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Finally Heather and Rian found a fever dream in EMPIRE RECORDS (1995), a mid-90s time capsule of white middle-class American teens! Topics include Easter Plans, Heathens, and Buddhism; ethical debates of social media; IMPERFECT WOMEN, TRAVEL MAN, and BAIT with Riz Ahmed; this is not a John Mulaney fan podcast, and Rian is not a professional comedian; Rian's best-ever how she wasted time; cat-astrophizing; Bat Boy and April Fool's Day; Who's On First but make it ADHD; Empire Records passes the Bechdel Test; we ask and answer the big questions about EMPIRE RECORDS:

• Is Empire Records a musical? 
• FMK: Maxwell Caufield?
• How many of the craps table people would have voted for DJT?
• How old are these "teenagers?"
• Why did Rian go so deep into Berko's backstory?
• What makes a job a "cool job?"
• Is Empire Records the Breakfast Club of the 90s? 
• Is Lucas Gen Z?
• Have you seen THE CRAFT?

Also, A.J. the "artist;" we need a documentary about former employees of M/A/R/C; no red beverage clauses in an anecdote (upon anecdotes upon anecdotes  featuring David Boreanaz, Stevie Nicks, and Thom Yorke); new friend rules and dating apps; Rian is in her diabolical era; and even more!  

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