A different start to this week’s pop culture podcast, as Jim begins by spitting hot fire about the Twitter’s brief suspension of Glenn Reynolds, a.k.a., Instapundit. Mickey points out that this week’s South Park dealt with the phenomenon of people quitting Twitter in that show’s typically incisive satire. We also examine Post-Brangelina America, Survivor’s decision to pit the Millennials vs. Generation X, and some other fall television offerings like lawsuit-triggering Jon Benet documentaries and Minnie Driver’s Speechless.

On #TJAMS this week Jim and Mickey are trying to enjoy sports in the hyper-politicized era, Is Jack Bauer back? The chilling ads for ABC’s new drama, Designated Survivor; Surprising results from a discussion dissecting the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Why we’re watching Rick Perry dance and Ryan Lochte get attacked in prime time, and what you would bring to a desert island.

On #TJAMS this week Jim and Mickey are trying to enjoy sports in the hyper-politicized era, Is Jack Bauer back? The chilling ads for ABC’s new drama, Designated Survivor; Surprising results from a discussion dissecting the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Why we’re watching Rick Perry dance and Ryan Lochte get attacked in prime time, and what you would bring to a desert island.

This week we’re ready for the new NFL season but bewildered by the official Twitter hashtags for most of the teams; we investigate the chilling spike in sightings of nut-jobs in clown masks across the country; Jim wonders whether creating a conservative-focused web TV service is just embracing cultural isolation; Mickey’s love for the drug cartel drama Narcos, and what you remember about your first days of school.

This week we’re ready for the new NFL season but bewildered by the official Twitter hashtags for most of the teams; we investigate the chilling spike in sightings of nut-jobs in clown masks across the country; Jim wonders whether creating a conservative-focused web TV service is just embracing cultural isolation; Mickey’s love for the drug cartel drama Narcos, and what you remember about your first days of school.

The arrival of fall brings change: Mickey offers a theory on why you didn’t hear as much about MTV’s Video Music Awards this year; the even-more-random-than-usual lineup of this fall’s Dancing With the Stars, Jim explains why we want professional athletes to shut up and let us enjoy some escapism for a few hours, a quartet of documentaries probe a long-forgotten 1990s crime, and the odd things your body can do, with most of the listener entries being… reasonably tasteful.

The arrival of fall brings change: Mickey offers a theory on why you didn’t hear as much about MTV’s Video Music Awards this year; the even-more-random-than-usual lineup of this fall’s Dancing With the Stars, Jim explains why we want professional athletes to shut up and let us enjoy some escapism for a few hours, a quartet of documentaries probe a long-forgotten 1990s crime, and the odd things your body can do, with most of the listener entries being… reasonably tasteful.

On this week’s #TJAMS, the painful lesson that every tech upgrade is a downgrade in disguise; the promise and peril of “back to school” season and the eternal national debate about homework; some updates on the True Crime stories Mickey’s been following and the state of the genre, and finally, an intense Jim goes into an expansive discussion of our #TrivialTuesday topic with Wild Palms and the sense of a casual, zonked-out acceptance of creeping authoritarianism.

On this week’s #TJAMS, the painful lesson that every tech upgrade is a downgrade in disguise; the promise and peril of “back to school” season and the eternal national debate about homework; some updates on the True Crime stories Mickey’s been following and the state of the genre, and finally, an intense Jim goes into an expansive discussion of our #TrivialTuesday topic with Wild Palms and the sense of a casual, zonked-out acceptance of creeping authoritarianism.

This week on #TJAMS: Jim and Mickey discuss the joys of summer travel, eating shows and their consequences, why the horror genre can’t work without a sympathetic protagonist. Our take on "Lochte-Gate" before any details came out. The glorious return of football and the places our listeners dream of relocating to one day.