Useless Opinions

Happy 21st to the podcast!!! To celebrate, we do what a lot of people do when they turn 21 and then proceed to shout about movies for the better part of 50 minutes! Are there shenanigans? You bet there are shenanigans. Do we talk about the Ratatouille TikTok Musical? You bet we talk about the Ratatouille TikTok Musical. Our best episode, unquestionably. 

This episode is… unhinged. Blair has a gender announcement (no, not a baby), we get ASMR of a cat eating, and also a surprise visit from Dan’s sister, Casey! We made 20 episodes in the year 2020, which is pretty neat. Thank you for supporting, for listening, and here’s to a 2021 with a touch more shenanigans. 

CW: addiction and rehab

Ho ho ho! Santa makes an appearance at the beginning of this historic holiday spectacular. We briefly discuss the incredibly silly titular opinion, and then launch for a long time into a dark and sobering conversation encompassing bleak current events, the state of the American education system, and a number of other things. But don’t worry, Santa comes back! 

This week, we take a turn for the pedantic and discuss our distaste for the way people sometimes pronounce the name of Justin Vernon’s good band! After that, there’s a long discussion of our history with his music, a new segment (!!!!), a LOT of chaos, and we express two deeply cancelable opinions! At this point, we’re never gonna talk about Twilight :(

Okay so Blair left this audio on her other computer and disappeared for three weeks, but now you get an episode from the archives! Recorded shortly after that election, Dan and Blair revel in Guy Fieri again, Blair’s desire to age faster, and much to Dan’s dismay, they do not discuss Twilight. 

We’re back! After an unintentional hiatus we give you an episode with some deeply passionate arguments on the state of citation in academia and the force for good that is Wikipedia. In the middle we go on to discuss family names and expectations, our pasts, and how messed up it is that Taylor was SEVENTEEN when the VMA incident happened. 

NOTE: This episode aired before Elliot Page had come out with her brave and incredible post, and we want to give you all a content warning, because we do unintentionally deadname him a few times this episode.

Well, I feel like we lost your trust on this one. We got a topic we didn’t want to do yet, and we redid the number generator to get a new one. If you can get past that, enjoy the strange combination of relief and fear of us recording post-election, an extended bit about Jon Ossoff, and a bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do with the title of the episode

Okay, buckle up folks. We start with a saga about the lack of vitamin D in offices and then take a quick turn to Dan promising Blair a TV, Blair learning about the Canadian government, and then a read through a diary all about smoked whitefish. Weird. As per usual! 

We’re back in Dan’s bedroom and this episode has everything: our God Guy Fieri*, a deep dive into philosophy bros, Ohio voting, eggplant parm, and a healthy dose of Blair’s cynicism. 

*Guy Fieri is not a guest on this episode we just honor him

Our longest title! Join Dan and Blair from different states as we discuss our histories with pizza, and then just some general sources of sadness, interest, and hope. Maybe eat a pizza while you listen to this one!