Give Us the Launch Codes

Episode Description

Lights! Camera! STREAM! This episode, Travis talks to Twitch streamer Matt Prince, who also doubles as a Broadcast Engineer for live television broadcasts and online streams - such as the news, sports, and showcasing really fast aircraft,,, while also playing Nintendo games in front of the world wide web! Travis and Matt get down and dirty with the details like how instant replays work, what's like to do the news in a blizzard, and why is bisexual lighting all the rage these days!

Follow Matt:

TikTok: @sweetboymatt

Intagram: @sweetboymatt3

Twitch: @sweetboymatt3

Website (if and when it happens): mattprince.tv

See Matt’s Livestreams of the XB-1 from Boom Supersonic:

First Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qisIViAHwI&t=2950s

Second Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcMB5kb-PUM

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/GiveUstheLaunchCodes

Follow Travis: @musicalnotextr

CW: Explicit references to sexual assault, particularly against children.

This week, Travis and Tom go into the uncomfortable implications of Trump PROBABLY BUT ALLEGEDLY being complicit in the same sex crimes Jeffrey Epstein was indicted for and is probably covering up. Being so obvious in said cover-up, Trump - who once drove Travis away from faith in conspiracy theories due to his incompetence - manages to renew his faith again by the same said incompetence! Talk about a character development episode!

Also, apologies for the wonky audio int he beginning.

Shoutout to lil bill! Here’s the video Travis was referencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKxZSSOVqA

The man who shot his son’s rapist on TV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/GiveUstheLaunchCodes

Travis’ IG: @musicalnotextr

Clips Cited

• The Green Room with Paul Provenza, Season 1, Episode 4, Showtime, 1 July 2010.
• “he rapes but he saves” YouTube, uploaded by Alberto Balsalm, 2 November 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_busSo7N45E&ab_channel=AlbertoBalsalm.
• “Power Broker” The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, written by Derek Kolstad, directed by Kari Skogland, performance by Anthony Mackie, Marvel Studios, 2021.
• “President Trump: Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” YouTube, uploaded by KSDK News, 9 July 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ZosKqSP70&ab_channel=KSDKNews.
• “R Kelly “Do You Like Teenage Girls?” Interview” YouTube, uploaded by Vende Patria Hunter, 4 January 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX1qybUYFjg&ab_channel=VendePatriaHunter.

A very brief break from the doldrums of the modern world to talk about martial arts. Travis interviews his Black Belt brother in-law, James, as they talk about Karate - how it's life changing, how effective he is in self-defense, different types of martial arts, and what Hollywood gets right and wrong.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/GiveUstheLaunchCodes

Travis Instagram: @musicalnotextr

The Big Bill. Everybody's talking about it (if they're not otherwise talking about Epstein)! Travis and Tom talk about how we got to the point where the government is actively trying to f*** over people and how we can crawl out of this. Perhaps a mayoral-hopeful in New York can provide the answer...?

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/GiveUstheLaunchCodes

Travis’ IG: @musicalnotextr

Clips Cited

• Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, performance by Ray Liotta, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1990.

It's that time again when Tom and Travis talk about entertainment that neither has seen (or played). This time, Tom talks about a video game that everyone else and their mothers have heard of whether they wanted to or not - the zombie game with the tall sexy vampire lady! And Travis brings up another 90s hidden TV gem - a space opera set on a space station with actors wearing a lot of latex (though not to be confused of a certain Star Trek show that did the exact same thing AT THE EXACT SAME TIME).

Shoutout to Slippy Slides! Here’s their video on Jack Baker from RE7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1d9m8BG_5w&ab_channel=SlippySlides

Clips Used:

• “The Large Hadron Collision.” The Big Bang Theory, story by Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds, teleplay by Lee Aronsohn, Richard Rosenstock & Maria Ferrari, directed by Mark Cendrowski, performances by Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki Warner Bros. Television, February 8, 2010.
• “The Long, Twilight Struggle.” Babylon 5, written by J. Michael Strazcynski, directed by John C. Flinn III, performance by Andreas Katsulas, Warner Bros. Television, 1995.
• “Mind War.” Babylon 5, written by J. Michael Strazcynski, directed by Bruce Seth Green, Warner Bros. Television, 1994.
• Seven, directed by David Fincher, performances by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, New Line Cinema, 1995.

Music Used:

• “Babylon 5 Season 1 Theme” by Christopher Franke (Babylon 5, 1993-1999 - Warner Bros. Television)
• “Ripples in the Calm” by Shusaku Uchiyama, Azusa Kato, Nao Sato & Kota Suzuki (Resident Evil Village, 2021 - Capcom)

Tom's got a buddy who used to be a chef at a fine dining restaurant. You know, kinda like Remy the Rat without the fur. Or Carmy Berzatto without being a depressed control freak (hopefully). What is working at a restaurant truly like? How do restaurants work? Is Olive Garden "fine dining"? Is a steakhouse worth your money? Do you think you'll tip your waitresses and hosts better after listening to an interview done inside a car with crude microphones? All these questions will be answered here!

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Just to be clear, the "F-word" in question is "freedom". What is freedom? You hear it a lot in this country. You're gonna hear used insufferably come Independence Day. But what does it really mean? And - dare we ask - does freedom actually exist in the so-called "free world???"

Clips Used:

• “Obama: George W. Bush Believed in “Rule of Law” (He Didn’t).” YouTube, uploaded by Secular Talk, 25 June 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVFOr1cHwaQ&ab_channel=SecularTalk.
• “Rights Are Not Rights If Someone Can Take Them Away.” YouTube, uploaded by iStateofMind3, 26 January 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plDupPHgBKo&ab_channel=iStateOfMind3.
• The Rock, directed by Michael Bay, performances by Sean Connery and Ed Harris, Hollywood Pictures, 1996.

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Tom & Travis spill their Catholic traumas as they discuss what religion means to them, as a broader quest to solve the religion question ONCE AND FOR ALL! Will the Almighty approve? Only He can answer....

Clips Used:

• Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick, performance by R. Lee Ermey, Warner Bros., 1981
• History of the World, Part I, directed by Mel Brooks, performances by Mel Brooks & John Hurt, 20th Century Fox, 1987.
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson, performance by Ian McKellen, New Line Cinema, 2003.
• “Peter’s Daughter.” Family Guy, written by Chris Sheridan, directed by Zac Moncrief, performance by Seth MacFarlane, 20th Century Fox Television, 2007.
• “A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas.” Family Guy, written by Danny Smith, directed by Brian Hogan, 20th Century Fox Television, 2001.
• "When Jesus Comes Back.” YouTube, uploaded by Bill Hicks - Topic, 3 March 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WT7UCt1cc&ab_channel=BillHicks-Topic.

SPOILER ALERT!

Tom and Travis discuss the The Last of Us - the video games and the first two seasons of the TV show. As the two have wildly differing opinions on the subject, their complicated discussion also touches upon the state of the film industry, online "criticism", and rehashing a decade long debate as to how a certain video game ends.

Shoutout to theRadBrad: https://www.youtube.com/user/theRadBrad

• See the TLOU videos that Tom saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HawhjjF5qFc&list=PLs1-UdHIwbo5MzTZwWfhL49b2hzvb-50E

Clips Used:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Directed by Jason West, performance by Billy Murray, Infinity Ward/Activision, 2009.
• S.W.A.T. directed by Clark Johnson, performance by Larry Poindexter, Columbia Pictures, 2003.

Travis and Tom are back in the car again, which means the audio is gonna be wonky AF. This week, they talk about movies and TV shows with messages, commentary, and warnings for human civilization... and why we dumb humans never learn.

CORRECTIONS:

• John Hughes did not direct WarGames. John Badham (Saturday Night Fever) was responsible for that one.
• Big Hero 6 was not made by Pixar. Disney Animation Studio made that one.

Clips Featured:

• “A Taste of Armageddon.” Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry, performance by William Shatner, season 1, episode 23, Normandy Productions & Desilu Productions, 1967.
• Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, performance by Brad Pitt, 20th Century Fox, 1999.

Films/TV Discussed

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Big Hero Six
• Black Panther
• Breaking Bad
• Chernobyl
• Deep Water Horizon
• Dr. Strangelove; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Failsafe
• Fight Club
• First Blood
• Hobbes & Shaw
• I, Robot
• Joker
• The Last Samurai
• Sons of Anarchy
• Southland
• Star Trek
  • “A Taste of Armageddon”
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • “Elementary, Dear Data”
• Taxi Driver
• WarGames