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Much to Geoff’s chagrin, Fall is upon us, and the BANTS! bois are doing a postmortem on this summer’s babababiggest hits! But first, they’re talking Kimmel, a new Taylor Swift cinematic experience, and those new Meta x Ray-Ban Smart Glasses. Remember, listeners dear, nothing beats a Jet2 holiday!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:39 Catch-Up

13:35 Kimmel Suspended, Then Unsuspended

22:33 Tech Corner: Meta x Ray-Ban Demo Flop

32:01 The Life of a Showgirl Release Party

36:55 RIP Robert Redford

38:28 Song of the Summer 2025

01:26:08 Geoff's What's Good: Sally, When the Wine Runs Out

01:28:32 Justin's What's Good: Alien: Earth

01:38:00 Outro

What’s Good:

Geoff: “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” by ROLE MODEL (⁠Spotify⁠)

Justin: Alien: Earth (⁠Disney+⁠)

Links:

ABC Suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ “Indefinitely” (⁠The Hollywood Reporter⁠)

Jimmy Kimmel to Return to ABC on Tuesday (⁠The Hollywood Reporter⁠)

Nexstar and Sinclair Won’t Air Jimmy Kimmel’s Return (⁠The Hollywood Reporter⁠)

‘Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl’ to Hit Theaters in October (⁠Variety⁠)

Meta’s failed smart glasses demos had nothing to do with the Wi-Fi (⁠The Verge⁠)

“Sports Car” by Tate McRae on SNL (⁠YouTube⁠)

Robert Redford, actor, director, environmentalist, dead at 89 (⁠CNN⁠)

Credits:

Song: Sam Day - NEBRASKA (WITH YOU) [NCS Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: ⁠http://ncs.io/NEBRASKA_WY⁠

Watch: ⁠http://ncs.lnk.to/NEBRASKA_WYAT/youtube⁠

Creators & Producers: Geoff Taylor and Justin Benavidez

Show Art: Geoff Taylor

Audio Editor: Justin Benavidez

Email us at ⁠bantspod@gmail.com⁠ with questions or recommendations

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