Ep. 179: the coffee’s too hot & so is the planet

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After Corrigan tells Marko about the widely misunderstood McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit and CoRri learns about the British institution that is Mr. Blobby, we delve into some of the seemingly bonkers solutions people have come up with to climate change in lieu of total societal restructuring.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko the real story behind the supposedly frivolous McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit
[38:56] Cultural exchange! Mark explains Mr. Blobby
[51:24] We talk shit on CM Punk
[62:05] What we watched! (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, Monkey Man, The Bear, All You Need Is Death
[88:20] We discuss some actual solutions to climate change that don’t require a complete restructuring of society and whether they give us any hope

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Ep. 178: a soviet hero, mercury mayhem, & the thing about documentaries

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It’s a media heavy ep! After Mark tells Corrigan about a Soviet officer who saved us all from certain death and Corrigan explains what the deal is with Mercury retrograde, we delve deep into the movies we watched this week and unpack why modern documentaries are so unsatisfying.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan how Stanislav Petrov saved the world
[12:09] Corrigan explains what it means for Mercury to be in retrograde
[31:30] Marko gives our Ko-Fi subscribers individualized horoscopes
[59:30] What we watched! We dive real deep this week on the filmmaking and storytelling in these flicks. (Pan’s Labyrinth, Monkey Man, Identity, Frailty, The Mutilator, Ghostbusters, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Ghostbusters, Bad Vegan, Michael Clayton, The Bear)
[101:19] We discuss orthorexia, the problems with current documentary trends, and the docuseries Bad Vegan

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Ep. 177: a scientology scandal & a brief history of assassination

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Corrigan explains to Mark why people are asking about the whereabouts of First Lady of Scientology Shelly Miscavige, and we chat about assassinations and why they fascinate us.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige
[53:30] Mark learns about milk duds, we discuss the weird growth of the Easter holiday, we share our Purge night plans
[67:52] What we watched! (Dog Day Afternoon, The Truth vs. Alex Jones, You’ll Never Find Me, Rottentail)
[95:00] We have a little chat about assassination

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Ep. 176: the ethics of AI art

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Mark tells CoRri about the unseemly experiments that led to our knowledge of hepatitis, and then we’re in for a classic ARGUESODE! Following the Late Night With the Devil controversy, we debate the ethics of AI and whether there’s any meaningful difference between human inspiration and machine learning.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the unethical experiments conducted at the Willowbrook State School
[15:04] Irish people are mad at Corrigan, Mark is spiky this week, the turnbuckle is the hardest part of the ring, and we have some cultural exchange surrounding hedgehogs and crisps
[37:32] What we watched! (Double Blind, The Fly, Late Night with the Devil, Stopmotion, The Hunger Games, The Midnight Man, Quiet on the Set, Metropolis, Frogman, Four Lions)
[73:00] We discuss Late Night WIth the Devil and the conversation it’s stirred up about AI art
[76:30] Spoilery movie review
[89:00] End of spoilers! We debate the validity of AI art and its ethics

Ep. 175: irish america & feral children

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Corrigan tells Marko how an orphan train turned Irish Americans white, and we discuss the sad but fascinating stories of feral children.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Marko about the great Arizona orphan abduction
[38:41] Mark feels a little down about the state of the world now compared to when we started JoAG
[58:20] We try out our Shakira impressions. Just go with it. And we discuss upcoming JoAG things
[69:56] What we watched! (Frogman, Glasshouse, Se7en, Coherence, 20 Days in Mariupol, Madame Web, 10 To Midnight)
[95:09] We discuss feral children, also known as isolates, and what they reveal to us about human development and what it means to be human

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Ep. 174: a real mean serial killer & a royal conspiracy

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Mark tells Corrigan the story of a serial killer called “the meanest man in America,” we reveal some BIG JoAG news, and CoRri forces Mark to talk about the latest scandal in the royal family.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about serial killer Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins
[16:35] Corrigan made a real life friend, Mark is bad at keeping a calendar,
[29:00] A major announcement!
[40:08] What we watched: Dune (1984), Dune (2021), Dune 2, Peeping Tom, Poor Things, Argylle, The Others, Cloverfield, House at the End of the Street, Fade To Black, The Ruins
[78:00] CoRri makes Mark talk about the Kate Middleton Mother’s Day photo scandal

Ep. 173: chiropractic quackery & tiktok pranksters

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Can you trust your chiropractor? Are social media pranksters a sign of something deeply broken in society? We delve into these questions and more.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko why he might want to avoid the chiropractor
[47:53] We ramble about hedgehogs and guinea pigs, princess diaries, frequency, Antarctica, and more. CoRri had coffee and it shows
[67:22] What we watched! (Dune, Poor Things, Dead and Breakfast, Lisa Frankenstein, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot)
[78:00] We talk about social media pranksters and why they get us so angry

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Ep. 172: gaza pt. 4: but do you condemn hamas?

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We’re wrapping up our series on Gaza by talking about where Hamas came from and the reality of what “war” looks like in Palestine. This is a real feel bad episode so make sure you’re properly prepared.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about civilian casualties in the war in Ukraine
[22:00] We promise to be more stupid after this week, Mark is destroying his insides with hot peppers, CoRri defends illusionists, we discuss our chaotic watch-along, we have new stuff up on Ko-Fi
[39:37] What we watched! (The Devil’s Backbone, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, No Way Up, There’s Something Wrong With The Children, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, Frequency, Natural Born Killers)
[60:32] CoRri talks about the origins of Hamas and the realities of life in Gaza during wartimes

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Ep. 171: gaza pt. 3: oil, anticommunism, & the rapture

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Why can’t the U.S. quit Israel? This week we delve into the various reasons why the U.S. supports the Israeli government unconditionally, no matter how distasteful we might find their actions.

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the Alphabet Murders
[23:37] CoRri wants to summarize docuseries that are too long, Mark hates beatboxers, and we’ve got a watchalong coming this Saturday 2/19/24. Tell us what movie about a human murderer you want to watch!
[42:50] What we watched! (The Oracle, House of Wax, The Holdovers, Dream Scenario, The Departed, Mosquito, You Won’t Be Alone, Butchers of the Bayou, Lover, Stalker, Killer)
[73:45] Why the U.S. backs Israel unconditionally

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Ep. 170: gaza pt. 2: the brits & the making of israel

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As we continue looking at the history that has led to the current genocide in Gaza, friend of the ‘cast Kristin Latourelle joins us to talk about Britain’s role in the founding of Israel, global antisemitism, and the brutal treatment of the Palestinians from the early days of occupation.

Highlights:

[0:00] Kristin tells CoRri and Mark the gory true story of Saint Valentine
[12:30] There are cancer proof wolves now! Also: Watch-along on Feb. 24th, book club this Saturday the 17th, read along with our Gaza list
[23:45] What we watched! (Landlocked, KillHer, King Ralph, Prey, RoboDoc, Gyeongseong Creature)
[43:12] The foundation of Israel, the Naqba, and how the Brits made it happen

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