Anytime Minutes

It's been about a week since the impeachment acquittal for Donald Trump but we're still thinking about the phone call that kicked the whole thing off. 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.

You know that thing when you're home for the holidays watching cable and TNT is randomly playing all the James Bond movies? This is kind of like that. It's a super-sized, best-of-seven round of America's favorite game Cameo Conundrum! We lost our third Christmas episode to technical issues so this one we banged out quick over vacation. Griffin's audio sounds a little weird but hopefully not too bad.

Griffin thought there were more phone calls in the 1954 holiday classic White Christmas! There are not many, but that's alright, there's still plenty to talk about, including: would you kiss your crush even if you both just ate liverwurst and warm milk? Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

We've been infrequent lately, but couldn't let the holidays go by without a few very special Christmas episodes. This week, we're looking at Bob Clark's 1974 proto-slasher gem "Black Christmas," which invented the "the call's coming from inside the house" gag.  Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Look, if we weren't podcast deadbeats we would have done this episode about the Jeremy Renner app. BUT we are so you'll have to settle for this discussion of Ashton Kutcher's new career as a VC, and why he tweeted his phone number. Plus: A new and improved round of "Cameo Conundrum." 

On this ep, we're talking about "Spiderwebs" by No Doubt!! Was it rude to screen phone calls? Did you have caller ID? Did you have a ska phase?? Did Blake Shelton have a ska phase??? We attempt to find the answers to all these questions and more. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

For our Mother's Day special (ha), we're honoring Doris Day with a discussion of "Pillow Talk," the 1959 Academy Award winning rom-com she did with Rock Hudson. It's not just about the phone, but a new kind of *phone tech* we haven't encountered yet!! How is that even possible!! Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

We're joined again by Carleigh to break down the second half of The OC's remarkable first season! Just how twisted is Oliver? Why does Luke love Julie Cooper? Have you ever been to a Rooney concert? The answers to these questions and more. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Indie rock legend Ariel Pink has joined Cameo, so we had to play a very special round of "Cameo Conundrum" before jumping into this week's song: "Put Your Number In My Phone." Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

This week, we're discussing the Twitter DMs that Drake screenshotted and then posted on Instagram. Why did he do that?? Why are we doing this?? Two truly unanswerable questions Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Folks, it's been a while. Sorry about that, we've been having some technical issues but we are BACK and talking about Jenny Lewis! "On The Line" isn't a concept album about the Chicago-set Lance Bass/Joey Fatone rom-com, it's about phones! We're talking about the title track this week. Somehow we forgot to do credits this week but of course thank you to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art!    

Lizzo's major label debut is coming next month, we're preparing by revisiting her 2016 song "Phone." We talk about her career up until now, how losing your phone might reflect a healthy mental state, LeBron finding a phone charger on the court the other night, and other things. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Steven Soderbergh's latest movie is a thinky, talky sports business movie all about labor issues and race in the NBA. It was also shot fast, cheap, and on a bunch of iPhone 8s. But it's not the first movie to shoot on smartphones, it's not even Soderbergh's first iPhone movie. We'll talk about the trend and play another round of "Cameo Conundrum!" Note: We originally uploaded this with some messed up audio in the intro, should be fixed now. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

We're trying to do more shows, and we're starting with one that... doesn't have that many phones? Along with friend of the show Laura, we discuss the first half of season 1, why it's her favorite show, why it's becoming one of ours, and some of the phone (and non-phone) highlights so far. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

We didn't talk about "BlacKkKlansman" over the summer, which was so dumb because the whole thing hinges on phone calls! We discuss Spike Lee's Oscar snubs and what Topher Grace is like on the phone. But first, we play a brand-new game: "Cameo Conundrum!"  Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

This week, the 1967 song "It Must Be Him," by Vikki Carr. We dive into the song that inspired its melody, some notable covers, whether or not Vikki literally dies when she says that she dies, and who is on the other end of this call. Plus, a couple new year's resolutions. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

UPDATE: Audio is fixed now sorry!!! Look, we just talked about Soulja Boy in the fall, but since we recorded that podcast about "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" a lot's happened over at SouljaBoyTellEm.com. This man sells consumer electronics now. Thanks again to everyone who helped us raise money for Tubman! And of course to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

Happy New Year! We're revisiting this old ep and reminding you one more time that you can help us raise $2000 for Tubman before 2019 begins!! You can learn more about them here and donate at our PayPal. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.  

Look we do NOT care if you think "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie please don't tell us about it. What we do care about is phone calls, and "Die Hard" is full of them. It also takes place on Christmas Eve exactly 30 years ago today so what were we not going to talk about it??? Reminder: We're trying to raise $2000 for Tubman before the new year! You can learn more about them here and donate at our PayPal. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.

It's almost Christmas and we're celebrating with the 2006 Nancy Meyers masterpiece The Holiday!!!! Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet have swapped houses, and found romantic partners (of varying degrees of hotness) on both sides of the Atlantic. We discuss the phone calls, the boob grazes, the misters Napkin Head, and more. Also: Our holiday fundraiser for Tubman has begun! You can learn more about them here and donate at our PayPal. Thanks as always to Alex Brodsky for making our theme music and Makenzie Flom for the art.