#677 - Guilty Pleasures

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Society & Culture

4.5 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, the hosts divulge some of their guiltiest pleasures, from Judge Judy to Kenny G to the writings of a couple of bona-fide right-wing pundits. They also interrogate the immortal question: should you truly feel guilty about something that brings you pleasure? (Spoiler: Yes. Sometimes you should.) PLUS: the Warner Bros sale, public domain day, an a surprising new front in the right-wing culture war. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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0:00.0	I just wanted to begin, Will, by sharing some really important news with you and the listeners.
0:17.9	I got an email from my friends at Netflix, Subject line, welcoming Warner Brothers to Netflix.
0:24.1	You know, I wanted y'all to hear this for me. Where else were going to hear it?
0:26.9	We recently announced that Netflix will acquire Warner Brothers, including its film and TV studios,
0:31.7	HBO Max, and HBO. This unites our leading entertainment service with Warner Brothers' iconic
0:36.4	stories, bringing some of the world's most beloved franchises like Harry Potter, Friends, the Big Bang Theory, Cassablanca, Game of Thrones, and the DC universe.
0:44.7	Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold up for a minute. Okay, my beloved franchises.
0:49.2	Casablanca has always been my favorite franchise. There's no better franchise than Casablanca.
0:53.8	Well, we've never
0:54.6	talked about this on the podcast before, but it's been a water cooler talking point for many years.
0:59.6	Who's your favorite Rick? Is it Humphrey Bogart in the 1943 original film? Or is it David
1:06.0	Seoul in the 1983 TV spinoff? I know that both sides have their partisans. You know, there are the
1:13.4	Bogartians. There are the Solvians. Personally, I land more on the Humphrey Bogart side, but I'd be
1:20.5	curious to hear your feelings. I'm actually more of a Rick and Morty guy. Too smart for me.
1:25.2	But so there's been some updates on this, I guess, right? Because it sounds like
1:28.9	Paramount may actually have the edge now in trying to, you know, get a hold of this deal. Yeah,
1:34.3	Paramount is trying to do a hostile takeover. I believe it was reported that there was some
1:38.7	soddy, muddy involved in that. I'm not sure where this is going to go. It seems like Paramount is kind of counting on
1:46.3	Donald Trump's personal friendship and respect for the Ellison family to give the edge,
1:52.2	because, you know, Donald Trump has been noted to be a not entirely impartial arbiter of these
1:59.2	kinds of deals. You know what I like about this email that Netflix sent is right below when they've just
2:05.6	announced to you like, oh, all your favorite franchise is coming together, Casablanca, the
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