We recorded early this week, so half the topics are already outdated while the other half are about candy and coffee. So a regular episode, basically. Thanks for listening.

Timestamps:

1:00 Things prominent politicians should avoid doing due to risk of embarrassment

10:30 Kardashian Minute: Tristan Thompson featured in Drake’s new music video

12:10 Fact or Cap: Does caffeine stunt your growth? (Bonus: AB’s favorite pops)

21:30 Walking on Hot Coals: A Company Event Goes Wrong (NYT)

29:45 The Drip: AB finds a new tool for better espresso

35:00 Power Rankings: Consumer brands we’re loyal to (featuring multiple sub-power rankings of products produced by some of those brands)

53:00 Stream or Skip: Hustle, Spiderhead, Father of the Bride, Jerry and Marge Go Large

1:06:30 Sports Talk Radio: The Warriors

1:17:30 Vote on the polls please

1:20:00 Comments of the Week

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Extended discussion about a hypothetical global internet outage followed by an attempt to set the Guinness World Record for Most ViacomCBS Reality TV Shows Recapped In One Podcast Episode. Thanks for listening.

Note: This episode is not behind a tier paywall. Please feel free to share it with your friends if they're curious about the type of show recaps we do here — particularly our mildly confused introduction to the world of Survivor. Expect a bonus Big Brother finale recap later this week.

Timestamps

0:15 Good business

1:30 ABarista

5:45 Rim And AB The Science Guys: Solar ‘superstorm’ could prompt ‘internet apocalypse,’ global outages

16:50 What brand logos would we tattoos on our bodies in exchange for free product in perpetuity? (Related article: In 1998, these SF men got a tattoo to snag free tacos for life. Here's what happened after.)

24:45 October Movie of the Month poll results

25:45 We’re in over our TV heads

27:00 MTV’s ‘The Challenge’ Week 7

42:00 ‘Big Brother’ (The Kyland-Xavier confrontation)

1:04:15 Our first-ever episode of ‘Survivor’

1:28:00 Comments of the week

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Special in-person power rankings episode with Stat Boy. Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions, and thanks, as always, for listening.

Pleasantries and Updates

0:30 Stat Boy

2:00 All this UFO stuff goin' on

3:15 Parenting "Tip" of the Week

7:45 Update: Letting water sit out for days

8:30 Update: Raptors fan in the Hall of Fame

Power Rankings

10:00 Barbecue flavored chips

12:30 MTV Challengers ranked by political acumen (submitted by Robyn)

14:30 Sodas (pops)

18:00 Gas station convenience stores

19:15 Blockbuster movie soundtracks

22:30 Nintendo 64 games (Amanda)

27:45 Tales of faking sick from school

29:00 Kanye West albums (Chantz)

33:30 Pokemon (submitted by (Amber-Leigh)

39:00 Early internet videos (Vanessa)

43:15 Pop Tat flavors (Amber-Leigh)

44:00 Fast food restaurants (Nicole)

48:30 Fast food value menu items (Anna)

51:50 Disney Channel original movies (Amanda, Nolan) [Note: Rim's #1 was not, in fact, a Disney Channel Original movie. This will be addressed on the next episode of More Rim and AB. Patreon dot com slash rim and ab!!]

56:45 Things Rim wants to get into but hasn't yet

57:30 School hot lunches (TJ)

59:15 Candy (Maddumz)

1:02:15 Duos

1:07:30 TV show theme songs

1:08:45 1990's professional wrestlers (Robyn)

1:13:00 Pro wrestling entrances

1:25:00 Stat Boy talks crypto

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Two casual moviegoers discuss each of the nominees for Best Picture at this weekend's Academy Awards.

We're a coupla movie guys, and as AB makes abundantly clear, some of these are "films."

4:00 Nomadland (available on Hulu)

9:00 The Father ($19.99 rental on Amazon Prime)

14:00 Letterboxd recommendation

15:00 Judas and the Black Messiah ($19.99 rental on Amazon Prime)

20:00 Mank (Netflix)

24:30 Promising Young Woman ($5.99 rental on Amazon Prime)

30:00 Sound of Metal (Amazon Prime)

34:30 The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

37:45 Minari ($19.99 rental on Amazon Prime)

43:15 Brief mentions of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix) and One Night In Miami (Amazon Prime)

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AB shares his experience as a juror in an armed robbery trial. He took his responsibility seriously and observed all instructed guidelines. Here's a man with great respect for the judicial branch.

(Please note: AB lost his main audio file so we used his backup Zoom audio, so you may hear some weird skips here and there.)

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We've never made a show trailer before, so this is about the level of quality you would expect. Thanks for listening.

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