tankriot's Podcast

Episode 202: In this episode, the team discusses things to do in bunkers. Including: Picard, Steve Buscemi, Dark Ages, Lego Masters, Lost in Space, The Good Place, Don't Fuck with Cats, Glow, End Times Fun, The Curse of Oak Island, Spencer Confidential, Onward, Uncut Gems, Birds of Prey, Better Call Saul, MST3K Live, The Outsider, Ozark, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and more!

In this episode we discuss Star Wars 9 Rise of Skywalker with Spoilers from 8:45-26:20, 1917, Oscars and controversy, The Irishman attempt, The Two Popes, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nick Lowe, The Afghanistan Papers, and more!

In this episode, the team celebrates their 200th episode and start questioning why they use the third person in their episode descriptions. Topics include the Trump impeachment, The Mandalorian, Disney+, Jeff Goldblum, Watchmen, Vikings, Knives Out, Silicon Valley, His Dark Materials, Jojo Rabbit, Hamilton, Mailbag, Doctor Sleep, Lords of Chaos, Harmonquest, Star Trek. Thanks to all of our listeners for making this possible!

In this episode, the team tries to not laugh as they discuss Joker, Ad Astra, Scorsese acting like a little bitch, Playstation 4 and VR, Borderlands 3, E-Bikes, Crazy Lenny, Umberto Eco, Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, Ur Fascism, Mussolini & Trump, Kurds & Turkey, David Berman, NFL Packers division champs, Ozark, and more.

In this very long edition of the podcast we discuss Roky Erickson (July 15, 1947 - May 31st 2019), Sandy Hook deniers in Wisconsin, Judd Legum report on fake corporate LGBT support (AT&T, UPS, Comcast, Home Depot, GE, Fedex, UBS, Verizon, Pfizer), Tavern League vs CBD, UFOs, Stanton Friedman, Venice, Chicago, Apple Mac Pro, Ford GT, VW Microbus, Truckla, Chinese Uighur Camps, American Child Concentration Camps, John Wick 3, The Tick canceled, Jessica Jones, Black Mirror, I Am Mother, Good Omens, Wisconsin Murder DNA, Radiohead leak, Bcycle meltdown, Skiing, Traffic, The Hate You Give and Race in America, Politics, and more!  

In this episode we discuss Game Shows, Blow Up, Destroyer, Perfect Bid, Sterling Hayden, Iran, Trump financial woes, Democrat candidate multitudes, NASA & Space Exploration Argument, Amazon, Billionaires, Taxes, Endgame, Time Travel Hijinks, Game of Thrones, Beta Ray Bill, and more!

In this episode we discuss famed chemist Fritz Haber and his scientific contributions. Also Carl Bosch, Cable vs a la carte services, Notre Dame, Robber Barons, Vaccinations, Saudi Arabia, The Kid Who Would Be King, Barry, The Tick, Black Summer, Mueller Report, Impeachment, Trump Taxes, Democratic Candidates, Car Colors and Commercials, Wikileaks, Assange, Town Halls, Recycling, Madison Mayor Soglin, Poop and more!

In this episode we discuss spring elections, touchy Biden, democrat candidates, Mueller report, windmill cancer, Spam, Jim Jeffries, NZ shooting, Incredibles 2, Harry Potter, Knightfall, Captain Marvel, US, I am Big Bird, Flowers, After Life, Love Death and Robots, Mary Queen of Scots, Sisters Brothers, Hostiles, Stan & Ollie, Downer Lutheran Gumby, The Highwaymen, Destination Wedding, A Private War, Leaving Neverland, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, Walk Hard the Dewey Cox Story, The Tick season 2, Borderlands 3, Mac PC, Console wars and more.

In this episode we discuss the works of famed propagandist Edward Bernays! We also discuss Michael Cohen, The Orville, The Oscars, Captain Marvel, Shazam, I Am the Night, Kingdom, Umbrella Academy, Lego Movie 2, Alita: Battle Angel and Won't You Be My Neighbor with Godzuki, Boy Erased, Suspiria,m Happy Death Day, The Captain, Sisters Brothers, Neal Brennan, Bo Burnham, Seveneves by Neal Stephenson and more!

Weather, Oscars, Razzies, Kidnappings, Love Symbol #2, Prince, Muppets, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Spike Lee, Raw, Sportball, Government shutdown, Gillette Commercial, Lincoln Memorial Kerfuffle, Social media and the meaning of life, Ministry of Loneliness, PTSD, Monty Don, Vikings, The Orville, Bandersnatch, Patriot, The Punisher, Wrap up on Aquacan, The Death of Stalin, Color out of Space, Sam Elliott vs Hitler then Bigfoot, and more!

In this very special episode the gang discusses the year that was and reminisces on all things including Tales From the Tour Bus, Aquacan is coming, Amazon, Scott Walker flips off Wisconsin one last time, Vice, Guns & Airports, Yemen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Vikings Season 5, The Tudors, Monty Don, American Gods at House on the Rock, The Orville, The Curse of Oak Island, Comic Con, Meeting William Shatner, Brady Bunch, SKG Retrogaming, Babylon 5, A debate on the worst Star Trek TOS Episode, Nightflyers (aka Dogvomit ripoff of Saturn 5, Silent Running, A Boy and his Dog and others), also Raw Deal, Die Hard, Uncle Nick, and more!

In this episode the team discuss Frontline, the Baraboo Salute, Stan Lee, Stephen Hillenburg, Wizard World, Adult Swim, Dethklok, Douglas Rain, The Good Place, John Allen Chau, Mandy, Ayn Rand Film Trilogy Atlas Shrugged, Sports Talk, Age of Tanks, Damnation, Vikings, Amazon Prime, The Night Eats the World, Jack Ryan, Electric Dreams, Diablo III, I Think We're Alone Now, The Lodgers, Overlord, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Scooters, Texas, Freaks and more!  

In this episode we discuss the upcoming midterms, Drumpf, Travels with My Father, American Vandal, Monty Python, Hold the Dark, Haunting of Hill House, Apostle, Killing of a Sacred Deer, War Movies, The Orville, Daredevil, Doctor Who, Bonzo, Eugenics, Nimrods, Neanderthals, Joaquin Rundberg, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, A CONTEST, and More!

In this episode, we revisit the dark realm of conspiracy theories and discuss PragerU, QAnon, Moon conspiracies, Flat Earthers, the math of conspiracies, Malaysian Flight 370, Hurricane Florence, HAARP and more. Also discussed, You Were Never Really Here, Hereditary, Wisconsin Crime, Kavanaugh, Trump tax fraud, Elon Musk, and more!

In this episode the Tank Team discusses the divide in the culture from a shoe ad by Nike to a shoe in for the Republicans (Kavanaugh). We also discuss Aretha Franklin, Burt Reynolds, The Meg, Elon Musk, Alex Jones and more!

The team reconvenes after a brief hiatus to discuss the things they have been enjoying in film, TV, and other media as well as some reasons to embrace distractions from the horrors of modern politics! Topics include: Jerry Lewis update, Westworld, Blade of the Immortal, 13 Assassins, James Gunn, Papa Johns, Elon Musk, The 8 Bit Guy, Electroboom, Sorry to Bother You, MI6 Fallout, The Meg, Incredibles 2, DC Meets Hanna-Barbera, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Endless, The Limehouse Golem, The Tick, Bombshell, Please Stand By, Rampage, The Expanse, Sennheiser HD 4.50 headphones, and more!

In this episode, the team updates the Presidential Douchebag Gallery with a couple of oldies but baddies! We also give an update on the drama at Twin Galaxies, discuss Public Enemy Number Two, Kanye, Childish Gambine, DNA and the Golden State Killer and more!

In this episode, the team distracts itself from politics for a while discussing movies and TV, then we discuss the NRA and the loss of Paul Ryan. Films discussed include Ready Player One, A Quiet Place, The Florida Project, I Tonya, 3 Billboards, Paterno, Paul Blart 2, A Man Called Ove, Chappaquiddick, Han Solo, Infinity War, Black Panther, and more. We look at the small screen and discuss The Terror, Legion and more. Viktor talks about his trip to Hawaii. The gang debates Elon Musk and Paul Ryan. Sputnik fills us in on his latest gun show trip and we discuss the NRA. We also say goodbye to Stephen Hawking, rest in peace. 

In this Episode, the team closes the TV trifecta loop for listener "fishy" and tells the tale of Hogan's Heroes. We discuss Werner Klemperer, Richard Dawson, Bob Crane, but also get side-tracked by Black Mirror, Soglin, Shit-hole comments, Mother!, The Hulk, we revisit Captain America, the 1st Avenger, AUTOFOCUS, Role Models, Paul, Erased, Family Feud, Fire and Fury, Computer trash talk and more!

In this episode, the team goes full nerd and discusses the newest Star War! Episode 8 The Last Jedi. Also Dark, the German Netflix show. Also Justice League and how it was middling to OK. Also Thor Ragnarok and how it was the best thing ever! Also Vikings! Also, Viktor was not all the way there.

In this episode the Tank Team discuss Stranger Things 2 with full spoilers (starting at 19:00), The Orville, American Gods, House on the Rock, bad behavior of privileged men in Hollywood and politics, the very miniature blue wave and more!

In this episode the Tank team discusses Magic the Gathering, Blade Runner 2049, Las Vegas and Utah Vacations and Violence, Vietnam by Ken Burns, Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Suggested English translation by Olena Bormashenko), Tarkovsky, Contest Winners, Walter Becker, Musical Room-mates, Monty Hall and his Problem, Hugh Hefner, and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver.

In this episode, the Tank team discusses IT by Stephen King, Apple new releases, DACA bullshittery, bicycle talk, Pokemon, climate change, hurricanes and more. Local Wizard World Madison contest and world wide contest focused on Jerry Lewis. RIP: Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) Glen Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) Adam West (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017)

In this episode, the team is joined by the Viking Prince to discuss Dunkirk, Atomic Blonde, losers and murderers with Tiki torches and the losers in the White House that support them and more!

In this episode, we discuss adventure tourism, , FCC vs Net Neutrality, Tor Test Cimena, Okja, Spiderman: Homecoming, To the Bone, obligatory Star Trek rants, Grand Canyon and Quebec vacations, Vikings, Sherlock, Fargo, Armada, Ready Player One, Daemon, Freedom, governmental corruption, fireworks, and more!

In the first show after our audio equipment collapse, the team conducts an elaborate audio test of new equipment by discussing driving music and we send sincere thanks to all of our Executive Producers who sent donations! We move on to talk about The Red Turtle, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Wonder Woman, Alien: Covenant (Lord Buckethead would have made the film better!), North Korean vacations, Florida beachfront speculation, alligator petting and a new term that could explain a lot about America: Exponential Incompetence! To be discussed later: RIP Adam West!

Through mounting technical difficulty, our heroes tread from Prancing Ponies all the way to Mountain Monsters! We had stops along they way like: Harmontown, Pabst Mansion, Kong Skull Island, Ghost in the Shell, Bill O'Reilly, MST3k, One More Time With Feeling, and more! Go to www.tankriot.com and find the donate button on the right hand side. We need to make some changes and you can now be the change you want to see (or hear) in the world!

The team reunites to talk TV and politics. In this episode we discuss Counting Cars, Logan, Legion, Vikings, The Expanse, March Madness and a splash of Douglas Adams. We also discuss North Korea and Drumpf's preliminary budget.

  I remember the year I went to camp I heard about some lady named Selma and some blacks Somebody put their fingers in the President's ears It wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's wax I remember the book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba Now that's all I can think of, but I'm sure there's something else Way down inside me I can feel it coming back Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down (Purple toupee when summer brings you down) Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around (Purple toupee and gold lame) Chinese people were fighting in the park We tried to help them fight, no one appreciated that Martin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms Ten years later they were sharing the same cell I shouted out, "Free the Expo '67" Till they stepped on my hair, and they told me I was fat Now I'm very big, I'm a big important man And the only thing that's different is underneath my hat Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down (Purple toupee when summer brings you down) Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around (Purple toupee and gold lame)  

In this episode, we discuss Rogue One with Spoilers and curse out 2016 for the loss of Carrie Fisher. Also, In Order of Disappearance, Big Thinking, Mailbag and more!

In which your stunned hosts discuss the US election tire fire, voter suppression, fake news, Leonard Cohen, Doctor Strange, Black Mirror and more!

In this episode we discuss the 2016 US election using our new system: Record Analysis of Nonplussing Trump Statements, or R.A.N.T.S! Also Computer failures, Luke Cage, Konquest and other games, Outlander, Game of Thrones, Fez Petting Zoo and more!

In the latest installment, from best to worst, we discuss: Mailbag, A Contest, Stranger Things, Kubo and the 2 Strings, Sausage Party, NSA Hack, DRM, Suicide Squad and other things like the ongoing saga of a doofus named Lochtke!

We discuss the Republican Nomination, Stranger Things, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Bullshit statistics that prove you are safer now than in the 90s and more, including Stranger Things! So Good!

In this episode: Eugene V Debs, Batman V Superman, Civil War, Socialism, Elections, Last Days in the Desert, Blue Ruin, Green Room and more!

In this episode, we discuss the Dalai Lama's visit to Madison and protests by the Shugden group. Also we update the status of the FBI's case against Apple, have a discussion of console gaming and Viktor's new favorite older game, Destiny. We look into the trailers for Ghostbusters as well as Captian America: Civil War. But first, Viktor is going to Washington D.C. and choosing museums!

Episode 166: To Bowie and Apple on Encryption with Love! We discuss the loss of David Bowie, Star Wars 7, The Hateful Eight + Martin, The Revenant, Bone Tomahawk, The Expanse, Apple vs FBI, Electioneering and Politics and, to top it all off, Love. Also, go see Deadpool!

Sacred Baby Fest! We talk holidays, plus Hitler! Egg Nog! Jessica Jones! Tanks! Star Wars! Star Trek! Hateful 8! White Tiger! Breaking Bad! Doctor Who! Exclamation Points!

We discuss Spectre, the latest James Bond film and veer off into politics, CITIZENFOUR, Snowden, Surveillance, Elections, US Foreign Policy, mailbag, a contest and more!

We discuss The Martian, NASA, Back to the Future, Over the Garden Wall, Star Wars, US Elections,  Mailbag and more!

We discuss Iran, Mike Krol, Cribshitter, Ahmed Mohamed, Scott Walker Update, Politics, I Dream of Wires, The Wrecking Crew, Muscle Shoals and more!

Laudato si'!  We discuss the newest Encyclical of Pope Francis and what the buzz is about the new Pope and the environment.  Also Ant-Man, Under the Skin, Trailer TV, Maggie, Beware of Mr. Baker and more!

Vincent Van Gogh! We discuss the painter's life and works. And Jurrasic World, and True Detective and more!

John Carpenter! We discuss the very influential director and his films. We discuss Halloween, Dark Star, The Fog, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape From New York, Prince of Darkness and more! Also Mailbag, Fury Road, Game Over documentary and Atari!

Nick Drake! We discuss the British folk singer that has inspired millions but didn't get to live to see it. Also, Avengers Age of Ultron, Theory of Everything, Imitation Game, Vikings Season 3, Silent films, whisky and more whisky!

Ada Lovelace! We discuss the first computer programmer, Charles Babbage, the Difference Engine, Daredevil, Studio Ghibli, Old Tuscon, Mailbag and more!

Deep State!  We talk about the Deep State and how it impacts the decisions of Washington, Wall Street, Silicon Valley and the Military. Also, Leonard Nimoy, Scott Walker's Presidential aspirations, Tony Robinson, Birdman and more! "Enjoy your Kafka-esque nightmare!"

Blaxploitation Films!  We discuss a fun and important genre of films that spanned the 1970s and lives on in homage films and parodies to this day.  Some of our favorite films we discuss are: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Shaft, Across 110th Street, Coffy, Black Caesar, Blacula, Dolemite, Super Fly and many more!  We also briefly tackle the Superbowl, American Sniper, Frank, Scott Walker shenanigans, Exodus, Left Behind, and more. 

Episode 154: Flying Spaghetti Western Holiday Show! We discuss the genre and our favorite actors, directors and films including: The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Django, Ennio Morricone, Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, Franco Nero, Clint Eastwood, Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski and so many more!  Also, Rick and Morty, Black Mirror, The Interview, Lake Louie Brewing Company and Wausau.

John Wayne! We discuss the life and films of John "The Duke" Wayne including Stagecoach, Red River, Rio Bravo, Green Berets, The Searchers, and many more.  Also a brief interview with writer Scott Gordon, a discussion of Fury and more.