You might have thought that Matt and I had exhausted ourselves on music-related podcasts, or perhaps you thought we had reached the height of hubris when we claimed to know the 100 most ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s songs, respectively. But you would be wrong, because the B&B B&B has outdone itself: it has divined the… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 24: The Great “Reptilia v. Take Me Out” Debate of 2016
We learned during the podcast! We admit that this edition is a touch scattered, but maybe it’s just because we’re finally one of our longest-percolating ideas. We’ve combined Pokemon and famous philosophers into cute(?), marketable(?), playable(!) “Pokelosophers,” each with their own moves, HP, types, and evolutionary trees. Find out about some of our favorite evolutions,… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 23: When Did You Learn that Persian Looks Just Like Michel Foucault?
Are you breaking up with someone right now? Neither are we, but that didn’t stop us from running a break-up song bracket. Find out why we couldn’t actually finish the bracket, why we disagree vehemently about which is the superior “Ne me quitte pas,” and what each of us would put in our ten-song breakup… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 22: God Creates Man, Man Bemoans Fortune
In this episode, we strike out into a discussion of Mad Men, arguably the finest television drama of all time. We try not to linger too long on Dick Whitman; we spend ample time discussing the tragedy of Lane Pryce; we giggle over the possibility that Archer’s Cherlene might go on tour with Ramblin’ Don… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 21: The Allman Brothers feat. Ramblin’ Don
There’s almost too much to talk about in this latest installation of a series on Top 100s in music, but we give our level best to a host of topics, like: what happened to rock music? what happened to rap and hip-hop? where are the white women at? Join us as we take a long… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 20: How Purple Light Killed Music
Josh returns, covered in glory, to the podcast as we dip into Harry Potter. In this installment, the B&B B&B runs through its favorite Harry Potter novels. We talk about the universality of Ron Weasley, draft real life athletes to be Quidditch stars, discuss the pedagogy of Hogwarts teachers, get deep into our feelings about… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 19: Podcast Yes!
In the sudden tradition that we’ve come across, we’ve made a Top 100 Disney Songs list that you can see below. We bring back Josh to talk Disney with us, and we spare no thought for scope of this audio feast: we discuss whether Disney’s rollicking tunes or its introspective ballads are its most indicative… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 18: Jiminy Brisket
Matt and I don’t usually do podcasts based on like, what is actually happening in real life right now, but as NBA fans and draft nuts generally who fancy the Sixers and Lakers, we thought now was a good time to start. We review the NBA Draft: happy thoughts on our teams, lol-based thoughts about… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 17: Ben Simmons Chosen by the Philadelphia Karma Chameleons
Matt and I take several tacks in an X-Men podcast for the rest of us. We review X-Men: Apocalypse in the context of the new trilogy and preview what might happen in X-Men: Tired Fourth Movie in a Series; we give some thought to the Claremont run in particular, and to the paradox of the… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 16: Cranky Criticism from the Podcast in a Bottle
There’s a title that doesn’t have anything to do with the podcast, which is in fact a Top 100 list of the most ’90s songs in the style of our last post. Listen to hear Matt’s Eddie Vedder impression (prefaced by Tim’s impeccable freestyle), how emo everyone was during America’s most cheerful decade maybe ever,… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 15: Mentholated Buzz Lightyear Holidays
Seeing Things Secondhand 