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As the person charged with cleaning up the mess when real trolls show up here, OP's criticism of the show is pretty mild. HDTGM has unquestionably gotten more political since 2016, going so far as to publish minisodes about June's book and an interview with a local politician. I skipped those, not because they don't align with my politics—I'm an atheist feminist who would be delighted by either a Warren (sigh) or Sanders presidency—but because my podcast time is increasingly rare these days and I can barely keep up with the main episodes, let alone side missions. When this thread was started, I hoped it would be met with the stony silence it deserves and then forgotten, since it doesn't violate any of the stated forum rules or warrant deletion. Some of the responses are getting close, though.

That’s cool, Graham. What strikes me so odd about Video Station in Taylor is that it’s in such a small town, about 15,000 people, and there’s no major highway or anything that we are along, so not much thru-traffic. It’s a mystery to me how they are still in business. And it’s pretty comical that they have so many copies of each movie (both on VHS and DVD). When I rented Super Mario Brothers, I asked if I could just buy it (there were at least 3 DVDs), and the owner said it wasn’t for sale! Guess he didn’t think he could get buy with only 2 copies on DVD and about 4 on VHS. Maybe I’ll start going each week to see if they have the movie they are doing on the show!

Veronica Mars episode 6 and 7

Veronica Mars episode 5

Seattle is home to Scarecrow Video, which is a non-profit and is the largest video store in the United States. I don’t have any pictures—and unfortunately don’t go there as often as I should because it is a bit of a trek—but the place is overwhelmingly huge. My first time there I probably spent over an hour simply looking at the different categories. They have a computer solely for the purpose of helping you find your video because there are so many categories, sub-categories, etc. They have DVDs and videotapes that have gone out of print. Quentin Tarantino walked across the entire city to visit there. Thelma Schoonmaker (Martin Scorsese’s longtime editor) has been there. The place deservedly has a rep. if anyone visits Seattle and loves film culture, it’s definitely worth checking out. Scarecrow also has a film guide (some that the staff wrote reviews of, others that they just describe) that they published around 2005, I think. It’s a fun read and probably available on Amazon.

Some dudes are reopening RST Video, made famous by Kevin Smith and Clerks, in Red Bank, NJ apparently.

Friend, assuming you are asking this question in good faith, I will say right now that there really isn't an alternative. Discussions of art and culture are inevitably going to intersect with politics, because you can't discuss the messages behind the media without revealing at least some your political orientation. I would suggest instead examining within yourself why you would expect to avoid "politics" in general or if it's really just a particular kind of politics that bothers you and why.

I get the cathartic impulse to clap back at this poster (believe me), but it’s a lose-lose endeavor; as evidenced by the initial post and their response, this commentator (who interestingly enough only has two posts on this message board, btw) thrives on negative attention and here we are giving them exactly that. We live an increasingly divided and conquered culture, and resorting to their methods (playground name calling) is just fuel for their fire; they were just waiting for a response to their drama-fueled post and here we both are giving it to them. Ultimately, what’s the point? Let go of the anger and frustration they are so desperately trying to manipulate you into, starve this post and just let it wither away into obscurity. They want to leave and get their little two cents in in the process? Mazel tov and whatever... Hey, no one’s keeping them here, right?

It seems like there is a whole "Hallmark/Holiday Dram-Rom-Com" category that includes things like: The Lake House, Holiday in Handcuffs, The Hottie and The Nottie, Harry & Meghan, Adore, Little Italy - basically something to make Jason cry.