Barking Points Memo
Barking Points Memo
Barking Points Memo
The Barking Points Memo podcast, where our crack team of four incorrigible leftists provides the social and political analysis you need, but hidden in the peanut butter of sardonic comedy that dogs crave.
125 — An American Metroid in Paris
Ding Dong Rumsfeld is Dead, Get Out Your Dancing Shoes! The Olympics are Still Terrible! And Racist! Britney Spears and Conservatorships BARKING POINT: Ikea takes pride to the whole store, what are the results?
Jul 4, 2021
2 hr 18 min
124 — "Bones Is The Baywatch of The 2000s and I Do Not Say This Lightly"
Right to Repair, Juneteenth, and E3! Quite a variety this week, folks! BARKING POINT: What other activities do Heroes simply not do?
Jun 20, 2021
2 hr 15 min
123 — I Swear to God, Put Down My Underwear
It's a two-host episode as we cover the latest in NFL racism, the closing of the Keystone XL pipeline and the continuing fight with Line 3, and a horrifying number of childrens' bodies are unearthed at one of the many schools that native children were imprisoned in, something that the US shares. BARKING POINT: Doomed E3 presentations!
Jun 14, 2021
1 hr 17 min
122 — Elon Musk’s Clive Owen’s Gamer on Mars
The ongoing attempts to silence the BDS movement finally hit a roadblock with the first amendment, the politics of Belarus and Eurovision! Barking Point: Disney attempts to give hagiographic origin stories of whatever they can find some scrap of reference for, what have they created?
Jun 1, 2021
2 hr 2 min
121 — What Is Chutes and Ladders But a Board Game Representation of The Wheel of Karma
A MEGASODE! Israel continues its long-standing pattern of aggression against Palestinians with US support, College athletes can not get sponsor deals but with huge strings attached, and Epic Games vs Apple drags in Itch.io, then we have a large helping of some POPLUCK! Barking Point: Create an UNSPEAKABLE* GAME (*no bigotry, we're looking for satire here)
May 16, 2021
2 hr 40 min
120 — Yu-Gi-Oh is the Winchester Mystery House of Trading Card Games
Derek Chauvin verdict and the readiness of liberals to call it justice, DC Statehood gets tanked by Joe Manchin, Unmasking is a necessary labor, Olympics gonna Olympics, Pokémon Card Crisis Core, & How Does This Keep Happening to Conservatives - Matt Gaetz and Josh Duggar vs human decency and law. BARKING POINT: Imagine someone trapped on a reality show.
May 2, 2021
2 hr
119 — Epicurean Truck Nuts
This just in: all cops, still bad! At least New Mexico is ending their qualified immunity, though. Discord has a case of "OH MY GOD YOU CAN SEE HER ANKLES IN THAT SKIRT!" and decides to Tumblr its way to a buyout. BARKING POINT: What company will follow in Capcom's footsteps and cynically 'embrace' its audience's projections upon it?
Apr 18, 2021
2 hr 21 min
118 — This Seems Like It’s a Direct Violation of Aristotelean Soccermom Teleology
Axel can't remember which state has what's happening where, but there's Amazon garbage, anti-trans bullshit, and voting rights violations going on and we're going to tell you about it! BARKING POINT: Tell us your TOTALLY AND TRULY VERY SUPER-REAL anti-drug stories.
Apr 4, 2021
1 hr 49 min
117 — Imagine Imagining Mighty No. 9
We cover the racist killings in Atlanta and the history of anti-Asian and Pacific Islander activity in the US long before this, a suspicious land development plan in Savannah, GA, and Diamond Comics Distributors is finally dead! BARKING POINT: Create Your Own Extremely Online, Extremely Sad Family Moments
Mar 28, 2021
1 hr 56 min
116 — I Just Don’t Like How Often David Boreanaz Comes Up On This Podcast and I Think I’m The Reason For It
JUST SAY 'No Fucking Thanks' TO NFTs, IT'S A POP-CULTURE POTLUCK! BARKING POINT: What is your favorite 'comfort food' media?
Mar 14, 2021
2 hr 22 min
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