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Literate Ape co-editors Don Hall and David Himmel hold court, interview interesting people and talk about the perspectives of the week.

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    • Jun 1, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 58m AVG DURATION
    • 430 EPISODES


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    Literate ApeCast Ep. 431—Is Productivity the Determiner of Self Worth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 81:44


    Hall is, once again, FUNemployed. Himmel discovers the family Guiness Book of Records connection. It's tough being a man these days. Plus an ApeSac that has some teeth.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 430—Himmel is Catching Up in the Old Man Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2026 78:11


    Woof! Lessons of Himmel's 47th turns into a therapy session with the least qualified therapist on record plus an ApeSac who doesn't think the Apes are funny!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 429—D. Smith is Right About Digital Media

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2026 66:31


    The chimps get busy talking Elliot Page, a horse in the suburbs, the elites at Delta Airlines, and how to be individual in a world run by algorithms.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 428—Premature Death, Teacher Appreciation Week, and Chewbacca's Organ

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 83:32


    This one is packed full of controversy and gauranteed to both enrage and titillate you!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 427—Predestination and a Young Man's First Love

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2026 83:20


    The Chimps in Charge discuss magical thinking, hot chicks farting, violent political rhetoric, and their first cars.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 426—How Many Memoirs is Too Many?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 79:01


    The Apes crack each other up, discuss anger management, and whether Lena Dunham should have two memories out before she turns 40.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 425—A Ball Game to Save Ourselves from Extinction

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 75:02


    Tommy Mills asks an ApeSac that brings out the worst in both chimps and Rory Zacher is a non-verbal guest.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 424—A Memory Rabbit Hole

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 75:24


    Plenty going on but with Hall's Steve Austin Memory Hole, the Apes go in deep on Charlie's Angels, the Love Boat, water beds, you name it…

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 423—Blasting Farts, Shrinky Dinks, and Hall's Fourth Ex-Wife

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 68:00


    John Beardmore has some work to making signs after this one.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 422—Too Many Words About Star Trek, Adrian Zmed, and Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2026 89:13


    The Chimps have things to say today. You may not be interested but we sure are!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 421—How Effing Dare We?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2026 86:03


    Yup. We dare. We dare hard.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 420—Hall is Challenged to Have No Opinion About… Something

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2026 73:20


    Himmel is back in Chicago from Vegas and ApeCast buddy Brandon Bruce throws down an epic challenge for the ApeSac.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 419—Things We Hate That You Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2026 94:59


    Himmel comes back from the Middle East and the ApeSac questions which things in the world that everyone seems to love do the Apes despise?

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 418—What the Hell is Looksmaxxing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 95:03


    The chimps get into a variety of weeds—from Trump to Epstein to ICE and the insanity of low esteem boys in America—it's a mess, man!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 417—The Conundrum of the Exclusive AI Chatroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 73:31


    WOW! That Super Bowl was something, huh? Also, a dive into AI and Bell Biv Devoe!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 416—Year of the Fire Horse (60 Years and Counting)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2026 71:58


    It's Don's 60th birthday tomorrow and he has his annual lessons.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 415—A Dog or A Human Child?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2026 80:06


    In an extra contentious podcast, the boys wrestle with Bari Weiss's management of CBS News and test their patience with each other regarding child rearing.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 414—How About More Real Life Barbies?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2026 86:59


    The Apes have much on their minds. Most of it vaccuous and stupid but—hey—that's why you listen!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 413—Romance Advice from Divorced Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 76:27


    We're back after Himmel's bout with death flu! In the ApeSac today is an intrepid romantic foolishly seeking advice from the Literate Apes. What could go wrong?

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 412—Las Vegas on a Budget and Don's Sexy Ass Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 73:56


    Wrapping up the year, the chimps discuss a range of topics including great Christmas movies, the news, and Vegas on a budget.

    Literate ApeCast 411 —The Trouble with AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 74:43


    We missed an episode and don't even bother to explain it.

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    Literate ApeCast Ep. 410—Worst Presents EVER!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 54:03


    Yes. The Apes are joined by Jacob Himmel who has nothing terribly interesting to say and an ApeSac that suddenly makes the Apes look less forward to the holidays.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 409—THE CIA HAS REDACTED THIS PODCAST

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2025 75:02


    THIS PODCAST HAS BEEN REDACTED

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 408—How Many Codes Does Hall Have?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2025 74:20


    Should children have toy weapons? Is Socialism a necessary component of an American economy? Did Milli Vanilli lie? We answer these questions and more!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 407—Who Knew Himmel Was a Comedian?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2025 75:58


    Mamdani, ICE, Eddie Murphy, Nancy Pelosi, and an ApeSac that ass David how he can teach people to be funny.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 406—How to Avoid the Mistakes of Your Romantic Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 96:19


    David cut his finger off and Don looks forward to make-up sex. Just another day in the life. Also, a whole bunch of squawk about ICE in Chicago.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 405—A Child's Dream and an Alien Comet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 90:12


    The Chimps' week was not exciting but the issues of the world were. Also, an ApeSac for the ages that draws conversation of dreams and belief in alien life in the universe.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 404—Negotiating with the Demon Seed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2025 84:19


    Ah! Recording the ApeCast on a morning when A) David has the boys and B) Jacob will not relent.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 403—Comedians Against Humanity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 68:16


    The Apes have been having a week! COVID, Bari Weiss, Donald Trump, and in the ApeSac, a question about the comedy festival in Saudi Arabia! Also, Hall goes too far with his recommendations.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 402—Superstitions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 67:54


    The Apes discuss great weeks, the news of the day, and introduce the Apesac, the call in/write in segment where you can ask us questions or spark your own debate!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 401—Jimmy Kimmel: Cancelled or Consequence?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 68:09


    It's a new season and a new segment—The Stuff of Our Lives—as well as an opportunity to get the best therapy in your life for FREE! Email your sound files or questions to don@literateape.com and the Apes will answer them!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 400—Eight Years and Counting

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 83:14


    It's 400 episodes and the idiot savant monkeys reflect on all sixty-six months of it.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 399—Expect Nothing (Except Breakfast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 50:06


    Don has had some odd dates of late and has a brand new experiment to avoid his type. There may be hope and it is breakfast, not dinner.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 398—What is Mankeeping and Why Does It Smell Like a Bucket of Crap?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 66:10


    David saw a guy with a purse at a rock show. Don read some articles and a 75-page thesis paper. Oh, the rabbitholes these chimps go down…

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 397—The Apes Take a Personality Test

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 80:30


    David wants to know who he is via an online personality test so Don joins. But how they are now versus when they were at 25 and according to their ex-wife's is very different.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 396—Do the BodyCams Support the Rationale or Subvert It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025


    The Chimps have nothing to talk about so, of course, they find something to talk about…

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 395—Do They Think About Us, Too?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 65:16


    Himmel is wondering if those people, who used to be in his life, ever think about him. Hall has a weird God Complex theory of his own.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 394—How to Sell Jeans with Two Globes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 55:00


    Yup. The controversy about Sydney Sweeney's genes/jeans has reached the ApeCast. Hang on!

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 393—Peacock Feathers and Running from Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 64:32


    Part three of the triptych of episodes about death, this one is a conversation of Hall's recent essay Immortality Is a Dirty Lie (But You Gotta Believe It Anyway).

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 392—A Wad of Fentanyl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 70:59


    Continuing the topic of last week, the Chimps unpack Hall's plan to go out on his own terms.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 391—Cat's in the Cradle and the Silver Spoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 67:53


    Don has now officially given his father the ultimate Father's Day gift—hospice.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 390—Top Five Songs of Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 77:24


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    Literate ApeCast Ep. 389—Is All Art Political? w/ Brandon Bruce

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 93:42


    Himmel is on vacation so Hall brings in guest Ape Brandon Bruce to talk art, politics, and the intersection of both.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 388—Discussing Recent Events Days Too Soon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 73:00


    The news—from Trump sending troops to LA to Brian Wilson's death—is on the minds of our Apes with Mics.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 387—Is Himmel Racist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 63:10


    Himmel saw a guy and did a thing and is wondering if he, like so many others, has a racism problem.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 386—Men's Mental Health and a Bit of Memorial Day Recollections

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 90:31


    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.

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 385—David Himmel Has Birthday Lessons to Share

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 51:17


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

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 384—Is Art Ever Done for Free and Should It?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 57:43


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

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 383—Do the Things We Own Really Own Us?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 64:03


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

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    Literate ApeCast Ep. 382—Two Divorced Dudes Talking Divorce

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 77:32


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

    Literate ApeCast Ep. 381—The Perils of Overconsumption

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 52:23


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

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