We are joined this week by special guests Robert and Sheryl Khoo (parents of a co-host of this very podcast) to talk about Mike Judge's TPS-ridden middle-class satire, Office Space! We talk about our experiences working within soul-crushing bureaucracies, and also the surprising upsides of meetings. We consider the case for Lumbergh and the plight of the middle manager, and wonder whether it is possible to earn a living within a capitalist economy without losing yourself in the process. And we evaluate the movie and Peter Gibbons' plight with the hindsight of the ongoing computer science boom, which likely would have found programmers like Peter earning millions and sipping Maui Thais on a beach with Milton.
115. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (w/ Edward Lewis)
114. Sympathy for the Devil (w/ Yuval Adler and Matt Strohl)
113. Dogville (w/ Agnes Callard)
112. Red Dawn (w/ Nat Hansen)
111. Dune Part Two (w/ John DeVore)
110. The 2024 Blobscars! (w/Sean Burns)
109. The Iron Claw (w/ Fran Hoepfner)
108. Anatomy of a Fall
107. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (w/ Nick Riggle and Matt Strohl)
106. The Blair Witch Project (Reprise) + 2023 Cows Super Quiz
105. Fred Claus (w/ Emily St. James)
104. LA Confidential (w/ Blake Howard)
103. Joe Vs. The Volcano (w/ Chad Perman)
102. 24 Hour Party People (w/ Mattia Acetoso)
101. Aliens (w/ Brendan Hodges)
100. The Virgin Suicides
99. King Arthur (2004) w/ Jon Gabrus
98. Starship Troopers (w/ Liam Billingham)
97. Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (w/ Matt Teichman)
96. Roma (w/ Agustín Rayo)
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