Literate ApeCast Ep. 370—Trump is NOT Supernatural
Hall has a theory about the 47th president. Himmel can’t pronounce the name of a 70’s band correctly. Hijinx ensue.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 369—Approaching the Sixth Decade
Happy 59th Birthday, Don! Today, he shares the things he learned this past year.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 368—The Death of the American Middle Class
Don wrote a thing. David wrote a different thuing. The chimps stroke each other in praise of the things they wrote.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 367—EXIT ONLY
Don has a policy concerning his ass. David disputes the policy.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 366—ChatGPT Tells the Unvarnished Truth
The Chimps decide to see what the AI of the moment has to say about them. It ain’t pretty…
Literate ApeCast Ep. 365—David Himmel is the Neighborhood Hero
Himmel has decided that he is the hero of his neighborhood because he managed to get his internet fixed after the gauntlet of attempts to thwart his need for Wifi.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 364—Divorced Dad Christmas plus 2025 Headlines
Himmel is exposed as the Divorced Dad who takes his kids to McDonalds on Christmas Eve plus the Chimps predict the headlines for next year!
Literate ApeCast Ep. 363—The Demise of the Office Holiday Party
It’s that time when everyone from the office gets together at a bar and, like a dark truth serum, the booze makes the whole room regret ever showing up: the Office Holiday Party.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 362—Is America Ready for a Violent Revolution?
Tony Spaghetti has Himmel thinking that maybe America is ready for a violent revolution. The chimps discuss.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 361—Our Bread and Circuses Are Falling Short. AI Tells US to Bend the Knee.
Is AI here to replace writers? We ask ChatGPT and the answer is absolutely.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 360—Love Actually and the Sex Talk
Himmel inadvertantly showed his six-year-old porn and had to explain it.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 359—Why Aren’t We Just More Plainspoken?
Don is on a tear about the linguistic games of… well, everybody, everywhere. So the chimps break it down masterfully.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 358—Our Generation’s Abe Lincoln
David wrote a thing about the country, anxiety, hubris, and why there will never be a woman president. So, instead of read it, the Monkeys yap about it.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 357—Four More Years…
The Chimps talk through the recent presidential election and what went wrong.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 355—401 Error
Nothing to see here, gang. Except Hall, fully clothed, asleep in his car.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 354—Water Your Tree
It turns out that both David and Don are really lousy at relationships but great with relationship advice. Also, so is Yakov Smirnoff.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 353—The Tepid Fury of Two Mediocre White Guys
What infuriates Himmel? Jewel selection, stereotypes, handjobs at the symphony? Hall just doesn’t seem to get all that angry about anything. What’s the deal (asked in the most 1980’s stand up manner)?
Literate ApeCast Ep. 352—The Semantics of Viability and the Suckhole of Nostalgia
Can David go work on a cruise ship? Why would he want to? What the fuck is all of this shit about cruise ships? And how does one figuratively blow a load in your pants?
Literate ApeCast Ep. 351—Taking a Non-Monogamous Pottery Class
Don is making straight A’s in life and—gasp—met a woman whose presence is making him re-think his strategy.
Literate ApeCast Ep. 350—Nebraska, Go Fuck Yourself
In a preview for BUGHOUSE!, Don tasks David with his repeated use of the ’systemic’ when describing localized events.