Episode 161 (May 30, 2025)
Friend of the Show Wade Hymel makes his triumphant return to the main feed, and he’s brought with him I Love You, Man.
So what’s up with men, huh? With their man caves, and their jam seshes, and their pizza pies. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t help but love ‘em, am I right?
And how do adults make friends anyway? It’s pretty weird. Somebody should make a movie about it.
Oh, that’s what this movie is.
Hear Wade’s amazing album WHO SAID THAT? on Apple Music (https://bit.ly/4kinkpJ), Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3SoQnM3), or wherever else music is streamed. Or you can purchase the album from Bandcamp (https://bit.ly/3I2Syje).
Time stamps:
1:45 — Our MAJOR summer miniseries announcement
6:08 — Summer miniseries theme song debut
10:15 — Our personal histories with I Love You, Man
18:20 — History segment: The Male Loneliness epidemic — why is it so hard for men to make friends? We definitively answer the question. Then we talk about the origins of this movie under original screenwriter Larry Levin in the 1990s, and how it was finally brought to life by director John Hamburg in 2009
32:00 — In-depth movie discussion
1:59:35 — Final thoughts and star ratings
Sources:
“Younger Men in the U.S. Among the Loneliest in West” by Benedict Vigers | Gallup (2025) – https://bit.ly/4kGZcgk
“John Hamburg Says I Love You, Man” by Edward Douglas | ComingSoon.net (2009) – https://bit.ly/3HeoyUo
Artwork by Laci Roth.
Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).
Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:
“Winston-Salem” – https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM
“Snake Drama” – https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg
“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” – https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ
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