Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death

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Amusing Ourselves to Death episodes

  • S1E40 - They Came Together with Zach Lee

    Hey, Zach Lee? Who joined the pod to talk the 2014 gut-busting hilarious deconstruction of romantic comedies starring Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd that was criminally under-seen so here’s your chance, seek it out, we’ll wait, but then listen to this episode and we can all laugh at the genius of The Bar Scene and framing devices and Michael Shannon with a goddamn katana?

    Thanks.

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    1 hr 23 min
  • S1E39 - Moon Crime

    Spoilers for: The Invisible Man (2020), Ad Astra, The Sopranos S3, Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer

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    56 min
  • S1E38 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with Whitney Pirnik

    The journey continues! Gollum! Helm’s Deep! Treebeard! A king’s advisor who should’ve been disqualified if Edoras ran background checks or just hearing the name Grima friggin’ Wormtongue! Don’t follow the lights but please follow us & Whitney Pirnik as we cover Act 2 of Lord of the Rings!

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    1 hr 8 min
  • S1E37 - Panic! Attack on the Streaming Service

    The Adam Sandler film “Uncut Gems” is on Netflix (here be spoilers). Also, a check-in on Justin’s “Sopranos” watch.

    Also here’s that link we mentioned in the beginning if you would to get more involved in Black Lives Matter.

    https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

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    1 hr 3 min
  • S1E33 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
    I stepped out of my office to grab a breath of fresh air and a lungful of Lucky Strike, eyeballing another sunset over Quarantine City. Ambulance sirens sung the high notes of sickness sharp and death major. Masks and gloves littered the sidewalk like lost shields dropped on the battlefield. Billions of souls trapped in their homes, trying to find a 90 minute distraction to throw on the idiot box before Lady Slumber gave her reprieve of the day. That’s where I come in. The name’s Jiah Peck and I’m a podcaster. Nothing fancy, one episode a week, no expenses. I heard the rumble of a streetcar take the corner: my partner, Justin Passino. He had a sly look on his face, hanging six feet back to avoid being six feet under, and he began flipping his lucky penny under the hazy streetlamp. “Gotta pick a flick, Peck. Heads, we do a romantic story. Tails, something with guns and murder…an action picture!” He tossed the Abe Lincoln into the stratosphere, but missed the catch. It landed sideways in the street, wedged into a crack of macadam like corn kernel after Sunday barbecue. The fates laughed at our attempt of choice, pure crackerjack. As I stubbed the smoke and blew clouds, a compromise hit me like a ton of bricks: “How about that 2005 film starring Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan, the directorial debut of Shane Black? You know…’Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’?” Perfect for surviving another crazy night in Q-City, baby.
    1 hr 11 min
  • S1E32 - Kicking and Screaming (1995)

    I know what you're thinking. Kicking and Screaming? The Will Ferrell soccer movie?? Well, no. That's Kicking & Screaming. We're talking about the 1995 film Kicking AND Screaming, the debut feature by Noah Baumbach. Before Marriage Story, Frances Ha, Greenberg and those Wes Anderson movies he was involved with, Baumbach made a movie about a group of young adults faced with the cold reality of post-college life and responsibilities. Starring Josh Hamilton, Parker Posey and Eric Stoltz, this is a cult favorite full of enough gags to distract you from your crushing reality, your school loans and those annoying detergent commercials. I mean, are they going to get that stain out? Who knows?! That's bicycle grease!

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    1 hr 7 min

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Amusing Ourselves to Death is a conversational podcast about pop culture and the media we love. Also guest comedians, games, and just a little bit of existential dread!