2026.05.25: Enhanced Podcasting
Burnie and Ashley discuss favorite undeveloped franchises, Elfquest, Dragonriders of Pern, the Enhanced Games, Mandalorian and Grogu, living spoiler free, and doing it live.
25 Touko 22min
2026.05.22: Tripling Down
Burnie and Ashley discuss Stephen Colbert, Sir Peter Jackson, new Lord of the Rings, Plex triples lifetime subscription, British adjectives, Last Ship Standing, and the end of Destiny 2.
22 Touko 29min
2026.05.21: Barnes & Noble & Dalton & Claude
Burnie and Ashley discuss the intro, Barnes & Noble makes a horrible change, the AI slippery slope, making Human Slop a thing, creative bankruptcy, book editors, giving notes, taking notes, Paramount ...
21 Touko 28min
2026.05.20: The Predictability Paradox
Burnie and Ashley discuss The Boys ending, but first: cave diving accidents, looking to the helpers, Immersion Shark Week, the predicability paradox, and our most memorable narrative endings.
20 Touko 23min
2026.05.19: Influencer Fatigue
Burnie and Ashley discuss influencer fatigue, influencer licensing, America's latest mass shootings, Trump's 1.8B tax fund, Cannes updates, Supermodel certification, ventriloquism, and Sunlight.
19 Touko 24min
2026.05.18: Deal Gets Worse All The Time
Burnie and Ashley discuss resuming war, UAE nuclear attack, cat drones, recipes, music licensing, Drew Carey, The Boys finale, Eurovision, when quitting becomes a boycott, Scottish Premiership, Subnau...
18 Touko 28min
2026.05.15: Hadoukened When I Should Have Shoryukened
Burnie and Ashley discuss Subnautica 2, Steam numbers, call of the void, Spotify update, Audible update, update to Princeton, update to Fed Chair, Hantavirus at the Pub, and listener voicemails.
15 Touko 35min
2026.05.14: SATs ACTs & GPAs
Burnie and Ashley discuss animal sense, SATs, ACTs, GPAs, Mush's diet, US reading recession, Red Rising, modern Harry Potters, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman, cat fall dynamics, WhatsApp AI Incog...
14 Touko 37min
