Literate ApeCast Ep. 405—A Child’s Dream and an Alien Comet
The Chimps’ week was not exciting but the issues of the world were. Also, an ApeSac for the ages that draws conversation of dreams and belief in alien life in the universe.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 404—Negotiating with the Demon Seed
Ah! Recording the ApeCast on a morning when A) David has the boys and B) Jacob will not relent.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 403—Comedians Against Humanity
The Apes have been having a week! COVID, Bari Weiss, Donald Trump, and in the ApeSac, a question about the comedy festival in Saudi Arabia! Also, Hall goes too far with his recommendations.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 402—Superstitions
The Apes discuss great weeks, the news of the day, and introduce the Apesac, the call in/write in segment where you can ask us questions or spark your own debate!
Literate ApeCast Ep. 401—Jimmy Kimmel: Cancelled or Consequence?
It’s a new season and a new segment—The Stuff of Our Lives—as well as an opportunity to get the best therapy in your life for FREE! Email your sound files or questions to don@literateape.com and the Apes will answer them!
Literate ApeCast Ep. 400—Eight Years and Counting
It’s 400 episodes and the idiot savant monkeys reflect on all sixty-six months of it.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 399—Expect Nothing (Except Breakfast)
Don has had some odd dates of late and has a brand new experiment to avoid his type. There may be hope and it is breakfast, not dinner.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 398—What is Mankeeping and Why Does It Smell Like a Bucket of Crap?
David saw a guy with a purse at a rock show. Don read some articles and a 75-page thesis paper. Oh, the rabbitholes these chimps go down…
Literate ApeCast Ep. 397—The Apes Take a Personality Test
David wants to know who he is via an online personality test so Don joins. But how they are now versus when they were at 25 and according to their ex-wife’s is very different.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 396—Do the BodyCams Support the Rationale or Subvert It?
The Chimps have nothing to talk about so, of course, they find something to talk about…
Literate ApeCast Ep. 395—Do They Think About Us, Too?
Himmel is wondering if those people, who used to be in his life, ever think about him. Hall has a weird God Complex theory of his own.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 394—How to Sell Jeans with Two Globes
Yup. The controversy about Sydney Sweeney’s genes/jeans has reached the ApeCast. Hang on!
Literate ApeCast Ep. 393—Peacock Feathers and Running from Death
Part three of the triptych of episodes about death, this one is a conversation of Hall’s recent essay Immortality Is a Dirty Lie (But You Gotta Believe It Anyway).
Literate ApeCast Ep. 392—A Wad of Fentanyl
Continuing the topic of last week, the Chimps unpack Hall’s plan to go out on his own terms.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 391—Cat’s in the Cradle and the Silver Spoon
Don has now officially given his father the ultimate Father’s Day gift—hospice.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 390—Top Five Songs of Summer
It’s summer! We’re in a fucking Heat Dome! Time to listen to some tunes!
Literate ApeCast Ep. 389—Is All Art Political? w/ Brandon Bruce
Himmel is on vacation so Hall brings in guest Ape Brandon Bruce to talk art, politics, and the intersection of both.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 388—Discussing Recent Events Days Too Soon
The news—from Trump sending troops to LA to Brian Wilson’s death—is on the minds of our Apes with Mics.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 387—Is Himmel Racist?
Himmel saw a guy and did a thing and is wondering if he, like so many others, has a racism problem.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 386—Men’s Mental Health and a Bit of Memorial Day Recollections
June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month and no two men are more qualified to talk about than a therapy-obsessed Jew and an emotionally constipated Gen Xer. This discussion also includes some talk of grandfathers who fought in WWII.