The Viva La Dude podcast features unsolicited and unnecessary commentary on current events, culture, politics, and lifestyle from a dudely perspective. Brought to you by the guys your gf told you not to worry about, the podcast has been described by The New York Times as "Beavis and Butthead go to grad school."
Breaking rules is the most important education one can get. Implications are discussed. We also debate child care policies and the best character actors, briefly discuss the NBA playoffs, and review Apple TV's Severance. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vivaladude/message
Elon Musk makes a move to buy Twitter. Implications are a discussed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vivaladude/message
Sorry this is late. This podcast is technically still alive, in the way that yeast is alive or the fire of your youthful ambition is still alive in your failing adult body. Like and subscribe! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vivaladude/message
We review the Kanye Netflix documentary, discuss the potential for a youth-led conservative backlash, offer our thoughts on contemporary poetry and ridicule Poet Voice, analyze outlandish headlines, consider the legacy of assassinated Louisiana politician Huey Long, debate the all time greatest scandal-fueled company rebrands, and finally we uncover the potential for a huge conspiracy involving the events that led to Texas Governor Greg Abbott's paralysis. Like and subscribe, and support your local PBS station.
We get into a lot of sports topics on this one, so sorry if that's not your jam. We also talk about judging cities based on the people their airports are named after. Peace, love, ecstasy.
We discuss Russia Ukraine, replying-all to work emails, non-combat military jobs, soda, and more. Like and subscribe.
An all-time episode, we dive straight into bullying Redditors and incels, hit the news and Sloppy Joe Biden, reminisce on Obama's CALM act, which outlawed loud commercials and remains probably the crowning political achievement of the Democrats in our lifetime, engage in a heated debate about the mean the median and the mode, and finally offer our favorite parental dismissive rejoinders. Peace love ecstasy.
We reveal our bets for the big game that will definitely hit and make us rich, explore the Sunni-Shia schism in Islam, and reflect on Hemingway's enviable lifestyle. Like and subscribe.
We discuss things that are right in between depressing and not depressing, offer our theories of US balkanization, and review the news.
We're back from our bye week, folkxs. We talk about the best kept secret in the parenting world: they have favorite children, hold an On The Podium: Basic White Bitch Anthems Edition, and develop the theory of the One Way Doppelgänger--when person A looks like person B but not vice versa, which we conclude is largely determined by relative attractiveness.
Critically acclaimed, what many consider the best episode of season 3, we dive into genealogy and explore whether the premise of becoming one's own grandpa is possible, a major plot point of 1995's The Stupids. Then we dive into some current events, I have a quasi-existential breakdown, and wax philosophical on the cultural import of dumb smart-guy movies such as Boondock Saints and Joker. Like and subscribe.
Democracy is dead, folks, and Donald J. Trump killed it. We take stock of the year, talk about the paparazzi, and debate the latest Oscar movies. Like and subscribe.
The Spinecrackers are back. We test their intellectual dexterity by grilling them using the All Souls Exam, allegedly the world's hardest test and entrance exam to Oxford. Then we hit the news of the day, consider the Land Value Tax and the economic philosophy of Georgism, and reveal our favorite books. Check out Spinecrackers, a legit good literature podcast. This is likely the last episode until the new year! Peace, love, ecstasy.
All the elected Republicans who cosplay as anti-elite went to Ivy League schools. They're frauds. At least the Democrats rub their elitism in your face. We also talk about the appropriate length of a shower, architecture, specifically windows, and method acting (I think, I don't remember tbh). Peace and love, sex and drugs.
In this episode, we begin by complaining about the monopolized internet service provider industry. Then we pivot and announce our respective and official retirements from certain activities, debate the merits of walking on all fours as a way to get jacked and vascular forearms, consider the Copenhangen Interpretation of Ethics--which essentially says anyone who tries to solve a problem will end up being blamed for that very problem--and finally conclude with an On The Podium of companies with the worst customer service. Like and subscribe.
We talk professional farters (aka "farteurs" or "fartistes"), NBA basketball, and movies about school shootings. Like, subscribe, and share widely, my good bitches.
Just a chill Sunday morning conversation, covering topics such as architecture and bands with geographical locations in their name. We also compare intelligence to intuition.
Cilantro is good, circus peanuts are bad. Or are they? This and more.
We discuss why the Democrats suck. Then, we do an On The Podium with movie endings/series finales.
The inaugural VLD movie review episode puts 2003's Tiptoes in its crosshairs. This is truly an insane movie that left me feeling concussed, but that's the 2000s for you, I guess. We also talk about some other stuff, IDK. Like and subscribe!
Sriracha shirt guys vs. Dunder Mifflin shirt guys: are they actually the same? We also do an On The Podium segment of our picks for underrated actors/actresses, revisit Kanye West's seminal "College Dropout," and offer our predictions on the NBA season. Like and subscribe.
We offer our much anticipated takes on the Dave Chappelle discourse, outline a new metric for determining political truths, praise spiders as nature's greatest architects, and debate various smooth brain neoliberal techbro business venture start ups.
Cancel all critics. You're all wrong and we're right. We dive into the Pitchfork re-scores, debate the minimum number of people required for group chat status, and briefly discuss European politics.
If you have heard any of this episode's takes or jokes on any other podcasts this week, please note that we recorded this episode last Wednesday and that our content is NOT derivative and that THEY copied US. I was on a business trip and forgot to upload the podcast. I think we talked about R. Kelly and Dave Chappelle and, uh, other timely topics like the Wall Street Journal, Clint Eastwood, the incoming freshman class of Harvard College.
We're still getting our groove back. In this episode we talk NFL drama, Jesse Pinkman-like stock characters, gay Republicans, the debt ceiling, and Squidward vs. Spongebob. Hit us up on Twitter @vivaladude.
VLD makes its second season debut. We discuss the Mormon flag, AOC's Met Gala outfit, and try out some new podcast segments. We will be publishing one episode weekly on Friday mornings going forward.
Viva La Dude is officially on sabbatical indefinitely. Hit the Twitter DMs if you need anything.
We try to guess what several acronyms stand for, consider whether emojis are in the public domain, and discuss the nature of conspiracy theories.
We distinguish between the empirical and the metaphysical soul, debate Uber vs. Lyft, consider and rank slang terms for drug consumption, relitigate the Dr. Fauci question, solve the NBA's three pointer problem by shrinking the rim, and laugh at the cratering liberal media.
The Spinecrackers and Viva La Dude combine powers to produce the number 1 podcast ever. But for real, check out the Spinecrackers podcast, our close personal friends, and like and subscribe for contemporary cultural analysis. In this ep we hit everything from video games to sports, bitch. Like and subscribe.
We're getting into Freedom of Information Act requests. We also compare Ferraris vs. Lamborghinis and being heartbroken vs. broken-hearted.
Anyone else remember middle school shenanigans? We recount them. We also get into social justice politics, Cardi B, The Kentucky Derby, and conspiracy theories about the Titanic.
The metaphor of the internet has transformed from an Information Superhighway in the 90s to The Cloud today. We also complain about how hard chess is, question why Dexter is the only one in his family with a Russian accent, and do a Tomatometer segment involving three famous live-action animated movies--Space Jam, Osmosis Jones, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Topics discussed include sumo diapers, Hillary Clinton, the mafia, gender reveal parties, and more.
We ponder whether humans will ever evolve to the point of no longer needing to excrete waste, then we chart the evolution of cinematic representations of Evil Corporations, dive into the Tomatometer metrics of foundational 90s Tom Hanks movies, and explore the mind of contemporary young conservatives.
The first episode without our Mediterranean comrade Slim Ragu. The bulk of the episode consists of a 20-years-late review of Lord of The Rings. Like and subscribe!
We introduce a new recurring segment: guess the graph whose axes are cropped out. We also get into crazy elementary and middle school assignments, mourn the cultural wasteland left in the wake of 9/11 (including what happened to country music), and theorize about the challenge of raising young boys in contemporary America.
RIP DMX, but not RIP to the Duke of Edinburgh. We talk about the English language, funny sex scene songs, the best candle scents, the worst places to get sunburned. Check out Wayne on Ozark season 4 and also Marco Rubio's ears.
We rag on obnoxious atheists, try to understand Florida, relitigate Jesus's death sentence and bad legal advice, ponder the true nature of Starbucks, confront our gendered stereotypes about pet owners electing for pets of their same sex, and finally recount our favorite movie dark endings. Like and subscribe, punks.
This is a pro-Microsoft podcast now. We discuss Wayne's TV debut, hazard some wild political predictions, praise the unequivocal good of Planet Earth, and call out Dave Navarro.
We recount the greatest betrayal's in all of history, including Judas kissing Jesus and LeBron going to Miami in 2010. We also dive into the Suez Canal discourse and plan for Dudes Rock Summer 2021. Like and subscribe.
We talk about how I get owned on Twitter frequently, the scams underlying most charities, hilarious moments from the Trump presidency, and more.
Whose valor did you steal today? Do your part; steal valor. We also talk about beauty vs. hotness vs. attractiveness. Like and subscribe.
This is now a bourbon snob podcast. Buckle up for why Pappy 23 is too mainstream for us.
Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, we cover all the stars. We also do several Tomatometers. Nice guys finish last, etc. Idk.
The VLD dudes do identity politics, then get into the hot goss of the day. Like and subscribe.