A Cynical Optimist
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Welcome to a cynical optimist! You’ve now committed to 1 hour at least of your time for entertainment that is equal to straight to video movie! Join me each week as I comment on internet jargon, interstellar news, blink 182 sometimes and let’s not forget my take on movies and pop culture nostalgia.
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Episodes
Episode 143: The Recovery Ep!
April 19, 2024 13:55 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBDude I don’t know what this episode is but we still put it out! Cause this will not stop! I think if I can remember is very music heavy but at the same time I don’t know! But thank you always tuning in on the podcast that was voted 100,000 decent podcast in all of the southern part of the United States! Enjoy!
Episode 142: The Quirk Queen!
April 12, 2024 13:48 - 1 hour - 73 MBNew week, same pod you love! I had no idea ice cube was the brains of the operation. He won all of our hearts over with no Vaseline. We will know for sure if diddy is in trouble once Da Band speaks out. You live in the past, present or future? My baby lost her first tooth! She could care less about the money and more on the ancient entity that is the tooth fairy!
Episode 141: Fish are Fools!
April 05, 2024 13:57 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBDoes it feel like we are getting more into normal? It does to me and I’m stoked for it! Your boy off the addy and on to the next. They say death comes in 3s and unfortunately it’s true. The I ain’t fresh guy gets the redemption we all hoped for. And finally go to not cling to the past the expert level!
Episode 140: Dummy Numbers!
March 29, 2024 14:01 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBHow fast would you confess if chic-fil-a was on the table? The ascent back into video games has the dopamine kicking back on! The books they made us read in high school were outta pocket but there was a couple good ones.
Episode 139: Skatepark For The Meatheads!
March 22, 2024 12:57 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBWas my middle school a prison? I learned what a snitch was so early on. It’s been real quiet lately in the world but what’s a really going on? And finally I do right by talking 1/8 of blink-182 on this podcast finally
138: Batting A Thow Wow!
March 15, 2024 12:07 - 1 hour - 66 MBToday our people mourn. We lost one of the good one. Akira Tomiyama passes away and I give what I think is probably the worst send off or eulogy. It still doesn’t affect the impact he had on us growing up and watching his show! If TikTok gets banned will we be ok? Short answer, absolutely! But the influencers might not. I was in Instagram jail for a while but I ain’t afraid to go back!
Episode 138: Batting A Thow Wow!
March 15, 2024 12:07 - 1 hour - 66 MBToday our people mourn. We lost one of the good one. Akira Tomiyama passes away and I give what I think is probably the worst send off or eulogy. It still doesn’t affect the impact he had on us growing up and watching his show! If TikTok gets banned will we be ok? Short answer, absolutely! But the influencers might not. I was in Instagram jail for a while but I ain’t afraid to go back!
Episode 137: 90s Reference!
March 08, 2024 14:18 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBA smaller dive into how my brain works. A top 10 list of 90s first crushes, but I give you my version of that same list. The decline of Western civilization, punk chapter and finally we are grassroots but I want this podcast to be better for you, the listener.
Episode 136: Rich White Guy Laugh!
March 01, 2024 13:44 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBMy cell service went down but it’s ok cause AT&T gave me a 5 spot. The movie based on the popular phone blackberry was fucking great guy! Ironically all watched on its biggest competitor the iPhone. Where did temu get all its money from? You can buy so much for so little money it’s like Taco Bell in the 90s!
Episode 135: Destroying My Shorts!
February 23, 2024 14:10 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBI still have some more questions about the 1999 hit song back that azz up. Movie review heavy pod today cause that is just what happens sometimes. I discover my own insecurities on the podcast! But that’s good cause this pod is sometimes about growth and change for the better and all that good stuff people post as a story for inspiration that we swipe over! Finally, cancel culture over?! Let’s see what the final nail in the coffin will be!
Episode 134: Shredded Human Cheese!
February 16, 2024 14:07 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBDo you ever look around and think “I’m done here” well if you haven’t you might eventually. A marvels review that I go easy on just in case Brie Larson listens. Moneyball movie review which is too 5 for me in case Brad Pitt listens. I finally found the letter we have been waiting for!! And also the song back that ass up is a mating call for us!
Episode 133: Relations With Fruit!
February 09, 2024 13:40 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBIn the Apple Vision Pro max DVDA worth the money? There’s a line we don’t cross and you know it when you hear it. Jay Z seems himself worthy of judging all music. Boygenius live up to their names. People think Texas will be a warzone. But we already used all our vacation days at work so….
Episode 132: No Fear!
February 02, 2024 14:03 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBMy most awaited movie review on the little giants! Elmo was always a good friend. YouTube thinks I needed metal help when all I wanted was a Pepsi. Nepotism isn’t bad but you need an asterisk by your name.
Episode 131: Still Drippin!
January 26, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBWelcome back to the worlds number 1 under produced podcast! Follow your dreams and I’ll support them! I’m winning in the battle against mucus. Finally, imagine cashing a check for showing up to school!
Episode 130: God Is Pro J-Walking!
January 20, 2024 19:03 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBIs the world crumbling around us? Maybe but let me give it to ya the way I see it! You can now watch people die on insta but also there are good things to see. The algorithm is making us all the same!
Episode 129: It’s A Cup!
January 12, 2024 15:33 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBWe get into the best thing to kick off the year the man himself Katt Williams. Are bars just adult house parties? As a nation are we failing because if cups?!
Episode 128: Bang With The Emos!
January 05, 2024 13:32 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBNew year! And we are getting over it and through it my guy! Last ep I was cynical and jaded but now I’m cynical and back to optimistic! I review movies I know you’ve seen like maybe 2 of. YouTube camping videos and developing photos from almost 20 years ago!
Episode 127: A Year Wrapped!
December 29, 2023 14:21 - 51 minutes - 48 MBExcuse my jadedness as I go over all the events that took place this year!
Episode 126: Lars Has A Nut!
December 22, 2023 14:20 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBDo you remember your best Christmas gifts? Do they actually sell camping gear in Europe? Why are we posting to much about our personal business just so we can roasted in the comments. How real was Santa to you growing up?
Episode 125: Spiritual Release!
December 15, 2023 12:56 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBA little lottery talk cause I don’t know how to start podcasts most of the time. How would you go out if it was your last day? Let’s stop being chicken little and be more chicken actual when it comes to possible disasters. I feel like your Spotify wrapped or Apple replay should be a form of identification.
Episode 124: Reserved Tears!
December 08, 2023 13:37 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBPuff Daddy is a modern day Jekyll and Me. Hyde. All I ever want to do with the rest of my life is bits. And I have the perfect movie that explains that. Not a scammer I just crush a lot. The studio green lit another mouse movie. And finally I will donate as long as I don’t have to look at anybody in the eyes!
Episode 123: Post Thanksgiving Clarity!
December 01, 2023 12:28 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBWill thanksgiving or Black Friday even exist in 10 years or will it be 2 long months of Christmas? I have a story in which I star in a late 90s movie about a pest of a mouse and me! How we have our differences but in the end only one of us ends up dying. Finally, the one the only my music for the year on Apple Music (not Spotify) but my podcast wrapped (with Spotify)!
Episode 122: 90s Fro!
November 24, 2023 22:43 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBHappy thanksgiving from the cyni opp himself! Maybe I was wrong about the rock for president. Remembering my grandmother. And I discover I had ADHD and now I’m seeing HD! We learn in real time how bull shit articles are!
Episode 121: Protecting Carson Daly!
November 17, 2023 13:45 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBFinally getting over this month of sickness. The pod is all over the place but what’s new! Some how I have the utmost respect for the one the only Carson Daly. Battle of the sexes will never end. Especially if one is allowed to grab your genitals in public. Some show reviews to close out this glorious podcast!
Episode 120: My Hookah Is Broken!
November 10, 2023 12:26 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBAs per usual I banter of the unimportant but you’re here so it’s not all bad! Creed has a comeback while dvds are gone forever! I’ve got a question on some restaurant etiquette. The marvels receive the most hate of any marvel movie. Why?
Episode 119: Deer and those Headlights!
November 03, 2023 12:39 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBI step up my percentage of this podcast by making this a 3/8s blink podcast. I’m sure that’s the wrong measurement but follow me! R.I.P to one of the funniest guys in the 90s Matthew Perry. I can’t dress up for Halloween but people definitely don’t need 3 costumes. Would people accept dick print pants?
Episode 118: Grocery Store Flex!
October 27, 2023 13:37 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBOld dad’s movie review! Never do it this early in the pod but why not! When we were young festival I’m sure had a advil and icy hot booth. Bananas going extinct could crumble the crime family that is Jamba Juice!
Episode 117: Heterosexual Face!
October 20, 2023 11:09 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBLast week was rough and you’ll find out why. Bigfoot footage was decent but I’m still not 100% convinced! SNL came back which is great right? I don’t know but let’s see a little bit more effort in the strip club!
Episode 116: From Six To Midnight!
October 06, 2023 11:23 - 1 hour - 63 MBWhat I’ve learned turning 34 which isn’t much but it’s something. Emergency alert goes off during podcast! What are they planning?! Tupacs murderer caught? Yeah right! Finally, I become a doctor with a self diagnosis!
Episode 115: Sorbet For The Tongue!
September 29, 2023 12:28 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBWhat’s your phone etiquette? Movie review for the machine and no one can save you! Memes are resurrecting creed and Kevin James!
Episode 114: Mexican Alien Mummies!
September 22, 2023 13:22 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBNew blink album on the way! Mexico trying to pass antique shop purchases off as aliens. More blink talk cause why not? And a little Mandela effect talk cause again why not
Episode 113: Cloning Sauce!
September 15, 2023 13:25 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBSide hustles that you could just buy at the store. Why would they just clone random celebrities. I started talking about the new iPhone but then went somewhere completely different but again you know what you were gonna get when you tuned in!
Episode 112: The Crab Gabagool!
September 08, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBEventually the world is gonna roll us all. We all got blindsided by the blind side news. Skateboarding has been the big topic as of late and p-rod is motivating me to keep going. Lastly, and unbelievable amount of time trashing rotten tomatoes for taking bribes!
Episode 111: Decaying Taxi Cab!
September 01, 2023 10:45 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBThe Maui fires are under conspiracy investigation by on the internet. The flash semi movie review. 20 years of Emerica and Girl. My biggest peeve about security/cops.
Episode 110: The Streets Need Me!
August 25, 2023 12:27 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBI’m trying my best not to but sometimes Tim foil talk get through! Blue beetle is down with the rasa and Vicks vapor rub. One of my favorite videos from the internet keeps me laughing.
Episode 109: Cynical Op Braintrust!
August 18, 2023 13:07 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBFlat earth Wes almost had me like Paul Walker. Do people like to dump on you?…Their problems that is. YouTube has a lock on me currently on all these horror, interrogation and unsolved mysteries!
Episode 108: Everybody’s Tuned Up!
August 11, 2023 12:12 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBSome skate talk for that ass. The river boat avengers sought out justice and got it! Me and posty experienced the same kinda trauma. Tom delonge new guitar! Nobody movie review!
Episode 107: Dogspit!
August 04, 2023 16:44 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBI guess Tom was right! I got secretly invaded by a bad marvel show. Why is YouTube censoring movies that are on the Internet? And we’ve become so inclusive we are resorting to becoming new species.
Episode 106: I’m A Scorpion Homie!
July 28, 2023 11:08 - 1 hour - 62 MBIt’s crazy where people you know end up. Like can be short but it can also be long. The theory that Paul McCartney died along time ago. The lady freaks out cause she might if seen a shapeshifter. I’m down another YouTube rabbit hole. And Anti flag is no longer together.
Episode 105: He’s Threading Right Now!
July 21, 2023 11:32 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBA brief recap of blink show. I know we get it! If you just ask people to pay for your stuff they will! Fake compensation claims can make you rich! The first flying car is on its way! But is it really?! Rapid fire of topics I needed to talk about before another day passes and they become irrelevant
Episode 104: Road to Blink-182!
July 14, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBRoad trip pod with my wife and I on the way for blink-182 return back tour! We get into all sort of topics and our excitement for the show. As well as a show recap!
Episode 103: Glizzy Gladiator!
June 30, 2023 12:26 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBA quick update on the titan submarine and it’s not good. Food that takes time off our life but how would they know? I don’t have a countdown in me! I get pulled over by a cop younger than me. And can’t hardly wait was a perfect movie!
Episode 102: Low Income Homie!
June 23, 2023 12:57 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBLike all good beginnings of a podcast I don’t know what I’m doing in the first half but then we get into the biggest topic the missing submarine. And having the design flaw of a aftermarket game controller. I give my next best movie for Hollywood. We used to ask questions about the Internet through text message.
Episode 101: Alien Boner!
June 16, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBStarting all over…sort of! In the episode of the new hundreds target and bud light fumble the bag due to trying to be woke. Apple releases their first product in 8 years and that’s the minimum amount of time you will need to work to buy one! Aliens exist!….I think….I want to believe…I think! Either way something showed up in Nevada!
Episode 100 With The Homies!!!
June 09, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBWe did it! Made to 100! On this very special ep my very good friends Victor, Trey and Adam join me on the pod to commemorate making it to 100 episodes. I usually write a description of what goes on in the episode but we got into alot of things! So I will just say sit back and enjoy as we do what we normally do.
Episode 99: Doritos Dust Trigger!
June 02, 2023 18:49 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBCompanies trying to fit in with the now are losing dollar signs quick! More talk of me getting older and I have no clue what’s going on. I learn there is a new generation afoot. Rapid fire info that has no meaning but it’s what we do here!
Episode 98: Goodfellas, Starring Me!
May 26, 2023 12:04 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBDid you know you just can wash your vegetables? You need to give them a whole spa day! A.I might allow me to have the same acting chops with the likes of DeNiro and Pesci. There might be some good technology can bring us.
Episode 97: Technically 100!
May 19, 2023 13:09 - 1 hour - 61 MBTicketmaster can suck it but going to go see blink-182! No need to back pedal I meant what I said! Writers are on strike from catered food and dick jokes. A white guy at Alamo drafthouse had 2 seconds to perform and he crushed! Destroyed! Murdered! A quick review on guardians of the galaxy and bupkis. Music is therapy and I knew you knew that. And I knew that you knew that I knew that.
Episode 96: The Bean Bag!
May 12, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBI state my case for getting my food order wrong! Comedians and podcasters are always just trying to entertain so we can’t hold much against them. I do my weekly birch about concert ticket prices. Robert De Niro welcomes 7th child and I welcome a good amount of likes on a comment of that post!
Episode 95: Death, Taxes And This Podcast!
May 05, 2023 12:35 - 48 minutes - 45 MBMy wife takes me to the scariest movies I’ve ever seen. But then recommends a great show! I think all food reviewers need to be dangerously fat for me to take an opinion on the foods they are trying. Cold plunges are this years razor scooter!