We're two friends who are doing our best. We talk about what interested us this week, and important art and media in our "Book Club".
Latest episodes
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57 min
16 - Catholics Jedi Knights vs Protestant Sith Lords
This week Alex and Ivan talk about TikTok mafia culture, Mass Effect 3 ending 10 years later, god in Star Wars, Denzel Washington's coldness, Catholics v Protestants in Star Wars,…
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55 min
15 - The Thing: I Forgot to Mention that all the Dogs Die
This week Alex and Ivan talk about The Thing, The Sopranos, Alex's panic attack, Felicity Day, the Thing is humanity, table manners, and Quentin Tarantino breaking a priceless piec…
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57 min
14 - Not a True Crime Podcast, A Criminal Podcast
This week Alex and Ivan talk about naming drinks after UFC fighters, speed-running Doki Doki Literature Club, Alex's need to please, stealing mopeds, those springy door stops, Mass…
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41 min
13 - Y'all Mind if I Brain-Blast?
This week Alex and Ivan talk about Conor McGregor's post fight interview, cussing in a theatre playing Frozen 2, Alex's getting trash thrown at her, Ivan's boss lighting himself on…
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1 h 21
12 - The Lottery: Its a Bad Game for Bad People
This week Alex and Ivan talk about The Lottery and how it connects to Hunger Games, Get Out, Psycho, Fallout: New Vegas, and more. We also get into what a back burner is, Johnny Br…
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1 h 27
11 - Jurassic World: Dominion; Where Ambivalence turns into Hatred
This week Alex and Ivan talk about Chris Pratt: Asshole or not, DND, Alex's new SO, Soviet-era Manufacturing and Design, and mostly Jurassic World: Dominion.If you love them, Alex…
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1 h 10
10 - Pen Pal and other OG Creepypastas
This week Alex and Ivan talk about Spec OPs: The Line, Slenderman, Ted The Caver, 4chan history, "THEN WHO WAS PHONE?" and... Pen Pal.If you love them, Alex can be found on TikTok…
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48 min
9 - I'm not Ready for your Mother to be Happy
This week Alex and Ivan talk about playing with spiders, DJ Khaled, Evertale, "Twisted Childhood Games", Ivan's dangerous questions, Inside Outtakes, and... (next week)If you love…
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2 h 02
8 - Paranormal Paranoids and if Y'all could Behave, we could get some Decent Content
This week Alex and Ivan talk about rented fingers, banks, the real Peter Pan, Brendan Fraser, Inside outtakes, how you don't have to be original to be good, and... PARANORMAL PARAN…
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1 h 15
7 - Schizophrenia in a Studio Kitchen and Neo Yokio
This week Alex and Ivan talk about Hermit Crabs, work, becoming a full time blacksmith, Amber Heard's drunk sister, freedom of speech and who should have it, and... Neo Yokio.If yo…
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58 min
6 - Part 2: Would you like some Jesus with your Bagel and Local 58
This week Alex and Ivan talk about Jaden Smith, Ivan's crush on Amber Heard, Johnny Depp being a "cool guy", Alex's THREE pamphlets on Christianity, Alex calling people laying on a…
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45 min
6 - Part 1: Would you like some Jesus with your Bagel and Local 58
This week Alex and Ivan talk about Jaden Smith, Ivan's crush on Amber Heard, Johnny Depp being a "cool guy", Alex's THREE pamphlets on Christianity, Alex calling people laying on a…
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43 min
5 - Sir, this is a Bagel Shop and Papers Please
This week Alex and Ivan talk about found footage, analog horror, Alex's "Sir, this is a Wendy's" moment, almost setting a priest on fire during a baptism, finding Jesus after killi…
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1 h 06
4 - Part 2: Eighth Grade and the "Ride Or Die"-ness was inspiring
This week's episode is ALL ABOUT Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade.If you love them, Alex can be found on TikTok and IG (@lawless.aries.cosplay) and Ivan on IG (@ivan_weis_palacios)Play Pa…
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44 min
4 - Part 1: Eighth Grade and the "Ride Or Die"-ness was inspiring
This week Alex and Ivan talk about the Oscar's slap (duh), hostile interviews, the insanity of the FNAF franchise, Ivan getting shorn like a sheep AGAIN, and... one more thing next…
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51 min
3 - Inside and Starting a Podcast while Rome Burns
This week Alex and Ivan talk about how awesome dementia is, the dollar value of coming out of the closet, "weirdness" in Victorious, the longest baseball game in history, and Bo Bu…
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56 min
2 - Encanto and Covid Killed All my Guy-Friends
This week Alex and Ivan talks about being shorn like a sheep, quarantine leading to gender discovery, Ariana Grande collecting races like pokemons, Gordon Ramsay and (our first boo…
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51 min
The First One and The Book Club
Welcome to the show! This podcast is about a friendship on the brink. Alex and Ivan are two aspiring creatives who decided a year ago to start a podcast. After dozens of test episo…