Pros And Cons

Not only is it the most popular new platform of the year, but Zoom is also something that everyone of all ages might be using. Whether it be kids for school, adults at work, family and friends communicating, or different shows utilizing it – the uses are endless. Jack and Kev discuss when it works and when it doesn’t.

Despite a name that doesn’t at all make you think of movies, Letterboxd is an app / website around films. Whether it be logging films you’ve watched, keeping track of ones you want to see in the future, or writing reviews. It can be a social media platform, depending how you use it, and you can follow people and they can follow you. How public or private you want to be active on it is up to you, but there’s multiple uses you can find regardless. Jack and Kev discuss its design, community, format, and more.

Growing up in The Bronx, it was unavoidable to see people rockin Uptown’s – aka Nike Air Force 1’s (usually in all white, sometimes all black). But the shoe is arguably just as popular, or at the very least staying fairly relevant in today's sneaker world. Kev and Jack discuss their experiences with AF1’s in middle and high school, some of the notable colorways or collabs outside of the main two staples, and more.

When you think of sports in the summer, what comes to mind? For most people, or at least those in certain locations, that would be surfing. While it's not as popular as its cousin (skateboarding) and doesn't have a popular figure for the sport like it (shoutout Tony Hawk), there's still a mythology to it. Jack and Kev discuss their point of view on the sport, the culture around it, and more.  

It'd be hard to argue that there's a more famous (or infamous) city in Florida. Miami has a mixed reputation, but there's always plenty going on. Whether it be the beaches, LeBron and The Big Three's era, partying/nightlife, Art Basel, or whatever else. Kev and Jack discuss their experiences visiting before, what kind of place the city has in pop culture, and obviously the most important: Cuban sandwiches.

Hot weather in the summer means people try to find ways to cool off. And while not everyone has pools or beaches, you can usually find some type of cold treat around you. Whether that be ice cream, ice pops, ices, slushies, shakes, you name it. Jack and Kev discuss which are the best and worst, from their opinion as always, dating back from childhood to now.

After the MLB came back last week, now it's the NBA's turn. Baseball was starting a new season, but basketball has to finish theirs – with just a few regular season games before a playoff run. While the MLB is traveling around, the NBA has adopted a bubble model. They're doing this down in Disney World in Orlando (Florida), which is a big corona case state. But so far, it seems to be working. Kev and Jack discuss what they think of The Bubble idea, if it’ll work, how the games are compared to normal, vlogs from players showing how it is inside, and more around the whole setup. Matisse Thybulle's vlogs from inside The Bubble - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMICLletO8dDwQaGpipv8Z9t_UVIG3Pn9

It's been a complicated process for sports to come back during coronavirus. But now there are two major leagues coming back a week apart. First up this week is MLB, which has a limited season and plenty of new rules tied to trying to make the game as safe as possible. Jack and Kev discuss these changes, if they're good or bad for the game, and how they feel about this bizarre season of their favorite sport: baseball.  Next week, the NBA comes back, and there will be an episode on that as well. Stay tuned!

With the second edition of reviewing music released during quarantine, Kev and Jack look at a selection of albums and EP’s released between May and early July of 2020 across a mix of genres. R.I.P. JUICE WRLD + R.I.P. POP SMOKE If you didn’t hear it before, you can listen to Vol 1 of the Quarantine Music series below from the end of April: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quarantine-music-vol-1/id1450368529?i=1000473010906 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iNZcjDKh4g9kRL8xrlNIT?si=ksbffu1aSTKEhKVKDtCkxg

While usually reserved for Fourth of July and New Years, there have been active fireworks as part of our pandemic lives ever since lockdown began. Jack and Kev talk about how that's been, what it was like for them with fireworks growing up, comparisons between NYC and LA, and more.  If you didn't hear the general Fourth of July episode from last year, you can find that at the links below: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fourth-of-july/id1450368529?i=1000443522962 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FhR6h62VdbQjWRoyQ86Ni?si=LvwfOksUSRmpBvi2aNZogQ

At least for New York City, this is right around the time when the regular school has ended and the summer school sessions are about to shortly begin. Kev and Jack talk about their thoughts and experiences with it in the NYC Public School system.  (Sidenote: The movie named Summer School is briefly mentioned in this episode and the day after recording, the director of that movie - Carl Reiner - passed away. R.I.P to a comedy legend!)

It's the start of summer and for many people that means it's the season of taking road trips. But what even defines what a road trip is exactly? And what makes one good or bad? Jack and Kev look at their experiences, how to keep entertained, what snacks / drinks to have, and their dreams of future trips to take.

With the new PS5 being unveiled this past week, we decided to give our initial reactions to it after we go through our history with PlayStation overall and experiences with each of the consoles leading up to now. And is PlayStation a better system than XBOX? Or Nintendo even? Kev and Jack break it down.

While many film releases were put on hold for coronavirus, one that got moved up for that very reason was the Michael Jordan documentary series that was going to originally be released in June (of this year). Instead, ESPN and Netflix pushed it up and released it over five weeks during April and May with two episodes a week. It got a lot of hype on social media in that time, but did it live up to it? And is a documentary of arguably the greatest basketball player, and potentially even greatest athlete all time, ever going to be good enough for its subject? Jack and Kev discuss what it did right, and what it did wrong, of what they wanted to see from it.

After talking about Monopoly a while ago, the next board game up for discussion is the well-known Connect Four. The boys discuss its simple design, what you could expect when playing, and if it's stood the test of time.

Two of the biggest stores around may have some similarities, but they also have plenty of differences. What makes one better or worse than the other? And who comes out on top? Kev and Jack compare the two through different categories.

In connection with Jack's birthday today and Kev's happening last month, the boys talk about their history with the annual age-changing tradition. From being a kid to now, they break down how their feelings on how birthdays for them have changed over time.

Looking back on the years of elementary through high school, how good or bad was the school lunch food? Kev and Jack look back on their experience with NYC Public Schools and the best and worst choices that were served. Plus, getting to go out for food later on in school and more.

Arguably the most popular video game in the world right now, Fortnite is an original video game that came out of the shadows in July 2017 and quickly rose to prominence with its free cost and new gameplay approach. It only kept soaring in users, including when Drake and Travis Scott hopped on to play with Ninja one random night in March 2018. Does it still hold the crown for the top game? Kev and Jack discuss their thoughts on it.

With extra time spent indoors nowadays, that means even more time to listen to music. And luckily during this period, there's still been a lot of artists and bands who have released their albums (even though some others have passed theirs back). Kev and Jack look over a variety of projects across different genres and sort through what's been the best and worst released so far from the people on their radar.