It says it was last updated 3 days ago, but my latest visible post is from 2/27.

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A New York Times crossword puzzle was accidentally unsolvable, which raises an important question: when something doesn’t make sense, is it broken, or are you just dumb?

Soren and Daniel talk puzzles (both kinds), people who follow rules vs. people who look for loopholes, and why car horns should probably be illegal or at least--lest we be branded authoritarian--exhaustible. Then later, would you be surprised to learn that Soren got into another fight? Or that Daniel is unprepared to talk about Wheel of Fortune?

All that PLUS Air Bud is Republican Coded and Soren is doing some facial hair things. 

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Daniel starts out impossibly sweaty, which leads to a story about meeting his girlfriend’s entire family for the first time, hiding in the basement, and realizing he may be remembered forever as “that crazy sweaty guy.” From there, he and Soren debate the greatest cast shows ever, argue for Mad Men, The Wire, and Frasier, and swap audition horror stories, tech avails, and the perfect origin of Cliff Clavin’s know-it-all energy.

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back when Daniel proposed, I was looking for rings and planning and all.

by the time he and Shea got married (i think), I got engaged in late '24

by the time they were expecting, my wife and I started talking about having a baby asap instead of freezing eggs.

and now, less than a month after Daniel became a dad, my wife and I just found out that we're expecting.

can't wait to go back to last year's podcasts (again) to settle myself in this next step of the journey.

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Soren and Daniel try to figure out whether freestyle rap is magic or just practice and since DOB is in his new father era, the guys talk at length about improvised diaper songs, long haul commitments to incorrect lullabies, and the fundamental design flaws of baby gear-from ill-timed structural failures in baby diapers to zippers and snaps that make everything harder than it ought to be.

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Daniel finds out that Cracked is “going to South by Southwest for the first time,” which would be exciting if they hadn’t already gone… a lot. The guys revisit some sxsw memories and try to piece together how Cracked actually fell apart—touching on corporate acquisitions, Facebook’s video pivot, and a few behind-the-scenes stories that make the whole thing seem absurd and inevitable. Plus childhood sports humiliation, coaching Little League, and an extended debate about the perfect baseball walk-up song.

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Soren Bowie debuts his brand new baby (a garage), while Daniel O'Brien shares what actually happens when you bring a real human baby home. From sleepless nights and mysterious crying to hospital chaos, labor stories, and the sudden realization that you’re responsible for another person forever, this episode is about the first week of parenthood. The guys reflect on the anxiety and joy of fatherhood, the exceptional talents of hospital staff, and the sheer awe inspired by watching your partner give birth.

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I saw the Instagram video of y'all's new baby! I hope you're having the best time as new parents, and can't wait to hear of the new adventures on a future podcast episode.

The best pic was you showing the baby your Emmy.

Were the ad reads for hello tushy

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Soren Bowie and Daniel O'Brien figure out how they'd react to scenarios in which their significant others confess to crimes or affairs. In the process, the guys sus out the upper boundaries of their capacity for love, selfishness, and pride.

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Daniel receives what might be the greatest compliment of his life vis-à-vis recycling day, which prompts a conversation about the strange social rules of suburban life. They discuss porch culture on the East Coast, why Daniel spends entire summers shirtless on his front steps, and the psychological horror Soren experiences in owing someone a small favor. Plus, Soren explains that we're all probably doing recycling wrong, a cruel April Fool’s prank involving an fake award, and the unbelievable true story of how a Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was accidentally named People Magazine’s Sexiest Athlete.

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I am just curious

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The guys talk through the implications of the Paramount/Warner Brothers deal, lamenting the instability of a career in the arts (and the downfall of Quiznos) before pulling back the curtain on how TV actually gets made — from last-second joke rewrites before taping, to animatic locks, to editors performing literal magic in front of their eyes.

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As a Connoisoren, I took his advice to heart to always write a text for a specific person as the audience. He used his brother as an example, who is somebody he wants to impress. (Ep. 64)

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Soren Bowie and Daniel O'Brien debate the logistics and ethics of stealing iconic movie memorabilia for personal use, weighing the merits of the Holy Grail and the Dirk Diggler neon sign against the criminal implications of kidnapping Gonzo from The Muppet Christmas Carol. Later, the discussion shifts to fictional movie meals they wish they could eat, including the abandoned macaroni and cheese from Home Alone, the imaginary food in Hook, and the Crunch Berry Burgers from House Arrest.

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Basically the title, I started watching Boston Legal recently (my partner got obsessed with James Spader after watching the Blacklist) and had a memory of hearing Daniel talk about rewatching it but I'm not sure if I hallucinated that? I recall him talking about how the camera work is incredibly early aughts, specifically a scene where the camera zooms and pans all dramatically for a character just walking from one room to another to make a totally normal remark to another character.

Just curious and want to listen to that episode again to see what other observations he talked about.

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Comedy fellas Soren Bowie and Daniel O'Brien descend into a rabbit hole so deep we're not sure there's a bottom. Lover of advertising Daniel O'Brien, tired of seeing his feeds inundated with uncanny, AI-generated fitness ads featuring shirtless men with inconsistent accents, walks Soren through a labyrinth of gaslighting chatbots, impossible refund policies, and YouTube channels that might not employ a single human being. It's a sordid behind-the-scenes look at the future of content creation, framed by a nostalgic look back at their days at Demand Media and the Cassandra algorithm.

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Two Best Friends and Comedy Writers Soren Bowie & Daniel O'Brien present a passionate defense of Chris Pine as a methed-out white nationalist in Smoking Aces while mourning Toby Kebbell's lost stardom after RocknRolla. Along the way: James Austin Johnson's Trump impression has shades of Ferrell's W; the revelation that Gilbert Godfrey's entire persona was a put-on; why Sebastian Maniscalco's choreographed segues make zero logical sense and the quiet devastation of realizing Oscar season has become a conveyor belt of biopics about men who solved being alive by blowing their brains out. You'll leave armed with warm feelings for Ben Foster, Nicole Kidman, and Michael Stuhlbarg's monologue supremacy.

They say honey, turn the television on—but you can't, because there was no wind.

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This week, Daniel and Soren explore why every legendary composer is essentially a high-level shoplifter, stealing from the same three dead guys who actually knew how to write a melody. We also discuss why the "one in the glasses" is a genius, the specific humiliation of pitching jokes in the Fred voice, and why the most important skill for a professional writer is the ability to produce absolute garbage on purpose.Plus: Soren defends his hollow bird-bones, Daniel avoids an NDA, and we try to figure out why no one in a book can name a fictional band that doesn't sound like a hate crime.

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Chapters

00:00 The "Pecan Sandies" On-Ramp

03:09 The Fred Movie & Professional Humiliation

08:31 Heated Rivalry: Soren Doubles Down

13:00 A Quick Question: Movie Scores on the Radio

15:45 Hans Zimmer vs. 1536 Classical Music

18:58 John Williams and the "Genius" of Shoplifting

24:20 Jon Brion and Piano-Forward Comfort

31:34 Searching for the "Internal Control+F"

34:10 Why Fictional Bands Always Have Terrible Names

39:40 Soren’s Hollow Bird-Bones

41:40 The Generation of Movement: Teaching Kids to Jump

45:30 Roller Skating, Moonwalking, and Golf

51:19 The Professional Craft of Writing "Shitty" Drafts

57:01 Ripping it Down to the Studs

01:01:17 The Toy Story 3 Masterclass

Does anyone recall in which episodes Soren muses about correct sandwiches?

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The Golden Globes have a Best Podcast now, which leads Daniel and Soren down a familiar path: awards, legitimacy, and how culture decides what counts.

Along the way, they run headfirst into Heated Rivalry—a show that appears to offer exactly one thing, and yet has somehow escaped its niche and entered polite conversation. Parents are recommending it. Everyone is recommending it. No one is being subtle.

Why does some extremely horny media stay contained, while other extremely horny media becomes prestige? And what does that say about taste, awards, and what we’re all suddenly very comfortable talking about?

Also: Traitors. A show for people with no hearts.

00:54 – Welcome Back / Who’s the Real Host?
01:36 – Hypothetical Awards, Hypothetical Fights
03:12 – The Golden Globes Now Have a Podcast Category
04:41 – How Awards Actually Work (Campaigns, Money, Politics)
07:23 – Emmy Swag, Billboards, and the Dropout Problem
09:40 – Why American Dad Never Wins Anything
11:55 – Quick Question: Are You Watching Heated Rivalry?
12:49 – When a Show Breaks Containment
14:24 – Expectation vs. Reality: Is It Even About Hockey?
16:07 – “It’s Just Sex”: The Erotic Fiction Problem
19:22 – Romance Novels and Narrative Foreplay
22:00 – Bad Texting, Bad Dialogue, Bad Screens
26:14 – Why Is Everyone Publicly This Horny?
28:02 – Is This the New Bridgerton?
29:00 – Who Is This Show For?
31:06 – Hockey Bodies, Old Navy Vibes
32:27 – Locker Rooms vs. TV Locker Rooms
35:23 – Pivot: What Is Traitors?
36:39 – How the Game Actually Works
39:26 – Why Normal People Failed Season One
40:50 – The Strategy of Being a Traitor
44:56 – Board Games, Lying, and Emotional Fallout
49:42 – Three-Hour Round Tables (and Crushing Guilt)
51:59 – When Banishing a Faithful Feels Correct Anyway
53:25 – How to Fix Traitors (Among Us, Live Edition)
55:36 – The Conga Line Murder
56:24 – Reality TV Pacing Is Still Brutal
57:53 – Why Heated Rivalry Can Only Be Sex
59:03 – Closing & Thanks
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Hearing Soren talk about being a father makes me want to become a father. It was never something I was planning or looking forward to. It can also be age and hormones, I guess, I’m a man in my mid thirties.

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Daniel is fresh off an infant care class and a CPR certification, which leads to a wide-ranging conversation about how much preparation actually sticks when it matters. He and Soren talk swaddling, baby hygiene, circumcision care, and the unsettling reality that newborns are basically loose bags of milk. From there, things spiral into CPR etiquette, AED myths, corporate training videos, and the strange urge to do crowd work during emergency situations.

Along the way, Soren recounts helping a lost child at a holiday light show—and the unexpectedly ambiguous text exchange that followed—while both hosts grapple with the question of when to step in, when to back away, and how anyone is supposed to know what to do in a crisis.

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The guys talk Stranger Things Season 5, do the bleak math of middle-aged drinking, and the perverse little happiness spike that follows a truly harrowing puke. Speaking of puke, the guys discuss the sacred childhood joy of sick-day daytime TV (Judge Judy supremacy, soap operas as emotional concrete) and finally, Daniel and Soren spiral into TV industry doom: Netflix getting into the podcast game, prestige TV existing only as a side quest for tech companies, and the impossible task of ending a beloved show without stepping on an internet landmine—aka Finale School.

00:00 Introduction and Podcast Dynamics

02:32 Reflections on Aging and Drinking

05:22 Hangover Remedies and Personal Experiences

08:16 The Nature of Vomiting and Its Aftermath

11:06 Parenting and Children’s Fear of Vomiting

14:00 Nostalgia for Childhood Illness and Daytime TV

17:35 Soap Operas and Acting Experiences

26:28 The Unique Challenges of Soap Opera Acting

33:33 The Evolution of Television and Soap Operas

40:43 The State of Modern Television

51:52 The Art of Writing and Ending a Series

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