We're veering south on SUMMER VACATION to discuss Mitt Romney's favorite movie, the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) with Mississippi-based musician Andrew Bryant, founding member of Water Liars. We discuss the film's reimagination of Homer's original vacation narrative, explore the relationship of politics, race, and cultural production, and Devin wonders why more parents aren't naming their kids James.

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Our SUMMER VACATION heads east as we discuss Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (2001) with returning guest General Slug, art director of Protean Magazine, noted weeb, and, of course, Devin's girlfriend.* We discuss the film's childlike view of a financially stagnate and spiritually polluted Japan, the relationship between identity, work, and leisure, No Face's speculative disruption of the bathhouse economy, and the film's ultimate fantasy: a boyfriend who is also a horse (and a dragon... and a wolf?).

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Our SUMMER VACATION takes a detour into Middle Earth as we discussed Peter Jackson's interminable Hobbit trilogy: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Who knows what we talked about (it was a very traumatic episode), but Ethan's wife Catie joins us to discuss behind-the-scenes gossip and Ian McKellen's loose tongue.

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Our SUMMER VACATION continues as we journey down to Paris, Texas (1984) with the help of Jourdain Searles. A man in a red cap making trouble in America based on his idyllic memories of the American past? What could be wrong with that? We discuss Wim Wenders' poetic exploration of identity, family, and failed romance and talk a lot about Six Flags for some reason.

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It's finally time to kickoff our new miniseries: school's out, and the pod is going on SUMMER VACATION, in anticipation of Chris Nolan's adaptation of the original summer vacation this July. We watched the ur-text for all vacation movies, National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), a shaggydog odyssey into the heart of capitalism from Harold Ramis, John Hughes, and, of course, Chevy Chase. We came for the swimming pools and the roadside eats, but we stayed for the potent exploration of the boomer ideology: American is one big con job, and everyone's a mark, except for you (....right?).

Next episode: Paris, Texas (dir. Wim Wenders, 1984) Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or BlueSky at @youretallpod. Follow Ethan on Twitter at @Mathissippi and Devin on Twitter at @stalecooper. Email us at youretallpod@gmail.com.

Here's the unedited audio feed from our live twitch stream on Sunday, 3/15, at 8 PM Eastern. Devin and Ethan our joined by our new boss Bari Weiss at Paramount+, as well as returning friends Mike B. and Dan. We react to the 2026 Oscars and hand out our own Tallies. A night to remember (2026)!

It's Avatar, baby. What else do we need to say? Featuring Dan Malinowski (@badopinionsman).

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We discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (2025) and discuss some life/pod changes. See you in December for Cameron Christmas!