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New episode up now, man! We watched The Big Lebowski and started right in with quoting this cult classic. We discussed the character of The Dude and his place in the story, as well as examining the other very Coen-y characters that fill out The Dude’s world. We get into the complications of Walter’s personality and the military industrial complex, Donny’s enigmatic qualities, and how framing the movie with The Stranger‘s voiceover allows this to be just one of many odd stories in The Dude’s life. We also discover some surprising similarities with Phillip Marlowe, as well as try to follow the many different plotlines and mysteries that overlap while The Dude is along for the ride. Katy was again influenced by Empire Magazine, Carrie hates limo people, Maddy tells a story about a bath disaster, and Mack wants to assault a child. We also stress the importance of following the money to understand motivation, think The Dude would totally be into ASMR, come up with a cool business-type card idea, and fully agree that a good rug really ties a room together. Listen to hear us talk about marmots, sex robots, George Clooney, gross bathrooms, and more! Like, right on, man!

TW: US Military industrial complex and recruitment, PTSD, Vietnam, porn industry, toe and ear harm