22 Nov 2012
Episodes
During a discussion on shooting movies and TV shows using "green screens", John Dvorak brought up the funny Showtime show, Episodes. Supposedly most of the show is shot with dropped in backgrounds.
17 Nov 2012
Saffron Rice
Afghani farmers began growing saffron to replace opium as a cash crop, but now the spice is suffering falling prices. The scam John Dvorak uncovered is that many spice merchants claim the saffron is from Iran, but it's really grown in Afghanistan and resold.
04 Nov 2012
Parallel 37 at the Ritz-Carlton
Adam and Micky are in SF to help out with their favorite charity event. This lead the long awaited reunion with John Dvorak at the remodeled Ritz-Carlton restaurant, Parallel 37. The first comments were that it’s has an updated decor from the previous Ritz-Carlton Dining Room. With the new restaurant design, The Ritz seems to
01 Nov 2012
Jack Daniels Unaged Tennessee Rye
Adam's Red Book prediction is that introduction of this product heralds moonshine as the next Big Thing.
27 Oct 2012
Frugal Gourmet
While discussing accused British pedophile and TV personality Jimmy Savile, John Dvorak mused about former PBS TV chef, pastor and cookbook author Jeff Smith, better known as the Frugal Gourmet in the 1990's.
24 Oct 2012
Escape Fire
While Adam and Micky were in DC, Adam got a call from his friend Wendell Potter who he recently met at the CUSP Conference in Chicago. Potter, who wrote Deadly Spin about the pharmaceutical "sickness industry" ...
20 Oct 2012
Bushido
While discussing the film Flowers of War, and the Japanese occupation of China, Dvorak recommended the book Bushido which said came out in the 1940's. There are many book with this title which translates to the Way of the Warrior
19 Oct 2012
Flowers of War
While Adam and Micky were in Los Angeles for her art show, Adam met a friend of theirs who is an architect in Beijing. Since he lived in China, Adam asked him why there are trumped up, government sponsored protests in China about the the disputed occupation of some islands by Japan.
17 Oct 2012
Revolution
During a discussion of the manipulation of the public and how Hollywood was later used for creating propaganda tools during WWII, new examples of TV shows and movies were discussed.
17 Oct 2012
Moonshine
During NA 447 Adam and John were debating whether NASCAR originated from bootleggers in the American South. Adam predicted that moonshine (homemade liquor) will be the new tequila (one for the Red Book!).
16 Oct 2012
RL Restaurant
RL Restaurant is Ralph Lauren's Chicago restaurant. Adam & Micky stopped there for a burger while they were in town for the CUSP Conference.
16 Oct 2012
Yolk
While Adam and Micky were in Chicago for the CUSP Conference, they reported having a nice breakfast at Yolk.
03 Oct 2012
X Factor
Adam is on a bit of a TV watching streak! He discussed the kickoff of the X Factor show which featured a girl contestant that cried while she was explaining how she was bullied which led to the judges being moved - even Simon Cowell was cried!
03 Oct 2012
The New Normal
Adam asks John, "be sure to watch the New Normal, so you can kill yourself!"
03 Oct 2012
Islam: The Untold Story
Islam: The Untold Story is a documentary from BBC Channel 4 that was cancelled for "security reasons." The film which purports to study the roots of Islam was mentioned by Adam Curry in NA 443.
03 Oct 2012
Nightline
Nightline is an ABC news program. It was brought up during a discussion on "October Surprises" in NA 443. Dvorak incorrectly said that when ABC started carrying news of the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 it ruined the show.
03 Oct 2012
Boss
While Adam was discussing his ridiculously high cable TV bill, he mentioned was trying to record the show Boss from the Starz network. Boss stars Kelsey Grammer as the mayor of Chicago who conceals that he is in the early stages of dementia.
02 Oct 2012
Highball
During a discussion which Adam requested that one of the show's Producers should send him some Hardol to experiment with, the concept of drinking some highball's during the show taping was proposed.
12 Sep 2012
Das Kapital
John brought up the great writings of Marx and Lenin during episode #442. Das Kapital by Karl Marx, was written to explain Marxist theory and critique capitalism.
12 Sep 2012
“V”
At end of Episode 441, Adam reported how the previously discussed book, It Can't Happen Here, is now a hot item! Adam discovered that it was attempted to turn the book into a television movie but it was too controversial.