The Literate ApeCast

The boys parse out the idea that children protesting is either merely political theater or a sign of a better future as well as the search for a proper pre-school for 12-month old Prince Harry sends David into a rage about little kid mucus.

Also, six assignments for you to accomplish in the week that guarantee you’ll be smarter and better than a six-year old kid protesting climate change while screaming about the lack of Oreos in his lunchbag.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, you bunch of suburban racists!

This week, D & D jump into their less than enthusiastic reflections on the latest Marvel film, discuss the need for optimism in the Age of Trump, and are joined by American Shithole scribe Eric Wilson to talk about his latest piece, finding any sense of hope in light of Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy, and how to talk to the Other side after they’ve been brainwashed with thirty years of FOX News.

Plus six assignments for you to accomplish to stave off the encroaching dread that forces you awake at 3:15AM and makes you seriously consider offing yourself by walking slowly into a lake.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, you bunch of suburban racists!

This week, D & D jump into their less than enthusiastic reflections on the latest Marvel film, discuss the need for optimism in the Age of Trump, and are joined by American Shithole scribe Eric Wilson to talk about his latest piece, finding any sense of hope in light of Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy, and how to talk to the Other side after they’ve been brainwashed with thirty years of FOX News.

Plus six assignments for you to accomplish to stave off the encroaching dread that forces you awake at 3:15AM and makes you seriously consider offing yourself by walking slowly into a lake.

David and Don bemoan how completely, horrifyingly unfunny McSweeney’s has become, those movies they watched a billion times as kids, the passing of 52-year old 90210 icon Luke Perry, and a quick realization that all the bugs are dying off with the planet. Also, with Himmel’s crap headphones, it sounds like Hall is recording in a canyon.

Plus, six things to do instead of trolling Faceborg and Snapchat while being paid a sub-par wage in a soul-sucking cubicle gig that is just casually ticking the moments of your life away.

David and Don bemoan how completely, horrifyingly unfunny McSweeney’s has become, those movies they watched a billion times as kids, the passing of 52-year old 90210 icon Luke Perry, and a quick realization that all the bugs are dying off with the planet. Also, with Himmel’s crap headphones, it sounds like Hall is recording in a canyon.

Plus, six things to do instead of trolling Faceborg and Snapchat while being paid a sub-par wage in a soul-sucking cubicle gig that is just casually ticking the moments of your life away.

The Gentlemen Apes discuss the Chicago Mayoral Election and have Literate Ape fiction writer/poet Dana Jerman to get into a deep dive talking about the Greatest Guitar Rock Bands of all time. From The Who to Jimi Hendrix to The Donnas, this episode simply rocks!

They also offer you six suggestions to spice up your life guaranteed to clear up your skin and extend your balls and/or labia lips to porn star proportions.

The Gentlemen Apes discuss the Chicago Mayoral Election and have Literate Ape fiction writer/poet Dana Jerman to get into a deep dive talking about the Greatest Guitar Rock Bands of all time. From The Who to Jimi Hendrix to The Donnas, this episode simply rocks!

They also offer you six suggestions to spice up your life guaranteed to clear up your skin and extend your balls and/or labia lips to porn star proportions.

As two people who did not immediately buy into the Smollett hoax, Don and David weigh in about the controversy, spend some time on David finally getting his wife gifts that aren’t about him and his goofy-ass sense of humor, the hierarchy of gift-giving holidays, establishing the fact that using a black thumbs up emoji as a white person is not code switching, and Don wins the lottery by being considered a “senior citizen” at the age of 50+ in Las Vegas.

Tagging the end of this illuminating babble is a list of six things for you to do to keep yourself occupied until next week’s episode.

As two people who did not immediately buy into the Smollett hoax, Don and David weigh in about the controversy, spend some time on David finally getting his wife gifts that aren’t about him and his goofy-ass sense of humor, the hierarchy of gift-giving holidays, establishing the fact that using a black thumbs up emoji as a white person is not code switching, and Don wins the lottery by being considered a “senior citizen” at the age of 50+ in Las Vegas.

Tagging the end of this illuminating babble is a list of six things for you to do to keep yourself occupied until next week’s episode.

Don is in Vegas, David is still in Chicago, and Jeff Bezos is in The National Inquirer’s ass. A conversation about the “new car smell of Vegas,” Jeff Bezos cockblocking Pecker, and David refuses to apologize for being a frat boy despite his house hosting a pornography party.

And, as always, six tasks to accomplish in the next seven days so your hopelessly flawed life has a few rays of sunshine.