Similidudes

As per usual, The Similidudes podcast is safe for innocent ears. 1:21 Consumption Corner – Drew: “Selma” (2014) “Fall” by Hotel Pools vaporwave music. Dave: “Poldark” (2015) and the inversion of tropes and Mel Gibson hottakes 15:17 Similitude Proper “Double Dragon (1988) is like Big... Read More

As per usual, The Simlidudes podcast is safe for young ears. We thought WoW Classic would be forever evergreen. We were wrong. 0:00 Introduction1:28 Consumption Corner – Drew: Cormac McCarthy “The Road” & Andrew Shaffer's “Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery”, Dave: Key Largo,... Read More

As per usual, The Similidudes podcast is safe for younger, innocenter ears. 0:00 Introduction (This episode was recorded in spring 2020)1:23 Consumption Corner – Drew: “Adrift” by Steve Callahan, Dave: 70's BBC TV Show “All Creatures Great and Small” and the philosophy of Television, advertising,... Read More

As per usual, The Similidudes podcast is safe for younger ears. 0:00 Introduction (The episode recorded in 2020)1:25 Consumption Corner – Drew: Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels, Dave: Frank Sinatra's ‘Sings Only for the Lonely' and Gilbert Gottfried13:08 Similitude Proper “Frasier is like the Jordan... Read More

As per usual, the Similidudes podcast is safe for tender ears. 0:00 Introduction 1:35 Consumption Corner Saskatchewan's Summer Salamanders and JRR Tolkien's feast day and Tom Bombadil.  Lord of the Rings tangent. David Letterman’s Boyish charm vs. Johnny (Reb) Carson 18:23 Similitude Proper: “Late Night... Read More

The Similidudes Podcast is safe for younger or sensitive listeners. 00:00 Introduction 02:31 Consumption Corner– Albert Camus “The Stranger” and “The Mersault Investigation” by Kamel Daoud.  YouTube, Dr Mike's Rocky Summaries and the History of blood-doping 6:52 Similitude Proper “The Cold War is like Fireball in D&D” Drew misses the... Read More

The Similidudes podcast is safe to listen to while innocent ears are near.

As per usual, The Similidudes is a podcast safe for younger ears. 0:00-1:15 Introduction 1:16 Consumption Corner – Drew praises Diablo 2 and Vincent Van Gogh biopics but messes up the birth order of Vincent and Theo. Dave gaga for Gump, Forrest Gump that is. ... Read More

As per usual, the Similidudes podcast is safe enough for innocent ears. 0:00-1:17 Introduction 1:17-14:48 Consumption Corner Uncorking the show, seasons of Saskatchewan Drew watches the Untouchables (1987) and goes on a Chicago kick.  Learn the origin of the term “right-hand man” Dave watches the... Read More

As per usual, the Similidudes Podcast is safe for tender ears. 0:00-1:20 Introduction1:20-10:31 Consumption CornerDrew – Marital Television Arbitration – Ru Paul’s Drag Race Vs. Battlestar Galactica / BSG 2004 Dave – World of Warcraft Classic – AQ Raiding and the friendship of the Similidudes... Read More

As per usual, the Similidudes Podcast is safe for family ears. Intro 01:24 Consumption Corner– Simon Schama's History of Britain, D&d pods (Adventure Zone, Dungeons and Daddies), Lars Survival Russia, Siberia stories, Soviet-seized Baklava 09:04 Similitude Proper– “Cheap Trick is like Calvin & Hobbes” The... Read More

As per usual, this podcast is family friendly, by and large. 00:00 – Introduction: 01:51 – Consumption Corner: -Drew: Clueless (1995) and Night at the Roxbury (1998) -Dave: World of Warcraft Classic and philosophy and the metapsychic power of Valley Girls who depleted the ozone... Read More

As per usual, the Similidudes podcast is safe for little ears while entertaining big ears. 0:00 Introduction Consumption Corner – World of Warcraft Classic.  Twitch lessons in gaming. 7:27 Similitude Proper: “Iron Maiden is like the Manhattan Project” Secrecy, defectors, and guitar solos, a bombastic assessment... Read More

As per usual, this podcast is safe for little ears and fun for big ears. The Similidudes Review Weird Al's “UHF” (1989) Join Dave and Drew as they decipher the archaic mist-shrouded world of local-access TV, blockbuster rental parties, and stock market procedures.  We pour... Read More

As per usual, this podcast is safe for little ears. 00:00 – Introduction – Johnny Carson and the Vietnam War 03:40 – Consumption CornerDrew: Winter Squid in WoW Classic, fishing gamesDave: “Epic NPC Man” by Viva La Dirt League and Dave on New Zealanders??Morrowind, Skyrim,... Read More

1:33 – Consumption Corner – Drew on Tolkien, J.K. Rowling & Jaws, Dave on The Long Dark and Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, shots fired at American 20th century (pace Tom Clancy) 09:18 – Similitude Proper “Tetris is like Timecop (1994)”“The pinnacle of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s... Read More

As per usual, Similidudes is a family-friendly podscast https://embodimentandexclusion.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/similidudes-023.mp3 Introductory Monarchism “Gloriana” Elizabeth the First and Pickled Herring 03:41 – Consumption Corner: Bioshock, Ayn Rand, The Long Dark, Siberian Homesteading, and Preppers.  10:19 – Similitude Proper “Bob Saget is like a Bethesda Late-Game Sole Survivor”... Read More

As per usual, our podcast is safe for the family environment. Introduction 1:05 – Consumption Corner: – Wayne’s World, the Long Dark, us shilling for sponsors, the enduring legacy of Weird Al Yankovich  8:18 – Similitude Proper: “Megaman for the NES (1987) is like the... Read More

As per usual, our podcast is safe in family contexts. Consumption Corner:0:30 – 9:12 – Gaming for Fun – Fishing in World of WarcraftNaked Capitalism in RPGs “The Long Dark” – Dave is not addicted – it’s just a nature escape The joy of indie... Read More

As per usual, this podcast is safe for the family context. -consumption corner Vanilla World of Warcraft’s retail meta. The Long Dark – geomagnetic disaster 10:11 – Similitude Proper: “1993’s Jurassic Park is like U2’s the Joshua Tree” Dave’s illegitimate Records and U2 the original... Read More

As per usual, we’re safe for listening in the family context. Controversial flower discussion: daisies and dandelions.  Anglo-Saxon history Geoffrey Hindley and Simon Schama, amd King Arthur.  “The Long Dark”, indie video games.  “Knights of Pen and Paper” mobile game.   8:05 Similitude Proper: “Ice Hockey is like Mary... Read More

As always, this podcast is suitable for family contexts. Shownotes  2:28 – consumption corner Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, The Legend of Zelda: a link to the past, castlevania on NES classic. Dave’s diet – the pie’s fault.  David Letterman’s The Late Night show and Johnny Carson... Read More

1:25 Consumption Corner: Boxing Day and Rocky, not a holiday podcast Steven Rinella and Dave hunting and the ritual of eating Castlevania and projectile swords vs. holy water, back in my day, Dracula was evil 8:28 Similitude proper: “Middle age is like Sigourney Weaver in... Read More

As per usual, this podcast is safe for work-at-home with the kids. 01:30 Opening Banter – surviving winter 06:55 Similitude Proper “Y2K is like Duran Duran” Dave remembers their hits, Drew recalls the candle-preppers, Duran Duran hit or Wiccan academic volume?Toasters with computer chips 20:38... Read More

We didn’t like 14, so here’s another podcast that’s safe for work and home and drive. 0:54 Consumption Corner- World War II in color, nazis and crystal meth.  Norm MacDonald and Peter O’Toole. 06:00 Similitude Proper “Winston Churchill is like Mr. Miyagi” Dave and Drew display... Read More

As per usual, this Similidudes podcast is safe for work and for the drive with the kids. 03:13 – Consumption Corner:Are You Afraid of the Dark Reboot, Ivan the Great and the Golden Horde, and easily impressed Russians 06:35 – “The Beastie Boys’ 1986 hit... Read More

As per usual, Similidudes are safe for work and for the drive with the kids. 01:00 Consumption Corner: Pokémon Ultra Sun, Saskatchewan vineyards, Fallout 3, Another shout out to Mitten Squad. 7:17 Similitude proper: “Season 4 of the Simpsons is like Tolstoy’s War and Peace”... Read More