The fellas pay respect to the big homie Brian Dennehy. Mike revists Parasite. Exciting new shows Mrs. America and Run start strong. They check in on book corner, James Crumley's "Bordersnakes" coming soon. Plus! Which TV characters would you want to be quarantined with. 

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In a thrilling return the fellas get right back to it. We got New Pope, we got streaming wars, we got Curb, we got the goddamn Tiger King and we got big news! Plus, some hogging over of recent watches and recommendations including: Fighting With My Family, A Fish Called Wanda, the films of the based god Paul Schrader, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Loving Vincent and Top Chef.

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Mike and Christian are back with a winding conversation that includes the Oscar nominated animated short films, McMillions, mother!, High Maintenance, Hunters and the Waterboy. They wrap it up with praise for the new High Fidelity series and celebrate the return of Pope Pius XIII.

Mike and Christian breakdown the Oscar Nominated Shorts experience, touch too little on some good films, unpack Mike's Parasite experience and burn the house down. Plus, updates on The New Pope and all the beautiful people of Vatican City. 

The hogs are back on pod. Mike and Christian bounce back from the break to fire off some takes on Uncut Gems, Jeopardy GOAT and the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Also, the long wait to get back to vibing at the Vatican is finally over, they break down the first 3 episodes of HBO's The New Pope. The hogs wrap it up with Christian's New York takes, including: JFK, Medea at BAM, pizza and the Jim Henson exhibit at MOMI before going off the rails entirely. 

Starting 2020 strong with some of our best work. Mike and Christian take shots at incels who don't want to see Little Women, sound off about Jeopardy GOAT and Mike gives his first reality TV recommendation. Golden Globe picks and reactions. Christian's top 7 movies of the year (Uncut Gems, Little Women, Parasite, Pain & Glory, Her Smell, Midsommar, The Souvenir) and shares a dirty personal experience watching the 70's classic In the Realm of the Senses. Enjoy.

The year is over so Mike and Christian breakdown their championship ring of TV champs or whatever. Plus, Mike's thoughts on Marriage Story and why he wouldn't want to work at Adam Driver's character's theatre company. Movie Talk? New episode also features a majority of Christian's best films of the year before our batteries get a different idea. 

We have waited and waited and The Young Pope is finally coming back. Mike and Christian react to the trailers for The New Pope and go into spiritual convulsions. Praise for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. They talk a lot about the Emmy Awards before realizing the Golden Globes are the actual relevant awards. They make their picks for winners in all categories. First interactive episode! Live mistakes! Justice for Jeremy Strong!

Mike and Christian return after a prolonged and accidental break. Mike gives his early thoughts on The Mandalorian. Then they jump in on Scorsese's The Irishman before reaching back in time to throw out some takes on Dolomite Is My Name, The Laundromat and The Lighthouse. Episode wraps up with Mike's experiences with Downton Abbey and they look ahead to Mrs. Maisel, Marriage Story and the Golden Globe nominations. 

Mike and Christian for some reason kick it off with a discussion about Major League Baseball (which we don't really love), head into SNL (which we definitely don't love) and then land on astrology (which we definitely love). Also, David Chang's new show Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Pain & Glory as well as the early reactions to The Morning Show and they continue to wonder what Jeffrey Epstein is doing on his private island. Finally, the reckon with the end of The Deuce before flying off the rails.