Let's Make It Better

What is disorganized, backwards, contrary to definition and staffed with mostly people who don't know what they're talking about?   This podcast, right.

In this episode we kick off 2021 with a new season and an exploration of modern politics and Congress.  The government is way too big to tackle all at once and as we find out, too darn hard to even put a box around to explain or complain about.  Like most things, whatever goes wrong the government ends up being our fault.  Well, I guess that means we get to fix it too-- right?

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!  In this very special episode (don't worry, it's not an after-school special-- nobody is getting caught with dope or getting a ride home with that "special teacher"), we provide you with our LMIB audio holiday card.

Learn more about Robert Frost: https://www.robertfrost.org/

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

Additional music provided by Piano Romantisme by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Listener: "Hey, why are you doing a show about Tom Cruise?"

Us: "Why do you think you need to know that?"

Listener: "Well, I think we are entitled to know..."

Us: "You want ANSWERS??"

Listener: "I WANT THE TRUTH"

Us: "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!"

Well, actually, yes you can.  We decide to go a little maverick on this episode and at the risk of Losin' It-- we look at some of the most Firm Tom Cruise movies and discuss how many of them were comprised of All The Right Moves and just how many others were a Mission Impossible.

Oh and we hit you up with the news of the day too in addition to a couple callouts to some past "SALUTE!" winners.

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

Let's see if this post can get 10k likes!   Oh look, my family just brought me breakfast in bed with a hand-sewn napkin that says 'love you mom'.  Just spendin' Tuesday floating in our 100k boat!

These are all captions once intercepted by aliens on a distant planet will cause them to send a giant laser beam to Earth incinerating us all.  Is Facebook a stage for self-centered people or the creator of self-centered people?  Is there anything good about it?  Do we actually feel good about ourselves after we scroll our feed?  And what's with the ads!  I DON'T WANT A GARDEN HOSE THAT FITS IN MY POCKET FACEBOOK!

Join us as we hit on the news items of the day, wrestle with the social media giant and play a new segment called "The BIG Question".  Let's Make It Better!

Remember to subscribe and leave us a rating and review in your podcast tool of choice!  Hey, while you're at it, share us online and tell a friend!

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on

That's what "The Boss" had to say in his song of the same name back in 1992.  You think you had problems back in '92 Bruce?  We have about 300 different apps, all with our credit cards and not one of them is showing Burt Reynolds in "Hooper".

Why did TV becoming as easy as YouTube make it so much more complicated?  Are we just used to the way things used to be when you had to wonder if it was VHF or UHF?  

In this episode we catch you up on the news, talk about what we like and don't like about all the streaming services and take you through what we are currently binging in a session of "What are you looking at".  Go ahead and tune in...no paid subscription required!

Remember to subscribe and leave us a rating and review in your podcast tool of choice!  Hey, while you're at it, share us online and tell a friend!

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

TURN THAT DOWN!   Seriously, what is wrong with popular music today?  Actually, maybe that is the wrong question-- what the heck happened to music?  We used to complain that MTV didn't play music anymore, but maybe now we know why:  There is no new music!  It's all click-bait, product placement and "adult content".  What's worse is it seems like we've decided to throw all pretense to the wind and just turn the ladies into the catch of the day at the local market.  Seriously, thank God Chris has 4 copies of the Dark Side of the Moon.  If nuclear winter comes and our new overlords only provide us with the Top 40 feed, we may all go insane.

Check out the AMA photos: https://tinyurl.com/y58lmqgm

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

You know what's great about cellphones?  Well, for one thing, they're not just phones anymore.  You can text, socialize, game, listen to podcasts ( :) ), watch movies, work the stock market.  In fact, you can do almost anything and ironically complain about having to do the one thing we used to buy them for: talking.

Join us for this episode where we take a look at a few choice news stories, stress out about phones & phone plans and round it all out with a LMIB "salute" to Bill's Toggery.

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

Do you cringe when somebody says "thunder boomers"?   Have you been caught in the rain after being assured that you "won't need that umbrella today!"-- if so, this episode of Let's Make It Better is for you!

In this episode we also introduce two brand new segments!  Mistakes Were Made attempts to correct at least some of the completely wrong statements we've made.  It's not our fault, we didn't do any research or prep; what do you expect!   Then, we focus on two companies that are going the extra mile to make our lives better in a new segment we haven't named yet-- hey, hit us up on Twitter and give us some naming ideas!

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

Talking heads, news readers, reporters-- that S.O.B. that interviewed John McClane's kids in "Die Hard" while he was busy single-handedly taking down a whole platoon of terrorists-- call journalists whatever you will, they're all part of "The Media" and it's time they all got a piece of Holly Gennero's fist-sandwich.

Maybe it's the wall-to-wall elections, the pandemic, racial unrest and quarantines.  Whatever the case, the boys aren't happy with modern news reporting and what it's doing to our home country.   "Film at 11"?   Yeah, like the film that collects around your shower drain...

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Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

WAIT!  It's OK!  No politics-- well, not really.   It's that time of year and it's time to talk about elections.  Keeping with the goal of not getting divorced or fired, the guys discuss the awfulness that is elections, politicking and the whole surrounding topic.  The ads, the debates the money.  Gross right?  Let's make it better!

Musical selections by:

Mark Alewine Music https://markalewinemusic.com/home

Outdoors In Summer by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com