The Millennial Doomsday Review
News & Politics Podcasts
The news, brought to you by a Brain in a Jar. A comedy news round-up show best described as NPR meets Last Week Tonight by way of Welcome to Night Vale.
Location:
United States
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
The news, brought to you by a Brain in a Jar. A comedy news round-up show best described as NPR meets Last Week Tonight by way of Welcome to Night Vale.
Twitter:
@mdrbraininajar
Language:
English
Email:
mdrbraininajar@gmail.com
Episodes
MDR Writers Room Episode 010
5/14/2020
Recorded last week, uploaded a week late (sorry!), and still about COVID-19. John and Shane record their last episode before hiatus. Edited by Ian Caruso.
Duration:00:49:56
Bells of the Forsaken
4/30/2020
The return of bleach, a missing dictator, and a meat-pocalypse the likes of which we have not seen in our lifetimes. (Plus: We're looking for writers! Tune in to find out more.)
Duration:00:25:29
MDR Writers Room Episode 009
4/24/2020
John and Shane are in the writers room this Earth Day, talking about--what else?--COVID-19. Protests, stimulus packages, and Animal Crossing. The most important things in life.
Duration:00:50:43
Unfit to Print
4/16/2020
Even more COVID-19. There is nothing else. Only the 'Rona. Featuring comedian Nick Pearl, and guest writer Will Cerbone (allthetakesatonce.com).
Duration:00:32:04
MDR Writers Room Episode 008
4/2/2020
John and Shane are in the writer's room to talk about the stimulus budgets, possible treatments for COVID-19, and the President's abrupt about-face.
Duration:00:47:34
Science: A Look Back
3/26/2020
COVID-19 is to blame for that most hideous of fates... a clip show. Nooo! Cheesy framing devices! Tenuous themes! Blooper reel! Oh, the humanity!
Duration:00:27:07
MDR Writers Room Episode 007
3/19/2020
John and Shane are quarantined in the writers room, with nothing but Coronavirus news to read (except for the stuff about the Democratic primary... yay). Things are going a bit off the rails. Let's talk about it.
Duration:00:48:34
A Fistful of Plagues
3/13/2020
The Brain is back! And this time, he's here to talk about all things Coronavirus: its effect on the market, its effect on oil prices, and its effect on the world. Plus, a very special EXCLUSIVE interview with COVID-19.
Duration:00:28:52
MDR Writers Room Episode 006
3/5/2020
Shane and John are back in the writers room, preparing for the next episode of MDR classic, and chatting about COVID-19, Super Tuesday, and Elizabeth Warren's next move.
Duration:00:43:23
MDR Writers Room Episode 005
2/27/2020
John and Shane take a nuanced look into the energy sector, and talk about things like hydraulic fracturing, renewable energy, carbon capture, transitional fuels, and more. They also touch on the South Carolina Democratic Primary debate, and the DOW's response to COVID-19, the CDC, and other acronyms.
Duration:00:44:39
MDR Writers Room Episode 004
2/20/2020
Join John and Shane in the writers room after a wild and woolly Democratic Debate. Support the Wet'suwet'en Nation at unistoten.camp/supportertoolkit2020
Duration:00:46:13
MDR Writers Room Episode 003
2/13/2020
Join John and Shane in the MDR writers room once again as they talk about the Trump administration's terrifying new budget proposal, the chaos of the primaries, and climate change.
Duration:00:59:25
MDR Writers Room Episode 002
2/6/2020
It is a day of disinformation and chaos, otherwise known as the Iowa Caucus. Join John and Shane in the writers room for a discussion on Mayor Pete, Vladimir Putin, and bleach.
Duration:00:59:48
MDR Writers Room Episode 001
1/30/2020
Join John and Shane, the brains behind the brain, for the first episode of the Millennial Doomsday Review writers room. The co-creators of MDR share their theories and thoughts about the impeachment trial, John Bolton, coronavirus, the GOP, and a potential new tool in medicine's war against cancer.
Duration:00:50:47
Reduced Doom Content
7/27/2019
Now with 30% less doom and despair! This week we talk about earthquakes, mythical cats, and the gender wage gap in sports. Plus, do we have nature's solution to America's antibiotics problem? Not if capitalism has anything to say about it!
Content Warnings: Law Enforcement, medical, burn injury
Duration:00:25:52
Everything Bad, But More of It
7/11/2019
Flesh-eating bacteria, CRISPR babies, and an explosion of wasps. Plus: shocking twist in our campaign coverage you won't see coming!
(Content warning: war crimes, abuse, illness, dog illness, climate change.)
The Millennial Doomsday Review (c) 2019 Highwayman Entertainment
Duration:00:23:52
Moon War I
7/4/2019
China invades Africa! Chrome's incognito mode still useless! Rocky Mountain High even higher! Also in this episode: We recorded our Everest bit before the John Oliver segment came out and we're salty about it.
(Content warning: war crimes, child abuse, anti-autism, anti-blackness.)
The Millennial Doomsday Review (c) 2019 Highwayman Entertainment
Duration:00:22:07
Everything is Corn
6/27/2019
This week, on the Millennial Doomsday Review: the Cornpocalypse, killer cyberweapons, the story of one man... and the war he longs for. Plus: Who's a good dog? Science may be one step closer to finding the answer.
Duration:00:22:26
Everything Bad Is Funny Again
6/20/2019
From Secret Agent Whales, to Mind Reading Hats, to Necromancy; come and let Brain In A Jar take you on a journey through the news.
Duration:00:22:56
What Hath Science Wrought
3/30/2019
This episode of Millennial Doomsday Review, our favorite Brain in a Jar talks about how rich people get into college, a hot lawsuit involving Devin Nunes's Cow and Devin Nunes's Mom, and Space Herpes!
Duration:00:28:45