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  Anthony Bourdain E131: Thousand Island Stare 05.09.2026 1t 46min

  The release of Matt Johnson’s Tony has us mulling on a 2000 book which had a profound effect on the culture: Kitchen Confidential. We explore the tell-all book, the story of being Down and Out in a High Stress Luncheon , Bourdain’s cable TV shows, the documentary RoadRunner and the 2026 film based on the book (starring Stavros Halkias, hell yeah dude). We talk about the food culture of the year 2000, and how much it changed over the following decade, counter culture and competency in the kitchen. ⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  
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  Zelda: E130 Ocarina of Time is Money | DEMO 01.09.2026 24min

  The full 90 minute episode is LIVE on the patreon.⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleThe shuffle bois turn to one of the most beloved video game franchises of all time, The Legend of Zelda, and trace its evolution throughout the 2000s decade. From the (overrated?) Ocarina of Time, to the brooding existentialist masterpiece that is Majora's Mask, the swashbuckling pirate cell-shaded Wind Waker, and the dark and gritty reboot Twilight Princess, they leave no stone un-thrown in their history of the franchises. Throughout the episode they discuss the mechanics that make the games great, their iconic scores, and the completely mid lore that accompanies such a cool world.
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  Occupy Wall Street E129: The Frost/Graeber Debates 22.08.2026 1t 49min

  The Shuffle Bois turn to one of the largest and certainly most memorable reactions to the global financial crisis of the late 2000s , Occupy Wall Street. In part seven of their ongoing series, they take a look at the socialists, anarchists, daily show liberals, and obvious federal plants who descended on Zuccotti Park in Fall 2011. After tracing the history of the movement, they then describe the types of people who attended as well as some of the themes and big ideas of this story - globalization, horizontality vs verticality, idealism vs pragmatism, as well as the roles of both the police and the media.⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  And don't forget to check out our Patreon!Bibliography:David Graeber, The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a MovementAmber A'lee Frost, DirtbagAnton Jaeger, Hyperpolitics
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  Eurozone Crisis E128: My Big Fat Greek Debt Crisis | Great Recession Part VI 08.08.2026 2t 20min

  It’s time for another Euro Trip and resume our story of the 2008 Financial Crisis and the subsequent Great Recession. Austerity Bites as we visit Greece, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Iceland and the UK to see what the heck is going on across the bloody pond in the economies of Europe. Have you ever looked at monetary policy of the Euro and thought “It’s all Greek to me!” well then this episode is for you as your Shuffle hosts simplify as much as possible the inner workings of a 17 state shared currency system. ⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  Bibliography:Crashed: Adam ToozeBoomerang: Michael LewisThe Adults in the Room: Yanis Varoufakis’Joseph Stiglitz: The Euro
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  The Odyssey E127: Rowed Trip 25.07.2026 1t 41min

  Sing, muse, of this summer’s blockbuster movie event! The shuffle bois have opened their bag of winds and been blown off course from their regular scheduled programming of 2000s content to review Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. After giving some background on the world, compositional nature, and characters of the Homeric source material, the Shuffle bois trace the sprawling plot of the film before turning to its themes, including proper guest-host etiquette (xenia), the bronze age apocalypse, guilt and trauma, fate and hubris, and human-divine relations. Making this episode main feed so that it can be shared, please spam to your friends and family!Give us a follow on the Patreon here for some more Homer content:https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle ⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  
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  Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie: E125 All Apologies | DEMO 23.07.2026 21min

  Join us on the patreon to hear the full episode!⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleThis week, we’re unpacking Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, the latest project from BlackBerry director Matt Johnson. From its origins as a webseries in the 2000s, to it’s Vice Cable channel (?) show, to the now first (good) "time travel to the 2000s" movie.Join us as we break down the manic, delusional duo of Matt Johnson and Jay McCarroll. We discuss:  Nostalgia, Guerrilla Filmmaking, Canadian Identity, and Postmodernism.
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  Gladiator E126: Are You Not Touching Grain? 18.07.2026 1t 37min

  The Shuffle Bois return to the well of 2000s Sword and Sandal films with the movie that started it all, Ridley Scott's 200 film Gladiator. After setting the table with some historical context about how the Roman Empire worked and the nature of actual historical gladiators, they turn to the film itself. They discuss the film's very end of history take on Roman history and politics, the nature of spectacle in a highly stylized film, the sexless hedonism of Gladiator, and its anachronistic view of patriotism. They close out with Ben giving a little book report on a wacky late antique primary source on the emperor Commodus and lamenting the film that might have been.⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  And don't forget to check us out on Patreon!
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  Recession Culture E124: Quantitative Etsying | Great Recession Part V 04.07.2026 1t 43min

  Raise Your Glass-Stegal, tonight’s the night, this podcast episode will go on forever, but it’s also the last podcast of your life. Remember Shuffle regular Colette Shade joins us to talk about the culture of the Great Recession: Recession Pop, Stomp Clap, the Death of Bling Rap, DIY, Prepping, Indiesleaze, and so much more—forget the banking executives, let’s do a people’s history of the Great Recession.⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  For more on Colette Shade, check out her website and give her a follow on BlueSky.Articles mentioned in the episode:This shitty vice article on how no pop acts responded to the Great Recession:https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/7/30/17561470/music-of-inequalityThis blog post on Recession Pop:https://soundstudiesblog.com/2019/10/21/tik-tok-post-crash-party-pop-compulsory-presentism-and-the-2008-financial-collapse/ This Defector piece on Stomp Clap Hey:https://defector.com/the-tragedy-of-stomp-clap-hey This other blog post on Stomp Clap Hey music:https://dirt.fyi/article/2021/11/stomp-clap-hey?utm_source=chatgpt.com Another piece on the History of Stomp Clap Hey music:https://www.culturesonar.com/stomp-clap-hey-a-short-lived-genre/?utm_source=chatgpt.com This piece on Obamacore:https://www.vulture.com/article/obamacore-obama-pop-culture-kamala-harris.html This article on how the Great Recession changed hiphop:https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/111904168/Gilbers2018_Chapter_HowTheFinancialCrisisChangedHi.pdf Colette’s essay on the recessionhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/great-recession-what-happened-aftermath-trump
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  The Devil Wears Prada E123: Chic of the Devil | DEMO 01.07.2026 22min

  Join us on the patreon to hear the full , almost 2 hour (!) episode. https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleThe Shuffle bois are joined by resident fashion correspondent Colette Shade author of “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on a future that never was.”) to review a masterpiece of 2000s cinema, The Devil Wears Prada. This is a film that simultaneously attempts to be a scathing satire of the fashion industry, a character study of an anti-hero in a deeply flawed industry, and a paint-by-numbers rom com about a woman trying to have it all. After describing its characters, plot, and style, the crew digs down into some of the film's themes, including its schizophrenic relationship to the fashion industry, its view of aestheticism and culture, and how Miranda Priestly functions as a Michael Mann protagonist. They close out by briefly discussing the 2026 fan-service sequel, The Devil Wears Prada 2, which attempts to criticize capitalism and consultants without using the word capitalism. Follow Colette on bluesky , Twitter (@MsShade) and check her website out here: https://www.coletteshade.com/. Her tour dates are as:Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. 
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  2009 Auto Bailouts: E122 Factory Reset | Great Recession Part 4 20.06.2026 1t 54min

  In part four of their ongoing series on the Great Recession, the Shuffle Bois turn to a topic near and dear to their hearts, the automotive bailouts of 2008/9. When cheap and easy credit dried up due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the dominos of financialization began to fall, the three struggling American automotive companies were hit particularly hard. In this episode, the shuffle bois go through the history of the automotive industry, laying out both its long term chronic and short term acute issues, before tracing the Obama administration's response. It's a sprawling episode covering labour relations, corporate mismanagement, globalization, the place of the car in American identity, financialization and private equity, and environmentalismBibliography:Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin, Detroit: I do mind dying. Cambridge: South End Press, 1998Paul Ingrassia, Crash Course: the American auto industry's road to bankruptcy and bailout - and beyond. New York: Random House, 2011Steven Rattner, Overhaul: an insider's account of the Obama administration's emergency rescue of the auto industry. Boston: Mariner Books, 2011Check out our website to search for episodes at: remembershuffle.comGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. And don't forget to check out our patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle
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  Obama's Stimulus E121: Neolib, Laugh, Gov | Great Recession Part III 06.06.2026 1t 33min

  Honey, I shrunk the stimulus! In their third entry on the Great Recession, the Shuffle Bois trace President Obama's response to a cratering economy. After introducing the cast of neolib ghouls with whom Obama surrounded himself, they go through the history of Fall and Winter 2008/9 up to Obama's signing of the stimulus package. They also discuss Keynesianism, the Cassandras of the time, what might have been, and the Clintonite presidency that we actually got. Check out our website to search for episodes at: remembershuffle.comGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. And don't forget to check out our patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffle
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  The Killers: E120 April Showers, Brendon Flowers | DEMO 03.06.2026 12min

  Check out the full 90+ minute episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleRemember Shuffle turns to one of the most average "indie" bands of the 2000s, The Killers. After briefly describing the history of this group, the Shuffle Bois do three album reviews of the Killers' 2000 discography, tracing their evolution from something resembling a post-punk revival act to something resembling Bruce Springsteen-inspired heartland rock. They also discuss the reverse British invasion, indie sensibilities, the beautiful mind of Brandon Flowers, and the place of the Sun Belt in the 2000s.to reach out to Dillan for Audio engineering/editing: [email protected] Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. 
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  Watchmen E119: No Moore Heroes 23.05.2026 1t 26min

  We Watched the Watchmen (2009). The 200s most underdiscussed super hero movie, we are going to Deconstruct the Deconstructors in this weeks episode, looking at how the 1980s alternate history comic by Alan Moore was adapted for a late-2000s audience by Zach Snyder. Watchmen as a movie fits perfectly in the 2000s as a reaction to the suite of movies that had come out in the decade–as it itself is a criticism of myth, exceptionalism, and marketing. We are joined by Discourse Stu of Marvelous! Or, The Death Of Cinema, you can find them:On their website: https://www.marvelousdeath.com/On their Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/marvelousdeathOn Discord/BlueSky/YouTube: https://linktr.ee/marvelousdeathCheck out our website to search for episodes at: remembershuffle.comGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. 
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  The Big Short E118: Short Kings | The Great Recession Part 2 09.05.2026 1t 27min

  In episode two of their ongoing series on The Great Recession, the Shuffle Bois turn to the folks who profited from the collapse of the housing market, as described and immortalized in Michael Lewis' book "The Big Short" and its 2015 film adaptation. After describing the major characters of this story, they then turn to a plot summary of the film, peppering in some digressions on 2000s culture and the nature of sub prime lending companies. Then, as always, they turn to their themes and big ideas, including the enrichment of the contemptible and the noxious social effects of Ayn Rand's objectivist philosophy.Check out our website to search for episodes at: ⁠remembershuffle.com⁠⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. And be sure to check out our ⁠Patreon⁠!Bibliography:Bethany McLean and Joseph Nocera, All the Devils are Here (New York: Penguin), 2011Gregory Zuckerman The Greatest Trade Ever Made (New York: Crown Business), 2010Michael Lewis, The Big Short (San Francisco: Hyperink), 2012
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  2008 Financial Crisis: E117 The Great Recession Part I 25.04.2026 2t 17min

  The fundamentals of our economy are… present. Welcome to Remember Shuffle’s ongoing multi-part series on the financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing Great Recession. The Shuffle Bois begin with some table setting to explain  the complex financial instruments and deregulation that led to the crisis - mortgage backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, credit default swaps, and synthetic collateralized debt obligations - and introducing the rogues gallery of characters for this story. They then go beat-by-beat through the collapsing economy of 2008 and trace the decisions that were made by those running the banks as well as by those in power. They close, as always, with some themes and big ideas - including the separation of risk from incentive and the failures of neoliberal deregulation - before turning to the echoes in the culture, which are profound for this topic.Check out our website to search for episodes at: remembershuffle.comGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. And be sure to check out our Patreon!Bibliography:Andrew Ross Sorking, Too Big to Fail (New York: Viking), 2009Bethany McLean and Joseph Nocera, All the Devils are Here (New York: Penguin), 2011George W Bush, Decision Points (New York: Crown Publishers), 2010Michael Lewis, The Big Short (San Francisco: Hyperink), 2012Adam Tooze , Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, 2018Here is the chart Ben describes in the episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis#/media/File:Subprime_crisis_-_Foreclosures_&_Bank_Instability.png
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  Shrek: E116 The Green Knight | DEMO 23.04.2026 11min

  Join us on the patreon to hear the full 67 minute episode. https://www.patreon.com/c/RememberShuffleWhat ahre ye doin in mah slop? Remember this one folks? It’s Shrek, the 2000s postmodern fairy tale created to spite the traditional source of children’s animation. Remember Shuffle delves into all 4 of the Shrek movies, and talks about the wide swaths of memes and Shrek deconstruction that exist online for this middle-brow phenomenon. Jordan Peterson, Dada-ism, and the male id–no one has ever done Shrek analysis like this before. Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.
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  X-Men: E115 By Any Genes Necessary 11.04.2026 1t 7min

  The Shuffle Bois, and returning guest Isaac, return to the well of comic book super hero fare to discuss the 2000s X-Men films. Being the pre-MCU, paleo-super hero films that they are, they can't help but be somewhat different from and more interesting than what came after. After summarizing the plots of the three main X-Men films from the decade, the Shuffle Bois talk themes - assimilation vs exclusivity, marginalization, and the LGTBQ allegory of these films, before closing out with a description of style and echoes in the culture. Huge thanks to Isaac for guesting on this episode! Check him out @coexist.inc on instagram, as well as ⁠his podcast, Coexist Inc., here⁠, and on twitter as @⁠coexistinc⁠ Check out our website to search for episodes at: ⁠remembershuffle.com⁠⁠Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  
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  American Psycho: E114 Business Cardio 28.03.2026 1t 25min

  Do you like Remember Shuffle? Their early work was a little too derivative for my tastes, but when Epic Bacon Reddit Guy came out in '23, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole episode has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the riffs a big boost. They’ve been compared to The Rewatchables, but I think Remember Shuffle has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.Anyways, here’s the American Psycho episode on Brett Easton Ellis’ mise-en-scene satire of 80s yuppie culture.Check out our website to search for episodes at: remembershuffle.comGive Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests. 
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  Catch Me If You Can: E113 Reality Cheque | DEMO 21.03.2026 11min

  This is a demo, check out the full episode at: ⁠patreon.com/RememberShuffle⁠Remember Shuffle turns to one of their favourite kinds of film that we don't seem to get many of anymore: mid-budget, middle brow popcorn films, in the form of Steven Spielberg's 2002 film "Catch Me If You Can." The Shuffle Bois use this film as a springboard to discuss the state of Boomer Culture and Boomer Nostalgia in 2002. After describing the plot of the film, they do a mini-book review of the "source material," the lying, bragging, horny memoir of Frank Abegnale Jr, before turning to the themes and big ideas behind the film including family dynamics, the American dream, and Boomer culture.Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠And on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.
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  America’s Next Top Model: E112 America’s Next Top Mogger 14.03.2026 1t 2min

  What happens when the exploitative and unethical world of fashion modelling meets the exploitative and unethical world of reality TV? The results may not surprise you. Remember Shuffle returns to the world of reality TV with a deep dive on America’s Next Top Model, featuring former contestant Sarah Hartshorne as expert guest correspondent. After tracing the history of the show and placing it in its particular historical moment, when every celebrity job was getting the reality show treatment, they dig into two retrospective sources on the show - Sarah’s book and a recent Netflix documentary, before turning, as always, to the major themes and big ideas behind the show and its echoes in the culture.Give Sarah a follow on Instagram! Find all the deets on Sarah’s book and where to buy it here. The new ANTM documentary Sarah mentions is called Dirty Rotten Scandals, and you can check it out here on the USA Network’s player if you can log in through your TV provider.And don’t forget to give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.  Check out our website to search for episodes at: ⁠remembershuffle.com⁠