Who doesn't love The West Wing?! It's uplifting, its aspirational, it makes you proud and patriotic just hearing that intro! So my great buddy and tv guru Steve Kramer came in to breakdown who was a better character the beautiful speech writer Sam Seaborn or the hard nosed know it all Josh Lyman! We had a blast doing this and if you've seen even one episode of the West Wing this pod is a must listen! What's next?

Parks and Rec is the best show ever! So why not deep dive into the most upbeat silly character in the show's long and storied history. Nothing better than watching a rockstar dreaming man boy gobble candy ask silly questions and trip, flip and fall over the screen for 7 glorious seaons. Andy Dwyer was a gift from the comedic gods as he added the juvenile humor and light heartedness that felt akin to Parks and Rec's soul. MOUSE RAT FOR LIFE!!!

This show is EVERYTHING! Comedically perfect rapid-fire one-liners delivered jussssst right! 1960s New York City glamour and spectacle from the buildings and fashion to the granular details. This show is endlessly entertaining from script to set to comedy to drama to political and social upheaval in America to the difficult of being a strong independent woman comedian in the 60s. It's a visual delight with heart so listen to me gush for 25 minutes!! I know you want to!

Who doesn't love a modern day intellectual gladiator battle?! Showtime's Billions pits corrupt Hedge fund guru Bobby Axelrod against the Blue Blooded Pit Viper District Attorney Chuck Rhoades and lets us sit back and enjoy as the sparks fly! The show has a unique spin on the spy vs spy angle we all love so dearly! So come along as I dissect this mental chess match of the wealthy elite in a fun, quotable show that is endlessly rewatchable!

Hypothetical brain bomb! You are sent to death row! You have 5 days to live and have to watch 5 movies that correspond to the 5 stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. What films do you pick to ease your soul as you prepare for the afterlife? A little dose of darkness today in the Max Volume world, enjoy!

What's better than creating a mock party list with the most entertaining guests you could possibly imagine? Who doesn't want to sip champagne with superheroes and tell jokes with stand up icons? But creating the perfect dinner party is a balancing act of personalities, plus which movie couples are best suited to have a grand time breaking bread with you? So come along and listen as I give you the cheat sheet for creating the ultimate movie character couples dinner party!!!

We all love a good comparison, and what's more fun then meshing sports and television. So I've taken everyone's favorite sit com and dissected which characters best exemplify the football programs of the Big Ten Conference being an alumni my self! See where Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute and Jim Halpert landed in the college football landscape as we had a blast bridging these two joys in our lives!!!

This was the little cult following show that could! It was the beginning of greatness for cinematic geniuses like the Russo Brothers, comic pioneers like Dan Harmon and groundbreaking show runners like Donald Glover! It was a show about shattering the fourth wall, stuffing as many classic movie tropes and tv gags into 21 minutes as humanly possible. This was THE show for av club nerds, so put on your spectacles hike up your steve urkel suspenders and enjoy this pod!!!!

Sci-fi Rom-Coms in the middle of the desert about Groundhog's Day level time loops? Ummm.... YES PLEASE. This is the perfect 90 minute pandemic era creation, its light and juvenile while addressing heavy philosophical questions in between montage gags and poorly chosen tattoos. Andy Samberg is perfect and you'll want to talk a long contemplative walk after consuming this sweet little snack of a film! WATCH THEN LISTEN!!!

Mmmm angsty teenage films about parties, first love and the big game! What makes this genre so relatable and comforting for mass consumption? I'll analyze the tropes and arcs that make us fawn over such a shallow and light genre of film, and what separated the greats from the simply mediocre. So steal your dads car, use that fake ID to snag a keg, and I'll meet everyone at the water tower at 10!!!