Podchasm

Jake bought some compact discs and comic books he'll never read. The Alien 40th Anniversary shorts have begun premiering. Mike has a bum knee and a haircut.

The guys lament the "end" of their favorite podcast and the greater threat of locking down "podcasts" behind a paywalled platform. Ads are fine and often actually good.

Links:

• Coldplay on Discogs
• Watch Alien: Containment
• Watch Alien: Specimen
• List of Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts
• Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts Project
• Jacob's Alien Universe Chronology list on Letterboxd
• Lyle The Intern on David Letterman
• MBMBaM reading Extreme Restraints ad
• MBMBaM's Extreme Restraints jingle

Jacob's eating habits are brought to bare once again as conversation devolves into Walmart-based crime. Mike shares tour stories and tips.

They both have missed show regrets and there is a Beatles tangent. Gigs are just harder to get to these days.

It's early and Skype's thumb emoji is not the sort of aggression Jake wanted to wake up to today.

In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the series, they finally talk about the Alien prequel films. Spoilers abound. Skip ahead to about 43 minutes if you don't want to hear about the genealogy of the Xenomorph.

There is follow up on our security episodes with tips on how to find and remove your digital footprints and stop others from tracking your down and how to apply new appendages to your Apple device. Pro tip: Just delete your Facebook.

Finally, Mike begins watching Patriot and gives Jacob hair care advice.

Links:

• Shaw / Giger reference in Alien: Covenent
• List of films in the Alien universe on Letterboxd
• List of Star Wars-related films on Letterboxd
• Alien 40th anniversary short films
• Facebook stored millions of passwords in plain text
• Remove your information from people search sites like MyLife, Intelius, and Spokeo
• Please watch PATRIOT on Amazon Prime Video
• The "No Poo" method

Its inching closer and closer to Spring and that means getting more intimate with the music we crave. Talk of these springtime records brings on an impromptu discussion of digital music storage and Jake's archival obsession.

Links:

• Swinsain
• Plex
• Winamp
• Apple Music is a nightmare and I'm done with it by Jim Dalrymple
• The Best External Optical Drives | Wirecutter
• Replacing tracks while keeping existing metadata (like playcounts)
• MusicBrainz & Picard - ID3 database and bulk tagging
• Kid3 - ID3 editor
• Advent loudspeakers
• Soylent
• Bantha Fodder (the other show)

Your OpSec is probably worse than you think it is. The guys invite on a security expert to show them the ropes of password security and Jake's information is leaked on air.

Links:

• Samuel Fox, our guest, is on Twitter.
• The xkcd method (and the counter-argument)
• xkcd on password reuse
• Chuck Johnson pooped on the floor and everyone knows it.
• The stories of @Lizard and @Chris
• Have I Been Pwned?
• [Password Manager / 2FA] 1Password
• [Password Manager] LastPass
• [2FA] Authy
• [2FA] Duo

A bomb is dropped at the top of the show and one of your hosts gets a deep fake out. After 4 years, Jacob completes a video game while Mike has just begun one. The secrets of music supervisor roles are spoiled and Jacob has another new podcast, this time it's actually for work.

Links:

• "Time Enough At Last" - The Twilight Zone
• Captain Disillusion
• Alien Isolation (passive mod)
• Us (2019 film)
• Dead Space
• P.T.
• Last Of Us parts one and two
• Death Stranding
• Doom Annihilation (2019 film)
• Breath Of The Wild
• Audible/Kindle sync
• Kingdom Hearts 3
• Metal Gear Solid V (Konami / Kojima breakup explained)
• Free Solo (2018 film)
• Breaker

Grab life by the big horned sheep. Adam Sandler monopolized 90s comedy. Who will rule the 20s?

Following the birthday of one of your hosts, the pair waxes about age, expectation, "the track," and the inspirational transformation friends take as new parents.

A mysteriously convenient package arrives at Mike's apartment and Jake gets a surprise of his own.

Bread, filling, bread. The subject of sandwiches make up the meat of this episode. Cabbage was bought and it was the liverwurst. The perfect bite is located and a business idea is born with waffle-cut fries on the side. There's also a game!

Grab a fluffernutter, a bag of kettle-cooked chips, and salivate responsibly.

Sandwich Shops:

• Primanti Brothers
• Darwin's
• Melt
• Deli Ohio

Thank you to CountryLiving for the list of regional favorites.

Mike is working through the tedium of his record release and binary options are a bother. Does negative feedback hose the customer service employee sipping chai lattes on the other end? Despite being the reigning NYC Battle Pod champion, his desire to play it cool is very powerful.

Jacob has a very busy schedule prior to his work retreat, hence the truncated length of this episode. They'll make it up to you with a savory follow-up next week.

Help Sam Lloyd Beat Cancer

What do you do if you have the largest archive of Late Night's greatest show? Australian timezones are weird, huh? Jake's schedule is back on track, but he's been feeling off lately. He's added a carbon monoxide detector to his Amazon cart.

Does Spotify buying Gimlet matter? Justin Jackson makes a case for Apple as a buyer. In the era of Netflix, why are all of the greatest shows still from cable networks? Jake is still making use of his CD/DVD drive.

Rest In Peace Venetia Fair. Long live Sprained Personality. Buy a CD from Mike's old band here. Buy a new album, Almost, from Old Best Friend here.