Episode 89: Defamation Train

This week, Brian reports back on Ariana Grande’s new album Petal, an assignment that somehow leads us to Train covering Led Zeppelin, the limits of musical talent, and the question everybody should be asking: if you can sound like Led Zeppelin, why would you choose to sound like Train? From there, we return to the watermelon podcast. I’ve got this little bonne mot for you: AI uses for weedkiller dissemination. The Defamation Train leaves the station with a check in on Mitch McConnell. We discuss the fact that Chinese fortune cookies may be interfering in Tennessee elections. Some might speculate about Cort’s method of advance preparation for this recording because he goes off on a rant. Brian seeks Zen. In the non-listening section of our podcast Brian reports back from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. This prompts serious discussion of Matt Damon’s abs, the logistical shortcomings of the Trojan Horse, Robert Pattinson’s qualifications as a douche, and whether a 3,000-year-old story really needed to wait until the final act before the hero started kicking ass. Brian makes an assignment and has even provided specific listening instructions, because apparently simply pressing play is no longer sufficient. Finally, we meet this week’s randomly generated show, and it’s bloody disgusting. Cort’s last assignment to Brian: Ariana Grande – Petal https://open.spotify.com/album/2k4FmEtXR0WiDW0Ac2QArT?si=-aKmFSiFQ4CNv_-gOBcjmw Brian’s next assignment to Cort: Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Cannonball https://open.spotify.com/album/1yN1NPr6d4TvVJyUyuMHpK?si=D5942BnIQw6H3kfXabVq6A 🎶 Theme Song: "Cyrus Oh Cyrus" by The Flying Scrub Jays https://open.spotify.com/track/3S9T5HUS4cwky1922WhF1J?si=6fcad8771f724492 📧 [email protected] 📱 @listenerslikeyoupod