SPOILER SPECIALAlex and Emily discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, loosely adapted from Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland. Bob is a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paran...

John and Emily discuss their Summer project where they added a twist to their weekly Song & Story Time. What if they plugged in and played live songs on the electric guitar? What songs should they play? How should they rehearse? What was th...

Alex and Emily make playlists out of Bob Dylan's critically-reviled 1970 double album SELF PORTRAIT. They also bring in tracks from Bootleg Series 10: Another Self Portrait (2013), which includes songs that were recorded in sessions for Self Po...

Emily and Alex chat about the TV series Nathan For You, starring Nathan Fielder. They discuss Nathan's personality and the peculiar psychology of the show, while also sharing what's funny about the episodes and what's deeper than you might expe...

Andrea and Emma discuss the Oscar-nominated animated film Flow (2024): a story of a cat, capybara, dog, and ring-tailed lemur journeying through a rapidly flooding world. Is this film an adventure story or a deeper parable? Who represe...