The Edifice of Our Demise: Recent Episodes
Richard J. Stroffolino
Building the eternal monument to our own destruction.
On WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland every Monday, 3:30-4:00p.m.
Our live show at the Beachland Ballroom was a success, the recording of it was not however.
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Ben and Rich discuss the fact that old music is outselling new music for the first time ever. The start of an infinite regress into nostalgia, or simply changing business model? Plus, Bloomberg running for President, a Bill Gates - Steve Jobs musical, and the Intern as one of 2015’s best films.
Download Old is the New New
Ben and Rich are talking about the worst Hollywood refuse being released in February, if The Jinx and Making a Murderer undermine the criminal justice system, and why anyone is surprised that Ricky Gervais is offensive.
Download Making a Murder Serial
Ben and Rich talk about what every day items will disappear in 5 years, if sad celebrity endorsements will cause the apocalypse, and if IndieGoGo turning to “enterprise crowdfunding” is sad or sinister.
Download Wake Me Up Before You Indiegogo
Ben and Rich discuss the worst gadgets of CES 2016, Kodak reviving Super 8 for hipsters, Uber domination of San Francisco, and the evil genius of Netflix.
Download Let’s Talk About Tech Baby
Ben and Rich look back at the apocalypses of 2015 and see if they seem as prescient on the eve of 2016. Apple, Meghan Trainor, Harper Lee, Deflategate, and the Internet of Things all make an appearance. Plus, what happened to jeans?
Download 2015 Year in Review
Ben and Rich discuss if having algorithms that can determine if songs will be a hit or not will spell an end to all society, or just for music. Plus, they revisit the Big Pharma douche being arrested for fraud, if the Internet ban on Star Wars spoilers is sad, and earthquake beds…yup.
Download The Spoilers Awaken
Ben and Rich discuss the d-bag Pharma CEO who bought the exclusive Wu-Tang album, and if GunTV is actually a raw deal for gun enthusiasts.
Download Wu-Tang Pharmacalypse
Ben and Rich discuss a Brazillian civil rights groups attempt to shame people who post racist tweets on public billboards, VTech allowing hackers to access 190GB of children’s photos, and what the return of MST3K will mean for the entertainment landscape.
Download Montage of VTech
Ben and Rich go over the recent big news in the world of sport. Will College Bowl games portend the end of days? Whose retirement will erode the fabric of society more: Kobe or Peyton? Plus, everyone knows the Browns are horrible, but can we understand what the essence of “Brownsiness” is before it leads to the Apocalypse? All that, plus some sweet Doom or Duh action.
Download [insert sponsorship here] Bowl
BBen and Rich discuss which record is more impressive: Adele breaking the record for most album sales in a week in a time when no one is buying albums, or the Golden State Warriors making a run at 73 wins.
Download Adele Has No Strings Attached
Hey loyal listeners! No new episode this week. Ben and I were talking, and with the tragedy that occurred in Paris last week, it didn’t feel as fun to talk about the harbingers of our own doom. We’ll be back next week, as apocalyptic as ever.
BBen and Rich are talking if Spectre swings the pendulum of James Bond toward the apocalypse. Plus, the app described as “Tinder for casual fighting”, Rumblr, is supposedly real, and will spell the end of society. All this, plus Doom or Duh and Apocalypse Revisited!
Download All About That Bond
Ben and Rich reunite, and discuss in HuffPo is justified in not paying their bloggers, or if its a fundamental exploitation of desperate labor. Plus, is a Mets-Royals World Series a threat to narrative sports enjoyment as we know it? Updates on the TV Fantasy Failure and a new Doom or Duh!
Download Download Huffington Post-Capitalism
Rich is joined by guest co-hosts Katherine Koenig and Christine Hahn at the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern for the first LIVE Edifice of our Demise. They discuss Tesla beta testing self driving car software, the most popular halloween costumes, and if you would (or could) kill baby Hitler. Check out their shows, Maximum Consumption and Stone Cold Bikini on WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland!
Download Are You Even American?
Ben and Rich discuss Yelp for people, the new nudity free Playboy, free MBA’s, and the computing of the future that may be free of screens. Will any or all lead to the apocalypse? They discuss
Download People Are Peeple
Ben and Rich discuss the emerging hagiography surrounding Steve Jobs, is it another example of Apple’s marketing hype machine, or a legitimate cultural reflection of an icon? Plus a Fantasy TV Failure Draft update, Ben potentially takes the lead!
Download The Hagiography of Steve Jobs
On this very special half episode, after the fantasy TV Failure draft, Ben and Rich try their hand at pitching TV shows. Tune in to see what should be on TV next fall, as they pitch the next crime procedural, medical drama, celebrity vehicle/sit-com, and reality show
Download Spoiler Alert: Max Von Sydow is not Joss Ackland
Ben and Rich conduct the first fantasy TV failure draft, picking which of the new fall slate of shows is doomed for certain failure. Plus the 1st annual Heroes and Navy NCIS Awards!
Download Fantasy TV Draft
Ben is out, so the lovely and talented Jackie steps into the void to call out the signs of our doom with Rich. They talk about the brotastic dread that is daily fantasy football, the hierarchy of luxury purses, and the dubious disgust that are Lays “Do Us a Flavor” chips.
Download Our Daily Fantasy Dread