Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: Chess Alex takes the episode way down into the quiet and cerebral with a discussion of the OG nerd game, Chess. Andy reminds him of some fond and beautiful memories from their pre-LHR days, Alex gets equal parts technical and …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: Pizza Andy takes his episode time to talk up arguably the single most popular topic LHR has ever discussed, pizza. He gives some history, including the surprisingly class-based politics surrounding its popularity, and he and Alex argue about which of …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: Ocean Vuong In an LHR first, Alex begins the episode talking about a poet, and starts his segment with a reading of “Aubade with Burning City” by Ocean Vuong. He discusses Vuong’s short but meteoric career, what his unique identity …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: Star Trek Andy comes back hard from the hiatus to talk about arguably the most beloved sci-fi franchise of all time, Star Trek. He relates his generational connection to it and makes a plea for the Utopian vision that it …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSHey y’all, Terribly sorry, but for the first time in about a year-and-a-half, we’re gonna be missing an episode. Andy will fill everyone in, but a confluence of illnesses, travel, funerals, and assorted crap have meant that we’re finally behind schedule …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: Man Bags Alex takes his time this episode to talk up Man Bags. He discusses their practicality, the contents of his own (spoilers: mostly charging cables, allergy meds, and weapons), and why it’s weird as hell that carrying stuff is …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: Band of Brothers Andy starts this episode off with a segment on his favorite war-centered anything, the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. He discusses its remarkable cast and the ways in which it succeeds and comes up short presenting the …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: Bob’s Burgers Alex takes his Love segment to discuss Loren Bouchard and Jim Dauterive’s Bob’s Burgers. He talks up the brilliant cast, how the show has kept fresh after 10 seasons, and mistakenly refers to the character of Marshmallow as …

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSLove: The Hobbit Andy gets literary for this Love segment, and brings in one of his most formative and favorite books of all time, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. He talks about his personal connection to it as a memento of family-bonding, …