(You can watch a video of this recording by clicking here.) Hi all. Longtime listeners to Papa’s Basement have heard both my mom and brother on the air and, for a while now, people have asked, “Why not make a show of just your family?” Well, I did exactly that. […]
(You can watch the live video recording of this episode on YouTube by clicking here.) The suicide of Robin Williams had the Internet abuzz with an outpouring of emotion and grief. We get into whether it’s genuine emotion or the standard, maudlin, overblown response that everyone is free to offer […]
(If you want to watch the live video of me recording this episode, click here to watch it on YouTube.) After warning you why you should never, ever eat Costco’s “All-American Chocolate Cake” (hint: it comes out the same it went in), we discuss the Sketch Factor app, which has […]
This is a funny, funny episode that covers a lot of ground. We get into things to do while in Las Vegas (I’m visiting at the end of August), what to do when your friend who seemingly has it all also wins the lotto and, last but not least, the […]
For a long time, Netflix has meant nothing to me but compulsive series viewing. That’s changed lately with some really good movies, which, of course, I’ve been crushing left and right. The movie I was most shocked to find myself liking? Listen and find out! Click here to listen to […]
I tell the story of my weekend from hell, rife with fights with my girlfriend due to the song “All About That Bass” and conflict with other family members because we are awful Greek scum and all we can do is fight. It’s a lighthearted episode. Click here to listen […]
Ever since Vanilla Ice, white people have been ripping off black hip hop mannerisms and looking like damn fools for it. Iggy Azalea is the latest such dunce to hurl every black affectation possible at a piece of vinyl and get it released. I shit on her huge single “Fancy” […]
There isn’t much I care about in life. HBO Sunday nights are one of them. Lately, however, between the ever-disappointing True Blood and the newly disappointing The Leftovers, they’ve been a shambles. Hear me bitch about what exactly I hate about The Leftovers, talk about my entry into the NBC […]
We talk about Germany’s World Cup win over Argentina, the world-calibre wang of the winning goal scorer Mario Götze, LeBron James’ return to the Cleveland Cavaliers and why Rollergirl is the best woman that never existed. Click here to listen to this episode using your browser. Click here to listen […]