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TR#202: Tor's Lugubrious Penultimate Algorithm! 04/02/2020

TR#202: Tor's Lugubrious Penultimate Algorithm! Episode 202: In this episode, the team discusses things to do in bunkers. Including: Picard, Steve Buscemi, Dark Ages, Lego Masters, Lost in Space, The Good Place, Don't Fuck with Cats, Glow, End Times Fun, The Curse of Oak Island, Spencer Confidential, Onward, Uncut Gems, Birds of Prey, Better Call Saul, MST3K Live, The Outsider, Ozark, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/13818143

TR#201: Star Wars 1917 The Rise of the Afghanistan Papers! 01/20/2020

TR#201: Star Wars 1917 The Rise of the Afghanistan Papers! In this episode we discuss Star Wars 9 Rise of Skywalker with Spoilers from 8:45-26:20, 1917, Oscars and controversy, The Irishman attempt, The Two Popes, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nick Lowe, The Afghanistan Papers, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/12814622

TR#200: A Christmas Mailbag 200 Miracle! 12/14/2019

TR#200: A Christmas Mailbag 200 Miracle! In this episode, the team celebrates their 200th episode and start questioning why they use the third person in their episode descriptions. Topics include the Trump impeachment, The Mandalorian, Disney+, Jeff Goldblum, Watchmen, Vikings, Knives Out, Silicon Valley, His Dark Materials, Jojo Rabbit, Hamilton, Mailbag, Doctor Sleep, Lords of Chaos, Harmonquest, Star Trek. Thanks to all of our listeners for making this possible! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/12396446

TR#199: Fascism and The Pseudobulbar Affect! 10/22/2019

TR#199: Fascism and The Pseudobulbar Affect! In this episode, the team tries to not laugh as they discuss Joker, Ad Astra, Scorsese acting like a little bitch, Playstation 4 and VR, Borderlands 3, E-Bikes, Crazy Lenny, Umberto Eco, Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum, Ur Fascism, Mussolini & Trump, Kurds & Turkey, David Berman, NFL Packers division champs, Ozark, and more. /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/11732423

TR#198: The Middle Will Rise Again! 06/25/2019

TR#198: The Middle Will Rise Again! We discuss Roky Erickson (July 15, 1947 - May 31st 2019), Sandy Hook deniers in Wisconsin, Judd Legum report on fake corporate LGBT support, Tavern League vs CBD, UFOs, Stanton Friedman, Venice, Chicago, Apple Mac Pro, Ford GT, VW Microbus, Truckla, Chinese Uighur Camps, American Child Concentration Camps, John Wick 3, The Tick canceled, Jessica Jones, Black Mirror, I Am Mother, Good Omens, Wisconsin Murder DNA, Bcycle meltdown, Skiing, Traffic, The Hate You Give, Politics, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/10278227

TR#197: An Electivus for the Rest of Us! 05/16/2019

TR#197: An Electivus for the Rest of Us! In this episode we discuss Game Shows, Blow Up, Destroyer, Perfect Bid, Sterling Hayden, Iran, Trump financial woes, Democrat candidate multitudes, NASA & Space Exploration Argument, Amazon, Billionaires, Taxes, Endgame, Time Travel Hijinks, Game of Thrones, Beta Ray Bill, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/9814067

TR#196: Fritz Haber! (Or Was Thanos Right?) 04/26/2019

TR#196: Fritz Haber! (Or Was Thanos Right?) In this episode we discuss famed chemist Fritz Haber and his scientific contributions. Also Carl Bosch, Cable vs a la carte services, Notre Dame, Robber Barons, Vaccinations, Saudi Arabia, The Kid Who Would Be King, Barry, The Tick, Black Summer, Mueller Report, Impeachment, Trump Taxes, Democratic Candidates, Car Colors and Commercials, Wikileaks, Assange, Town Halls, Recycling, Madison Mayor Soglin, Poop and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/9538271

TR#195: Tim Apple and Don Orange! 04/08/2019

TR#195: Tim Apple and Don Orange! In this episode we discuss spring elections, touchy Biden, democrat candidates, Mueller report, windmill cancer, Spam, Jim Jeffries, NZ shooting, Incredibles 2, Harry Potter, Knightfall, Captain Marvel, US, I am Big Bird, Flowers, After Life, Love Death and Robots, Mary Queen of Scots, Sisters Brothers, Hostiles, Stan & Ollie, Downer Lutheran Gumby, The Highwaymen, Destination Wedding, A Private War, Leaving Neverland, The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, Walk Hard the Dewey Cox Story, The Tick season 2, Borderlands 3, Mac PC, Console wars and more. /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/9311864

TR#194: Mayo Bernays! 03/09/2019

TR#194: Mayo Bernays! In this episode we discuss the works of famed propagandist Edward Bernays! We also discuss Michael Cohen, The Orville, The Oscars, Captain Marvel, Shazam, I Am the Night, Kingdom, Umbrella Academy, Lego Movie 2, Alita: Battle Angel and Won't You Be My Neighbor with Godzuki, Boy Erased, Suspiria,m Happy Death Day, The Captain, Sisters Brothers, Neal Brennan, Bo Burnham, Seveneves by Neal Stephenson and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/8941094

TR#193: To the M-O-O-N and Back! 01/28/2019

TR#193: To the M-O-O-N and Back! Weather, Oscars, Razzies, Kidnappings, Love Symbol #2, Prince, Muppets, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Spike Lee, Raw, Sportball, Government shutdown, Gillette Commercial, Lincoln Memorial Kerfuffle, Social media and the meaning of life, Ministry of Loneliness, PTSD, Monty Don, Vikings, The Orville, Bandersnatch, Patriot, The Punisher, Wrap up on Aquacan, The Death of Stalin, Color out of Space, Sam Elliott vs Hitler then Bigfoot, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/8430329

TR#192: Happy Christmas and Merry Holidays! 12/16/2018

TR#192: Happy Christmas and Merry Holidays! The gang discusses the year that was and reminisces on all things including Tales From the Tour Bus, Aquacan, Amazon, Scott Walker, Vice, Guns & Airports, Yemen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Vikings, Monty Don, American Gods at House on the Rock, The Orville, The Curse of Oak Island, Meeting William Shatner, Brady Bunch, SKG Retrogaming, Babylon 5, The worst Star Trek TOS Episode, Nightflyers (aka Dogvomit ripoff of Saturn 5, Silent Running, A Boy and his Dog and others), also Raw Deal, Die Hard, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/7932962

TR#191: Performative Umbrage! 12/01/2018

TR#191: Performative Umbrage! In this episode the team discuss Frontline, Baraboo Salute, Stan Lee, Stephen Hillenburg, Wizard World, Adult Swim, Dethklok, Douglas Rain, The Good Place, John Allen Chau, Mandy, Ayn Rand Film Trilogy Atlas Shrugged, Sports Talk, Age of Tanks, Damnation, Vikings, Amazon Prime, The Night Eats the World, Jack Ryan, Electric Dreams, Diablo III, I Think We’re Alone Now, The Lodgers, Overlord, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Scooters, Texas, Freaks and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/7759358

TR#190: Midterms, Movies, Morons, Netflix, Nimrods and Neanderthals! 11/02/2018

TR#190: Midterms, Movies, Morons, Netflix, Nimrods and Neanderthals! midterms, Drumpf, Travels with My Father, American Vandal, Monty Python, Hold the Dark, Haunting of Hill House, Apostle, Killing of a Sacred Deer, War Movies, The Orville, Daredevil, Doctor Who, Bonzo, Eugenics, Nimrods, Neanderthals, Joaquin Rundberg, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, A CONTEST /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/7411577

TR#189: Conspiracy Theories, Part 12, I Like Beer! 10/04/2018

TR#189: Conspiracy Theories, Part 12, I Like Beer! In this episode, we revisit the dark realm of conspiracy theories and discuss PragerU, QAnon, Moon conspiracies, Flat Earthers, the math of conspiracies, Malaysian Flight 370, Hurricane Florence, HAARP and more. Also discussed, You Were Never Really Here, Hereditary, Wisconsin Crime, Kavanaugh, Trump tax fraud, Elon Musk, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/7129733

TR#188: Culture Split! 09/08/2018

TR#188: Culture Split! In this episode the Tank Team discusses the divide in the culture from a shoe ad by Nike to a shoe in for the Republicans (Kavanaugh). We also discuss Aretha Franklin, Burt Reynolds, The Meg, Elon Musk, Alex Jones and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/7021015

TR#187: Distraction Smorgasbord! 08/05/2018

TR#187: Distraction Smorgasbord! The team reconvenes after a brief hiatus to discuss the things they have been enjoying in film, TV, and other media as well as some reasons to embrace distractions from the horrors of modern politics! Topics include: Westworld, Blade of the Immortal, 13 Assassins, James Gunn, Papa Johns, Elon Musk, The 8 Bit Guy, Electroboom, Sorry to Bother You, MI6 Fallout, The Meg, Incredibles 2, DC Meets Hanna-Barbera, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Endless, The Limehouse Golem, The Tick, Bombshell, Rampage, The Expanse! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/6888767

TR#186: Tippecanoe and Wilson Too! 05/14/2018

TR#186: Tippecanoe and Wilson Too! In this episode, the team updates the Presidential Douchebag Gallery with a couple of oldies but baddies! We also give an update on the drama at Twin Galaxies, discuss Public Enemy Number Two, Kanye, Childish Gambine, DNA and the Golden State Killer and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/6588845

TR#185: Curling for Movies! 04/15/2018

TR#185: Curling for Movies! In this episode, the team distracts itself from politics for a while discussing movies and TV, then we discuss the NRA and the loss of Paul Ryan. Films discussed include Ready Player One, A Quiet Place, The Florida Project, I Tonya, 3 Billboards, Paterno, Paul Blart 2, A Man Called Ove, Chappaquiddick, Han Solo, Infinity War, Black Panther, and more. We look at the small screen and discuss The Terror, Legion and more. Viktor talks about his trip to Hawaii. Sputnik informs us on his gun show trip and more. /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/6482428

TR#184: Hogan's Heroes! 01/16/2018

TR#184: Hogan's Heroes! In this Episode, the team closes the TV trifecta loop for listener "fishy" and tells the tale of Hogan's Heroes. We discuss Werner Klemperer, Richard Dawson, Bob Crane, but also get side-tracked by Black Mirror, Soglin, Shit-hole comments, Mother!, The Hulk, we revisit Captain America, the 1st Avenger, AUTOFOCUS, Role Models, Paul, Erased, Family Feud, Fire and Fury, Computer trash talk and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/6154166

TR#183: Star War! 12/21/2017

TR#183: Star War! In this episode, the team goes full nerd and discusses the newest Star War! Episode 8 The Last Jedi. Also Dark, the German Netflix show. Also Justice League and how it was middling to OK. Also Thor Ragnarok and how it was the best thing ever! Also Vikings! Also, Viktor was not all the way there. /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/6079642

TR#182: Blinking Turks! 11/18/2017

TR#182: Blinking Turks! In this episode the Tank Team discuss Stranger Things 2 with full spoilers (starting at 19:00), The Orville, American Gods, House on the Rock, bad behavior of privileged men in Hollywood and politics, the very miniature blue wave and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5958120

TR#181: Magic: The Jerry Mathering! 10/15/2017

TR#181: Magic: The Jerry Mathering! In this episode the Tank team discusses Magic the Gathering, Blade Runner 2049, Las Vegas and Utah Vacations and Violence, Vietnam by Ken Burns, Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Suggested English translation by Olena Bormashenko), Tarkovsky, Contest Winners, Walter Becker, Musical Room-mates, Monty Hall and his Problem, Hugh Hefner, and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver. /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5840960

TR# 180: Double Contest! 09/15/2017

TR# 180: Double Contest! In this episode, the Tank team discusses IT by Stephen King, Apple new releases, DACA bullshittery, bicycle talk, Pokemon, climate change, hurricanes and more. Local Wizard World Madison contest and world wide contest focused on Jerry Lewis. RIP: Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) Glen Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) Adam West (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017) /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5743573

TR# 179: The Quadrumvirate Destroys Fascists! 08/19/2017

TR# 179: The Quadrumvirate Destroys Fascists! In this episode, the team is joined by the Viking Prince to discuss Dunkirk, Atomic Blonde, losers and murderers with Tiki torches and the losers in the White House that support them and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5657420

TR# 178: Kakistocracy! 07/16/2017

TR# 178: Kakistocracy! In this episode, we discuss adventure tourism, , FCC vs Net Neutrality, Tor Test Cimena, Okja, Spiderman: Homecoming, To the Bone, obligatory Star Trek rants, Grand Canyon and Quebec vacations, Vikings, Sherlock, Fargo, Armada, Ready Player One, Daemon, Freedom, governmental corruption, fireworks, and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5543443

TR#177: Signal Test Thank You! 06/17/2017

TR#177: Signal Test Thank You! In the first show after our audio equipment collapse, the team conducts an elaborate audio test of new equipment by discussing driving music and we send sincere thanks to all of our Executive Producers who sent donations! We move on to talk about The Red Turtle, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Wonder Woman, Alien: Covenant (Lord Buckethead would have made the film better!), North Korean vacations, Florida beachfront speculation, alligator petting and a new term that could explain a lot about America: Exponential Incompetence! To be discussed later: RIP Adam West! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5456817

TR#: 176: Prancing Ponies and Mountain Monsters! 04/24/2017

TR#: 176: Prancing Ponies and Mountain Monsters! Through mounting technical difficulty, our heroes tread from Prancing Ponies all the way to Mountain Monsters! We had stops along they way like: Harmontown, Pabst Mansion, Kong Skull Island, Ghost in the Shell, Bill O'Reilly, MST3k, One More Time With Feeling, and more! Go to and find the donate button on the right hand side. We need to make some changes and you can now be the change you want to see (or hear) in the world! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5292853

TR#175: Drumpf's War on Science! 03/24/2017

TR#175: Drumpf's War on Science! The team reunites to talk TV and politics. In this episode we discuss Counting Cars, Logan, Legion, Vikings, The Expanse, March Madness and a splash of Douglas Adams. We also discuss North Korea and Drumpf's preliminary budget. /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5199305

TR# 174: Whoopee Toupee! 02/11/2017

TR# 174: Whoopee Toupee! I remember the year I went to camp I heard about some lady named Selma and some blacks Somebody put their fingers in the President's ears It wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's wax I remember the book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba Now that's all I can think of, but I'm sure there's something else Way down inside me I can feel it coming back Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down (Purple toupee when summer brings you down) Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around (Purple toupee and gold lame) Chinese people were fighting in the park We tried to help them fight, no one appreciated that Martin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms Ten years later they were sharing the same cell I shouted out, "Free the Expo '67" Till they stepped on my hair, and they told me I was fat Now I'm very big, I'm a big important man And the only thing that's different is underneath my hat Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down (Purple toupee when summer brings you down) Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around (Purple toupee and gold lame) /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/5075469

TR#173: The Search for Hope! 01/08/2017

TR#173: The Search for Hope! In this episode, we discuss Rogue One with Spoilers and curse out 2016 for the loss of Carrie Fisher. Also, In Order of Disappearance, Big Thinking, Mailbag and more! /episode/index/show/tankriot/id/4973784

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