ewan McGregors -Obi-Wan and Anakin in the prequels -The cartoons -Criticism of Obi-Wan Kenobi -Vivien Lyra Blair -Children in films and TV -Children in general -Leia and the Force -The sequel trilogy  -Rebellion origin -Andor -Obi-Wan refusing the call -Both lightsaber fights -Hayden Christensen -Cinematography -Owen and Beru -Reva on Tattooine? -Moses Ingram -Kelly Marie Tran -Ewan McGregor and support -The real disgrace of Rise of Skywalker -John Boyega -Duel of the Fates script -Ingram's performance -Reva's arc -Uvalde and Obi-Wan Kenobi  -Trauma and an un-trained Jedi -More Reva -Moving away from Skywalker -Qui-Gon Jinn -Overall -Spoiler weary -The high ground -Ian McDiarmid -Vader and Palpatine -What's in Vader and Obi-Wan's heads? -Brotherhood? -Plugs Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2 Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com   -A great way to fight empires is to be well-informed (credible sources), take action, and spread the word -How to get people out of a cult -January 6th Committee  -COVID is not over © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved    

This is the second time I've seen each episode. Spoilers are ahead for not only the episode but the whole series. -One of the best shows ever made -Non Official Cover and the definition before an episode -John's interview -Kurtwood Smith -Jargon is poetry -John will do anything  -No witnesses? -Opening song and montage -The soundtrack -Steven Conrad -What makes this show so great -Tom Tavner -John's songs -Conflict of interest? -Amsterdam -Michael Dorman -Coping with trauma -Series of errors -Michael Chernus  -Cool Rick -Alice -Intro -Charles Grodin and self-destruction -Tom, John, and Ed Tavner dynamic -Tom's test (Eddie protecting John) -Father and son relationships -Efram -Giving John another mission -Mechanical bull -Amsterdam -Impotence -How the Tavner family gets along -Explaining the mission -Playing the guitar -2012 -Birdbath -Drug testing -Dennis -Making friends -Persuading Dennis -Finding purpose -Birdbath and the terrible blackmail -Birdbath's arc and the show taking its time -Edward's title and badge -Never from A to B -Parallel between the money, oil, and piping -The stress begins -Dennis and purpose -John fighting Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners -Violence -Physical trauma -A song not on the soundtrack -Attache badge -Cool Rick's loyalty -Agathe  -Misogyny  -Money to the wrong guy -Back to fathers and sons -Introduction of Cool Rick -Politics and Efram -Stressors -John's face -End of episode Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com   -Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.) © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

I review the whole series as well as analyze the main and supporting characters. I was also on a walk so please enjoy the relaxing sounds of cars passing #Multitasking    Show notes:   -How it ended   -I cried after every episode (except one)   -Rebecca and Jack   -Miguel   -I'm walking home   CHARACTER ANALYSIS   JACK   -A fixer   -Relationship with Nicky   -Jack's death   -Kate's guilt   -Idealizing Jack   -Jack's pain   -REBECCA   -What she wanted at first   -The anchor of the family   -The cast revolved around her   -MIGUEL   -Loyal   -His relationship with Rebecca    -“His favorite person”   -Another fixer   -Reconciling and closure   -RANDALL   -Sterling K. Brown's performance   -Randall's arc and identity   -Adoption and grief   -Beth and the worst case scenario game   -WILLIAM   -Substance abuse   -Guilt   -Redemption   -Randall and fixing   -The good and bad of fixing   -Closure   -William's life   -KATE   -Kate's arc   -Jack    -Body image   -Finding purpose   -Marriage, kids, money   -Her life at the finale   -The Pearsons and their issues   -Madison   -Eating disorders (Kate, Madison, and Kevin)   -KEVIN   -My least favorite character   -Things usually just worked out   -What would have been a better arc   -Sophie   -Group therapy scene - Watch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD7CqBYEq8Q   -Tension with Randall   -TOBY   -Chris Sullivan and The Knick   -Geek and nerdy in adulthood   -My apartment   -My nephew   -Depression   -Pressure   -Tension with Kevin and Randall   -“Being Jack”   -Idealizing someone after death   -Still loving Kate   -Toby's relationship status?   BETH   -R&B!   -Relationship with Randall   -Relationship with her mother   -Jobs   -Strong character   -Using humor   -Anxiety and pressure   NICKY   -His personality compared to Jack's   -Drafted to Vietnam   -Recovering from Vietnam   -Griffin Dunne and Johnny Dangerously   -Void, non-support, substance, abuse, PTSD   -Kevin and Nicky   -Kevin's resources and easier writing   -Kevin and Toby   -Using humor   -The writing   TANGENT   -Why I turn to music, movies, and TV   -Expressing feelings   -Growing up in the 80s and 90s and “acceptable” emotions   -Destructive and constructive coping mechanisms   -Seeking therapy   END TANGENT   -Great overall   -Ran its course   -Rebecca and Alzheimers    -Respecting the kind moments for people with Alzheimers   -Jack's speech to Kevin and Randall   -Going back    -Appreciating the moment   -Healthy fondness of the past without overly nostalgic   -Goals   -Plugs!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Get your info from credible sources (New York Times, USA Today, NPR, BBC, Washington Post, etc).   © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

I made it so and reviewed season two of Picard. Spoilers are inevitable.    Show notes:   -Holding back tears   -This season of Picard   -One long story   -TNG and Missions on the Week   -Best of Both Worlds and Chain of Command   -Time travel   -The season finale and cramming    -Wesley Crusher   -Nemesis   -Planting seeds   -Picard as a tragic figure   -Picard and relationships   -Picard and therapy   -The stakes   -Elnor   -Rios   -Season 3   -Characters and comfort   -Shadows of the Night   -Pat Benatar    -Sound of Thunder   -Guinan   -Q, his lessons, and abuse   -The Q Continuum    -Reconciling with the past   -James Callis   -Memory playing tricks   -Trauma   -How it ended   -The Borg   -Season three   -Back to Wesley   -Q doing damage   -John DeLancie   -Spock vs. Q    -Plugs!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, NPR, BBC, USA Today)   © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

Recorded April 26, 2022 from my Batcave.   Show notes:   -I finally saw it   -What I thought   -What made this different than the others   -Robert Pattison's Bruce Wayne   -The villains   -The dialogue   -Seven   -The Riddler   -Defensive Batman   -The riddles   -The Penguin   -Makeup and acting one's age   -Colin Farrell   -Falcone   -Jeffrey Wright   -Andy Serkis   -Alfred   -Zoë Kravitz and Catwoman    -Michelle Pfeiffer and Julie Newmar   -Married to your job   -Bruce Wayne as a recluse   -Being an orphan   -Extreme inequality   -A more effective Bruce Wayne   -Changing systems and environment   -Batman and Police   -The Boys and Watchmen   -Power   -My hopes    -The Joker (Barry Keoghan)   -Get your information from credible sources (BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, New York Times, etc.)   Links!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

I talk about the song while I watch its video   Recorded April 6, 2022   -Ear worm   -I always have a song in my fan   -Against Me!   -I'll also watch the video   -Vocal phrasing   -Encapsulates the anxiety   -“Always be preparing to leave…”   -Laura Jane Grace and her lyrics   -Hotel room metaphors   -Self destruction   -Future tripping   -The video   -More self destruction   -Self fulfilling prophecy, pattern and habit   -Chaos    -Cigarettes?   -My favorite part of the song   -Laura's rage   -Early Against Me!   -Laura's voice evolution   -Sleeping in my jeans   -Sleep   -Metaphorical death   -Life on the road   -Back to the rage   -It builds   -Back to the video   -A flood   -Short and powerful   -All kinds of music    -Hits you hard and then she leaves   -Grace's work    -Supposed to see Against Me! in March of 2020   -Seeing Against Me! Live   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -The virus is still out there - get vaccinated, wear masks, etc   -Get your information from credible sources (BBC, NPR, USA Today, New York Times, etc.)   -Get active!   © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

I listen to and comment on the song Hard Times from the EP Race Records Show notes:   -I just found out it's a cover   -Race Records and Our Country   -The history of Hard Times   -Reclaiming through her own voice   -The term Race Records   -The music   -Money and happiness   -I'm rambling   -Helping people   -The build   -Her voice   -Relaxing, uplifting, and validating   -The Resurrectors    -Live   -Taking back the song   -Reaching a peak   -What music does   -The lyrics   -Taking stock in the pleasures and tears   -Feeling your feelings   -Solidarity   -Pause   -Drinking while sad    -Anxiety, future tripping, anticipation   -Game face   -Expressing instead of bottling up    -Constructive ways to express yourself   -Ways that don't help   -Find a safe space   -Whiskey River   -When Race Records ended…   -Goodnight America   -I hope to see them live   -Concerts   -Get your news from a credible source (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, etc.)   -Get vaccinated and boosted for yourself and others   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

I had a running commentary during the first episode of The Book of Boba Fett: Stranger in a Strange Land. There are spoilers.   Recorded December 30, 2021   Commentary notes:   -Second time I'm watching   -Fighting sleep   Commentary notes:   -Intro montage   -Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theater in 1983   -Jabba's Palace play set   -Bacta   -Boba's physical trials   -PTSD as a child and adult   -The Sarlacc Pit   -Cleanliness of Book of Boba Fett   -Jawas   -Hero's Journey   -Motivation of the Sand People   -The Mandalorian and the Sand People   -How did Boba survive?   -Score (yes, it's the same composer as Mandalorian)   -Conan the Barbarian   -Temuera Morrison   -Stranger in a Strange Land is an excellent Iron Maiden song   -Child Tusken Raider   -Is this an initiation?   -Sand Peoples' faces   -Boba's childhood   -Fighting sleep   -Chewing gum   -Massiff and subtitles   -Rodian   -Projecting emotions   -Too much like a set   -Dangerous desert   -Another trial   -Brain damage in Star Wars?   -The Tusken Raider language   -Back to the batch   -Ming-Na Wen   -ER and Must See TV   -The Godfather   -Getting ready for work   -Difference between Boba and The Mandalorian   -Getting protection money   -Trandoshan   -Bossk   -Subtext   -The mayor   -Claiming the throne versus keeping the throne   -Physical and mental acumen   -Fett's code and morals   -Mos Espa and cleanliness   -Not extravagant   -A cantina scene   -Jennifer Beals   -Parkour   -A little too choreographed   -Gamorrean guards   -Marauders   -Water   -Reading action subtitles=   -The Kraken   -Clash of the Titans   -Looks like hybrid of practical and digital effects   -Rodian   -Centaur/Kraken   -Fett and the Tusken Raider child   -Color of outfits   -Robert Rodriguez, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni   -The Last Jedi is still the best   -The Mandalorian   -Something new while being grounded in the original trilogy   -The artwork   -Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett   -Fully awake   -Get your information from credible sources (BBC Global News Podcast), NPR Up First, The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, etc.)   -Get vaccinated and wear masks (N95s)   -Knowledge is Power   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved

Recorded 12/30/21 - Happy New Year   -Horror movies   -What this movie was   -Climate change and COVID   -Listening to the scientists   -Evidence   -Hope and consequences   -Meryl Streep   -Hedging bets   -Tax the rich   -There's always something we can do (it's the fight that keeps us going)   -Realism of 2021   -Social media   -Bothsideism   -The performances   -The coolest part   -Being informed versus being over informed   -What despair brings   -Funny and terrifying   -2+2=4   -Increasing the chances for change (personally and politically)   -What the movie evokes   -I meant 2021, not 2020   -What I thought of the movie   -What's hopeful now   -Climate change affecting New York   -Adapting   -If there really is a comet…   -Ways to increase our chances to stay alive   -I just moved   -Links!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, Washington Post, USA Today, etc.)   -Vote for the Democrats, the party of facts and science   © MMAMPodcast 2022 All Rights Reserved  

I react and comment with no dead air.   Recorded on November 29, 2021   -The first trailer   -I'll edit this?   -Reaction videos   -Spider   -Western motif   -The Godfather (spoiler alert for I and II)   -What I expect   -Teaser   -YouTube commercial   -He is Boba Fett   -What I'm not going to do   -Not completed excited but…   -My expectations   -The Mandalorian   -Crime, drama   -Outer rim   -The throne   -What I hope   -Sarlacc pit   -Boba's identity   -Jango    -A mother figure?   -Human element   -All the Star Wars   -The only really bad Star Wars (aside from the Holiday Special)   -Plugs!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Wear your mask, get vaccinated, get boosted   -Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc)   © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

The review is much shorter than the movie   Recorded October 21, 2021   -What I thought   -It's length   -The trailer   -My history with Dune (the books and the David Lynch movie)   -My quick review of the Lynch movie   -I butcher the pronunciation of Denis Villeneuve   -Left me wanting more   -Some tastes (even though it was a long movie)   -Soundtrack, effects, acting, storyline   -What the Star Wars prequels could have been   -Father/son, mother/son   -Supernatural, politics, messiah   -The fighting   -Lynch and the Weirding Way (ugh)   -I yawned   -Part II needs to be released tomorrow   -Things get weirder   -I'll leave you wanting more   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Get vaccinated   -Get your info from credible sources (New York Times, NPR, BBC, USA Today, etc.)   © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

What a destroyer from Alanis…I love it. Recorded on 9/21/21   Show notes:   -It's a destroyer   -What music can do   -Jess Locke   -Alanis on tour   -Jagged Little Pill   -Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie   -The live version   -Buzzing   -The flute   -Lyrics on the Internet   -I have the CD booklet   -Lyrics   -Self worth   -Societal pressure   -Internal and external validation   -Developing a solid foundation   -Doing nothing in a pandemic   -The Internet and “thumbs down”   -Shield of anonymity    -Our own worst critics   -Being sick as a kid   -Positive versus negative self talk   -Weight and societal pressure   -Marvel superhero physique   -Bankruptcy    -Baldness   -Reframing the aging argument   -Post Jagged Little Pill   -Alanis' childhood career   -You Can't Do That On Television   -Seeing Alanis live in 1996; Taylor Hawkins was on drums and Radiohead opened up   -Knowledge    -Losing any part of yourself   -After I stopped acting   -My life now   -Substance Abuse   -Trying not to beat yourself up   -Being overwhelmed   -Toxic positivity   -What not to say (if this worked, no one would be angry or sad)   -How to work with it   -Fearing of what someone thinks of you when you get angry   -Feeling feelings and safe spaces   -Validation   -Your feelings are always right   -Giving a person space   -Clinging, codependence, and boundaries   -Labels   -Another layer to the lyrics   -Relationships   -Learning from breakups   -Breakups and grief   -Co-dependence   -Music validates   -Music as a way to heal   -If music disappeared…   -A strong foundation   -Longevity   -Garbage and Cat Power opening   -Liz Phair   -I saw Garbage in 1995-96 at Roseland   -Links:   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -New York and the pandemic (get vaccinated!!!!!)   -Follow the science   -Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, NPR, BBC, USA Today, etc.)   -Knowlege is power. Stay powerful. Stay safe.   © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

Recorded August 13, 2021   Spoilers are ahead.   Show notes:   -Better than The Dead Don't Die   -Plausible   -Adam and Eve   -“Humanity” of the vampires   -One possible implausibility    -Eva   -Blood   -Implying   -Showing and not telling   -Gloves   -Knowledge and conversations   -Marlowe   -John Hurt   -Predicting   -Jeffrey Wright   -Time   -Similarities in Adam at howe and being locked down (get vaccinated, please)   -Back to Eva   -The ending   -Compulsion   -Possible unrealistic aspect   -Passing off their work   -The acting   -The pace   -Finally got a chance to see it   -Movies versus TV (I love them both)   -Get vaccinated, wear a mask, I hope for mask mandates, speak up   -Greatest good and least harm   -Get your knowledge from credible sources (New York Times, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, BBC, etc.)   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

He certainly can.   Spoilers are ahead!   Recorded August 3, 2021   -Annie Murphy   -Just watched the season finale   -Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town   -Allison and Kevin's relationship   -The sitcom version    -Watching sitcoms growing up   -Sitcom tropes   -“It's just Kevin”   Who's married to a woman that you don't normally see with a guy like that   -A prequel would be cool   -Kevin, his father, and Neil   -What the show did well   -Abuse by Kevin in both multi-cam and single cam   -Kevin and privilege    -I hope it gets renewed   -Serious moments in sitcoms   -Family Ties   -More sitcom tropes   -Taking a dramatic turn   -Single cam version of characters   -Subtext   -Pressure on Allison and Patty   -What did Neil really hear?   -Really good representation of despair and loneliness (even when you're surrounded by people)   -Sam   -The traditional sitcoms, modern sitcoms, the evolution of sitcoms   -He really can   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     -Get vaccinated, follow the science   -Get information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, Washington Post, etc).   © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

I say “quote unquote” way too much. Spoilers are ahead.   Recorded July 25, 2021   Show notes:     -I have whiplash   -The title   -A lot of fun   -The true story behind the plot   -History   -Time period   -What I liked about this movie   -Don Cheadle   -A Cheadle Extravaganza    -The cast   -Matt Damon (The story so far -  https://variety.com/2021/film/news/matt-damon-addresses-f-slur-1235032441/)    -George Clooney   -Brendan Fraser   -Levels   -Crime world and business world   -What drives people in regards to money   -Soderbergh on the fish eye lens   -A possible reminder to the viewer   -Insufferable Bastards podcast   -Plugs   -I'm fully vaccinated   -Get vaccinated — think of things you can do and if you want to be a hero . . .    -Get your information from credible sources (NY Times, BBC, USA Today, NPR, Washington Post, etc.)   116.   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     “Totally on purpose…bring you out of the space in which you have a 90 degree grid…a world in which things are that squared off…felt wrong to have images that were to have images that were that sort of square”   © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

Recorded May 31, 2021   I review Invincible (not the Muse song that I can't get out of my head)   Show notes:   -Star Wars   -Superhero shows   -Watchmen, The Boys   -Back to Star Wars   -Why Invincible  wasn't tempted   -Human qualities   -Grayson   -The cast   -Steven Yeun   -JK Simmons can be terrifying   -What makes Omni-Man terrifying   -Omni-Man compared to Superman   -Omni-Man versus Invincible   -Omni-Man's conflict and identity   -Why information and knowledge is so powerful   -Balance    -What may be keeping Invincible from turning evil (for now?)   -One of many problems with Omni-Man   -Next season   -Other superheroes    -Cecil   -Physical and mental capabilities   -Nazis   -Other planets and species   -Episodic shows versus a movie   -What movies and music can teach us   -Doom Patrol   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

I watch and comment on the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble   Recorded February 19, 2021   Notes:   -Real life superhero   -I will comment during the doc but this podcast won’t be the length of the doc   -What he’s been through   -That mugshot — https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/622844317162434560?lang=en   -Pre-COVID   -Elijah Cummings   -Organize, mobilize, legislate   -Being brutalized by cops for waiting on line to vote   -Knowing the risk   -The power of voting   -Pettus bridge and unlawful assembly   -Parading permit   -Troopers advancing with weapons   -Civil disobedience   -Bashed in the head   -Present day voter suppression   -Constant struggle   -“There’s so much more progress to be made”   -“My greatest fear…”   -Misinformation, hatred, and cruelty   -Comic Con story   -Equity   -Getting involved   -Ripple effects   -Good trouble   -Say something, do something, good trouble, necessary trouble   -2018 and the blue wave   -Change from then to now (so much more to do)   -Preaching to chickens   -Picking cotton   -Nashville and non-violence   -Non-violence as offense, not defense   -Starting locally to desegregate downtown Nashville   -Systems versus an individual    -Under a constant threat   -Training   -One big temper tantrum from people in power   -Fear and insecurity   -First Nashville sit-in   -Optics   -Doing everything you can   -AOC   -How racism morphs   -Barriers   -Voting requirements   -Senator Warnock   -Beto O’Rourke   -Election Day 2018 and 2020   -James Clyburn   -John Lewis Voting Rights Act   -Republicans want to suppress votes   -AOC and the speed of freedom   -Moving slow versus moving fast   -Results of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act    -Long wait times to vote   -HR1   -Opressors framing themselves as victims   -Freedom Singers   -How music lifts the spirit   -Thurogood Marshall   -John F. Kennedy and intentions   -We cannot be patient   -Democrats vs. Republicans   -Fast vs. Slow   -Wife and son   -Lawlessness and hypocrisy of the “law and order” Trump administration   -Viral videos   -Julian Bond and the danger of registering people to vote   -Rise into politics   -Becoming an “insider”   -Tense moments with Bonds   -Activism from the outside and inside   -Protest on the floor and the non-coverage of Fox “News”   -Stacey Abrams and the power of Lewis’ story   -The resistance to the right to vote   -The more who show up…   -President Obama   -Looking back 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020   -Paul Wyrech - he’s not from AIPAC, he’s from ALEC and he didn’t want everybody to vote   -Removing the filibuster   -This is not a time for despair   -The struggle   -2019 Edmund Pettis Bridge (Trump wasn’t there)   -Putting in the work   -Medal of Freedom   -A good start   -A giant   -There were post credits   -Inspiring   -Equity and progress (and justice)   -Plugs!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, USA Today, BBC, NPR, etc.)   #GoodTrouble   © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved        

Taking you way back to November 13, 2020           Show notes - It’s been a week:   -Friday the 13th - Oooooooo   -Tears of joy and relief   -The weeks that were   -My early voting experience   -Strangers congregating even during a pandemic   -After I voted   -Volunteering for campaigns (phone banking, text-banking, postcards)   -Vote tripling   -James Carville’s prediction   -Election Day   -Couldn’t accept a red mirage   -Heightened anxiety and disrupted sleep   -Future tripping   -Waiting for the counting   -24 hour networks news   -Trump shenanigans   -My reaction to Biden/Harris winning on November 7th   -Profound relief   -Social media and celebrations   -Back to the red mirage   -People I knew   -Deferring to experts   -Why I was still freaking out   -Arizona, Georgia   -Trump turnout   -What’s bad about social media   -November 3-7 (Freaking out to feeling ecstatic)   -More Trump shenanigans and a “coup”   -Transition team   -Chaos   -Ignoring Trump   -Conceding   -Exhaustion   -Words, actions, behaviors, policy   -Family separation   -Accountability   -Biden wasn’t my first choice   -Normalcy and trust   -Supporting democracy   -Doomscrolling   -Kamala Harris   -COVID-19 and the environment    -Biden’s life story   -Dr. Jill Biden   -Difference between Biden in 2016 and Biden now   -The United States and the pandemic   -Biden and the pandemic   -Not being a dictator    -Trusted public figures   -Prevention   -Will mask wearing continue post-pandemic?   -Being sick sucks   -Dying sucks   -After effects of COVID-19   -High stakes   -The virus doesn’t care   -Getting information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.)   -Don’t get your news from influencers   -Congratulations President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris   -Help is on the way (we just have to get through the rest of the year)   -Wear a mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, listen to the experts (no rogues)   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved  

This contains spoilers from the show and comic.   Recorded April 9, 2021   Show notes:   -Wow   -Negan’s debut in the comics vs. the show   -Jeffrey Dean Morgan   -The Here’s Negan graphic novel   -Lucille’s (the person) influence   -Hillarie Burton’s performance   -Negan’s backstory   -Negan’s arc in the comics   -My predictions for future episodes   -Rick or Negan?   -Maggie and Negan   -The comic versus the show   -Back to Jeffrey Dean Morgan    -Shades of gray   -Laura and Franklin   -Negan’s arc in the Here’s Negan book   -Last Walking Dead episode that I liked   -One character study   -Negan, Maggie, and Herschel   -Carol   -Links   -We’re still in a pandemic so get information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, USA Today, NPR, etc) and get yourself vaccinated   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

I was at Action Park once…once.   Recorded February 26, 2021   Show notes:     -I feel like I need a shower.    -I’ve been to Action Park   -Mulvihill’s tactics   -Preventable deaths and injuries    -Reagan and the 80s attitudes   -Life is a little more complicated   -Death and deregulation; the family of George Larson   -People my age and “Back in my day”   -80s childhood   -Boredom and Balance   -80s culture   -The F word   -Progress is never a straight line   -Back to Action Park   -Ridiculous slides   -The danger of the Wave Pool   -Tarzan swing   -20 foot cliff   -Cannonball Falls   -Going slow on the Alpine Slide   -Big raft ride   -Bottleneck of people on the single person tube ride   -Amuseparks and the balance of thrill and safety   -Human element   -Former employees and Mulvihill   -Mulvihill, charities, and my cynicism   -Rulebreaking and mischief   -Overton Window   -Generational divide   -Tone of documentaries   -Regulation and Texas   -Feux rebels   -Bootstraps   -Nostalgia   -Learning from history, staying in the present, and looking forward   -Evolving   -Follow the directions from experts in this pandemic (wear a mask, stay home if you can, keep your distance, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, get vaccinated when you can)   -Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, Washington Post, etc.) and not from someone charismatic   -Plugs!   -Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

I know virtually nothing about soccer but I watch and review while I watch.   I speak about the human condition, psychology of sports fans as well as what sports means for a community and country.   Finished recording on 2/15/21 Show notes: -I never heard of Maradona until he died -Reviewing it in real time And now the documentary -80s soundtrack -Pele, the movie Victory, and the bicycle kick -Maradona and transcendance  -Knee to the head -Enduring quality about sports and art  -Sports, art, and identity -Napoli and rock star treatment -Pressure -Napoli is 0-4 -Soccer is brutal -My grandfather, soccer, and passionate soccer fans -Maradona’s style -Psychology of sports fans -Maradona persona -Where Maradona is from and the Hero’s Journey -The pressure on a 15 year old -How soccer served him -Mean soccer chants -Racist soccer fans -Reaction to Maradona -Camorra -Envious of people who speak multiple languages -Striving for the World Cup -Rise and fall -The handball during Argentina vs. England -Falklands War and symbolic revenge -A clenched fist -The sportscaster  -The goal -Argentina vs. West Germany (I don’t know who won this game) -How does the crowd affect the player? -Physical exhaustion -Argentina takes the lead -Argentina wins -How sports affected me, then and now -Back to projection plus a geopolitical narrative -Muhammad Ali, sports, and politics -Back to the effects of sports on people -Sports compared to policy -How sports can inspire -Pancake? -Admired to death -Sports as a representation of ourselves -Sports as a vehicle for Maradona -Argentina's savior -Gossip and attention -Repercussions of attention -"I want to play football in peace." -The rise of Napoli in 1987 -His baby daughter -League championship of 1987 -Back to teams, tribes, and identity  -I don't know who's playing -Still on the rise of Maradona in 1987 -Bittersweet Napoli victory? -Proving the doubters wrong -Like The Beatles -Celebration for two months? -Back to my grandfather -Social redemption -Not being left alone -More than God and the pressure that comes with it -Trappings of fame -Celebrities, masks, and the pandemic -Paparazzi and a vicious cycle -Boundaries -Substance abuse, fame, and the mafia -Changing and the importance of environment -Record player and blank VHS tapes -Soccer balls must hurt -Brain damage -UEFA Cup of 1989 -"We are the best. We are on top of the world" -We versus They -"Sell Maradona" - Maradona as a commodity -"He's the boss" (sarcasm) -More partying -"Cleanse" to play on Sunday -Direction of the documentary -Drug and alcohol spiral -Diego Maradona Jr. -Not showing weakness, toxic masculinity, and pressure -Drug testing -Money -Needles in his back -Sciatic, low back pain, and emotional causes -Taking advantage -His children -Back to the mafia -This documentary as a story -Why this is well made -Documentaries versus informercials -Was he a target on the playing field? -Napoli wins in 1990! -A bunch of grown men dancing -World Cup I, the Cup of the World -I wish I was fluent in Italian -Late 80s/early 90s styles -Backlash -Tension between northern and southern Italy -I'm totally wrong - Maradona is playing for Argentina against Italy -My limited understanding of penalty kicks -Screaming hell -Breaking his bond with Italians? -I think I have the World Cup figured out -Argentina wins and Italy is devastated -Maradona's peak? -What did Italians want Maradona to do? -Equating a soccer loss to trauma -It's more than a game, apparently -Conspiracies -No win situation -Maradona is now the devil? -Italian press -I still think it's just a game but understand the anger -How sports is intertwined with countries and people -Maybe if people were better cared for... -Wiretapping? -Why don't they translate "ciao"? -Prostitution -1991 -His last ten years? -Arrest -Stigma -Criticism regardless of image -Another side of fame -Camorra association -Trial -Mental pressure -Napoli vs. Bari -Anti-doping -More possible criticism -Disqualification -The fall  -Soccer and identity -How does he cope? -2004 flash forward -Walking with a limp -Psychiatric hospital -Substance abuse, stigma, shame -Difference between guilt and shame -Transcendant star -His life -His two sides -"Rebel, cheat, hero, and god" -"All that survived was the myth" -Gigantic mural -Coaching -Waddling -After 2004 -Post-credits -Acknowledging Diego Maradona Jr. -2016 -Encyclopedia Brittanica -Top player of the 20th century -Post 2008 -Coaching career -My review and wish -Human condition -A different way to podcast -Links! -We're in a pandemic -How I spend my time -Vaccines are here -Wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands -Get information from credible sources (BBC, NPR, Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today, etc.). Knowledge is power Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcastFacebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast   Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2 Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/Email mmampodcast@gmail.com   © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved    

I breakdown the show as a whole as well as the main and recurring characters. Spoilers are ahead. Hopefully I didn’t Britta this podcast.   Recorded January 1, 2021 (Happy New Year)   -The wonders of streaming    -The characters have become my friends   -Pre-pandemic and post-pandemic TV watching   -The characters   Jeff -Joel McHale -First impression -Stereotypes -Layers and evolution   Britta   -Gillian Jacobs -Finding something in common with each -Character traits   Troy   -Donald Glover (I didn’t know he was on this show) -Childish Gambino -Awaken My Love and Donald Glover Presents -The beard -First impression -Caring, sensitivity, openness -Relationship with Abed -Moving on -Skills   Abed -Danny Pudi -First impression -Layers and evolution -Commonalities with Abed -Abed as a device -Psychotic breaks and exploration -Reading emotions -Strengths and struggles -Never was a “very special episode”   Pierce -Chevy Chase and similarities to Pierce -Growing up with Chevy Chase -Saturday Night Live Vacation, Spies Like Us, Fletch -Layers and evolution -Chase on set -Physical comedy -Mixed bag   Shirley -Yvette Nicole Brown and The Talking Dead -Layers, contradictions -Shirley’s different voices   Annie -Alison Brie (I didn’t know she was on the show) -GLOW -Horse Girl and mental illness -Aderral addiction -Ambition -Perfectionism and helping -Relationship with Jeff   Buzz -Jonathan Banks -Played like Mike from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul -Relationship with Abed   Elroy -Keith David -Voice-over actor -Platoon -He doesn’t age -Keith David and David Keith -Elroy's arc -The wedding episode   Frankie -Paget Brewster -Mystery -Delivering of lines -Had the show continued…   Chang -Ken Jeong -Hangover -Before he was an actor -So out there -Different traits and experiences   Dean Pelton -Jim Rash -Layers -“Coming out” episode -Character traits  -Anxieties, stress, knowledge -Over the top -Screaming -Need to belong   Back to the Show -Forming bonds -Recurring characters (Garret, Leonard, Vicky, Police Officer, John Goodman, etc.) -I cried during the last episode -#AndaMovie -Episodes that stood out (Claymation, GI Joe, Dungeons and Dragons) -Geekiness and geek culture of the present -Jock culture of the 80s -How everyone can get along -One of those shows after a tough day -Paintball episodes -Zombie episode -Never felt “threatened”  -Community’s message -John Oliver (didn’t know he was on the show) -Self awareness (self aware about being self aware) -New Year’s Day (Happy New Year) -Hope is on the way and keep yourself informed.  -Get your news from a credible source (BBC, New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, etc.) -Don’t let a personality dictate how you think. Go to the science -Give yourself a break -Stay safe, wear a mask, practice social distancing, only go out if essential, don’t touch your face -Take care of each other   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved      

Spoilers are ahead for The Rescue.   Show notes:   -I’m done   -I’m crying   -Star Wars podcasts   -Surprised but not shocked   -Luke   -Uncanny valley   -Back to Luke   -My Star Wars history   -Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theaters   -Identifying with Luke and why diversity is important in movies   -Questions (I didn’t see the end credits yet)   -Women characters   -Grogu   -What a ride   -Fan service in Rise of Skywalker versus Mandalorian   -Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni   -Kathleen Kennedy and the double standard   -The greatest time to be a Star Wars fan   -Peak TV   -Writing and gray areas   -Points of view   -Moff Gideon   -Darksaber and the story   -Reaction videos   -My reaction to Luke   -Luke’s power   -What happens to Grogu?   -The stone   -Letting go   -Hero’s journey   -Attachment   -Asking permission and co-dependence    -Unchecked power   -What happens between Return of the Jedi and Force Awakens   -Star Wars as a foundation   -Back to diversity (Jenkins! I meant Patty Jenkins!)   -Star Wars must never stop!   -Knowledge is power. Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.). Google Dunning Kruger (make sure it’s from a credible source) -    https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740   -Back to crying   -Thank you, Star Wars!   -And thank you   -My very own after credits!   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2021 All Rights Reserved

Recorded December 4, 2020   Show notes:   The Tragedy -Just finished -The past two episodes -That Star Wars feeling -This season -Boba Fett -Seeing Slave I -Temeura Morrison -Robert Rodriguez -Fennick -Grogu -Moff Gideon -The timeline -New Republic -Power vacuum —— The Jedi -Never watch the recap -Ahsoka -Not a Jedi -Rosario Dawson -Yoda and Yaddle -What is The Tragedy -Sarlac Pit -Boba Fett and Legends (a little spoiler) -Boba Fett’s origins -How Fett fights -Fan service -What if? -Sequel trilogy -Favreau vs. Abrams -Bill Burr -TV is so great -Keep yourself informed from credible sources (BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today) -Scientific consensus -Listen to the people who know (not podcasters and influencers) -Take care of each other Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved    

This episode is full of Schitt and full of spoilers that covers all six seasons.   Recorded on November 28, 2020   Show highlights:   -I made a pun   -Quite the antidote   -Jumps the Shark   -Never took itself seriously but tackled serious subjects   -“Normalizing” LGBTQ people (that’s a good thing)   -“I like the wine not the label” (I blanked out on the phrase so I had to look it up)   -Schitt’s Creek was a tolerant town   -Patrick’s parents   -Patrick   -The sign of a good show   -Behind the scenes (wraps and sadness)   -Final table read   -Eugene Levy   -Katherine O’Hara   -Moira Rose   -Johnny Rose   -Caaaaan’t and bebe   -Wardrobe   -Alexis Rose   -Chris Elliot (Get a Life) and Roland Schitt   -Twyla   -One criticism   -Bob   -Mutt   -Rewatch?    -Finding something else    -The Levys   -Ending at the right time   -Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, BBC, NPR, etc.), wear a mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved

This podcast begins right when the movie ends. For this episode I started commenting during some parts of the movies.   Oh and is there something I’m not getting with this movie?   Spoilers rise like the dead.   Recorded November 21, 2020   Show notes:   -The point of the movie (?)   -George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead   -All over the place   -Saying that you’re weird   -Where did the kids go?   -Sturgill Simpson   -Where did this movie go?   -The character arcs?   -When I first saw the trailer   -The Romero Trilogy and Shaun of the Dead   -Loose ends   -What am I not getting?   -More loose ends   -Yay New York!   -Why do I sound like Seinfeld   -Why did I watch this?   -The Dead Don’t Die with Peter Cushing   -So many more questions than answers   -Jim Jarmusch   -The cast   -Parody, satire, spoof   -Commentary   -My friend Erin   -Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.)   -Stay safe, wear a mask, practice social distancing, don’t gather   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved      

Eddie Van Halen was a revolution.   Recorded October 12, 2020   -Music -The guitar -Guitarists -Revolutionaries  -Robert Johnson -Les Paul -Jimi Hendrix -Tony Iommi -Eddie Van Halen: The last revolutionary? -First seeing Eddie: the Jump video on MTV in 1984 -Jump as a first song -My first impression -When Eddie Van Halen really hit me  -Eruption -Van Halen I -The music I gravitate towards -Taking Eddie for granted -People didn’t play like Eddie -Guitarists since Eddie -Seeing Eddie play live -Jimmy Page -When I found out he died -Health  -His reputation -How he built and approached the guitar -Wolfgang Van Halen -“Music theory, not music fact” -No rules -When’s the next revolution? -After Eddie -The Edge -Tom Morello -Jack White -Wishing to see the Van Halen I lineup -Michael Anthony’s backing vocals -65 years old -Hope -What is there left to do? -In summation -Rest in Peace -Thank goodness for YouTube (at least for music) -Wear a mask, practice social distancing, be vigilant -Get your information from credible sources (Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, NPR, etc.) -Vote for Biden/Harris and the Democrats down the line -Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved    

Recorded on October 9, 2020   Show notes: -Use of subtlety -Comparison to current events -Vought -Corporations and “Mom and Pop” shops -Cults of personality, technology, and propaganda -Stormfront (Billy Joel and Nazis?) -The comic -How people become indoctrinated -Journalists and fact checking -Trump -Fighting the supes -Power of messaging and image -Coronavirus, Stormfront and being directly affected -Maeve -Superheros who are humans -Unchecked power -Checks and balances -The fight -Homelander -Becca and Ryan -Hurt people hurt people -Where does this go? -Newman and AOC -Being radicalized  by fear -The pattern of radicalization -Journalistic integrity -The most fascinating villains -Power -Bernie Sanders wild hypothetical (provided the Republican is not an authoritarian) -Values with democracy -How The Boys can teach -Action, acting, gore, and violence -The beauty of TV these days -Week to week releases -Appointment TV -Wear a mask -Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, etc.) -Experts and consensus -Charlatans -Knowledge is power -Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved    

This is NOT a reaction podcast.   Recorded September 6, 2020   -How I describe Devin Townsend -Wall of sound -Kingdom -The theme -When I first heard Storm -Accelerated Evolution -Steve Vai -Prolific -Reaction videos -Metal and epic -Strapping Young Lad -Synths -Yes 90125 -His scream and voice -Vocal lessons and vocal teachers -Natural ability? -Adele, Roger Daltry, James Hetfield -What’s in the background? -The lyrics -Physicist -Bipolar disorder -Obsessing -Stay with me -Epicloud -The meaning of “play” -Solo artist versus a collaborator -The other vocals -Love or Lord? -The way I’m headed -Truth or Youth? -Descended or Defended? -Worry -I’m fine  -It’s only a song -“I was playing a character” excuse -Fire it up! -Galloping -Devin’s guitar playing -No solo -Too epic? -We are ….? -Woman still -Hath no fury -Morning Bride -Emotional journal -One of my favorite things about music -Abandonment -Storm -First Devin Townsend song I heard -Steve Vai’s Sex and Religion -What I was doing in 2003 -WSOU Seton Hall Pirate Radio -Hearing the “stay with me” scream -Accelerated Evolution -My Devy collection -Storm vs. Kingdom -Townsend’s opinion on Accelerated Evolution -Deadhead -My request -Slow Me Down -The lyrics -The world -Devin’s family -Running dry -Flying high -Feel -Wanted to be -Worked hard for a living -Where it gets scary -Don’t run and hide -Dont’ worry I’m fine/Starting to feel okay -SYL -Wasted and failing -It’s just me -Never felt before -Tired -Touring -Solo (or lack thereof) -Time -He’s screaming -Progress in the relationship? -Subject matter and emotions -Empath, spirituality, positive emotions -Facing emotions -Releasing anger, rage, and happiness -Seeing a mental health professional -Mental health issues and the COVID-19 pandemic -The war -10,000 lies  -The Iraq War and George W. Bush -Trump and lies -SYL and war -The Rape Song -Strapping Young Lad songs live -Storm and Kingdom tied together -Quarantine concerts  -Charity -Devin’s future -His voice -Buy his stuff -The pandemic -New York (since March, not January) -Listen to science -Credible sources of news (New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, BBC, NPR) -Take care of each other   Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved            

There are spoilers ahead. Recorded August 16, 2020 Show notes: -David Bowie’s Heroes -Movies/shows with music from a different time -Why I love music and movies -Rollercoaster of feelings -Let everything happen to youBeauty and terrorJust keep going No feeling is final -The plot -Experiencing different emotions at the same time -Horror and laughter -How Taika Waititi used Hitler -Subject matter -Roman Griffin Davis -Yorki -Quentin Tarantino and the auteur -Taika Watiti -Thor Ragnarok -What We Do In the Shadows -Watiti's filmography -Mandalorian -Captain Klenzendorf and Finkel -Humanity  -Jojo and his mother -Scarlet Johannsen -Comedy, Gestapo, and evil -Tying shoes -What's next -Lies about Jewish people -Conspiracy theories  -Laughing at the ridiculousness  -Expertise vs. authority -Trump -Happiness, fear, anger -Strength of words, propaganda and stories -Escape from Sobibor A Tangent -My Jewish family  -Governments rising to power using scapegoats -How to prevent authoritarianism by learning how it's done and speaking out right away (even if it's not happening to you) -Organize and vote -Even if it's too late... -Horror, Joy, Solidarity -Always keep going -Learning how government and civics work -Push back with all your might -Long Island, undocumented immigrants, and knowing their rights -Knowing, fighting, recognizing -Defunding the post office -On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder -Read credible sources of history -Incremental changeBack to Jojo Rabbit -Serious message cloaked in comedy -Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, BBC, etc.) Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcastFacebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast   Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2 Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/Email mmampodcast@gmail.com   © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved    

In a hole in the ground there lived a podcast with SPOILERS!   Show notes:   -What I did throughout the movie -Matching real life -Overall -Legacy -Purpose and importance of art during the pandemic -My Tolkien history -Tolkien’s actual life -Battle of the Somme -Peaky Blinders -Link to Time article - https://time.com/5586711/tolkien-movie-true-story/ -What was I doing in 2019 (it seems like a trillion years ago) -The Tea Club Barovian Society (TCBS) -Edith Bratt -World War I -Marriage -Origin of the word “Hobbit” -Professor Joseph Wright and Gandalf -Sam and the batmen -Tolkien and Christianity -Biopic pronunciation -Movies and accuracy -Movies produced by the subjects themselves -A starting point -Plugs -Get your news from credible sources (BBC, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today) Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved

I do some character studies as well as review the show as a whole. Spoilers are ahead. Show notes: -This show was ….. -The special FX -George Romero’s Day of the Dead -Tom Savini -Scream Greats -Gloves for surgery -Accuracy -Good TV is about relationships Dr. John Thackery -Pain, work, destruction -Finale -Who we are -Necrotic -House -Reason for addiction? Dr. Algernon Edwards -Two worlds -Opal -Self destruction -Future Dr. Everett Gallinger -From the start -Hypocrisy -Eleanor -Correlation vs. causation -Cruelty  -Eugenics -Eric Johnson Herman Barrow -Likability -Character traits -Self destruction -Conflict Nurse Lucy Elkins -Arc -Getting what she wants -Origin story  -Skills as a nurse (competent was the wrong word better than competent - she was an excellent nurse) Dr. Bertram Chickering Jr. -Normalized prejudice -Character traits -Thack vs. Dr. Levi Zinberg -Bertie’s mentors -Genevieve Everidge Cornelia Robertson -Skills and potential -Typhoid and the Black Plague -Being held back -Hobart Showalter -The end of her arc -Cornelia’s future? -Cornelia and Algernon Sister Harriet  -Conflict -Self destruction -Identity -Business acumen Tom Cleary -Arc -Character traits -Conflict -Destruction -A future Cleary The Overall Show -Steven Soderberg and a third season -Flash forward -What I would want for a third season -How The Knick inspired me -Dramatic license The COVID-19 Pandemic -My hopes (wear a mask) -Credible sources of information and science (New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, BBC, etc) -Take care of each other -On 7/23/20, the number of dead in the United States from COVID-19 is about 145,000  Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com   © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved

Spoilers are tethered to this podcast.    Recorded on May 30, 2020.    Show notes:   -A disadvantaged group -What I thought of Us -What’s the resolution? -Invasion of the Body Snatchers -Get Out and planting seeds -Influences -The ending -The twist -What makes a movie great -Subtlety  -Us and the murder of George Floyd [I meant to say the murders similar to George Floyd’s] -Good movies teach -The balance of subtle versus not subtle -The tethered  -The message -The characters -The acting -Lupita Nyong’o -Saw Gerrera voice? -George Romero zombie trilogy -Dawn of the Dead -Enjoying Us on different levels  -Metaphors -Raising interest -Credible sources of news, please Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved  

Come aboard and join the chaos and anxiety. Spoilers are ahead. Recorded on May 25, 2020   Show notes: -This movie was ______ -Adam Sandler -A very New York movie -I miss New York City  -The pandemic -The chaos of Howard’s life -The ending -The Departed -What happened after -70s grittiness with the 80s soundtrack -2012 -Kevin Garnett -The acting all around -What I like about movies -Dunkirk -Safdie brothers -Oscar buzz? -Adam Sandler and creative freedom -Funny People -What I would have liked -The pandemic and credible sources of information -Listen to the experts! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved  

I made this podcast so.    Spoilers are ahead so if you don’t mind spoilers, then engage!   Recorded March 29, 2020 Show notes: -What I thought -Modern TV and movies -TV vs movies -How I watched Picard -What makes Picard so great (the character and the show) -Star Trek The Next Generation -Picard’s PTSD -What makes compelling TV and compelling people -Humans and synths -First season of The Next Generation -Even if you’re not a Star Trek fan . . .  -Fanservice  -I cried throughout the show -Unintended consequences -Story arcs in Next Generation vs. story arcs in Picard -Hugh -Elnor -Different cultures -Alison Pill and the Newsroom -Agnes, motivation, and consequences -The crew -Season Two and stakes -Hopes for season two -Nitpicking -Seeing Patrick Stewart live -Data -Worf -Back to Data -I want to live forever -Back to Data again -A public service announcement -Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com   For credible sources of information, here’s a good list: https://www.forbes.com/sites/berlinschoolofcreativeleadership/2017/02/01/10-journalism-brands-where-you-will-find-real-facts-rather-than-alternative-facts/#27f75211e9b5   © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved

I’m scared just typing this. Spoilers are ahead. This was recorded pre-COVID-19 hence the lack of COVID-19 references.   -I am very much an adult -I was scared -The power of what movies can do -The type of horror movie -Elements -The acting -The effect -The positive psychological aspects of horror movies -Where are the mental health professionals?!?!? -Other nitpickings  -Suspense -A little twist -More nitpicking -Spoiler alert for Rosemary’s Baby -Pace and aesthetic  -A brief review of Rosemary’s Baby -Midsommar -Toni Collette  -Gabriel Byrne -The dog -Where it could go -Paimon -Hell probably sucks -Erin and The Conjuring -Hereditary versus The Conjuring Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved    

This was recorded pre-pandemic and is finally being released. As we all know, life gets in the way. So enjoy my pre-pandemic attitude and my pre-pandemic review of The Mandalorian. Spoilers are ahead. This is the way. Show notes: -What I thought overall  -Boba Fett -Mandolorians in “Legends”  -Paying homage without reverence (ahem, Rise of Skywalker) -The themes of The Mandolorian -Pedro Pascal -The Child (Baby Yoda) -Origin story? -Yaddle -Yoda’s species -Will The Child grow? -Guesses -What I don’t want -Stakes -Eek, I mentioned going out to the movies (pre-pandemic) -Focusing on something new -The Last Jedi, Rise of Skywalker -Balance -I was tired -Artwork -Moff Gideon  -Giancarlo Esposito -Darksaber -New Republic -The Force Awakens -My hopes (rebellions are built on them) Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved  

Erin and I watched and reviewed Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones on Christmas night, 2019 (which seems like seven million years ago).  Don’t forget to listen to the bonus commentary! Show notes: -My intro to the intro -Coronavirus -Merry Christmas -This is Erin’s first time watching Episode II (that she remembers) -Episode I recap -Our Star Wars histories   Review -What did we think? -What did this mean to Erin? -Relationships -Jar Jar’s purpose (I wanted to add that the other senators agreed with Jar Jar so let’s not blame it all on him) -Padme and Anakin -What Mike thought -Rise of Skywalker -Deleted scene -Arrogance of the Jedi -Dooku and Christopher Lee -Keeping track of the characters -Attack of the Clones versus the other movies -Episode III -Bonus Commentary -Plugs! Follow Erin on Twitter @erunuevo  Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved

I review season two and if I didn’t state that there were spoilers, there would be no mercy.  But I just did, so have mercy. Show notes: -What I thought -The first season -The realm of the ridiculous -The fight  -Karate Kid Part II -Karate Kid Part I and why I loved season one  -The 80s weren’t that cool -What could have been -What I liked -Extra lines and exposition -Melodrama -Upping the stakes -Back to the fights -Daniel as a sensei -Mr. Miyagi -Allie -Elizabeth Shue -My hopes/predictions for season three -Tory taking the mic -Party scenes -Euphoria -Cobra Kai characters -Plugs! Twitter https://twitter.com/mmampodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mmampodcast    Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/music-movies-and-other-stuff/id1236495556?mt=2  Podbean https://mmam.podbean.com/ Email mmampodcast@gmail.com     © MMAMPodcast 2020 All Rights Reserved