The Middlebrow Multiverse

Episode 28: Middlebrow Icons - Coen Brothers Spectacular

The boys put on their film critic scuba suits and do a deep dive on the Coen Brothers, dissecting their filmography, sharing their favorite scenes, talking through the People's Choice Countdown, and identifying the two movies most deserving of a re-watch.  

Episode 27 - Middlebrow News Hound - I think the rest of the world has pools.

Our favorite gentlemen kick back in their easy chairs by the fire and puff on a pipe filled with Bayesian statistics, the semiconductor supply chain, and the surprising medical efficacy of falling asleep during the day.  Pete fields four difficult questions, and Danny is left wondering how to patch up the hole in his heart where all the joy leaks out.

Episode 26: Middlebrow Culture Warrior - I have it on good information that this is Hitler's actual jaw.

The homies lay back in the cut and rap about Maggie Haberman, Hitler's jawbone, and Kendrick Lamar, among other trending topics.

Episode 25: Middlebrow Culture Warrior - These iPhone typos are like a Nietzschian eternal recurrence.

The guys give it their best and come up with some passable Top 3s, fuck em's, and cheers on varied topics including bowling, exploding pagers, and people who take up too much space in car lines and on pool lounge chairs.

Episode 24: Middlebrow News Hound - Everything I've thought of has been chewed meat.

The lads get back after it with an update on the latest innovations in scamming techniques, a few takes on the Olympics, and a jaundiced eye cast at Amazon's dark secret.

Episode 23: Middlebrow Mailbag - Sam, Meghan, and Emily

Our boys return to action by answering your mail.  A statistic about Connecticut gets the better of Pete, Saudi Arabia is revisited, and the guys get a dose of reality from a disgruntled listener.

Episode 22: Middlebrow Culture Warrior - The Emergency Pete

On this sound from June, Danny brings in a spare Pete as a fill-in host and they chew on a few choice morsels including Gen Z's reduced sex drive, a couple of attention-grabbing TV series, and a speed bracket for the ages.  

Episode 21: Middlebrow Icons - Grammy Awards Hunger Games

The dudes are joined by special guest Ash Miller as they put the last 14 years of Grammy winners for Best Album into the Hunger Games arena and let them fight it out to the death.  Hear what happens to Beck, Taylor Swift, Jon Batiste, Arcade Fire, Billie Eilish, and more in this action-packed and suspense-filled episode. Only one can survive.

Episode 20: Middlebrow Culture Warrior - Yes of course we can blame Roseanne Barr for that.

El hombres get back on el microfono to chat about the revolution in soft drink rankings, cold plunges, and epic novels.  They provide a battlefield update on the culture wars then round it out with some fuck 'ems and cheers.

Episode 19: Middlebrow News Hound - Asia sounds unhinged right now.

The lads get back to work, sharing three news items that caught their eye this week: the Gulf States Gone Wild, Asia's autonomous-nation drug cartel, and America is shrinking. Plus a bit of whimsy.