For Episode 13 we’re a man up as Doctor Towers joins us for a two part episode – this is Part Two!
Discussion Topics:
Dr. Jon Towers is back with us and if you tune in to the thrilling conclusion of Episode 13 of the 9th Story podcast, you will hear:
- Dr. Towers plan for his first 180 days on the job at a major-label comic publisher.
- Why pragmatism and realism are alive and well at the 9th Story and why you need to go to the 10th Story for tin-foil hat discussions.
- Why labels and name-calling hinder good, solid debate and how we as a country got so far off kilter.
- A liberal defending the actions of House Speaker John Boehner.
- An old-timey true story about a career Democrat urging his constituents to vote for a Republican.
- Why Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill were analogous to Wile E. Coyote and the Sheepdog.
- Dr. Towers assembles a list of the Greatest Male Characters from Film and Literature. (Listeners will be intrigued by some of the unorthodox choices on this list)
- How Frank Sinatra may have actually been the original John McClain.
- What happens when you’re unemployed, growing a beard, listening to Nine Inch Nails and making soap.
- When a New York method actor will actually ask to be shot in the face.
- Why “man’s man” G. Gordon Liddy may have been influenced by T.E. Lawrence.
- The similarity between the Pequod and the Battlestar Galactica.
- While we all know that no one puts baby in a corner, we oftentimes forget that no one pencils a stripper like Frank Miller.
- Why Jerry Seinfeld is consumed by a quest…just like Captain Ahab.
- Why Hans Gruber would only be content on that beach for a few days and then he’d go elsewhere to create mischief.
- And last, since it’s the “Man Up” episode…remember this…no half measures! Give us a call French Guy!
This episode of the 9th Story is sponsored by Audible. Visit http://www.audibletrial.com/story for your free audible book download.
LINKS
Music courtesy of Kevin McLeod
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“Niles BLues”
Intro and Outro Music also Courtesy of Kevin McLeod
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www.incompetch.com
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Music Courtesy of X-PROPH3T
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“Red Horse Rising”
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