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774. Beanus Module: Asteroid Blues Watchalong

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773. See You Space Podboys - Session #1: Asteroid Blues

Oh hey, what’s up? Me? Oh, I’m just a new podcast. I’m all about 1998’s Cowboy Bebop, the anime. You know, just Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson talking about perhaps the coolest media ever created. You like breaking down each episode and talking ab...

772. Please Send Help (October 1, 2024)

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...

771. Ander’s Sons: Licorice Pizza

Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2021 film Licorice Pizza which tells the story of two young people (one of which is very young) falling in love in the 70s. Michael and Abe discuss PT Anderson’s disti...

770. 1Upsmanship: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Feat. Danielle Radford)

When the Adam’s away, the Michael will play! And that apparently means bringing aboard Danielle Radford to co-host this episode about this year’s installment of the FF7 remake. They talk mini-games! They talk Sephiroth! They talk Cloud in drag! They...

769. Please Send Help (September 24, 2024)

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...

768. Escape from the Multicurse: Groundhog Day

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...

Futureproof: Invisibility

Michael is going to have more and more videos releasing over on the Cracked YouTube channel in the coming months! This is the third episode of his series Futureproof, about classic sci-fi staples and their real-world counterparts.

Long Video Interview with Swaim

In case you're into that sort of thing. This is the Trash Talk pod, hosted by DJ Wooldridge! Topics include Michael's novel The Climb and erotic video games loosely centered around incest.

767. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 79 - Bender’s Game (Pt. 1) (aka the Butt Episode)

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. For the next few episodes of this show, we’ll be connecting the Futurama films to some Star T...

766. 1Upsmanship - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Michael and Adam engage in the verbal equivalent of a FromSoftware game, what with all the dodges, parries, slashes, or even “shoot-shoots.” It’s a conversational tête-à-tête with our hosts defending their preferences and philosophy of what mak...

765. Frame Rate: A History of Violence (Feat. Erik Barnes)

Writer/Actor Erik Barnes stops by the proverbial small town diner for some yuks and jabberin’ with the boys. Yes, we know we covered Road to Perdition last time, and yes, this is another early 2000s gangster movie based on a graphic novel about a man ...

764. Tales from the Pit: In It (Feat. Brandon and Lisa)

Michael brings on Brandon and Lisa, parents of two children (aged 1 and 3). Michael investigates the daily life and worries of the initial parenting phase. This episode continues the ongoing conversation about Michael and jenn’s leap into parenthood, ...

763. Inside Dads: Armageddon, and Other Disaster Films

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!

762. 1Upsmanship: Starcraft 2 (Feat. Brian Brushwood)

Brian Brushwood joins Michael and Adam to discuss the classic real time strategy game, Starcraft 2! They sweetly discuss the sweet strategies, the sweet story, and its sweet impact on the genre. Listen until the end for some sweet voice acting.

Br...

Michael (Still) Has A (n Increasingly Less) NEW Show on CRACKED!

Just a reminder. This is the fourth episode, about holograms. If you like it, please let the Classic CRACKED fan in your life know it's a thing, and that I'll be rolling out more new shows there soon! I could use the gig! It's also deeply artisticall...

761. Please Send Help (August 27, 2024)

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...

760. Ander’s Sons: Isle of Dogs

Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2018 film Isle of Dogs which tells the story of a boy who tries to save his dog from a tyrannical cat-cult. Michael and Abe discuss Wes Anderson’s distinctive style, t...

759. Directorpiece Theatre: Blocking Character (The Saint)

Abe Epperson wants to tell you about the holy experience of watching The Saint. He wants to whisper into your ear how a director uses blocking, pacing, and movement to make you understand how awesome the Saint is. I mean, look at Val Kilmer in the above...

758. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 77 - The Beast with a Billion Backs (Pt. 2)

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. For the next few episodes of this show, we’ll be connecting the Futurama films to some Star T...

757. 1Upsmanship: Rayman Legends

Michael and Adam discuss 2013’s platformer Rayman Legends! They discuss the level designs, the music, and controls of this critically acclaimed darling. 

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756. The Climb Audiobook (Mike's Sci-Fi Novel!)

Swaim wrote a novel called The Climb, currently available as a lush, all-color PDF, as well as in an 2024-08-14 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

755. Please Send Help (August 13, 2024)

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...

754. Frame Rate: Road to Perdition (Feat. Jason Pargin)

Author and all-around fantastic guy, Jason Pargin, joins the boys on the road to unpacking the themes, production, and structure of 2002’s Road to Perdition. They talk gangster movies, anti-heroes, and the fact that Jason is definitely not a murderer....

753. Please Send Help (August 6, 2024)

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...

752. Escape from the Multicurse: The Lake House

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...

751. 1Upsmanship: FromSoftware With Love

It’s an 1Upsmanship special! Covering no game in particular! Michael and Adam instead have a conversation about the joy and pitfalls of the FromSoftware combat systems we’ve all grown to love and hate. Michael tells a story about almost getting fir...

750. Please Send Help (July 30, 2024)

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...

749. Ander’s Sons: The Phantom Thread

Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2017 film The Phantom Thread which tells the story of a toxic relationship fostered by a tyrannical dressmaker. Michael and Abe discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s distinc...

748. Directorpiece Theatre: How to Direct a Feature Length Sketch (The Other Guys)

Adam Ganser breaks down two different types of popular comedies made these days by taking the comedic stylings of The Other Guys and dissecting its approach to comedy and action. He tracks how films typically choose one of the two camps and what that me...