The Late Night Lounge episode 5

The one where Mike and Aaron debate Fukuyama's End of History...in a manner of speaking.

The dreaded transit between home and work is up for debate this week. You can expect some unexpectedly erratic banter incorporating Inspector Gadget, the top, bottom and middle of trains and liberal deployment of C bombs. We also feature a mostly pointless argument on the merits of proximity-based employment incentives dragged out longer than the alleyway brawl in They Live. Enjoy!

Where our two heroes discuss the similarities in the "inevitable apocalypse" themes between the Jurassic Park and Terminator franchises...amongst other tidbits.

Whether they're after fish, honey, picnic baskets or cocaine, bears are bad news. Not that you'd know it from the characterisation of them in popular culture. Mike and Aaron take a nuanced look at these hibernating hucksters and find some common ground along the way. Swatting your enemies aside like flies most certainly appealed.

"I'll take three times more security for six times less liberty" and other sordid tales feature in tonight's drawing room patter between our resident P.I.M.Ps.

Ever given up something valuable for a greater good? Give it all up, and then some more, for your favourite emcees Aaron and Mike, laying down an offering worthy of the gods here.

Imagine life is a choose-your-own-adventure where your avatar has to select one superpower. What are the pros and cons and which power would our two chin-strokers select? Decant yourself a fine brandy and recline in your chaise longue to find out.

Cower ye not, because Aaron and Mike are investigating the sources and consequences of that renowned dread that seeps into your marrow in unguarded moments. Whether it's darkness, phantoms or sock puppets that make you tremble, you can be sure it will be touched upon in an appropriate manner.

In a new bonus format to celebrate 100 shows on Spotify, Aaron and Mike will relax in a proverbial drawing room, dressed like pimps and quaffing brandy and smoking Cuban cigars while tripping over peacocks. Their mission? To take a more mature look at things in a much truncated format: that is fifteen minutes. Expect philosophy, sociology, existentialism and maybe some pop culture. The general theme of tonight's edition is the prospect of limited time travel of the soul and its ramifications. Let us know what you think and maybe the lounge will be a regular feature.

We know you prefer when Late Night Large goes low and goes vulgar, so here it is: a discussion on bizarre sexual fetishes submitted for your approval. Largey Smalls makes an appearance in his best smoking jacket to give a thumbs up or down to the most bizarre, shocking and rancid catalysts for sexual gratification known to us not-so-great apes.