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IM2047: Peanuts or Silence of the Lambs?

What would it be like to be approached by a benefactor? A venture capitalist of evil? We explore these opportunities this week. We don’t speak Russian, but we pretend do thanks to Rourke and Favreau. And along the way, we dive deep into our friend the bird, the importance of the bird to negotiation, and language as a power move. Finally, a discourse into appropriate pop culture metaphors in a dance between Peanuts and Buffalo Bill.

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IM2046: The Splatter-Tan Hammer Flex

Introducing the Blend Friend. You will not thank us for this. Back in the minutes, it’s monologue time. It’s the juicy-juicy Sam Rockwell 2-camera Hammer-Ivan talk. All this reminds us how important therapy with your father is, and how much we miss not knowing about “Daddy Hammer.” What we DO know is that Justin sees Ivan’s power over dinner and chocolate and they are awakened to the value of Legacy.

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“The Tsuranga Conundrum”

You say Tsuranga, I say Tsurunga. You say Pting, I say Ptang. Let’s turn the whole ship around. A Doctor among doctors, the heart of a pilot, and a baby in seven days, we’ll talk about it all, or as much as we can in 13 minutes.

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IM2045: My Dinner with Ivan

We open in Hammer’s hanger in Monaco. As it turns out, Ivan’s free, and the prison liberation was not only a good plan, but it worked. There’s reason to celebrate! How about dinner? Steve Sarmento returns with a hopeful eye toward a set table because NO ONE wants a hangry Ivan.

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IM2044: Prison Break Oner!

Prison Break! It’s a fun action sequence that calls on all of Ivan’s intellectual faculties to put together the puzzle of his release. He’s just… amazing, y’all. AMAZING. And SO casual! The team celebrates the release with a walk down the accidentally successful liberation of Whiplash.

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IM2043: Enjoy the Potatoes

Krazy Kabbies! Bed-adjacent porcelain! Salisbury steak! It’s another minute of long, knowing looks between Pepper and Tony. We visit the Lincoln Heights Jail and walk through the shooting history of the facility. Steve Sarmento is back to overthink the potatoes with us. Finally, welcome prisoner #6219, our favorite photographic callback.

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IM2042: Breakfast for Dinner

You’ve never thoughts so much about bunnies. We return to one of our favorite Marvel segments: Awkward Conversations in Planes. There are challenges with time in this minute which can only be rationalized with time zone science. Pepper gets a battery-related mic drop, which gives us reason to argue. What a relief it is, therefore, that we are able to ground ourselves in a Hamilton reference.

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IM2041: Tony’s Functional Voice Control

First, and exploration of airline food through history bringing us to the Great Sandwich War of 1954. We try — and fail — to short “intraday” stock. LG gets a full plug. Tony’s voice activated television actually works. Also, omelettes. It’s a Shandlingful minute with Steve Sarmento as we explore all this and awkward silences.

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“Arachnids in the UK”

SPIDER! Get rid of SPIDER! Step on Spider! SPIDER! We love you Spider! Team Tardis (that doesn’t sound right) arrives back home only to find the place crawling with big spiders and Mr. Big. Eight legs, but only thirteen minutes to discuss ARACHNIDS IN THE UK!

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IM2040: When you come for the king…

To start, a lesson in world belief systems. We return to dramatic-minute-in-progress and learn a little family history from the sons of great inventors. Tony’s a jerk. Ivan clenches, and gives us some delightful super-villain work in his challenge to the Cult of Tony. From there, we introduce an alternate universe that nearly existed and would have changed … well … everything.

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