Hermeneurotics

TASTEFAKERS! Jesse steps a decade and a half or so back in the past to indulge in his taste for the musical genre known as Vaporwave, and explains its inherent ties to nostalgia and its successful employment of it. A E S T H E T I C. All sampled Vaporwave tracks with track titles and artist names follow, in the order they appear in the show. Windows 96 - CaligulaSaint Pepsi - Enjoy YourselfMacintosh Plus - リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー2814 - 恢复Oneohtrix Point Never - Nobody HereBlack Banshee - Teen PregnancyLuxury Elite - S.W.A.K.t e l e p a t h - テレパシー能力者 — あなたの世界Disconscious - Enter Through the Lobby

Look, we're back with more vibing and no clearly defined topic in mind. PROMISE WE WILL HAVE SOME FOCUS NEXT TIME! Anyway, vibes.

The fellas return with the podcast equivalent of the random select button option on a fighting game. Discussed: aliens, AI, Israel, Iran, Euphoria, the Pitt, Mad Men, etc. Vibe with us, or be a sucker.

The preeminent film critics of their times (us) discuss the 2026 Best Picture slate for the Oscars. It is abrasive, harsh, and surprisingly positive, for the most part. Come on down and get the fresh, correct, takes!

TASTEFAKERS! Jesse delivers an audio essay which is meant to glorify one of the greatest games of all time...Final Fantasy Tactics. Before you go play this weird chess-like artifact with character art where nobody has noses for some reason, take a listen to this and see if it piques your interest. Whoreson dog!

This episode was recorded literally the day before ICE murdered another person. We talk through a heavy topic, hate on the powers that be, and manage to get to the technofascists while we're at it.

A holiday bitchfest for everyone! The boys didn't really care for Quentin Tarantino's list of top twenty movies of the twentieth century and decided to whine about it, and also use it as a way to discuss Tarantino's work in general, which we have a complicated relationship with. Happy Holidays-ish!

The boys, feeling unmoored from reality, complain about things that bother them. AI, dating, dating AIs, other stuff. This is a rant episode, lock in.

It's time to dive into the film critics are calling the best film of the year: an adaptation of a Pynchon novel about having weird sex with your enemy and also everybody having a goofy ass name. So, an accurate adaptation in spirit, if not the rest. We touch on the revolutionary politics of the film, the racial/material implications of the politics, and whether this is, in fact, the best film of the year. Lock in.