-new Release- Opie And Anthony-2012-11-20 Review

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.

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

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 Context: November 2012 was a strange, transitional