EPISODE · Feb 26, 2026 · 29 MIN

Sherman Alexie

from House of Strauss · host Ethan Strauss

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAuthor, filmmaker and ardent basketball fan Sherman Alexie joins me to discuss one of my favorite topics: The 1990s. Though, to be honest, we stray from that subject and get into others subjects of interest. Such as! * Rob Mahoney thinks “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is bad. Fair?* Smells Like Teen Spirit changed everything* What was the last great movie?* Why, exactly, Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red White and Blue” became a hit again two decades later* The cognitive dissonance for White Liberals seeing people who look and talk like them having different politics* McDonald’s as blue collar space* Sherman could plausibly be from half the world* I’m mesmerized by how different the Canadians are* Sports media’s been socially pressured into softness* The laudable grandiosity of Timothée Chalamet* The theory behind YouTube athletic stars * Is more fictional content political or are we just more sensitive to political messages?* Who are the ALL TIME “Pretendian” actors