Our collective friend and honorary Small Bean Griffin Rowell walks us through the capitalist concepts driving the current metaverse, the companies to look out for, and the potential methods we can use to build it into something more open-sourced. Resident dummy Michael asks all the questions you may have had but were too afraid to (or just had n...
2022-04-04 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Paul has returned. This time we discuss his 1999 film Magnolia which depicts 8 stories occurring in the San Fernando Valley in a 24 hour period. It’s mostly about grief, loneliness, forgiveness, loss, and coincidence. Michael and Abe decide it’d be ...
2022-04-02 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie and it’s audio this time! We do check in about The Taylor and the next steps, but mainly d...
2022-03-30 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Why are Guy Ritchie films compelling? At the start of his career he made a name for himself with his quick, chaotic editing style. Adam walks us through it.
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Another Pick the Flick by the audience! This time, we thank nerdnumbers for the suggestion of 1995’s Hackers! Tom “The Rhyme Man” Reimann of Gamefully Unemployed joins us to discuss the very real need to hack the planet and the virtues of being a ...
2022-03-25 13:00:09 +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 David and Michael discuss the nature of “loose horse shit” as well as an...
2022-03-22 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
A new show!
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “appl...
2022-03-18 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie and it’s audio this time! A shortish episode but we finish our new draft pass that respond...
2022-03-16 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Bridgett and Sarah discuss Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy’s first film. The hosts are very excited about this laugh-a-minute, light-hearted, poop-and-pee joke-filled trilogy. Sarah tells a Linklater story. Bridgett went to film ...
2022-03-11 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie and it’s audio this time! We’re still in our new draft pass. We address some of the outs...
2022-03-09 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Everyone! It’s a FREE episode! We like to do that from time to time with the shows that are exclusive and this is that! If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, whic...
2022-03-08 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang play some masterfully-DMed Dungeons and/or Dragons for about four hours, then things get real spicy when Michael's partner Jenn drops in with the whole extended crew and a very special surprise. Stay for the end, folks.
2022-03-07 16:36:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As he so often does, Michael said "yes" to life and "YES!" to guesting on a podcast he'd never encountered before. This time around, life rewarded him with the chance to talk to George about Antrichrist for ninety minutes. Thanks, George! If you blur your ears, it's almost a Frame Rate or Kings of King or somesuch.
2022-03-07 16:27:06 +0000 UTC View Post
No. Well, kind of. Blast From The Past is very much like Demolition Man. At least, the department heads and directors had the same approach to a very common film problem. Abe walks us through it. Adam tries to stop him. Only one prevails.
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2022-03-07 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Another Pick the Flick by the audience! This time, we thank nerdnumbers for the suggestion of 1989’s The Wizard! Lydia Bugg of 1-900-HOTDOG joins us to discuss this insane look at the child road movie, complete with shitty adults who ruin everything. ...
2022-03-04 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie and it’s audio this time! We return to the script this time. Some of the outstanding notes...
2022-03-02 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode of Tales, Michael invites musician and RAINN Speakers Bureau member Sammy Lynn into the Pit to discuss her experiences suffering and recovering from sexual assault, and share practical coping advice. If you or a loved one has survived such a despicable attack, please know that there is a community that supports you, even if you'v...
2022-02-28 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s time for Wes and his second film Rushmore! The hosts look at the film scene by scene and examine the larger themes of Anderson’s second feature. Let’s pack the shit out of these kids like so many Bill Murrays.
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2022-02-25 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie and it’s audio this time! This week we have a special guest. We’ve asked our friend and ...
2022-02-23 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
All must go back to Spielberg for all came from Spielberg. Spielberg will consume all. Spiellllb- Abe and Tom talk about 2002’s Catch Me If You Can!
This series will alternate releases between the Small Beans network and the Gamefully Unemployed...
2022-02-22 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s the first Pick The Flick in a bit! One person a month can choose the movie we cover and last month it was Thomas B! Thank you, Thomas B! You made this happen. And by this, I mean our conversation about a 2013 sci-fi animated/live action film star...
2022-02-18 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a bonus PATREON ONLY episode! This episode covers the hosts’ favorite neighborhoods portrayed in film. Honestly, they kind of landed in the same place. Also, we celebrate Ganz’s quitting of smoking and Maggie lets us know all the relationship...
2022-02-17 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie and it’s audio this time! This week we take the recent notes and start editing the screenp...
2022-02-16 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
As always, our hosts find and compare a corresponding Star Trek: The Next Generation with the aforementioned Futurama episode which jumpstarts a conversation about, you know, whatever. This episode covers a semi-problematic episode of Futurama but the h...
2022-02-15 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostSchmidt and Swaim return yet again with another bonus episode of Kurt Vonneguys, this time covering the recently-released documentary Unstuck in Time from Director Robert B. Weide.
2022-02-09 17:02:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Swaim and Schmidt return to their old sawhorse the Kurt Vonneguys podcast to discuss the graphic novel adaptation of S-5 from Ryan North and Albert Monteys.
2022-02-09 16:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie and it’s audio this time! This week we go over some more comments we received from friends...
2022-02-09 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam walks us through how the phenomenon of 1999’s The Blair Witch Project informed all the filmmaker’s choices while making the film and how the atypical production designed a genre. Abe is there to help.
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As voted by our Show Me Producers, this month’s ISYM asks our hosts to dive into their earliest misconceptions and how movies changed those perceptions. Have you had a similar a-ha moment with a movie?
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2022-02-04 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie! From time to time when it makes sense, these will become videos instead of audio only. For ...
2022-02-02 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post