Best Literate Ape Podcasts (2025)

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 405—A Child’s Dream and an Alien Comet 1:30:12

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The Chimps’ week was not exciting but the issues of the world were. Also, an ApeSac for the ages that draws conversation of dreams and belief in alien life in the universe.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 404—Negotiating with the Demon Seed 1:24:19

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Ah! Recording the ApeCast on a morning when A) David has the boys and B) Jacob will not relent.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 403—Comedians Against Humanity 1:08:16

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The Apes have been having a week! COVID, Bari Weiss, Donald Trump, and in the ApeSac, a question about the comedy festival in Saudi Arabia! Also, Hall goes too far with his recommendations.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 402—Superstitions 1:07:54

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The Apes discuss great weeks, the news of the day, and introduce the Apesac, the call in/write in segment where you can ask us questions or spark your own debate!By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 401—Jimmy Kimmel: Cancelled or Consequence? 1:08:09

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It’s a new season and a new segment—The Stuff of Our Lives—as well as an opportunity to get the best therapy in your life for FREE! Email your sound files or questions to [email protected] and the Apes will answer them!By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 400—Eight Years and Counting 1:23:14

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It’s 400 episodes and the idiot savant monkeys reflect on all sixty-six months of it.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 399—Expect Nothing (Except Breakfast) 50:06

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Don has had some odd dates of late and has a brand new experiment to avoid his type. There may be hope and it is breakfast, not dinner.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 398—What is Mankeeping and Why Does It Smell Like a Bucket of Crap? 1:06:10

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David saw a guy with a purse at a rock show. Don read some articles and a 75-page thesis paper. Oh, the rabbitholes these chimps go down…By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 397—The Apes Take a Personality Test 1:20:30

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David wants to know who he is via an online personality test so Don joins. But how they are now versus when they were at 25 and according to their ex-wife’s is very different.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 396—Do the BodyCams Support the Rationale or Subvert It?

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The Chimps have nothing to talk about so, of course, they find something to talk about…By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 395—Do They Think About Us, Too? 1:05:16

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Himmel is wondering if those people, who used to be in his life, ever think about him. Hall has a weird God Complex theory of his own.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 394—How to Sell Jeans with Two Globes 55:00

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Yup. The controversy about Sydney Sweeney’s genes/jeans has reached the ApeCast. Hang on!By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 393—Peacock Feathers and Running from Death 1:04:32

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Part three of the triptych of episodes about death, this one is a conversation of Hall’s recent essay Immortality Is a Dirty Lie (But You Gotta Believe It Anyway).By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 392—A Wad of Fentanyl 1:10:59

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Continuing the topic of last week, the Chimps unpack Hall’s plan to go out on his own terms.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 391—Cat’s in the Cradle and the Silver Spoon 1:07:53

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Don has now officially given his father the ultimate Father’s Day gift—hospice.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 390—Top Five Songs of Summer 1:17:24

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7hWLFpNF383Fy67QGqz6xA?si=9cd5868b50ac4e56By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 389—Is All Art Political? w/ Brandon Bruce 1:33:42

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Himmel is on vacation so Hall brings in guest Ape Brandon Bruce to talk art, politics, and the intersection of both.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 388—Discussing Recent Events Days Too Soon 1:13:00

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The news—from Trump sending troops to LA to Brian Wilson’s death—is on the minds of our Apes with Mics.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 387—Is Himmel Racist? 1:03:10

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Himmel saw a guy and did a thing and is wondering if he, like so many others, has a racism problem.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 386—Men’s Mental Health and a Bit of Memorial Day Recollections 1:30:31

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June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month and no two men are more qualified to talk about than a therapy-obsessed Jew and an emotionally constipated Gen Xer. This discussion also includes some talk of grandfathers who fought in WWII.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 385—David Himmel Has Birthday Lessons to Share 51:17

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Himmel turns the page into thepost-forty-five chapter and he, and a few others, have thoughts.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 384—Is Art Ever Done for Free and Should It? 57:43

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Hall is in his semi-traditional rant about Art for Art’s Sake. Himmel pushes back as he usually does.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 383—Do the Things We Own Really Own Us? 1:04:03

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Don has, after four years of sleeping on his couch from a previous marriage, become the owner of a… gasp… bed!By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 382—Two Divorced Dudes Talking Divorce 1:17:32

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When the gentlemen of the ApeCast have nothing to talk about, they talk about their divorces. Duh.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 381—The Perils of Overconsumption 52:23

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Do we need all the food, distractions, and attention we desire. Probably fucking not.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 380—Maybe Hall Should Just Shut the Fuck Up? 1:09:16

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Don shares about his tendency to utter awkward stuff without repent. David has his moments of foot in mouth, as well. Jake has pinkeye and all three agree that the Blue Origin space flight was a buncha shit. Typical day at the office.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 379—Is Ethical Consumerism Even Possible? 1:10:24

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Ah, the dulcit sounds of two white guys complaining. Isn’t this what you signed up for? Is your need to hear it ethical? Are you consuming this podcast while wiping with tree bark and calling friends on a coupla cans with string?By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 378—The Singlehood Stigma 1:02:35

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Both Apes a single, divorced, and figuring out the world of the spouseless. So, of course, they talk about it.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 377—Gen Z Sex, Muppets, and the Dream When Himmel Drops a Planet 57:21

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Hall wrote something. Himmel dreamed something. It is established that no one can protest Kermit the Frog, Himmel is more Millenial than Gen X, and Hall would fuck a wax figure. Consider that your fucking trigger warning.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 376—Hall Takes Us on a Survivor Fan Chat 59:56

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Yes. Hall loves Survivor. Insufferably, he drags Himmel through the least appealing fan crush conversation in the history of the seminal reality series.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 375—The Pluck of the Irish w/ Caitie Beardmore Cataldo 1:30:23

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Joined by someone genuinely Irish with deep knowledge of the holiday, the chimps talk with Caitie Beardmore Cataldo about the cultural legacy of St. Patrick’s Day.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 374—The Trouble with a Whole Side of Congress Having Been Parented Gently 47:13

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Himmel has his period then watches a horrible trolling. Hal, as usual, has a theory about the root of the problem.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 373—Three Irreplaceable Things 1:26:11

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Hall has a question he asks when interviewing job applicants so he grills packrat Himmel about the items he considers most irreplaceable.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 372—Beating the Dead Horse (Again) 1:01:06

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Himmel ‘byrnes’ Hall; a struggle session to advice the (losing) Democrats; and Hall gets high off of a can of tea.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 371—The Grift of GoFundMe 52:23

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Himmel is concerned about a request for funds for a family looking to adopt a Hungarian. Hall uses the inside of a coffee can for a microphone. All is right in the world!By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 370—Trump is NOT Supernatural 1:05:08

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Hall has a theory about the 47th president. Himmel can’t pronounce the name of a 70’s band correctly. Hijinx ensue.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 369—Approaching the Sixth Decade 1:13:04

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Happy 59th Birthday, Don! Today, he shares the things he learned this past year.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 368—The Death of the American Middle Class 1:04:34

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Don wrote a thing. David wrote a different thuing. The chimps stroke each other in praise of the things they wrote.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 367—EXIT ONLY 1:09:30

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Don has a policy concerning his ass. David disputes the policy.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 366—ChatGPT Tells the Unvarnished Truth 1:01:13

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The Chimps decide to see what the AI of the moment has to say about them. It ain’t pretty…By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 365—David Himmel is the Neighborhood Hero 43:53

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Himmel has decided that he is the hero of his neighborhood because he managed to get his internet fixed after the gauntlet of attempts to thwart his need for Wifi.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 364—Divorced Dad Christmas plus 2025 Headlines 47:38

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Himmel is exposed as the Divorced Dad who takes his kids to McDonalds on Christmas Eve plus the Chimps predict the headlines for next year!By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 363—The Demise of the Office Holiday Party 59:05

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It’s that time when everyone from the office gets together at a bar and, like a dark truth serum, the booze makes the whole room regret ever showing up: the Office Holiday Party.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 362—Is America Ready for a Violent Revolution? 58:59

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Tony Spaghetti has Himmel thinking that maybe America is ready for a violent revolution. The chimps discuss.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 361—Our Bread and Circuses Are Falling Short. AI Tells US to Bend the Knee. 1:01:50

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Is AI here to replace writers? We ask ChatGPT and the answer is absolutely.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 360—Love Actually and the Sex Talk 54:11

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Himmel inadvertantly showed his six-year-old porn and had to explain it.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 359—Why Aren’t We Just More Plainspoken? 51:02

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Don is on a tear about the linguistic games of… well, everybody, everywhere. So the chimps break it down masterfully.By Don Hall

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Literate ApeCast Ep. 358—Our Generation’s Abe Lincoln 45:51

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David wrote a thing about the country, anxiety, hubris, and why there will never be a woman president. So, instead of read it, the Monkeys yap about it.By Don Hall