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Jeff Klingman, Sebastian Hernandez, and Keith O'Brien go long on when the world will re-open, the privacy implications of testing and demonstrating you are healthy, and what will and will not return when the pandemic ends. 

A long-lost (circa 10 days or so) podcast was discovered and remastered. Jeff Klingman and Keith O'Brien discuss The Ringer's quarantine-distracting Tournament for the Best TV Character of the 21st Century. Why Michael Scott is a bad choice, the missing entries from Halt and Catch Fire and Party Down, and what was so great about the Sopranos. 

SPOILERS AHOY! Keith O'Brien records a solo pod about Devs, the FX on Hulu show with which he is obssessed. BIG SPOILERS AHEAD. The first part is recorded right before watching the season finale. And then the last few minutes are his reaction after watching it.

Keith O'Brien hosts Yonah Korngold and Randy Monty to discuss the travails of the labor movement immediately following  Bernie Sanders' suspension of his presidential campaign and the continuing impact of COVID-19. Is this labor's time or will things remain the same? Does COVID-19 make a strong case for Medicare for All? Will people continue to vote against their economic interests? This and more in Labor of Love. 

Jeff Klingman joins a special and somber episode of the podcast discusses the passing of Ze Records and No Wave icon Cristina. A proto-Madonna, Cristina embodied the DIY nature of the NYC-based No Wave scene, bringing insouciance and noise to pop. We also discuss Ze labelmates like James Chance and Kid Creole, and compare her music and that movement to the electroclash blip of the early 2000s. RIP Cristina, hope you got your ticket to the tropics. For supplemental listening, Jeff Klingman created a Cristina-specific playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7at0ooMo5bDBfBOiE5EIrY?si=niVSsEtqRIaedSzj0xiAjA and one featuring Ze Records' Greatest Hits https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1FmYfrWc6o6wsTQDV4CTVg?si=U0srmeo5SOOYvEoYUFlwGw

Randy Monty stops by to discuss embracing the simple and quiet moments and being mindful. Then a discussion about the political press's abdication of its duties.