Best Safeway Podcasts (2024)

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Canadian Walmart Stores Of The Future, Gopuff & Something New Called “Aldigo” 45:51

4d ago45:51

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart Canada’s big store of the future reveal (Source: Canadian Grocer) Gopuff’s debut of “Powered by Gopuff” (Source: Chain Store Age) A NYC Chicken restaurant that has replaced its c…

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Amazon’s Just Walk Out Noise, Target’s Self-Checkout Cameras & Why Kroger Spoke Too Soon 43:02

8d ago43:02

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In this week’s Omni Talk Retail Fast Five news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: The real reasons why Amazon would pull its Just Walk Out Technology out of its Fresh grocery stores and Whole Foods stores (Source: Payments Dive) Target installing cameras above its sel…

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TikTok Search Commissions, Walmart+ Self-Checkout & Something From Shein Called ‘SCaaS’ 56:32

23d ago56:32

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Abhinav Chandra and Ben Lowden joined Chris and Anne to discuss: TikTok paying creators commissions based on how well their content shows up in search (Source: The Verge) The serendipitous position Walmart+…

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Live from Shoptalk: Macy's New Strategy, Target Wholesaling, & Walmart Keeps Kicking SaaS 38:34

28d ago38:34

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, recorded live from Shoptalk in Las Vegas, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Macy's launching their "Bold New Chapter" strategy (Source: Retail Dive) Target going wholesale with their Cat & Jack line at Hudson's Bay (…

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Aldi Expands, Wayfair Rebrands & The Early Bird Literally Gets The Worm At Walmart 42:54

1M ago42:54

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, recorded live from Lululemon at the Mall of America, and sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart expanding express delivery into the wee hours of the morning (Source: Chain Store Age) Aldi’s aggressive U.S. expansion p…

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Target’s Big Circle Perk, Wendy’s Surge Pricing Backlash & Whole Foods Gets Smaller 50:16

2M ago50:16

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Wendy’s about face on surge pricing (Source: KTLA-5) Target’s new paid membership program, Circle 360 (Source: CNBC) The RealReal’s store expansion plans (Source: WSJ) Sam’s Club’s new d…

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Macy's Store Closures, Amazon Scheduled Deliveries & How Do You Say ChatGPT In French? 38:04

2M ago38:04

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Macy’s bold decision to close 150 stores (Source: CNBC) Why Amazon’s move to offer scheduled grocery delivery could be one of the most important headlines of the year (Source: Chain Stor…

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Starbucks Extends Its Loyalty Reach, Target Debuts A New Brand & Walmart Buys A TV Maker 52:25

2M ago52:25

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Joanna Rangarajan and Cassie Ryding joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Why in the world Walmart would acquire Vizio (Source: CNBC) Whether Target’s new brand, “dealworthy,” is actually noteworthy (Source: PR…

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Receipt Gates At Safeway, Paid Memberships At Target & Why 2025 Is The Year Of The Robot 46:59

2M ago46:59

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Avalara’s Kris Rabideau stopped by for 5 Insightful Minutes on 2024 tax changes, and Chris and Anne discussed: The rumors that Target will roll out a paid membership program (Source: Bloomberg) If IKEA’s use of g…

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Starbucks Overnight, Zac Posen & Amazon’s Rufus Has Us Barking Like A Dog 35:56

2M ago35:56

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne were live from Manifest as they discussed: Amazon’s new AI-assistant Rufus Grabango’s large scale autonomous store installation with Aldi near Chicago Gap Inc.’s hiring of Zac Posen Lowe’s and J. C…

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$400K Walmart Store Salaries, Surprising Self-Checkout Stats & Instacart Gamification 54:03

3M ago54:03

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Shoptalk VP of Original Content & Strategy Ben Miller joined Chris and Anne to discuss: The rash of recent layoffs across retail and what they mean for how the average retail executive is thinking about 2024 Walm…

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Sephora Kids, Store No. 8 & What Wayfair's CEO Should Do To Remove The Egg On His Face 54:28

3M ago54:28

54:28

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M's Michael Prendergast and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to discuss: If Macy's made the right move rejecting its buyout offer this week Whether innovation labs, like Walmart's Store No. 8, are ever a good…

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NRF Wisdom, Sam’s Club Receipt Checks, And Why Walmart Should Keep Droning On 41:28

3M ago41:28

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five Podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s new Gen AI search announcement at CES Amazon implementing its Just Walk Out technology at hospitals Walmart’s Texas drone expansion plans CVS closing “dozens” of pharmacies inside Target s…

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Your Own Cups At Starbucks, Mammograms At Walmart & Carts That Suggest Dinner Pairings 43:27

3M ago43:27

43:27

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Wiliot, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Discussed Instacart serving up advertisements on its smart carts Split on Peloton and TikTok’s new partnership Lauded Starbucks for allowing customers to bring their own cups Debated the merits of…

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Walmart’s Big & Bold BNPL Push, Macy’s Buyout & CNBC’s Pointed Criticism Of Target 39:58

4M ago39:58

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Walmart’s bold and beautiful move to put BNPL via Affirm at self-checkout Amazon’s confounding decision to test an additional $9.99 per month fee on top of Amazon Prime for grocery del…

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Our 2023 Annual Retail Awards Show 54:34

4M ago54:34

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle,, David Ritter and David Brown, from the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, stopped by to help Chris and Anne hand out this year’s retail awards. All told, they gave out awards across 10 categories and also made some prediction…

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A Walmart Store Of The Future, A Big Get For DoorDash & NRF’s Organized Crime About Face 49:59

5M ago49:59

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Discussed what really could be impacting shrink in light of NRF’s softening on its previously stated impact from Organized Retail Crime Disagreed about whether the world really needs Uber Store …

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Allbirds & Amazon, Foxtrot & Dom's & The Secret Is Out On A New 'Store Of The Future' 44:16

5M ago44:16

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five retail news roundup, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Discussed why Etisalat’s new telecom store with Trigo is such an important mark in the evolution of retail Got excited for the merger between Foxtrot and Dom’s Threw shade at Allbirds …

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Fast Five | Amazon Auto, A Toys R Us Reboot Review, Gap’s Turnaround & Another Kohl’s Hot Mess 49:24

5M ago49:24

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Anne and Chris: Got really geeked up about Amazon selling Hyundai online Pulled the caution flag out on all the Gap turnaround headlines Lauded Walgreens for its decision to close an e-commerce fulfillment center in favor of shipp…

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Target & Walmart Earnings, Amazon & Meta & What Burritos & Robots Have In Common 46:58

5M ago46:58

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s Chris Creyts and Cassie Ryding stopped by to discuss: What to make of this week’s earning reports The new Amazon and Meta partnership Amazon Buy with Prime Assist Poshmark’s livestream Secondhand Sunday plans And the Founder…

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Shein’s IPO, IKEA’s Loyalty About Face & Why Amazon Is Going Out Of ‘Style’ 41:07

6M ago41:07

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Amazon calling it quits on its Amazon Style fashion store concept Google’s launch of discount search Shein’s $90 billion IPO valuation IKEA pulling back its 5% loyalty discount And DoorDash piloting a new…

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Facebook Goes Ad Free, H&M Brings AI To Design & Pharmageddon Ain’t No Michael Bay Movie 39:36

6M ago39:36

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: The recent pharmacy walkouts at CVS and Walgreens H&M enabling customers to design their own clothes with AI Schnucks taking local produce mobile merchandising to an unparalleled level The implications of…

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Walmart vs. Amazon AI, Sustainable Retail Media & The HomeGoods E-Commerce Verdict 40:21

6M ago40:21

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, A&M’s David Schneidman and Truett Horne joined Chris and Anne to discuss: Walmart’s new corporate AI guidelines Amazon’s new AI for product imagery HomeGoods calling it quits on e-commerce Kroger’s sustainable media push And the r…

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Hy-Vee Takes Off, Netflix Opens Stores & Walmart Does AR Beauty In An Insanely Fun Way 49:25

6M ago49:25

49:25

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discussed: Hy-Vee breathing life into microfulfillment once again by way of its recently announced implementation with Takeoff The aforementioned AR beauty experience within Walmart’s app Netflix’s new store plans S…

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Scheels’ Ferris Wheel, Ulta Joy & Why Ozempic Could Hit Walmart Right In The Midsection 39:15

7M ago39:15

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Lauded Stop & Shop for its new coupon kiosk in-store to help the “digital hesitant” Went down the very cool rabbit hole of exploring the Ozempic craze and what makes its potential impact on retail different from ot…

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Lulu & Peloton Cozy Up, Macy’s Is Big On Small & Cooler Screens Goes Wapner On Walgreens 35:50

7M ago35:50

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, Avalara, TGW, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Discussed why the Peloton and Lululemon partnership feels like vanilla ice cream Looked at the “shrinking” list of reasons behind Walmart removing self-checkout from three New Mexico stores Highlighted Gelson’s new…

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Amazon Fights The FTC, Nike Does Resale & Best Buy Drops It Like It’s Hot For Christmas 46:25

7M ago46:25

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M’s John Clear and Kelly Carey made their maiden podcast voyage with Chris and Anne as they debated: Whether the FTC has a legitimate case against Amazon How scared Walmart and Target should be of Kroger’s new Marketplace store …

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TikTok Shop, Kroger’s Sudden Pause & Why IKEA Shouldn’t Have Listened To Its Customers 38:08

7M ago38:08

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discuss: Which innovation we like better – Walmart late night delivery or delivery from Walmart via text? All the possible reasons why Kroger would pause its automated microfulfillment expansion plans IKEA’s recent …

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JCP Invests $1B, Under Armour Hires A Sexagenarian & Giant Food Stops Selling Tide 36:37

8M ago36:37

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Called Giant Foods' decision to implement receipt checks and to pull branded merchandise from its shelves a momentous moment in the history of retail. Enjoyed riffing on the seemingly best frenemies that Shopify an…

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A Scanless Starbucks, A Sleepy Gap Colab & Why Amazon May Soon Be The King Of Campus 39:04

8M ago39:04

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne had a wee delight discussing (and sometimes ranting about): How much they would use Starbucks' new scanless pay feature at the drive thru The long-term implications of the Shein and Forever 21 partnership The brilli…

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Trader Joe’s Hubris, Dick’s Shrinkage & Aldi’s Expansion 48:21

8M ago48:21

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M's Chad Lusk and Ben Lowden joined Anne and Chris to discuss: Dick’s growing theft problem and what, if anything, the industry can do about it Aldi’s major 400 store expansion plans Etsy’s new baby registry Trader Joe’s claims …

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Nike Does Boutique Fitness, Wawa Goes Shelfless & Amazon Debuts Just Walk Out Apparel 47:08

9M ago47:08

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne: Politely disagreed on whether Nike should be getting into the boutique gym business Tried to understand all the angles and reasons why Wawa would pilot a shelfless store in Philly Threw tremendous shade at JD Sport…

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Gap's New CEO, Bed Bath's Rebirth & Amazon Grocery Hyperbole Too Silly To Believe 40:43

9M ago40:43

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Chris and Anne discuss: - Overstock going live with its Bed Bath & Beyond rebranding - The ridiculous hyperbole surrounding Amazon's "biggest grocery overhaul since Whole Foods" - Poshmark adding visual search to its mobile app - …

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Schnucks Gets Smart, NRF Predicts A Big Back-to-School & Target Shorts Itself 47:15

9M ago47:15

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In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, A&M's Abhinav Chandra and Manola Soler joined Chris and Anne to debate: The level of hyperbole in NRF’s predictions surrounding “unparalleled” Back-to-School sales Why in the world Schnucks would throw Instacart a Caper Cart lifel…

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Walmart’s Back-to-School Flex, Google Shopping’s Demise & The Prime Day Yawn 43:36

10M ago43:36

43:36

In this week’s Omni Talk Fast Five, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Firework, SPS Commerce, and Sezzle, Anne and Chris: - Tipped their caps to Walmart for marketing its Back-to-School pricing as the same as last year - Discussed whether Google made the right decision in killing its online shopping marketplace - Lauded YouTube (aka G…

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We Are Better Men - Two guys talk about Christianity & Literalism 32:55

1y ago32:55

32:55

Steve and Leland are back at it, after a 3-4 year hiatus and talking Christianity. Do you take the bible literally? Were there dinosaurs on the ark? Was noah a real guy?By Leland Dieno

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S3E9 - ATLA: S1E8: Angry Squirrel Mode 29:45

3y ago29:45

29:45

it's part two of the season one two-parter and you know what that means: we're one episode away from the SHIPPING WARS! hear caro speculate, plus lots of conversation about why Zhao is such a good antagonist. Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueu…

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S2E9 - Community: S1E8: I Don't Care for Pierce 39:18

3y ago39:18

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Gasp! An episode that made Josh love . . . JEFF WINGER? Hold the presses AND your horses, because we're finally getting to the good shit here on the Community track! Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueuesPod Josh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/P…

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146 - Interview on CBC Radio - COVID Impact on Fathers 2:51

3y ago2:51

2:51

We are better men podcastBy Leland Dieno

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145 - Reflecting on hip hop - Don't take experience for granted 8:34

3y ago8:34

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We Are Better Men PodcastBy Leland Dieno

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144 - The Sensible Covid Debate. 10:24

3y ago10:24

10:24

We are better men podcastBy Leland Dieno

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S1E9 - The Good Place S1E8: Dress Bitch 39:14

3y ago39:14

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hey y'all remember Alex, Inc.? lmao Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueuesPod Ely's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShoMarq Gavin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepodreport

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S4E8 - Beastars: S1E7: I Sold My Placenta to the Safeway 50:42

3y ago50:42

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Somehow, this is MAYBE the horniest recording we've done to date. Hear David and Wil talk about, um... non-sexual fetishes, respectability politics, um... Dom/sub dynamics and other kinks (including cuckoldry, which is very problematic for many reasons! so cw on that!)... and um Wil the queer witch being fetishized by a mormon... It's a doozy. Don'…

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S3E8 - ATLA: S1E7: Hei Bai Scary!

3y ago

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This week, Caro's little sugar glider bebe gets hurt, Hei Bai is super scary, Ba Sing Se is brought up, and yes, of course, we talk fascism. Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueuesPod Caroline's Twitter: https://twitter.com/saucymincks Wil's Twit…

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S2E7 - Community: S1E7: Twinky Banter (with John Westover!) 50:10

3y ago50:10

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It's the great Pierce debate! Wil and Joshy are joined by the wonderful John Westover (aka Nico Salvai on VALENCE, and the person who introduced Wil to Community!). Does Pierce suck shit? Does the banter in this episode? Why is Shirley so good? Listen and find out, kinda! Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitt…

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S1E8 - The Good Place S1E7: Baby Pluralist for Babies 1:12:19

3y ago1:12:19

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Time for a new TROLLEY PROBLEM sound effect, a ton of convo about philosophy, and also (cw!) some discussion of weed! Go tell Ely they're smart. Someone draw Wil on Heelys. thx Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueuesPod Ely's Twitter: https://twi…

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S4E7 - Beastars: S1E6: Goatman's Fingies 48:10

3y ago48:10

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This week, David and Wil talk about the night market, people meat, jacked Marc Maron, and more! A pre-election episode so, y'know, listen to our naivety. Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueuesPod David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/icarusfloats…

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S3E7 - ATLA: S1E6: The Flamey Squad is In Charge 50:25

3y ago50:25

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This week, we talk about fascism... a lot... But at least Teen Titans got Wil married. You can find Kishi Bashi's film, OMOIYARI, here: https://www.omoiyarisongfilm.com/ Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueuesPod Caroline's Twitter: https://twitt…

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S2E6 - Community: S1E6: The Horror of Being A Femme Is Inescapable and Constant 47:50

3y ago47:50

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Joshy gets to meet the Dean, still loves Shirley... and now LOVES BRITTA? Our website: https://emptythequeues.wordpress.com/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmptyQueuesPod Our Insta: https://instagram.com/EmptyQueuesPod Josh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfCoppermane Wil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilw_writes…

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143 -Navigating The Nutty COVID19 Debate 18:28

3+ y ago18:28

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What if I told you that COVID19 is REAL and that some politicians loved the opportunity the pandemic created to further their agenda? This is the truth. We're back in January 2021 and the podcast is more REAL than ever before! We'll be exploring politics, masculinity, business, and much more as we head into the new year...…

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