The Artenders

#78 Danny and Mac unpack the comedy thriller that is forcing “foodies” to quake in their boots. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#77 Danny and Mac try a new game: go the theater at a random time, see the next movie that is playing, record immediately after. This time, Danny improvises a script that is better than the movie. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#76 Danny and Mac welcome back two former guests, Shyama and Sam. They debate cinematography, cooking, and John Bernthal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#75 Danny and Mac talk Jordan Peele's legacy, symbolism, and the cinematography of the biggest horror movie of the year. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#74 Danny and Mac discuss a controversial documentary produced by YouTube channel “Defunctland”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#73 Danny and Mac discuss the most recent season of HBO hit show ‘Barry'. They tackle the most textbook A+ of a show they've ever seen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#72 Danny and Mac essentially apologize for talking about such an atrocious movie… and then talk about it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#71 Danny and Mac compare the faults of the first season with the victories of the second, and try out their new segment “Roll Call”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#70 Danny and Mac expand on their Outer Wilds conversation with an additional chapter to the original story. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#69 Danny and Mac run down the best and worst performances, while Mac misremembers a critical plot point of the show. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#68 Danny and Mac dissect one of Danny's all-time favorite films. Mac reveals a personal story, and there's a gun to Danny's head for some reason. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#67 Danny and Mac try desperately to stop comparing ‘Us' to ‘Get Out'. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#66 Danny and Mac figure out where this goes on the all-time best movies list, and talk about movie sins that audiences are willing to forgive. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#65 Danny and Mac debate what impact art is supposed to make, and “prisoners of the moment”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#64 If you like conflict, this is the episode for you. Danny and Mac flat out disagree on whether or not this is worth giving a listen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#63 Danny and Mac talk Robert Pattinson, the evolution of Batman, and reality. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#62 Danny and Mac talk phoning it in vs. bad direction, and how concept television is destroying us. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#61 Danny and Mac talk the new Tom Holland summer blockbuster, which was unfortunately released in winter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#60 Danny and Mac talk about the difference between writing television and film, all while Mac serves his punishment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#59 Danny and Mac are joined by a special guest Musicologist. They discuss some wild new music theory concepts, and the current state of academic musicology. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#58 Danny and Mac discuss this classic anime, what it did for the evolution of anime, and how it holds up after 24 years. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#57 Danny and Mac talk James Acaster, why he is such a unique case, and comedy HISTORY. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#56 Danny and Mac reminisce about one of the best and most unique pieces of media they have reviewed thus far. It was so good, they had a hard time reviewing anything else that night. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#55 Mac and Danny attempt to discuss Don't Look Up, fail tremendously, and then try to figure out why. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#54 Danny and Mac wrap up hit German series “Dark”, while slowly losing sanity and comprehension. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#53 Danny and Mac discuss a movie that Danny claims to be “the best movie” he's ever seen, and Mac claims to be “really not bad”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#52 Danny and Mac talk about secrets, plot devices, and a new concept they have coined: "dramatic inflation". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#51 Danny and Mac try to wrap their heads around a puppet comedian named Randy Feltface, who is essentially just a regular comedian but made of felt. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#50 IT IS OUR FIFTIETH EPISODE WOOT WOOT. Danny and Mac talk about how this was the most exciting first act of television that could've been made, but exposition is still not fun. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#49 Danny and Mac discuss the luck/magic that keeps bringing success to the University of Miami. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#48 Danny and Mac ponder the purpose of a trailer, the purpose of a director, and the purpose of movie theatre etiquette. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#47 Danny and Mac discuss how joy translates to a performance, Chinese legends, and crappy anime dubs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#46 Danny and Mac discuss an actual cult and the impact of Sheela. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#45 Danny and Mac discuss the “cultivation of a cult within a culture”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#44 Danny and Mac discuss 90's nostalgia, Danny Devito, and medical inventions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#43 Danny and Mac discuss World War II, how pretentious we are, and not judging Hitler when portraying him. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#42 Danny and Mac yell about Russell, praise Boston Rob, and discuss the psychology of Survivor. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#41 Danny and Mac discuss fandoms, gore, and HORSE DRIFTING. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#40 Danny and Mac discuss the desire to vomit and Justin Long (yes, those topics are moderately related). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

** Heavy mentions of depression and suicide ** #39 Danny and Mac discuss what is to be a comedian, and INTERMISSIONS. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#38 Danny and Mac talk the greatest movies of all time, director Bong Joon-Ho, and the year 1939. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

Danny and Mac look back at all of the things they have reviewed on the show. They decide what was best and worst, and what was impressively average. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#37 Danny and Mac take a walk down memory lane and debate the best sports movie of all time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#36 Danny and Mac discuss the most recent album of a friend of the show! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

This is a continuation of the first half of our interview with Jonathan Hodges, better known as Bomethius. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

Critically acclaimed musician Jonathan Hodges joins us to discuss philosophy, psychology, and musicology. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#35 Danny and Mac discuss the show that gave The Wire the foundation to succeed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

A sit-down with Emmy-nominated, multiple Best-Selling novelist, and HBO producer/writer George Pelecanos. Stephen King wrote that he is, “perhaps the greatest living American crime writer.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#34 Danny and Mac discuss the legacy of Swift, and what it really means to sell out. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

A chat with a staff writer from The Wire. We learn about how they made the characters from Season 2, and how Rafael got into screenwriting accidentally. Here is his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rafaelalvarezbaltimore Here is his student's memoir, mentioned in the episode: http://maconstreetbooks.com/liberty-and-leeway/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support

#33 Danny and Mac discuss how either the whole system changes, or none of it does. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theartenders/support