In a never-ending quest to both sell books and ruin his own passions and pastimes, Michael Swaim has invited fellow author Jason Pargin (John Dies at the End, Zoey Ashe series) to break down all the hardest aspects of maintaining a career as a novelist,...
2023-12-13 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel eve...
2023-12-12 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Our limited series with co-hosts Abe Epperson and David Bell digs deep into the internet meme of the “dad movie.” We can all probably name a dad movie, but can we isolate the tropes that really make this a bona fide film genre? Let’s find out!
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Sit back and listen to the sweet sound of the boys talkin’ bout the ‘berg. This episode covers 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark!
If you want more of this series, its releases alternate between the Small Beans network and the Gamefully Unemploy...
2023-12-08 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel eve...
2023-12-05 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam and Michael discuss Bethesda's Starfield, a game that arguably had as much hype as No Man Sky in the year leading up to its release. Did it make its mark or did it die a cold death in space? Only you can decide. And I guess Michael and Adam have th...
2023-12-04 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversati...
2023-12-01 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It's true! It's really quite good, and you can find out all about it over at the new Small Beans shop, where we will also be adding stuff like an album and comic books in the near future. You can get there by hitting the SHOP tab above or 2023-11-27 17:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode covers Futurama episode “Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch.”
This show e...
2023-11-27 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a sample of the novel The Climb, comprising the first three parts. It says it costs three dollars, but it doesn't; it's free. Just copy and paste this long link! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rvjzEKhDCinJySacF608HecpDjrntJV7/view?usp=sharing
2023-11-26 16:09:19 +0000 UTC View Post
We have another patron-chosen episode! This episode covers Adam and Maggie’s picks for movies that exude female empowerment. Maggie talks about her new cat backpack (she now has a backpack to hold her cat in). They also reveal more details about their...
2023-11-24 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel eve...
2023-11-21 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe are joined by Cody Johnston to discuss 1986’s True Stories, directed by David Byrne. They discuss how David Byrne is an alien, how the movie is an ASMR-like experience, and how great the music is.
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2023-11-20 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam and Michael discuss the 2022 independent game Norco, a point and click game about grief. It’s definitely not a Call of Duty type game. It’s more of a return-home-after-your-mother-dies type game.
Michael Swaim: 2023-11-17 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel eve...
2023-11-14 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe and Mike discuss the 1994 drama The Shawshank Redemption! Our kings discuss perhaps our most anticipated movie yet! Will it dethrone The Shining on the top of our list? Has Frank Darabont etched his way into the title of Best King Director? Will Red...
2023-11-13 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe are joined by Katy “Big Stollhouse” Stoll to discuss 2002’s Bowling for Columbine, directed by Michael Moore. They discuss propaganda, America, and sadly, the enduring legacy of its topic.
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Katy Stoll: 2023-11-10 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel eve...
2023-11-07 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Sarah and “The Bridge'' have a new trilogy to cover. This time it’s the Cornetto trilogy (aka The Three Flavours Cornetto) by Edgar Wright! Let’s kick things off with 2004’s Shaun of the Dead!
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Bridgett Greenberg: 2023-11-06 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
The new season of 1Ups continues! Jason Pargin joins us for this episode covering Resident Evil 4 (both the VR and not).
For a few bucks a month, you will get 2 episodes of 1Ups every month! Join us, you crumbs!
Jason Pargin: 2023-11-03 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will post here on Patreon every Tuesday as well as our Youtube channel.
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode covers Futurama episode “The Route of All Evil.”
This show exclusi...
2023-10-30 18:05:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe are joined by Jason Pargin to discuss 2013’s Enemy, directed by Denis Villeneuve. It’s the clone movie with Jake Gyllenhaal that has spiders! What does it all mean? The boys unpack the movie’s metaphors and land on that it probably...
2023-10-27 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will post here on Patreon every Tuesday as well as our Youtube channel.
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2023-10-24 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam and Abe talk about how movies with one location run the risk of becoming stale. John Hughes and his Breakfast Club makes the case for how a visually simple movie can become a classic.
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Abe Epperson: 2023-10-23 14:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Our limited series with co-hosts Abe Epperson and David Bell digs deep into the internet meme of the “dad movie.” We can all probably name a dad movie, but can we isolate the tropes that really make this a bona fide film genre? Let’s find out!
... 2023-10-20 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will post here on Patreon every Tuesday as well as our Youtube channel.
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2023-10-17 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The day you’ve been waiting for has arrived. 1Upsmanship returns! New season, new place! This show’s new home is right here on the Small Beans patreon channel. For a few bucks a month, you will get 2 episodes of 1Ups every month! Pretty cool!
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2023-10-16 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Abe are joined by Billy Wayne Davis to discuss 2004’s Napoleon Dynamite. They discuss how culturally influential this movie was for about six months, the interesting backstory of its marketing, and how 2004 was stacked for comedies.
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2023-10-13 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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We've discussed internally the concept of releasing new shows outside our live feed, as entirely different new podcasts. We're worried about audience retention and you, the earball-haver, missing out on all our content. However, it may be much easier for people to follo...
2023-10-12 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post