
I’m Going To Blame Peter Dinklage Too
Mike and Frank open on Peter Jackson’s runtime problem: how the Fellowship, Two Towers, and Return of the King trilogy turned movie night into a three-hour commitment and why that still matters when a political meeting treats procedure like scripture. From there they walk through the Chicago DSA / Socialism 2026 gathering — Hasan Piker on the bill, hotel-worker protests outside the Hyatt, mask mandates in 2026 and what “point of privilege” actually does when the room wants to shut a speaker down.
Later the guys dissect the Clinton years through Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog: Dustin Hoffman…
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