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Topics this week:

As Pres. Biden's big social spending bill gets closer to reality, is it a good idea to raise taxes to pay for things like daycare?

Eric's review of "Dune"

Deep dive on the latest episode of Succession

why Brian hates scary movies.

Halloween candy

NFL top 5 teams.

Topics this week:

The legacy of Colin Powell and how the media treated his death.

Netflix employees protesting Dave Chappelle special.

Kyrie Irving and the Washington State football coach out after refusing Covid Vaccine.

NBA Finals predictions.

Thoughts on the season three opener of "Succession."

Brian has never heard of the show "Squid Game."

This week we have takes on Jon Gruden leaving his job, Dave Chappelle's very controversial Netflix special, the best teams in the 
NFL and the HBO movie "The Many Saints of Newark."

In this episode Brian shares his sadness about the Facebook outage, and we discuss the controversies surrounding the company, and what possible solutions are out there. We also offer some thoughts on Biden's domestic agenda, give our NFL power rankings after week 4, and Brian has a review of the Soprano's movie "The Many Saints of Newark."

In this episode we discuss the situation with the Haitian refugees at the southern border last week, and our thoughts on immigration in general. Also, our NFL recap, including the possible end of the Big Ben era in Pittsburgh.

In this episode we discuss:  

Nicki Minag's cousins' friends' balls and how crazy and inaccurate theories about the vaccine poison the discussion on Covid.

Why the debt ceiling fight is important, and why some people oppose things like Biden's spending bill even though it will directly help them.

NFL week two, including what teams are for real and weather the Texans should start Deshaun Watson this week.

An article in Variety knocking the Emmy's for not having a "non-anglo" winner in any of the major acting categories and why said article is dumb and distructive.

In this episode we share reflections on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. We also give our thoughts on the Biden vaccine mandate and the Texas Abortion law, recap the first Sunday of the NFL season, review the Hulu movie "Vacation Friends," and in a weird twist, pay homage to the great Nicolas Cage.

In this episode we give our thoughts on the end of the war in Afghanistan and how we can have a better foreign policy in the future. Most of the show is dedicated to our lists of the top 10 TV shows of all-time. we agreed on some and fought over some, and Brian actually only had nine even though it's a top 10 list.

In this episode we discuss the need for vaccine mandates now that the Pfizer shot is FDA approved. In Afghanistan the Biden team has mishandled the PR as badly as the exit, and what do we do if we haven't gotten everyone out by the Taliban's 8/31 deadline. In our entertainment segment, Eric reviews the new Hulu show "Nine Perfect Strangers" and Brian rates the two year old movie "The Irishman." We also get sidetracked with a debate about what shows should be considered in the discussion of the best of all-time.

In this episode we offer our thoughts on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and what lessons we take away from 20 years of war there. Also we have movie reviews! Brian tells us about F9 and the Malice at the Palace documentary on Netflix, and Eric talks about Sideways, which came out 17 years ago.