A Wave of Tires

A Wave of Tires

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WEEK IN GEEK: D. Bethel has fallen ill, so our hosts decide to take it easy and share their respective weeks in geek. This week, Andrew watches a very unique television show based on a video game, Knuckles on Paramount+. D. Bethel, meanwhile, checks out some video games, the punishing but intriguing Pacific Drive, and the stylistically retro JRPG, Octopath Traveler.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro – D. is sick and it sucks
(02:05) Andrew dips back into The Walking Dead.
(03:44) Andrew’s Week in Geek: Knuckles on Paramount+
(17:33) D. Bethel’s Week in Geek #1: SquareEnix’s Octopath Traveler
(26:15) D. Bethel’s Week in Geek #2: Ironwood Studios’ Pacific Drive
(33:54) Outro – Surviving the Bell Riots
(36:01) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “National Character Counts” (20 October 2017): Where D. Bethel talks about another interesting take on the traditional JRPG formula, Battle Chasers.
  • “The Battle Is the Game” (03 April 2020): Where Andrew shares his experience playing Octopath Traveler.
  • “Attachment Point” (09 February 2024): Where D. Bethel lays out his opening hours with Sea of Stars.

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The Colon Matters

The Colon Matters

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NEWS CRUISE: Our hosts recap a lot of the nerdy and geeky news of the last week or so, including Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, new Dungeons & Dragons, DLC crossovers, and a Doctor Who spinoff?!?

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro – Both hosts are to blame
(02:22) Star Trek news
(08:50) Dungeons & Dragons news
(16:41) Crossover DLC announcements from Dave the Diver, Balatro, and Dead By Daylight
(26:38) Doctor Who spinoff mini-series, The War Between the Land and the Sea, starts production
(35:09) Outro – Andrew’s Gravity Falls update
(38:53) Outtakes

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RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “Chasing Chickens” (17 July 2020): Where D. shares his adventures into Gravity Falls.
  • “Day of the Diver” (05 January 2024): Where our hosts have a conversation about Dave the Diver.
  • “The 2-Body Solution” (29 March 2024): Where D. Bethel obsesses over Balatro.
  • “Nerd Intervention” (28 June 2024): Where the hosts discuss the finale to the most recent season/series of Doctor Who.
  • “Blanketcast” (09 August 2024): Where Andrew begins his adventure into Gravity Falls.

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Pardon Our Dust

Pardon Our Dust

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Due to literal construction disrupting the ability to record, there’s no new episode this week. Our hosts shall return soon, however! Thank you for your patience!

In the meantime, here are some recent episodes that were pretty good:

  • “Private Scientists” (23 February 2024): Our hosts discuss the homework involved (or not involved) in watching Disney+ Star Wars content (Ahsoka, in this case).
  • “A Bunch of Empty Sound” (5 April 2024): We bring in our On-The-Ground-Marvel correspondent, Kyrun Silva (of Taurus Comics), to talk about the opening episodes of X-Men ’97.
  • “Jersey Finger” (26 April 2024): In the middle of the frenzy that was Amazon Prime’s Fallout show, our hosts share their takes on it.
  • “Rads & Butts” (10 May 2024): Where our hosts check out Fallout 76 in the wake of its new popularity after the success of the Amazon Prime show.
  • “The Egyptian Sam Elliott” (19 July 2024): If there’s anything our hosts love, it’s Netflix’s Barbecue Showdown, and here they gush about the show’s third season.
  • “General Skalsfass” (16 August 2024): Andrew brings a discussion around tabletop RPGs and the necessity (or not) of knowing their rules to “properly” play or enjoy a game.

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General Skalsfass

General Skalsfass

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THE RULE OF RULES: Andrew shares his experience playing Fabula Ultima some more, and how it led to surprisingly divisive thoughts about how important––and, perhaps, necessary––the rules are of a tabletop RPG.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro – Andrew and his mouse problem
(03:43) Fabula Ultima and the importance of understanding (or misunderstanding?) TTRPG rules
(43:50) Outro – Andrew’s impending birthday
(47:19) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “So Many Halves” (14 June 2024): Where Andrew gets excited to start playing Fabula Ultima.
  • “Active Talk Battle” (21 June 2024): Where remains excited after playing Fabula Ultima.

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Blanketcast

Blanketcast

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: It’s a quick check-in this week as one of our hosts has been displaced from his normal recording environment due to renovation occurring at his home. Despite that, our hosts do a quick check-in with D. finally wrapping up Marvel’s Midnight Suns while Andrew starts watching Gravity Falls from the beginning for the first time (having already seen the end).

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro – D. Bethel’s recording environment has been compromised.
(01:36) D. finally finished playing Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
(07:05) Andrew started watching Gravity Falls.
(11:57) On deck: Batman: Caped Crusader.
(13:29) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “Chasing Chickens” (17 July 2020): Where D. Bethel shared his experience watching through Gravity Falls.
  • “So Many Halves” (14 June 2024): Where D. first discussed Marvel’s Midnight Suns.

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  • Alex Hirsch gives us a look at the displays for the upcoming publication of his new Gravity Falls-related book, The Book of Bill.

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Puddle Games

Puddle Games

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WEEK IN GEEK: After a week away for travel, our hosts return to talk about what has occupied their nerdy time. Andrew dives all in on season 2 of Star Trek: Prodigy on Netflix while D. Bethel starts to play the unique puzzle game, Arranger (while also fitting in a screening of Deadpool & Wolverine; NO SPOILERS).

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro
(01:30) Andrew’s Week in Geek: Star Trek: Prodigy, season 2
(16:54) A new Star Trek series is announced, and a trailer dropped for the Star Trek: Section 31 movie.
(26:15) D. Bethel’s Week in Geek #1: Arranger
(37:30) D. Bethel’s Week in Geek #2: Deadpool & Wolverine (NO SPOILERS)
(42:58) Outro – Star Trek: Deep Space 9, “The Visitor” episode
(45:25) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “I Hardly Even Knew Me” (26 February 2016): Where D. Bethel discusses watching the first Deadpool movie.
  • “Punch the Microphone” (20 May 2016): Where Andrew discusses watching the first Deadpool movie.
  • “Eloquent as Ever” (5 November 2021): Where Andrew discusses season 1 of Star Trek: Prodigy (when it was on Paramount+).
  • “Space Man From Pluto” (30 June 2023): Where our hosts discuss the strange behavior of Paramount+, including the apparent cancellation (at the time) of Star Trek: Prodigy despite production seeming to have been completed.

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The Egyptian Sam Elliott

The Egyptian Sam Elliott

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LET’S GET SMOKED: Our hosts get niche and talk about the glory that is Netflix’s third season of the competitive cooking reality show, Barbecue Showdown.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro – The Weathercast
(01:45) Barbecue Showdown, season 3
(03:39) Why it’s a great show
(09:10) The range of the cast
(13:57) There are no losers on this show
(16:59) BBQ in the USA
(17:51) Standouts in the cast
(20:50) The judges
(23:20) Andrew was inspired to grind some meat!
(28:10) Outro – Happy birthday friend-of-the-show-and-on-the-ground-DC-correspondent, Taylor!
(29:50) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “Butt Magic” (16 October 2020): Where D. Bethel talks about his other favorite reality show, Alone.
  • “The Dark Magic of Smoke Rings” (09 June 2023): Where our hosts discuss the joys of season 2 of Barbecue Showdown.
  • “Sausageria” (29 December 2023): Where Andrew learns to stuff his own sausage.
  • “Attachment Point” (09 February 2024): Where Andrew gives listeners an update on his sausage-stuffing adventure.

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The Freezer Room

The Freezer Room

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STILL TOO HOT: With temperatures still uncomfortably high on the west coast of the United States, our hosts are calling it for another week but did sit down long enough to record a little big of an audio proof of life to say hello to each other and to their audience.

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(00:00) Intro
(00:41) Adventures in heat
(03:21) A miniscule Week in Geek check-in from Andrew
(03:46) Discourse about meat and meat preservation
(04:46) The Netflix Way
(05:27) D. has been too busy to do anything
(06:56) Outtakes
(07:18) EXTRA CONTENT: Some pre-show conversation between our hosts

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Too Hot (and Patriotic?) To Podcast (AGAIN)

Too Hot (and Patriotic?) To Podcast (AGAIN)

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With both the July 4th holiday (in the United States) and a brutal heatwave tearing through the west coast right now, our hosts decided to take a breather if only to bring you a shiny new episode next week!

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “Too Hot to Podcast” (09 September 2022): A previous episode that didn’t happen because it was too hot (except we actually recorded some audio for it).

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Nerd Intervention

Nerd Intervention

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AN ACTUAL BAD WOLF: With the newest series/season of Doctor Who wrapped up, our hosts discuss what was new, interesting, and surprising about this new batch of episodes.

AJAB: Andrew reflects on the controversial new Star Wars show on Disney+, The Acolyte.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro – Andrew breaks out on his own
(01:42) An impromptu discussion on late-stage social media
(07:40) Doctor Who recap
(09:20) A little love for Mel Bush
(13:38) Sutekh…really?!
(18:02) Highs and slightly less highs of the new season
(29:46) The Remembered TARDiS
(36:08) Outro – The Acolyte
(39:28) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

  • “The Winter Donna” (8 December 2023): Where our hosts gleefully share their thoughts about the first of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, “The Star Beast.”
  • “Pleasure Quotes” (22 December 2023): Where our hosts talk about the final two episodes of the 60th anniversary specials for Doctor Who.
  • “Old Nudes” (17 May 2024): Where our hosts discuss the first two episodes of the new season of Doctor Who.

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