The team reconnects after the Thanksgiving holiday and lots of panic, walking and Grey’s Anatomy. Nick’s entertaining a new med, Julia got conned into watching Squid Game challenge and the reality competition that we’re all watching is heating up! 

Show Notes:

@1:00 - Hot takes | panic, backyard paces, hydroxyzine side effects, Squid Game challenge, Survivor, The Challenge. 

@24:00 - Tweets | Against my wishes, I’ve been shot

@40:15 - Game | Blank Slate

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For our super scary October bonus ep we all watched Bottoms and are excited to dive into it with you!

Despite struggling to land on the same beat, Nick and Julie are still a part of the rhythm nation in an episode where musical interludes (and Rosie Perez impersonations) abound. We check up on Survivor, make plans for the future, get sucked into the cult love story of Twin Flame Universe and the many docs trying to take it down. 

Show Notes:

@1:15 - Hot takes | dark web, rhythm nation, Julie on the road, The CW, if you don’t think it, it will come, Survivor, Real Housewives

@36:40 - Tweets | No more wooden balls!

@52:15 - Game | Taboo

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It was a spooky scurry halloweekend and the aftermath is here for you to enjoy. Nick’s a hot commodity, Julie’s hanging with the Gilded bitties, and we’re still trying to understand Brando’s strategy on Survivor. Stick around for twisty tweets and when we finally remember to talk about The Challenge. 

Show Notes:

@1:15 - Hot takes | Halloween and drugs, Brando’s Survivor, Gilded Age, Loki, stars who can dance, getting scrummed.  

@29:00 - Tweets | Her friends colon 

@46:45 - Game | 5 Second Rule 

@1:01:15   - Outro | The Challenge and what’s coming up

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Your kooky hosts consider getting spooky for the season, but the Goosebumps remake is about as far as they get. In reality land, Survivors swapped, Desi finally got her victory and the villains aren’t playing by the rules of tv decency. 

Show Notes:

@1:00 - Hot takes | Britney’s memoir, Goosebumps, House of Villains, Survivor, White Savior, The Challenge finale, Special Forces

@28:00 - Tweets |  Questions

@45:45 - Game |  Linkee

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This week we're sharing our bonus rewatch of the 1996 courtroom drama, Primal Fear. A Julie fave, it features a new-on-the-scene and impeccably creepy Edward Norton as a murder suspect and the slick and deliciously arrogant Richard Gere as a his lawyer. There are also amazing performances by Frances McDormand, Andre Braugher and Laura Linney and the distinct lack of justice you just don't see anymore.  

Nick’s obsessed with the gay pirates of Our Flag Means Death, Julie found powerpoint Tik Tok and conspiracy theorists and the Lulu tribe may be getting into fighting shape on Survivor 45. We’ve also got some entertaining tweets, mid stories and two games in one! 

Show Notes:

@1:00 - Hot takes | Ugly Betty, powerpoint til tok, Bake Off, Our Flag Means Death, Survivor, Biden’s brother, Special Forces 

@29:00 - Tweets |  They retrieve gold! 

@45:40 - Game |  Buzzword

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Reality tv brings us nonstop shows of strength and skill, and whatever the Lulu tribe is rocking on Survivor. Hopefully the season gets less cringy, but we’re all in on Survivor 45, dangling from mountains with the world’s toughest test, and witnessing the human tornado of Wellmania (and the House of Representatives). 

Show Notes:

@1:00 - Hot takes | WTF world, McCarthy moves, Tik Tok TayCe trolling, Survivor, Special Forces (the world’s toughest test), Wellmania

@37:45 - Tweets | Paw Patrol aging out  

@56:00 - Game |  Blank Slate

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Takes is in the upside down and Nick is devouring content while Julie gets lost in YouTube shorts, I mean Tik Tok. Nick joined our dearest James in watching One Piece and joined the lesbians in reinvigorating the Warrior Nun while Julie threw it back to the supermodels of the 90s. We reconvened to catch Wes Bergmann’s swan song on The Challenge USA and other patch-ripping nonsense. 

Show Notes:

@1:00 - Hot takes | One Piece, Warrior Nun, The Super Models, Survivor, The Challenge USA, the internet 

@22:15 - Tweets | My loneliness is killing me  

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Tennis and Coco Gauff continue to light up twitter, bridging the worlds between Julie and Nick and creating podcast magic. We’re still following the challenge, Project Runway crowned a winner and James, Trixie and Katya are luring us into One Piece. 

Show Notes:

@1:00 - Hot takes | US Open, Tik Tok, The Challenge, Project Runway finale

@22:45 - Tweets | Bear porridge problems  

@42:15 - Game | Smartass

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