The Stephen Spurling Podcast Show Program

"THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!" Two movies battle for the love of three fickle reviewers! But only one will survive! "THREE THINGS MUST DIE!" Free-flowing monologues and unfettered conversations lead to Stephen Spurling condemning three things.

The Grime of the Century | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die! S01E046 Stephen looks into what Twitter wants us to know and finds some useful information. Beneath Joe Biden’s Folksy Demeanor, a Short Fuse and an Obsession With Details https://archive.ph/wip/I5QE9 How a Genetic Trait in Black People Can Give the Police Cover https://archive.ph/wip/YiyXz

05-16
01:09:43

Baseballers and a Talk Show Host Asymptomatically Cough, Greenwald Knocks Down Liz Cheney's 'If' and Taibbi Nixes Apologizing to the Woke | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die! S01E045 Stephen finds out what Twitter wants us to know about "breakout" infections, then looks into Greenwald vs. Liz Cheney and Taibbi vs. apologizing to the Woke. Liz Cheney Lied About Her Role in Spreading the Discredited CIA "Russian Bounty" Story | Glenn Greenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/p/liz-cheney-lied-about-her-role-in On the Hypocrites at Apple Who Fired Antonio Garcia-Martinez https://taibbi.substack.com/p/on-the-hypocrites-at-apple-who-canceled

05-14
54:58

Republicans vs. Liz Cheney, Greenwald vs. AOC, 19th Century Fictional Preacher vs. Nude Sculpture | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die! S01E044 Stephen reads the first chapter of "A Modern Hercules" by Melvin G. Winstock, looks into what Twitter wants us to know about Liz Cheney, and dives into Glenn Greenwald's attack on AOC. "A Modern Hercules" by Melvin G. Winstock | Gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65318 AOC's Attack on Yang's Meaningless Israel Statement Shows Her Role: Protect Dem Leaders | Substack.com https://greenwald.substack.com/p/aocs-attack-on-yangs-meaningless

05-12
01:15:16

Stop Looking Like Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio! | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die S01E43 Stephen reads Glenn Greenwald, John McWhorter, and finds out what Twitter wants us to know about Israel, Palestine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Car Talk, and more. Antony Blinken Continues to Lecture the World on Values His Administration Aggressively Violates | Glenn Greenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/p/antony-blinken-continues-to-lecture CAN WE PLEASE DITCH THE TERM "SYSTEMIC RACISM"? https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/can-we-please-ditch-the-term-systemic

05-11
56:10

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die S01E042 Billy Bennett climbs back aboard the podcast to talk about fiery paper plates, zombie vampires, shower curtains on airplanes, and more. The Three Things 1. Confusing one of the Four Horsemen of the Anti-Apocalypse with a Disney expert. 2. Hiring a vampire to play a zombie. 3. Fake Shemping Bela Lugosi.

05-10
01:03:49

Duh, Here's a Riddle. What Has Only One Horn, Is White and Gives Milk? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die! S01E041 Stephen concerns himself with a man who steps on plastic barrettes to save a man with ravioli in his navel, a cartoon walrus who writes for People magazine, and more. The Three Things 1. Quips from physicists 2. Quips from Tennessee Tuxedo's walrus friend, Chumley. His riddles were dumb. 3. The Big Bad Boom. (I'm afraid of anything you're not afraid of, Paul Krugman. And you, too, Virginia Woolf.) My Substack https://stephenspurling.substack.com/ Science Advances One Funeral at a Time Naval Ravikant https://nav.al/advances Michelle Obama Says She Worries About the Racism Sasha and Malia May Face Virginia Chamlee | People Magazine https://archive.ph/akjYr Racket of the Week: The $2 Billion Deli Matt Taibbi | substack.com https://taibbi.substack.com/p/racket-of-the-week-the-2-billion-7a2 https://archive.ph/wip/kayj3

05-08
29:33

Spockian Werewolves Playing Golfball (One of the Better Sportsball Games!) at Space Camp | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die S01E40 Stephen shivers at the idea of werewolf linguists, as he cites a 1986 robot movie to justify using a naughty word. My Substack https://stephenspurling.substack.com/ The Three Things 1. The phrase "par for the course." It always makes me think of my favorite sport, golfball, and it always distracts me. 2. Lists of funny names. W.C. Fields, you should be ashamed! 3. Language experts becoming werewolves. Corporate News Outlets Again "Confirm" the Same False Story, While Many Refuse to Correct it Glenn Greenwald, substack.com https://archive.ph/Wl6ZB Inside the all-hands meeting that led to a third of Basecamp employees quitting Casey Newton, The Verge https://archive.ph/wip/3EowB Alternative Selves toonstack.substack.com https://archive.ph/xcPiI Interview: Noam Chomsky Matt Taibbi, substack.com https://archive.ph/wip/562VV WikiLeaks Video: 'Collateral Murder' in Iraq | Al Jazeera English (YouTube Channel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYTxuW2vmzk Movie Connections We, the Animals - Squeak (1941). Stephen plays part of the "Nyah! Nyah!" song. Short Circuit (1986). Stephen notes the children's movie has a naughty word in it, one that he also used on the podcast. Alice in Wonderland (1933). Stephen plays the "Falling Down the Rabbit Hole" music. SpaceCamp (1986). Stephen confuses BaseCamp, a software company, with this movie. Star Trek (1966-1969). Stephen reads an article by Matt Taibbi, who describes Noam Chomsky as "Spockian."

05-07
01:03:28

Youth! Are You Trapped in Grandpa's Double-Breasted Suit? Can You Reach Your Cell Phone to Call for Help? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die! S01E039 Stephen dives into an immersive sea of tattooed Disney World employees, missing Netflix subscriptions and grandma's captivating khakis.  The Three Things: 1. Youth trapped in the clothing of the elderly. 2. Parading all kinds of excuses. What kind of parade is that? 3. Drowning in an immersive sea of Disney paraphernalia.   I love Disney World, but wokeness is ruining the experience What Wall Street Doesn't Want To Say About Netflix Guidance For Subscriber Growth - CD Media Grandpa Style: Why 20-Somethings Are Dressing Like Senior Citizens - WSJ.com

04-24
31:53

Fill My Hat with Coffee and Nude Country Singers! | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die! S01E038 Stephen goes deep on Entertainment Weekly covers, full hats and caffeinated counties. THE THREE THINGS: 1. Clothed Dixie Chicks. 2. Filling one's hat with pharmaceuticals. 3. The idea that coffee causes Asperger's. Why Media Companies Have to Lie About "Cancel Culture" - Michael Tracey Hat, Fill - Elizabeth GA SoS Raffensperger's Coffee - Compact Disc Media

04-23
44:01

How to Make Jim Carrey Cry | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die S01E037 Blues Musician Extraordinary, Ken Hurley, and Blue Musician Extraordinary Girlfriend Extraordinary, Kristie, has moved into a new place, but Ken still has time to talk about religion, politics, and the 1994 Little Rascals movie.

04-22
55:49

French-Canadian Pronunciations; Bathing Bikini Suits; Kirstie Alley as Gloria Steinem; Jane Fonda Kisses James Franciscus | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 THINGS MUST DIE! S01E036 Stephen imagines himself wearing an unfiltered leaking bikini bathing suit, or does he?

04-22
36:00

Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) | THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!

This Movie Must Die! S01E012 Decades before Pixar took the magnifying glass to the micro-world, Max Fleischer and company imagined a grasshopper falling in love with a bee; and now Stephen and his crew use their own micro-brains to judge Fleischer's macro-effort.

04-21
01:11:18

2042; Cat Licks Skillet; Greenwald on Sicknick; Veritas and Slapsticking Charlie Chester; Tom Woods on Communism; Matt Taibbi on Bonenberger | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 Things Must Die! S01E035 Stephen is thrilled to read about Charlie Chester and Adrian Bonenberger because ~ what great names, right? Meanwhile, Stephen's cat licks a clean iron skillet. Amazon | The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil Substack | Glenn Greenwald on Brian Sicknick Project Veritas YouTube | Tom Woods and Michael Malice on Communism Substack | Matt Taibbi on Afghanistan Veteran Adrian Bonenberger

04-20
31:20

Alice in Wonderland (1933) THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!

Mikey (as played by Josh and Erin) hates everything, even Life cereal. (It's 2021 now, and we have Oreo O's.) But will Mikey hate ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1933)? After all, the Josh half of Mikey has read the books and both halves have seen and loved the Disney version. Will the fascinating weirdness of the 1933 movie win Mikey over, or will Cary Grant's blubbering as the Mock Turtle have the fickle brat flipping over the breakfast table?

04-12
01:28:18

This Crummy Is Unacceptable | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

Stephen talks about Lynne Patton, Noah Bookbinder, Park Cannon, bad cars, a rare comic book, and more.

04-08
02:17:02

A Bad Penny Always Turns Up Because All Pennies Are Bad | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

Stephen dreams of a naked turtle and a penniless America.

04-07
36:17

May Journalism Go the Way of Paper Routes | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

Paper routes were bad, journalism is worse.

04-06
01:20:24

Which Is Better? Coffee or a Great Life Hack? They're About the Same, Right? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

Here's a great clip from episode 1334 of COFFEE WITH SCOTT ADAMS, followed by a surprising event. https://www.scottadamssays.com/2021/04/04/episode-1334-scott-adams-ill-change-some-of-your-lives-for-the-better-today-come-have-coffee-and-talk-about-the-news/

04-05
07:46

The Keyword Is Chef | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

Billy and Matthew join Stephen to discuss movies and TV shows that have one or more chefs in them.

04-04
01:02:59

Crapping the Case | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!

3 THINGS MUST DIE! E01S029 Stephen discusses Matt Taibbi 's review of Mighty Ira (2020) ; shave gel; Tim Pool on Delta Airlines paying for wokeness; and more.

04-03
01:51:41

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