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Episode Recap

393: Snake Draft: The Spring

March 10, 2021

In this episode, because spring is about to be sprung, Erin joins us to snake draft pop culture’s rebirths. From personal comebacks to brand revivals, we talk about whose renaissance we’re enjoying the most.  Plus find out which actor’s career resurrection we’d smooch, marry, or kill.

MENTIONS

  • Join 20,000 other rad folks to get our new newsletter Note for the Audio. Sign up at KnoxandJamie.com/newsletter
  • “The labor was not hard.” -Jamie Golden regarding perfect makeup on mothers who just pooped the bed while birthing
  • Prepare: What is a snake draft and how does it work? 
  • Actor rebirths: Matthew McConaissance (Knox) | Rob Lowe (Jamie)
  • Pre-rebirth: Oliver Cromwelling the British monarchy (Erin). See also: Meghan Markle Oprah interview, Prince Andrew scandal
  • Food rebirth: bread (Jamie)
  • Fact check: “How much water is tomato?” 
  • Personal / professional rebirth: Martha Stewart timeline and net worth and current hotness (Knox)
  • Movie rebirth: A Star Is Born (Knox). See also: Bradley Cooper hot list: The Hangover, American Hustle, Jimmy Fallon and Bradly Cooper can’t stop laughing, Gerard Butler Wimbledon bromance, speaking French | Little Women (1994) & Little Women (2019). See also: Christian Bale and that spit string
  • Personal / professional rebirth: Vanessa Williams (Jamie). See also: Miss America scandal and apology, Saved the Best for Last, Colors of the Wind, Ugly Betty, RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race, Bad Hair, Doc McStuffins
  • Aspirational rebirth: Amanda Bynes timeline (Erin). See also: Hairspray, She’s The Man, Sydney White, The Amanda Show, What A Girl Wants (Colin Firth), bong toss case, new song
  • Rebirth of respect posthumously: Fred Rogers (Erin). See also: Won’t You Be My Neighbor (documentary), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Tom Hanks film)
  • Longevity / multi-time rebirth: Nintendo (Jamie). See also: Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story (documentary)
  • Genre rebirth: Teen soap genre (Knox)
  • Erin’s Also-Ran pick: Apologizing to infamous women of the 90’s 
  • Jamie’s Also-Ran pick: includes Dolly Parton trajectory 
  • Knox’s Also-Ran pick: includes The Renaissance?
  • Smooch / marry / kill: Robert Downy Jr career rebirth vs. Dave Chappell career rebirth vs. Neil Patrick Harris career rebirth

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This week we discuss:

  • The Harry & Meghan Oprah interview
  • The WandaVision finale
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
  • The end of three meals per day

GREEN LIGHTS

  • Jamie – book: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
  • Knox – Dad Light: Just Roll With It (Disney+), book: The Day It Finally Happens by Mike Pearl 

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Episode 392: The NOs of Hobbies

March 3, 2021

In this episode, we review the things our listeners have confessed to doing in their spare time. Is it time to reconsider your hobby? Plus we wonder if you parlay your pastime into a payday, does that suck all the fun out of it?

 

 

MENTIONS

  • We are relaunching our newsletter! Sign up for Note for the Audio at KnoxandJamie.com/newsletter. 
  • Listen: We interviewed Annie F. Downs on her podcast (and it was, in fact, fun)
  • Briefly mentioned: Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen
  • A podcast about competitive wagering: The Over/Under Achiever‪s
  • Matthew McConaughey’s memoir: Greenlights
  • Relevant tip: How to make your Venmo private
  • Follow: Rasheed Philips of American Barbeque Showdown
  • Sad Knox: listen to the outtakes from this week’s The More You Know on Patreon
  • Risky Click of the Day: The Studying Hours by Sara Ney
  • Connect us: who knows Mindy Kaling and / or Jake Johnson IRL? Or teenage Kevin Pearson for our listener Holly?
  • Cred flex: Jenna von Oÿ once DM’ed us.

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BONUS SEGMENT

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On this week’s The More You Know we discuss: 

  • The Golden Globes
  • WandaVision
  • Nick Jonas on SNL (see also: “Murder Show”)
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GREEN LIGHTS

  • Jamie – Documentary: Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry (Apple TV), Film: Minari 
  • Knox – Dadlight: The Sleepover (Netflix), Series: Love Life (HBO Max)

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Episode 391: Book to Movie/TV Adaptations

February 24, 2021

In this episode, we discuss book adaptations: the good, the bad, the should, and the please don’t. Whether you believe the book is always better than the film or if you prefer to watch the movie before reading the source material (like Jamie and Harry Potter), this conversation will give you plenty to add to your movie queue and must-reads list.

 

 

MENTIONS

  • Prove your love to us: how about some PMG merch?  
  • Cruella trailer | book: The One Hundred And One Dalmatians (1956) 
  • Fact check: Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
  • Side road: Jurassic Park: 7 Difference Between The Book And the Movie
  • The Great Gatsby: book | movie (2013)
  • High Fidelity: book | movie | tv series
  • The Lovely Bones: book | movie
  • Annihilation: book | movie 
  • No Country For Old Men: book | movie
  • Soundtracks and scores that elevate adaptations: Memoirs of a Geisha | Into the Wild | The Social Network | Gone Girl | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 
  • Friday Night Lights: book | movie | tv series
  • Big Little Lies: book | tv series
  • Watchmen: book series | movie | tv series
  • Things we want to be movies: A Confederacy of Dunces | A Separate Peace | The Secret History | The Fortunate Ones | American Wife | Greek Mythology Cinematic Universe | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Their Eyes Were Watching God | a gritty Where’s Waldo   
  • President portrayals: Billy Bob Torton in Love Actually | John Travolta in True Colors 
  • Books we don’t want to be adapted: The Night Circus | Girl, [series] | Paradise Lost | Love You Forever | Catcher in the Rye 
  • Odds and Ends: Glynnon Doyle memoir to be adapted for a tv series  | Rosanne Barr “sings” the national anthem (risky click of the day)
  • Look at all our green light books! Many of these are being adapted, which just proves we have incredible taste in books, you guys.

THE BACHELORETTE EPISODE RECAPS

We recap each episode of The Bachelorette for our Friends of the Show at Patreon. Support at either Friend level gets you our weekly recaps dropped into your podcast app every Tuesday. Go to knoxandjamie.com/patreon to support the show. And thank you!

BONUS SEGMENT

Our Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s The More You Know news segment. Become a partner. This week we discuss: 

  • The Popcast tour status
  • Dave Ramsey’s house for sale
  • Kim and Kanye
  • Regé-Jean Page on SNL

GREEN LIGHTS

  • Mutual – Nomadland: book | movie (Hulu)
  • Jamie – The Black Church : book | tv series (PBS)
  • Knox – Flora and Ulysses: book | movie (Disney+)

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Episode 390: Questions That Need Answers

February 17, 2021

In this episode, we discuss listener QTNAs- Questions That Need Answers. Perhaps you’re kept up at night pondering mysteries like ‘Why are the Hough siblings a thing?’ or ‘How did Taylor Swift get so much accomplished in 2020?’ or ‘What’s up with pigeons?’ We discuss these listener-submitted inquiries and more plus engage in a heated debate about our favorite condiments. 

 

 

MENTIONS

  • New: The Bible Binge’s Favored or Forsaken: Dave Ramsey Explained
  • Who are Derek & Julianne Hough? | What’s up with the other Hough siblings | Adjace: Siblings or Dating
  • Listen: Taylor Swift Explained
  • Read: The Truth About Why Bands Still Do Encores
  • Trivia: Origins of “Elvis Has Left the Building”
  • Deep Dive: Every Single Mark Ruffalo Movie, Ranked | Watch: 13 Going On 30
  • Bachelor drama! Start here: Chris Harrison and Rachel Lindsay Talk ‘Bachelor’ Contestant Rachael Kirkconnell | Next: Chris Harrison Stepping Down After Controversial Rachel Lindsay Interview | Then: Higher Learning- Rachel Lindsay Sounds Off on Chris Harrison’s ‘Extra’ Interview | Finally: Our most recent BFOTS Bachelor recap
  • FYI: Arby’s medium Curly Fries nutrition facts 
  • Debate: Can you dip your fries in mayonnaise? 
  • Fact check: Are birds dinosaurs?
  • Risky click of the day (warning: language!): swimmer gets attacked by a swan

THE BACHELORETTE EPISODE RECAPS

We recap each episode of The Bachelorette for our Friends of the Show at Patreon. Support at either Friend level gets you our weekly recaps dropped into your podcast app every Tuesday. Go to knoxandjamie.com/patreon to support the show. And thank you!

BONUS SEGMENT

Our Patreon supporters can get full access to this week’s The More You Know news segment. Become a partner. This week we discuss: 

  • Harry & Meghan
  • JT’s apology
  • Regina King on SNL
  • WandaVision
  • Gina Carano

GREEN LIGHTS

  • Jamie – TV: Buried By The Bernards (Netflix)
  • Knox – Movie: Judas and the Black Messiah (HBO Max)

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Episode 389: The More You Know

February 10, 2021

In this The More You Know, we discuss our many issues with the Golden Globes, heap praise upon SNL for the first time in ages, and we break down the Superbowl commercials, snake draft style.

 

 

MENTIONS

  • New podcast! In The Over/Under Achievers, best friends Knox McCoy and Jason Waterfalls (a real person) break down the latest in sports through the prism of their newfound gambling interests.
  • We appreciate your support! Become a Friend of the Show to get Bachelor Recaps and more.
  • Golden Globes nominees. Specifically mentioned: Emily In Paris, Promising Young Woman, One Night in Miami, Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Hunters, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Da 5 Bloods, Palm Springs
  • Crosswalk the Musical: Frozen 
  • Dan Levy on SNL & Dan’s mom’s tweet
  • Super bowl commercial snake draft (full playlist here) – Amazon / Michael B. Jordan, Cadillac / Timothée Chalamet & Winona Ryder, Cheetos / Mila Kunis & Ashton Kutcher, Drake from State Farm (ft. Paul Rudd), GM / No Way Norway, Rocket Mortgage / Tracy Morgan, Clarice trailer, Bud Light Legends, Squarespace 5 to 9, Jeep: The Middle, Scientology “Be More” commercial.
  • The streaker (<– risky click of the day)
  • Paramount+ will be a thing starting March 4

THE BACHELORETTE EPISODE RECAPS

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BONUS SEGMENT

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GREEN LIGHTS

  • Jamie – Newsletter: R. Eric Thomas, Book: What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer
  • Knox – Celebrity relationship: Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rogers getting engaged, podcast: Tom Brown’s Body

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Episode 388: The NOs of Dating 3

February 3, 2021

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In this episode, we revisit the NOs of dating. We share a couple of our own dates that are best to be forgotten as well as our commentary on listeners’ most cringe-worthy dates.

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MENTIONS

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  • Knox and Jamie interview Annie Downs on That Sounds Fun
  • Previous No’s of Dating: 233 and 337
  • Don’t knock this place for spouse dates, okay? 
  • The Bible Binge- Favored or Forsaken: Christian Colleges
  • Did you get this sick reference? If so, you might be from Birmingham.

THE BACHELOR EPISODE RECAPS

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BONUS SEGMENT

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On this week’s The More You Know we discuss: 

  • WandaVision
  • Justin Timberlake’s new album
  • Denzel’s new movie: The Little Things 

GREEN LIGHTS

  • Jamie – Book: Share Your Stuff by Laura Tremaine,  Movie: In and Of Itself (Hulu)
  • Knox – Series: Lupin (Netflix)

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