Carly Rae Jepson, Superman, Charlie Kelly

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Love: Carly Rae Jepson

Alex takes his Love segment this episode to talk about the arguably slept-on Canadian pop star, Carly Rae Jepson. He and Andy work through her life an career, from a third-place finish on Canadian Idol to a subpar Taylor Swift rip-off debut to a decade of spaced-out but unquestionable bangers. Andy admits that he confused her for years with Miranda Lambert and Alex somehow shoehorns in references to Disturbed, Tom Hanks, and his own depression.

Hate: Superman

Andy punches as upward as he can to talk up his hatred of maybe the most famous comic book character of all time, Superman. He and Alex talk about the stories that actually work (spoilers, they exist, but there aren’t a lot of them), Andy gives some hot takes about the Max Fleischer cartoons and Man of Steel, and Alex gives a pitch for making a good Superman movie and a better Superman comic.

Relationship: Charlie Kelly

A flesh-and-blood listener reaches out this episode to ask how to deal with quarantining with her ex now that they’ve broken up, but are still on the same lease. Andy extols the virtues of practical boundary-setting while Alex suggests that maybe there’s nothing so bad with breaking contracts in awkward-enough situations.