Beste Remember Shuffle Podcasts (2024)

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Harry Potter: E64 MoneyQuaffle 1:20:50

12d ago1:20:50

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We finally turn to the Boy Who Lived and discuss the Harry Potter franchise. The shuffle bois remind you of the plot of each of these seven books/films before turning to discuss their strength (their whimsical world) and their many weaknesses (their politics, their flat characters, and their complete lack of internal logic). En route, they discuss …

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The War on Christmas: E63 The Reindeer Hunter 1:13:11

25d ago1:13:11

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The shuffle boys return to the world of geopolitics and war with an episode on the most traumatic and devastating war of the 2000s: The War on Christmas. This label was a shorthand for a frenzy within the right wing media sphere around the changing nature of the Christmas season in the 2000s. They walk through some primary source documents from the…

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World of Warcraft: E62 AzeROTH IRA 1:28:45

1M ago1:28:45

1:28:45

I hear you mon. The Shuffle Bois turn to the world of Azeroth (and their own adolescences, before their Twink Death) to discuss the one MMORPG to rule them all, World of Warcraft. They trace Blizzard’s rise from a much beloved small private company that went on a historic, untouchable, Michael-Jordan-in-the-90s-style run to a much maligned publicly…

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2004 Election: E61 Unfortunate Son | with Michael and Us 1:16:24

2M ago1:16:24

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The Shuffle Bois are joined by Luke Savage (https://x.com/LukewSavage) and Will Sloan (https://x.com/WillSloanEsq) of Michael and Us to describe the least important election of the 2000s. Given that it’s the only presidential election since 1988 in which a Republican candidate won the popular vote, much of the episode is dedicated to the analysis o…

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Slenderman: E60 Creepypasta al Tormente 1:04:35

2M ago1:04:35

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Huge shoutout to @treedar_ on IG for this listener topic suggestion! . Thank you to all those who send us recs. Remember Shuffle turns to the internet folklore and its most famous cultural output: the Slendered man. We talk about his origins, characteristics and some academic reviews of folkloric study. Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠ …

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Dane Cook: E21 Someone S#!t on the Culture 1:15:14

2M ago1:15:14

1:15:14

NOTE: SORRY--we had to reupload this one due to an audio issue--THIS EPISODE IS OLD AND FROM Jan 2024. Remember Shuffle turns to the world of stand-up comedy and does a career retrospective of Dane Cook and and album review of his 2005 album “Retaliation.” En route, they break down the internal logic of his jokes, catalogue Dane Cook’s style, and d…

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Children of Men: E59 Coconuts of Trees 1:48:27

3M ago1:48:27

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Remember Shuffle turns to the greatest dystopian film of the 2000s, and quite possibly the best film of the decade as a whole: Alfonso Cuarón's “Children of Men.” This text is so abundant that the Shuffle Bois do their first ever seven-theme episode. En route, they discuss hope and despair, capitalist realism, the treatment of migrants, the place o…

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The Sopranos (Season 3): E58 Salami Issues 1:14:12

3M ago1:14:12

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Are you not entertained? Old faithful, we return once more to The Sopranos to discuss the best cultural product of the decade. The season has 4 serialized plots, as well as a unifying theme that ties each episode together. We do a specific deep dive on Fortunate Son, Amour Fou (A Mofo), and one of the top 2 episodes of The Sopranos: UNIVERSITY. Giv…

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Coyote Ugly: E57 Thigh Noon 1:13:00

4M ago1:13:00

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Howdy pardners. Remember Shuffle returns to the beautiful mind of Elizabeth Gilbert to discuss Coyote Ugly - the original article that inspired the film, the rather forgettable 2000 Rom Com adaptation, and the actual business that still exists in New York City. The shuffle boys also interview a subject matter expert (@LukeRallo on IG) in tabletop d…

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9/11 Truther Media: E56 Lo-Fi Beats to Conspire to 1:44:51

4M ago1:44:51

1:44:51

Remember Shuffle goes yap for yap with a real yapper with returning guest @Gluten_Daddy (Isaac Eger) of the Coexist Inc podcast to discuss the 9/11 Truth Movement in various forms. They start with three pieces of media from the 2000s that attempted to process the trauma of 9/11 through truther conspiracy theories. Using Michael Moore’s Farhenheit 9…

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Chess: E55 The Tiger of Madras 40:12

5M ago40:12

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In Remember Shuffle’s most experimental, least researched, and most freewheeling episode yet, we turn to the world of Chess in the 2000s. We discuss the game’s international growth in the decade, some of its more colo(u)rful characters, and talk about the *meta* of the game. Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠@Remember…

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Black Hawk Down: E54 Neoliberal Troopers 1:53:57

5M ago1:53:57

1:53:57

The Shuffle Boys return to the world of American military propaganda to review Ridley Scott’s 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.To fully appreciate the ghoulishness of this movie’s version of events, we start with a quick history lesson on late 20th century Somalia and the actual events that the film attemprs to depict. En route, they return to the well o…

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2000s Westerns: E53 There Will Be No Country For Old Men 1:41:21

6M ago1:41:21

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My name is 2007. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair: There Will Be Blood No Country for Old Men 3:10 to Yuma The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 was a banner year for the Western genre. The Shuffle Boys get into what each of these films was offering the culture in 2007, and spend the first half hour covering the Fr…

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater: E52 Tony Hawk Tuah 1:18:18

6M ago1:18:18

1:18:18

Remember Shuffle presents our Hawk Talk, or Hawk Doc--the Shuffle Boys return to the world of 2000s video gaming to swoop in on the THPS franchise. They discuss the real world impact of these videogames on the growth of skateboarding, their phenomenal soundtracks, what made the games great, how they fell off, and the place that they now hold in peo…

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Fight Club: E51 Soft Times Create Rock Hard Men 1:25:35

7M ago1:25:35

1:25:35

I want you to listen to me as hard as you can. ⁠It’s 1999 and every movie is about sitting in a cubicle feeling unfulfilled and numb to life. We delve into the 18 months of the 2000s before 9/11 and their flailing attempts to diagnose their ennui. Is it my furniture? Is that the problem? It’s gotta be my coffee table, that’s the problem. Give Remem…

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The 2000 Election: E50 Al Gore Rythm 2:18:38

7M ago2:18:38

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Remember Shuffle finally turns to the presidential election that started it all (and by “it,” we mean the end of the world), the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. With the help of returning guest @Gluten_Daddy, the Shuffle Bois first attempt to reframe this election in order to look at it without the hindsight that comes with knowin…

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Grand Theft Auto E49: Push It to the Limit 1:43:58

8M ago1:43:58

1:43:58

Scarface is the ultimate, right? THE ULTIMATE. ⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.

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The Sopranos (Season 2) E48: Pod is Dead 1:13:17

8M ago1:13:17

1:13:17

Once again we are getting Ziti pilled in this return to our series on The Sopranos. David Chase has said he wanted to make a show about trying to find happiness in an American context and Season 2 has a clear through-line of themes of American Existentialism. Tony’s adventures with ennui, religion, and consumerism as a gangster at the End of Histor…

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Chris Wade on [Adult Swim] : E47 Big Tiddied Southern Gothic GF 1:07:33

9M ago1:07:33

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Chris Wade, of the excellent Hell on Earth and goated pod Chapo Trap House podcasts brings his expertise in the field of early 200s adult animation to Remember Shuffle. On this episode, the Shuffle Bois and Chris discuss the history of niche cable networks, the comic geniuses Mike Lazzo and Adam Reed, and the highly scientific field of generationol…

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Family Guy E46: Most Racist Moments (Not For Snowflakes) | with TGOFV 1:10:58

9M ago1:10:58

1:10:58

Holy Colab it’s a Craporation. Those Good Old Fashioned Values join us to help sum up the hundreds of hours of Seth MacFarlane content that exists. We take a wide angle, 40,000 foot view of Family Guy - its structure and style of comedy, cancellation and revival in the 2000s, and how it changed over time - before turning to three themes that we fee…

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The Two Towers E45: Uphold Anarcho-Tolkeinist Thought 1:07:40

10M ago1:07:40

1:07:40

The 2nd part of our 3 part series on the Lord of the Rings–one of the 2000s most beloved franchises. We get into the themes of the movie including Tokien’s own politics on Anarchy, Environmentalism and Class Politics. Give us a follow on Twitter And on Instagram @RememberShufflePod to interact with the show between episodes…

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Pick Up Artists with Sabrina Zohar E44: The Game Cube 1:15:28

10M ago1:15:28

1:15:28

Do you believe in spells? In our 3rd “Type of Guy” episode, we look into one of the 2000s most annoying villains: The Pickup Artist. We give a synopsis of the book ‘The Game’, try in vain to defend their techniques, and explain why this particular villain emerged at this point in history. We are joined by dating coach and podcaster Sabrina Zohar of…

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Paris Hilton E42: We’ll Always Have Paris (Hilton) 1:21:40

11M ago1:21:40

1:21:40

*Vocal fry* this is hot. @Thank_U_for_Shopping joins the Shuffle Bois and turn to a major figure of 2000s pop culture: the socialite, reality TV star, and boss business bitch Paris Hilton. They trace her early life and experiences in the troubled teen industry, her reality TV stint in Arkansas, and her metamorphosis into the first instagram influen…

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George W. Bush: E43 Amuse Bush 1:00:26

11M ago1:00:26

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This is a bonus episode. We will be returning with a regular episode 1 week from now We are joined by filmmaker Christopher James Bell (@UpdateTheGrids) to discuss the George W Bush presidency as well as Chris’ documentary on Means TV, “Miss Me Yet.”. We go a little rapid-fire, scatter-shot of the major events, wars, and crimes of the GeorgE W. Bus…

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Zero Dark Thirty E41: Enhanced Girl Bossing Techniques 1:34:42

11M ago1:34:42

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Get it now before the episode is inevitably taken down out of cowardice. A movie episode (in name only!) in which we use Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” as a springboard to discuss the Bush administration’s torture program during the global War on Terror, the attempt to use both girl-bossing and identity politics to whitewash the crimes of emp…

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Pat Tillman: E40 Strong Safety Blitz(krieg) 1:21:23

12M ago1:21:23

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To make someone a martyr is to strip them of their humanity. Yet sometimes Pat Tillman is more than human, and becomes the greatest personification of the Global War on Terror. In Remember Shuffle’s first “very special episode” we cover “The Odyssey of Pat Tillman,” in biographer John Krakauer’s words. We trace his life from his childhood in Califo…

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2000s Christmas: E39 The Christmas Curve 54:59

1y ago54:59

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It’s our Holiday bonus episode. Christmas is the time to tell podcasters the truth. A time to show up outside their window with criticisms of how their voices sound the same. We look at some of the cultural trends of Christmas in the 2000s, including The War on Christmas, Elf, Love Actually, and some TV episodes.…

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Star Wars Prequels: E38 Pod Racists 1:25:17

1y ago1:25:17

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Hello there! Welcome to The Shuffle Galaxy and our exploration of one of the worst franchise trilogies from the 2000s. Forget everything you know about storytelling fundamentals: characters, acts, arcs, emotions, and nuance—throw it right in the trash compactor– because in the child-like mind of George Lucas, what makes a movie great is an over-the…

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The Tea Party: E37 Dreams from my Founding Father 1:52:32

1y ago1:52:32

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As a follow up the 2008 election, we return to late 2000s, early 2010s political culture to discuss the 2008 financial crisis, the government’s intervention in the economy, and the mass movement against it: The Tea Party Movement. A Mass Movement of Free Market ideologue’s who believe that the financial crash didn’t happen because of deregulation–b…

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The Daily Show: E36 The Jon Stewart Eras Tour 1:26:47

1y ago1:26:47

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Welcome to the program, we got a great show for you today, Isaac Eger (@gluten_daddy) is joining us to discuss The Daily Show with Jon Stewart! Remember Shuffle takes a look at one of the most influential TV shows from the 2000s, responsible (for good and ill) for the current state of desk comedy. The Shuffle Bois break down the four distinct eras …

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Donnie Darko: E35 Smells like Time Spears-it 1:02:45

1y ago1:02:45

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Remember Shuffle goes indie this week for its obligatory “Spooky Season” episode and takes a look at 2001’s Donnie Darko. This indie film became a cult classic, spawning countless hours of internet sleuthing analysis, and is probably the biggest “cult” film of the decade. We break down the incredibly straightforward and simple plot of the film, dis…

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Lock, Stock and Snatch: E34 Guys Ritchie | with Bryan Quinby 1:05:09

1y ago1:05:09

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Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio and Guys joins to cover one of the ultimate types of 'Guy': Guy Ritchie--and specifically his 2000s masterpieces Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. We cover the type of guy who loves this movie, petty criminals, and how none of the crimes in these movies are even illegal anymore. check out more Bryan a…

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The Sopranos (Season 1): E33 Edible Complex 1:18:52

1y ago1:18:52

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We turn, finally, to the greatest pop-cultural artefact of the 2000s—77 minutes of laying out exactly why Googling “what is the greatest show of all time” will return “The Sopranos”. We go over the Sopranos' greatest features, including the internal continuity that each episode has with its small details and imagery, like Curb Your Enthusiasm’s int…

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Marie Antoinette with Mike Duncan: E32 Slay Qween 45:52

1+ y ago45:52

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This week we are once again joined by Mike Duncan as we turn to our favourite all-frills movie from the 2000s, Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette.” We review this film that had mixed reviews at the time, but in retrospect is a masterpiece of ennui, decadence, and style. En route, we discuss different approaches to the historical biopic, malign the …

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Mike Duncan Reviews HBO's ROME E31: Lend Us Your Ears 1:06:29

1+ y ago1:06:29

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We came, we saw, we podcasted. Huge thanks to @Mike Duncan for coming on the pod to review HBO’s Rome with us. The most expensive TV show ever made at its time, and a beautiful show which actually put its budget to good use (unlike, a certain LoTR series). The show gets the Julius Cesar story so right (with a few funny anachronisms), and adds on a …

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Blockbuster: E30 Algorithm and Blues 1:37:14

1+ y ago1:37:14

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The Remember Shuffle crew turns the nostalgia dial up to 11 and talks about the rise and fall of Blockbuster. Every millennial’s favourite corporate monopoly, they talk about how Blockbuster’s business morons killed it in the 2000s, by white knuckling the company through 25 years of unprecedented American growth. They examine how Netflix supplantin…

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Master and Commander: E29 The Naval Gaze | with Age of Napoleon 1:08:34

1+ y ago1:08:34

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Ahoy hoy, shuffleheads! Today Remember Shuffle takes a look and 2003’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, the first entry in the best franchise that never was. To help us analyze this film, we are joined by Everett Rummage of the Age of Napoleon podcast. We discuss the uniqueness and out-of-place nature the film in the decade, how thi…

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Generation Kill: E28 Break Stuff | with Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini 1:21:24

1+ y ago1:21:24

1:21:24

Remember the Iraq War? It’s back, in prestige cable miniseries form. To discuss Generation Kill, Ben and Jordano are joined by two experts in the David Simon cinematic universe: Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini from Pod Yourself a Gun. They review the show’s realism, its “fuck the bosses” ideology, its ability to emphasize the total asymmetry of the Ira…

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Robin Hood (2010): E27 Means Tested Sherwood Forest | with 'We're Not So Different' 1:18:06

1+ y ago1:18:06

1:18:06

Eleanor Janega and Luke Waters join us (!) for a review of 2010's Robin Hood in our favorite guest episode. A day in the life of a true Folkloric Geezer. Wake up and meet the wife Marian. isn't she beau’iful? Time to take Much to stoolball. Rev up the Marrymen, ye! Quick stop at the Hostelry and load up that plate. Get a pint. Forest lookin' lovely…

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Video Game Movies: E26 You Will Pwn Nothing 1:38:19

1+ y ago1:38:19

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Since we are now living in the era of the Sonic and Super Mario Bros movie, not to mention HBO’s The Last of Us, Remember Shuffle is taking a look at how the big-budget video game adaptation all began back in the 2000s. They review three films that, even if profitable, have been totally memory-holed by society: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Max P…

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The Sims: E25 Bro, Start a Family 1:13:08

1+ y ago1:13:08

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Remember Shuffle returns to the world of videogames and discusses one of the best-selling PC games of all time and a pillar of 2000s video gaming, The Sims franchise. They describe the most iconic features of The Sims (simlish, woo hoo, pool accidents), analyze what drew people to this consumerist capitalist dollhouse simulator, and debate the best…

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The Matrix Trilogy: E24 Cyber Hunk 1999 1:42:57

1+ y ago1:42:57

1:42:57

There is no Spoonfeeding in this absolutely flawless, perfect film from outside the purview of the dumb decade the Shuffle bois do a podcast about, The Matrix (1999). Sadly, they cannot say the same for the film's 2000s era sequels - movies so bad, they retroactively ruined a great movie. Ben and Jordano look at how The Matrix, an End of History er…

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Epic Bacon Reddit Guy: E23 Tips Fedora “M’Listners” 1:13:04

1+ y ago1:13:04

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It’s the second entry in Remember Shuffle’s “type of guy” series, and in this episode we are turning away from the meatspace hipster culture we discussed in the first entry and looking to the online world of atheism, bacon, and, of course, posting. The Shuffle Bois look at a particular kind of posting culture, the Epic Bacon Reddit Guy, a culture t…

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Eat, Pray, Love: E22 Orient-Italianism 1:05:39

1+ y ago1:05:39

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Remember Shuffle is going international. On this episode, the Shuffle Bois and a couple cosmopolitan guests take a look at the 21st century’s Most American Book and Film™: Eat, Pray, Love. They analyze Elizabeth Gilbert’s autobiographical memoir about a Karen finding herself in Italy, India, and Indonesia, and en route discuss the author’s selfishn…

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The Office: E20 White Trash Bushido 1:20:47

2y ago1:20:47

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This week, the Remember Shuffle returns to the world of the sitcom to discuss everyone’s favo[u]rite show about a mid-level paper company, The Office. They discuss the show’s unforgettable characters including Michael Scott, the well-intentioned moron with a heart of gold, Dwight, the “white trash bushido” paper salesman, and Andy, the downwardly m…

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The Hipster: E19 Caring is Creepy 1:12:36

2y ago1:12:36

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I only like Remember Shuffle’s earlier stuff. On this episode, the Remember Shuffle crew put on their armchair sociologist hats and do a new kind of episode. Rather than discussing a movie, book, or album, they cover a countercultural figure that rebelled against the mainstream in the 2000s, The Hipster. The first entry in our “type of guy” series,…

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Arrested Development: E18 Them? With Chris Wade and Matt Christman 1:04:29

2y ago1:04:29

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The Shuffle bois are joined by two of their favo[u]rite podcasters, whom you may know from Chapo Trap House, Hell of Presidents, or the recently-released Hell on Earth podcast, Matt Christman and Chris Wade. They discuss one of the candidates for G.O.A.T. 2000s sitcom, Arrested Development. They discuss its portrayal of both the “failson” and the m…

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Spike TV | The Deadliest Warrior: E17 Brace Belden vs Kyle Rittenhouse 1:18:28

2y ago1:18:28

1:18:28

Some Remember Shuffle episodes are about influential, fundamental pieces of pop culture that help explain the pop culture landscape that we find ourselves in today. This is not one of those episodes. On this episode, the Shuffle Bois unpack and analyze Spike TV, the 2000s TV network for men, and one of its original brogram, The Deadliest Warrior. A…

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The Fellowship of the Ring: E16 Mount Doomscrolling 1:20:59

2y ago1:20:59

1:20:59

In a pod, in the cloud, the Shuffle Bois and special guest BillBurr Baggins leave the POW camp of life and talk about a hopeful, optimistic, escapist fantasy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The first entry in Peter Jackson’s masterpiece trilogy, so many things make it great: its fundamentally sincere and positive message, the sp…

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2008 Election: E15 The Mentality of Cope 1:48:15

2y ago1:48:15

1:48:15

Of the three presidential elections that happened in the Y2K decade, 2008 was, without a doubt, the most entertaining. It features a fascinating cast of characters: alien body-snatcher Hillary Clinton, sex rascal Bill Clinton, legend-icon-moment Barack Obama, foreign policy war psycho John McCain, and the ineffable Sarah Palin. She’s ineffable in t…

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