RIPpoppanielsen

Episode 1 image from @whatatimepod on Twitter

"**RIPpoppanielsen**" is the 1st numbered episode in the *What A Time To Be Alive* podcast catalog. It debuted on October 18th, 2017.

## Episode Description

The brief synopsis of the episode included with the podcast reads:

> *We fiercly (sic) debate whether the dead messaging service was pronounced 'aim' or 'A.I.M.', national boss day, a man who stole 800 lb. of fajitas, Russian trolls watching 'House of Cards' & bad bits to do to a waiter*
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## Episode Breakdown

### Introduction

This is the first *numbered* episode, even though the hosts had already recorded a previous episode entitled Teaser Ep. (Just Kidding, Episode 0). During that previous episode's **Number 4'*,*** there was a discrepancy on how AOL's Instant Messenger *AIM* was pronounced. Patty believed it to be pronounced like the word 'aim' (an acronym), while Kath and Eli both agreed it was pronounced A-I-M' (an initialism). That argument spilled over onto Twitter between episodes where a Twitter user held a poll on the correct pronunciation, which vindicated Patty's pronunciation by 69% (nice), but Kath and Eli were not ready to let it go at first.

### Number 7 (12:24)

National Boss Day 2017

> *National Boss’s Day on October 16th recognizes the hardworking boss overseeing the workplace. Employees across the United States show appreciation and thankfulness to their bosses. They remember their boss’s kindness and fairnees throughout the year, too. (If the 16th of October falls on a weekend, then this day is celebrated on the closest working day.)*
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### Number 6 (16:58)

Man is arrested for stealing $1.2MILLION of FAJITAS

The first mentions of fajitas on the pod. The word "fajita" is said exactly 50 times during this entry.

### Number 5 (26:20)

Wolfenstein II: The Young Colossus discussion. Original Tweet from Bethesda and summary of backlash.

Patty: "*You're a Nazi, dude!*"

### Number 4 (35:50)

Russian trolls were schooled on ‘House of Cards’

Goes off on tangent referencing the 2012 kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman

Kath admits to *50 Shades of Grey* being the movie she has seen the most in her life due to her work with Master Pancake Theater.

Eli admits to *Airheads* being the movie he has seen the most in his life.

Patty assumes that *Jaws* is the movie he has seen the most in his life, Eli has never seen it.

### Number 3 (45:35)

Woman Claims She Wasn't Allowed To Sing National Anthem On Flight Carrying Fallen Soldier

Original video via FB

### Number 2 (59:27)

Woody Allen and Sebastian Gorka's hot takes on the then-developing Harvey Weinstein scandal during the #MeToo movement

First mention of Sebastian Gorka's giant head

First mention of the Tex Avery wolf, complete with tongue rolling out, slamming fists on table, heart thumping out of his chest and needing to roll his tongue back in.

### Number 1 (1:15:25)

It is revealed that the 2017 film *The Snowman* stars Michael Fassbender playing a detective investigating the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman. That detective's name? Harry Hole.

### Wrap-up

(Where any additional info necessary after the numbers/during the plugs would go.)

## Notable Segments/Bits

(Where anything that is notable, unrelated to numbers resides. Further tangents, stories, deep-cuts should also go here.)

## Cast

Featured in this Episode
 Kath Barbadoro
 Eli Yudin
 Shelby Royston