9ES250: Probably A Liger

by jorn on December 16, 2021 at 8:24 pm

The Montreal geek and pop culture podcast that should probably own more tigers if we want to be featured on Tiger King season 3 is back!

Not enough podcasts own enough tigers man.

When I first heard that they were releasing a second season of Tiger King, a lot of people probably wondered: “but why?” I, on the other hand, thought that it made perfect sense. When absolutely everyone involved is out of their mind batshit you can just point cameras at them and make season after season of big cat related mayhem.

Also featured on this episode is the tale of Porfirio Rubirosa, the well endowed drinker of the Dominican “aphrodisiac” known as Mama Juana. It’s crazy that our children are not learning about this guy in school. Even his wikipedia page reads like the resume of the Most Interesting Man in the World.

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he was actually the inspiration for those commercials.

Early on in this episode, Keith uses the word “hokum”. There was a brief period after recording where he was wondering “hey, is that word racist?” and we are glad to report that (according to Oxford) it is not!

9ES, where learning comes first.

If you enjoy 9ES, do yourself a solid and check out our Patreon and subscribe to the “9ES Deluxe” level. It’s literally the only thing we want for the holidays. On this week’s Garbage Time we discuss which film series we would rather be forced to watch in its entirety: Star Trek or Star Wars. The answers might shock you! We also talk about UFC 269.

Enjoy the show!

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9ES247: Suicide By Roko’s Basilisk

by jorn on November 4, 2021 at 7:23 pm

Posted In: 9ES, Podcast, Podcasting

The Montreal geek and pop culture podcast that isn’t quite done with Halloween yet talks about spooky stuff for another episode. You know, spooky stuff like the ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Google?

The Google antitrust stuff is interesting. Whenever Google (or Amazon… or Facebook… or Apple) get outed for doing sketchy shit I think most of us see it coming from a mile away. Oh, Google has been manipulating the entirety of advertising on the internet for years? Tell me something I don’t know. It’s kind of sad that it only really becomes newsworthy when someone tries to call them to task.

Jono does a pretty good job of breaking down exactly what Google was up to but this story is far from over.

We recorded this episode on November 1st which meant that most of our movie watching for the last two weeks was dominated by films for the so-called “Spooky Season”. From classics like The Thing and Psycho to new releases like Werewolf Within and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin.

Also, kids should be allowed to run around screaming on Halloween. If 20,000 people are allowed to go to the Bell Center and scream at men on skates a few times a week then kids can get their scream on when they’re jacked up on candy. There, I said it.

Due to some technical difficulties on our part we weren’t able to record the normal episode of Garbage Time this week. Instead we re-posted a classic episode of “9to5 Movie Club” where we watched the film Naked Weapon. If you haven’t heard it yet, it’s great. And you are a Patron and want more Movie Club content, do let us know. Check out our Patreon Page and subscribe to the 9ES Deluxe level tier. You will love it.