Scapegoats & Straw Men

Scapegoats & Straw Men


Latest Episodes

Cold Cut: Our Greatest Hits and Tropes
June 10, 2017

Every band has its greatest hits. Every TV show has its greatest tropes. We're not any different. In this Cold Cut from TGT 50, Lakin and Pete gab the gamut of topics we've beaten to death many times before, all in one concise 18-minute package.

TGT 51: The Trump Pervasion
June 08, 2017

The talking continues as Pete and Lakin muse upon the pervasion of Donald Trump. They also muse upon sexual orientation and epigenetics. But somehow it circles back to Trump. Everything circles back to Trump. Eventually.

TGT 50: The Broken Toilet of Existential Dread
May 18, 2017

The talking continues as Lakin extols the virtues of self-winding mechanical watches and Pete breaks a toilet. Throw in a dash of existential dread and an apocalyptic cover of "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and you have a beautiful day in the TGT neighborh...

6: Sh*t from a Hat (Repodcast)
April 27, 2017

In this repodcast of a show we recorded two years ago, a fiendish fedora tricks two logical humanoids into defending irrational thought.

Cold Cut: Good Friday Shiva (Repodcast)
April 15, 2017

On this Good Friday edition of "Cold Cuts," two Gentiles discuss their preference for Shiva rituals, especially after dealing with their fathers' deaths.

4: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Easter Edition (Repodcast)
April 14, 2017

Death weighs heavily on the minds of a twenty and thirtysomething as they contemplate whether life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have passed them by.

TGT 49: Inside Our Mind Palace
March 31, 2017

The talking continues as Lakin and Pete take a tour of several mind palaces, ranging from the Current Occupant of the White House (COWH) to wedding photography to event boundaries to paranoia about Internet security.

TGT 48: A Master Class on Masterclass
March 02, 2017

You've probably seen those MasterClass ads on YouTube and Facebook, the ones in which a celebrity promises to make you almost as good as they are at something. In this episode, Pete and Lakin discuss the MasterClasses of Gordon Ramsay, Dustin Hoffman,

TGT 47: Lakin Reviews the Food Network (and Other Fun Rabbit Trails)
February 20, 2017

The talking continues as Lakin gives the most comprehensive review of the Food Network's Programming you'll ever hear. Because Pete lacks any relevance to the modern world, he simply listens and does his best to act like he knows what the Food Network ...

TGT 46: We Are Confident Idiots
February 02, 2017

The talking continues as Pete and Lakin discuss a great article by researcher David Dunning titled "We Are All Confident Idiots." In fact, we encourage you to give it a glance before listening to us gab about it.