Best Picking Up The Blitz Podcasts (2024)

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The Sopranos (Season 2) E48: Pod is Dead 1:13:17

6d ago1:13:17

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** I have fixed the audio issue at 1:08--if you do hear nothing, skip ahead 30s, you have a local copy stored. thank you to the listener who messaged us about this**Once again we are getting Italian pilled in this return to our series on The Sopranos. David Chase has said he wanted to make a show about trying to find happiness in an American contex…

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[Adult Swim] with Chris Wade : E47 Big Tiddied Southern Gothic GF 1:07:33

20d ago1:07:33

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Chris Wade, of the excellent Hell on Earth and goated pod Chapo Trap House podcasts brings his expertise in the field of early 200s adult animation to Remember Shuffle. On this episode, the Shuffle Bois and Chris discuss the history of niche cable networks, the comic geniuses Mike Lazzo and Adam Reed, and the highly scientific field of generationol…

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Family Guy E46: Most Racist Moments (Not For Snowflakes) | with TGOFV 1:10:58

1M ago1:10:58

1:10:58

Holy Colab it’s a Craporation. Those Good Old Fashioned Values join us to help sum up the hundreds of hours of Seth MacFarlane content that exists. We take a wide angle, 40,000 foot view of Family Guy - its structure and style of comedy, cancellation and revival in the 2000s, and how it changed over time - before turning to three themes that we fee…

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The Two Towers E45: Uphold Anarcho-Tolkeinist Thought 1:07:40

2M ago1:07:40

1:07:40

The 2nd part of our 3 part series on the Lord of the Rings–one of the 2000s most beloved franchises. We get into the themes of the movie including Tokien’s own politics on Anarchy, Environmentalism and Class Politics. Give us a follow on Twitter And on Instagram @RememberShufflePod to interact with the show between episodes…

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Pick Up Artists with Sabrina Zohar E44: The Game Cube 1:15:28

2M ago1:15:28

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Do you believe in spells? In our 3rd “Type of Guy” episode, we look into one of the 2000s most annoying villains: The Pickup Artist. We give a synopsis of the book ‘The Game’, try in vain to defend their techniques, and explain why this particular villain emerged at this point in history. We are joined by dating coach and podcaster Sabrina Zohar of…

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Paris Hilton E42: We’ll Always Have Paris (Hilton) 1:21:40

3M ago1:21:40

1:21:40

*Vocal fry* this is hot. @Thank_U_for_Shopping joins the Shuffle Bois and turn to a major figure of 2000s pop culture: the socialite, reality TV star, and boss business bitch Paris Hilton. They trace her early life and experiences in the troubled teen industry, her reality TV stint in Arkansas, and her metamorphosis into the first instagram influen…

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George W. Bush: E43 Amuse Bush 1:00:26

3M ago1:00:26

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This is a bonus episode. We will be returning with a regular episode 1 week from now We are joined by filmmaker Christopher James Bell (@UpdateTheGrids) to discuss the George W Bush presidency as well as Chris’ documentary on Means TV, “Miss Me Yet.”. We go a little rapid-fire, scatter-shot of the major events, wars, and crimes of the GeorgE W. Bus…

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Zero Dark Thirty E41: Enhanced Girl Bossing Techniques 1:34:42

3M ago1:34:42

1:34:42

Get it now before the episode is inevitably taken down out of cowardice. A movie episode (in name only!) in which we use Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” as a springboard to discuss the Bush administration’s torture program during the global War on Terror, the attempt to use both girl-bossing and identity politics to whitewash the crimes of emp…

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Pat Tillman: E40 Strong Safety Blitz(krieg) 1:21:23

4M ago1:21:23

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To make someone a martyr is to strip them of their humanity. Yet sometimes Pat Tillman is more than human, and becomes the greatest personification of the Global War on Terror. In Remember Shuffle’s first “very special episode” we cover “The Odyssey of Pat Tillman,” in biographer John Krakauer’s words. We trace his life from his childhood in Califo…

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2000s Christmas: E39 The Christmas Curve 54:59

4M ago54:59

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It’s our Holiday bonus episode. Christmas is the time to tell podcasters the truth. A time to show up outside their window with criticisms of how their voices sound the same. We look at some of the cultural trends of Christmas in the 2000s, including The War on Christmas, Elf, Love Actually, and some TV episodes.…

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Star Wars Prequels: E38 Pod Racists 1:25:17

4M ago1:25:17

1:25:17

Hello there! Welcome to The Shuffle Galaxy and our exploration of one of the worst franchise trilogies from the 2000s. Forget everything you know about storytelling fundamentals: characters, acts, arcs, emotions, and nuance—throw it right in the trash compactor– because in the child-like mind of George Lucas, what makes a movie great is an over-the…

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The Tea Party: E37 Dreams from my Founding Father 1:52:32

5M ago1:52:32

1:52:32

As a follow up the 2008 election, we return to late 2000s, early 2010s political culture to discuss the 2008 financial crisis, the government’s intervention in the economy, and the mass movement against it: The Tea Party Movement. A Mass Movement of Free Market ideologue’s who believe that the financial crash didn’t happen because of deregulation–b…

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The Daily Show: E36 The Jon Stewart Eras Tour 1:26:47

6M ago1:26:47

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Welcome to the program, we got a great show for you today, Isaac Eger (@gluten_daddy) is joining us to discuss The Daily Show with Jon Stewart! Remember Shuffle takes a look at one of the most influential TV shows from the 2000s, responsible (for good and ill) for the current state of desk comedy. The Shuffle Bois break down the four distinct eras …

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Donnie Darko: E35 Smells like Time Spears-it 1:02:45

6M ago1:02:45

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Remember Shuffle goes indie this week for its obligatory “Spooky Season” episode and takes a look at 2001’s Donnie Darko. This indie film became a cult classic, spawning countless hours of internet sleuthing analysis, and is probably the biggest “cult” film of the decade. We break down the incredibly straightforward and simple plot of the film, dis…

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Lock, Stock and Snatch: E34 Guys Ritchie | with Bryan Quinby 1:05:09

7M ago1:05:09

1:05:09

Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio and Guys joins to cover one of the ultimate types of 'Guy': Guy Ritchie--and specifically his 2000s masterpieces Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. We cover the type of guy who loves this movie, petty criminals, and how none of the crimes in these movies are even illegal anymore. check out more Bryan a…

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The Sopranos (Season 1): E33 Edible Complex 1:18:52

7M ago1:18:52

1:18:52

We turn, finally, to the greatest pop-cultural artefact of the 2000s—77 minutes of laying out exactly why Googling “what is the greatest show of all time” will return “The Sopranos”. We go over the Sopranos' greatest features, including the internal continuity that each episode has with its small details and imagery, like Curb Your Enthusiasm’s int…

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Marie Antoinette with Mike Duncan: E32 Slay Qween 45:52

8M ago45:52

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This week we are once again joined by Mike Duncan as we turn to our favourite all-frills movie from the 2000s, Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette.” We review this film that had mixed reviews at the time, but in retrospect is a masterpiece of ennui, decadence, and style. En route, we discuss different approaches to the historical biopic, malign the …

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Mike Duncan Reviews HBO's ROME E31: Lend Us Your Ears 1:06:29

8M ago1:06:29

1:06:29

We came, we saw, we podcasted. Huge thanks to @Mike Duncan for coming on the pod to review HBO’s Rome with us. The most expensive TV show ever made at its time, and a beautiful show which actually put its budget to good use (unlike, a certain LoTR series). The show gets the Julius Cesar story so right (with a few funny anachronisms), and adds on a …

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Blockbuster: E30 Algorithm and Blues 1:37:14

9M ago1:37:14

1:37:14

The Remember Shuffle crew turns the nostalgia dial up to 11 and talks about the rise and fall of Blockbuster. Every millennial’s favourite corporate monopoly, they talk about how Blockbuster’s business morons killed it in the 2000s, by white knuckling the company through 25 years of unprecedented American growth. They examine how Netflix supplantin…

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Master and Commander: E29 The Naval Gaze | with Age of Napoleon 1:08:34

9M ago1:08:34

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Ahoy hoy, shuffleheads! Today Remember Shuffle takes a look and 2003’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, the first entry in the best franchise that never was. To help us analyze this film, we are joined by Everett Rummage of the Age of Napoleon podcast. We discuss the uniqueness and out-of-place nature the film in the decade, how thi…

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Generation Kill: E28 Break Stuff | with Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini 1:21:24

10M ago1:21:24

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Remember the Iraq War? It’s back, in prestige cable miniseries form. To discuss Generation Kill, Ben and Jordano are joined by two experts in the David Simon cinematic universe: Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini from Pod Yourself a Gun. They review the show’s realism, its “fuck the bosses” ideology, its ability to emphasize the total asymmetry of the Ira…

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Robin Hood (2010): E27 Means Tested Sherwood Forest | with 'We're Not So Different' 1:18:06

11M ago1:18:06

1:18:06

Eleanor Janega and Luke Waters join us (!) for a review of 2010's Robin Hood in our favorite guest episode. A day in the life of a true Folkloric Geezer. Wake up and meet the wife Marian. isn't she beau’iful? Time to take Much to stoolball. Rev up the Marrymen, ye! Quick stop at the Hostelry and load up that plate. Get a pint. Forest lookin' lovely…

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Video Game Movies: E26 You Will Pwn Nothing 1:38:19

11M ago1:38:19

1:38:19

Since we are now living in the era of the Sonic and Super Mario Bros movie, not to mention HBO’s The Last of Us, Remember Shuffle is taking a look at how the big-budget video game adaptation all began back in the 2000s. They review three films that, even if profitable, have been totally memory-holed by society: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Max P…

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The Sims: E25 Bro, Start a Family 1:13:08

11M ago1:13:08

1:13:08

Remember Shuffle returns to the world of videogames and discusses one of the best-selling PC games of all time and a pillar of 2000s video gaming, The Sims franchise. They describe the most iconic features of The Sims (simlish, woo hoo, pool accidents), analyze what drew people to this consumerist capitalist dollhouse simulator, and debate the best…

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The Matrix Trilogy: E24 Cyber Hunk 1999 1:42:57

12M ago1:42:57

1:42:57

There is no Spoonfeeding in this absolutely flawless, perfect film from outside the purview of the dumb decade the Shuffle bois do a podcast about, The Matrix (1999). Sadly, they cannot say the same for the film's 2000s era sequels - movies so bad, they retroactively ruined a great movie. Ben and Jordano look at how The Matrix, an End of History er…

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Epic Bacon Reddit Guy: E23 Tips Fedora “M’Listners” 1:13:04

1y ago1:13:04

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It’s the second entry in Remember Shuffle’s “type of guy” series, and in this episode we are turning away from the meatspace hipster culture we discussed in the first entry and looking to the online world of atheism, bacon, and, of course, posting. The Shuffle Bois look at a particular kind of posting culture, the Epic Bacon Reddit Guy, a culture t…

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Eat, Pray, Love: E22 Orient-Italianism 1:05:39

1y ago1:05:39

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Remember Shuffle is going international. On this episode, the Shuffle Bois and a couple cosmopolitan guests take a look at the 21st century’s Most American Book and Film™: Eat, Pray, Love. They analyze Elizabeth Gilbert’s autobiographical memoir about a Karen finding herself in Italy, India, and Indonesia, and en route discuss the author’s selfishn…

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Dane Cook: E21 Someone S#!t on the Culture 1:15:48

1y ago1:15:48

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Remember Shuffle turns to the world of stand-up comedy and does a career retrospective of Dane Cook and and album review of his 2005 album “Retaliation.” En route, they break down the internal logic of his jokes, catalogue Dane Cook’s style, and do a bit of armchair psychiatry on everyone’s favourite man-child comedian.…

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The Office: E20 White Trash Bushido 1:20:47

1y ago1:20:47

1:20:47

This week, the Remember Shuffle returns to the world of the sitcom to discuss everyone’s favo[u]rite show about a mid-level paper company, The Office. They discuss the show’s unforgettable characters including Michael Scott, the well-intentioned moron with a heart of gold, Dwight, the “white trash bushido” paper salesman, and Andy, the downwardly m…

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The Hipster: E19 Caring is Creepy 1:12:36

1y ago1:12:36

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I only like Remember Shuffle’s earlier stuff. On this episode, the Remember Shuffle crew put on their armchair sociologist hats and do a new kind of episode. Rather than discussing a movie, book, or album, they cover a countercultural figure that rebelled against the mainstream in the 2000s, The Hipster. The first entry in our “type of guy” series,…

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Arrested Development: E18 Them? With Chris Wade and Matt Christman 1:04:29

1y ago1:04:29

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The Shuffle bois are joined by two of their favo[u]rite podcasters, whom you may know from Chapo Trap House, Hell of Presidents, or the recently-released Hell on Earth podcast, Matt Christman and Chris Wade. They discuss one of the candidates for G.O.A.T. 2000s sitcom, Arrested Development. They discuss its portrayal of both the “failson” and the m…

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Spike TV | The Deadliest Warrior: E17 Brace Belden vs Kyle Rittenhouse 1:18:28

1+ y ago1:18:28

1:18:28

Some Remember Shuffle episodes are about influential, fundamental pieces of pop culture that help explain the pop culture landscape that we find ourselves in today. This is not one of those episodes. On this episode, the Shuffle Bois unpack and analyze Spike TV, the 2000s TV network for men, and one of its original brogram, The Deadliest Warrior. A…

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The Fellowship of the Ring: E16 Mount Doomscrolling 1:20:59

1+ y ago1:20:59

1:20:59

In a pod, in the cloud, the Shuffle Bois and special guest BillBurr Baggins leave the POW camp of life and talk about a hopeful, optimistic, escapist fantasy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The first entry in Peter Jackson’s masterpiece trilogy, so many things make it great: its fundamentally sincere and positive message, the sp…

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2008 Election: E15 The Mentality of Cope 1:48:15

1+ y ago1:48:15

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Of the three presidential elections that happened in the Y2K decade, 2008 was, without a doubt, the most entertaining. It features a fascinating cast of characters: alien body-snatcher Hillary Clinton, sex rascal Bill Clinton, legend-icon-moment Barack Obama, foreign policy war psycho John McCain, and the ineffable Sarah Palin. She’s ineffable in t…

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The Strokes: E14 Meet me in the Podcast 1:12:51

1+ y ago1:12:51

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The Strokes rock. Period. Full stop. End of discussion. Here’s a 1:12:51 long discussion on how cool they are. The Shuffle Bois discuss how bad rock music was in the late 90s and early Y2K era, which made what the Strokes pulled off all the more impressive. They discuss why the indie garage rock scene in NY blew up, the hilariously privileged backg…

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The Dark Knight Trilogy: E13 Patrick Batman 1:25:46

1+ y ago1:25:46

1:25:46

Nowadays, the content mill churns out superhero fare at maximum capacity. Whether that’s the endless multicoloured sludge of the interconnected MCU across platforms, or the Justice league being released twice - with viewers being able to see both the soy Whedon and self-serious Snyder cuts, but what if we told you that there was a time before socie…

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Twilight: E12 Team Illiteracy 1:09:21

1+ y ago1:09:21

1:09:21

On this episode of Remember Shuffle, the Shuffle bois return to the world of… well I wouldn’t call it “literature,” but maybe books? We’re talking about the ultimate mormon edging fanfic book: Twilight. We discuss how to write around sex and temptation through vampire metaphors (so as to maintain your mormon sensibilities), the attraction to danger…

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The Iraq War Pt. 1: E11 Pardon My Take 1:11:52

1+ y ago1:11:52

1:11:52

What’s the worst you’ve ever screwed up at work? Whatever it was, we promise you it’s not as bad as today’s topic. In this episode’s Reading Series, we discuss the media’s influence on and culpability in the lead-up to the Iraq War. We focus on two commentators who, despite being hilariously, comically, aggressively wrong, failed upwards to prestig…

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Juno: E10 Stuff White People Like 1:08:28

1+ y ago1:08:28

1:08:28

The 2000s were such an apolitical decade that even the folk music and abortion movies lacked any social commentary. Remember Shuffle takes a look at 2007’s “Juno” and asks some Very Important Questions™: is Juno an indie film darling that struck gold, or a cynical cashing-in on the twee craze of the aughts? Is it a sweet film about an independent a…

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Brand New | Taking Back Sunday: E9 Posting your Ls (In a Public Forum) 1:24:27

1+ y ago1:24:27

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Remember Shuffle’s second music episode turns away from the mainstream to look at two bands who represent the sub-genre of emo music: Brand New and Taking Back Sunday. The shuffle bois review both bands’ first two albums, discuss their histories, and look at emo music’s impact on culture today. Have you ever wondered why millennials can’t seem to e…

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Entourage: E8 Your NETWORK is your NET WORTH 1:07:11

1+ y ago1:07:11

1:07:11

Are you a right-wing chug who’s tired of the Lib woke media ramming its PC content down your throat? Are you a lib who worships the ground Obama walks on, and wants to watch some of the former president’s favo(u)rite shows? Are you dissatisfied with your life and want to escape to a world in which bad things don’t happen? Are you illiterate? Today …

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Bennifer | Gigli: E7 The Boy with the Phoenix Tattoo 1:11:55

1+ y ago1:11:55

1:11:55

In hono(u)r of the recent marriage of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, Remember Shuffle is looking back at how their fairy tale love story began: with full-page ads in the press, intense paparazzi attention, and what is likely the most offensive and terrible film of either of their careers, Gigli. After discussing the power couple, the Shuffle Bois …

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American Idiot: E6 This American Idiot Life 1:23:40

1+ y ago1:23:40

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On this episode, the “Music Heads” of Remember Shuffle discuss Green Day’s American Idiot: the 2000s’ quintessential protest album, a zeitgeist-capturing punk rock opera about suburban angst, and the source material for a superfluous and unnecessary Broadway musical about sitting on couches. We break down what makes this album an incredible 2000s t…

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Halo: E5 Dan Carlin's Halo History 57:49

2y ago57:49

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Grab your Doritos, Xbox controllers, and Mountain Dew Gamer Fuel and buckle up for a tight 57-minute conversation about the Halo franchise-- a formative video game series of the childhoods and adolescences of millennials everywhere. Along the way, we attempt to discuss the surprisingly deep lore of the Halo universe, talk about the rise of “The Ope…

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MTV’s Jackass: E4 Nihilist Clown College 1:12:29

2y ago1:12:29

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Hi, we’re Remember Shuffle, and this is our Jackass episode. In this episode we discuss the absolute masterclass of early 2000s reality TV that is MTV’s Jackass. We analyze the pure, anarchic, joyful chaos of the 2000s reincarnation of Diogenes' cynicism, look at how the Jackass energy has been diffused throughout our pop-culture, and touch on why …

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The Da Vinci Code: E3 The Vitruvian Dan 1:27:31

2y ago1:27:31

1:27:31

This week, the public intellectuals of Remember Shuffle are a literature podcast. We discuss the absolute masterpiece that is the Robert Langdon's Literary-Crypto Universe, unpacking the dense symbology Dan Brown’s Magnum Opus. Along the way, we discuss the gradual mainstreaming of conspiracy theories starting in the early 2000s, the laziest movie …

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The Boondock Saints: E2 The DudesRock Saints 1:11:24

2y ago1:11:24

1:11:24

Finally, they made a movie just for the fellas. You have made it to the end of the rainbow, and awaiting you is a triple feature of a discussion of the 2000s cult classic, The Boondock Saints; Overnight, a documentary about its director; and The Boondock Saints 2, maybe the worst film ever made.

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How I Met Your Mother: E1 Have you met West Elm Ted Mosby? 1:09:24

2y ago1:09:24

1:09:24

Remember How I Met Your Mother? HIMYM had HEAT in the 2000s--more viewers than The Office, more episodes, more catchphrases, and even a Hilary Duff spinoff that launched this year! And yet it feels like this show is never talked about today. Even though it ended only it passed right through our culture like a 2000's Tiger King. We examine why.…

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KC Chiefs Pay The PATRICK PRICE 1:24:12

2y ago1:24:12

1:24:12

In this episode Joe and Jake discuss championship weekend and the fallout/success of each team. They also give their picks for the Super Bowl and you’ll be shocked at Joe’s take! They also discuss the nba trade deadline and the most recent trades! Let’s all tune in and get the PATRICK PRICE! Follow us on social media’s via our link tree: https://li…

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49ers Strike Gould 1:37:26

2+ y ago1:37:26

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We are alive and well! In this episode Joe and Jake break down their picks for the remaining playoff games. We also analyze the teams that have been eliminated from contention! Also Aaron Rodgers to the colts?! Tune in! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fan-base-radio/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcaster…

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