Vicarious Living

Megan O calls in to discuss one of our favorite movies from 2012: Silver Linings Playbook. This comedy/drama directed by David O'Russell is one of the most well-written movies we have ever dissected on the VL pod, a true dialogue masterpiece. Topics on this episode include Philly fanatics, OCD fun facts, creepy Harvey Weinstein & Robert De Niro speculation, J-La's red hot start to her career (3 oscar noms and 1 win in 5 years), The Fappening, Bradley Cooper's illustrious career, what happened to Julia Stiles, no filters, messed up songs tied to messed up emotions, overbearing wives, crazy outbursts at diners, dance deals, love letters, questionable dance judging, magical final scene & much much more!

Featuring Rotten Tomatoes, player breakdowns, fun facts, music/clips from the movie, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), Ryan Philipee practice hero award, and MVP of the movie.

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We are in mid-season form as we cross into the second half of Amazon's The Boys - this week, covering episode 5 from Season 2. Per usual, Zerb joins to discuss all the latest topics including Maeve's Hollywood coming out party, Butcher's post break up depression, The Deep's strong PSA presence for the kids, Storm Front is michael cera (kinda of), A-Train's retirement, Homelander losing his grasp on the popular vote, Black Noir is NOT Batman, and the most violent sex scene in TV history.

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Tune in next week for Episode 6...

Week 2 of our Season 2 coverage of Amazon's The Boys featuring episode 4 from the hit series. Zerb joins to discuss all the ins and outs from the latest episode including Butcher finding his wife after all these years, Homelander's weird nights with Doppleganger, mommy issues, tossing bangs in a Subaru and motel, finding old Supe's from the 70s, Maria Menudos and hardball journalism, StormFront going anti-hero mode, Zerb's political corner, and weird weird weird ending scene with Homelander & Doppleganger…

Tune in next week for Episode 5 from S2 of The Boys!

Amazon's The Boys will be featured on our VL B-Side over the next 6 weeks giving us to opportunity to react LIVE to all the weekly happenings with this super dynamic TV series. Zerb will join Brian every Friday after the new episode drops on Amazon to break down season 2 of the hottest new show of the last 10 years :)

On this initial kick-off pod (covering the initial 3 episodes from S2), we discuss a lot of topics including binge TV watching vs waiting each week, Starlight coming into her own in S2, Homelander's obsession with breast milk, supe-terrorists, favorite supe's, Butcher returns, exile of The Deep, Butcher's wife still held hostage, Kamiko sure knows how to rip heads off, Pippy Longstocking sucking Ds, superheroes are MADE, epic helicopter and whale explosions, racist superheroes, StormFront stealing Homelander's thunder, and much much more!

Tune in next week as we cover episode 4 from S2 of The Boys!

The Vicarious Living Podcast turns 100 Episodes old today!!! And we celebrate in the only way possible by going back to where it all started - The OC! VL co-founder and OG co-pilot: Pipes makes his triumphant return to podcast studio to dive back into all the teen drama unfolding in Season 3. Buckle up kids as we cover a whole lot of topics on this one: VL backstory/initial goals & milestones, reminisce on the early days, why Pat's podcasting co-host journey came to an end, OC fun facts about adlibs/casting what-if's/Kaitlin's age/potential alternate storylines, Ryan's cut crisis haircut, teen drama coma clichés, practice hero DA's, rehab seems like paradise, Jimmy Cooper is back to steal the county of Orange's money and women, Julie Cooper doing Julie Cooper things, Catalina comic relief, murder deals, Marissa playing hero ball, and much much more!

Featuring player breakdowns, fun facts, clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), Ryan Philipee Practice Hero Award, and MVP of the Week (sponsored by the industry of Japanese Denim).

Move aside DJ Khaled, we have a REAL DJ live & in VL podcast studio this week: DJ Culture Quest (aka A...J...B)!! A whole lot to unpack on this episode's movie, The Skulls, including topics such as the DJ lifestyle, Mr Holland's Opus, manscaping 101, frat hazing, Roger Ebert's "most hated" list, soft facial features vs jaw lines that can cut thru glass, preppy douchebags, meritocracy vs birth right, lack of diversity in the skulls, Jeffery Epstein's (aka Craig T Nelson) and friends going to f*** island, loosest plot lines of all time, lowwwww rotten tomatoes, out of place sex scenes, "live by the rules...die by the rules", gentleman's duels and much much more!

Featuring rotten tomatoes game, player breakdowns, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), Ryan Philippe Practice Hero Award, and MVP of the movie.

Lauren S returns for her 6th VL pod appearance to breakdown one of the most popular teen comedies of all time: Clueless!

Topics on this one include Amy Hecklering's other projects, 19th century teen novels, restaurants are prudes, casting what-ifs, grandfathered creepiness, Batman & Robin flop and acting like "you just didn't want the fame", Aerosmith videos, broke actresses, Britney Murphy's versatility, Paul Rudd's smokeshow status, The OH in Ohio, adult braces, Alicia Silverstone's unparalleled disgust for others, step-brother/step-sister taboo, top porn terms 2019, teen logic, Legally Blonde stole everything, and much much more!

Featuring rotten tomatoes guesses, Ryan Philippe Practice Hero Award, player breakdowns, tips for the kids, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear) and MVP of the movie.

We stick to the sundance indie dramedy scene as Mag D drops by VL podcast studio to deliver the goods on this fantastic movie: Juno! Jam packed agenda as we get into Jason Reitman's history of success, Diablo Cody and her interesting path to fame, the murderer's row of acting talents in this film, Michael Cera is a dick, chugging Sunny D, 16 and pregnant, cool parents reacting super cool, Rain Wilson's overly-witty persona, phones shaped like food, angry receptionists, peter pan syndrome, and much much more.

Featuring player breakdowns, tips for the kids, rotten tomatoes game, Ryan Philippe Practice Hero Award, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear) and MVP of the movie.

Greg Alprin - co-host of The Mangina Dialogues Podcast - calls in to talk a little about the podcast he co-hosts with Nick Scopes, his years in the entertainment industry & some of the celebrities he's had the priviledge to interview (Jay Mohr, Larry the Cable Guy, Barry Katz, Dani Daniels, etc.). We also dive into his top Teen Drama movies from his lifetime along with which Teen TV shows he grew up with. Lastly, we spend the final few minutes discussing Greg's passion for NY sports and his past encounter with the worst football commentator in human history: Phil Simms.

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Big time welcome back to Becky M as we dig into the wonderful world of the indie cult classic: Garden State! We waded into the deep end on a lot of different topics on this one including Zach Braff's one hit wonder, soundtrack perfection, Scrubs, The Last Kiss, V for Vendetta, Natalie Portman as America's #1 "girl next door", evil faces, Big Bang Theory & This is Us bring us down to the lowest common denominator, unnecessarily woke opinions on Sam's first scene, Large's dad exhibiting the worst parenting of the 21st century, white lies, the genius of silent velcro, irrational fears of dishwashers, grave-digging, and much much more!

Featuring the Ryan Philpee Practice Hero Award, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), rotten tomatoes, plot and player breakdowns, and MVP of the movie.