David and Don are joined by Frank Leyden. Frank is leaving Chicago for L.A. and gave the three an opportunity to catch up and discuss what it takes to up-end your life and move to a brand new one.

A triple anniversary. A run-in with an old Hot Wheel car with the Confederate flag painted on top from David’s childhood discovered by his son. And Don deciding, in his childless existence, that he, ONCE AGAIN, can give David parenting advice like a dog advising a nuclear scientist on the half-life of plutonium.

Joining the Gentlemen Apes is David’s brother-in-law and Army vet Lester Wang. He’s actually been to Afghanistan and gives us some insight on what it’s like to be in the army as well as his thoughts on the end of the longest war in American history.

Literate Ape is, after all, a place where writers write and readers read. This is one of those rare episodes when the boys discuss that very subject. Yes, it’s insider baseball all the way.

The Chimps skate across the putrid pond of cynicism and optimism with regard to the state of the world versus how we are trained to perceive it. Also, can Don use the term ‘Paddy Wagon’ because he’s Irish?

Don is resigned to being long dead before things really get apocalyptic climate-wise so he sets his sights on David’s parental task of preparing Harry to live through the coming disaster. Where do they derive their inspiration? Movies.

Also, FYI? “Fuckin’” is not a nice word.

What does it mean when a modern white guy is discriminated against for being a modern white guy? What does David Brooks mean when he writes about the BOBOs and is David just a very self aware version of it? How much would you pay for a watch and what does that number say about you?

This one is a mess. Did Simone Biles flake or just courageously protect her mental well being? Some stuff about Brad Pitt and ScarJo. Then a whole bunch of horseshit about the unvaccinated in America during a fucking pandemic. Maybe best t skip this one…or not?

David wants Bezos to spend money on society instead of a Phallus-shaped rocket ship. Don wonders why, if David is so adamant, he continues to use Amazon instead of going to a brick-and-mortar. Then it’s the media that’s the problem. But it comes back to Ted Lasso, so joy prevails.

The Nerds talk seeing Black Widow in an actual movie theater, whether theaters will ever be more than boutique again, and spoil the shit out of Marvel’s Loki.

Would David really twist a dying Donald Rumsfeld’s dick and is justice served when those who get away with it suffer? How about that creepy fucking bathroom on the 2nd floor of Piper’s Alley in Chicago? And the chimps list their top five Richard Donner films (although David tries to change his mid-podcast).

David is still getting lost in his new neighborhood, loved the last episode that featured Don’s mother, and has a few things to say about Bill Cosby.

David’s moving this weekend. Don is in Kansas visiting family so he turned the ApeCast over to his wife (producer Dana) and his mother to have a conversation about memory, dreams, marrying your parent, and the fact that Don’s mother is an admitted gold digger.

Note: This is a much better podcast episode than any of the 186 that came before.

David feels he is surrounded by death lately so the Chimps talk death, the classist perspective on living rooms, and whether or not your mother’s death will occur to David when he stops to wash his dick.

David just bought a house but can’t find his way around his neighborhood. Don has a legacy of having the world’s worst sense of direction. They also talk about David getting lost in the nostalgia of culling through a box of old photographs in preparation for the move.

Last week’s episode was a drunk one for David and he begged Don to delete it. Why? What did he say that was so horrifying? Couched in a discussion of a dildo for your balls and the awful reality of a no-mask society, does David give us the answers? Will we ever hear the Episode that was sidelined?

Does GenZ burnout affect serial killers? Is the push to return to the office a bunch of post-COVID bullshit? Was the ApeCast better when it was Don and David in his apartment or since they record remotely? And isn’t Jean Smart fucking rad?

The boys discuss the new maskless world, why David has issue with people on Faceborg writing long-form posts, and then get into disagreement about whether workers have a right to self expression when employed by corporations seeking homogeneous in the workplace.

The Basecamp Dilemma Facing the Desire for Self-Expression

David both looks surprisingly like Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle” as well as wrote a speech for President Joe Biden. No one most of the planet gives two shits about the Moth Radio Hour. Don gives a bit of inside skinny on his latest gig which bores David into a stupor. The Monkeys talk what one will do to gain a salary and and answer the question “What does Elon Musk look like?”