BIRD PROTOCOL

About BIRD PROTOCOL

A podcast where producer/musician PALMREADER and filmmaker/musician Otis Morris talk about the things that they love and why they love them. Movies, music, video games, television shows... All that good stuff! ALWAYS INITIATE THE PROTOCOL! Follow us on Instagram: @palmreadr @otismorrisdude You can also reach us for business inquiries at birdprotocol@gmail.com.

Publisher

Cemetery Sound

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

20 Nov 2019

Latest episode

26 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

188 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Feb 2026

   Episode 186: The 2025 Lazy Bird Report

   Ayo! We’re back to FINALLY close out our year-in-review series after a brief battle with a stomach flu, some horrible weather, and food court Chinese food! This is the 2025 Lazy Bird Report! So kick back, crack a cold one, and join your favourite Bird Boys as we take a lazy look back on our personal experiences in 2025. From our wings (wins) to our cages (losses) to our eggs (hopes) for this coming year… we cover it all (and then some). If you couldn’t tell from our inconsistency with the pod, last year was a year of immense change in our lives. Thankfully, it was mostly for the better, but it didn’t come without some challenges and creative blocks. In this episode, we share our thoughts on a year that, in the grander sense, was horrible. Ironically, it was pretty dope for us individually and truly great for art/media. Funny how that works, huh? We share some of our highs and lows from 2025 while we take a look at the current nightmare of a world we’re living in, while musing on how we can still find some joy (joymaxxing lol) by disconnecting from the fake and linking up with the real. Sure, there were some heartbreaks (RIP to the boy Tucker), social media companies are trying to make us hate one another, and the world is filled with clowns that piss us off. Still, our personal wins include an upcoming marriage, going to (or continuing) therapy, getting a new job, finding joy in the simple things like reading or being creative, appreciating getting older, valuing friendship and love, moving into new apartments, and a lot more. We discuss how these changes may have stifled our creativity at the time and challenged us as creatives… but also how they might have set us up to have a killer year of creating in 2026. We also discuss the state of the world, social media, politics, and the slow descent into idiocracy and madness that we’re all up against. We suggest ways to improve media literacy, find your joy, disconnect from social media (or at least look at it with a critical eye), get out of the politics-as-wrestling mentality, recognize the death of nuance on the internet, and avoid the influence of the evil billionaires and the trauma addiction that lurks in every post and comment. Our growing distrust in social media and the way people use the internet is a dead horse that we are happy to beat again... because, man, a lot of our problems are currently coming from a bunch of weirdo tech bro billionaires, online trolling, and poisonous algorithms. Plus, Baby Keem dropped an album. Everything is gambling now. We live in a simulation, and the food court chicken is in control! Nonetheless, we hope that 2026 is another year of growth, joy, creativity, and love. And movies. And games. And music. Anyway, thanks for rocking with us. We appreciate ya. See you next week, homies. As always… INITIATE THE PROTOCOL! Follow us on Instagram! Instagram: @palmreadr @otismorrisdude

2. 

   4 Feb 2026

   Episode 185: The 2025 Bird Report (Part Three)

   What’s good, homies! It’s time for one last (official) look back on 2025 with the final instalment of the Bird Report! In this episode, we look back on some of the TV shows released in 2025 and share our favourites and honourable mentions. Much like with movies and music, it was a damn good year for television. Although we missed some shows due to living life and not having enough time, we have a decent list of stuff that we really dug. In this episode, you’ll hear our thoughts (both good and bad) on shows like “Pluribus”, “The Studio”, “Murderbot”, “The Vince Staples Show”, “Andor”, “The Chair Company”, “The Pitt”, “Task”, “The Righteous Gemstones”, “MobLand”, “The Bear”, “The White Lotus”, “Your Friends & Neighbors”, “The Last Of Us”, “Alien: Earth”, “The Rehearsal”, and more. What did you watch in 2025? Did we miss anything major? Let us know in a comment! We end the episode with a bit of reminiscing, but we’ll be back next episode with a deeper look back on 2025 from our own personal perspectives in our Lazy Bird Report. Plus, what we’ve been watching, playing, and listening to in 2026 - including our thoughts on the awesome and under-appreciated “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”. Tap in! As always… INITIATE THE PROTOCOL! Follow us on Instagram! Instagram: @palmreadr @otismorrisdude

3. 

   29 Jan 2026

   Episode 184: The 2025 Bird Report (Part Two)

   Ayo! We’re back and continuing our quest to discuss our favourite releases of 2025! This week, we’re talking film… and what a BANGER year it was for movies! Join Otis and PALMREADER as they share their ten favourite movies from the past year (plus a whole bunch of honourable mentions). In this episode, we discuss some really great movies from 2025 including “No Other Choice”, “One Battle After Another”, “If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You”, “Sentimental Value”, “The Perfect Neighbor”, “Train Dreams”, “28 Years Later”, “Sorry, Baby”, “Eddington”, “Thunderbolts”, “Marty Supreme”, “Sinners”, “Weapons”, “Begonia”, “A House Of Dynamite”, and more. Plus, a whole whack of honourable mentions and stuff we dug (but maybe wasn’t the best). We’ll be back next week with our TV picks, a look back on the year, and a close-out of the 2025 Bird Report. How was your year of watching movies? Let us know in a comment if we missed anything dope! As always… INITIATE THE PROTOCOL! Follow us on Instagram! Instagram: @palmreadr @otismorrisdude

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• Fred Again..
• Vince Staples
• Knocked Loose
• Counterparts
• Drug Church

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

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Quality

86

Social presence

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YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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