It's a Jake and Anders ep. We talk about the Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Memphis, the nuclear family, Jeremy Corbyn, Assange, Chris Delia and more.

CHRIS DELIA DOCUMENTARY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBxm0FSKXpM

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A key moment in the evolution of the modern blockbuster, JURASSIC WORLD (2015) is a cynical reboot about cynical reboots. We discuss what this enormously popular movie says about the world that spawned it, as well as its very peculiar sexist streak you may have noticed. PLUS: Why is Canada's conservative movement so Americanized?

Michael and Us

#399 - Own Your Bad

It's Freemium Freebruary! For the month of February we make all our bonus episodes free so you hopefully get very attached to the idea of having two episodes a week. If you enjoy this, check out patreon.com/BoontaVista
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Lucy, Theo, Andrew, and Ben bring you: Barriers overcome for a miracle birth, mental illness cured by a Spinning Grandma simulator, a mystery smell in a supermarket, and two unrelated (maybe) but very cool crimes (maybe).
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UNLOCKED BONUS EPISODE: Lightly Ratcheted (Non-Sexual)

Bonus Episodes

We're joined once again by Max Lavergne, beloved author and creator and host of the serial podcast The Horse & The Rider!

It's time to ponder sunken toilets, burial mishaps, monstrous trucks, horny ghosts and an update about the many adventures of the mystical Jericho Wolf Labonte.

You can find Max's podcast, books, Twitter and more here: https://linktr.ee/maxlavergne
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EPISODE 284: Dying To Get Laid At The Goonies House (with Max Lavergne)

This week: A very unhappy Dutch choreographer, a very secure Hoosier, a not-as-secure pelican, a grave train miscalculation, and an attempt at a Hyundai correction.
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EPISODE 285: Pen, Sword, Dog Turd

This week it's: A floor gun in Texas, a mystery smell in Texas, an aircraft prank crime in Texas, a URL feud in Kansas, and a misidentified flying prank over Lancashire. 

The clicking was Lucy it turns out.
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EPISODE 286: A Routine Cockpit Hatchet Pranking

George Orwell's popularity is at a new high in the post-Trump era, and he's been claimed by both the left and right. We discuss NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (1984, Michael Radford's feature-film adaptation of Orwell's most famous novel, and try to rescue a self-described socialist from the Dave Rubins of the world.

Listen to us discuss Orwell's writing in episode #190 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/190-lion-and-44728064

#408 - My Orwell Left or Right

We've unlocked this episode for the free feed.
It's been a long time since we’ve seen a good old fashioned bank run lead to the collapse of a venerable financial institution, but leave it to Silicon Valley to rediscover something old and call it new again. We are joined by Brian Merchant — LA Times tech columnist and author of Blood in the Machine — for a post-mortem on Silicon Valley Bank, breakdown its events and effects, and hold Ed to account for his incitements to violence against the most marginalized and traumatized people of them all: venture capitalists. 

••• Brian’s column: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-12/column-silicon-valley-bank-is-broken-because-silicon-valley-is-broken
••• Brian’s book: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/
••• Brian’s twitter: https://twitter.com/bcmerchant

Some stuff we reference
••• The Incredible Tantrum Venture Capitalists Threw Over Silicon Valley Bank | Ed Ongweso Jr. https://slate.com/technology/2023/03/silicon-valley-bank-rescue-venture-capital-calacanis-sacks-ackman-tantrum.html
••• Silicon Valley Bank profit squeeze in tech downturn attracts short sellers https://www.ft.com/content/0387e331-61b4-4848-9e50-04775b4c3fa7
••• Startup Bank Had a Startup Bank Run https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-10/startup-bank-had-a-startup-bank-run
••• How Bad Was the Silicon Valley Bank Bailout? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/opinion/silicon-valley-bank-bailout.html 

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*Unlocked* – 241. Euthanasia of Silicon Valley Bank (ft. Brian Merchant)

It’s a fan cam episode for our favorite tech columnist, Brian Merchant, who had two pieces come out recently that are back-to-back bangers. First is about why all the people making and selling AI keep talking about being afraid of their own creations. It’s Frankenstein meets sorcerer's apprentice but as a marketing strategy for their own power (and their unique ability to control that power). Second is about what all these people should actually be afraid of. As history shows us, there is more than one way to crash a computer.

Article we discuss
••• Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be | Brian Merchant https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-31/column-afraid-of-ai-the-startups-selling-it-want-you-to-be
••• Silicon Valley elites are afraid. History says they should be | Brian Merchant: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-24/column-how-afraid-should-silicon-valley-be 

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245. Shook Ones (Tech Style)

In this Live Interview with Nell McShane Wulfhart, we discuss the hidden labor and humiliation of the Airline Industry's "Swingin' 60's" image and how the "pretty faces" behind the tawdry ads fought back.

News Brief: "Go Fly Yourself": Marketing 'Sex' and the Great Stewardess Rebellion of the 1970s

Lucy, Theo and Andrew bring you: A wet Jeep, the stinkiest Nazi rubber in Texas, airholing the Kennebec River, angry cows, Swiss diaper trouble, and a dispatch from a big dinner.
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EPISODE 301: All Kinds Of Wet Treasure

The least consequential news from around the world from the least informed minds in Australia. Andrew, Theo, Lucy and Ben bring you the week's stories that conveniently fit into one of their countless, concerningly specific segments. 

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