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The Y2K Show
An important podcast from very stable geniuses Will Forget, Courtney Dine, and Tom Knoblauch. 10 recent episodes are free wherever you get podcasts. Become a subscriber at y2kshow.substack.com to get bonus episodes and the full archive. y2kshow.substack.com
Episodes
The Y2K Show65. #ExplosiveDiarrheaParasiteSummer
Sodium lovers, Will has some good news for you. Also: AI news, the perils of fibermaxxing during #ExplosiveDiarrheaParasiteSummer, and that time Alex Jones…
The Y2K Show64. Hannibal vs. Hannibal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comA listener comment about impressions leads to a discussion about our best…
The Y2K Show63. Which Pegasi Are You?
Courtney has a new business venture: quizzes. Like Buzzfeed but good. And it’s how she pays her bills now. Also: a book club update, don’t drink the bathwater…
The Y2K Show62. Stupid Movies Deserve Preservation Too (with Genevieve Radosti)
Film critic Genevieve Radosti joins the show this week to discuss the process of submitting films for consideration by the library of congress as “culturally…
The Y2K Show61. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Taylor Swift (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Since our fans have inexplicably been bombarding us with questions about Taylor Swift over the past few months, despite our complete lack of fandom or…
The Y2K Show60. Who is The Odyssey For?
Despite months of loud internet controversy, the world can’t get enough of Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation of The Odyssey—from general audiences to unlikely…
The Y2K Show59. Somehow Tilly Norwood Returned
Tilly Norwood is back from the dead. And she’s starring in a new AI movie called Misaligned. Also: Alec Baldwin eulogizes Sam Neill and new sponsor WB Chum…
The Y2K Show58. I Drink Your Frappuccino
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the frustrations of method acting, the state of democracy, the perils of…
The Y2K Show57. Shark Film School
It’s almost Shark Week again. Or is it always Shark Week somewhere? In any case, this week Courtney brings her expertise on the long tradition of shark movies…
The Y2K Show56. AI Michael Caine's Homer's The Odyssey
On the loose conspiracy known as Gaylor Swift, Barack Obama’s foray into sketch comedy, and Michael Caine’s AI audiobook of The Odyssey. Have questions you…
The Y2K Show55. Shark Week Way of Life
Just what you wanted on this 250th anniversary of the good old US of A: a conversation on yearly physicals, Dr. ChatGPT, and shark fixations. Have questions…
The Y2K Show54. Friedrich, the Nihilist AI Helper
On Nate Bargatze’s extremely, unambiguously, completely apolitical appearance at The White House, the Swedish podcast audience, and a new market opening for an…
The Y2K Show53. The Walt Disney Police Department
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comSome thoughts on the new Star Wars, the extent of the Walt Disney Company’s…
The Y2K Show52. The Swiftie Question
After a listener asks for some clarity on Taylor Swift’s wedding venue, we decide that a deep dive on Swiftism is in order—from Gulliver’s Travels to “Shake it…
The Y2K Show51. Backrooms Therapy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWhat’s going on with this Backrooms movie, anyway? Are the kids revolting…
The Y2K Show50. Now That's Tea (with Matt Rose)
Matt Rose, bonafide YouTube legend, joins the show’s 50th episode for a very important discussion on the history of tea in England and America, his addiction…
The Y2K Show49. Spielberg vs. YouTube
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn Disclosure Day, Spielberg’s relevance as the YouTube generation takes over…
The Y2K Show48. No Kings Cake
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comBook club update. Resistance cake. Neighbors are fighting. The men are…
The Y2K Show47. The Official 2028 Forecast
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comNewsom? Harris? Tucker? Nicholson? We have some thoughts. 15 episodes of The…
The Y2K Show46. Born in Middle Earth
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the uses (and variants) of magnesium, the end of Stephen Colbert’s late…
The Y2K Show45. My Big Fat Greek Trojan War
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comThe internet, much like the Mycenaeans and the Trojans, can’t stop fighting…
The Y2K Show44. The Most Popular Memorial Day Podcast of All Time
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comMemorial Day weekend is statistically the worst time of the year for podcast…
The Y2K Show43. Low Energy Obama
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comNobody doubts Barack Obama’s ambitions. But this week we have some doubts…
The Y2K Show42. Dueling Stalemates: Hormuz and Rush Hour 4
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comAfter the Trump administration demanded that Rush Hour 4 get a greenlight…
The Y2K Show41. The BabaDeNiro
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comCourtney finds a stunning correlation between celebrity embarrassments, Will…
The Y2K Show40. How to Annoy ChatGPT (with Leah Cárdenas)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comThis week, Leah Cárdenas (who has friends!!!) joins the show after Will gets…
The Y2K Show39. The Post-Apocalyptic Job Market
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the prospect of relaxing while the President threatens nuclear war…
The Y2K Show38. Hogwarts vs. TikTok
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the death of Tilly Norwood, international idioms, and a new vision for…
The Y2K Show37. Alpine Conscious Uncoupling
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the latest relationship trend, Chappel Roan’s controversial breakfast, and…
The Y2K Show36. Chinamaxxing for Dummies
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the latest trend among beautiful, healthy, youthful Americans, Marc…
The Y2K Show35. The Battle of the Five Burgermoggers
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the ongoing escalation of the Burgermogg War and some ideas for…
The Y2K Show34. The AI Resurrection of George Washington
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn Glenn Beck’s one-on-one interview with the first American president, the…
The Y2K Show33. Living on the Moon
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn Bryan Johnson’s decision to “live life,” Ross Douthat’s fascination with…
The Y2K Show32. The Grift Shop
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comOn the grifter theory of history, the Tony Soprano vote, working out in…
The Y2K Show31. The Hydration Question
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comHow much water is too much? Are we addicted to the stuff? Will and Tom join…
The Y2K Show30. How to Start a Performative Male Book Club
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom decide it’s time to ignore the latest bombshells from the…
The Y2K Show29. Men, Women, and Book Clubs
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comCourtney posits that the genders may be looking for different things when…
The Y2K Show28. The Sun Tzu Pub Crawl
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comDeep in the days of the so-called War on Protein, Tom has some thoughts on…
The Y2K Show27. That's Not How We Do It in Silicon Valley
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comThis week, Tom decides to make Rising Sun his whole personality, Courtney…
The Y2K Show26. Lessons from Gilgamesh
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comSome thoughts on global stability, human nature, and the oldest story known…
The Y2K Show25. 2001: A Space Advertisement
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comAs AI companies promise that ad breaks in the future will seamlessly blend…
The Y2K Show24. The Man Who Would Be Shaggy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comAfter the legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino aggressively lashed out at…
The Y2K Show23. The Department of Entertainment Presents: Rush Hour 4
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comEarlier this year, the Trump administration put together an informal…
The Y2K Show22. Immortality Unlocked
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comHas Bryan Johnson cracked the code for eternal life? Is it worth it?10…
The Y2K Show21. It's Kind of an Achilles Thing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comA lot going on this week: * It turns out the cultural obsession with protein…
The Y2K Show20. Kevin Costner's Cursed Treasure Chest
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill wonders what it will take to get rich, old guys to stop messing…
The Y2K Show19. The Passion of the Caviezel
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comAs the long-awaited two-part sequel to The Passion of the Christ finally…
The Y2K Show18. The Dopamine Feedback Loop of Getting Mad
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comIn a world fueled by revenge, rage, and social media, Will and Tom finally…
The Y2K Show17. The Invention of the Shuffle
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comHow we escape the noise, and, in Will’s case, the Prague authorities. 10…
The Y2K Show16. Mrs. Bezos-Bond
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comBreaking news: Jeff Bezos has done a painstaking search for the next Bond…
The Y2K Show15. Which Way, Western Man?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comTom returns from Europe. Will returns to Europe. Let the games begin.10…
The Y2K Show14. Loud Americans
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comTwo episodes in one week? Don’t get used to it.10 episodes of The Y2K Show…
The Y2K Show13. Late Night Breakdown
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comThe resistance suffers its biggest blow yet—the cancellation of Stephen…
The Y2K Show12. The Epstein Book Club
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom consider the Trump administration’s total exoneration of Jeffrey…
The Y2K Show11. The Old Man and the Pigeons
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom discuss who’s winning at life, the invention of medical school…
The Y2K Show10. The Count of Mangione
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom read through the 27 things Luigi Mangione is grateful for this…
The Y2K Show9. The Conversion of Sigmund Freud by the Coward Jordan Peterson
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom discuss Jordan Peterson’s latest confrontations and pitch an…
The Y2K Show8. The Next Ayn Rand
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom discuss Tom’s theory of the cult of Rand among conservative…
The Y2K Show7. The Parable of Mirshan
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom wonder if the history of philosophy might have been different if…
The Y2K Show6. Men's Health
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit y2kshow.substack.comWill and Tom compare their approaches to fitness, nutrition, and longevity…