№ 150 New Year’s Resolutions 2022
Start the year with Brian and Melissa. They review 2021 and set some new goals for 2022!
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№ 149 Muppet Movies
Brian and Melissa watched all the Muppet movies in 2021. What is the best Muppet movie, and more importantly, which is the worst?
Brian's 2021 Year In Review
Synopsis of a post-midnight conversation in the Koser household: --You haven't heard of this popular Beatles song? What rock have you been living under? --Christ, the Solid Rock. Boom. Mic dropped, walking away.
№ 148 Christmas Carols—Well, Actually…
What is a Christmas carol? Melissa finds out, and so will you when Brian attacks sacred cows and splits the hairs of Christmas.
Samuel Bray and Nathan Chapman: An Evaluation of Religious Exemptions from COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements
Rod Dreher: Fertility And Humanity’s Failure
Brian: “When I was a little boy, phones didn't have screens. You could only call and talk to people on the phone.”
Lydia: “(laughing) What were they thinking?!”
Benedict Evans: Notes on newsletters
Boris Smus: History of Future Cities by Daniel Brook
№ 147 Scary Movies 2021
Brian and Melissa and almost-regulars-at-this-point Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono rank the Halloween movies the Kosers watched in October.
How many go back full-time to public school in the next year and how many stay at home?
Rod Dreher: Mircea Eliade On The Meaning Of Temples
№ 146 Dune Movie Review
Brian and Melissa and guest Clint discuss the movie Dune, from the perspective of a book reader and a non-book reader.
Rod Dreher: Of Tick Bites, Myth, And Prophecy
Rod Dreher: Mircea Eliade’s Guide To The Sacred
What did the pizza say to his wife?
I'm feeling ranchy!
Rod Dreher: The Danger Of Racialized Jesus
My REST APIs are correct 200% of the time
@edent: Investing In People
Power through Naming
Benedict Evans: Stepping out of the firehose
Rod Dreher: Compassion Leads To The Surgeon’s Knife
My idea for a YouTube series channel "Butt or Scotch": I will review brands of Scotch whisky. After taking a sip of the Scotch, if it's good, I'll say, "That's Scotch!" If it's bad, I'll say, "That's butt!"
Rod Dreher: German Catholic Bishops Embrace Heresy
Rod Dreher: Lotus Eaters & The Experience Machine
That is unexpectable!
Robert: How WHO Failed
Rod Dreher: Hard To Be A Tory Boy
Mary Lou: Kinetic Typography Page Transition
Rod Dreher: WEIRDoes, Decline, And Fall
№ 145 Horror Plans 2021
Melissa and Brian make a list live! I mean, you're listening to a recording, but we recorded it live. We didn't make the list ahead of time, is what I'm saying. No, it was on purpose, not a lack of planning. Jeez. It's scary movies we're going to watch in October.