This week, Travis comes back from a two week vacation and he & Tom discuss the weeks he was away in a non-heavy, stream of consciousness conversation. Topics range from vapid sports talking heads to Lex Luthor to children's movies to rock band recommendations to Vegas being a soulless city.

CORRECTIONS:

• Stephen A. Smith’s movie scene was actually in Creed III, not II. And the quote referred to “THREE years ago”, not “four”.
• Travis meant to say that Dukat bedded BAJORAN women (hence why he coughed “RAPE!”).
• The team that Travis forgot that’s also in the NFC West division is the Arizona Cardinals. In retrospect, he understands why they were forgettable.

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Clips Cited

• A Bug’s Life, directed by John Lasseter, performance by Kevin Spacey, Walt Disney Pictures, 1998.
• “Chris Berman’s WHOOP and HE COULD GO ALL THE WAYYYY! NFL Primetime 2020.” YouTube, uploaded by firshad, 21 September 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYXqI7nrV40&ab_channel=firshad.
• “Comes the Inquisitor” Babylon 5, written by J. Michael Straczynski, directed by Mike Vejar, performances by Wayne Alexander & Bruce Boxleitner, Warner Bros. Domestic Television, 1995.
• “Jalen Rose on new NBA playoffs format suggestion: I love it.” First Take. ESPN, 20 February, 2018.

Music Cited

• “SportsCenter Theme” by John Colby (ESPN, 1989)
• “SportsCenter Theme” by Trouble Funk (ESPN, 2022)

BLAM! POW! BAM! Travis and Tom manage to stumble into both talking about military shooting things. One's a series of video games about shooting (among other forms of violence) Nazis with mechs. The other is a TV/Film franchise about the US military shooting at ancient aliens who built the pyramids!

(Oh and it should be noted that Travis technically didn’t give an answer when asked, “Do you like killing Nazis?” Suspicions be raised….)

CORRECTIONS:

• Both the original Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein 3D in 1981 and 1992 respectively. The first Doom was released in 1993 and thus neither could technically be called a “Doom clone”.

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Clips Cited

• “The Nox” Stargate SG-1, written by Hart Hanson, directed by Charles Correll, performance by Christopher Judge, MGM Television, 1997.
• “Secrets” Stargate SG-1, written by Terry Curtis Fox, directed by Duane Clark, performance by Richard Dean Anderson, MGM Television, 1998.
• Stargate, directed by Roland Emmerich, performance by Kurt Russell, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, 1994.
• “The Warrior” Stargate SG-1, story by Christopher Judge, teleplay/directed by Peter DeLuise, performance by Richard Dean Anderson, MGM Television, 2002.
• Wolfenstein: The New Order, directed by Jerk Gustafsson & Jens Matthies, Machine Games/Bethesda Softworks, 2024.

Music Cited

• “End Credits Theme” by Joel Goldsmith (Stargate Universe, MGM Television, 2009-2011)
• “Stargate Atlantis Theme” by Joel Goldsmith (Stargate Atlantis, MGM Television, 2004-2009)
• “Stargate Infinity” by Mike Piccirillo & Jean-Michel Guirao (Stargate Infinity, MGM Television, 2002-2003)
• “Stargate Overture” by David Arnold (Stargate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, 1994)
• “Stargate SG-1 Theme” by Joel Goldsmith and David Arnold (Stargate SG-1, MGM Television, 1997-2007)
• “Zug nach Hamburg” by Die Schäferhunde (Wolfenstein: The New Order, Bethesda Softworks, 2014.

Thomas & Travis found an ORIGINAL Hollywood movie that did well at the box office. This inspires them to talk about not just the movie in question, but also about original movies, how they fair at the box office, and what can we do to get more of them again!

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Clips Cited

• Armageddon, Audio commentary by Ben Affleck, directed by Michael Bay, Touchstone Pictures/Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1998.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directed by Mike Newell, performance by Jeff Rawle, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2005.
• Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, performances by Hailee Steinfeld and Michael B. Jordan, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2025.

How do you do, fellow zoomers? Travis and Tom bring on returning guest, Travis's wife Denise, to talk about FX's new comedy about young twentysomethings living in New York City (gee, this sounds familiar). Is this the voice of the current generation? Is this the next Friends? Is it even good??? Or is this just another item in the streaming pile? And coming up - what's wrong with TV today and other wild topics!

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Clips Cited

• “Disaster” Star Trek: The Next Generation, story by Ron Jarvis & Philip A. Scorza, teleplay by Ronald D. Moore, directed by Gabrielle Beaumont, performances by Michael Dorn & Rosalind Chao, Paramount Domestic Television, 1991.

Episode Description

Lights! Camera! STREAM! This episode, Travis talks to Twitch streamer Matt Prince, who also doubles as a Broadcast Engineer for live television broadcasts and online streams - such as the news, sports, and showcasing really fast aircraft,,, while also playing Nintendo games in front of the world wide web! Travis and Matt get down and dirty with the details like how instant replays work, what's like to do the news in a blizzard, and why is bisexual lighting all the rage these days!

Follow Matt:

TikTok: @sweetboymatt

Intagram: @sweetboymatt3

Twitch: @sweetboymatt3

Website (if and when it happens): mattprince.tv

See Matt’s Livestreams of the XB-1 from Boom Supersonic:

First Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qisIViAHwI&t=2950s

Second Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcMB5kb-PUM

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CW: Explicit references to sexual assault, particularly against children.

This week, Travis and Tom go into the uncomfortable implications of Trump PROBABLY BUT ALLEGEDLY being complicit in the same sex crimes Jeffrey Epstein was indicted for and is probably covering up. Being so obvious in said cover-up, Trump - who once drove Travis away from faith in conspiracy theories due to his incompetence - manages to renew his faith again by the same said incompetence! Talk about a character development episode!

Also, apologies for the wonky audio int he beginning.

Shoutout to lil bill! Here’s the video Travis was referencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKxZSSOVqA

The man who shot his son’s rapist on TV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Plauch%C3%A9

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Clips Cited

• The Green Room with Paul Provenza, Season 1, Episode 4, Showtime, 1 July 2010.
• “he rapes but he saves” YouTube, uploaded by Alberto Balsalm, 2 November 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_busSo7N45E&ab_channel=AlbertoBalsalm.
• “Power Broker” The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, written by Derek Kolstad, directed by Kari Skogland, performance by Anthony Mackie, Marvel Studios, 2021.
• “President Trump: Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” YouTube, uploaded by KSDK News, 9 July 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ZosKqSP70&ab_channel=KSDKNews.
• “R Kelly “Do You Like Teenage Girls?” Interview” YouTube, uploaded by Vende Patria Hunter, 4 January 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX1qybUYFjg&ab_channel=VendePatriaHunter.

A very brief break from the doldrums of the modern world to talk about martial arts. Travis interviews his Black Belt brother in-law, James, as they talk about Karate - how it's life changing, how effective he is in self-defense, different types of martial arts, and what Hollywood gets right and wrong.

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The Big Bill. Everybody's talking about it (if they're not otherwise talking about Epstein)! Travis and Tom talk about how we got to the point where the government is actively trying to f*** over people and how we can crawl out of this. Perhaps a mayoral-hopeful in New York can provide the answer...?

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Clips Cited

• Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, performance by Ray Liotta, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1990.