Please Consume Responsibly

Hello, the police? I’d like to have this person arrested for liking a bad TV show. In this lil bite-sized episode we learn why AJ smells and why Tara’s collecting dirt! ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Never Have I Ever (Netflix) Lone Fox (Drew Scott on YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtwzsvzRCfPddq2gPlgKW1w Lone Fox Home - https://lonefox.com/ Phrases That Remain by Moon Revenge - https://open.spotify.com/album/0MhGyiwOgq0gl8DzALhNip OK by Wallows - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSNcGYkp8v8 ------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Twitch: twitch.tv/pleaseconsumeresponsibly Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ELJ3wbGNXvRvjvefFbd6L --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsume/message

Hi Jerry, we love you. In this episode AJ talks about a game you don’t need a table for and a game that is a table! ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: CHEER (Netflix) Quest (adventure.game) When World’s Collide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2bbvLQp6Y Burning Down the House - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3eC35LoF4U Tabletop Simulator - https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/ ------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Twitch: twitch.tv/pleaseconsumeresponsibly Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ELJ3wbGNXvRvjvefFbd6L --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsume/message

Get those pen-pal pens ready! You’re gonna want to send a letter about this one. In this ~*very special bonus episode*~ we interview TheBlissBean! She tells us all about what it was like becoming a “teen entrepreneur” and then shares some recs of her favorite media! ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Business Insider with a Teenager: How To Make Money Under 18 & Advice from Teen Entrepreneurs - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Shirley_Martin_Wang_Business_Insider_with_a_Teenag?id=fV7cDwAAQBAJ Sunday Routine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9MelAjvEc Now Then Pro - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/now-then/id504129864 The Office (Netflix) Parasite (2020, Hulu/other places) Lavendaire on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ga3onzHSJFAGsIebtVeBg Libby - https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/ The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361589-the-night-circus Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari - https://www.goodreads.com/b

There are a lot of us who need cash now… have we got a number for you. This episode is full of that 40 degree energy. Hopefully you can cozy up with some of this week’s picks. ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: malt. the modern alternative - https://open.spotify.com/user/7cww9d06t0etjr6yf9vwgi9eb?si=n0EkjEKrQfyxDChi89ASAg malt. on Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/official.malt/ Ugly Delicious - https://www.netflix.com/title/80170368 Pony (album) by Rex Orange County - https://open.spotify.com/album/5CNckxfLf4TCoMOoxgAU8l?si=7d5cBu4BT-2nNWuHE1jUcw It Gets Better by Rex Orange County - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFrYp0HR6d8 In My Bones by Jacob Collier (feat. Kimbra & Tank and the Bangas) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-KrhH8ndXg ------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Twitch: twitch.tv/pleaseconsumeresponsibly Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify

It’s been a couple of WEEKS folks. Stay well. This episode is full of great ways to stay home, but hang with friends. <3 ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Twitch.tv Our friend Scout draws on Twitch!!!: https://www.twitch.tv/thehumblegoat BlissBean - 12 things to do while SOCIAL DISTANCING: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGUKc8ARKN0 Animal Crossing: New Horizons John Mayer’s ‘Imagine” Parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eR1iMrgzXQ&feature=emb_title Stay home! We love you! ------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Twitch: twitch.tv/pleaseconsumeresponsibly Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ELJ3wbGNXvRvjvefFbd6L --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsume/message

We all remember that Broadway classic “The Less Miserables”. This episode is about YouTube channels and good albums. ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Let Tara take your photos! - https://www.tara-crawford.com/photo Binging with Babish - https://www.youtube.com/user/bgfilms Being with Babish | Facing Cancer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVO9F7yRrHo Felix’s college fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/garnett-family-college-fund Superstar by Caroline Rose - https://open.spotify.com/album/0t3bYFMzeZg2iO5yVCUpIG James Hoffmann - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipB6P1uzNYM My moka pot video - https://youtu.be/BVu10dTXIis The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffmann - http://www.theworldatlasofcoffee.com/ Fuzzybrain by Dayglow (again!) - https://open.spotify.com/album/5PFzbdbZRNaoGLCHFPnmv3 ------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spoti

Have your parents ever done this CLASSIC thing to you????? This episode has a made up town and some facts we wish were made up. ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Welcome to Night Vale starters guide - http://www.welcometonightvale.com/listen Night Vale episode 162 “Alpha” - https://beta.prx.org/stories/289466 Factually! With Scott Galloway - https://www.earwolf.com/episode/the-internet-the-business-of-tech-and-happiness-with-scott-galloway/ Scott Galloway’s books - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2143265/scott-galloway Bernie Sanders saying “Soccer Mommy” - https://twitter.com/julianmpowell/status/1231693033911070723?s=20 Starting Again by Daywave - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nXOSNy6HAI Ten Very Big Books: A Malazan Readthrough Podcast - https://anchor.fm/tenverybigbooks ------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/  Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.

Say this title out loud! It’s fun for the whole family! From memoirs to New Jersey-specific comedy, this episode has it all! ------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Selena Gomez Jimmy Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7TCzxOS6H4&t=267s  In the Dreamhouse by Carmen Maria Machado (Memoir) - https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/dream-house The Cut on Tuesday Episode - https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/the-cut-on-tuesdays-when-a-relationship-becomes-a-nightmare.html Horse Girl (2020, Netflix) The Cut Who Said I Was Emotionally Unstable? - https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/the-bachelor-season-24-episode-5-recap.html Taylor Ham, Egg, and Cheese by Chris Gethard (Spotify, iTunes) ------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/  Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ELJ3wbGNXvRvjvefFbd6L --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsume/message

Feel free to mandatorily consume any of this optionally absolutely necessary media at your leisure right this second.  This episode is full of things for your ears and heart!  -------------------------------  Media discussed in this episode:  Dan Deacon’s discography  Bromst mini-doc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPg4Vcr56F0&t=819s)  USA suite music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X4fYP9bqqw)  Mystic Familiar by Dan Deacon (Album)  Reply All (Gimlet)  The Good Place (NBC)  Space Cadet by beebadoobee (Single)  -------------------------------  Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/   Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume  Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ELJ3wbGNXvRvjvefFbd6L --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsume/message

Make sure your weird T-Rex is ready to click! The energy of this episode is all over the place. In a good way! Donate to Conservation International! - https://act.conservation.org/site/Donation2?df_id=16164&16164.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&_ga=2.246510660.191176136.1579230376-1266574159.1579230376 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness #143 - How Is the Amazon Rainforest Doing? (Earwolf) Adam Ruins Everything - “Adam Ruins Recycling” (truTV) Factually! With Adam Conover (Earwolf) Awesome Games Done Quick (GDQ) Little Weirds by Jenny Slate (Book) The Bachelor (ABC) The Betchlor Podcast (Betches Media) Here to Make Friends (HuffPost) Universal Paperclips (decisionproblem.com) An IRL Tweet (Tara Crawford™) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twi

2020! New year, new.... catchphrase. This episode was shaping up to be a lil bite-sized nugget, but we really get into during the side dishes. Join us, won't you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Media discussed in this episode: Heavyweight (Gimlet) Motherhacker (Gimlet) Sandra (Gimlet) Fine Line by Harry Styles YOU (Netflix) Don’t F*** with Cats (Netflix) Watchmen (HBO) Marriage Story (Netflix) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ELJ3wbGNXvRvjvefFbd6L --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsume/message

We’re back baybeeeeeee!!!!! In this episode we talk about our favorite media of the year twenty-ought-nineteen! We got all the kahunas. The big kahunas. The medium kahunas. The most kahunest. All in one episode! ----------------------------------------------- Our BOTY list!: Fuzzy Brain by Dayglow Fibs by Anna Meredith Motherhacker The Cut on Tuesdays Three Women by Lisa Taddeo Lose Well by Chris Gethard Betrayal Legacy Untitled Goose Game The Decade-Long Quest for Shadow of the Colussus’ Last Secret by Jacob Geller The Sorry Girls This is Us Watchmen (2019) Knives Out Midsommar ----------------------------------------------- Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/ Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Check out Valiant Vermin!: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ELJ3wbGNXvRvjvefFbd6L --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsume/message

Mm mm mm! This episode is full o' lip smackers! Absolute morsels! Tasty treats! What're waiting for? Don't take my word for it, go ahead and chow down! --- In this episode: Weekly recap, multiple causes for celebration, Tara tries to steal AJ’s main dish, AJ’s Main Dish, things restaurant workers won’t like, Tara’s Main Dish, Little Falls, New Jersey, AJ has a change of heart, SIDE DISH TIME, a man with multiple names, a song about expectations, a funky indie bop, we will make you sound like Darth Vader, thanks for listening. --- Links from the episode: Chasing Happiness - https://tinyurl.com/pcrchasinghappiness Time in a Tree by Raleigh Ritchie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB30oo2YYf4 Playground by Steve Lacy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEbc2qLjLos --- Follow us! Instagram: www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/  Twitter: twitter.com/pleaseconsume Check out Adebisi Shank!: https://open.spotify.com/track/2JbGqjFgWuinpODmd3jQsL --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pleaseconsum

It’s season two and we’re back and better than before! Or at least more educated. It’s been a busy few weeks and we’ve been consuming a lot of media that we can’t wait to tell you about! So what’re waiting for? Listen to this episode! In this episode: Season 2, AJ quits the podcast, just kidding, where we’ve been/what we’ve been up to, a fun game of rock, paper, scissors, Tara’s Main Dish, a lo(n)gline, Tara will never watch Gilmore Girls, a villain from Beethoven, Tara’s turn with the remote, Barry is good, AJ’s Main Dish/Tara’s SIde Dish, a Combo Meal, Tara’s top three cartoons, our in-house animator friend, a show that is not AJ’s main dish, Nicole Byer, Gamby the ghost cake, more earnest cartoon moments, SIDE DISH TIME, a fun puzzle app that makes you yell at your phone, a feline interruption, back to that puzzle app, thanks for listening. --- Links from the episode: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - https://tinyurl.com/mrsmaisel Tuca and Bertie - https://www.netflix.com/title/80198137 Blackbox on iOS - https:/

Sorry for the late episode this week! AJ and Tara got lost in their imperial warren from Toronto. Those are hints for what we talk about in this episode. Or you could just scroll to the links. But don’t. You’ll ruin the surprise. In this episode: Weekly recap, Tara gets an award, Tara’s Main Dish, the original Canadian YouTube channel, hire me please, a cute video about a hedgehog, a large amount of video series’, one-way best friends, podcasts are great, Tara’s on her phone, and mean, AJ’s thi--Tara gets found out, AJ’s Main Dish, a very niche podcast about huge books, casual introductions of lizard people, good music from a small artist, some book fun facts, Tara has left the chat, over 16 days, SIDE DISH TIME, another YouTube channel, a song that Tara knows, Foxboro Hot Tubs, more fun facts, thank you so much for listening, a really bad car analogy, a good car analogy. --- Links from the episode: The Sorry Girls - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSorryGirls Tara’s Bathroom Makeover - https://www.youtube.com

***!!!SPOILER WARNING!!!***: Lots of powerful women and world changing in this episode! And a celebrity tribute album. In this episode: Questionable breakfast choices, weekly recap, no spoilers, AJ’s thing, a Netflix reboot, Alfafa?, no spoilers, mini-side dish, big short energy, no spoilers, shh no spoilers, his name is Bow and he shoots arrows, good messaging, an assault of media, no spoilers, period, end of sentence, Tara’s thing, a really good documentary, explanation of a zine, a type-a person thing to say, anxiety as a motivator, a really good way to be introduced to a vegan lifestyle, open your mind, plant-based milk, don’t make people feel bad about the stuff that they do, SIDE DISH TIME, an extremely good and powerful album, an extremely obsessive and funny album, thanks for listening, Thanos’ whole butt. --- Links from the episode: Nimona - https://www.amazon.com/Nimona-Noelle-Stevenson/dp/0062278223 She-Ra’s  1985 look - https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/xqTB0JXjmMmSf67JvheOa9VFOQE.jpg She-R

AJ had his microphone backwards for this whole episode so he sounds like he's in a garbage can! Like the trash he is! Anyway, thank you listener and friend Denny for your suggestion! In this episode: Weekly recap, Tara went to church, AJ got sick, a glow-up, AJ's Thing, a suggestion from Denny, John Green, a review podcast, a 1:15 minute clip, thank you Denny, Tara's thing, Olympic swim, more good looking YouTube videos, turning hex nuts into diamonds, SIDE DISH TIME, a tweet, Stacles, a song, tell us your thoughts, thanks for listening. ------ Links from the episode: Anthropocene Reviewed - https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/episode-1-canada-geese-and-diet-dr-pepper Pablo Cimadevila - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgnlbDVuPdg @rysimmons Staples tweet - https://twitter.com/rysimmons/status/1113464764859068421 Feed the Fire by Dawes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxWLPKGGWjE ------ Follow us! Instagram - www.instagram.com/pleaseconsumeresponsibly/  Twitter - twitter.com/pleaseconsume Check out Adebis

Rub on that mint-infused butt cream because AJ and Tara are back with one heck of an episode. In this episode: Weekly recap, AJ’s new project, Tara’s new project, Tara’s thing, Jameela Jamil, Butt Cream™, magazines are bad, you’re beautiful and great, AJ’s thing, another YouTube channel from Canada, like Chip and Joanna minus the homophobia, SIDE DISH TIME, One Green Bean, a seasonally magazine, AJ does not remember BBQ Becky, Tara does not remember Serial, a podcast from Tuesdays on Thursday, a good theme song, one more bean, thanks for listening. Links from the episode: AJ’s first Into the Aether episode (!!!) - https://anchor.fm/theaether/episodes/Sekiro-Love-and-Daunt-e3ihcc wearekinder (!!!) - https://www.instagram.com/wearekinder/ i_weigh - https://www.instagram.com/i_weigh/  Jameela Jamil on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jameelajamilofficial/ Wabi Sab-E - https://www.youtube.com/wabisabe No Man’s Land by The Wing - https://www.the-wing.com/nomansland/ How I Get It Done with Rukmini Calli

Eek! Listener beware! This episode is full of spooky, scary, creepy-crawly content!!! In this episode: Very irresponsible consumption, a week of life that we lived, AJ's Main Dish, a very seasonal topic, a large collection of aspirational books, Mary Shelley's real name, The Monster Mash, the definition of a graveyard smash, Tara has a revelation, Frankenstein's kind of hot, a 3-minute clip, the same formula, a quote, Tara's Main Dish, a very serious New York Times review, not GIRLS, stretched out Keanu Reeves, spoiler warning (skip to 30:35), good messages, SIDE DISHES, how knowing people works, AJ gets into it a little bit, teen detectives, Tara doesn't get video games, a CB approved Instagram account, a vegan side dish, tasty like a jackfruit, mhm, thanks for listening, boo! Links from the episode: Podcast from the New York Public Library - https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/03/08/frankenstein-our-dark-mirror-ep-256 shrill on Hulu - https://www.hulu.com/series/shrill-54eab813-3a9b-496d-9d7e-908597ad8d1a?&

We're back! Tara & AJ emerge from their underground bunker and are better than ever. Join them on this journey of love, disappointment, sadness, Canada, and Paddington 2. In this episode: We missed a week, what we did on Friday, going to concerts, SAT prep, leaning in, Tara’s Thing, being a fangirl, was the Jonas Brothers’ music good?, comeback worthiness, poor Kev, Jonasepardy, something AJ thinks is perfect, they’re back bay-bee, nononono, nonono, AJ’s Thing, not Paddington, or Paddington 2, minor spoilers, AJ loves Ray Romano, routines, Paddington is good, tell your friends you love them, SIDE DISHES, filling the void, Hamtramck, hamptrakcnkt, hamtrankmpt, a Canada shoutout, a better comeback track, a lowkey video game podcast, another Canada shoutout, thanks for listening. ***CONTENT WARNING*** There is talk of assisted suicide and cancer during AJ’s thing in the second half. If you would like to avoid that, skip to 30:34 after the break to skip straight to the lightning round.  Links from the epis