Listening to this "new release" feels like finding a VHS tape of a band playing a small club right before they got famous and then broke up.
The episode dated —recently unearthed in this "new release" of archive audio—is a fascinating time capsule. It captures the show exactly 18 months before the infamous implosion of May 2014. -New release- Opie and Anthony-2012-11-20
If you miss the era when talk radio was dangerous, stupid, and brilliant all at once, queue this up. Skip the first 12 minutes (warm-up chatter about satellite reception), and dive in right when Anthony starts yelling about pumpkin spice lattes. Listening to this "new release" feels like finding
A- (Docked one point for a dead-air moment during a technical glitch that Opie tries to explain for too long.) Streaming now on the Archive. If you miss the era when talk radio
The Context: November 2012 was a strange, transitional month for comedy and satellite radio. The "Occupy Wall Street" energy had fizzled into a cynical hangover. Barack Obama had just been re-elected. And for fans of The Opie and Anthony Show on SiriusXM, the vibe was shifting. The "Virus" was still potent, but the cracks in the partnership were beginning to show.