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On today’s show, we’re building the show from the ground, or should I say the baseplate, up, brick by brick by delightful molded plastic brick… That’s right, today, we’re talking all things LEGO. Why have we chosen LEGO for today’s show? Do you really need to ask that? Do you ever need a reason to engage with LEGO in any form? Was there ever a time in your life when LEGO wasn’t the coolest… something in the world? Exaaaactly. LEGO is and has been, for all of our lives at least, one of the coolest things that the modern human mind has ever invented, and it just keeps getting cooler and cooler. Literally billions of lives have been touched by this incredible creation that is so much more than just a toy. LEGO bricks are an ubiquitous part of human culture, and really need no introduction. So grab your favorite mini-fig, a couple of brick separators, and a set of plans for a wildly inventive MOC, and let’s build! Rebrickable - this site mainly sells instructions for MOCsTips&BricksTD BRICKSThe most complex set ever - Sagrada Familia 12,060 piecesWapi Bricks - this guy specializes in buying and selling LEGOTiago Catarino - logo set reviewsJK Brickworks - fantastic page that just does all kinds of cool original MOCsBuilding Kyiv - All Proceeds Donated to UNICEF and other charities. Seamlessly fits into the world of small LEGO Architecture Skyline series modelsRapid Fire Spring Shooter - a LEGO belt-fed piston that works like a dreamCADA an after-market LEGO clonePlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, as summer is set to start, we’re taking a look at summer music, and more specifically, the institution that is ‘The Summer Music Festival.’ From Woodstock to Coachella, the Summer Music Festival has been a glorious celebration of song, of youth culture, of excess, of hooliganism, and of wildness itself. There’s always a little danger lurking around the corner with summer music festivals, be it rain and electrocution at Woodstock Original-Recipe; coked-up Hell’s Angels at Altamont; mud clod-slinging frat boys at Lollapalooza; or disaffected and pissed-off young white men just looking to ‘break something’ at Woodstock ‘99. In recent years, though, summer festivals have taken on a wholly different feel, for better or, as Justin would have you believe, much, much worse. So with all that in mind, we’ll dive into a little of our personal Summer Music Festival histories, and then we’ll take up the then-vs-now debate and decide once and for all what the essential Summer Music Festival experience is, or at least, should be.Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re diving deep into two films inspired by one of the most groundbreaking and beloved comedy films of all time: This Is Spinal Tap, the first-of-a-genre masterpiece directed by Rob Reiner and starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. The movie spawned imitators aplenty in the mockumentary space and paved the way for such pop cultural icons as The Office, Parks & Recreation, and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, among many, many others. In 2025, pop superstar Charli XCX released The Moment, a direct modern successor of This Is Spinal Tap, and it’s hilarious. So with that as a starting point, we’re going to review the film alongside another mockumentary that we’ve been eyeing: Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee. Though it plays as a feature, it was actually the final two episodes of the first season of Documentary Now!, a fantastic mockumentary series created by Fred Armisen and Bill Hader of Saturday Night Live fame. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re looking back on two records by two artists that had a big, big influence on both of early musical inspiration. The artists: Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, aka The Indigo Girls. The records: Nomads ⬪ Indians ⬪ Saints and Rites of Passage. We’re diving deep on both of these magnificent albums to get into everything we love about the songwriting, the guitar playing, the vocal harmonizing, and the deep, deep meaning behind so many of the lyrics. It’s gonna be a good one, so get on the bus, y’all!Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re taking a close look at the brand-new version of Saturday Night Live that dropped recently on NBC and Peacock: Saturday Night Live UK! We’ll give our takes and opinions on the new show, how it stacks up against SNL Original Recipe, and we’ll assess the current state of the original show as well.Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re welcoming our buddy Mark for a return visit to spool out our collective Most Anticipated Movies of 2026 list. So many movies!! Every Movie We Discussed on the Show:TowPower BalladDiggerThe ChristophersJack of SpadesThe Dog StarsLadies FirstI Love BoostersBack RoomsTunerThe Adventures of Cliff BoothWild Horse NineCoyote vs. AcmeHer Private HellOver Your Dead BodyThe InviteWhalefallThe WeightDisclosure DayThe OdysseyDune Pt. 3The Death of Robin HoodThe DutchmanThe Social ReckoningThe End of Oak StreetTeenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaHokumRoommatesMile End KicksPressureThe Brink of WarThe Wizard of the KremlinGale Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassPaper TigerHow to Rob a BankPanic CarefullyGhost WriterBucking FasterWildwoodPlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re welcoming an in-studio guest for a walk down memory lane as our dear mother Beth Harper joins us to reminisce about a certain night a couple of decades ago when the two of us put on a dinner party for the ages, with a little help, er, no, A LOT of help from a certain southern gentleman and service industry magician from Matt’s culinary past, Montgomery Sinks.Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

Today on the show we’re inaugurating a new recurring episode format: the Junk Drawer. It’s our way of clearing out the many random topic ideas and interesting tidbits that we’ve collected in recent weeks and months that haven’t fit into anything we’ve already discussed and don’t quite warrant a full show topic on their own.Angine de Poitrine on KEXPAnderson Paak LiveAround the World in 1900 ColorizedEiffel Tower Construction in ColorExploring the Eiffel Tower - 3D AnimationHow Long Can the Eiffel Tower Survive?Paris 3D City TimelapsePlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re going back to the Old West for a deep dive into the world of Red Dead Redemption 2, one of the all-time great video games. The game resides at the top of many critics’ Best Games Ever lists, and has spawned literally millions of hours of related content, from live streams, play-alongs, analysis videos, and tutorials, to a whole world of machinima, where creators use recorded footage of gameplay to make new cinematic features. So grab your six-shooter and sharpen your spurs: we’re headin’ to St. Denis, partner!Cinematic EditJustin's Epilogue #1Justin's Epilogue #2I Stalked an RDR2 NPC for 14 Days (And Lost My Mind)Agent 1899: St Denis Gang Wars. The Complete First Series. Red Dead Redemption 2 - from the Red Dead Realism YouTube ChannelPlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re talking all things performance art with a discussion of Yoko Ono, the artist, as well as many other figures and findings from the world of performance art. Amongst our topics: Marina Abramovic, Lady GaGa, Jay-Z, Shia LaBeouf, Didi the Devil, and Joseph Beuys.Yoko Ono, Cut Piece 1964 and the performance videoCeiling Painting/Yes Painting Ono’s piece that John Lennon lovedYoko receiving the Grammy for Double FantasyJay-Z Picasso BabyEurosport’s piece on Didi the DevilShia LaBeouf’s Take Me Anywhere documentaryPlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

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On today’s show, we’re joined in-studio by special guest Sean Ahern for a deep dive into the seminal 90s hip-hop track “N.Y. State of Mind” by the one and only Nas, aka Nasty Nas, aka the King of Queensbridge, and one of the great rap lyricists of all time. We’ll discuss the track in depth and take a look at his career as well as some of his hip-hop contemporaries in the history of New York rap and the genre as a whole.Follow Sean on Instagram“Halftime” on the Zebra Head SoundtrackNas’ track on Breaking Atoms by Main Source: “Live at the Barbecue”The “Yeah!” sample - from Mountain’s “Long Red”“It Ain’t Hard to Tell” DemoThe World Is Your’s Ahmad Jamal Trio sample: I Love MusicKool & the Gang “Live at P.J.s”The “Flight Time” Sample from Donald ByrdThe Joe Chambers song Mind RainTour by CapletonEric B and Rakim “Mahogany”Miss Info's podcast with Nas called “The BridgeA look at QueensbridgeA short history of Queensbridgegood aerial view (go to 1:58 - 2:27)All about the BerghofTo Scale: TimeUniverse Size ComparisonKey and Peele: What It’s Like Being Married to Neal DeGrasse TysonPlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re finally finishing the entirety of our Oscars coverage with our reactions to the big night, all of the winners and losers, and more importantly, the winners and losers in our own in-house competition. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re thrilled to be joined for the entire show by Mark Schaffer, a friend and fellow cinephile, who is sitting in for our first annual Oscars Prediction Show. We’ll be picking our Will Wins and Should Wins in all of the major categories and most of the minor ones in advance of the big show on Sunday, March 15.  Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re dipping into the grab back to talk about a few miscellaneous items that are currently populating our headspaces, mainly TV, movies and some Oscars talk. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re discussing Week 2 of the 2026 Winter Olympic games, mainly the two Gold Medal hockey games, plus a few other items sprinkled in. And then we’re digging into the career of the late, great American actor Robert Duvall, who died on February 15.Nazgul the DogNYT Article About John Irving's Olympian Grand-children"I love the smell of Napalm in the morning."Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re breaking down lots of the action from the first ten days of the Winter Olympics in Milano and Cortina Italy. Valentine's Energy on the Soccer PitchColin Jost's Bobsled RunGreat Downhill CrashesPinheiro Braaten, First South American Winter MedalistFederica Brignon's National championships crashJohn Fahey - On the Sunny Side of the Ocean and Spanish Two-StepThe Alabama Solution TrailerPlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re continuing our conversation about Mountaineering movies, coming on the heels of Netflix’s recent spectacle of spectacular, Skyscraper Live, starring the unstoppable Alex Honnold. Honnold will feature in this conversation as well as another notable Alex as we dig into more films from this compelling subgenre.Arctic Ascent Greenland with Alex HonnoldTour of Alex Honnold's Home GymAlex Honnold's TED TalkBefore Free Solo - Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy ChinThe Wildest Dream - Mallory and Everest DocumentaryPlease subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re discussing Skyscraper Live, the new Netflix docu-spectacle about Alex Honnold’s attempt to climb a skyscraper, and coupling that conversation with Part 1 of a 3-part deep dive into the world of climbing and mountaineering movies.Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re talking 2026 Oscar Nominations, with our hot takes on the nominees in all of the big categories. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

For the final show of our first year(!) we’re digging into the Grab Bag to talk about several things that have been banging around the Harperama offices in recent weeks, including a spirited conversation about the encroaching influence of AI on artistry, a recap of the recent Golden Globes awards, a chat about the fonts used in movies, and a bit about films with a colon in their title.Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re taking a look at the final season of FX’s award-winning hit show The Bear, which concluded in 2025. And then we’ll use that as a jump-off to share some of our own favorite stories from our own restaurant lives.Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, we’re spooling out our Top 10 lists for 2025. For Justin, it’s his Top 10 TV Shows of 2025, and for Matt, his Top 10 Movies. Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram

On today’s show, it’s Part 2 of our Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair review.Please subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow us on InstagramSubscribe to our other podcast, Beyond the Slipstream (it's about pro cycling, just fyi...)Follow Justin's gaming life in Instagram