Shorts: Rebecca Sugar
Put on your cursed ice crown and adopt a demon-vampire baby for this gem-tastic podcast. Dave introduces Neil to Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and one of the primary creatives behind the magic, Rebecca Sugar. Dave also interviews Abigail about her perspective on the shows.
In Tribute to Our Robot Overlords
Mechanical servants. More perfect versions of ourselves. The reapers of our eventual demise? Dave and Neil welcome special guest Abigail, 11-year-old robot aficionado, to discuss the evolution of robots in literature, TV, and film and to grapple with the complexities of robot ethics. The meerkats mull the mysteries of CAPTCHA, inevitable uses of the holodeck, and the potential of garlic-peeling robots. Join us as we rank our favorite robots and honor the other androids, automatons, and AIs that have set our imaginations in motion.
The Episode About Cowboys
Grab your hat and saddle your hoss, it’s time to talk cowboys. Dave and Neil discuss cowboy songs, cowboy movies, cowboy costumes, cowboys on the moon, and our general confusion about what a cowboy is. Does The Joker by Steve Miller Band qualify as a cowboy song? Is there a right reason to open a brothel? Who are the modern cowboys? Find out that and more this week on Planet of the Meerkats.
Shorts: Japanese Environmental Music
If you’re here for hot takes, you’re in the right place. Neil introduces Dave to Japanese environmental music with a very dope Spotify playlist and the Meerkats declare that American cheese is underrated. Put on your warmest socks and cuddle up for the most ambient mini-episode that you’ve ever episoded.
The Japan Episode
Neil reflects back on his travels in Japan and Dave talks about some of the cultural touchstones from Japan that have influenced him, including Kurosawa, Murakami, and Junji Ito. The Meerkats also discuss two classics of Japanese cinema, House and Tampopo.
The Music Episode
Dave and Neil talk broadly about music and specifically about barbershop quartets, the junior high school rapper-rocker fight of 1992, the Traveling Wilburys, video game tunes, and more.
The Year 2000
Dave and Neil introduce the Planet of the Meerkats podcast and take a trip back to the year 2000 to discuss Leprechaun in the Hood, Ice-T and Ice Cube, Abercrombie & Fitch, Barry Bonds, Stuffed Crust Pizza, Ric Ole, Turkeys, and Josh Hartnett.
