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Episode 33: Halloween at Hill House
8AM Shift - October 31, 2018 18:31 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHapppppy Halloweeeeen! What is the overlap between mental health and the supernatural? Conventional and modern medical wisdom tells us that there isn't any overlap, but the Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House definitely creates a world where those two issues can co-exist. That said, we ar...
Episode 32: NY Comic Con 2018 Wrap-Up
8AM Shift - October 13, 2018 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooood Morning! Well it looks like we have ourselves a New York Comic Con recap episode. Joe and Jordan sit down to chat about the annual convention that has become a cultural touchstone in New York City. While Joe discusses his experience, Jordan becomes nostalgic about another comic book co...
Episode 31: A Bronx Tale - 25 Years Later (Pt. 1)
8AM Shift - October 06, 2018 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooooood morning! What is the greatest coming-of-age mafia movie of all time? The answer is simple: A Bronx Tale. Largely because it’s the only coming-of-age mafia film with one of the most unique twists for a movie in its category. September 29, 2018 marked the 25th anniversary of this cult c...
Episode 30: Ozark vs. Breaking Bad vs. Oz
8AM Shift - September 29, 2018 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooood morning! Jumping right into we're discussing the hit Netflix series Ozark. It's been compared to Breaking Bad, which is arguably the greatest TV series ever, but is it really as good? That said, we jumped into a conversation about it with freelance writer Alex Bracetti. You may have see...
Episode 29: The Season 2 Preview
8AM Shift - September 15, 2018 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooooood morning! And we are back to a Saturday release schedule! We're also on our second season and in this episode we discuss what topics they will be running with for the next year or so. This may include... Ozark Mayans MC Oz 90's Retrospectives Episode Highlights Jordan confesses th...
Episode 28: Fear of a BlacKkKlansman
8AM Shift - September 06, 2018 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooooood morning! As mentioned in the description of the previous episode, this is the companion recording that we are releasing since we took a brief hiatus in August. This was recorded a week after the premiere of Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, which itself was released around the 1 year anniver...
Episode 27: Crazy Rich Azns
8AM Shift - September 06, 2018 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooooood morning! First off we want to apologize to all of the Shifters for our wonky schedule. To make up for being away for the last two weeks, we're dropping two episodes back-to-back. Yes, in addition to this episode, we have another one you can digest as soon as you're done with this one. ...
Episode 26: Why You Should Watch Sorry To Bother You
8AM Shift - August 09, 2018 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooood morning! **Update: Joe and Jordan will be rolling episodes out mid-week moving forward! This means Wednesdays or Thursdays** What starts as a lengthy discussion about the recent Venom trailer slowly evolves into a set of hot takes about the Boots Riley film, Sorry To Bother You. While i...
Episode 25: San Diego Comic Con Trailer Wrap Up
8AM Shift - July 31, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooood morning! Hey Shifters, we have a special three-person episode this time around. We invited Brooklyn-native and pop culture connoisseur DJ Treats to share his thoughts on the trailers that dropped during San Diego Comic Con last week. What starts off as a conversation about the Shazam ...
Episode 24: Karen, Rick and Morty
8AM Shift - July 26, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooooood morning! Have you ever re-watched a movie and TV show years later and said to yourself, "Man, this couldn't get made now." Well Shifters, it's the issue that Joe and Jordan have been dealing with when it comes to their media consumption. During their conversation, Jordan shares his tho...
Episode 23: The Dark Knight 10 Years Later
8AM Shift - July 14, 2018 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooood morning! In this episode we celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Dark Knight, a major touchstone film among older millennials and Gen X'ers everywhere. We discuss everything from the technical achievements of the film to the philosophical ones. It's a deep conversation that lends itself...
Episode 22: Is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Problematic? + After Hours By Martin Scorsese
8AM Shift - July 07, 2018 17:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooood morning! On this amazing episode we discuss our Fourth of July celebration, things we read or listened to, antiquated cultural ideas in media and, towards the end, the 1985 Martin Scorsese movie After Hours. Here's a rundown of what to expect. Jordan has an a-"woke"ning (vomits in his...
Episode 21: Dinosaurs and Spike Lee
8AM Shift - June 30, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooooood morning! Shifter, we apologize for missing the last week. We are back and in this episode we cover a lot of ground, discussing stuff that took place last week. Here are the lows... Family separation. XXXtentacion's death. Here are the highs... Joe went to watch Jurassic World: Fal...
Episode 20: 20-For-20
8AM Shift - June 16, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooood morning! For the 20th episode, we take a trip down memory and discuss everything from what we've been watching to why 1998 was such a pivotal cultural year. Here's a shortlist of some hot takes... Jordan finally watched Thor: Ragnarok Led Zeppelin never had a bad album For some reas...
Episode 19: Infinity Beef
8AM Shift - June 09, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooood morning, What do you know, we're back to a Saturday release. Since we're recapping the last few weeks there are some things we may have missed. At the time of the recording, we had only seen game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals, and at time of this episode release, the Warriors have won the ch...
Episode 18: This Is America (Chinese-American/Puerto Rican and Italian-American Version)
8AM Shift - June 02, 2018 12:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooood Morning! We review the media cycle from the previous 2 weeks, pre-Memorial Day weekend, and discuss the second season of the hit FX series Atlanta, the Black content creator era which we currently live in, Jordan’s recent trip to New Orleans, and his subsequent binge-watch of HBO’s The P...
Episode 17: Racism in China + The Kanye Breakdown
8AM Shift - May 22, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooood Morning! Hey Shifters -- we're back! Our apologies for the schedule lately, but we've got another great episode in which we share our thoughts on the Kanye West breakdown from the previous weeks. Joe thinks Kanye's always been this way and that he's entered a Britney Spears-level meltdo...
Episode 16: The Ballad of Joey Blades
8AM Shift - May 12, 2018 12:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGooood morning! Sorry for missing you all last week. This week we're back with an incredible interview with filmmaker Joseph Lingad who raised money via Kickstarter to fund his documentary, Don't Look Away: A Film About Adults with Facial Differences. Joseph shares in great detail what inspired...
Episode 15: Maximum Carnage! Plus, Infinity War and the Venom Trailer
8AM Shift - April 28, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooood morning! In honor of Avengers: Infinity War weekend, we are going to NOT spoil anything related to the movie. Instead we discuss the Venom and Crazy, Rich Asians trailers, the fondness we had for 90's mini-series Maximum Carnage, and the awful Spider-Man 3 and DCU movies. Somewhere down...
Episode 14: Yes, We Finally Discuss Wild Wild Country
8AM Shift - April 21, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGoooooood morning! So for those that have listened to previous episodes, we (Joe and Jordan) have been watching the Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country, which follows the incidents that took place at Rajneeshpuram in Wasco County, OR in the mid-80's. For those who are unfamiliar, the Rajneesh ...
Episode 13: Ready Player (Hater) One
8AM Shift - April 14, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGood morning Shifters! Who else watched "Ready Player One"? We (Joe and Jordan) most certainly did and decided to collect our thoughts so we could riff on it. In the process we also discussed: Gundam Dragon Ball Z DinoRiders Captain Bucky O'Hare Also we spoke with filmmaker Salima Koroma ...
Episode 12: Over-The-Top-TV Killed The Water Cooler Star
8AM Shift - April 10, 2018 13:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGood morning Shifters! Joe re-watched the first episode of "The Wire", Jordan watched the first episode of the "Roseanne" re-boot, and both the twain shall meet. They also discuss the Steven Spielberg comments about how Netflix movies should not qualify for the Academy Awards. In addition Joe...
Episode 11: The End of March...Madness
8AM Shift - March 31, 2018 19:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGood morning Shifters! Let’s cut right to the chase: March 2018 has been crazy. The NCAA brackets have been leading the conversation around athletics, however, the socio-political conversation has been dominating the news. In roughly 3 weeks we saw... Gun control and reform and the next genera...
Episode 10: Paddington Bear Meets The Punisher
8AM Shift - March 24, 2018 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHey Shifters, Looks like we missed a week because we were hella busy but we are back with another gem. In this episode we discuss... Our affinity for "Paddington" the movie How "Paddington" stacks up against "Ted" Joe's experience watching the first episode of "The Punisher" "The Sopranos"...
Episode 9: Oscar's 2018 Analysis
8AM Shift - March 10, 2018 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJoe and Jordan discuss the 90th Academy Awards, the movies that won and lost, and the actors and actresses whose performances blew them away this past year. Later on Joe and Jordan go back in time, a la "Wayne's World", and review an older recording to see if any of their Oscar Award predictions...
Episode 8: The Week Joe Was Away
8AM Shift - March 03, 2018 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsSo last week, Joe took a few days off to explore Paris, France with his fiance which left Jordan looking for someone to temporarily replace him. While one would think it was an easy task finding a co-host for one episode, the truth is it's kind of difficult to fill Joe's Vans Sk8-Hi's. Fortunate...
Episode 7: President's Day 2018
8AM Shift - February 19, 2018 15:14 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsTotal transparency, we recorded this a little bit before President’s Day. However, we wanted to share our thoughts on the SOTUS from earlier this month and the other current events/pop cultural "nuggets" that came out of it. We also took a moment to interview Dan Johnson, a military veteran who ...
Episode 6: Watch Black Panther + Our Mother's Love West Side Story
8AM Shift - February 13, 2018 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWatch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Watch Black Panther. Wa...
Episode 5: Post-Super Bowl LII
8AM Shift - February 09, 2018 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOn this episode, Joe and Jordan recount what it felt like to witness Tom Brady NOT winning a Super Bowl for the third time. Of course, we also go in on some of the ads which we had the pleasure of watching. If you want to read the Harvard Business Review article which we reference, click HERE. ...
Episode 4: Problematic Comedians
8AM Shift - February 01, 2018 04:07 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOn this episode of the #8AMShift, we dive into some more Netflix gold -- the recent release of The Godfather Trilogy and the Dave Chappelle comedy specials that dropped right before New Year's (Equanimity and The Bird Revelation). We also source some opinions on the recent allegations against Az...
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