Podcast & Recreation

Podcast & Recreation

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Podcast & Recreation episodes

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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