Claptrap with Martin Totland and Mike the Lummox

By Martin Totland

Two college friends intellectually banter and needle each other about business, technology, news, media, and more.... more

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The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.

Claptrap with Martin Totland and Mike the Lummox episodes:

February 01, 2023#17 - How is 'MILF Manor' Not a Crime, But Journalism Might Be?
Welcome back, friends.
In this week's episode, we debate:
Google's antitrust lawsuit from the US government and whether being too big and rich is anti-competitive in itself

if you should pay a monetary penalty for making your Lyft driver wait for you

whether Mike's encounter with a stingray makes him the American Steve Irwin

the fascinating, important case of Priscilla Villarreal vs the Laredo Police department and whether journalism is a crime, even if you're a brash and nosy citizen journalist who annoys the cops.

the clearest sign yet that the apocalypse is soon upon us - TLC's new, incest-adjacent 'reality show', MILF Manor
Thanks for sticking with us, we appreciate you all. Share with a friend and check back soon for another episode!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Funky Chunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 28min
January 21, 2023 #16 - The Return!
We are back! After an extended hiatus, Claptrap is back with a new episode.
This week we talk about the multiple reasons for the hiatus, the tech market downturn and mass layoffs (of which Mike was a victim), strategies for applying to new jobs, a $500/month dating app, and the many lies of George Santos, aka Anthony Devolder, Congressman from Long Island, NY.
We round off the episode talking about people we knew in our past who turned out to be horrible criminals. Martin tells the story of Kenneth Saal, his friend and fraternity brother facing 55 years in prison for the murder of a female coworker, and for Mike, it was a friend in the supercar circuit swindling people for money.
Thanks for sticking with us, we appreciate you all. Share with a friend and check back soon for another episode!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Funky Chunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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1h 26min
September 02, 2022 #15 - Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut commercial (RIP)
Episode 15! It's a milestone - sorta. It's our shortest episode thus far but a good one. On this week's menu:
- TikTok challenge leads to record numbers of car thefts in Milwaukee
- Airdropping nudes on Southwest flights
- The alarming, shameful water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi
- Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut commercial (and bumbling policies that ended the USSR)
- Mike's run-in with subpar shipping companies and his new car

We appreciate you all. Share with a friend and remember to drink water!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Funky Chunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 23min
August 26, 2022 #14 - Defending Salman Rushdie and Student Loan Forgiveness, Attacking Robot Furniture
We're still here, goddamnit!
The pod is back. We apologize for the wonky release schedule as of late. Sometimes life gets in the way.
We spend the first 35 minutes defending Salman Rushdie and freedom of expression in light of the recent attempt on his life, before reaffirming our support for the Biden administration's recent student debt forgiveness announcement, wondering whether Roombas can have offensive names and whether American candy stores on a London shopping street are fronts for money laundering schemes, and finally, the dystopian future of robot furniture's role in squeezing urban dwellers into ever smaller apartments.
It's a hot ep this week! Share it with a friend and be kind to yourself!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Funky Chunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
1h 28min
August 11, 2022 #13 - FBI Raids and Chastity Cages
Hachi machi! It's a free-flowing episode this week as we veer from Erling Haaland's football prowess, to strongmen Tom Haviland and Brian Shaw, an FBI raid on local Florida man's house, sunken cost fallacies in politics, reanimated pigs, internet-connected chastity cages, and Mike's resentment towards beard care!
It's a great ep this week! Spread the word, tell a friend about Claptrap!
Thanks for listening!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Funky Chunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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1h 48min
August 03, 2022 #12 - Catch the Clap
Holy hell! We are back after almost four weeks off! We have a great ep for you this week. We talk about:
- the US military falling short of their recruitment goals because people are too fat and won't stop using drugs (and the robust civilian labor market)
- Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit
- go through some useful advice for dealing with awful people (even when that person is you!)
- the DOJ antitrust investigation of Google
- Amazon moving into food delivery and medical care
and end on a fun (but not-so-speedy) speed round about parents suing TikTok, the US killing Ayman al Zawahiri, the JetBlue/Spirit Airlines merger, peacocks terrorizing a Nebraska town, and more!
It's a great ep this week!
Thanks for listening!
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Martin is on Instagram, too!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Funky Chunk" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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1h 40min
July 07, 2022 #11 - Independence Day Edition
This week, Mike and Martin talk about music streaming platforms limiting R. Kelly's reach after his sentencing to 30 years in prison and where the line is drawn between filtering and censoring, Mark Zuckerberg's questionable leadership skills on display during a call with Meta employees, Snapchat Plus' $3.99/month pile of shit, gas prices and what US Presidents can do to control the price of gas (hint: not much), before jumping into a fun News Speed Round, and ending on a brief philosophical discussion about what America is, what it's good at, what it needs to improve, and what changes we would make if we were a benevolent and omnipotent ruler of the US.
It's a great ep this week!
Thanks for listening!
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Martin is on Instagram, too!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Voxel Revolution" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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1h 52min
June 29, 2022 #10 - BONUS EP - Roe V. Wade
Mike and Martin bring their wives, Lis and Libby, on the episode to hear their thoughts about the SCOTUS ruling that overturned Roe V. Wade.
We apologize for the diminished audio quality, a result of having to record four people speaking instead of the normal two.
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Voxel Revolution" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
34min
June 29, 2022 #10 - Economic Woes, Terror in Norway, A Jan. 6 Update, and Floating Cities
It's a two-part episode this week!

In Part 1, Mike and Martin discuss the housing market cooling off, rideshare drivers getting Teslas to save on gas, a terror attack at two gay bars in Norway and whether religious convictions can make people commit hate crimes, AI imitating your dead relatives, Pinterest getting a new CEO, and whether floating cities can help alleviate the effects of rising sea levels.

PART TWO is in a separate bonus episode on the podcast feed and is about SCOTUS overturning Roe V. Wade! Be sure to give it a listen as we bring in our wives to hear what they think about it.

Thanks for listening!
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Voxel Revolution" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
1h 6min
June 22, 2022 #9 - We Get Philosophical
Something is in the summer air in Miami and St. Louis and it's making us contemplative...maybe even philosophical. It's a departure from the norm this week on Claptrap.
We talk about the arguments for and against student loan forgiveness and attempt an analogy with coal vs. green energy and get gloomy and doomy about climate change. Mike expresses his rage over internet trolls, we get deep about assisted suicide and the dignity of deciding how to end a life of pain and misery, and how life's preciousness sinks in when you realize you only have this one life to get it right.
It's a different episode this week and we hope you like it.
If you do, please recommend us to a friendly.
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CREDITS:
Intro jingle by Kevin MacLeod:
"Voxel Revolution" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
...more
1h 25min

FAQs about Claptrap with Martin Totland and Mike the Lummox:

How many episodes does Claptrap with Martin Totland and Mike the Lummox have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.