The Literate ApeCast

The narcissism of the FaceApp software combined with the exposed surveillance that comes with it. Does buying shit on Amazon Prime Day make David anti-union?Are Cubs fans really supporting Donald Trump?Protesting the things that actually matter is unsexy.The Squad is just handing the election to the Donald.

All this plus six things to do or read or watch to fill up the time between your soul-sucking 9 to 5 existence to remind you that there is more to life than whether or not Arnold stole your quinoa salad from the staff lunch room.

“Let’s do talk about the moon. And watch it become a therapy session.”

Don and David begin the conversation talking about the amazing international hug that was the result of the moon landing nearly fifty years ago, deviate some into why Ocasio-Cortez is blowing her platform, and somehow end up reflecting on David’s mid-life crisis.

Plus six things for you (and David) to do in order to recapture the wonder you’ve lost in the constant anxiety surrounding the question of what the fuck you’re doing with your life.

“If I have to explain to you the meaning of life, it won’t be funny anymore.”

Joined by the inimitable Harrison Himmel, Don and David, in a conversation about great patriotic films and favorite American scandals, discover an indelible truth: Kevin Costner IS America. Seriously. Think about it.

Six things for you to do as you parse out your feelings of pride and guilt at being American.

Following Himmel’s triumphant return to Las Vegas just days before, the boys wax on about the very concept of the sexual harassment training everyone is required to suffer through these days, reflections upon the Democratic candidate debates, and Don’s choice to minimize (as much as possible) his use of Facebook in order to survive moderately sane.

Plus six things you must engage in or be left behind like Kirk Cameron in those Christian apocalypse movies no one has ever seen.

Do cockroaches produce milk? Is manscaping necessary in the heat of the desert? Are all kids sparkling geniuses or are half of them just below average morons? And how does David raise his child and avoid teaching him the racist tendencies of the past?

Plus six more things for you to do (especially if you’re in Vegas) to keep that creeping sense that you are, in fact, one of the extras in The Matrix.

The Chimps in Charge dive into the concept of looking that gift horse in the mouth, the delusion of self promotion, and injuries they both sustained as children that undeniably demonstrate that at least they were incredibly stupid in their first twenty years or so.

Plus six things for you to do to keep your wandering attention away from the despondent knowledge that we will all die soon enough.

Following a barely anonymous accusation of plagiarism, the Co-Editing Simians wax on (and on) about the accuser, the concept of artists who cover the music of other artists, and the question of whether intellectual property is a gate or a fence.

Plus, some things to read and watch to help you form your own opinion while wiping the drool off of your chin after drinking a PBR and watching Fox & Friends dictate your sad, myopic worldview.

For David’s fortieth birthday, he and his wife Katie went to Mexico to swim with the whale sharks, soak in the rich Mexican culture and food like pizza and chicken fingers, and lay on the beach to relax without the kid. Things were not as advertised.

Plus six items of homework for you to do as you seethe in jealousy at the success of other people and think about writing a show to insult them repeatedly but realize it’s all due to your easily bruised ego.

It’s David Himmel’s fortieth birthday today! He and Katie hit the road for birthday R&R in Mexico so this is an episode compiled of a few random conversations that never made it before — David’s tricks to freelancing, his predictions of who he will be post-forty, a clip of him getting his first tattoo, and a deep dive into his frustration that Katie doesn’t drive stick (that’s not a sex joke, btw).

Plus, Dana and I present six things for either David to do or for you to do in tribute of the Himmelian.

Two morons took over the ApeCast! One saw John Wick, Chapter 3 — Parabellum and wondered about whether he could love it and still be anti-gun, the other wants to explore ways men can practice birth control, and then both get into the seemingly hopeless nature of finding political compromise.

Plus three things from one and three things from other’s wife to do this week (not including looking up “copper birth control” on Google).