Podcast & Recreation

By Nora Katz and Jill Poskanzer

A weekly podcast about the greatness that is Parks and Recreation, the show. Not the government branch, although we hear they're nice, too.... more

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October 29, 2017 2.05 Sister City
https://archive.org/download/2.05SisterCity/2.05SisterCity.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill welcome a delegation from a fictional town in Venezuela, describe Fred Armisen’s career in a nutshell, and accidentally go on hiatus for 5 months. We’re back, baby!
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June 30, 2017 2.04 Practice Date
https://archive.org/download/2.04PracticeDate/2.04%20Practice%20Date.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill go on an awkward first date featuring the talents they wish they could put on their resumes, the Hunger Games with April Ludgate, and dorky Passover traditions.
Further reading:
Yellow Ostrich, “Whale:” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1KCsOT1VaM
The Superior Person’s Book of Words: https://www.amazon.com/Superior-Persons-Book-Words/dp/087923556X
Viggo’s haka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_kqn5MQiDY
Buy Literary Starbucks auf Deutsch! https://www.amazon.de/Literatur-zum-Mitnehmen-Starbucks-Begegnungen/dp/344215930X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1498568438&sr=8-2
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June 15, 2017 2.03 Beauty Pageant
https://archive.org/download/2.03BeautyPageant/2.03%20Beauty%20Pageant.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill reduce the subjective quality of physical beauty to a number and dehumanize all women in the process, debunk elementary school myths about George Washington Carver, examine Louis Cop K., and identify Dulé Hill’s most important role.
Further reading:
¿Por qué no los dos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgSO8_cRio
Madeline Albright’s pins: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/madeleine-albright-on-her-life-in-pins-149191/
Inside Amy Schumer does 12 Angry Men (like everything Amy Schumer does, this is very NSFW): http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/inside-amy-schumer/videos/12-angry-men-inside-amy-schumer
Beauty pageants and the American political climate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/22/how-beauty-pageants-reflect-the-same-changes-as-trumps-immigration-orders-do/?utm_term=.d7592791f6b7
Where did the NBC chimes come from? http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/nbc-chimes-behind-scenes-first-trademarked-sound/
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June 09, 2017 2.02 The Stakeout
https://archive.org/download/2.02TheStakeout/2.02%20The%20Stakeout.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill stay up all night in a van, have a Netflix-induced crisis, spoil iconic movie endings, and dream of Leslie’s reaction to Hamilton. Plus, “The Crackpots and These Women” and 2 blissful seconds of Jason Derulo.
Further reading
Barry Obama and the Choom Gang: https://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/a-users-guide-to-smoking-pot-with-barack-obama?utm_term=.qqXAWqYw1#.cmMKwkGdm
Mindy Kaling’s closet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGXNH2o03NM
What plants look like marijuana? http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2014/10/09/dont-let-these-marijuana-lookalikes-send-you-to-jail/
Anna Kendrick talks LOTR on Colbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI5l5ltMl8g
Anna Kendrick sings on Colbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrBkHwlwpZo
Aziz Ansari’s SNL monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whde50AacZs
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June 05, 2017 2.01 Pawnee Zoo
https://archive.org/download/2.01PawneeZoo/2.01%20Pawnee%20Zoo.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill go on Pawnee Today to discuss their differing opinions on the definition of the word “fun,” the extent to which climate change is ruining Jill’s chances of doing the Iditarod, and what constitutes a great first date. Plus, we read a letter from a fan and Nora adds gratuitous sound cues.
Further reading
More about Paul Feig: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/20/paul-feig-the-heat
Tux and Flipper and their kin: https://www.macalester.edu/~montgomery/BlackFootedPenguin.html
A list of unsurprising things about Mike Pence: http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious-freedom/
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June 05, 2017 1.06 Rock Show
https://archive.org/download/1.06RockShow/1.06%20Rock%20Show.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill rock out to “The Pit,” zombie apocalypse scenarios, and Mark Brendanawicz’s sordid love life. Plus – exclusive spoiler-filled content for you re-watchers out there.
Further reading
Season 1 bloopers! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpaQTZm5dHA
A great season 1 analysis from Vulture, which is full of spoilers (you’ve been
warned): www.vulture.com/2015/02/parks-rec…n-season-one.html
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June 05, 2017 1.05 The Banquet
https://archive.org/download/1.05TheBanquet/1.05%20The%20Banquet.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill host an awards ceremony for not-yet-a-feminist Ron Swanson, Paul Ryan’s terribleness, and Aziz Ansari in a fuzzy orange hat.
Further reading
For you cartography nuts, an 1821 plan of the city of Indianapolis: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…dianapolis.jpg
For you history nerds, a nice article on the history of Indianapolis within the wider context of urban planning in the era of westward
expansion: www.jstor.org/stable/27792987
Mike Schur on the bad, bad murals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSrjbtLj-c (spoiler-free until 2:23!)
Paul Ryan and Eddie Munster: suburbanhobo.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/…ster.jpg
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June 05, 2017 1.04 Boys’ Club
https://archive.org/download/1.04BoysClub/1.04%20Boys'%20Club.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill infiltrate the boys’ club to drink Indiana IPAs, cry about animal movie deaths, and make fun of the most oppressed people in our society – straight white dudes.
Further reading
Drink the same beer as the Pawnee Boys’ Club: www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1170/3323/
Perhaps Andy’s relationship with his boombox is similar to the Lonely Island’s: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yvEYKRF5IA
Does the dog die? DoesTheDogDie.com
Check on Michele Bachmann’s horrifying voting record: ballotpedia.org/Michele_Bachmann
Get involved with advocacy work inspired by the legacy of an amazing Minnesota
politician: www.wellstone.org/
Get on board the Literary Starbucks train: www.indiebound.org/book/9781250096791
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June 05, 2017 1.03 The Reporter
https://archive.org/download/1.03TheReporter/1.03TheReporter.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill write an op-ed for the Pawnee Journal about Shauna Malwae-Tweep, media ethics, slut-shaming Mark Brendanawicz, and how to pronounce “raccoon.”
Further reading
The New Yorker on Samantha Bee’s “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner:” www.newyorker.com/culture/jia-tole…spondents-dinner
The world of Tumblr gives us a girl paint rolling her face: www.dailydot.com/unclick/girl-paint-roller-video/
Get on board the Literary Starbucks train: www.indiebound.org/book/9781250096791
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June 05, 2017 1.02 Canvassing
https://archive.org/download/1.02.Canvassing/1.02.%20Canvassing.mp3
Minutes of today’s meeting: Nora and Jill unpack the realities of canvassing, reveal the untold story of Lawrence Who Owns Birds, and make a New Girl reference despite this being a Parks and Rec podcast.
Nora and Jill apologize for the horrendous audio quality. They’re working on it and next week’s episodes will be way better.
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FAQs about Podcast & Recreation:

How many episodes does Podcast & Recreation have?

The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.