The Managing Expectations Podcast

The Managing Expectations Podcast

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  • Ep: 87 The Inside Straight of Contagion

    Wenger returns from Florida (a state with which Brian has some familiarity) and is able to tell the tale. Also: The delay explained! What’s with the eyepatch! Tales from the theater! And more!

     

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Ep 86: Remembering P.J. O’Rourke

    Wenger & Brian remember noted humorist P.J. O’Rourke who died recently. They share some of his writings and review his career. And they still have time to talk about Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando in Andrew Bergman’s The Freshman!

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    1 hr
  • Ep 83: OVERTIME!

    The Best Game(s) Ever — Wenger & Brian talk about the NFL playoffs, wild finishes, Bills/Chiefs, great quarterbacks, what to do when there’s a tie, and the Colts/Giants 1958 Championship game. AND OVERTIME! Expanded and updated to cover the two league Championships.

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    1 hr 42 min
  • Ep 82 Science Fiction, Fantasy, and People Like Me

    Wenger is joined by Tirzah to talk about the movie Dune, Foundation on Apple TV+, they argue about Book of Boba Fett generally and Star Wars specifically, and the Hawkeye miniseries which harkens the return of the Florence Pugh Appreciation Society.

     

     

    1 hr 40 min
  • Ep 81: Guys Who Look Great In Tuxedos

    Wenger & Brian discuss three movies—No Time To Die, the absolutely, positively, completely final Daniel Craig James Bond; Penelope Cruz in The Queen of Spain; Six Minutes to Midnight with Eddie Izzard and little, pudgy Judi Dench. (SPOILERS for No(w) Time To Die.)

    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep: 80 One of Two Pregnant Gals Sneaking A Smoke

    Wenger is joined by his little sister, Missy deG! They talk about food and fitness, Missy's ambition to be an Official Ambassador for Pro Compression Socks, how they both grew up in the same dysfunctional household but the dysfunction manifested itself differently for each of them. They talk about cringe-inducing episodes of their swinging' parents, and family friend Dale Slaughter. This one is insightful, psychologically relevant, and kind of funny.

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    1 hr 43 min
  • EP: 79 The Dogs on Main Street Howl
    Wenger is joined by Rob Squires, bass player for Big Head Todd and the Monsters to talk about Bruce Springsteen and the 1979 album Darkness on the Edge of Town. Later Wenger joins friends of the podcast and Managing Expectations Podcast Musical Brainstrust, Chris Galli, Chris Levine, and Devin McBride to further the conversation. Then Wenger and Squires put the chairs up on the tables. This is a combination of two knowledgeable, thought-provoking conversations about the seminal rock & roll record. But where’s Brian?
     
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    2 hr 4 min
  • Ep: 78 Guys Who Do Things

    Wenger and Brian discuss learning a trade, education, counting coup, and hang gliding, AND announce the next book club selection! (When something works, you stick with it!) 

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    1 hr 6 min

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Managing Expectations is a podcast for interesting people by interesting people, wading into all the things that make them interesting - music, art, books, movies, and generally, the passing scene.