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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

1:18:34

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

1:54:42

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

1:44:29

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

1:02:10

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

2:03:19

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

1:50:10

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

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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

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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

2:14:15

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

2:10:29

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

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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

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