Anytime Minutes

We're spending this week catching up on a few stories we didn't get to this summer, starting with Anthony Scaramucci's infamous phone call to a reporter about auto-fellatio. Then it's time for another "Who's Ripped This Week" all about Jonah Hill. Finally, we talk about Steve Bartman getting a Cubs championship ring. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

This week we're remembering, and saying goodbye, to iPods. They're mostly discontinued but still factor heavily into this summer's "Baby Driver," directed by Edgar Wright and starring Ansel Elgort. We'll discuss all that, plus the time Dave Matthews dumped his poo into the Chicago River. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

For the second installment of the Anytime Minutes book club, we read "Meet Me in the Bathroom," Lizzy Goodman's oral history of New York rock from 2001-2011. It's got juicy behind-the-scenes stories of a bunch of our favorite bands, but we're not sure how we feel about it. Oh, and there are some phone calls too. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

Frank Ocean brought Brad Pitt on stage this past week at FYF Fest in Los Angeles, where he looked sad while holding a phone up to his face. So we're talking about Brad's best on screen phone calls, a voicemail on Frank's last album, their budding friendship, and more. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

We're heading into the dog days of August and it's time to decide: What's the song of the summer??? We're hashing it out in this jam-packed episode, but first we go back to 1985 for another seminal movie phone call and two great songs of that summer. There was a LOT we couldn't get to in this ep, and we couldn't put in clips of all the songs we did talk about because I don't want to go to jail so be sure to check out our Spotify playlist with all the contenders.  Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

Last month was the 20th anniversary of the classic Julia Roberts rom-com, "My Best Friend's Wedding." We're celebrating by making Tony watch it for the first time, discussing its weird sing-a-longs, phone calls, and Chicago set pieces. Also, the introduction of a new phone-related segment. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

We're coming off the Fourth of July holiday so this is just a quick, uncut episode talking about our favorite American stuff. So quick we forgot to thank Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

There's just been a ton of good music coming out here at the start of summer, so we're back talking about three more releases: DJ Khaled's "Grateful," The Drums' "'Abysmal Thoughts'" and 2 Chainz's "Pretty Girls Like Trap Music." Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

This week we're kicking around three new releases. Melodrama by Lorde, Crack Up by Fleet Foxes, and Ctrl by SZA.  Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Some heroes are mightier than others on this week's pod. First up, our overdue thoughts on Wonder Woman's WAY overdue big screen debut. Then, we skip the new Mummy that's in theaters now in favor of revisiting the 1999 smash hit starring Brendan Fraser. Plus, the return of Who's Ripped This Week. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

All of our favorites are back! Carly Rae Jepsen's new single "Cut to the Feeling" is here and nothing will ever be the same! Also the cast of "Love Actually" has reunited with director Richard Curtis for "Red Nose Day Actually." Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Aziz Ansari's "Master of None" is back for its second season on Netflix, and we're slurping it up like so many bowls of homemade Bucatini. Plus, "Twin Peaks" is back after 25 years but neither of us are quite caught up yet so instead we're talking about "Mulholland Dr." Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

We're watching a bunch of music videos from the past couple weeks! Harry Styles, DJ Khaled, HAIM, Cam'Ron, Lil Yachty!!!! What fun! Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

Two of our faves are back at it this week: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 topped the box office and Fargo's third season is in full swing. We're talking about both. Plus: Would Griffin quantum-leap into the Nugget Retweet Boy if he could? Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

Just like the title says! We're going through calendar to see what looks good, what looks bad, what has Ansel Elgort in it. Also a close encounter with LL Cool J. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

The boys just read George Saunders' first novel, "Lincoln in the Bardo." It's a weird one but it's also real good. This conversation is spoiler-free, and should be interesting even to folks who haven't read the book yet. Also at the end Tony briefly loses his mind laughing at the dumbest bit in the world. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

Two new-ish shows called "Crashing," one from the UK, one from the US. One created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, one created by Pete Holmes. One good, one... also good? We'll find out. Also some talk about Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN." Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

It's baseball season! The Dodgers were playing the Cubs as we recorded this, so what better time to talk about what makes for a great baseball movie. After talking about snacks for a bit, the boys countdown the best of the best and pick their walk-up songs. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

We talk a little about the Pepsi thing because Griffin loves Coca Cola and schadenfreude, but then the main event: Tony watched Blazing Saddles for the first time. We go in on that, other Mel Brooks classics, Dave Chappelle, and more. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Tony is sick, so he's just along for the ride as Griffin describes a trivia night devoted to the television series The Office, which did not go as planned, and the new live-action Disney remake, "Beauty and the Beast." Some theories about a potential John Krasinski nose job, some Bill Simmons slander, some wondering where the "Emperor's New Groove" remake is at. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.