Dessert First

Dessert First

From GLoP Culture by Ricochet

November 20, 2025 · 1h 12m · Episode 224

About this episode

The episode discusses various cultural topics including demonology, alien hive minds, and the significance of Mr. Ed and Talking Mule movies.

Welcome to another episode of GLoP , America’s only podcast where three grown men debate television, theology, demon scratch marks, and the cultural meaning of Mr. Ed — all while Rob Long eats shrimp noodles into a muted microphone. On this outing, demonology, alien hive minds, and whether Pluribus is actually a right-wing parable about American exceptionalism disguised as a friendly invasion of body-snatching Marxist Care Bears. Also, the deeply important question of why Hollywood produced a series of Talking Mule movies, and what that has to do with Clint Eastwood, and why turkey Peking Duck is the greatest Thanksgiving delicacy.

People in this episode

Host: Rob Long

Topics covered

  • demonology
  • alien hive minds
  • American exceptionalism
  • cultural analysis
  • Thanksgiving delicacies
  • television
  • theology

Keywords

  • demon scratch marks
  • Mr. Ed
  • alien hive minds
  • American exceptionalism
  • Talking Mule movies
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Thanksgiving
  • turkey Peking Duck

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hollywood, Pluribus

Products: turkey Peking Duck

Books & works: Mr. Ed, Talking Mule movies

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