Blowout Podcast Network

Megan and I talk about the Washington thriller Miss Sloane. That includes discussions of guns, the constitution and the crazy conversation 2 girls were having in the line for refreshments.

Live from Off The Record! The New York trip & MLB hazing.

The Ticket's Trey Mitchell is back as guest host, and he's always got a good sense for picking out movies. Watching Se7en with 2016 eyes, there are a lot of surprises. The last time I watched the whole movie start to finish was more than a decade ago, so it's crazy to see how relationships to the characters had changed. But it's also very interesting to see how differently the culture viewed cities in 1995. It's hard to imagine a movie coming out today that took such a harsh view of the urban core. It's equally hard to imagine people being surprised the FBI keeps track of people's book rentals. Trey and I sort all of that out.

My good buddy Justin and I recently took a trip to Seattle. He lives in Michigan now, so we took this rare opportunity where we were in the same room to get something on wax. Moonlight was what was showing at the Egyptian, so we took a chance on that. It paid off beautifully. It's a very wonderful movie. It feels like darn near a documentary, the way it portrayed the life of Chiron. It has a bevy of deep topics, and all are wonderful for conversation. We also talk about the coming-of-age tradition of kids checking out each others' junk.

TC Fleming is joined by Justin Bell to discuss week twelve in college football. The focus is the Washington-Arizona State gameday experience they had this weekend.

Movies about aliens are the best, and Arrival is a good one. There's a lot to think on. It does a good job of illustrating many of the mind-boggling elements that would feature into any actual contact scenario. We try to walk through some of those angles. It also really gives some room for those elements to breathe. When I say 'we,' I'm talking about myself and Josh Ellis. He is a big fan of alien movies as well. Somehow we ended up talking about child-rearing a lot. Something for everyone.

Live from Club Dada, the audio of IJB's Election Night Party

TC Fleming is joined by Josh Ellis to discuss week eleven in college football. The focus is the Texas A&M-Ole Miss game and Notre Dame's trip to San Antonio.

A couple months back, I talked with Old 97's guitarist Ken Bethea about coming on the podcast. He gave me a list of movies he was excited about seeing in theaters, and Doctor Strange seemed like a good fit. He has some enthusiasm for the the comics, and it was very nice to have that background. We both liked the movie to varying degrees. It is pretty solid, you should totally see it. But he is Ken Bethea, so I wasn't going to be deterred from asking some Old 97's questions. And maybe I missed it elsewhere, but it’s possible we broke the news of a new album?

TC Fleming is joined by Bob Sturm to discuss week ten in college football. The focus is Bob's trip to the Ohio State-Nebraska.