Episodes

  • #274 | Gary and Jerry

    #274 | Gary and Jerry
    May 23 2026
    Ted and Zach discuss: Gary (The Bear), remaking and analyzing Jerry Maguire, undangerous rock and roll, dumb movies pretending to be smart, most things are not sacred.
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    54 mins
  • #273 | Back to Our Roots

    #273 | Back to Our Roots
    May 22 2026
    Publishing talk, an energy drink review, T can talk.
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    45 mins
  • #272 | Washed Up Together

    #272 | Washed Up Together
    May 1 2026
    This week: Obscure Easter messages, Gut Check's most daring book yet, Substack blowback, we are the champions (or, actually, just Zach is) of the places we live and stuff we like, space stories we don't hate
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    43 mins
  • #271 | They Call Us Double-down

    #271 | They Call Us Double-down
    Apr 13 2026
    This week: Losing Walken, Ted and Zach cleanse the pallet and cosmically make up for reading a bad white paper by reading a hilarious one..
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    52 mins
  • #270 | First, Go on the News...

    #270 | First, Go on the News...
    Mar 30 2026
    An end-times contest, Erin hates AI so much, Ted and Kristin are classy now.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #269 | A Huge Waste of Nachos

    #269 | A Huge Waste of Nachos
    Mar 10 2026
    Gut Check is at a crossroads; let's talk some Dangerous Minds (which it turns out was based on a somewhat true story)
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • #268 | Zach on Trial

    #268 | Zach on Trial
    Feb 11 2026
    Gut Check Medical Hour, Zach didn't actually make up the term Johnny, Non-consensual bit participants, Snit Happens again.
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    29 mins
  • #267 | Snit Happens

    #267 | Snit Happens
    Feb 5 2026
    A bit of a slow start, Debriefing Israel a dozen years later, let's just visit, dethroning sacred cows, the mid-90s White Savior boom, performatively not caring about money, grumble-bubbles above our heads.
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    46 mins