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In a world where e-commerce is dominated by a wannabe supervillain and malls are rapidly going extinct, where is a podcaster supposed to find clothes that fit on a budget? Hillary and Ann help Bobby realize the answers to his basic needs may only be a membership card (and $1.50 hot dog combo) away. Plus: Bobby has some Seinfeldian observations, Hillary was in her element in LA traffic, and Ann is a legitimately tall lady. Also there's a tangent about HGTV, because Shiplap Happens.TSHE RecommendsThe Sirens' Call Connect with the show!This is your show, too. Feel free to drop us a line, send us a voice memo, or fax us a butt to let us know what you think.Facebook group: This Show Has EverythingEmail: tsheshow@gmail.com 

The Jareds Stern talk having another international variant in their sights, a multi-syllabic project on the horizon, and a Seinfeldian anecdote. (Recorded 1/15/25) Check out past episodes!⁠ ⁠ See Jared Stern live!⁠

This week on BETA, comedian Demetri Martin deconstructs his Netflix special. Also, filmmaker Priyanka Mattoo tells all in her memoir, “Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones.” And Alexandra Tanner on her Seinfeldian debut novel, “Worry.”

- Tim Powers and Scott Reid join Jim to debate: Pierre Poilievre acts as if there's power in being unlikeable. It's not a good look - Moshe Lander does a financial wrap of the week- Jim takes your calls on the most Seinfeldian reasons why you broke up with someone

 What's up, dudes? There's more than meets the eye here with illustrator and podcaster Jerzy Drozd as we talk all about Transformers UK comics Christmas issues! From Starscream to Optimus Prime, we get into all of it, and deck the halls with boughs of Hot Rod…waitasec…. Yes, it's Transformers Christmas miracle edition! In Transformers #145 from 1987, Starscream feels homesick, which shows that even evil robots can get the Christmas blues. As he ponders his plight, a young boy tries to teach him the meaning of Christmas. He encourages the Decepticon to explore emotions and actions of goodwill, even convincing him to help a bus full of elderly folks. Unfortunately, Streetwise the Autobot attacks him, thinking his intent is for ill. The boy admonishes Streetwise for his unprompted cavalier assault, and the Autobot watches helplessly as the Decepticon rescues the stuck bus. Streetwise apologizes and escorts the bus to safety, leaving Starscream ultimately to reflect on the experience. Turns out, he didn't like helping, but he thoroughly enjoyed humiliating his enemy.In Transformers #198 from 1988, a newly resurrected Optimus Prime, now a Power Master, mulls over his attachment to Earth with indifference. As he isolates himself to think, the other Power Masters see on the news a town destroyed by giant robots. Inevitably suspecting Decepticon involvement, thee heroes investigate, only to find the culprits were Autobots overindulged in Christmas shenanigans. Of course Optimus Prime finds them all, and renews there commitment to protect the citizens of Earth. Indubitably, it's a glorious day!Giant robot fights? Yep. Good versus evil? Got it. A story about nothing? Only a very Seinfeldian one! So hop in your robot buddy and roll out to this episode on Transformers Christmas comics!YouTube: @jerzydrozdIG: @jerzydrozdPreorder Dr. Baer on Amazon!Preorder Dr. Baer on Indiebound!Give us a buzz! Send a text, dudes!Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Totally Rad Christmas Mall & Arcade, Teepublic.com, or TotallyRadChristmas.com! Later, dudes!

This week on BETA, comedian Demetri Martin deconstructs his Netflix special. Also, filmmaker Priyanka Mattoo tells all in her memoir, “Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones.” And Alexandra Tanner on her Seinfeldian debut novel, “Worry.”

Meguary rolls on, and this week Shawn and Colin take on the granddaddy of them all, the 1989 rom-com classic 'When Harry Met Sally'. We'll have what she's having, what he's having... We'll have what EVERYBODY is having with this classic of classics. We discuss obnoxious habits, drop the mic moments, how it compares to othe Meg Ryan we've watched, Seinfeldian sensibilities, major choreography, discreet special effects and so much more. Is this THE rom-com? How does it stack up to our previous Meguary entries? Is it still good? Tune in to find out!5 Star reviews help drive us up the charts. Please take a minute and review us.If you would like to contact or donate to us: iusedtolikethisone@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/iusedtolikethisoneWebsite: www.iusedtolikethisone.comInstagram: @iusedtolikethisoneTwitter: @iused2likethis1Facebook: I Used To Like This OneBluesky: @iusedtolikethisone.bsky.socialSnapchat: @iused2likethis1Created/Produced/Hosted by: Shawn Wells and Colin StewartOfficial Substitute Co-host: Aaron KnowlesEdited by: Shawn WellsOriginal Music by: Lindon Carter (look for his band 'Carter & the Capitals' on all music streaming platforms)Website design: David SonSpecial Thanks To: Tracy Sheremeta, Lindon Carter, Kris Wells and Graham Wells for their contributions to the show.Hear more content from Shawn with his other podcast 'In Front Of The Yellow Line'.Support the mental health of Military Veterans with Aaron Knowles's non-profit www.shredthestress.org©️2024 And Sometimes Why? Productions.

It's Casual Friday! Emma speaks with Alex Pareene, contributing editor at The New Republic and co-host of The Politics of Everything podcast, to round up the week in news. Then, she is joined by Francesca Fiorentini, host of the Bitchuation Room! First, Emma runs through updates on Biden's war in the Middle East, the backlash to that policy, Netanyahu's “From the River to the Sea” proclamation, the growing Gaza death toll, Mexico and Chile's new request for an ICC probe into Israel, Biden's student loan relief, Congress' continuing resolution and CTC, and Washington state's take on Donald Trump's ballot access, before diving into the recent revelations around the deadly inaction from the Uvalde Police in the Robb Elementary mass shooting in 2022. Alex Pareene then joins, diving into Democrats' ongoing attempt to pin the accountability for Biden's war in the Middle East on Brett McGurk, Biden's NSC Coordinator for the Middle East, and touches on Biden's recent statements on his strikes on Yemen as a perfect encapsulation of US foreign policy. Alex and Emma also parse through Bibi Netanyahu's recent statements outrightly rejecting the idea of a Palestinian state, the growing violence in the Middle East, and the hollowness of many 2-state solution arguments. Wrapping up, Pareene touches on Biden's weak support as the 2024 election cycle begins, also exploring results coming out of the Iowa caucuses, and what the hell the non-Trump candidates are fighting for. Francesca Fiorentini also joins, as she discusses her upcoming shows on the West Coast (including an Emma Vigeland appearance), her Seinfeldian experiences doing stand-up, and grappling with the liberal zionist desire to have their genocide and perpetrate it too. Wrapping up, they watch Matt Lee school the US State Department Spokesperson on Israel's controlled demolition of Gaza University. And in the Fun Half: Emma watches Nikki Haley attempt to do a slavery revisionism revision only to be reminded of slavery by Jake Tapper, and Candace Owens inspires a grand debate on what category of killer Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) falls under. Donald Trump gets desperate on Hannity, and Goya's CEO and ND Governor Burgum remind the Fox audience of Trump's qualifications, plus, your IMs! Follow Alex on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/pareene?lang=en Check out the Bitchuation Room here: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Earthbreeze: Right now, you can subscribe to Earth Breeze and save 40%! Go to https://earthbreeze.com/majority to get started. That's https://earthbreeze.com/majority for 40% off! ZBiotics: Go to https://zbiotics.com/MAJORITY to get 15% off your first order when you use MAJORITY at checkout. You can also sign up for a subscription using my code - so you can stay prepared no matter the time or occasion. ZBiotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee so if you're unsatisfied for any reason, they'll refund your money, no questions asked. Sunset Lake CBD: Sunsetlakecbd is a majority employee owned farm in Vermont, producing 100% pesticide free CBD products. Use code Leftisbest and get 20% off at http://www.sunsetlakecbd.com. Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

This week, Kev, Casey, Dev, and myself just caught up. It had been a while since we all sat down and we spoke about Casey's vacation, COVID (again), drinking preferences, and Diddy.

Andrew and Jerry are LIVE from the studios at the Conservative Partnership Campus!  Jerry has Seinfeldian tales of parking his car, and this seems apt given the surreality of our political climate.  They revisit this week's debate, and question the purpose for which it serves. They look at the 2024 presidential landscape, and wonder whether we will even have an election result this time next year.  Will the election ultimately be decided by the House of Representatives--and if it is up to Congress to decide, how do Democrats react?  They've spent nearly three years hounding those who even tangentially participated in the January 6th riots, but given their behavior throughout 2020--will their full-throated pushback against J6 participants be rendered meaningless.  Then Andrew and Jerry do some power rankings, and play a game of "who would you rather vote for?"And then they talk about what they're calling the "Ol' Switcheroo".  Will Joe Biden even be a candidate come election time next year, and if not Biden, then who?  What's the precedent here, when would it happen, and how would the Democrats go about changing out Joe Biden for someone else?This leads into a discussion of the latest indictment of Hunter Biden, and just what it means.  Is it a result of earnest investigation, or just a smokescreen, done to perpetuate the leftist narrative the Joe Biden has done nothing wrong?Plus, Baltimore's buildings are crumbling.  We know the reason why, and you're going to be grossed out by it.

We're celebrating our 100th Episode by giving away 10 book packs of John Dickson's ‘Top 5 books to read to know more about Christians'. Head to undeceptions.com/100 to enter now.Apathy has seeped into every part of society. We've become a "Seinfeldian culture"; alive to the trivial, and numb to the meaningful. How can we find ways to care more, and how might Christianity's history of grappling with apathy help us, whatever we believe?This season of Undeceptions is sponsored by Zondervan Academic. Get discounts on MasterLectures video courses and exclusive samples of their books at zondervanacademic.com/undeceptionsVisit undeceptions.com for more content, including the full show notes for this episode.Follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and InstagramEmail the show with your comments/feedback: admin@undeceptions.comUndeceptions is the flagship podcast of Undeceptions.com: Letting the truth out.Theme music: JS Bach's Cello Suites, Prelude, performed by the Undeceptions Band. Hosted by John DicksonProduced by Kaley Payne Directed by Mark Hadley Audio Editing by Richard HamwiSocial Media by Sophie HawkshawAdministration by Lyndie LevistonWriter and researcher: Alasdair BellingOnline Librarian: Siobhan McGuinessCopyright Undeceptions Ltd 2023

This week's guest, Noelle Salazar, had to reschedule so the guys go to their contingency plan. Let's say it this way... there are portions that are USELESS!They just chat for the entirety of the show about various things, and Sam even pulls some information from his book, "The Book of Useless Information," and the guys talk it through!Where is Matt's "Cookie Puddin'" shirt? Is it in the same place/person who stole his mousepad?! This triggers Sam's chipmunk story!Sam then shares his complaint about certain cars' need to make it difficult to change a headlight! This goes on for a bit... and Matt & Sam explain similar situations that prove they're getting old!Richey doesn't know what an apple fritter is?! How does he not know this culinary delicacy?!Matt comes up with a new derivative of Cookie Puddin'! Let's be honest... he gets bougy with it!Do you have "jar money?" April is Earthquake Preparedness Month, but shouldn't it be something different, in the Midwest? Matt's birthday falls on an unusual national "holiday," OR DOES IT?!Do you like casinos? The guys talk about rumors about casino air, their favorite games, free drinks, and a story of a big win! This goes on for a while too... they go into a deep conversation!How do YOU pronounce the words, "O-F-T-E-N" OR "C-O-U-P-O-N?" There's a conversation about the pronunciation of certain words!Finally, Sam gives an update on the Mayor of Uranus, Louis Keen's, recovery from cancer surgery! Prayers are still aimed his way, and we can't wait to visit our friend again!SO, while our guest needed to move her hangout, the guys still give you a great episode that was almost Seinfeldian... pretty much about nothing! Enjoy!

Why is it that we “major in the minors”, being apathetic about the big, important things in life, yet passionate about trivial matters? Plus: how to resolve conflict with (remote) co-workers, and we continue our novena to St Joseph!

Strap on your finest suit, and flip the radio over to K-Billy's Super Sounds of the Seventies: The Chumps head back to 1992 for Quentin Tarantino's big screen debut! The Seinfeldian dialogue (before Seinfeld), the timeline jumps, the infamous ear torture scene, and of course the dynamite performances across the board. There's a ton to dissect, amid a very small budget, and it all works quite magically STILL after 30+ years. PLUS: A tough follow-up for The Last of Us after a one-of-a-kind episode. AND: The three celebrities who Corrye wished listened to our podcast on the regular.

For the 100th Episode, we have.... absolute nothing planned. For Now. Seinfeldian bullshitting and winging it, and taking questions and calls from all of you! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/moonlit-altar/message

Do you dread small talk? If you died alone, how long would it take before someone discovered your body? Are you stuck in an outdated fashion? Also, why you should watch what you wear on the subway, and why you should never, ever forget your password. These are the super-serious topics we cover in this week's episode.  Hosted by Chris and Jeff 1.     Topics0:00:30    Welcome/Intro0:00:41    Disclaimer0:02:00    Guilty Goodbye0:08:38    Subway Surprise0:16:17    Death Discovery0:28:48    Bitcoin Bungle0:40:13    Fashion Follies0:49:29    Contact/Rate/Subscribe 2.     Additional ResourcesThe man who forgot his Bitcoin passwordBe careful out there, peopleJerry Seinfeld on Father Fashion 3.     Merchandise/Support the Showhttps://www.subpartalks.com/support/https://www.subpartalks.com/p/store/ 4.     Contact Us/Follow Us/Rate/Subscribe New episodes every Tuesday! Listen, rate, follow, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts! Follow us: Website:  https://www.subpartalks.com - for anything related to the showTwitter:  @subpartalksFacebook:  subpartalks 5.     CreditsSubpar Talks Theme Music: Get Airy! by Sergei Chetvertnykh: SergeQuadrado | PixabaySubpar Talks transition music: Jingle Clean Guitar Funky and Rock Style by Shiden Beats Music: ShidenBeatsMusic | PixabaySupport the show

Welcome to Season 2! This is our first episode of our second season, and in it we go completely off-script, tackling everything from representation to LGBTQ and neurodiversity issues and everything else under the sun! Did you really expect any less from us at this point? If that all sounds like a good time to you, relax, sit back, click play, and enjoy! And thanks for coming back to hang out with us for a whole new season of The Neurodivergent Polyamorist. We really appreciate you being here. :) Seinfeld, and all related visual and audio cues are the trademarks of Columbia Pictures Television. All rights reserved.

Political editor Gary Adshead explains why the announcement of an Aboriginal Cultural Centre has been overshadowed by a Seinfeldian spat between the premier and Perth's lord mayor.

Amber Heard's bloody lip photo has leaked, but is it real? We break it down, plus the Women's Health Protection Act fails in congress and Andy Dick got arrested on a live stream! More reports on Fred Savage on set behavior while Madonna releases a porn NFT. Britney posts more nudes, the 911 baby, a Brooklyn Teacher Saint, Ariana Grande's Seinfeldian outfit at her brothers wedding, passenger lands a plane, and a judge nixes a January 6th plea deal for Baked Alaska #AmberHeard #RoeVWade #AndyDick #Podcast Get more AoA and become a member to get exclusive access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfx0OFE-uMTmJXGPpP7elQ/join Support the troops, Order JumpStart Coffee Company Here: https://bit.ly/JumpStartAoA15 Get Merch here - https://bit.ly/AnthonyMerch Explosive Jeffrey Epstein Prince Andrew Book: https://amzn.to/3juG9bj Subscribe to the Anthony On Air Podcast here: Facebook - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirFB YouTube - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirYT Apple Podcast - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirApple Google Podcast - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirGoo Spotify - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirSpot Stitcher - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirSti Overcast - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirOv Twitter - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirTwitter Instagram - https://bit.ly/AntOnAirInsta Get more at https://www.AnthonyOnAir.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anthonyonair/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/anthonyonair/support

It’s officially spring now: time to reflect on what I’ve read (and watched) over winter. Overall, in the past few months I’ve found myself with little inclination to read works of psychology, or even much non-fiction generally.Maybe that’s because I’m in the final stages of finishing my PhD, and so I find myself restlessly trying to cover non-psychological territory. But I don’t think that’s it. The real reason—or the story that I’ve come up with at any rate—has to do with how I’m growing as a person. It has to do with the fundamental complicatedness of life. I’m trying to embrace it. Not escape it.The driving force in psychological research is simplification. The research takes a seemingly complicated dynamic in human behavior and subjugate it into some conceptually understandable (usually dichotomous) box. How does reasoning and decision-making work? Well, it’s complicated. But you can start by dividing things into System 1 and System 2. The first one is fast, relies on heuristics, and prone to bias. The second one is slow, deliberate, and based in logical processing. That’s an example. It’s the essence of Daniel Kahneman’s famous Thinking, Fast and Slow.And this kind of dichotomizing and conceptual simplification is something I’m drawn to. I find it compelling. It’s standard-operating-procedure for anyone interested in writing about psychology, and I hope to do a lot of it in my own work as a writer. But I also feel that in coming up on ten years of studying psychology and cognitive science, I’m starting to wonder about other approaches to studying the human mind.What if, instead of taking the complicated aspects of behavior and trying to simplify them, we leaned into the complicatedness of human life in its full convoluted glory? What would that look like? Well, it would look like a novel. And up until recently—let’s say a couple years ago—I didn’t know what to do with that. As I wrote in my essay on the Hungarian masterpiece Journey by Moonlight, I always felt like I was waiting for someone to come along and explain what was happening to me while reading the book. Then I became frustrated when no conceptually simplified dichotomy was forthcoming. Having exhausted the simplifying approach via psychology (or at the very least, gone a long way with where that will take me) I find myself ready to encounter some new territory, some ground that requires new and different tools for me to grow something in it. So like I said. I’m working on trying to lean into the complexity of life, rather than subjugate it. It’s okay if I don’t understand everything. The set of things I can engage with if I don’t expect to “understand” them is much larger than what I could otherwise deal with. That seems to me like a big benefit. I also feel there are aspects of life—relationships with partners and family especially come to mind—that really lend themselves to investigating through literary rather than scientific means.So here I am. I’ve read a few novels in the opening months of this year. I’ve also watched quite a bit of TV. But that has less to do with growing as a person. It’s more that English winters are the perfect inspiration for shrugging off responsibilities and settling in on the couch. If you ask me, that sounds way better than working on my dissertation.Books“End of the End of the World” by Jonathan Franzen.I’ve been going through a bit of a Franzen-phase. I’d never read him before. But I counted his novel Freedom as my second favorite book I read in 2021. This is his most recent collection of essays. It was… mostly about birds? Like, it’s a book about climate change, but it turns out that the only reason J Franz really cares about climate change is because it’s going to kill off a bunch of bird species. The whole consequences-for-humans aspect of the whole thing seems to be an auxiliary consideration. Anyway. I was just happy to read something that gives me a bit more direct insight into the mind of someone whose novel I loved. This just happened to be the one that popped up first at the used book store, but I’m looking forward to reading his other collections of non-fiction.“The Three Body Problem” by Cixin LiuOne of the questions I always ask my guests on Cognitive Revolution is which three books have most influenced them. The three most common answers are: “Gödel, Escher, Bach” by Douglas Hofstadter; “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl; and this one. It’s a work of science fiction by a Chinese author. I don’t read much science fiction. It’s just not really my thing. But I figured in this case I’d like to give it a go. And while I enjoyed reading this one, I wouldn’t say I’m in a rush to finish the trilogy. Part of me felt like the reason a bunch of scientists recommended this book is that all of the main characters are scientists and all of the key plot points are scientific. So scientists are just happy to see themselves represented in what is undoubtedly a great, creative, and ambitious work of literature.“Think Again” by Adam GrantI got into this in early February, but I haven’t finished yet. Adam Grant is Exhibit A of the simplifying process of psychology I described in the intro. And part of me means that in a really good way; he’s the state-of-the-art in making complicated ideas as comprehensive as possible while still retaining their incisive edge. But I also can’t escape the feeling of kitsch—that when he’s explaining an idea he’s really Doing A Thing. Like, he understands how explaining works and so now he’s applying the tried-and-tested formula. It’s a great formula. But it’s just that—a formula. And so I find myself less drawn to that kind of work than I maybe would have five years ago. Still, it’s a thesis that I find myself in deep sympathy with: that we need always to be reevaluating our closely held assumptions, habits, and beliefs. So it’s still a worthwhile read, and an archetypal example of why Adam Grant is at the top of the bringing-psych-research-to-a-broader-audience game.“Spring” by David SzalayThis rounds out a trio of books I’ve read over the past year by this British-Hungarian author. By far the best was his “All that Man Is,” which I ranked fourth in my books from last year. This early offering is definitely a less refined work than that one. It’s a novel of manners, with the social milieu under consideration essentially being the millennial dating-scene of London. It’s got great London vibes and great romantically frustrated millennial vibes. I’d recommended it for anyone for whom that sounds appealing.“Outline” by Rachel CuskThis will definitely make my year-end book list. I had never heard of Rachel Cusk before. But I can see why she’s so well-regarded. I’m looking forward to getting into the rest of her works—this one is actually the first installment in a trilogy, so those other two books are high on my list.I was actually recommended this book by Sam Gershman. In citing his most influential books, he mentioned “Three Body Problem,” which I’d definitely gotten from a number of guests already. But he also mentioned Rachel Cusk. At first, I forgot about it in the moment, then when I revisited the episode I became intrigued. I’m super glad I found her.Essentially, this novel takes place across ten different conversations. The narrator is a writer who travels from London to Greece to give a writing seminar. So there’s not really any conventional plot, at least in terms of there being rising action and a driving narrative thread throughout the story. Instead, what you get are encounters with people from different walks of life—a London billionaire, a Greek taxi driver, an aspiring writer—each of whom gives the narrator an insight into their worldview. The conceit of the book is that each of one of these people is hyper-articulate about their own views and perspectives. It’s sort of like Aaron Sorkin-style dialogue, where any one of the characters has the verbal skills to destroy an interlocutor in a formal debate. These are the “outlines” of people’s lives that we get a glimpse into. And, as ever, by understanding more about how others see the world, we’re getting closer to understanding the hidden and unexpected nuances within our own perspective.“Heart of Darkness” by Joseph ConradThe classic. Extended essay forthcoming…“It is written that I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.”“A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor TowlesI read this book hoping that the theme of “being trapped at home” will never again be as salient for me as it has been over the past two years. So I went in expecting a book that was moody and dark (i.e., Russian) and about a dude who was essentially isolated by himself in a room for a long period of time. Turns out, that’s not at all what the book is about. It is, above all, about fun. I think of the book less like a novel that’s driven by an overarching plot, but more like a TV show—where each episode features a distinct, encapsulated story line. There are a few threads running throughout. But it’s more that each chapter is a Seinfeldian stand-alone vignette, where something fairly inane but nevertheless entertaining and mildly hilarious transpires. Even so, I still hope the “trapped at home” theme never quite resonates in the way it has over the past two years…“Normal People” by Sally RooneyThis book is a phenomenon. And whenever something sells a gazillion copies I’m always interested to see what resonated so deeply with people. I read Matt Haig’s “Midnight Library” last year, which falls into the same category (it wasn’t for me). I liked Sally Rooney a lot more. I’d already watched the BBC TV show based on the book, and it turns out that the series is a really high-fidelity adaptation. I’d even say that Paul Mescal in the series is way more Connelly than Connell is in the book. At any rate, the book didn’t blow my mind or anything. But it resonates with a larger theme I’ve been thinking about recently, which is: What constitutes a “normal” relationship? As in, what is the baseline expectation about how a relationship (between two romantic partners) should be functioning? The answer is somewhere between “totally perfect all the time” and “totally catastrophic always”. But I think even trying to say which end of the spectrum a normal relationship lands on according to business as usual is even really tough to say! This is one of the big themes of “complicatedness” that I’ve been leaning into recently. Relationships are complicated. Sally Rooney definitely thinks so. Marianne and Connell’s relationship is definitely on the “totally catastrophic always” side of the spectrum—punctuated with brief spells of bliss—and that says a lot if they’re the “normal people” in the title. But maybe “normal” is instead aspirational, and they just want to be normal like everyone else and not so fucked up. Maybe we all wanted to be less fucked up and more normal like everyone else. Another novelist who is fascinated by this question is Jonathan Franzen. Have I mentioned him before?“The Corrections” by Jonathan FranzenThe approximately 14,000 pages between Franzen’s “Freedom” and “The Corrections” have totally changed the way I think about life. That’s not an exaggeration. They’ve done more to reorient my thinking than anything else I’ve engaged with in recent memory.The basic theme shared between the books is about what to do with a fucked-up family. Both books deal with five characters. And in each chapter, we see things from the perspective of one of the characters (it’s essentially a third-person narrator who at any one time has privileged vantage into a single character’s view). The way I describe reading one of his novels is that it is like looking into one of those 10x mirrors that you find in hotel bathrooms. You see everything in excruciating detail. Much closer up than you really want to. And because there are these rotating perspectives and you’re seeing people’s individual take on shared events, as well as the nuances of their dyadic relationship with every other individual, the overall effect is this holistic psychological portrait of this family dynamic. The reason that this is useful is that because, speaking personally, I have only ever seen one family close up in anything like that kind of resolution. That is my own. And because I don’t have anything to compare them to, I don’t know what’s fucked up in a way that’s fucked up for everyone and therefore is inevitable, or what’s fucked up in a way that’s unique to my family and therefore is not inevitable. Franzen’s massive novels make it feel like I’ve finally gotten close enough to another family unit to scrutinize what’s happening. And what’s my conclusion? Well, it’s worth providing the caveat that these books are super long for a reason—and any summary of their “insights” necessarily glosses over all that critical detail. If that detail wasn’t necessary, then J Franz could’ve just tweeted the insight then moved on with life. But at any rate, my summary is this: in these stories, there is nothing any of the characters can do at any point to unfuck their own situation. There is no decision they can make that will lead them to a not fucked up relationship. Their choices are only ever between Fucked-Up-A and Fucked-Up-B. It’s not really a happy notion (in the essay collection mentioned above, Franzen self-identifies as a “pessimistic realist”). But in accepting—or at least appreciating—that the choice is between two suboptimal paths, it frees you from the tyranny of the optimal.So if you really want to get into the theme of romantically frustrated millennials, here’s the real issue! Because we’re given so much power to “optimize” our own lives (e.g., through sourcing potential mates via Tinder), we’re constantly put under pressure to end up on a path that feels optimal. If it feels like we’re not getting the best case scenario, then we say f**k that path and look for another. So it matters a lot what we think the “best” option is. If it’s “totally perfect all the time” then we’re going to inadvertently cause ourself to end up in the “totally fucked up always” camp by seeking something that doesn’t exist and asking of our loved ones something they cannot give. Anyway. I really enjoyed these Franzen novels. I’m going to read his “Twenty-Seventh City” next, though I’m in no particular hurry. Also, “Crossroads” when it comes out in paperback.TelevisionNewsroomA three-season show starring Jeff Daniels written by Aaron Sorkin, mentioned above, who wrote The West Wing. I’ve heard some people say it’s better than West Wing, which is probably incorrect because even if it’s pound-for-pound as good The West Wing maintained that excellence for 10+ seasons. Whereas The West Wing is a show about the political process in the White House (particularly its interaction with the press room), the Newsroom looks at a foil of that process—the production and dissemination of network cable news critiquing the political process from an external perspective. In a way, the show was prescient in the themes it deals with: Who decides on the facts? Who chooses what gets air time? How do you balance differing perspectives on the same underlying issue? These are the questions of our age. And though we’re used to dealing with them in the context of Trump & Twitter et al, Newsroom looks at a time that goes up until moments before all that, the cusp of the social media era. My only note here is be careful. The show is so watchable. I couldn’t stop once I started. I was powerless to watch all three seasons. But I have no self control. Maybe you do.30 RockNever watched. Now I have. It was fun!After Life, Season 3 (Netflix)I’d describe Season 1 and 2 of After Life as a perfect show, at least for what it was trying to be. Season 3 is definitely solid, but probably it’s best that the show wraps up here. Part of the magic of this show is that its scope is so small. One English dude. Sad little English town. Lost his wife to cancer. Wants to kill himself. Doesn’t, just to see what happens. His strategy for dealing with the darkness: laughter. And because the scope so well-constrained, I think Gervais really nails it.The show also accords with this theory I have about comedy. Essentially, the reason why comedy is hard as a comedian is that you’re telling people that you’re about to be funny. They expect to laugh, because laughter is the promise. Therefore, you have to overcome this expectation to earn their laughter. Laughter in this situation is costly.But in daily life, laughter is cheap! We laugh all the time, often at pretty much nothing. The difference is in expectation. So a comedian or a comedy show has to be really, really good in order to come off as funny. But shows or performances which are supposed to be for some other non-comedic purpose, any comedy that gets incorporated is much more likely to land. The expectations are lower. This theory suggests that the best (or at least the easiest) way to be funny is to come to people on non-comedic grounds. Gervais does this in After Life by starting from the insanely, heart-wrenchingly tragic premise of losing his wife, the only person he really loved and who gave his life meaning. Now his life is devoid of love and meaning and happiness, and he and everyone around him knows it. That’s the least funny premise of all time. Which just makes the show all that funnier, once he begins to uncover genuinely hilarious material.Ozark, Season 4 (Netflix)The thing I love about Ozark is that it was most popular circa Spring 2020, during the beginning of the pandemic. It was sufficiently dark and gruesome to resonate with our collective sensibilities at the time. It’s like Tiger King in that way. It was a lens onto the society’s consciousness. But it’s not like Tiger King in that under no circumstances should they have made a second season. This season of Ozark is still great.Reacher (Amazon Prime)I love Tom Cruise movies. But I’d argue that his three worst movies of all time were: Jack Reacher 1, Jack Reacher 2, and Knight & Day. Maybe honorary mention to the third M:I. He was a terrible Jack Reacher! Why? It’s simple. Tom Cruise is like four-foot-eight. And Jack Reacher is supposed to be a six-foot-eleven brick shithouse. Also, Tom Cruise is a talker. Jacker Reacher is not a talker!! This new guy, Alan Ritchson, is the two things Tom Cruise could never be: large and terse. So the show is worth watching just because this guy is so fascinatingly shaped. But more than that, the show rectified the sins of Tom Cruise. Is it the best of all possible action shows? No, it is not. But it very well may be the best of all possible adaptions of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. And that’s a lot more than Tom Cruise can say.Jeen-Yuhs (Netflix)Highly recommend. This isn’t a normal documentary. Basically, there was this dude who quit his job to start following Kanye around with a camera before he was famous. The guy was basically like “I know this Kanye guy is going places” and so became a part of his entourage and so where was there for all these crazy moments early in Kanye’s career. And so it’s a rare opportunity to see the process of one of the most creative artists of our generation (it’s an accurate label, whatever else you want to say about the guy) before he was acknowledged as such. Inventing Anna (Netflix)I put off watching this for a long time. I thought it looked super annoying. I was totally wrong! It was astonishingly good. Like, so good that you find yourself wondering throughout how someone created something that’s this compelling. Definitely watch it if you’re looking for a great binge.MoviesThe AlpinistI won’t say anything about this other than it was really good. I went into it with no expectations other than that (thanks to my mate Tristan for the recommendation) and was heavily rewarded. Enjoy!Apocalypse NowFF Coppola’s cinematic adaption of Heart of Darkness set in war-torn Vietnam. Extended essay coming soon.“Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one.”UnforgivenThis film is considered the “directorial masterpiece” of Clint Eastwood. At least that’s what Amazon Prime’s blurb tells me. But I think it’s accurate! If you know me, you know that I love Westerns (particularly Western novels; I’ll watch / read anything with a cowboy). And this is one of the highest quality ones I’ve come across. The narrative structure is pristine. The central motif of the movie of is how hard it is to actually pull the trigger of a gun to kill someone. All of which builds to a point where that is the crucial consideration at stake. This is another instance where no character’s choice is between the outcomes of “good” and “bad”. Every possible outcome is a bad one, even when they’re all just trying to do the right thing. But by the end, they only thing they achieved are different levels of bad.Taylor Tomlinson’s “Look at You” specialI’d peg her as my choice for the comedic voice of my specific stratum of millennial-hood (she was born in 1993, which is an important year for humanity because it was the one I was born in). Her new special is out. If you want to talk about themes of “Fucked Up A” versus “Fucked Up B” she’s got you covered—and with a higher density of laughs than other content mentioned here. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

The gomebags are at again, having a very "Seinfeldian" convo basically about nothing. In this episode, Nyeckro and Crobo discuss Superman, the Lantern rings and a few nostalgic gems from the past. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/highsodiumcontentss/support

Full episode on Patreon for $3+ subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63084348 Comedian Patrick Spicer (@patrickspicers) joins Milo (@milo_edwards) and Phoebe (@prhroy) to examine some Seinfeldian moral quandaries and discuss what constitutes a myth... Follow us on twitter @mastersofpod!

Joe observes and critiques observational comedy. Rob traces the fragmentation of media over time. The Seinfeldian aesthetic appears to be a bubble about to burst.  Janeane Garofalo was correct about stuff. Jerry shakes his fist at college kids. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is, as always, the greatest. You can help support the show and get exclusive content each month by joining our $5 Patreon tier.  At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes. You can contact us & buy our coffee mugs and things. And you can listen to our shows:  Make Mine a Double Feature, where Rob & Ellen have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like backwards or in the form of letters or from the POV of a side character. Kid. Dad. Songs. Yeah!, where Rob & Felix talk about music. Trivial Television, where Ellen & Rob recap TV episodes while sprinkling in facts, fictions, and trivia questions. Booyah 90s Now, where Rob & Joe break down what it's been like to live under the influence of 90s media. Trading Up!, where Rob barely tries to learn how to trade stocks. Thanks for hanging out.  Take care.

Robin Wehl and Clay Martin from Hello Robin join us to talk about what makes a great cookie, their Seinfeldian influences, how words have meaning, and where does the name "Hello Robin" come from? How do you respond when a customer doesn't want the money they spent going towards BLM? At least we all agree on Taco Time and the infamous Mackles'more!If you or anyone you know owns a small business and is interested in being on, submit the survey on our website at dearelitereviewer.comSupport the show (https://cash.app/$watsonscounter)

This weeks guest is CEO of Sub Pop records & good friend of John & Amy, Megan Jasper. Megan tells us how she landed in Seattle & at Sub Pop in the late 1980's. John & Amy & Megan discuss sexism in the music industry, the importance of exercise in dealing with grief & the role passion plays in keeping a small business afloat for over 30 years. Megan also tells us  why pets of all shapes & sizes have brought great pleasure to her life.This episode opens with Johns experience of how a simple errand across town can turn into a vomity & bloody Seinfeldian experience. Amy gives us her perspective on diet culture, how it specifically targets women, & how changing the conversation from calorie counting to nourishment is a healthier option for personal nutrition.   This weeks featured music is by Chai.   Their new record Wink is out now on Sub Pop Records.    As always, John & Amy remind us that We're Not Alone. https://thedrandthedj.com/ Music by Chai. Theme song by Micheal Lerner. Listen to more podcast at Ruinous Media. Thank you to our sponsors:IZotope. The show uses Izotope's audio plug ins & software extensively to make everything sound better. Check out the Producers Club & Music Production Suite Pro with a 7-day free trial. On all other software, get 10% off with code FRET10 at izotope.com.

lo-fi & lovely disILLUSIONE dePROGRAM "Surprise Me w/ Your Goulash" We chat about tomato sauces, the Star Wars prequels, and taking notes. Recorded every Monday & posted ASAP thereafter. w/ the owner of Illusione Cigars, Dion Giolito. Neurotic pet-peeves on proud display. Seinfeldian. Taste-centric.21+ ONLY ::: WARNING: Cigar smoking can cause cancers of the mouth and throat. even if you do not inhale. illusionecigars.com kaplowitz.xyz ::: very :::

Get your skis shined up and grab the closest dog, folks, 'cause you're in for a barn-burner of an episode! This week we're joined by the multi-talented Diana Frances. Diana tells us about her journey from improv to television writing, which includes a stop in Afghanistan and a near plane crash in the tundra. Oh, and her Two Truths and a Lie is Seinfeldian! Then, Dana really gives it to Army Hammer in her sketch pitches. All in all, great episode, 10/10, would record again.

Get your skis shined up and grab the closest dog, folks, ’cause you’re in for a barn-burner of an episode! This week we’re joined by the multi-talented Diana Frances. Diana tells us about her journey from improv to television writing, which includes a stop in Afghanistan and a near plane crash in the tundra. Oh, and her Two Truths and a Lie is Seinfeldian! Then, Dana really gives it to Army Hammer in her sketch pitches. All in all, great episode, 10/10, would record again. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

episode 46: positively seinfeldianPositively, no negatively. Seinfeldian, seinfeldish, maybe even incorporating seinfeldianizationary rhetoric. If you are aware of the show, Seinfeld, you might now how the show was described: https://youtu.be/EQnaRtNMGMI In a wide-ranging conversation, Craig and Cody talked about something. A lot of somethings, even. But just nothing in particular. However we did discuss a new resource to watch as we are part-way through Black History Month. Beginning February 16 on PBS, The Black Church, “will explore the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews.” Follow and interact with The All That’s Holy: Blue Collar Podcast on Facebook and TwitterFollow and buy music from At The Speed of Darkness on Bandcamp and Instagram

I think most photographers have tried to document their experience during the COVID-19 shutdown, but none have done it quite like Neil Kramer. Kramer is riding out the pandemic in a two-bedroom apartment in Queens, New York, with his 86-year-old mother and his ex-wife. Did I mention that this is the apartment in which he grew up… and that he is living with his mother and his ex-wife?  Kramer has become the star of his own drama and aptly describes the process of creating this series as “part art, part desperation.” Perfectly fitting. Kramer is primarily a street and portrait photographer with a healthy Instagram following and editorial or assignment gigs, but when the streets emptied in early March, he turned to his unlikely living situation for inspiration. Initially, there was humor and novelty in his images, he enlisted his “roommates” as players, and eventually as collaborators, in these one-shot dramas. As the weeks and months passed, his diaristic Instagram feed went from funny shots of faux-fights and crowded bathrooms to more introspective and isolated posts, complete with tender and insightful commentary. On this week’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast, we speak with Kramer about developing this project, about “learning to take a photo when I’m not behind the camera,” about tethering, lighting, and bribing his “cast and crew” with doughnuts. Join us for this Seinfeldian chat, which might just help us keep our humor and creative spirit alive during the most difficult of situations. Guest: Neil Kramer Photograph © Neil Kramer

It’s finally the final month of 2020, and every episode from now until New Year’s is going to be bursting with holiday goodness. We’re kicking off what we’re calling our Christmas in December Celebration with Sean Baker’s feel-good dark comedy, Tangerine (2015). Shot on iPhones 5 and starring two trans people of color, this simple, joyful romp might not immediately scream holiday cheer, but just beneath its gritty yet colorful surface lies a humanistic story of warmth and compassion that unquestionably celebrates the true reason for the season. Join us for an episode wherein one host survives a Seinfeldian moving nightmare, the other dons a ginger wig for drag TV, and both raise a glass of nog to a month full of Christmas jubilation, this week on Ex Rated Movies! And check out The Jinkx and Dela Holiday Special here: https://www.jinkxanddela.com/ And Scott Shoemaker’s War on Christmas here: https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/109487234/scott-shoemakers-war-on-christmas

This week Upo sits down with Kevin and V to talk about nothing and everything. The topics at hand include the case study that is Kanye West, the inherent value of luxury goods, intelligent rats, and angsty existential nonsense like what they want to be remembered for.

In this episode of The Gang Gets a Podcast, Aaron, JT & Josh break down It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S1, E1: The Gang Gets Racist. They discuss the overall world within the show, the main characters, how the show deals with sensitive topics, their "Seinfeldian" way of paying off multiple storylines and much more! So, put aside your Charlie Work, settle in for the Pod of Pods and always remember to stay sunny with the Gang!

Talking about talking is less Seinfeldian than it might initially appear. Everyone's favourite Canadian scamps join the show to talk about their journey with Grimerica and what's it like to be broadcasting now, versus at the outset. Obviously we get into the speculative weeds of what's going on and what we can do about it on a group but also individual level. We literally discuss discussing. We also talk about chickens, UFOs, guns and dinosaurs being shot at with lasers from flying saucers. There's a lot going on here, put it that way. Enjoy. Show Notes Grimerica. Grimerica on Twitter. (This is Darren, specifically.)

It's Family Day at Greendale and that means everybody has family visiting! All the family gets up to shenanigans like terrible pictionary tournaments and some serious but whuppin'. Also, Jeff tries (and spoiler: succeeds) in sexin' it up with Pierce's former stepdaughter. Meanwhile we talk about... pig anuses and Seinfeldian jokes about the Jacksonville Jaguars. Uh. Yep. Classic us. Also we talk about the hottest Smash Bros. character with surprising results. Ben cashes your check for 25 grand. Mike rescues the princess.

Comedians can't stay away from their own TV shows and Bernie Mac was no different. Did this King of Comedy produce a show of Seinfeldian proportions or did he hear crickets from on stage? “The Bernie Mac Show” episodes watched for this F&L: *S1E1 - Pilot *S5E22 - Bernie's Angels Make show suggestions or tell us who your favorite King of Comedy is WEBSITE: https://firstandlast.podiant.co/ EMAIL: FandLpodcast@gmail.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FandLpodcast FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/fandlpodcast

Long story short, somebody messed up the recording for this week's originally planned topic after we’d already gotten through the entire thing *cough* Trent *cough* but luckily everyone was still at the mic, so we just decided to riff on some random topics and random they were. This episode hits on a little bit of everything from Hot Pockets to Florida to J. Cole, we got takes for days! It’s a very Seinfeldian episode, we're talking about everything and nothing all at once.

Cousin Mike and KP dive into the sports worlds savior ESPN THE OCHO on this "SEINFELDIAN"podcast about nothing that became something. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What do you want. It is a very Seinfeldian episode of your WNCSP. Johny's a-talkin', Papa's a-listenin', and Mike needs to fire his so=called spiritual advisior 'cause that dumbass ain't a-helpin'!!! It's one for the ages Sunshine! BE WARNED...OBSCURE WRESTLING HEAVY...AWW HELL, JUST WRESTLING HEAVY. PEROID. @WNCSouperParty www.Facebook.com/wncsouperparty Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio, Podcast Addict, and sooooo many other apps and platforms. Check your provider for availability of your WNCSP.

In the silliest episode of your WNCSP, our man Ol' Man Jenkins makes his triumphant, long hoped for return to the WNCSP. And chaos ensued. Fear not though, it's the good kind of chaos. Papa Dave, Johny, Jenkins and Mike (dic) along w/ guest and friend Cheezman from the Wrestlings High Marks podcast pulled off the equivilent of a podcast Christmas miracle and do over 2 hours of Seinfeldian nothing-ness. Claim your miracle. I gar-on-tee you'll love it Sunshine!!! Check out the Live Show on mixlr.com/wnc-show every Thursday after @WrestlingSoup We're available wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Check your app or usual provider for availability of your WNCSP!!! On Twitter-@WNCSouperParty On Facebook-www.facebook.com/wncsouperparty We're also on the Wrestling Soup Network at www.wrestlingsoup.com AND CHECK OUT MY MLW FUSION REPORT...NOW DOWNLOADED AS A SEPERATE SPECIAL FEATURE ON THE WNC SOUPER PARTY ANCHOR.FM FEED. GIVE IT A TRY. IT GOES DOWN SMOOTH.

7/10/19--This week's episode of The Horse Race takes a Seinfeldian twist in celebration of the sitcom's 30th birthday. Jenn presents two babkas --one cinnamon, one chocolate, in reference to that infamous bakery scene-- for our judges to taste and rate. The fine culinary judges joining Steve and Jenn in the bunker also happen to be reporters well-versed in Massachusetts politics, policy and elections-- topics that conveniently happen to have their place in this podcast as well. State House News Service reporter and longtime friend of the pod Katie Lannan stops by to lament the state legislature's painstaking progress on producing a budget. 10 days late and a dollar short, Massachusetts is still without a finalized budget for the fiscal year, making this the TENTH consecutive year of the state missing the deadline. Steve and Jenn want to know, what are the consequences of legislators taking their sweet-as-babka time in producing a final product? Politico reporter and prime minister of primaries Stephanie Murray chats with Steve and Jenn about the newly announced challengers making a run at Congressman Seth Moulton's seat. In addition to these official challengers, Jamie Zahlaway Belsito and Salem City Councilor Lisa Peterson, there are several Massachusetts figures who have stated publicly that they'd consider running for that seat, begging the question: if Moulton's run for president is unsuccessful, should he be worried about his place in Congress?

This week we're joined by producer, writer, and director Jason Richards! Jason is also the creator of social media sensation @Seinfeld2000, a massively popular Twitter account that imagines the modern world through a distinctly Seinfeldian lens. Which is timely, considering that we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of the series premier of Seinfeld! In addition to @Seinfeld2000, we talk to Jason about his time more or less running things at MuchMusic, Canada's answer to the question "what if MTV & VH1 still showed music videos?", his tenure at comedy channel Super Deluxe, and his confusion regarding the polarizing effect of Hawaiian pizza (among other things.)  We also share a review and comments from this week's Question of the Day posts. Enjoy! Don't forget to rate/review/subscribe!

On this week's episode, the gang chats about the Joe Pesci slumlord comedy, The Super! What's with this ridiculous, Seinfeldian court ruling? How old is Joe Pesci supposed to be in this film? Did Pesci's piece get separate billing? And did they think this was biting social commentary? PLUS: Has a film's poster ever had a character shrugging its shoulders and then still turned out to be a good movie? The Super stars Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Rubén Blades, Stacey Travis, and Carole Shelley; directed by Rod Daniel.

We dissect Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s Seinfeldian first budget speech before the upcoming federal election. Are we really "back in black" or just getting a cash splash? Also the car parks that Australia had to have! Hosted by Dylan Behan, News Fighters aims to shove the entire 24/7 Australian news cycle right into your ear-holes in less than ten minutes a day. Check out our website at http://www.newsfighters.com Follow us on twitter @newsfighterspod Email us podcast@newsfighters.com Also subscribe to our YouTube channel to enjoy the show with the wacky news clips included:  Subscribe on iTunes!  

This week’s guest is Martin Feld, from Wollongong, Australia. Martin credits microblogging with his ability to write more consistently on his long-form blog as well. (That’s no small feat for someone who describes himself as “Seinfeldian overthinker.”) We talk about how the Micro.blog timeline has been great for finded like-minded people, including people who like guinea pigs.

This week, we shake up the format by discussing three animated films about insects of different kinds: Antz, A Bug's Life, and Bee Movie. For too long, people have been uncritically absorbing these cute movies about little critters and their adventures without asking, "am I indoctrinating my kids with the good propaganda or the bad propaganda here?"With the unshakeable confidence of guys who haven't read Hobbes, Rousseau or Marx, but have read at least 100,000 posts about the Labour Party over the past four years, Film Chat peels back all the harmless gags about having 1 million siblings and being a bee and whatnot to find some sort of implicit social commentary beneath. Listen in for the definitive take on whether Antz depicts a worker's revolution, whether A Bug's Life is a fable of class struggle, and whether it's possible to discern any sense at all in the Seinfeldian fever dream that is Bee Movie. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The WGTR crew assemble for a classic....Well to us. In this episode: We give everyone a little taste of the comical onslaught that is Season 7 of Seinfeld! We also discuss the elements about the show we love so much, talk about everything 90's, and randomly answer the phone during the recording because we believe in professionalism. WHOOOOOOOOSE GOTTTT THE REMOTEEEEEEEEE!?!? Enjoy + Rate + Subscribe. Send us pictures of remotes --> https://www.instagram.com/whosegottheremote/ Send us your tweets --> https://twitter.com/WhoGotTheRemote Send us what shows you want us to review! --> whosegottheremote@gmail.com Shop --> https://www.teepublic.com/user/whose-got-the-remote

In a Seinfeldian discussion (“What's the deal with Black Friday?”) the gorilla your dreams get into the weeds of the question of what discounted thing would either elbow jack an old woman for in a Walmart? Also on deck is the question of what we all did before the internet, that science proves men live longer if they stare at boobs, how naked twins in a shopping cart do ‘sexy stuff,' and David's trials with Prince Harry's fake remote control.As always, six items of homework for you lost and sad souls to engage in following your turkey-induced coma.

The gang participates in a very Seinfeldian contest this week. Also: Cliff takes control of the show and demands a salute to Celebrity Hunks, segments like Hot Subjects, and a special round of Songs You Should Know! Download now and find out who's the real Master of their Domain. 

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A brief programming note: check out our brand-new website at postmodemcast.com. It's really cool and we made it just for you. In late July we discussed underwear, shorts, shants, knees, jorts, and queefing; The Pre-Taped Call In Show, Junot Díaz, and Seinfeldian second-cousin doppelgängers; Nick Harkaway, John le Carré, and Patrick's classy, magic Twitter interaction with the former; Frank Ocean, Tony Kushner's Angel's In America, Nas, Earl Sweatshirt, and Lil Wayne; Daniel Kahneman, Malcolm Gladwell and Oliver Sacks; the cold fate of bad rapper Pitbull; one man's love of another man's salmon-colored pants; and the official Postmodem uniform: a salmon velour tracksuit. We also gave some shouts out to friends of the show Mark "bobtiki" Boszko and Wolf Rentzsch and Andrew Pontious's show Edge Cases. Oh, and don't forget to check out DadBoner.

What is the deal??? This time out, the guys watched the pilot episode of one of the greatest sitcoms of all time: Seinfeld! Did The Seinfeld Chronicles give us a taste of the Seinfeldian goodness that would come later? Listen … Continue reading →

Seinfeld was about nothing. This Podcast is about nothing as well. It's an exercise in speaking without really saying anything.

John makes a rare appearance, leading to the sort of Seinfeldian show that has become the hallmark of this program. Community focus with two 4H Alfalfa Kids.http://ia600807.us.archive.org/4/items/Feb.22_2012/20120222.mp3

[This episode first aired November 9, 2009.] All aboard! This week, a bit about the musical language of railroad conductors' calls: 'Anaheim, Azusa, and Cu-ca-monga!' Also, the origin of the military slang term 'cumshaw,' tips for learning Latin, the influence of Spanish immigrants on English, and the funny story behind why plain-talking Texans say, 'We're going to tell how the cow ate the cabbage.'A trip to the California State Railroad Museum http://www.csrmf.org/ has Grant musing about the way language can change in the mouth of a single individual -- in this case, railroad conductors. He recommends a collection of sound files from metros and subways around the world http://mic-ro.com/metro/announcements.html. For different type of stroll down mem'ry lane, check out Mel Blanc's version of a train conductor here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVFbz6AsnE.Does anyone still say 'Shut UP!' to mean 'No way!'? A forty-something riding instructor says this Seinfeldian locution confuses some of her younger students.A caller wonders why his North Carolina-born partner uses the phrase 'I'd have liked to' instead of 'I almost' or 'I nearly,' as in 'I'd have liked to died laughing.'Quiz Guy John Chaneski starts a whole lotta shakin' with his puzzle about dances with rhyming names. How about the dance that involves many missteps while dancing to the music of Johann Strauss?Is 'ouch!' a universal word, or does what you say when you stub your toe depend on what language you speak?A Seattle-area veteran remembers that in Vietnam he and others like him were known as 'cumshaw artists.' They were the guys who scared up and permanently borrowed whatever their unit needed -- gasoline, vehicle parts, or whiskey for a party. He's always wondered about the appellation.The phrase 'Let's talk about how the cow ate the cabbage means' 'Let's talk frankly.' The hosts talk plainly about the naughty tale that may be behind it.It's never too late to start learning Latin, a language that will deepen your understanding and appreciation of English. Martha offers tips on how to begin: 'Getting Started with Latin' http://www.gettingstartedwithlatin.com/preview01.php, by William E. Linney, and 'Virent Ova! Viret Perna!' http://www.amazon.com/Virent-Viret-Perna-Green-Latin/dp/0865165556 ('Green Eggs and Ham') by Dr. Seuss, with translation help from Jennifer and Terence Tunberg.A riddle: There's a place where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. Where is it?The word 'scarf,' meaning 'to eat rapidly and greedily,' has a long, winding history. Grant helps a listener unravel it.A die-hard Tyler Perry fan is curious about an emphatic expression she's heard in some of his movies: 'Hell-to-the-no.' What's up with the extra words?A second-generation Mexican-American wonders how much the English language is being influenced by Spanish, especially after a misunderstanding when he turned to his date in the passenger seat and asked if she wanted to 'get down.'Another riddle: I stand on one foot, and my heart is in my head. Who am I?--A Way with Words is a self-supporting independent production. It receives no financial support from NPR, PRI, PBS nor any radio station.Support the show with your tax deductible donation: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone:United States an Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org/Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donate/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradioCopyright 2010, Wayword Inc.