It's Pretty OK

THIS PODCAST IS ABOUT MUSTARD SKITTLES. THAT'S A REAL THING. THERE'S REALLY NOT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT IT. JUST LISTEN!

MUSIC: "Knockin'" – MJ Lenderman

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No, it's not a podcast about the MTV competition show. This week, the gang (minus Kevin, who's on a jaunt around the west coast and Canada for a while) gets together to talk about summer reading and the concept of challenging yourself as an adult. Is it just a way to motivate yourself to do something you don't want to do, or can it be about reinforcing something that you already enjoy?

MUSIC: "Eye on the Bat" – Palehound

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This week, it's the show you didn't even know you were waiting for...because you probably weren't actually waiting for it. Pierce and Sean finally do their long-rumored watch-along of the 2011 UEFA Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United. (You can find the game on Dailymotion just like they did if you want to be a sicko and watch it yourself.) Somewhat unsurprisingly, the discussion heads off into tangents about philosophy and...baseball? Wait, that doesn't seem right.

MUSIC: None, because we didn't want this to be the first episode to break the hour mark

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: "American Ivy Episode 1" (Articles of Interest on Apple Podcasts)

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This week, the gang is talking about game shows and why we love them the way we do.

MUSIC: "Be Careful" – bdrmm

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Juvenile's Tiny Desk Concert (NPR Music on YouTube)

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This week, the gang is talking about the wonderful world of bar food. Wings and fries and all that jazz.

MUSIC: "Pressure Cooker" – DAZY and Militarie Gun

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Daniel Ellsberg’s Life Beyond the Pentagon Papers (The New Yorker)

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This week, the gang talks about work benefits. Per diems on company trips, parental leave, health care, vacation time — the whole nine yards.

MUSIC: "Carlos Is Crying" – The Hold Steady

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This week, the SPORTS BOIS talk about the Denver Nuggets' NBA championship victory. Well, they actually talk about Nikola Jokic's unexpectedly muted reaction to reaching his sport's highest pinnacle, and whether we would all do well to learn something from the big Serbian's perspective on work and competitiveness.

MUSIC: "On My Knees" – Middle Kids

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: How Will ‘Succession’ Be Remembered? (The Ringer)

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Dive on in for some hot sardine-on-mackerel action! This week, the gang is talking about the Futurama episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two," which is both eerily prescient about the internet of the 2000s and 2010s...and also somehow a parody of Married...with Children?

MUSIC: "Freak" - Feeble Little Girl

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This week, the gang talks about "townie summer" — the phenomenon in which all of the students in a college town (or the tourists, depending on the town) vanish for a season, leaving the locals behind to do their thing for once.

MUSIC: "Checks" – Dead Billionaires

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This week, the gang gets together (hell, Max and Pierce literally get together!) to discuss what's going on with gym memberships. Max talks about his experience with ClassPass, and Sean suggests that the new wave of fancy "fitness experiences" like Equinox are the new-age replacement for a stuffy old-money status symbol.

MUSIC: "Chosen to Deserve" – Wednesday

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Reign of Error (Apple Podcasts)

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