Episode 307: Requiem for a Dream and Top 5 Shattered Lives

This week, Robert dives into the haunting highs and crushing lows of Requiem for a Dream, while Ira dreams of a world where snacks are unlimited. Join Robert and Ira as they discuss REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and share their top 5 shattered lives. Listen for free through iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or Google Podcast Music.  So, if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a mother in Brooklyn and you’re on the heavy side, not like a beached whale but kind of close, and you get an offer to appear on TV but your red dress is too tight and you want to go on a crash diet to lose weight and you see a weight loss doctor and he prescribes pills, four a day in pretty colors, and you lose weight and you become manic and your drug dealing son is concerned, and his drug pushing partner gets arrested and your boy bails him out, and you be trippin’ but the weight loss doctor is pleased with your weight loss, and your son’s drug dealing world starts to crumble so he whores out his girlfriend for money and he gets deeper in the weeds with fucked up drug deals and you continue to pop pills and you really be trippin’ and your refrigerator comes to life as you hallucinate some weird fucked up twisted shit that would make Hunter Thompson proud, and shit gets real when your son is shooting heroin and his girlfriend fucks another dude for money, and your son goes to the hospital because of his totally fucked up arm and you’re in a psych ward getting zapped with shock treatment, and your son’s girlfriend is whored out again at a gang bang and your son has his arm chopped off and you’re now barely recognizable and you trip out fantasizing you’re on TV with your son, then this podcast is for you!