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As created by our Founding Fathers, America is a republic with laws made by elected representatives of the people and held accountable by the people. It has never been – nor will it ever be – considered an efficient form ...

Nikki Haley enters the race and Lars, Michael, and Chris hop back in to check on their primary draft! Check out the lineup and trades here and listen to the discussion happen live in our latest Politics Express episode. Politics Express on Spotify ...

Even though voting for The Academy Awards doesn’t begin until March 2nd, we’re still in the thick of awards season, and a lot has happened since nominations were announced in late January. To try and make sense of it all, ...

Mike and Louis take on Howard the Duck, the notorious, George Lucas-produced movie that ruined at least two people’s careers and stands out as one of the worst comic book adaptations of all time.

On February 8th, animation studio TMS announced via their official English-language Twitter account that Case Closed had arrived on the streaming service TUBI with a brand-new English dub. They premiered 10 episodes on the service. One week later, on February ...

Welcome to the dazzling follow-up to my first published piece for The Postrider, “Magic Mike: The Appetizer” in which I laid out the foundations of the Magic Mike universe. Besides the general story, I highlight key areas where Magic Mike ...

This week, the Visitors return to the first Apes sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes. With a smaller budget and a smaller role for Charlton Heston, this film leaves a lot to be desired. We are introduced to Brent, ...

As I got settled into my favorite couch to watch The Last of Us without interruption, I couldn’t help but keep thinking about last week’s episode’ explosive ending (pun intended), in which Tess (Anna Torv) sacrificed herself after she had ...

State of the Union addresses in the modern era are – at best – relatively innocuous exercises in American political ritual that occasionally generate memeable moments. At worst, they are useless fulfilments of a “from time to time” constitutional requirement ...

On the latest Fortress of Ineptitude, Michael and Louis discuss the 2004 The Punisher, perhaps the most famous movie set in Tampa.

Until Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at last year’s Oscars, Moonlight’s upset of La La Land at the 89th Academy Awards probably stood out to many people as the most shocking awards show moment of all time. But way ...

Get your stinkin’ podcasts off me, you damn dirty listener. The Visitors are back for another exciting season of sci-fi goodness. This time, they’re rocketing off to cover the Planet of the Apes franchise, starting with the 1968 original. How ...

Michael and Louis deliver a two-for-one episode of Fortress of Ineptitude, taking a look at the now-retired Bruce Willis’ career by reviewing RED and RED 2.

One of the best things that the Republican trifecta in 2017 did was buried in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Some Democrats are trying to reverse it, despite the fact it is a clear tax cut for the wealthy.

On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards, an American institution that’s been in a state of flux over the past-half decade or so. But after a COVID-delayed ceremony, plummeting ...

If you’ve spoken with me about music over the last two years, there’s a very good chance that I’ve brought up Wednesday, a scruffy young band from Asheville, North Carolina that’s made a name for themselves by combining country and ...

As some of you may know, the third film in the Magic Mike trilogy, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, is coming out next month on February 10th. This has prompted me to finally announce my love for this franchise, especially its ...

President Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain announced that he’ll be departing from the position in the near future. Just over two years into Biden’s first term, this is by far the largest shakeup of what’s been a remarkably ...