Something is going crazy in this world. Sometimes its funny and sometimes its not, especially when it feels like life is kicking you in the ass. We know how you feel.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
This week:
Listener mail
Celebrity bad behaviour
Armed and Hammered
The remake of Rebecca
Heist movies (and Eugene's fave actor)
The Activist Cookbook
The Passenger
The Lost Daughter
....and much more
The ending music tag of this episode is from Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee by Stick McGhee, 1949.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
Tuesday Oct 18, 2022
This week:
A Contronym Quiz
Hitchcock's Rebecca (more twists than even Ozark?)
Listener mail
An announcement
Thanks for listening.
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Tuesday Oct 11, 2022
Another deep dive into the drama erupting in the chess world. Is Eugene off-put by non-linear narratives? Is Candy watching too many depressing shows?
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Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Episode 169
Opening trash talk from Grandmaster Ben Finegold's YouTube. Full video: https://youtu.be/bf3Z3gb62zo
This week:
More chess drama
Adventures in Connecticut
Sci-fi predictions
Blonde and the cult of celebrity
An autumn visit to The Comfort Food Diner
The Outlaws
Moonage Daydream
Wisdom from Agent Eugene's dad
Premium Rush (not the name of a weed shop)
Trump voters, junk food and driving to work
Dragon's Den repeats (for American listeners, it's the Canadian version of Shark Tank)
Robin Hood movies
Thanks for listening.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
The agents both watched THE WOMAN KING with the always remarkable Viola Davis. Eugene is working on mosaics and Candy spent time with Dennis McCarthy.
Thank you for listening!
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Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
Tuesday Sep 20, 2022
This week:
Candy goes to Georgia
Crazy chess scandal
Making the Cut
Thirteen Lives
Lizzo's Watch Out For the Big Grrrls
Delhi Crime Season 2
....and more
Thanks for listening!
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Eugene is fine-tuning his passions and Candy is lost in space. The agents read a listener's email, get their cards read, and prepare for a literary conference.
What do Bill Blass, Star Wars, spy novels and fiddles have in common? Who knows but this podcast brings them all together!
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Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Can you separate the artwork from the artist?
“I have assumed as axiomatic that a creation, a work of art, is autonomous,”
T.S. Eliot. Eliot himself now an artist who challenges critics in hindsight about his own work. Eliot scholars debate the possible prejudice and anti-semitism in his work. Does it mean the poet, rather than the poem's narrator, is prejudiced? Is a comedy routine with sexist or inflammatory viewpoints reflecting the performers own ethics or is it part of reflecting the culture to create such humour?
Eugene and Candy talk bout whether or not they can, or should, separate art from it's creator. And what are the perimeters of objectionalble actions that would stop them from listening or viewing.
The incredible Art Rosenbaum is not an artist leaving doubt of his great worth. This episode is in honour of Art Rosenbaum and his body of work that has inspired Eugene. The opening music is Art Rosenbaum performing "Shout Lulu" at the Tiki Parlour. You can find the video on Youtube....Filmed and Recorded by David Bragger www.OldTimeTikiParlour.com
Or here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QUROydAbFA
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Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Eugene finished fermenting for his homemade hot sauce. Candy learns some new sewing techniques.
Do you watch Jeopardy? Do you watch Game of Thrones and it's new prequel HOUSE OF THE DRAGON? Are serial killers extra smart?
The agents both saw Jordan Peele's new movie NOPE. Their review begins at 34:45.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
Tuesday Aug 16, 2022
The Agents talk about the economy, culture and desire for truffles. Eugene watched "The Truffle Hunters: this week, setting off a train of thoughts on "tradition " and "initiation." They both watched Melissa McCarthy's new series "God's Favorite Idiot." Eugene fermented something special and Candy has been taking sewing lessons.
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