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168 – Top 5 Donkey Kong Songs

DK! Donkey Kong is here!

It’s time to talk about everyone’s favourite gorilla with a tie! Yes, we are talkin’ Donkey Kong this week! This iconic character has been jumping on alligators, riding on rails on sketchy mine carts, and torpedo-ing himself through explosive barrels for decades now, but part of what makes those adventures so memorable is the catchy music that serves as a backdrop for his adventures. So this week, grab your bananas and your DK Bongos as Tuong La and his Musically Groovy Kongs Samantha Leggatt, Spencer Moreland, and Joshua Mayo barrel through the jungle and rank some of the best music in video games  – with Top 5 Donkey Kong Songs!

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159 – Top 5 Movies with Animals as Leads

Animals make every movie better. That’s a fact. 

Cinema has a long history of using animals in their films, real and animated. Something about an animal protagonist is just inherently more joyous and interesting as we get to inject human emotion on creatures that famously do not speak human, while also playing into their animal behaviours that better serve the story. This week join Tuong and our Furry Friend lovers Justin & Shannon Godelie (Pull the Plug) and Dan Foerster as they go off-leash and rank Top 5 Movies with Animals as Leads.

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