Our favorite gentlemen kick back in their easy chairs by the fire and puff on a pipe filled with Bayesian statistics, the semiconductor supply chain, and the surprising medical efficacy of falling asleep during the day. Pete fields four difficult questions, and Danny is left wondering how to patch up the hole in his heart where all the joy leaks ou…

The homies lay back in the cut and rap about Maggie Haberman, Hitler's jawbone, and Kendrick Lamar, among other trending topics.Middlebrow Multiverse

The guys give it their best and come up with some passable Top 3s, fuck em's, and cheers on varied topics including bowling, exploding pagers, and people who take up too much space in car lines and on pool lounge chairs.Middlebrow Multiverse

The lads get back after it with an update on the latest innovations in scamming techniques, a few takes on the Olympics, and a jaundiced eye cast at Amazon's dark secret.Middlebrow Multiverse

Our boys return to action by answering your mail. A statistic about Connecticut gets the better of Pete, Saudi Arabia is revisited, and the guys get a dose of reality from a disgruntled listener.Middlebrow Multiverse

On this sound from June, Danny brings in a spare Pete as a fill-in host and they chew on a few choice morsels including Gen Z's reduced sex drive, a couple of attention-grabbing TV series, and a speed bracket for the ages.Middlebrow Multiverse

The dudes are joined by special guest Ash Miller as they put the last 14 years of Grammy winners for Best Album into the Hunger Games arena and let them fight it out to the death. Hear what happens to Beck, Taylor Swift, Jon Batiste, Arcade Fire, Billie Eilish, and more in this action-packed and suspense-filled episode. Only one can survive.…

El hombres get back on el microfono to chat about the revolution in soft drink rankings, cold plunges, and epic novels. They provide a battlefield update on the culture wars then round it out with some fuck 'ems and cheers.Middlebrow Multiverse

The lads get back to work, sharing three news items that caught their eye this week: the Gulf States Gone Wild, Asia's autonomous-nation drug cartel, and America is shrinking. Plus a bit of whimsy.Middlebrow Multiverse

The guys improvise like jazz musicians and share their loose takes on Kevin Costner's pretend-cowboy act, crows, "homestyle" food, Socrates, and more. They end the episode needing an illustrator for the world's next great graphic novel sensation.Middlebrow Multiverse

Our revenants return with mailbag follow-ups on Beethoven vs. the Beatles, the correct temperature for coffee, the broad appeal of Philip Roth, and the evolution of the Boy Scouts of America.Middlebrow Multiverse

The fellas do two speed brackets, facing off concepts, foodstuffs, jail sentences, and geopolitical outcomes, crowning two champions as between pizza, live sports, nice hotels, weddings, donuts, The Wire, non-fiction, and much more. Predictably, hilarity ensues.Middlebrow Multiverse

The bros get back to their roots with top threes and fuck 'ems. They address the Japanese vs. German schools of automotive engineering and how they reflect life at large. Danny describes his first YouTube crush and complains about inaccurate euphemisms in dentistry. A good time is had by all.Middlebrow Multiverse

The gents kick up their feet and manifest a good old fashioned BS session in which they each divulge four perfect things (including a $10 bottle of red wine), ponder bullshit jobs, touch on history and techniques of coffee, and generally bloviate with their characteristic wit and candor.Middlebrow Multiverse

The lads dive into the mailbag to answer questions about AI, freeway ne'er-do-wells, and irony. We blame society's ills on finance bros and ponder the definitional contours of middlebrow.Middlebrow Multiverse

Our champions are back at it with a look at the news. They ponder why Trump and Taylor Swift are so ever-present, when did America hit its peak foreign power, and wow, what a time to be a Gen-Xer. Finally, they discuss a little-known army of smart home products and its nefarious deeds.Middlebrow Multiverse

We get our first report card from our Middlebrow Ombudsman, who is watching out for our dear listeners and making sure Danny and Pete keep their content as middlebrow as possible. What is the definition of middlebrow? And do the lads hit the mark or fuck it up completely?Middlebrow Multiverse

The lads splash some cash to determine which of the Oscar Best Picture winners from the 2001-2010 decade is the zenith of middlebrow entertainment. Cash is King as they examine (WITH SPOILERS) Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Million Dollar Baby, Crash, The Departed, No Country for Old Men, Slumdog Mi…

The guys start off with Danny's top 3 things that have grabbed his attention, then challenge Left Coast conventional wisdom 5 times and round it out with some Fuck 'Ems and Cheers.Middlebrow Multiverse

Our heroes dig deep into the mailbag and answer questions about Pete's fancy car, an illicit fireworks show, the numbing sameness and mediocrity of modern life, the illusive concept that is middlebrow, and elite travel status. Ka-chow!Middlebrow Multiverse

The fellas discuss peoples' secret beliefs then dive into the news to cover Canada's superpig problem, the return of the secession fantasy, and Harvard's dark web body snatching scandal.Middlebrow Multiverse

The lads begin their spirited inquest into prize-winning middlebrow culture by sending three of these four Pulitzer Winners for Fiction to a grisly and untimely end: The Shipping News, The Road, American Pastoral, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Only one will survive to advance to the next round.…

Danny misses a primo opportunity to do something whimsical and instead fumbles up some rather alarming statistics, setting the tone for a darker-than-usual episode. Then the fellas read you the news, including Boeing's problems, the self-taught savant that is decimating the pro bowling circuit, and the sad practical death of cryptids and UFOs. Fina…

In the first installment of this intentionally myopic series, Pete shares the various forms of moral anxiety that accompanied his finger injury, the guys divulge what numbers they track most obsessively, and Pete offers a refreshing tonic to Dad bod shame.Middlebrow Multiverse

The fellas peer at the zeitgeist and assess Taylor Swift as Time Magazine's Person of the Year, the utter chaos that has replaced cable tv, the devolution of tipping culture, and how often we think about the Roman Empire.Middlebrow Multiverse

The gents are back with a Top 3 and some Fuck 'ems (and some "Cheers"), providing hot takes on dopamine, the two remaining categories of popular music, the divine nature of citrus libations, the disposal of equine remains, the leaping over of lecterns, and more.Middlebrow Multiverse

In the inaugural outing for the Middlebrow Culture Warrior, the boys discuss Jeeves & Wooster, the highly specific nature of Japanese culture, the latest breakthroughs in group text thread foreign policy, how the Metric System has failed Europe, and more. And we round it out with some "Fuck 'ems."Middlebrow Multiverse

Wolfgang Laib. German Artist. Medical Student, but then rebelled and went into the arts. Spiritual. Maybe wears Birkenstocks. Collects insane amount of pollen. Melts Beeswax by the sun. But do NOT invite him to be part of a Nature Show. He's a sweet, humble, thoughtful man who makes quietly beautiful work. You can find images from this episode on o…

Or: "Dirty, Hairy" Guess who just got back today? Them Dadcore boys that'd been away. Watched a Joe Don Baker film, had much to say. Man, I think that flick is crazy.

Or: "Class Action Law Shoot" Hosts Charlie and Brandon dive into the works of John Ford with his 1962 classic about The People vs. Ranchers; the law of the land; the story of America, and the myth of the west that built it.

Or: "High and Marlowe" Hosts Brandon and Charlie dive into the world of detective Philip Marlowe with 1975's Farewell, My Lovely (1975) starring Robert Mitchum.

Or: "3 Non Bonds" Hosts Brandon and Charlie finally delve into martial arts cinema as they discuss the martial arts-meets blaxploitation-meets Bond flick Enter the Dragon (1973).

Or: "London Has Fallen" Hosts Brandon and Charlie once again dive into the world of crime, love, and the Irish Republican Army in John Mackenzie's The Long Good Friday.

Hosts Brandon and Charlie learn a little something about the spirit of Christmas in this very special episode about Richard Donner and Bill Murray's Scrooged (1988).

Or: "Which Way Western Man" Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined by their pals Gage (@neatsaux) and Tyler (@film_butt) for a very special cinematic length episode.

Or: "Hostile Architecture" Hosts Brandon and Charlie go vigilante mode discussing Death Wish, a film all about the spiritual healing power of extrajudicial murder.

Or: "A Good Time No Badge Required" Hosts Brandon and Charlie set out in search for gold in John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Will their discussion strike pay dirt or just plain dirt? God I hope it's the former.

Or: "Del the Funky Salesman" Brandon's never seen it. Charlie has. But this Thanksgiving season they're stuck together as they (re)discover the joys of John Hughes' 1987 classic.

Or: "Operation Arachnid Freedom" Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined by space bug expert Kyle (@agnosoul) to to discuss propaganda, big bugs, teenage melodrama, and some kickass scifi action. Would you like to know more? Follow Kyle on Twitter.

Or: "The Dad That Stepped Up" Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined by special guest Sam Owen (@dsamowen) to discuss the dadliest of movies, Taken (2008). It's a return to a simpler time when an A-Lister doing trashy action still felt like a charming novelty. Follow Sam on Twitter

Or: "Criminals in Cars Getting Coffee" Hosts Brandon and Charlie speed into November with John Frankenheimer's late career car 'em up Ronin. This one's all about the joy of cars, the ronin mindset, and cute little coffee cups.

Or: "Every Which Way But Lu's" Content Warning: The plot of Constantine deals very directly with suicide. You may want to skip this episode if that theme is a trigger for you. Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined by twitter's own Joshua (@1stOr3rdPlace) to discuss that Halloween time classic(?) Constantine. It's a movie about demons and redemption …

Or: "We Bought a Pazuzu" The scare-a-thon continues as Brandon and Charlie discuss William Friedkin's 1973 classic The Exorcist. Is this movie scary? Let me stop you right there: It is and we're not hearing otherwise.

Or: "Diagnosis: Murderer'" Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined by Matt (@PostingProle) of the Movieflex Double Features podcast to discuss John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). It's a simple tale about the life-saving power of psychiatry. Check out Movieflex Double Features on Anchor.fm Follow Movieflex on Twitter Follow Matt on Twitter…

Or: "The Great British Stake Off" Hosts Brandon and Charlie dip into Hammer Productions with one outta left field: the swashbuckling, vampire hunting classic Captain Kronos. He's kind of like the white Blade?

Or: "Carrie on My Dadcore Pod" It's October and you know what that means: Horror month! Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined on the horror haunt's first stop by Brian De Palma fan Jessica (@BadPostsLLC) to discuss the coming of age horror classic Carrie. Follow Jessica on Twitter here. Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances the previously announced …

Or: "In the Na'vi" Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined by the inimitable Esmé to discuss James Cameron's Avatar (2009), a little known and long forgotten movie you might want to put back on your radar. Read Esmé's writing here Follow Esmé on Twitter

Or: "Spartan in the Face of God" Hosts Brandon and Charlie are back for another dose of historically revisionist action to answer important questions like "How does Spartan government work?" and "What's Xerxes' exercise regimen like?"

Or: "The Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Special" Hosts Brandon and Charlie are joined by special guest Michael Chau (@Srirachachau) to go Mel Mode as we discuss that completely, totally historically accurate jaunt The Patriot. It's the cinema of cannonballs and ponytails, where the revolution is won because a single dad invented lying and guerrilla wa…

Or: "Drive of Frankenstein" Hosts Brandon and Charlie burn rubber through the sleaziest movie to hit the Dadcore Canon yet: Death Race 2000. It's a real true Corman Classic, with all the low budget thrills you expect like gory deaths and... Looney Tunes gags?