Latest Contrarianism Podcast Episodes
040 - Comedians Not "Sticking to Comedy" with Dana Donnelly
Actually Good - July 09, 2020 19:23 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsComedian Dana Donnelly joins us to discuss the ever-increasing overlap between the alt comedy and progressive activism scenes and expound her tactic of turning bigots into incels.
039 - Cancelling the Olympics with Rachel Reyes
Actually Good - June 10, 2020 22:58 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMulti-hyphenate ultra-activist Rachel Reyes comes on to get you all off your asses, explain why the Olympics suck, and show how the police crackdowns they come packaged with have quite a bit in common with our current situation.
038 - Looting with Alex Trimble Young
Actually Good - May 29, 2020 23:36 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThings are pretty messed up right now so we brought in an expert who knows a ton about the white supremacist roots of American gun culture.
Piracy with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - March 23, 2020 03:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe're back, babyyy. Torrent this episode, every movie discussed within it, and anything else you want. There are no rules anymore.
037 - Piracy with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - March 23, 2020 03:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe're back, babyyy. Torrent this episode, every movie discussed within it, and anything else you want. There are no rules anymore.
036 - Carmen San Diego with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - August 14, 2019 01:43 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsAs you all know, Mike does not wish death upon anyone, so feel free to voice your honest opinions about the show.
035 - Four Loko Fleshlights with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - July 31, 2019 17:50 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsI think the episode title speaks for itself.
034 - Novelty Hot Sauce with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - July 22, 2019 21:54 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsJustin and Mike talk about hot sauce with Bin Laden's face on it, Midsommar, and Mike's biggest political regret: Stanning Jon Stewart way too hard.
033 - Grease 2 with Louis Peitzman
Actually Good - March 12, 2019 18:45 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWriter Louis Peitzman come on to defend the sequel to Grease that sank and started the careers of its leads. Because podcasts are an auditory experience, you can't see the intricate dance number he did the entire time while chatting, but trust us, it was great.
032 - Live TV with Austin Highsmith Garces
Actually Good - March 04, 2019 22:41 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMulti-hyphenate talent Austin Highsmith Garces takes a break from appearing on the television to defend an antiquated way of consuming its programming: right when they network airs it.
031 - The Master of Disguise with Jamie Loftus
Actually Good - February 26, 2019 03:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsComedian Jamie Loftus brings us The Master of Disguise, the 2002 Dana Carvey vehicle that is forever tied to 9/11 and somehow less funny than the attacks. Can she convince the lads that a movie with an unrepentant brownface scene in it is good? Listen and find out.
030 - Cheating at School with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - February 05, 2019 03:35 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsHey kids! We have a lot of fun around here at Actually Good, but here's something that's actually serious: your education. Specifically, how to make it seem like you're doing better at getting one than you really are. The school system is broken, and if you're following all the rules, you're doi...
029 - Phone Calls with Harry Cheadle
Actually Good - January 29, 2019 21:20 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsOn their most ambitious and awful-sounding episode to date, the guys hop on a three-way call with VICE West Coast Editor, Harry Cheadle, to discuss how much they all love talking on the phone. You can probably guess how that went.
028 - Shoplifting with Nate Miller
Actually Good - January 22, 2019 01:36 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsStealing is bad. Unless it's not. Editor and director Nate Miller makes the case for tactical small time thievery in this ep.
027 - Type 1 Diabetes with Dashiell Driscoll
Actually Good - January 14, 2019 23:20 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFor our first episode featuring a deadly disease, TV writer and internet funny person Dashiell Driscoll comes by to make some profound points about the sweet side of type one diabetes.
026 - Las Vegas with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - December 18, 2018 07:38 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe made all the obvious Vegas reference jokes in the episode, so I've got nothing for you here. Enjoy us discussing whether or not LV is AG.
025 - Cloud Atlas with Gille Klabin
Actually Good - December 10, 2018 22:44 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFilmmaker Gille Klabin joins a sharply divided panel to defend 2012's Cloud Atlas. Justin's thumb is raised to the heavens, while Mike's took up residence in the ninth circle of Hell. It's an incredibly audacious movie about literally everything that, well, not everyone loves a whole lot. But de...
024 - Crocs with Evan Scott
Actually Good - December 04, 2018 01:51 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsEvan Scott, one half of directorial duo, The Dads, joins the hosts for a conversation about the most derided rubber clogs in the game and makes some salient points about fashion, classism, and the human condition in the process.
023 - Last Action Hero with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - November 27, 2018 19:18 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsCritics and audiences hated this big-budget satire of shoot-em-ups in 1993, but was Last Action Hero truly trash or merely ahead of its time? The boys discuss while still in the afterglow of a fresh rewatch.
022 - Rick Astley with Alison Stevenson
Actually Good - November 20, 2018 04:03 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNo, you're not going to be unexpectedly directed to any YouTube videos of soulful 80s pop hits. This is a real episode about the "Never Gonna Give You Up" guy. Comedian and writer Alison Stevenson effortlessly makes the case that Astley's brand of uncomplicated, catchy pop, sung in that signatur...
021 - Mimes with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - November 13, 2018 01:09 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe guys smash the invisible box containing this emergency host-only ep to dive in on the topic of pantomime performers. But why are these silent clowns so universally loathed across the pop culture landscape? Perhaps things aren't so black and white and our negative perception of mimes has been...
020 - The Angry Birds Movie with Asterios Kokkinos
Actually Good - November 05, 2018 22:31 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsComedian, writer, and exhausted litigant Asterios Kokkinos (@asterios) joins the hosts to discuss, The Angry Birds Movie, the animated children's feature based on a popular mobile game. But is it akchyually good or just another craven cash grab?
019 - Daredevil with Matthew Jay
Actually Good - October 30, 2018 00:23 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsMike and Justin return from a completely excusable hiatus with guest Matthew Jay in tow to try and convince everyone that the extremely 2003 superhero film Daredevil is more than just a bunch of weird fight scenes and Evanescence songs.
018 - Cocaine with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - August 27, 2018 23:38 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsLace up your Peruvian marching boots and join the hosts on their ethically and legally fraught journey toward justifying recreational use of a drug that has directly and indirectly contributed to thousands of deaths.
017 - The Valley with Cameron Johnson
Actually Good - August 21, 2018 02:47 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsComedian and Empire writer Cameron Johnson (@cameronjawesome) brings the topic of the San Fernando Valley to the podcast, along with an almost alarming amount of knowledge on the subject. Could we, like, all be wrong or something about Southern California's favorite regional punch line?
016 - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Jack Allison
Actually Good - August 14, 2018 00:44 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe most controversial figure in Hollywood, Jack Allison (@jackallisonLOL) joins us to defend the gritty three-hour Zach Snyder fever dream that pits the Dark Knight against the Man of Steel. Are the critics and fans wrong? Is BVS AVG? Listen and find out.
015 - Bird Scooters with Josh Mattingly
Actually Good - August 06, 2018 23:42 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsYoutuber and comedian Josh Mattingly (@JoshMattingly) tailwhips into the AG studios with our most contemporary topic yet, Bird scooters. Are these flocks of electric vehicles more VC-funded Silicon Valley trash, or are they potential planet savers?
014 - Chappie with Justin and Mike
Actually Good - July 31, 2018 03:26 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsChappie was a flawed but great film and shame on all of you for not recognizing its merits. We have thoughts.
013 - Dixieland Jazz with Josh Androsky
Actually Good - July 23, 2018 22:41 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWriter, comedian, and lefty-about-town Josh Androsky (@shutupandrosky) takes us back in time to the discuss the one sub-genre of of music that white people successfully appropriated, Dixieland.
012 - Kevin O'Leary (a.k.a. Mr. Wonderful) with Esther Ku
Actually Good - July 03, 2018 02:31 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThough a self-proclaimed jerk, comedian and podcaster Esther Ku (@EstherKuKu) was very nice to us as she tried her best to defend the final boss of capitalism, Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary.
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