Immorally Speaking with Zach Martina & Chris Schlichting Zach Martina & Chris Schlichting

The reason we loved The Goonies as children is the same reason that as adults - - - because it took the kid gloves off and spoke to us as grown ups.. It was because we wanted to be a part of the close knit group that we overlooked the red flags to blatant child abuse, bullying, drug trafficking, sexual assault, and murder. It may have been a 1985 PG rating but, by today's standards, it's a hard R.

For centuries, we've known Humpty Dumpty to be nothing more than a klutz lost in a tragic accident. However, when you connect the dots, it doesn't smell of accident but stinks of foul play. Conspiracy is at foot and centers around a kings plot to murder a civil rights activist who, also, happens to be the heir to the throne.

The Super Mario Bros. made plumbing look sexy. Their relationship was not only one of the first, but also a literal "bromance". But what's really going on here? Toxic Masculinity? Friend Zoning? Drugs? We try to make sense of it all on this episode of Immorally Speaking. 

- - - This episode was mixed by Nate Armbruster - - - give his podcast, One Crazy Story, a listen.

The Giving Tree is a classic children's book that shows the selflessness of one tree and, in doing so, ignores the greed of one little boy. His selfishness goes overlooked no longer in our first episode of Immorally Speaking.