Tom & Travis spill their Catholic traumas as they discuss what religion means to them, as a broader quest to solve the religion question ONCE AND FOR ALL! Will the Almighty approve? Only He can answer....

Clips Used:

• Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick, performance by R. Lee Ermey, Warner Bros., 1981
• History of the World, Part I, directed by Mel Brooks, performances by Mel Brooks & John Hurt, 20th Century Fox, 1987.
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson, performance by Ian McKellen, New Line Cinema, 2003.
• “Peter’s Daughter.” Family Guy, written by Chris Sheridan, directed by Zac Moncrief, performance by Seth MacFarlane, 20th Century Fox Television, 2007.
• “A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas.” Family Guy, written by Danny Smith, directed by Brian Hogan, 20th Century Fox Television, 2001.
• "When Jesus Comes Back.” YouTube, uploaded by Bill Hicks - Topic, 3 March 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WT7UCt1cc&ab_channel=BillHicks-Topic.

SPOILER ALERT!

Tom and Travis discuss the The Last of Us - the video games and the first two seasons of the TV show. As the two have wildly differing opinions on the subject, their complicated discussion also touches upon the state of the film industry, online "criticism", and rehashing a decade long debate as to how a certain video game ends.

Shoutout to theRadBrad: https://www.youtube.com/user/theRadBrad

• See the TLOU videos that Tom saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HawhjjF5qFc&list=PLs1-UdHIwbo5MzTZwWfhL49b2hzvb-50E

Clips Used:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Directed by Jason West, performance by Billy Murray, Infinity Ward/Activision, 2009.
• S.W.A.T. directed by Clark Johnson, performance by Larry Poindexter, Columbia Pictures, 2003.

Travis and Tom are back in the car again, which means the audio is gonna be wonky AF. This week, they talk about movies and TV shows with messages, commentary, and warnings for human civilization... and why we dumb humans never learn.

CORRECTIONS:

• John Hughes did not direct WarGames. John Badham (Saturday Night Fever) was responsible for that one.
• Big Hero 6 was not made by Pixar. Disney Animation Studio made that one.

Clips Featured:

• “A Taste of Armageddon.” Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry, performance by William Shatner, season 1, episode 23, Normandy Productions & Desilu Productions, 1967.
• Fight Club, directed by David Fincher, performance by Brad Pitt, 20th Century Fox, 1999.

Films/TV Discussed

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Big Hero Six
• Black Panther
• Breaking Bad
• Chernobyl
• Deep Water Horizon
• Dr. Strangelove; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Failsafe
• Fight Club
• First Blood
• Hobbes & Shaw
• I, Robot
• Joker
• The Last Samurai
• Sons of Anarchy
• Southland
• Star Trek
  • “A Taste of Armageddon”
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • “Elementary, Dear Data”
• Taxi Driver
• WarGames

OUR FIRST INTERVIEW EVER! Travis invites his wife, Denise - a professional nurse - to talk healthcare. Here, Denise explains what a nurse is (bet you can't answer that if you tried), what the difference is between a nurse and a doctor, what it's really like to work in a hospital, what TV gets wrong about hospitals and nurses, and so much more. Be prepared to have myths and misconceptions dispelled... as well as be prepared in general for what life is really like at a hospital should you be misfortunate enough to be taken to one!

Music Cited

• “Ha Ha You’re Dead” by Green Day (‘Shenanigans’, 2002 - Reprise)

Have you ever heard that song that you've heard way too much? Tom and Travis (but moreso Tom) attempt to dissect this by just listing off songs they're tired of listening too. In addition to the expected bitching and whining, get ready to also hear them sing some of these tunes. Results may vary.

Clips Cited

• The Other Guys. Directed by Adam McKay, performances by Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Wahlberg, Columbia Pictures, 2010.

It's Tom's term to dictate his own presidency and his list gets a bit more spicy! Expect a lot more debate, discussion, and about 20 extra minutes in the conclusion of our little thought experiment.

Clips Cited

• Captain Philips, directed by Paul Greengrass, performances by Barkhad Abdi & Tom Hanks, Columbia Pictures, 2013.

Travis and Tom love their mommies so much they made their longest episode yet about the mommies they watch on TV - the good, the bad, and the so-ugly-it's-best-not-to-go-into-it! It's so damn long, we couldn't even get this episode out BEFORE Mother's Day. Shame.

TV Shows Discussed

• 1883
• Abbott Elementary
• Atypical
• Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009)
• Bob’s Burgers
• Breaking Bad
• Caillou
• Drake & Josh
• Friday Night Lights
• Game of Thrones
• Invincible
• King of the Hill
• Mike & Molly
• Outlander
• Pose
• Roseanne
• Shameless
• The Shield
• Smallville
• Sons of Anarchy
• The Sopranos
• South Park
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Stranger Things
• The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
• Superman & Lois
• This is Us
• Two and a Half Men
• The Walking Dead
• The X-Files
  • “Home”

• ⁃ Yellowstone

Boy the poop really hit the propeller for April, didn't it? Poor Travis & Tom induce depression into themselves as they struggle to sum up what the month was - including a constitutional crisis involving due process and deportations, a reckless trade war, an insane man who had literal brain worms trying to get the government to persecute people with autism, and a papal vacancy. And they foolishly tried to do it before the month was over.

Here are somethings that got left out:

• Said brain-worm man commissioning a national registry of people with mental disorders (which goes against multiple laws regarding the privacy of medical records) - all while promising an autism cure by September.
• A Jewish Democratic state governor had his home attacked by an arsonist over the fact that said governor was Jewish under the guise of taking vengeance against Israel's actions in Gaza.
• Trump wants to give women $5000 for having babies.
• J.D. Vance broke Ohio State Football's national championship trophy.

Clips Cited

• “JD Vance’s “CHINESE PEASANTS” remark draws criticism from China’s Foreign Ministry.” YouTube, uploaded by Diario AS, uploaded April 8, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idi8_RVZmKQ&ab_channel=DiarioAS
• ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’ directed by Nicholas Meyer, performance by Leonard Nimoy, Paramount Pictures, 1991.
• ‘Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith’ directed by George Lucas, performance by Ian McDiarmid, 20th Century Fox, 2005.
• ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ directed by Martin Scorsese, performances by Matthew McConaughey & Leonardo DiCaprio, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2013.

Music Cited

• “Paul’s Dream” by Hans Zimmer. (Dune, 2021 - Warner Bros. Pictures).