This week, two rousing motivational speeches from problematic men: we explore the origins of Patrick Henry’s revolutionary battle cry, “Give me liberty or give me death!” and Shia LaBeouf’s viral “Just do it” monologue. We get into the contexts in which these quotes came to be, and why we shouldn’t really take advice from these guys anyway,

Plus: a painful day at the office, queening out with your anesthesiologist, and dudes reacting insanely to being emotionally impacted by another man’s words.

When you are traveling towards a set destination, one of the keys is to make it there. No one knows this better than the renowned explorers we introduce you to today: Percy Fawcett and DJ Khaled.

We’ll walk you through the events of their respective journeys through the Amazon Rainforest and the Port of Miami. One is documented only through letter and legend, the other covered live on Snapchat story. We don’t draw any conclusions about the relationship between access to Snapchat and explorer survival, but we’d be remiss not to acknowledge that there does appear to be some connection.

Plus: an abdominal restructuring, being cyberbullied indirectly, and the whimsy of drinking through a straw.

Not every product launch can be a success, and no one knows that better than the brands we’re talking about today: Coca-Cola and Snapchat. We discuss the rollout of New Coke and the 2018 Snapchat layout redesign, the public outcry that followed, and the effects on the businesses as a whole.

Sometimes you don’t know what you have til it’s gone, and you have to yell at a corporation until they agree to give it back. But is it too late?

Plus: the arrival of fall and the discourse surrounding a COVID-conscious lesbian bar in western Massachusetts.