Best Remember Shuffle Podcasts (2026)

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LOST: E105 Mystery Box Theatre 2005 2:01:05

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"We have to go back! (?)" Remember Shuffle turns to one of the premiere network TV dramas of the 2000s, ABC's "Lost," proof that you can't quite fit the round peg of creator-driven, prestige-style drama into the square hole of a traditional TV network. After introducing the ensemble cast of melodramatically tragic characters, the Shuffle Bois + Sam…

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Episode 545-Frontman Shuffle 2:31:21

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast No album review this week — not because we’re lazy… okay maybe a little — but mainly because we don’t like getting stagnant. Gotta shake things up before we start smelling like that one record store no one goes into anymore. So this week, we bring you The Frontman Shuffle™ with family members Favio Vegas and Mike F…

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Episode 544-The Cars-Heartbeat City 1:29:48

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🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we dive into The Cars – Heartbeat City with family member Joseph Staub! Is this album a timeless 1980s classic, or has it started to show its age? Our thoughts, critiques, and debates are all here—no spoilers as always. 🔥 Tracks of the Week • Jerry’s pick: The Tubes – She’s a Beauty • Joseph’s pick: Queensrÿche – D…

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A Christmas Carol / Polar Express: E104 Christmas Generated Imagery 1:12:12

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Shuffle Bois! It’s your yearly Christmas episode drop, and this year we’re taking a look at two instant classics from the 2000s, Robert Zemeckis' “Polar Express” (2004) and “Christmas Carol (2009). These two films represent Robert Zemeckis’ attempt to transcend the limits of the fleshy human body through …

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Episode 543-Paralandra-The Body Electric 1:12:15

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🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we dive into a band nine years in the making that somehow no one talks about—but they were brand-new to us. We’re covering Paralandra – The Body Electric. Does this album knock our socks off, or does it fade into oblivion? 👀 No spoilers… as always! 🔥 Tracks of the Week • Mooger Fooger’s pick: Evanescence – Going Un…

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Return of the King: E103 WAAAGHscer Bait | DEMO 7:27

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This is a Patreon demo. Join to hear us close out our Lord of the Rings series with our Return of the King episode! Get in loser, we’re going to Elf Heaven. Remember Shuffle closes out its review of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy with a Return of the King Review. The Shuffle Bois do a quick plot recap of this sprawling entry to the trilo…

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Episode 542-Black Sabbath-Dehumanizer 2:03:13

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This week on America’s Podcast, we dive into a lost classic from the Black Sabbath catalog — Dehumanizer. Joining us are family members Travis Perrotta and Tim Wirasnik as we crank up the Dio-era heaviness and ask the big questions: How does this album sound to our ears? Is this a top-tier Dio-fronted Sabbath record… or does it fall flat on its dem…

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Pokemon: E102 Kawaii Industrial Complex 1:57:02

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“Remember when” is the lowest form of conversation–we put that theory to the test on this episode on the pokemania of the late 90s and early 2000s. After unexpected success in Japan, Pokemon launches in America in late 1998 and becomes ubiquitous in America soon after as not a single media, but as an entire world accessible through video games, TV,…

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Episode 541-Van Halen-Diver Down 2:42:27

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This week on America’s Podcast, we bring in family members James West, Travis Perrotta, and Andy Rodriguez as we dive into one of the most divisive albums of the David Lee Roth era of Van Halen: Diver Down. Is it brilliant? Is it baffling? Is it the world’s most expensive collection of cover songs? Does it divide the panel? No spoilers — you gotta …

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History of the Soviet Union: E101 Bookshevik Club | DEMO 10:30

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This is a Patreon demo. Join to hear part one of our book club on the history of the Soviet Union as well as a Return of the King episode in two weeks! Part 1 of our 2 (?) part series on Sheila Fitzpatrick’s ‘The Shortest History of the Soviet Union’. In this part 1, we cover the years 1860-1960 starting from the emancipation of the serfs to the en…

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Episode-540-Clutch–Blast Tyrant 2:40:28

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! We’re diving into Clutch – Blast Tyrant with our rock ’n’ roll family: Metal Mike Tyler and Joseph Staub! 🤘 Will this album make the mob go wild or usher in the profits of doom? 💰😈 Either way, we’re breaking down the grooves, the grit, and the glorious madness that is Clutch! 🎶 Tracks of the Week: Jerry – “The Nig…

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The Apprentice: E100 Pervert Incentives 1:52:31

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For their 100th episode spectacular the Shuffle Bois turn to what might be the most influential piece of media from the 2000s, The Apprentice. Since 2015 we have lived in a world dominated by the toxic runoff of a 2004 game show. The Shuffle Bois continue their discussion of reality TV they began with Survivor to talk about the many noxious societa…

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Episode 539-Tim Durling Author Of-The Sound That Haunts You: A Beginner’s Companion to Fleetwood Mac. Plus Tango In the Night Review 2:35:40

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This week on America’s Podcast, we’re joined by author Tim Durling, who stops by to talk about his brand-new book The Sound That Haunts You: A Beginner’s Companion to Fleetwood Mac. We dig into how the project came together, some of the surprising stories behind the band, and why this book is a must-read for both longtime fans and total newcomers. …

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Episode 538-Iron Maiden-Powerslave 2:24:48

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! We’re flying high again — Egyptian style — as we review Iron Maiden’s Powerslave ⚔️🐍 with the family crew: Bob Bannister, Travis Perrotta, and Andy Rodriguez! Sadly, The Mooger couldn’t join us because he had something even scarier than Rime of the Ancient Mariner… an anniversary! 💍 Congrats to him and his wife — …

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Survivor: E99 Reality TikiVision 1:51:32

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Part 1 of our 2 part series on Mark Burnett. Survivor took over American culture by storm, becoming a dominant fixture of TV that changed the economics of TV production for the worse. We dig into themes of the desert island as ideal, orientalism, and labor bargaining. The Apprentice coming next week for episode 100! Give Remember Shuffle a follow o…

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Episode 537-Collective Soul – Disciplined Breakdown 1:43:48

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🇺🇸 We’re diving headfirst into Collective Soul – Disciplined Breakdown with our brother from another mother, Travis Perrotta! Is this an album worth your time, or will it have you questioning your life choices? 🤯 (No spoilers… but we might need therapy after this one.) 🔥 Tracks of the Week: 🎧 Mooger’s Pick: Dishwa…

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Episode 536-Oingo Boingo-Boingo Alive 2:26:13

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🎃👻 This week on America’s Podcast – Halloween Edition we resurrect a band that’s INFAMOUS around here… the legendary (or undead?) Oingo Boingo! To one of us they’re gods, to the rest? Well… you’ll have to hear the review to find out. 🪦💀 Marc cracks open Boingo Alive (yes, recorded live… in a studio… because reasons) as our Live Album Series crawls …

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Abercrombie & Fitch: E98 Stop Trying to Make Fitch Happen 1:38:16

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The Shuffle Bois turn for the first time to the world of fashion and analyze the rise and fall of the iconic teen fashion brand of the 2000s, Abercrombie & Fitch. To do so, they are joined by Colettte Shade, author of “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on a future that never was.” They discuss the meteoric rise of this teen fashion icon,…

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Episode 535-Testament-Practice What You Preach 2:24:54

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This Week on America’s Podcast 🎙️ We’ve got family in the house! 💥 Tim Wirasnik and Travis Perrotta join the madness as we dig into Testament – Practice What You Preach. 🤘 Question is: does this album actually practice what it preaches… or is it a nightmare coming back to haunt us? (No spoilers… unless you bribe us with tacos 🌮). Tracks of the Week…

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2000s Zom-Coms: E97 Dawn of the Deadpan | DEMO 6:23

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This is a Patreon demo. Join to hear our full thoughts on the 2000s Zombie Comedy films! In a decade obsessed with parody, it was only a matter of time before zombies got their turn. This episode covers Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Zombieland (2009)—bookends of the 2000s that chart the evolution of the zombie comedy, from British deadpan to America…

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Episode 534-Alice Cooper-The Revenge of Alice Cooper 2:07:04

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🩸 This week on America’s Podcast the Alice Cooper Band is back… or is it? We crack open The Revenge of Alice Cooper to see if this reunion slithers like a black mamba 🐍 or fizzles out like Welcome to My Nightmare 2. To settle the madness, we’ve got Eric Lussier, Joseph Staub, and Tim Wirasnik riding shotgun through this horror show. 🔥 Tracks of the…

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2000s Zombie Filims: E96 Apocalypse Chow 1:21:31

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It's our spooky season episode! Remember Shuffle turns to a much requested topic, the zombie films of the 2000s. After tracing the history of zombie media and mythology, they review two major tentpoles of 2000s Zombie films, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's "28 Days Later" (2002) and Zack Snyder and James Gunn's "Dawn of the Dead" (2004). The Shuffle…

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Episode 533-Blue Öyster Cult-Mirrors 1:04:21

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🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we summon Joseph Staub, our resident Blue Öyster Cult wizard 🧙‍♂️ (yes, he doesown a cowbell). Together, we dive into the most controversial BÖC album ever: Mirrors. Will we love it? Will we smash it? No spoilers—you gotta listen. 🔥 Tracks of the Week: Jerry cranks up Collective Soul – “Run” 🏃‍♂️💨 Mooger throws dow…

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The Illusionist: E95 Projection Racket | DEMO 5:53

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Join the patreon to listen to part 2 of our 2006 Victorian stage magician series. The Shuffle Boys talk about the Hapsburg Empire. Unlike the Prestige, the change in setting to the Austro-Hungarian Empire offers a new lens for discussing magic, more in terms of politics and empire: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle…

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Episode 532-The 27 Club Artists We Lost 2:18:49

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast 🎙️ We dive into one of the most haunting legacies in music history — The 27 Club. These are the artists we tragically lost at just 27 years old, leaving behind timeless music and art that continue to shape generations. Marc, Mooger, Jerry, and our family members Tim Wirasnik and Travis Perrotta sit down to remember…

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The Prestige: E94 The Clone Wars 1:09:00

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Here is the plot structure diagram we mention: https://preview.redd.it/rvwbt8x46ea41.png?width=1440&format=png&auto=webp&s=c9463c6ebcc29c245435e7abdadf1410f92a4aa8 Remember the 2006 Autumn of the two Victorian era stage magician movies? We cover the the better/more popular one on the main feed. We look at friend-of-the-pod Chris Nolan’s 2000s class…

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Episode 531- Static-X Wisconsin Death Trip VS Slipknot (Self Titled) 1:54:13

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🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast, we go way out of bounds with a Nu Metal Album Battle Royale! 🤘🔥 Both contenders dropped in 1999: ⚔️ Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip vs. Slipknot – Self-Titled. We’ve got longtime partner-in-chaos Joseph Staub back in the mix, and we’re bringing in new blood 💉 with Mike Fowler to keep things wild. As usual, one coh…

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Die Another Day: E93 Octo-Kitschy | DEMO 5:22

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This is a Patreon Demo. Join to hear our full thoughts on the 2000s dumbest Bond movie. We talk space lasers, lairs, race swapping, puns, and surfing mechanics in our review of Pierce Brosnan's swan song to 007. ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle And make sure you sign up through the browser–not through the app, to save yourself 50%!…

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Episode 530-Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger 2:28:28

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🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast, we welcome long-time family member—but first-time Free Form guest—Bill Roseberry! Bill picked the album we’re diving into: Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger. Does this grunge classic stand the test of time… or should it stay locked up in a Rusty Cage? We shall see. 👀 🔥 Tracks of the Week Marc – American Horse by The Cu…

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2000s James Bond: E92 Casino Royalties 1:14:39

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It’s a gritty reboot for Remember Shuffle Join the patreon to listen to the 2nd part of this episode on Die Another Day (coming later this week) ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier …

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Episode 529-Led Zeppelin III 2:21:19

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🎙️ This week on America’s Podcast we dive deep into Led Zeppelin III! Joining us are Family Member Eric Lussierand brand-new Family Member Bob Bannister. But here’s the question: is this album an acoustic masterpiece… or does it make you wanna go Out on the Tiles or hang from the Gallows Pole? (👀 No spoilers here!) 🔥 Tracks of the Week Marc – Stick…

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Episode 528-First 6 Metallica Vs Megadeth Album Battle 3:19:38

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🎙️ This Week on a Very Special Episode of America’s Podcast! We go full-throttle into one of the greatest rivalries in metal history: Metallica vs. Megadeth — Album Battles! Which band dominated their first six albums? Who crushed the riffs, brought the fire, and left the biggest legacy? We’re joined by a killer panel of guests: Jeff Allen from the…

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The Sopranos - Whitecaps: E91 The Wrong, Violent Type | DEMO 3:32

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Join the patreon to listen to the 2nd part of our Sopranos Season 4 episode on the season finale, Whitecaps! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle We break down one of the Soprano’s masterpiece episode, in which Tony and Carmela’s marriage becomes the biggest whacking of the season. We discuss how all the details this season have built to this…

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The Sopranos Season 4: E90 The Provolone Ranger 1:30:43

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Season-long plot chart: https://x.com/RememberShuffle/status/1965431303438041404 eyyy, there they are, the loyle Sopranos episode listener. We return the mulecart to the Sopranos well to fill up our buckets with talk on what season 4 was trying to talk about: Alienation and the weakening of all Tony’s social bonds. We break down 3 episodes: the oft…

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Episode 527-Celtic Frost-Cold Lake 2:29:48

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast – The Free Form Rock Podcast! 🌊🎸 This week we’re diving headfirst into infamy with a band that shocked metalheads everywhere: Celtic Frost and their much-maligned glam experiment, Cold Lake. Joining us for this bold review are our rock brothers Eric RMCP Jordonand Travis Perrotta. Is this album a misunderstood glam…

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Episode 526-Lonnie Mack-Strike Like Lightning 1:45:52

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast – The Free Form Rock Podcast! 🇺🇸🎸 We’re crankin’ up the amps and diggin’ deep into the blues as we welcome our good friend Brian Davis from the Damn Good Movie Memories podcast! Not only does Brian know his way around a killer flick, but he’s also a certified blues connoisseur—so we figured, who better to help us r…

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The West Wing: E89 The White Potus 1:40:01

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We finally did it. We lib out for 90 minutes to the first two seasons of Aaron Sorkin’s most successful project: The West Wing. A centrist liberal projection of an idealized America in the year 2000. We break out our characters, and do a deep dive on Somebody’s going to emergency, somebody’s going to Jail, In Excelsis Dio, and Shiboleth. And then w…

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Episode 525-Danzig III: How the Gods Kill 1:40:31

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🇺🇸 We’re cranking it to 11 and heading into the dark with Danzig III: How the Gods Kill—joined by our brother in metal, Travis Perrotta! 🖤 Does this album rip through your soul in the best way possible—or does it just leave you feeling like you wandered into a Dirty Black Summer with nothing but regrets and leathe…

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Miami Vice: E88 Mann Talk Pt. 2 | DEMO 8:37

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This is a free demo--Full episode episode can be found at patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle . The 2nd part of our weekend double feature, the Shuffle Bois turn again to the Mann-well. Mr Mann is at it again with Miami Vice (2006), a reboot of a groundbreaking TV show he created in the 1980s. Like Collateral, it’s got Audioslave, themes of professionali…

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Collateral: E87 Mann Talk Pt. 1 | DEMO 6:37

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This is a free demo--Full episode episode can be found at patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle . The Shuffle Bois turn to an absolute auteur of a director, Michael Mann, in a two-part series on a selection of his work from the 2000s, Collateral and Miami Vice. In part one, they discuss Michael Mann's ideology regarding individual autonomy, work, and socia…

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Episode 524- The Alan Parsons Project-Turn of A Friendly Card 1:49:43

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🇺🇸 We hit shuffle on the past and dive into Alan Parsons Project’s Turn of a Friendly Card, joined by our resident prog rock philosopher and family member Joseph Staub! Is this album a masterpiece of musical storytelling… or just a fancy way to say, “Don’t gamble, kids”? 🎲💸 Is The Gold Bug solid gold—or just a shi…

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Iraq War Pt VI: E86 Iraq Obama 1:21:04

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Mission: Accomplished. In the final episode of their series on Iraq, the Shuffle Bois turn to how “Hope and Change” Obama would handle the quagmire of Iraq he inherited. They discuss how the Iraq War ended with a whimper rather than a bang. En route, they discuss Obama’s relationship with his generals, his propensity towards compromise and manageme…

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Episode 523-Ozzy Osbourne -Blizzard Of Ozz 3:21:56

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast 🎙️ We welcome back family members Eddy Cannistraci and Travis Perrotta for an episode that was scheduled before the untimely passing of the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. Fate had other plans, and 3 weeks later, it’s become a powerful tribute to one of rock’s most iconic figures. We're diving deep into …

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Snakes on a Plane: E75 Aeroborous | DEMO 6:48

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One of the first episodes we ever wanted to record for the pod, Snakes on a Plane. We explore the brief 2006-era window of big budget B-movies. ⁠Check out our Patreon feed for the full episode⁠: ( https://patreon.com/RememberShuffle?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink ) And make sure you si…

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Episode 522-Dreamcar-Dreamcar 1:33:52

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🎙️This week on America’s Podcast... we answer a question literally no one was asking: what happens when the guy from AFI crashes Gwen Stefani’s garage band practice? You get Dreamcar—the most ‘80s band to be born three decadestoo late. Is it a glorious throwback or a glitter-covered time machine crash? Are they the future of retro or should they ha…

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Iron Man: E85 Arc Reactor of the Covenant 1:22:11

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We dive into the shiny, explosive world of 2008’s Iron Man, the film that launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Celebrated for Robert Downey Jr.’s charismatic performance and its slick visuals, it offers a surface level critique of the of the military-industrial complex. The ideology and methods that Iron Man embodies though, are identical to Ame…

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Episode 521-Megadeth- Peace Sells...But Who's Buying 2:04:55

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🎙️ Buckle up, metal maniacs—we're hopping in the time machine straight back to 1986, where the riffs are fierce, the politics are angry, and Dave Mustaine still hasn't smiled once. We’re diving deep into Megadeth’s Peace Sells... but Who’s Buying? Is this album a thrashterpiece worthy of our hard-earned Reagan-era…

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Andrew WK: E84 WK Ultra | DEMO 10:53

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This is a free demo--Full episode 90 minute episode can be found at: patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle It's a music episode! The Shuffle Bois turn to an early 2000s artist that NME Magazine called "The Saviour of Music" and Pitchfork Magazine called "A horseman of the apocalypse," Andrew WK. The Shuffle bois first trace the surprisingly interesting lif…

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Episode 520-Peter Gabriel-SO 1:35:23

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🎙️ This Week on America’s Podcast! 🎙️ We travel back to 1986 — perms were big, synths were bigger, and Peter Gabriel dropped his iconic album "So." We brought in guest Travis Perrotta to help us break it down: Is this album "So-So"… or does it hit like a lyrical Sledgehammer to the soul? You’ll have to listen to find out! (No spoilers — we're class…

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Iraq War Pt V | Civil War: E83 Sheiking Things Up 2:05:00

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The Shuffle bois turn to the pivotal years 2006-8 of the Iraq war, featuring the Iraqi Civil War, the US troop surge, and the military “genius” of treating Iraqis with basic human empathy. After tracing the history of this period - how the civilian leadership continued to bury its head in the sand, how the strategy began to slowly change towards se…