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Podcasts

38 Subconscious Snooze Button

  • May 16, 2014
  • - Listening Time: 54 minutes

Joey would rather read pop psychology books than deal with his problems, so this time around, he’s decided to use some of his newly acquired knowledge to ruin Ryan’s day.

0:44 – Fucking up Ryan’s day, while at the same time doing nothing to reduce anxiety

2:47 – Knowing how to properly explain misery

4:35 – The Wayne Gretzky of Freaking Out

6:33 – The whole point of educating yourself is to better attack others

7:12 – Why Ryan procrastinates

10:52 – Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset

11:44 – High-minded hobo murder

13:55 – What it looks like inside your comfort zone

15:56 – If you want it, you have to do the work

17:40 – Don’t follow your passion

19:29 – College and university really are two different things

24:25 – Procrastination is its own reward

27:11 – Excuses, excuses

29:50 – Childhood psychology

32:37 – Don’t be smart; be good at failing

34:05 – We have no idea why anyone respects us, do we?

37:30 – Praise for the Great God Om!

38:10 – The tweet in question

39:00 – No, I’m not posting a link to the dog food video

42:26 – PSA: Joey quit drinking and doing drugs a while ago, so these are all completely sober thoughts

44:15 – The Now Habit, right now

46:20 – A plank of wood balanced between two skyscrapers

49:02 – Most content or greatest content

51:48 – Another in a series of down endings

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Jim Henson and friends

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37 Lucky Jim

  • May 7, 2014
  • - Listening Time: 43 minutes

In this episode, the boys look back on the life of Jim Henson, thanks to the awesome biography by Brian Jay Jones.

1:26 – We love Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones

3:29 – How we got into The Muppets

6:21 – A rock & roll cassette tape tangent

7:42 – Young Jim and family

9:44 – The magic of the Muppets

12:40 – Life on the street is so much better when it’s Sesame Street

15:04 – The best kinds of inspiration comes from Italian sexploitation movies

16:10 – Building a world, changing the world

18:31 – Countless Kermits

19:55 – There’s more to the Muppets than a funny gag or a favorite bit

21:54 – A man with drive, vision and a car that looked like Kermit

25:55 – DANGER! DANGER!

27:07 – The most offensive things anyone can say about Jim Henson

28:47 – Hooked on a (cinematic) feeling

30:41 – On second thought, this is absolutely the most offensive thing anyone could say about Jim Henson

36:36 – Do kids still like the original Muppet movies? If not, the Third Reich will reign for a thousand years.

39:19 – A final letter and final thoughts

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Episode 36: The Best of the Rest

Podcasts

36 The Best of the Rest

  • April 14, 2014
  • - Listening Time: 41 minutes

Last time on IBfs, Ryan and Joey talked about the best TV in 2013. This time around, the boys discuss what they loved in every other medium in 2013.

1:08 – Joey discovered YouTube

2:47 – Bravest Warriors

3:31 – Idea Channel, or Ryan yells at the Cloud

5:35 – You’re failing us all, Hollywood

7:22 – Ryan loves robots and romance

8:25 – Gravity

11:00 – It’s hard to talk about movies without spoiling stuff, unless you want to say “awesome” and “amazing” a lot

14:48 – The moment Ryan gets too fast, somewhat furious

16:24 – This is confusing

18:00 – Joey refuses to talk about games, so we talk about games

19:56 – Battling Boy and more rapid-fire love for comics

27:01 –  Things That Make Joey Cry: Sweet Tooth, the Miami Dolphins, MIND MGMT

31:12 – A bunch of back and forth about Mara

34:44 – Chew, or the problem with being consistently great

38:28 – Next time, Jim Henson

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Episode 35: Thank You, Mr. Farnsworth

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35 Thank You, Mr. Farnsworth

  • March 19, 2014
  • - Listening Time: 39 minutes

The boys talk about all the television they watched in 2013. Ryan defends Orange is the New Black. Joey rambles on about Justified. Everyone loves Breaking Bad. And Rick and Morty for a thousand years.

1:10 – Mexicans watch Breaking Bad on DVD anyway

3:20 – Good, but not great: the year of the fourth season

8:50 – The future of TV is aggressively okay programming

9:12 – Orange is the New Black

18:50 – Things That Make Ryan Cry: Bob Dylan, the Miami Dolphins, Doctor Who

20:45 – Joey isn’t much for Internet darlings, but he loves Jim Beaver

21:38 – Justified is the best show for bros

25:10 – Not your average butt monkey

27:05 – Breaking Bad is for lovers

29:00 – Kevin Spacey eating Stella D’Oro breakfast treats

31:40 – Everything is pretty until you’ve seen True Detective

33:49 – The sort of show you’d make if you couldn’t use a croissant as a dildo

36:09 – RICK AND MORTY A THOUSAND TIMES RICK AND MORTY FOREVER AND EVER RICK AND MORTY 100 TIMES RICK AND MORTY FOR A HUNDRED YEARS WWW DOT RICK AND MORTY DOT COM A HUNDRED TIMES

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Podcasts

34 The Definition of Manliness

  • March 6, 2014
  • - Listening Time: 45 minutes

This time around, the boys talk about all things manly, including female role models.

0:31 – The time Ryan forgot about Oscar

1:46 – Talking ’bout Brené Brown

3:40 – Die Hard is not the best Christmas movie

6:15 – The Internet can’t control me

8:06 – What Americans want out of their men

10:13 – It’s scientifically proven that Americans don’t want us

14:14 – Society: just a team of people

16:03 – To crush your enemies, see them driven before you and to hear the empowerment of the women

18:06 – That Bill Burr voice in the back of your head

19:07 – The exact moment at which Joey realized Ryan wasn’t raised by bigots

21:27 – Joey prefers kissing to panic attacks

24:16 – A constant cycle of dickishness fueled by an abundance of shame and idiocy

29:16 – Gay and proud… just don’t laugh at me

32:06 – Ryan’s mom: a better female role model than Jennifer Lawrence

33:47 – Chris Hadfield and a certain kind of woman

36:38 – Be interesting or fuck off, sort of

41:00 – This is not one of those episodes that ends well

43:24 – Obviously, Joey does not value the primacy of editing

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