Incensed by a meaningless protest against CVS from students at Purdue University, the Chimps in Charge tackle the News or Noise ratio of current journalism as well as finding out that Kim Kardashian is the creation of none other than David Fucking Himmel. Thanks, Jackass!

Hall watches a documentary on a subject he knows virtually nothing about: The Men’s Rights Movement. As any good documentary does, it gave him food for thought so he and Himmel go through some of the ideas and dilemmas faced by modern man through the lens of two guys suspicious of the existence of a Patriarchy.

It’s Halloween and so David has the parental duty to dress himself and his child up for the holiday. This simple task is apparently as daunting as accepting his 65-year old mother dating a guy named “Ron” and the awful possibility of Ron getting all sexy with his mom when she’s babysitting.

Is Disney of higher societal value than Fincher? Has David lost his mind? How many times can he make the same fart joke before it finally wears Don down into laughter? And is a turkey sandwich with a piece of turd in it a shit sandwich?

After a quick moment of reflection on whether Ellen should be friends with a bona fide war criminal, the chimpanzees of podcasting talk about David’s recent foray into filmmaking (via the luminous Vincent Truman) with their new Amazon Prime film “Enter the Mollusk”. Listen to find out exactly who in the Chicago storytelling scene they based the pretentious characters off of and what he hopes will come of it (likely a similar fame and fortune model exemplified by this podcast...)

As David struggles with the biological fact that he is not able to run the Chicago marathon after training for months, the two Chimps dive into the idea that it is our management of expectations that truly determines our mental and emotional strength. Plus six things to do, watch, and listen to in order to stave off the encroaching sense of possibility that impeachment may hold in the face of all indicators that it simply won’t make a difference.

Himmel is in pain so Don uses pointless “Be Happy” sayings to buoy his spirit which launches them into a dissection of all self help affirmations, Greta Thunberg, the trans community, and Cervantes’s most famous insane knight.

Do bad habits indicate you’re smarter than the rest of us or just that you’re a sloppy, late, fantasy who suffers from poor time management skills? As the #MeToo movement is starting to find equilibrium with Arizona Ansari and Chris Hardwick recovering from accusations of harassment and abuse, is it too soon or just right?

Plus six things to do this week that do not involve grabbing someone’s pud or biting your nails.

Don reads an article about The Nation redacting and apologizing for a poem they printed which starts out a rambling conversation centered on whether offense is pain, whether Hamilton is problematic, and how Mike Tyson’s 90’s video game was incredibly diverse.

Plus six things for you to do because the screen has boot your brain and you seem to need two assholes in Chicago to spice up your vapid life.

Today, David and Don tackle the shadow of anxiety recently defined as Trump Anxiety Syndrome. Dancing around the idea that therapy is either necessary (David) or quackery (Don) both agree that allowing a jackass in the White House cause you to cower in fear or depression is a completely avoidable thing.

And, because your life is filled with so much time to stare at your screen and fill your craven heart with dread due to the non-stop headlines about our Commander-in-Quife, the guys suggest six things more productive.

Whether shopping for sex, a babysitter (uhm...nanny), or setting up crazy friends with one another to watch the fireworks, the GentleApes of the ApeCast are still always scheming to make a buck.

Plus a few things to do before we all hafta mimic Patrick Swayze in "Red Dawn" because, motherfucker, the Russians are on their way to take over that new Target on Division!

D&D get into the concepts of death, where you (might) go after and how to manage the unknown future of Harry with the Grim Reaper sort of following him around.

Plus six things to do that assists you in understanding the world outside of your uncle's crawl space where you hide from aliens and your handsy older brother.

Beginning with a discussion of why Don may or may not want the Left to arm itself, the conversation turns to how we might wage an American Civil War without killing each other.

Plus six things to do because Yelp! sucks ass.

The chimps in a living room discuss David’s reunion with the parents of an ex-girlfriend at a wedding this weekend and his desire to make sure they relate how amazing his life is now to his ex. They also reveal the podcast’s only Apple Podcast review and David provides a response.

Plus, six tasks for you, the unwashed listener, to occupy your time so can avoid thinking about the emptiness of the daily plummet toward your own demise because you can no longer watch Roseanne for distraction.

The Apes in Charge talk at length about two completely disparate ideas — revenge and birthdays (PS: David is really, fully middle-aged now) and, as usual, come up with few conclusions but many opinions.

Plus six tasks for listeners that allow them to marinate in the nostalgia of the eighties as a way to avoid contemplating their own meaningless deaths.