The Literate ApeCast

June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month and no two men are more qualified to talk about than a therapy-obsessed Jew and an emotionally constipated Gen Xer. This discussion also includes some talk of grandfathers who fought in WWII.

Himmel turns the page into thepost-forty-five chapter and he, and a few others, have thoughts.

Hall is in his semi-traditional rant about Art for Art's Sake. Himmel pushes back as he usually does.

Don has, after four years of sleeping on his couch from a previous marriage, become the owner of a… gasp… bed!

When the gentlemen of the ApeCast have nothing to talk about, they talk about their divorces. Duh.

Do we need all the food, distractions, and attention we desire. Probably fucking not.

Don shares about his tendency to utter awkward stuff without repent. David has his moments of foot in mouth, as well. Jake has pinkeye and all three agree that the Blue Origin space flight was a buncha shit. Typical day at the office.

Ah, the dulcit sounds of two white guys complaining. Isn't this what you signed up for? Is your need to hear it ethical? Are you consuming this podcast while wiping with tree bark and calling friends on a coupla cans with string?

Both Apes a single, divorced, and figuring out the world of the spouseless. So, of course, they talk about it.

Hall wrote something. Himmel dreamed something. It is established that no one can protest Kermit the Frog, Himmel is more Millenial than Gen X, and Hall would fuck a wax figure. Consider that your fucking trigger warning.

Yes. Hall loves Survivor. Insufferably, he drags Himmel through the least appealing fan crush conversation in the history of the seminal reality series.

Joined by someone genuinely Irish with deep knowledge of the holiday, the chimps talk with Caitie Beardmore Cataldo about the cultural legacy of St. Patrick's Day.

Himmel has his period then watches a horrible trolling. Hal, as usual, has a theory about the root of the problem.

Hall has a question he asks when interviewing job applicants so he grills packrat Himmel about the items he considers most irreplaceable.

Himmel ‘byrnes' Hall; a struggle session to advice the (losing) Democrats; and Hall gets high off of a can of tea.

Himmel is concerned about a request for funds for a family looking to adopt a Hungarian. Hall uses the inside of a coffee can for a microphone. All is right in the world!

Hall has a theory about the 47th president. Himmel can't pronounce the name of a 70's band correctly. Hijinx ensue.

Happy 59th Birthday, Don! Today, he shares the things he learned this past year.

Don wrote a thing. David wrote a different thuing. The chimps stroke each other in praise of the things they wrote.

Don has a policy concerning his ass. David disputes the policy.

The Chimps decide to see what the AI of the moment has to say about them. It ain't pretty…

Himmel has decided that he is the hero of his neighborhood because he managed to get his internet fixed after the gauntlet of attempts to thwart his need for Wifi.

Himmel is exposed as the Divorced Dad who takes his kids to McDonalds on Christmas Eve plus the Chimps predict the headlines for next year!

It's that time when everyone from the office gets together at a bar and, like a dark truth serum, the booze makes the whole room regret ever showing up: the Office Holiday Party.

Tony Spaghetti has Himmel thinking that maybe America is ready for a violent revolution. The chimps discuss.

Is AI here to replace writers? We ask ChatGPT and the answer is absolutely.

Himmel inadvertantly showed his six-year-old porn and had to explain it.

Don is on a tear about the linguistic games of… well, everybody, everywhere. So the chimps break it down masterfully.

David wrote a thing about the country, anxiety, hubris, and why there will never be a woman president. So, instead of read it, the Monkeys yap about it.

The Chimps talk through the recent presidential election and what went wrong.

Hall is Johnny Lawrence minus the karate and, in his new role at work, is suddenly surrounded by Gen Z. He has thoughts.

Nothing to see here, gang. Except Hall, fully clothed, asleep in his car.

It turns out that both David and Don are really lousy at relationships but great with relationship advice. Also, so is Yakov Smirnoff.

What infuriates Himmel? Jewel selection, stereotypes, handjobs at the symphony? Hall just doesn't seem to get all that angry about anything. What's the deal (asked in the most 1980's stand up manner)?

Can David go work on a cruise ship? Why would he want to? What the fuck is all of this shit about cruise ships? And how does one figuratively blow a load in your pants?

Don is making straight A's in life and—gasp—met a woman whose presence is making him re-think his strategy.

In a preview for BUGHOUSE!, Don tasks David with his repeated use of the 'systemic' when describing localized events.

D&D decide to watch the televised debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and provide in-the-moment commentary. Totally different, totally fun.

Don is closing the summer of house management; David is dealing with his miserable life. How do the chmps refuel themselves in the meantime?

In the ever present search for income, both apes have a short list of jobs they'd never take regardless of the compensation package.

It was the week of the DNC in Chicago and the chimps have unique perspectives. So does Himmel's youngest son. That kid has LOTS of opinions.

Both Apes are looking for work and break it down for themselves.

Don aplogizes for biffing last week's episode but had his first post-divorce date so the chimps unpack the whole concept of that bizarre activity.

In a cultural landscape where the burning question has been “What is a woman?” for a decade, Don counters with the unspoken question.

Lots of stuff in here—rhetoric creating an intentional backlash, gentle parenting, umbrellas in the park (Don admits he was wrong so mark the episode), and more! Hunker down on the toilet and enjoy…

We start with the ‘hawk tuah' girl and gradually wind around to the use of photography to fool us, face blindness, ‘kidney' friends, and the realization that David's sons are to be called ‘master.'

David has Harry on his mind (shock!) and Don has thoughts. Also, there is a question of personal branding for both monkeys.

The Himmel crew head off to vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks. David recorded some of it for your edification. Hall slept in.

The Literate Apes consider whether they are dyed in the wool Satanists and Hall pulls hard on the thread of perpetual therapy as a solution to any sort of real world problems.

Hall is working with a lot of Chicago police in his job in the park and has a few observations. Himmel is not as anti-cop as he appears.

The chimps are starting to feel the march of time in their lower backs and ankles and sit in Himmel's kitchen and bitch about it.