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Much akin to Jean Valjean, the two-dude book club is back for a third time! Join myself (russ) and Mickey “petit Marius” Mangan as we ruminate and ponder upon the third volume of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables, which is entitled “Marius.” This tome is action packed yet somehow has, what some have said, the most boring section yet. It’s a real whirlwind of literary intrigue!

If you’d like to listen to our past discussions, click here for volume one and here for volume two.

Connect with me and learn more about the pod at https://russrev1ews.com.

Much akin to Jean Valjean, the two-dude book club is back for the third time! Join myself (russ) and Mickey “petit Marius” Mangan as we ruminate and ponder upon the third volume of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables, which is entitled “Marius.” This tome is action packed yet somehow has, what some have said, is the most boring section yet. It’s a real whirlwind of literary intrigue!

If you’d like to listen to our past discussions, click here for volume one and here for volume two.

Connect with me and learn more about the pod at https://russrev1ews.com.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m a 90s kid, and like most 90s kids, I had a lot of rage in a cage. However, no matter how baggy my JNCO jeans got or how angsty my music was, the best way to express my feelings was always through watching a touch of professional wrestling. And I could only watch a little, because I didn’t have cable. Despite my limits I enjoyed watching the WWE and WCW and ECW during their hey day, and I’m so thrilled to have my friend and fellow wrestling fan on to review our experiences with professional wrestling (5:25). This episode is as real as the pain I felt when my friends would hit me with a chair during backyard wrestling, and I hope you enjoy!

Connect with me and learn more about the podcast at ⁠⁠russrev1ews.com⁠⁠.

Join me and (recurring guest) Spicy Tim as we cosplay as Bill Simmons and Joe House and give our best effort at making an NBA Season Preview Podcast. Unfortunately, we don't spend 3 hours doing season over/unders, but we do go well over 1 hour waxing philosophical about season storylines (13:37), reviewing Timmy's "Top (Player) Tiers of Twenty Twenty-Five" (41:09), and close the show with russ' rants where I share various gripes and complaints about the NBA, such as, why is it so expensive to watch the Chicago Bulls (58:21)? Does the world need yet another basketball pod? Probably not, but isn't it nice to hear from our sweet Timothy? Enjoy!

Connect with me and learn more about the podcast at ⁠russrev1ews.com⁠.

The two-dude book club is back! Join myself (russ) and Mickey A. Mangan as we recover our memories (and yours) from a long hiatus and dive deep into the waters of the second volume of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables. This tome, which is entitled Cosette, has some excellent characters, scenes, and even boat talk – so you are for sure in for (as the French say) un friandise!

If you’d like to listen to our discussion on volume one, check it out here.

Connect with me and learn more about the pod at russrev1ews.com.

In an ideal world this podcast would’ve been recorded and published several days ago, but we live in reality people. So we appreciate your grace as we present a “semi-instant reaction” to Disney’s Destination D23: A Journey Around the Worlds of Disney, which was recently held over Labor Day Weekend at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando (fun fact, that was my first Disney hotel I ever stayed at). I’m so excited to have my friend and Disney expert, Caleb Hayworth back for a third episode as we break down all of the latest news and announcements that came out of this year’s expo. The first half of the episode we cover the parks and cruise news (5:13) and then we close out the episode reviewing the movie news (46:25).

Btw, if the episode gets you hyped for a Disney cruise, please be sure to book a free consultation with Caleb at GetawaysByCaleb.com.

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Editor’s Note: We finished recording this episode 30 minutes before the Micah Parsons trade. Packers will still finish in fourth place. Bear down.

Growing up I have vivid memories of sitting in the backseat of the card as my dad listened to 670 the Score and WGN Radio in Chicago. I recall feeling bored, but there was some part of me that must’ve been loving it, because I’ve always had a dream of being a Chicago sports radio broadcaster. And today, that dream comes true (sort of) as I’m joined by my friend, neighbor, and fellow Bears fan friend, David Drake. During the episode we break down the NFL storylines we’re excited about and tired of (8:06), we look at the Bears upcoming season with first year head coach, Ben Johnson (23:50), we share our season predictions for our beloved Bears (32:47), and we close the episode with our “second favorite” fantasy picks at each major position (45:04) because let’s be honest, you never get your first choice. Does the world need another football pod? Probably not, but we had a blast recording it! Hope you enjoy.

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I don’t know about you, but when I was around 10 or 11 I got it into my head that I should start a band and become a famous rockstar. As you can infer from the fact that I’m an amateur podcaster, that career arc did not pan out. Nonetheless, I had a ton of fun learning music, playing shows, and spending time with my friends in church basements and the other random venues that would pity us (ahem…host us). This love of playing music is definitely something baked within my family, and I have so many fond memories of watching my older brothers and cousin playing music together, and I’m so thrilled to have my first ever relative on the pod, John Dolce, Jr. for an episode where we review what it’s like to start a band in high school (11:50). Before we dive into that, John reviews what I was like as a baby (2:49), we discuss our backgrounds getting interested in playing music as kids (6:05), and then we close out the episode learning about John’s latest project – Tÿre Fÿre (46:50). It’s a fun and, I think a genuinely inspirational episode, and I hope it motivates you to take a risk and start something new even if you feel too old.

If you’d like to learn more about Tÿre Fÿre and go to one of their shows, please visit tyre-fyre.com.

And if you’re looking to self-publish music, check out the service John uses called distrokid.com.

Interested in some vintage John Dolce, Jr. rock ’n’ roll where you can see “THE RAIL” in action, check out: SMD Band

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Join me and the semi-viral influencing sensation @uhmandaplz as we attempt (and fail) to review 10 "content pillars." What’s a content pillar, you ask? Listen to find out! Here are the topics we ended up reviewing: wedding dances (5:34), wedding cocktails (11:35), the @uhmandaplz content empire (18:21), petfluencing (35:09), the pressure to monetize your hobbies (37:16), trading card games (Magic the Gathering & Pokémon) (41:10), Balatro (48:02), and the current video games we’re obsessed with (51:22). Let me know what you think of this episode experiment – I hope you enjoy!

If you'd like to connect with Amanda, please visit ⁠⁠linktr.ee/uhmandaplz⁠.

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Spoiler Alert: This episode contains spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases has been working overtime as content creators around the globe seek alternate words for “fantastic” in their reviews, posts, and podcasts. But I’m a man of the people, and I’ll just say it like it is: this movie is “fantastic.” After being a successful comic book for over 60 years, Marvel’s first family finally has a film worthy of its legacy.

I’m joined by my dear friend and former podcasting partner, Casey Summers, to review it for a touch longer than an hour. During the show, we revive a lost segment from the Film Lovers Podcast (6:17), review The Odyssey teaser (17:45), and then deep-dive into Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps (24:21). This episode is, for lack of a better word, terrific!