The Parrot Room Archive

Parrot Room: Parrot Sings Swan Song

Listen now | Bob and Mickey extol humility and stoicism. Enlightenment eludes Keanu Reeves. Parrot Room merch! Lex Friedman takes Bloggingheads concept…

Oct 7, 2023 •

2:32:09

Parrot Room: Parrot Parties Hearty

Listen now | Bob almost gets misty-eyed. Important Parrot Room announcements. NZN’s Dylan Mulvaney marketing strategy. Parrot Room merch: We can get it…

Sep 23, 2023 •

1:18:34

Parrot Room: The Parrot Could Use More Bandwidth

Listen now (115 mins) | Bob’s agent on Bob. Elon’s illuminating origin story. Is Hollywood wokeness on the wane? Signs of life for China re-engagement…

Sep 16, 2023 •

1:54:42

Parrot Room: All Good Parrots Come to an End

Listen now | More on why the Parrot Room is winding down. Is Hunter Biden-style corruption just how politics works? Shady Burisma meeting in Dubai…

Sep 9, 2023 •

1:44:29

Parrot Room: Rich Parrots North of the Parrot Room

Listen now (62 mins) | Bob’s birthday surprise for his wife. Will Walter Isaacson be too kind to Elon in the forthcoming mega-bestselling biography? Why…

Aug 26, 2023 •

1:02:10

Parrot Room: Parrot Populism

Listen now | Mickey’s rendition of America’s new populist anthem. Wages up, inflation down, anomie up. AI enlightenment (and pessimism) is dawning. The…

Aug 19, 2023 •

2:03:19

Parrot Room: Don’t Short the Parrot

Listen now (110 mins) | Did Robbie Robertson have a bad side? Why did Searching for Sugarman end the way it did? Were the Scorpions a CIA tool? And what…

Aug 12, 2023 •

1:50:10

Parrot Room: Access of Evil

Listen now | How PBS NewsHour—or was it Washington Week in Review?—used to frame Overton windows. Peter Baker’s and Susan Glasser’s son takes down…

Aug 5, 2023 •

1:54:46

Parrot Room: Long Walks on the Beak

Listen now (104 min) | The Hunter and Epstein plea deals: compare and contrast. Bob’s jury worries. Bob vs Mickey reverse-snobbery winner crowned! The…

Jul 29, 2023 •

1:44:24

Parrot Room: Try That in the Parrot Room

Listen now | Eric Adams’s immigration pivot. Some commenters impress, others oppress. The word “words” annoys Bob, and so does “no words.” Would Corey…

Jul 22, 2023 •

2:14:15

Parrot Room: Unnatural Acts

Listen now (131 min) | Bob kink-shames Mickey. The unbearable niceness of Threads. In defense of Biden’s use of cheat sheets. Mickey’s diversity…

Jul 14, 2023 •

2:10:29

Parrot Room: The Day the Parrot Stood Still

Listen now | Why, yes, Bob is Klaatu. Camp of the body snatchers. Why did Biden appoint Elliott Abrams to anything? We’ll have Chamorros for lunch. The…

Jul 9, 2023 •

2:21:12

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