Pros and Cons

Instead of reacting to the Oscars itself as in past years, it's time for a different format with the "Pros & Cons (P&C) Oscars" edition. Kev and Jack look at movies from the past year and chop it up – Which were good/bad? Which are interesting enough to consider watching even just on streaming? What sounds like a waste of time? Films include a mix of indie/auteur, blockbusters, and more. 

Most people tend to think of temperatures first in relation to the weather, but there are also other key parts of everyday life it’s tied to. From swimming to eating/drinking and more, Jack and Kev talk about their preferences on each end. Plus, they compare weather inside and out between SoCal and NYC.

You'll be hard-pressed to find any artist more polarizing than Kanye West, one of the biggest musicians of the 21st century. Now, there's a new Netflix documentary 'jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy' which focuses mainly on the early come up years with tons of unseen archival footage. It takes place as he's trying to sign to the Roc and be taken seriously as a rapper, not just a producer who makes beats, and is pushing to put out his debut solo album. Kev and Jack talk about their personal history with Ye and then get into how the doc changed, if at all, their perspectives on him.

While mostly used nowadays just in school, notebooks still serve other functions at times. But at what points do they still make sense when there are similar digital equivalents (for better or worse)? Jack and Kev talk about different types of school notebooks, drawing in sketchbooks vs. on an iPad, as well as the place of a journal or diary in this time of social media.

For those who witnessed Shaun White's snowboarding runs in the Olympics and X Games at the turn of the millenium, it was sentimental to see the end of an era as he competed in his last ever Olympics competition. And after the Summer Olympics had gotten pushed back a year in the pandemic, the 2022 Winter Olympics stuck to their usual schedule with China's "zero covid" policy in place. Kev and Jack talk about Shaun White, a curler making sneakerhead history, and more about the state of the event.

Even when we’re not awake, dreams and nightmares can say a lot about what’s going on in our lives. Or can they? Jack and Kev discuss their experiences with the two variations and if they just simply fall into a Pro and Con or if they’re more grey than that seems to be.

Los Angeles and the new SoFi Stadium was the home of the 56th annual Super Bowl, the biggest annual sports event of the year (at least for the U.S). The road leading to it had crazy matchups and upsets: Josh Allen vs Patrick Mahomes, the defeat of Aaron Rodgers, another wild comeback by Tom Brady before announcing his retirement, and more. But it all came down to the hometown Rams vs the young scrappy Cincinnati Bengals and their QB, Joe Burrow, in a battle that went to the final minute. Kev and Jack talk about the playoffs, the big game, commercials, and the hip hop halftime show.

As one of the biggest social media platforms out there, Twitter has faced plenty of controversy. However, for over a decade it's still found its own digital lane. Jack and Kev talk about their experience with it, how the site/app has changed over the years, and the different aspects that really make it what it is. 

In the third installment of the Mystery Box ongoing series, Kev and Jack picked out a few random mini topics to combine. Think of a game focused around letters, think of a specific food chain around chicken, and think of what's arguably the most valuable online resource for information.

We all get our food somewhere. And when you’re getting groceries, if you have a bigger supermarket by you then you’ll probably find yourself there to get most or all of what you need in one consistent spot. But what makes a grocery store good or bad? Jack and Kev talk about their experiences, some specific examples in NY/LA, and the past/present/future of the format.