The Managing Expectations Podcast

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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.... more

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The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.

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March 12, 2022 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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February 25, 2022 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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February 23, 2022 Ep 85: It’s All Just So Stupid
Joe Rogan, Twitter Mobs, Cancel Culture, conscience, and the right from which all others are derived.
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1h 27min
February 12, 2022 Ep 84: Wenger Sells a Painting!
The return of Justified, John Grisham movies, all about NOLA, and Wenger sells a painting!

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1h 23min
February 02, 2022 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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1h 42min
January 22, 2022 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.

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1h 40min
January 13, 2022 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.)
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January 07, 2022 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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1h 43min
December 24, 2021 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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2h 4min
December 15, 2021 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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FAQs about The Managing Expectations Podcast:

How many episodes does The Managing Expectations Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.