Episode CCCXCVII: The Best Regional Fast Food

You can get McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Burger almost everywhere in the US, but what fast food can you only get in a small part of the country. Local burgers, buscuits, and hot chicken can sometime make a mark for locals and visitors alike.

Join Ty and RD as the discuss the best, and most famous, regional fast food chains.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCCLV: Let's Remember The Battle of the Network Stars

This episode originally premiered on July 1st, 2023

Telly Savalas had moxie. Robert Conrad had spirtit. Gabe Kaplan had the talent. These three men, along with Howard Cosell, launched The Battle of the Network Stars, and we all benefitted.

Join RD as he explains to Ty the awesomeness of the original show, and the pathetic follow ups.

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Episode CCCXCVI: Tennis Talk with Tina - Wimbledon 2024

The white attired snob fest that is Wimbledon 2024 is now complete. A not expected women's champ was joined by a men's champion that may be on a path of unheard of greatness.

Join RD as he welcomes Tina in to talk all things Wimbledon, the 2024 Olympics, and what does the future look like for the world of tennis.

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Episode CCCXCV: Should Joe Stay or Should Joe Go

The 2024 presidential election campaign is in full swing. On one side you have a crazy despotic maniac. On the other side you have an old man. Who is going to win?

Join RD as he tries to make sense of fumbling old man President Biden and what it means to the 2024 presidential campaign when the other side is an authoritarian failure of everything that is called Donald Trump.

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The X Millennial Man Presents: First Watch Rewatch - "The Last American Virgin" (1982)

The X Millennial Man welcomes in First Watch Rewatch to tell you all about a film we need to remember.

The early 1980s saw the rise of the teen sex comedy. "Porky's" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" were critical and commercial success. Cannon films thought, hey we should get into the genre, and in 1982 released "The Last American Virgin". It was quickly forgotten.

Join RD as he shows Tine this lost movie that may be better than it's name suggest. Come listen to it, or be it.

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Episode CCCXCIV: The Wildest Video Game Controllers of All Time

The controller for our video games allows us to immerse in the world of the game. Most of the time we use the regular controller because that is what works. Sometimes the games have special controllers that make the experience more immersive. Let's talk about those controllers.

Join Ty and RD as they look at some of the wildest video game controllers ranging from a piece of wood to a very competent vibrator.

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Episode CCCXCII: Craziest Movies Made and Never Released

Why would a studio spend money to make a movie and then never let it out for the public to see? Bad marketing, terrible end product, and movie studio greed all factor into the stories of some of the craziest movies made, and then never let out for the public to see.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss some of the most famous stories of never released movies and what their opinions are on works of art we will never get to watch.

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Episode CCCXCI: Best Box Office Flops

There has been a lot of talk about big time movies not doing well at the box office. Unfortunately this is not a new conversation.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best movies that had a terrible theatrical run.

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X Millennial Man Classic - Episode CCCLXVII: The End of the World Sounds Better as a Prog Rock Concept Album

This episode original premiered on April 22, 2023

Would it not be better as the martians vaporize us that we have a nice synth line blaring in the background? Jeff Wayne thinks that sounds great. How about the four horsemen of the Apocalypse approaching with some heavy blues guitar? Aphrodite's Child is hearing your calls.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the musical mastery of the end of the world with the prog rock masterpieces of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds" and Aphrodite's Child's "666"

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Episode CCCLXXXIX: An Oral History of Apple - Part 1

Apple.com

Apple is one of the most influential companies of the X Millennial man's life. Watches, tablets, phones, and even computers from Apple have been a part of our lives.

Join Ty and RD as they go through the early days of Apple and discuss what made the company so important, and what bad habits have been there since the beginning.

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Episode CCCLXXXVIII: Thoughts on the College Campus Protests

The last few weeks have seen the news media obsessed with the protests and some of America's most prestigious, and most expensive, universities. The media coverage has not been good.

Along with bad media coverage, the college administration and our elected leaders have also failed the protesting students. It is a dark time in America.

Join RD as he talks about his thoughts on the protests, the reaction, and why he sees hope for our country's future.

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Episode CCCLXXXVI: Best, and Worst, Discontinued Fast Food Items

It's time to grab the kids, head to Wendy's, and eat...pasta? How about we go to Taco Bell and get a ...burger? What about heading to Sonic to grab a refreshing slush flavored like a ... pickle? What the hell is going on around here?

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best, weirdest, and absolute worst fast food items that were discontinued and lost to time.

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Episode CCCLXXXV: An Oral History of Siskel and Ebert

Who knew a thumb could be so powerful?

Siskel and Ebert created, and defined, the genre of reviewing movies on television. They were entertaining, informative, and influential. Then it suddenly came to an end.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the history, and personal influence, of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.

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Episode CCCLXXXIV: An Oral History of "Iron Chef"

Fuji Television

With one bite of a bell pepper, or apple, and the announcement "Allez Cuisine" one of the strangest, and long lasting television cooking competitions was launched.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the early Japanese days of Iron Chef and what monster(s) was made with the American version. Plus learn what a swallows nest is used for in cooking and ask yourself why.

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X Millennial Man Classic - Episode CCCXVIII: Famous Actors Last Movie Roles

This episode originally premiered on August 20th, 2022

Xanadu, The Transformers Movie, Dirty Work, what do these movies have in common? These are the last films of famous movie actors?

Join the X Millennial Man as they talk about the tragic stories of actors taking from us far too soon.

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