The Literate ApeCast

In one of the strangest ApeCasts on record, David refuses to play a “What If...?” Game, Don bullies him into playing, and then in a discussion of Don’s designation of Human Care Bear, we open up about a marital argument he and Dana had recently that we can GUARANTEE you’ve never had with your significant other.

David is mentally exhausted by the protesters and being shut in with his dog but not as mentally ill-prepared for his job as Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman. That and the fact that Harvard, that bastion of liberal collegiate thought, is firing their janitors despite the $40 billion they have stowed

David is caught off guard with the news of Joe Diffie’s demise and also has an open letter to Oprah Winfrey. Don is a dick. The self isolation is starting to show the fraying at the edges…

David is torn between wanting to defeat Donald Trump in November and being so disgusted with The Wokesters that it would be satisfying to lose to him just to prove a point. But what point? And why is it so annoying to talk to both the Right and Left extremists during the pandemic? But first, doesn’t David’s quarantine beard look John Wick-sexy?

We’re all trapped in our homes and the little things are TEARING US APART! The boys talk about the new inability to joke about the COVID-19 world and the spectres of the opinions of past relationships.

The Apes decide to delve into dystopian Gee Kerry and discuss who they would become should the world resemble The Walking Dead and which post-apocalyptic movie will our demise most resemble (spoiler: of course David brings Cocktail into it). Plus, David’s ingenious idea to put $50.00 in your pocket for listening to our ApeCast.

Don and David are back this week, both in the grips of the COVID-19 lockdown in Chicago and Las Vegas. Today, the reflect a bit on how they’re doing and what they think the best and worst outcomes of the tipping over of society will bring.

Practicing full-on social distancing, Don sits this one out and Dana Jerman fills his chair. She and David talk about home life in the wake of Armageddon and present two distinct playlists to listen to as society collapses around us.

The Gentlemen Apes wrestle with why Elizabeth Warren fizzled out despite being the only adult in the room and why a white woman can’t write a novel about people who aren’t exactly like her.

Himmel’s new work schedule prevented a recording time this week, so Don invited his wife (and Literate Ape writer) Dana Jerman to have a quick conversation about life in Vegas just a bit over a year since moving from Chicago.