Welcome to another edition of “Five Minutes* You’ll Never Get Back,” wherein Mike Riggs and I delve ever deeper into the darkest corners of the other’s soul as we review the week in sex, media, and politics (but mostly sex). Today, five minutes* gets spooky as Riggs and I hash out our deeply seated views on the chilling phenomenon of sexy Halloween costumes. With us, as always, is intrepid City Paper intern Bobby Allyn.

Topics discussed: The Sarah Palin porn film, lost dinosaur outfits, sad children, presidential costumes, a nurse with a box and she takes the box of and…, latent homoeroticism, and Mike Riggs‘ tortured psyche.

* pretty close this time!

Welcome to another edition of “Five Minutes* You’ll Never Get Back,” wherein Mike Riggs and I evade the gotcha media to provide you our highly-edited, barely-rehearsed talking points on sex, media, and politics (but mostly sex). Today, presidential debate celebrity Sam “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher inspired us to spend five minutes* on the subject of plumbin’ in America. With us, as always, is plucky City Paper intern Bobby Allyn.

Topics discussed: William F. Buckley Jr., murder, Facebook relationship status, real Americans, exploitation, boredom.

Catch up on last week’s podcast here.

* not actually five minutes

Welcome to the new City Paper podcast, “Five Minutes* You’ll Never Get Back.” Each Tuesday, City Lights Editor Mike Riggs and I will go head to head on current issues of sex, media, and politics (but mostly sex). What will you get for your five minutes?

- Sexy/Unsexy, in which we praise, shame last week’s talking points.

- Intern Bobby, in which intrepid City Paper intern Bobby Allyn asks the questions.

- Hess v. Riggs, in which we disagree.

All in a handy downloadable widget! In this, our inaugural episode, spend five minutes with us on modern voyeurism. Topics discussed: Sarah Palin, hair, overseas wiretapping, pillow talk, amateur porn, and Ron Jeremy.

Or, download the podcast here.

* we round down.