Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Show #98 - Grok

In this the most current installment of the podcast entitled 'A Little Snack', the one known as Monolith and the other known as Bear Trap share their thoughts and opinions on cultural ephemera. Discussed: Richard Dawkins, the religion most hostile to the theory of evolution, a brief review of the companion novel to 'Ender's Game' entitled 'Ender's Shadow', the long-awaited return of Apple News, Apple's $3B purchase of Beats, Beats' shady origins and poor reputation, new Apple OSs announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Monolith revisits Netflix's 'Derek' and takes Mrs. Monolith along for the ride, Bear Trap talks about his recent plunge into low-budget avant garde filmmaking with reviews of 'Godzilla' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', the prospects for 'Edge of Tomorrow' based on its latest TV spots, one way Bear Trap thinks he can sell this Tom Cruise movie to his Tom Cruise-hating wife, thoughts on Damon Lindelof, HBO's upcoming new show "The Leftovers', the next book Monolith plans to listen to, a Word of the Week that can be exchanged for goods or services, a business-y Monolith Moment that ends with a quote from an unexpected source, and a whole lot of Thrones-chat. With a running time close to two hours, you should probably get comfortable for this one. Click play and have fun, you guys.

Show #98