The Bottlemen

We made CJ (@TOS_violator) from Eat Chain (@eatchain) watch the 2006 film Bon Cop, Bad Cop - you remember that film, right? It was the film that, at the time, was supposed to compete with American movies on some kind of substantive level? We delve into the collective psychosis that settled over Canada to convince everyone this was a good movie.

Get it on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/highest-grossing-49858327

Also, check out twitch.tv/eatchain to catch the live stream of us watching Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 with CJ because we love pain.

In this episode, we ask the question: does Canada's, and now the world's, number one trendy media brand have a distinctive brand of politics? Why is there a rich vein of interventionism running through this magazine that had fashion do's and don'ts? Why is this hipster doofus in Liberia?

Chapo Trap House's Felix Biederman joins Dan and Riley to ask: What, if anything, does Vice actually believe in?

Check out part one of our Vicious exploration, where we explore the company and its culture with the Antifada's Jamie Peck (https://www.patreon.com/posts/vicious-ft-jamie-48637409)

Dan and Riley sit down with science fiction author Jeff VanderMeer, author of the bestselling Southern Reach trilogy, Borne, and numerous other works of weird brilliance. We discuss ecology, the power of storytelling, and what it means to have hope in a world of incomprehensible horror.

Get it on Patreon! www.patreon.com/dabottlemen 

Riley and Dan crack open the big book of Canadian monsters, apparitions, and phantasms for an exploration of all things paranormal and spooky up north with the Caleb, Cameron, and Patrick from Podcast About List. One thing's for sure about this podcast: it has no digressions.

Check out their Patreon while you're here - https://www.patreon.com/podcastaboutlist

And then check out ours! - https://www.patreon.com/dabottlemen

In this bonus episode, Riley and Dan discuss the definitive history of Canada's royal family of groceries: the Westons! Come to learn that strike breaking and price fixing has been in their DNA for over a century, stay for an exploration of their strange planned community in Northern Florida.

Get the full episode on www.patreon.com/DaBottlemen

Journalist Davide Mastracci joins Dan and Riley to discuss Canadian editorial boards' desperate desire to rack up a body count and long history of promoting every opportunity to send our army abroad, from the Boer War to Syria today; and how consent manufacturing in Canada remains a family affair. Check it out!

Check out www.patreon.com/dabottlemen for our most recent premium episode about Canada's many casual eateries with guys from Episode 1!

Andrew, Charles, and Branson from Episode 1 (https://soundcloud.com/episode-one-868768631) join Dan and Riley for a rundown of Canada's many fabulous mid-priced chain restaurants! Montana's! Earl's! Boston Pizza! Mr. Mike's Steakhouse! Jack Astor's! And many more!

Get the full episode on https://www.patreon.com/posts/49039349 

This week, Riley and Dan are joined by Paris Marx of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast to discuss the Rogers-Shaw merger. We get to the bottom of just how the Canadian telecom industry got quite so concentrated and monopolistic, and identify the barriers to all Canadians having high quality, affordable internet (hint: it's politics!).

On Patreon this week, we talked to Charles, Branson, and Andrew from Episode 1 all about the real jewels in Canada's crown: mid-priced casual dining chain restaurants.

The Antifada's Jamie Peck joins Dan and Riley to discuss the early history of Vice, explore the nihilistic flattening that pervaded its culture and coverage, and how that relates to working conditions therein. Additionally, early Riley and Dan lore is explored!

Get the full episode on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/DaBottlemen 

Dan and Riley are joined by our artist, photographer, and friend of the show Jessica Eaton to discuss art, labour, and why Non Fungible Tokens are just more of the same shit for a deeply unequal art market that has always been more interested in creating assets and inflating their value over anything else.

Also, check out our bonus episode, where we discuss the history and culture of Vice Magazine with The Antifada's Jamie Peck! https://www.patreon.com/DaBottlemen