Episode 184 – Touch the Piece

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Show Notes

Josh rails against the creeping subscription-ification of everything from printers to cars, while Ben revisits a painful Air Force move that left his family trapped between two bureaucracies. Ben also reckons with his old assumptions after reading Michelle Obama’s Becoming, before we revisit The Lego Movie and discover that its absurdly quotable toy-commercial exterior is hiding a surprisingly thoughtful story about creativity, conformity, and parenting.

• Intro & Follow-up (0-34:48)
  • Pentagon 9/11 Memorial
  • The Nose Fingers Trick
  • John Oliver on “Subscriptions”
• Bad at Tech (34:48-49:46)
  • Apple TV+ shows Josh recommends:
    • Ted Lasso
    • Greyhound
    • Murderbot
  • Disney+ show Ben recommends:
    • Wonder Man
  • Paramount+ show to watch???:
    • Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender 
• Ben vs Bureaucracy (49:46-1:17:32)
  • Ben’s Law (in the United Kingdom)
• What I’m Reading (1:17:32-1:35:44)
  • Josh:
    • The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
    • Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
  • Ben:
    • Becoming by Michelle Obama
      • An Open Letter to Michelle Obama (1:27:37-1:30:17)
• Feature (1:35:44-end)
  • The Lego Movie – Official Trailer
  • Bump the lightbulb
  • Sexy Bionicles
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  • Outro music from Cascading by Ammon Rich