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    (00:00) - Ify Nwadiwe, y’all (00:45) - Dropout with Jordon Brown(02:49) - How we got into Dropout(10:05) - How Jordon became the official Dropout reporter(20:41) - On being a micro-celebrity(23:51) - Where is Jordon going next?(24:50) - Matt has a crush on Ify(26:32) - How Jordon got into TTRPGs(30:13) - Favorite class to play? Watch?(33:04) - What Jordon loves about TTRPGs(38:09) - Favorite Game Changer format (42:38) - Favorite Make Some Noise mini game (43:58) - Vic Michaelis is a gem(45:49) - Dropout people finding success elsewhere(47:37) - What Dropout show does Jordon want to be on?(53:35) - Under-appreciated Dropout season(57:34) - Favorite Dropout interview (01:01:02) - Sam Reich is Robert Reich’s son!(01:04:34) - What is Jordon obsessed with?(01:08:04) - What can’t Jordon let go of about Dropout?

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  • An Introduction to The Mountain Goats
    The Mountain Goats wrote a song for Star Wars: Episode VIII and it's canon now
    John's Potato tweet
    Songs From A Mountain Goats Album In Which Cicero Is Not Mentioned And Everybody’s Marriages Work Out

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    (00:00) - AC is so brave(01:08) - Welcome, Elizabeth!(04:02) - Matt has nonsense(07:14) - The Mountain Goats(07:56) - How we got into The Mountain Goats(13:07) - Mountain Goats song of the day(16:48) - Mountain Goats shows are rad (28:21) - John Darnielle is a nerd(32:51) - John Darnielle’s internet presence(36:00) - Difficult issues in Mountain Goats song(44:10) - John likes bad music(45:38) - We love a cover(50:47) - CW: pandemic // The Jordan Lake Sessions(01:02:05) - Music for every moment(01:04:47) - The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones(01:06:46) - “Woke Up New” and other bangers(01:18:30) - The final word on the Mountain Goats

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  • SPOILERS FOR AGATHA ALL ALONG, EPISODES 1-3 AHEAD! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

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    (00:00) - It’s gay to yearn(00:59) - Nonsense(04:52) - Agatha All Along(07:40) - Our initial reactions(18:58) - Matt gets pedantic(19:29) - More early reactions(24:57) - Is Wanda actually dead?(28:32) - AUBREY PLAZAAAA(29:10) - Is Agatha gay?(32:09) - Salem Seven(34:37) - The sigil (37:06) - Who could these characters be?!(45:32) - Wiccan and Hulkling ❤️(52:53) - We ❤️ Joe Locke(54:08) - Great character interactions(54:32) - Our theories and expectations (01:00:46) - The music!(01:02:55) - What trials are next?(01:04:18) - More music(01:05:51) - What we want to see(01:12:56) - Costuming

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    (00:00) - The WORST TikTok lives(01:06) - A Jerry Seinfeld moment(04:27) - Different kind of episode(04:55) - What’s the deal with Twitch?(06:00) - The Answer(06:51) - We’re not experts(08:17) - The different kinds of live streams(08:54) - eSports(11:35) - Why do people chat?(13:15) - Big streamers(19:13) - Burnout(20:18) - TikTok as discoverability(22:30) - Pro gamer streamers(25:11) - Lack of discoverability(25:57) - Chatting with big streamers(26:32) - Twitch monetization(27:59) - Collective effervescence?(30:36) - The good shit - small and mid-size channels(31:17) - Most-hated TikTok Live genres (33:13) - Small & mid-size channels(34:02) - 👀 Drops(35:22) - Small streams are AOL chat rooms?(37:50) - Vtubers - Help us, GJ!(39:06) - Hot tub streamers(42:10) - Porn streams(43:02) - Podcasts as streams(45:31) - Fs in chat(48:11) - The history of streaming (via Matt)(48:17) - BlogTV(50:47) - Short history of Twitch(57:35) - Meerkat and Periscope(59:40) - Mixer(01:00:41) - Matt getting into Twitch(01:01:20) - Streaming on Discord(01:02:48) - Generational divide?(01:04:50) - Omegle(01:06:24) - Cracking discovery(01:07:56) - POV I’m streaming

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  • Chappell Roan on NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
    Pink Pony Club (Official Music Video)
    Chappell Roan quoting Sasha Colby to Jimmy Fallon
    Chappell Roan's Stylist
    Chappell Roan's TikTok message to fans crossing the line
    Chappell Roan's rise to fame
    Rachel Carroll's story about trying to report on Chappell Roan

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    (00:00) - It’s Carly(02:15) - More Matt & AC!(03:37) - Chappell Roan(09:30) - Chappell Roan is drag(12:27) - 3 favorite songs(16:30) - The Pink Pony Club video(18:50) - Her old TikTok videos(25:40) - An “overnight” success(28:33) - An aside about Jack Antonoff(29:10) - Edge of Glory era Lady Gaga(30:07) - The Lil’ Poundcake look(32:07) - Chappell’s team(33:51) - Our favorite looks(34:13) - Madonna to Britney to Gaga to Chappell(37:09) - Bringing the queer community up with her(39:27) - Making room for weird(40:35) - It feels good that Chappell is queer(42:35) - The rise and fall(01:09:35) - Dream Chappell collabs (01:12:00) - Best covers(01:15:36) - What should she do next?(01:17:54) - Being part of this moment

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  • Welcome to Can't Put It Down, an audio LAN party! Can't Put It Down is a members-only podcast about video games from Matt and AC.

    This is a 30-minute preview episode for our 1000xRESIST spoilercast with Kim. Set up any monthly, recurring donation at https://ko-fi.com/matthorton and you'll get access to the show and any other members-only podcasts, videos, or other work we put on the Ko-Fi!

    What should you leave behind? - 1000xRESIST Review

    Thank you so much to Kim for being a part of this episode! Listen to her on dotzip and Frog of the Week, and check out the dotzip spoilercast for 1000xRESIST that they released today! https://share.transistor.fm/s/9180106a

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  • The Blinking Underdogs - Salvation
    Bad Idea Right? Olivia Rodrigo cover - Skatune Network

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    (00:00) - The best ska album of all time(00:50) - D&D and Me(04:42) - Never Stop Blowing Up(05:39) - Ska, the soundtrack of our youth(08:41) - Our introductions to ska(18:55) - The history of ska(20:47) - What is skanking?(22:16) - The eras of ska(27:03) - Latin American ska(28:28) - Christian ska (37:07) - The welcoming ska scene(39:25) - One of the best days of AC’s life(42:43) - Loving your local scene(44:48) - Ska’s not dead(45:05) - Skatune Network(48:27) - The Digimon: The Movie soundtrack

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    The tragic lie behind the beautiful dream of Terrace House
    The Fall of ‘Terrace House’

    00:00:00 - That’s an ick
    00:01:01 - What is The Boyfriend?
    00:08:05 - The Cast
    00:13:19 - Content Warning: bullying and harassment
    00:17:38 - Boiled Chicken Smoothies
    00:20:18 - Very Progressive!
    00:22:32 - The Ultimatum: Queer Love
    00:23:49 - The dating show I’ve been waiting for
    00:24:14 - Love Is Blind
    00:31:54 - The Ultimatum: Queer Love
    00:37:00 - The panel
    00:39:00 - The Terrace House of it all
    00:40:20 - Content Warning: Self-harm and social media harassment
    00:52:29 - The production of The Boyfriend
    00:59:45 - Drama spoilers!
    01:08:01 - Teaser
    01:09:26 - Maybe don’t date your coworker
    01:12:34 - TV as self care

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  • Balatro OST
    Balatro Main Theme - Funk Fusion Cover
    Louis F on Fiverr
    Balatro University
    Balatro at SGDQ with Cixah
    Get Balatro working on your iPad or iPhone

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    00:00:00: Furries on a spaceship
    00:11:44: Why is Balatro good?
    00:27:23: Why Balatro is different
    00:31:57: The MUSIC 🎵
    00:36:43: Louis F on Fiverr
    00:37:25: Our favorite jokers
    00:43:52: Balatro made AC better at math
    00:55:50: Balatro on SGDQ!
    00:58:57: Using different strategies to be good at Balatro
    01:01:39: Our least favorite jokers
    01:05:44: Balatro University
    01:06:12: Getting Balatro running on my iPad
    01:10:50: Other games to check out!

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  • This episode was edited by our guest, AJ Fillari! Find them in the TWG discord and at dotzip.online

    Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
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    00:00:00: Because Internet
    00:00:39: This one's for the queer nonbinary Italian Americans with mullets
    00:05:04: Why we're here (making podcasts)
    00:05:24: Talking about Gretchen McCullogh and the internet
    00:08:39: AC's linguistic lore
    00:10:19: AJ's linguistic lore
    00:15:04: Formal and Informal communication
    00:21:38: Familect
    00:26:42: Strong and weak ties
    00:29:02: AJ's early online life (LORE DROP)”
    00:32:15: AC's early online life (or My Life as a Teenage Edgelord)
    00:34:57: Oh right, source-based discussion
    00:35:56: Digital communications power ranking
    00:42:38: The Unbound Geography of the Internet
    00:49:25: ╰(°▽°)╯ Let's talk about memes ╰(°▽°)╯
    01:13:13: How do you interact with the Chronically Offline?
    01:19:11: How conversations have changed and "The Chat"
    01:29:11: How do you explain a plate that has Charlie the Unicorn on it?
    01:34:21: Surprise! It's the end of the show!

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  • How to read X-Men's Krakoan era without losing your mind
    Jon Lovett reacting to news he missed while on Survivor

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    00:00:00: RIP Iceman
    00:02:47: AC is somewhere else
    00:03:07: Following up on Palestine
    00:03:31: X-Men ‘97 RULED
    00:29:56: Mutants in the MCU
    00:35:28: AC read HoxPox!
    00:44:14: Krakoa is over 😢
    01:02:04: Q&A!
    01:02:18: Stephen: “Why do the X-Men persist?”
    01:08:38: rob(dot)i - “What makes a good Krakoan story?”
    01:12:46: yrdad - “Dream X-Men lineups?”
    01:19:18: Eric’s Corn Overload - “Top 3 X-Men?”
    01:21:08: Eric’s Corn Overload - “Ok now FMK?”
    01:23:41: MattPrinceComics - “X-Men: First Class is the best team movie.”
    01:25:17: Eric’s Corn Overload - “Matt, are you feeling better about From the Ashes?”
    01:27:12: yrdad - “How did the mutant metaphor stand up during Krakoa?”

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    00:00:00: You don’t have to fact check your feelings
    00:05:28: Free Palestine
    00:14:28: The pressure to be an expert
    00:22:41: Challenging dominant narratives
    00:31:46: The pressure to be on the right side of history
    00:37:21: The best time to act
    00:44:21: Ongoing global genocide
    00:47:16: We have (some) power
    00:49:17: Pass the Hat
    01:00:50: Calling In
    01:08:11: Sitting in gratitude
    01:12:43: You don’t have to fact check your feelings. Just your facts.

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    00:00:00 - Picard gets kidnapped a lot huh
    00:04:35 - The Traitors
    00:21:24 - Paramount+ tho?
    00:24:38 - How Stephen got into TNG
    00:30:00 - How Brendon got into TNG
    00:36:00 - Brendon’s Episode
    00:58:14 - AC’s Episode
    01:16:36 - “Space”
    01:17:57 - Deep “Space” 9
    01:22:00 - Matt’s Episode
    01:34:22 - How do we feel about Q?
    01:41:13 - Stephen’s Episode
    01:56:54 - More great episodes!
    02:05:04 - The movies

    Brendon's episode was S5E25, "The Inner Light"
    AC's episode was S2E9, "Measure of a Man"
    Matt's episode was S3E19, "Captain's Holiday"
    Stephen's episode was S4E2, "Family"

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    00:00:00 - Landline phones
    00:02:06 - Season 3 this summer!
    00:04:19 - Balatro
    00:07:17 - Garfield Phone Beach
    00:09:39 - Novelty Phones
    00:14:57 - Single-Use Plastics
    00:25:52 - Niche Virality
    00:35:34 - Memeing on the climate crisis
    00:44:01 - Thoughts?

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    00:00:00 - Carrie-Anne F*cking Moss
    00:01:25 - Traitors memes
    00:03:10 - The Matrix Resurrections
    00:06:59 - The Matrix Resurrections is Canon Fanfiction
    00:18:29 - The high points of this movie
    00:34:54 - Casting and Recasting
    00:44:50 - Make them kiss!
    00:50:08 - The Sense8 inspiration
    00:52:30 - Making The Matrix Resurrections
    00:55:33 - Loving people across reality
    00:58:23 - Crossover time
    00:58:59 - What is Sense8?
    01:08:14 - Who are the sensates?
    01:24:31 - This is how you do diversity
    01:30:43 - Sharing talents in the cluster
    01:39:21 - The August 8 cluster
    01:43:16 - Sense8 is about joy. The Matrix is too.

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    Listen to 52 Pickup
    Listen to Insert Credit
    Read Alex's column on DC.com
    Watch Action Button

    00:00:00 - DC canon is WILD
    00:00:39 - Welcome Alex Jaffe!
    00:02:40 - What IS 52 Pickup?
    00:07:38 - The Traitors Season 2
    00:12:23 - Alex come back for Taskmaster!
    00:13:17 - Who is The Question?
    00:20:34 - The Question #1
    00:23:43 - The Question in JLU
    00:26:29 - How Alex got into comics
    00:29:56 - The Many Questions
    00:36:40 - What does The Question DO?
    00:40:34 - Alex’s Question Collection
    00:42:38 - The Question is a figure of change
    00:45:55 - The Question isn’t around much
    00:47:21 - Being a fan of a deep bench character
    00:51:19 - Failure
    00:54:12 - What if Batman was one of us?
    00:55:38 - Interesting additions to The Question
    01:00:27 - Where to begin?
    01:04:56 - DC canon Jesus
    01:10:03 - Matt’s Scout commission

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    Infomocracy on bookshop.org

    00:00:00 - A Better World is Possible00:01:21 - The NEW Ultimate Universe
    00:03:55 - The Traitors is back (and Parvati’s queer!)
    00:05:31 - Infomocracy
    00:08:25 - What is this book?
    00:15:40 - It’s very wonky
    00:17:37 - The role of place in microdemocracy
    00:25:22 - Corporate governments
    00:29:17 - Centenal density
    00:32:47 - Novelty governments
    00:36:01 - Information
    00:47:38 - Can’t Put It Down: Chants of Sennaar
    00:51:39 - Decidedly NOT North American
    00:53:22 - Does Matt want Information?
    01:01:28 - The characters
    01:02:34 - Does AC want Information?
    01:04:03 - An update on Matt’s TikTok feed
    01:04:50 - Why AC can’t let go of Infomocracy
    01:06:43 - The great project of building a better world
    01:17:33 - Dis-Information

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    Art by Scout (https://ko-fi.com/humblegoat)
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    Gubbins
    ”52 Pickup” podcast
    “Why Barbie Must be Punished”

    00:00:00 - The Stars at Night Barbie
    00:00:41 - Hi, Barbie!
    00:01:04 - Mobile Games Barbie
    00:03:30 - Weekly Comics Barbie
    00:07:27 - Greta Gerwig Made This Barbie for You
    00:13:02 - CEO Barbie
    00:14:13 - Unbearable Burden of Responsibility Barbie
    00:17:11 - Barbie, by Mattel
    00:19:19 - Monolith Barbie
    00:21:39 - ~ * a e s t h e t i c * ~ Barbie
    00:24:59 - Unreasonable Body Expectations Barbie
    00:27:05 - Inclusive Barbie
    00:34:05 - Boundary Pushing(?) Barbie
    00:36:50 - Illusion of Choice Barbie
    00:44:11 - Irrepressible Thoughts of Death Barbie
    00:48:10 - Standup Comedian Barbie
    00:51:37 - Fascist Barbie
    00:54:39 - Visible Signs of Aging Barbie
    00:58:57 - Archival Barbie
    01:01:39 - “I Read One Book” Ken
    01:04:08 - Filmmaker Barbie
    01:09:07 - Third Wave Barbie
    01:19:55 - Utterly Delightful Barbie
    01:21:57 - Funeral Barbie
    01:23:10 - Life-Size Barbie
    01:27:45 - Margot Robbie as “Barbie”
    01:30:08 - Ken’s Buddy, Allan
    01:32:19 - P.I.N.K. Barbie

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    "Broken Games Are Good, Actually" on Matt's YouTube
    "Marvel Snap is so frustrating" on Matt's YouTube

    Oratrice Mecanique Part 1
    Oratrice Mecanique Part 2
    Oratrice Mecanique Part 3

    YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM!

    00:00:00: Yeah, you want those games right?
    00:01:22: Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale
    00:07:52: AC plays Marvel Snap now
    00:12:51: Love things and critique them
    00:13:53: Matt’s Snap journey
    00:23:24: Spending money on phone games?!
    00:24:42: A CLASSIC Matt Horton App Store Essay
    00:31:38: A history of microtransactions
    00:41:14: A quick diversion
    00:42:00: Predatory monetization
    00:44:28: Cosmetics are good now?
    00:46:20: How progression works
    00:55:37: Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!
    00:57:19: The attention economy
    00:57:56: Monetizing FOMO
    01:04:51: Hooked by behavior design
    01:13:31: The good parts
    01:15:46: Buy games!
    01:21:46: Spend according to your values

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    From cart to shack: Curty makes an impact
    A Field Guide to the Great Hot Dogs of America
    Hot Dog etiquette

    00:00:00: Curtis, come on CLIG!
    00:01:05: Regional Hot Dogs
    00:01:40: Marvel Magic
    00:07:18: Keith Lee in Atlanta
    00:11:38: A hot dog lore drop
    00:23:22: THE Dirty Curty
    00:25:28: The cultural importance of the Dirty Curty
    00:31:58: AC’s favorite hot dog
    00:34:16: Hot dog etiquette
    00:35:04: So many kinds of hot dog
    00:36:03: Simple cook out hot dog
    00:37:02: New York hot dog
    00:37:38: Chicago dog
    00:39:41: Pickle in the fridge
    00:41:12: Chili Cheese Dog(s)
    00:46:46: The Halfsmoke
    00:47:57: Sonoran
    00:54:07: The weird ones
    00:57:22: Danish/French hot dogs
    01:00:22: Colombian hot dog
    01:03:40: Completo
    01:04:09: We love that for you
    01:05:50: Food culture and identity @ Costco

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