#SetTheVCR: October 18-24, 2020

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

What follows are some excellent TV recommendations and if we’re being honest a one-time use of the phrase Creeping It Real. As anyone who has gone trick or treating can attest it’s a mixed bag but hey…it’s our mixed bag!

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#SetTheVCR: April 26-May 2, 2020

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Remember how Peter Parker told you with great power comes great responsibility? Well, it’s the same thing with tv ratings. Do you really wanna give Netflix’s Too Hot To Handle a second season or do you wanna use your power responsibility? If so then here’s some amazing and specular tv suggestions.

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Celebrity Cool Candidates

Oh Snap!! Dave Chappelle endorses Andrew Yang in Democratic primary!

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Trial by Trailer: Including…Western Stars

Is this good?
Will this be good?
Every movie trailer answers or challenges those 2 questions. The ham-fisted rebuttal comes swiftly however: no you don’t need to always see a movie to know it’s tank.

Do you really need to sit through a Michael Bay Transformers movie to know for sure? Tank is Tank. And Fresh…well Fresh is always Fresh. I’m down like I’m Brown for that.

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#SetTheVCR for Sunday December 16, 2018 to Saturday December 22, 2018

This week is bookended by the American Dream and the subtle darkness of capitalism. We start strong with Bruce Springsteen’s Netflix special (so worth seeing…his Broadway show is sublime) and then…conclude with a Suge Knight documentary. On the surface it appears like Suge and Bruce are 2 different individuals but really they’re just trying to survive as best as they know how. America ain’t easy.

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Rising The City of Ruins

I see every experience through a pop culture lens: as September 11, 2001 unfolded I expected a fierce album from Bruce Springsteen…maybe Bob Dylan would get back in the ring and put em up. That dark day demanded our best.

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#CouchWorthy: How To Make It In America

Alright so I finally sat down to watch the first 2 episodes of How To Make It In America.

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