Episode 151 - Christopher Reeve's Superman - Island Root Beer

This week, we focus on the Reeve films, highlighting how, for many, he simply IS Superman, and the plots, villains, and even the musical score all will forever mean Superman.

Today's root beer is Hawaiian-made Island Root Beer.

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Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It’s a plane! It's the original comic book superhero, whose name, characteristics, and even his vulnerability have transcended the comic book medium and have entered everyday vernacular.

Seriously, I had to look up another word for “Kryptonite” just now while writing this summary because I wanted to say that Superman's Kryptonite was….. yeah.

Today's root beer is Sodabeers.

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This statement is false.

Or is it?

This week we geek out about the seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statements or propositions that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. It would have been better if we could have a Snickers bar as well, but….. whatever.

Today we ate ice cream of Dad's Root Beer Float.

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Two notes, people! Two notes kept people out of the water!

We talk about the first summer blockbuster, the performances, that broken-down mechanical fish, and other aspects of a film that transcends even itself.

Today's root beer is Howie's with vanilla ice cream.

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The fifth in our year-long project to cover every Linkin Park album.

Whereas “A Thousand Suns” was a heavily conceptual album, “Living Things” was a return to a more traditional Linkin Park sound, with excellent percussion, and strong aspects of nu-metal, industrial, synth, rap, and even some blues motifs, while still maintaining the strong lyrics and vocals unique to Linkin Park.

Today's root beer is Rocket Fizz “Root Beer Float” flavored root beer.

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To commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the release of Alanis Morissette's watershed album, we deep dive into each of the songs, the unique sound, and the stigma of one of the most iconic albums of our teenage years.

Today, we try Tyler The Kid Sarsaparilla.

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Kurt Vonnegut's contribution to the anti-war novel views details of WWII, PTSD, and the firebombing of Dresden through the science fiction(?) lenses of time-travel, alien abduction, and clinging to a favorite sci-fi author. So it goes.

Today's root beer is Abita.

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It's all happening!

Today, we are once again joined by Brant's wife, Valerie, to talk about Cameron Crowe's cinematic love letter to classic rock. Journey into the world of 1970's rock n’ roll with William Miller, as he rides along amidst the band members, the roaring crowds, the girls, and the thriving counterculture of one of America's most nostalgic atmospheres.

Today's root beer is Fitz.

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