Weirdos From Another Planet!

Weirdos From Another Planet!

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Weirdos From Another Planet! episodes

  • Episode 169: I Don't Know How Many Showers Kanye Has Had

    On this week's episode:

    0:00 Thanks to a listener
    1:10 The Bachelor is kinda weird!
    8:28 Kanye, Amber Rose, and hashtag FingersInTheBootyAssBitch
    20:40 Toward the larger implications of Our Imagined Celebrities
    30:10 The unlikely Amber Rose / Goldust connection
    33:35 Kanye's shoes
    35:10 Brief thoughts on the best and worst movies of the year

    56 min
  • Episode 168: Historically, You Think About Mr. Rogers A Lot

    On this week's episode:

    0:00 - Mr. Rogers and Carl Rogers, and where they intersect
    3:15 - Mr. Rogers, specifically
    7:35 - The first episode of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
    18:24 - The Tom Junod profile of Rogers and the lessons therein
    41:07 - Carl Rogers, for a change
    47:10 - The allegory of the cave

    55 min
  • Episode 167: Can I Digress Into Ghostface For A Minute?

    On this week's episode:

    1:14 - Reader email!
    2:35 - Who has time for music, anyway? (not us)
    8:40 - Demi Lovato
    15:23 - Selena Gomez
    22:15 - Young Thug, plus thoughts on Chance the Rapper and Earl Sweatshirt
    21:43 - Ciara, plus thoughts on Miguel
    31:52 - Some thoughts on FKA Twigs, Fall Out Boy, Kid Rock of all people, and The Game
    46:40 - The Wonder Years, plus thoughts on pop punk in general
    52:34 - Grimes
    59:35 - thoughts on CHVRCHES, Purity Ring, Kate Boy, Halsey, Lana Del Rey, Wiz Khalifa, and Elle King

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 164: I Can Pronounce Anything

    On this week's episode:

    0:00 - 3:27: How do you swallow differently?
    3:27 - 11:22: On cleanses, juice and otherwise
    11:22 - 23:07: Intermittent fasting, paleo, and Pete's diet adventures
    23:07 - 38:07: Going sugar-free, other diets, and Jack LaLanne's madness
    38:07 - close: Knees, bodies, injuries, and priorities in fitness

    51 min
  • Episode 162: Our Most Genocidal Holiday

    On this week's episode:

    0:00 - 3:25 Costco!
    3:25 - 11:35 Thanksgiving at Disneyland and Star Tours' howling continuity error
    11:35 - 17:40 Bill vs. Tamales
    17:40 - 22:20 How to order drinks without sounding like an asshole
    22:20 - 27:10 More from Thanksgiving at Disneyland
    27:10 - 35:30 What song plays as you die?
    35:30 - 43:20 Thoughts on the upcoming Star Wars
    43:20 - 49:20 Bill's Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving opinionz and Vegas Seafood
    49: 20 - close The Matterhorn Macaroon and the food politics of Disneyland

     

    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 161: Pit First Language, Please

    On this week's episode:

    0:00 - 8:20 5k week and wacky Hollywood running
    8:20 - 22:00 What was lil' Pete like?
    22:00 - 37:00 the playing one does, and the USS Flagg
    37:00 - 47:00 the terror of Return of the Jedi and the horror of the Transformers movie
    47:00 - close Bill didn't care for kindergarten

    59 min
  • Episode 160: Esta Malita Del Corazón

    On this week's episode:

    0:00 - 3:00 Bill's childhood radio show
    3:00 - 30:30 The Disneyland Avenger's 5k, other Disney runs, and our terrible knees
    30:30 - 49:00 Banda Week, appropriation, and the power of a tuba
    49:00 - close The Gospel of Enthusiasm, Teens, and why That Energy Always Wins

    1 hr 3 min

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