The Chimps decide to see what the AI of the moment has to say about them. It ain’t pretty…Don Hall

Himmel has decided that he is the hero of his neighborhood because he managed to get his internet fixed after the gauntlet of attempts to thwart his need for Wifi.Don Hall

Himmel is exposed as the Divorced Dad who takes his kids to McDonalds on Christmas Eve plus the Chimps predict the headlines for next year!Don Hall

It’s that time when everyone from the office gets together at a bar and, like a dark truth serum, the booze makes the whole room regret ever showing up: the Office Holiday Party.Don Hall

Tony Spaghetti has Himmel thinking that maybe America is ready for a violent revolution. The chimps discuss.Don Hall

Is AI here to replace writers? We ask ChatGPT and the answer is absolutely.Don Hall

Himmel inadvertantly showed his six-year-old porn and had to explain it.Don Hall

Don is on a tear about the linguistic games of… well, everybody, everywhere. So the chimps break it down masterfully.Don Hall

David wrote a thing about the country, anxiety, hubris, and why there will never be a woman president. So, instead of read it, the Monkeys yap about it.Don Hall

The Chimps talk through the recent presidential election and what went wrong.Don Hall

Nothing to see here, gang. Except Hall, fully clothed, asleep in his car.Don Hall

It turns out that both David and Don are really lousy at relationships but great with relationship advice. Also, so is Yakov Smirnoff.Don Hall

What infuriates Himmel? Jewel selection, stereotypes, handjobs at the symphony? Hall just doesn’t seem to get all that angry about anything. What’s the deal (asked in the most 1980’s stand up manner)?Don Hall

Can David go work on a cruise ship? Why would he want to? What the fuck is all of this shit about cruise ships? And how does one figuratively blow a load in your pants?Don Hall

Don is making straight A’s in life and—gasp—met a woman whose presence is making him re-think his strategy.Don Hall

In a preview for BUGHOUSE!, Don tasks David with his repeated use of the ’systemic’ when describing localized events.Don Hall

D&D decide to watch the televised debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and provide in-the-moment commentary. Totally different, totally fun.Don Hall

Don is closing the summer of house management; David is dealing with his miserable life. How do the chmps refuel themselves in the meantime?Don Hall

In the ever present search for income, both apes have a short list of jobs they’d never take regardless of the compensation package.Don Hall

It was the week of the DNC in Chicago and the chimps have unique perspectives. So does Himmel’s youngest son. That kid has LOTS of opinions.Don Hall

Both Apes are looking for work and break it down for themselves.Don Hall

Don aplogizes for biffing last week’s episode but had his first post-divorce date so the chimps unpack the whole concept of that bizarre activity.Don Hall

In a cultural landscape where the burning question has been “What is a woman?” for a decade, Don counters with the unspoken question.Don Hall

Lots of stuff in here—rhetoric creating an intentional backlash, gentle parenting, umbrellas in the park (Don admits he was wrong so mark the episode), and more! Hunker down on the toilet and enjoy…Don Hall

We start with the ‘hawk tuah’ girl and gradually wind around to the use of photography to fool us, face blindness, ‘kidney’ friends, and the realization that David’s sons are to be called ‘master.’Don Hall

David has Harry on his mind (shock!) and Don has thoughts. Also, there is a question of personal branding for both monkeys.Don Hall

The Himmel crew head off to vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks. David recorded some of it for your edification. Hall slept in.Don Hall

The Literate Apes consider whether they are dyed in the wool Satanists and Hall pulls hard on the thread of perpetual therapy as a solution to any sort of real world problems.Don Hall

Hall is working with a lot of Chicago police in his job in the park and has a few observations. Himmel is not as anti-cop as he appears.Don Hall

The chimps are starting to feel the march of time in their lower backs and ankles and sit in Himmel’s kitchen and bitch about it.Don Hall

Parents often shower their love upon us by buying us lawn mowers and droids. These are the tales of parenting through commerce.Don Hall

Himmel flips the calendar page from 44 with a wife and a job to 45 divorced and unemployed. Tough freaking year. He shares the lessons he learned in this tumultuous 365 days.Don Hall

Hall joins David in his newly emptied home, does his dishes, and they discuss everything from the divorce to Elvis Presley. Also some Stallone, Israel, and the smoke show that is J. Brush.Don Hall

Hall signed up for Hinge only to discover that the prospect of dating in a post-apocalyptic divorce scenario is almost too daunting.Don Hall

Himmel was incensed by both a WBEZ bracket contest about Chicago icons and a woman trying to get child support from an anonymous sperm donor so that’s where we went.Don Hall

A discussion that includes ways to artistically be inspired, terribly dark fiction, and the road to work/art balance.Don Hall

Hall is in his own transition, having recently uprooted and come home. Himmel is on the edge of the cliff, trying to find purpose and joy amidst a great upheaval. Also, Himmel uses a word he’s not supposed to. Listen for it.Don Hall

Harry has been indoctrinated into the wildest version of Jesus via Youtube and his non-denominational recovering Jew father finds it adorable. So did Jim Jones’s parents.Don Hall

Hall has been in Chicago for three weeks and the experience has him feeling things.Don Hall

Himmel decides, like a dog, to mark his territory in Hall’s bathroom with an odd request. Then a discussion of purpose and optimism, fatherhood, and navigating big life changes. Some news, a quote, and a few recommended activities for the week.Don Hall

Himmel keeps locking himself out of things; Hall is interested in the question of whether to delete past writing that hasn’t aged well or revise. TRIGGER WARNING: there is drinking and talk of man on man sex acts.Don Hall

Don is now officially a Chicagoan again. David is perilously close to being divorced. It’s a whole new world!Don Hall

Gang—things have come to head and the Apes need a break in the routine. This episode is short, has Don reading his lessons of Year 58 and that’s it. We’ll be back in March.Don Hall

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The Apes discuss what they do with free time, the writers they love, and break down what devices in writing turn them on.Don Hall

David decides to have a bit more to drink prior and during the podcast than he should and ends things with an extended riff on Saltburn.Don Hall

We’re all so certain of things. What music we like, other art, the foods, places we visit, etc. It’s hard to change our minds of things. But it does happen. So what have you changed your mind about recently? And how did that come to be?Don Hall

The Apes wax philosophical about the upcoming new year. Also, some trash talk and a terrible Celine Dion joke.Don Hall

It’s the time of year that Don gets navel-gazey and he wants to know what links on the chain David has forged. Also, the 1984 George C. Scott version of A Christmas Caorl is the definitive version. FACT.Don Hall

A throwback to the days of youth and vigor! The time of year caught up with us and we couldn’t record this week. So, here’s the very first episode of over 300! Enjoy!Don Hall