Mini Episode 15: Best of 2018

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01/06/19 • 64 min

For better or for worse, 2018 is one for the history books. Jack and Kate take some time to recommend some of media they enjoyed during the year that hasn't been discussed on the podcast. The rules of engagement are simple: the hosts each choose one movie, album, TV show, book and "wild card" from any category that was the best experience of its kind encountered during 2018.

Your hosts go down pop cultural byways that include corpsepaint, 19th Century British crime, highbrow comics, brave artists willing to take dares from internet cesspools, and very weird dads.

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Your hosts go down pop cultural byways that include corpsepaint, 19th Century British crime, highbrow comics, brave artists willing to take dares from internet cesspools, and very weird dads.

BBfBP theme song by True Creature

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