Boomerangst
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBOOMERANGST is an exploration of culture, news and politics by two non-traditional Baby Boomers.
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Episodes
Episode 125
December 12, 2021 22:36 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThe Supreme Court and Mississippi's Abortion Rights; the Cuomo Brothers; THE POWER OF THE DOG on Netflix and KING LEAR on Amazon Prime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 124
December 05, 2021 04:01 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MBThe verdict in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial; the Omicron variant arrives; Stephen Sondheim, R.I.P.; LICORICE PIZZA in theaters --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 123
November 28, 2021 21:16 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBDiscussion of: The Autocrats are Winning in the Atlantic Monthly; the decline of democracies; KING RICHARD on HBOMAx; PASSING on Netflix --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 122
November 21, 2021 22:28 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBResults of the Glasgow summit; Biden's vaccine mandates blocked by courts; Republicans' evolving relationship to violence; SPENCER in theaters. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 121
November 14, 2021 21:09 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MBFallout from the Virginia and New Jersey elections; the Glasgow Climate summit continues; BECOMING HELEN KELLER on PBS; SUCCESSION on HBO MAX --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 120
November 07, 2021 20:48 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBThe meaning of the Glasgow summit; the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmud Aurbry trials; PAN'S LABYRINTH --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 119
October 31, 2021 19:44 - 20 minutes - 19 MBTragedy on the RUST set; more on Dave Chappelle; THE SILENCE OF OTHERS on Netflix; THE OTHER TWO on HboMax --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 118
October 24, 2021 19:42 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBJournalistic "bothsiderism"; Tucker Carlson vs. Pete Buttegeige; Dave Chappelle's THE CLOSER on Netflix; Multiple personalities in new Netflix documentary. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 117
October 17, 2021 21:58 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBFacebook floundering; Indigenous People's Day is made official; Homelessness in Los Angeles. Plus, SQUID GAME and LAMB reviewed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 116
October 10, 2021 22:09 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBThe Supreme Court's Shadow Docket; the Academy Museum opening; THE CHESTNUT MAN on Netflix; LA BREA on Peacock --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 115
October 03, 2021 22:56 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MBWe discuss infrastructure; Trump's nearest and dearest getting subpoenas; the Arizona recall (plus Pennsylvania and Texas). Plus the Tonys (sort of) and Mike wades into the filmed HARRY POTTER oeuvre. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 114
September 26, 2021 22:22 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBNewsom recall wrap-up; French/US/UK/Australian submarine contretemps; BEST SELLER on Amazon Prime; BOB ROSS documentary on Netflix --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 113
September 19, 2021 21:07 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBThoughts on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11; a discussion of Biden's vaccine mandates; THE BLACK PANTHER at the Hollywood Bowl; LANGUAGE LESSONS in theaters. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 112
September 13, 2021 00:42 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBThoughts on the Texas abortion ban; Biden's relationship with the press; the scandals at JEOPARDY!; NINE PERFECT STRANGERS on HULU; THE CHAIR on Netflix --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 111
August 29, 2021 21:08 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBAfghanistan continues to devolve; the CA governor's recall election ramps up; NINE PERFECT STRANGERS with Nicole Kidman (HULU); ANNETTE with Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard (Amazon Prime) and TED LASSO (Apple+) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 110
August 22, 2021 21:12 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBA look at the US Census Report; discussion of the results of the UN Climate Report, SCHMIGADOON! and THE WHITE LOTUS. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 109
August 15, 2021 23:41 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBThe self-made web in which Andrew Cuomo has found himself; Simone Biles and what her choices may mean to the Olympics going forward; A Walk with Stephen Sondheim through SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
EPISODE 108
August 08, 2021 23:26 - 20 minutes - 19 MBTestimony from Capitol Hill officers to the House Select Committee on January 6th; HACKS on HBOMAX; THE GREEN KNIGHT with Dev Patel; 1917; THE DARKEST HOUR --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 107
August 01, 2021 23:36 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBMike's adventures in gaming; WHITE LOTUS on HBOMAX; TOGETHER TOGETHER on Amazon Prime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 106
July 25, 2021 21:57 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBThe trouble with Texas; Joyce Beatty (Head of the Congressional Black Caucus) and the Capitol Police; FIRST REFORMED with Ethan Hawke; ROAD RUNNER a film about Anthony Bourdain --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 105
July 18, 2021 23:12 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBFreeing Britney Spears; why Caitlyn Jenner is truly awful; THIS IS DICK GREGORY; Joe Biden signs a big, new Executive Order. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 104
July 11, 2021 23:46 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBI check in about my trip to NYC; Mike had a close encounter with dolphins; Bill Cosby is free; Allen Weisselberg is indicted. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 103
July 05, 2021 01:18 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBA discussion of Critical Race Theory; INSIDE by Bo Burnham; LOVE FRAUD on Showtime; THE LADY AND THE DALE (Redux) on HBO MAX --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 102
June 20, 2021 22:39 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MBJoe Manchin, the filibuster - and the future of the Biden agenda; Kamala Harris and the Press; IN THE HEIGHTS! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 101
June 13, 2021 22:17 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBPRIDE Month; THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD on Amazon Prime; The Tulsa, OK Massacre of 1921 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 100
June 06, 2021 20:43 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBOn our 100th Episode, we look back at the year in Covid lockdown; thoughts on THE GUILTY on Hulu; THE INVITATION on Netflix and TED LASSO on Apple+ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 99
May 30, 2021 22:34 - 21 minutes - 25.1 MBIsraeli/Gaza cease fire; SCOTUS agrees to hear Mississippi abortion case; Trump's legal troubles with the NY AG and So District DA of NY; did the Coronavirus come from a lab in Wuhan, after all? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 98
May 23, 2021 20:12 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBLiz Cheney is OUT!; Marjorie Taylor Greene confronts A.O.C.; the Israeli/Palestinian conflict; HACKS on HBOMAX --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
EPISODE 97
May 16, 2021 20:16 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBTrump's travails with Facebook; Liz Cheney travails with the GOP; Elon Musk on SNL --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
EPISODE 96
May 09, 2021 21:55 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBTaking Biden's temp after the first 100 days; IN AND OF ITSELF on HULU (Redux); COLLECTIVE (Academy Award nominated documentary) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 95
May 02, 2021 21:14 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThe Oscars; "Recount" in Arizona; Derek Chauvin's conviction --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 94
April 25, 2021 04:51 - 21 minutes - 20 MBAmerica's problem with guns; Putin's attempts to rattle the world . . . ; THE HANDMAIDEN (Korea); THE FATHER (Redux); I CARE A LOT --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 93
April 19, 2021 01:35 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBRIP Prince Philip; SEASPIRACY; CRIP CAMP --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 92 (Sans music intro and outro)
April 12, 2021 06:39 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIt's INFRASTRUCTURE week! Also, Matt Gaetz and his demons; MURDER AMONG MORMONS on Netflix; SOUND OF METAL (Redux) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 91
April 04, 2021 20:22 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES: TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7; MANK; THE FATHER; SOUND OF METAL (Redux). MURDER AMONG THE MORMONS on Netflix; TINA on HBO MAX; Violence Agains the AAPI Community --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 90
March 28, 2021 21:14 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBDiscussion of Q-ANON; INTO THE STORM on HBO Max; anticipation of the post-Covid world(!); PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN on Prime Video --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
EPISODE 89
March 21, 2021 21:12 - 21 minutes - 20 MBHighlights from THE GRAMMYS; ALLEN V. FARROW Redux; thoughts on JESUS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 88
March 14, 2021 22:18 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBHarry & Meghan & Oprah on CBS; BEANTOWN on HBO MAX; MINARI (streaming) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 87
March 07, 2021 23:47 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBBLACK ART: IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT on HBO MAX; NARROWSBURG on HBO MAX; ALLEN V FARROW on HBO MAX; WELCOME TO CHECHNYA on HBO MAX. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 86
February 28, 2021 22:35 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBFlyin' Ted; Texas Energy Crisis; Justin Timberlake apologizes; Ruthe discusses NOMADLAND on Hulu and ANOTHER ROUND (Danish) available for additional fee on Amazon Prime; Mike and Ruthe both endorse CALL MY AGENT!, a French series on Netflix. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 85
February 21, 2021 21:29 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBA word about the conclusion of the impeachment trial; thoughts on FRAMING BRITNEY SPEARS on HULU; THE INVESTIGATION on HBOMAX; THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW (formerly the GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF) on Netflix --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 84
February 14, 2021 20:11 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBRuthe and Mike discuss Marjorie Taylor Greene and the possible future of the Republican Party; Mike watched TOY STORY for the first time; Ruthe endorses IN & OF ITSELF on Hulu and LADY AND THE DALE on HBO MAX. (Note on production: The sound quality is rough in this episode because we had to use the Zoom iPhone application instead of the usual one that allows for the use of our upgraded microphones. Also, out of an abundance of caution, the music drops were left off of this episode; we hope ...
No Episode 83 (Damn!)
February 09, 2021 22:47 - 41 seconds - 597 KBTechnical issues have overtaken us the past 10 days. We're working our hardest to get you the next pod this weekend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
No Episode 82!
January 31, 2021 23:04 - 19 seconds - 307 KBApologies for the absence of our podcast this week: Audacity, the program that we use to edit with, ate the whole enchilada. We will have a podcast for you next week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 81
January 24, 2021 21:28 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBGovernment doings; impeachment talk; Randy Rainbow; ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 80
January 17, 2021 22:21 - 24 minutes - 23 MBRuthe and Mike discuss the Georgia senate race wins, then the riots in the Capitol. Mike watched PRETEND IT'S A CITY on Netflix and Ruthe shares her thoughts on PALM SPRINGS on Hulu. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 79
January 10, 2021 21:20 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBRuthe and Mike rang in the New Year; discussion of the LA Covid spike; Mike saw SOUL on Disney+ and they both watched MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Epsisode 77
December 10, 2020 21:13 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBMike and Ruthe delve into the topic of friendship: what qualities make a good friend and why some last while others fade. The also discuss how nice it is that the Trump machine is fading - and the quiet is very welcome! Finally, Ruthe watched HAPPIEST SEASON on Hulu. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 76
November 29, 2020 23:42 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBRuthe discusses holiday quarantining; Mike and Ruthe speculate on Trump's moves to take over the RNC and the psychology behind his refusal to concede the election; Ruthe saw Steve McQueen's MANGROVE --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message
Episode 75
November 22, 2020 22:07 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBTrump won't concede(!); THE JINX on HBO MAX; THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 on Netflix; Season 4 of THE CROWN on Netflix --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruthe-benton/message