Think Outside the Box Set

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S6E1. Beer Headphones Oct 15, 2018

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Fush Yu Mang by Smash Mouth.

Nathan doesn’t even have fun being grumpy, Cameron is willing to “give it to him,” and Smash Mouth has a small break in their lives of unending privilege.

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S5E8. Better than Pure Sentimental Nonsense Oct 08, 2018

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The Visitors by ABBA.

Cameron criticizes Nathan for audio good practices, Nathan tries to avoid mom-shaming, and ABBA wants to build a disco song.

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S5E7. Gimme that Divorce Table Oct 01, 2018

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Cameron attends a musical orgy convention, Nathan has a precognition (of boredom), and and ABBA can’t finish without Night Velvet™.

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Panpipes
Omnibus Project’s episode on dancing mania
Bad Dad, Soccer Dad
Feet of clay
Hit Parade’s episode on the Bee Gees
“What Is Love” is not a C+C Music Factory song. Nathan (a moron) regrets the error.
Men by Scene on Radio

Listen along to S(o)uper Trouper here!

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S5E6. Upbeat Disco Schlager Sep 24, 2018

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Upbeat Disco Schlager

Cameron eats his tea, Nathan complains about dingos punching kangaroos, and and ABBA teaches Genius.com commenters about how the wind casts shadows.

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Listen along to Voulez-Vous here!

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S5E5. This Ain't No Mayonnaise Sep 17, 2018

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ABBA: The Album by ABBA.

Nathan does eagle stuff, Cameron eats a nice bow of eagle noodles, and ABBA really makes us think with questions like "what if eagles?"

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S5E4. Ice-Cold Goss Sep 10, 2018

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Arrival by ABBA.

Nathan invents the academic discipline of Mexicorientalism, Cameron gets Famous for His Drippins™, and ABBA teaches us how sexy geometry can be.

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It's legally complicated, but spousal rape was either legal or punished less severely than other forms of rape in the US until 1993ish
Roger Ebert famously said that video games cannot be art—but tempered his position a while later
James Bond, rapist—not just old-school Bond either; this is from 2012
Perhaps it's worth citing Edward Said's foundational book Orientalism, because we sure seem to reference it a lot

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S5E3. Sister See-Ya Sep 03, 2018

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ABBA by ABBA.

Nathan makes a bold declaration about trees, Cameron makes a courageous confession about what kind of man he is, and ABBA warms our hearts in the tropical loveland of Sweden.

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Zwarte Piet
Let me google that for you
Apparently the Dutch were so involved in the slave trade that there was a region called the “Dutch Slave Coast”. Yikes.

Listen along to ABBA here!

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S5E2. My Mama Sad Aug 27, 2018

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Waterloo by ABBA.

This MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY, THRILL as Nathan and Cameron choose completely arbitrary moments where they think ABBA is being self-aware, and then THROW DOWN.

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S5E1. Quadrilengual Trilingual Quouple Aug 20, 2018

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Ring Ring by ABBA.

Nathan sags himself right off a cliff, Becca gets herself into an Ikea Situation, and Cameron begins his transformation into Barry Sacks (the king of the bari sax).

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S4E9. Wicked T-Pains Never Die Aug 13, 2018

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Oblivion by T-Pain.

Nathan courageously admits he can’t do 18 push-ups, Cameron pitches a movie reboot, and T-Pain is laid to rest.

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