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This week our show has a bit of Hitchcockian opening as James recounts his time with Strangers on a Train. That encounter leads us to the recent Dutch study on the effectiveness of masks that seems to have been left homeless – because “science.” Nobody will touch it.
With the Presidential election just around the corner everybody gets a call to place their bets, a call that delivers a disturbing memory in Toby’s gambling life. And somehow along the way our gentlemen take time to appreciate their wives – and the total indifference they show in their professional lives.
In the kultur portion of our show Toby leads off with Barbarians, a German-Netflix co-production on the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, while James choses To the Lake, an end-of-civilization-due-to-pandemic tale from Russia. (One reviewer called it a very good show at a very bad time.)
This week’s opening sound is from To the Lake, courtesy of Netflix.
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I always meant to ask about the theme music. What song is that?
It is from a production music library and not available to the general public. Its title is “Battle On.”
Great show as usual lads. Thanks EJ for putting the shows they recommend in the notes. Sometimes I don’t catch the full name, etc.
I love it when James gushes about how much they love their sponsors.
(I have to say though, that TheraGun sounds a bit snake-oily, to me.)
Every single person I know that owns one loves it. And that includes three of our podcasters.
Glad to hear it! Whatever works. :-)
Their ads are just slightly pervy.