Drive-Time Ruminant 8: Worst Episode Ever

The Remnant returns to the drive-time format to end the week, and the results are ...

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The Remnant returns to the drive-time format to end the week, and the results are predictably unusual. Feast your ears on the eighth installment of this curio, in which Guy discusses the end of America’s “Remain in England” policy, Jonah ponders the appeal of cow brains and potted meat, and Ryan recounts his time as a Celtic warrior in the Irish mountains. Plenty of serious punditry is also included on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the appeal of right-wing grifters, and the rise of victimhood culture on college campuses. Tune in for a celebration of the legendary Tom Wolfe, but stick around to learn about some of the most depressing movies ever made.

Show Notes:

– George Costanza’s prison girlfriend

– Apu Nahasapeemapetilon’s citizenship test

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    Mitch

    Since y'all love a feel good movie, have you seen the classic Christmastime flick - Affliction?

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    Theirn Scott

    Yes, it was rather bad, the previous podcast, but think about how much better it makes all the others??

    Guy, thanks for the reference and link to the Tom Wolfe speech. It was great. I thought it wholly appropriate that it ended with comments from a Zen Abbot. That seemed to at least provide a doorway to a potential metaphysical answer to our spiritual problem.

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      Theirn Scott

      So, this talk by Wolfe sent me looking for an essay on the Nietzschean predictions of which Wolfe spoke. I found this excerpt from a book "The Radical Tradition: Philosophy, Metapolitics & the Conservative Revolution". It can be found at the following URL. Yea, I know it's an anarchist site but anarchism is gaining a better reputation in our current political climate.
      https://attackthesystem.com/the-nietzschean-prophecies/

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    Todd T

    I’m all for surrealism, but figuring I wouldn’t watch that Kaufman film “I’m thinking of ending things”, I decided to read the plot summary on wiki. Holy S$&@.

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    E. Asbenson

    Guy's auditory doppelganger may be Mark Steyn, but every time I hear Ryan it sounds like an alt-universe John Krasinski. Same Boston neighborhood?

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      Ryan Brown vertical-nib Author

      I'm from Grand Rapids, Michigan but I'm told I sound and act like John Krasinski all the time!

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        E. Asbenson

        Not my imagination then! Well, hello from a fellow Michigander.

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    PaulH

    For depressing movies, I nominate Sunshine -- given that (spoiler alert) in the end humanity is saved from destruction, it is an incredibly depressing movie.

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  6. Jared Manly

    It’s bad enough you are so critical of potted meat….but calling sweetbreads “brains”. Where’s that dispatch fact check!

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    1. Ben Bobbitt

      Hear hear. Thymus gland or pancreas. Totally not gross now, right? Actually I do enjoy them from time to time, in small doses.

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    2. Natty Bumpo

      And let's have no blithely offered criticism of scrapple either!

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      1. Jared Manly

        Agree

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  7. Chris Dent

    As a proud fan of traditional British food involving "less expensive" cuts of meat, who comes from the home of the black pudding in Lancashire, I would class potted meat as something which if done has to be done well...
    p.s. don't every look up how they make haggis in Scotland

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      George.Skinner

      French potted meat is called a terrine, and you'd pay good money for it at a high end restaurant.

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    Seth B

    What is home without Plumtree's Potted Meat?

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    Birch Barlow

    I briefly met Dennis Prager and Jonah at a “Obama at 100 days’ thing years ago. Pretty sure those two had a falling out. It’s not a defense but he is what he is now because he wanted to keep his radio show. And he still does so he has to pander to keep it. I suspect something similar is going on with Tucker.

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    Ben Connelly

    I loved this episode! In general I love the Drive-Times. But I also liked the last episode, so you failed! I liked both of them! Then again there aren’t too many episodes I haven’t liked.

    Congratulations to Guy. We will be glad to have you as a citizen in America.

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