Hey folks! Here's that live show. As you may remember, last year we talked to Crazy Levi Nayman about the history of pinball and a very strange company that rose and fell over the last few years. That episode can be found here: 2022-08-24 01:30:26 +0000 UTC View Post
If you couldn't make it out to NYC for the show tonight, great news: Backhand Pinball will be streaming from the New York City Pinball Championships all weekend. As par...
2022-08-19 22:12:21 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
One last reminder that on Friday, August 19 at 7:30pm (technically tomorrow) we're doing our first ever live show. A.J.'s not gonna be able to make it this time around, but Brian and Josh are gonna be talking pinball scams and throwing out rare T-shirt...
2022-08-18 05:48:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Yurié Collins (@babypinkhaus) and the lads race against the clock as they dive headlong into the soupy plotting and unrelenting patriotism of Fox’s torture-palooza: 24. Topics include the rampant Islamophobia of the early 2000s, the logistics of ski mask ownership in Los Angeles, and ...
2022-08-17 06:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Once more we have opened the mailbag and we're ready to dig into your latest questions. Check out our discussions of favorite episodes, our normiest musical tastes, and something else we talked about last night i don't know it was late i'm tired
2022-08-14 14:41:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads strap on their aviators and lather on their tanning oil as they fly right into the danger zone with the 1986 military propaganda/beach volleyball seminal classic: Top Gun. Topics include plane choreography, the disease at the heart of the American war machine, and the seemingly limitless...
2022-08-10 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
THE AMA IS COMPLETE! Check it out here. Original post below:
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Hi patrons! We're back with a quick update...
2022-08-05 00:36:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Nate Bethea (@inthesedeserts) joins the lads for a record-breaking third time as they build wonders and conquer the world in Sid Meier’s revolutionary empire simulator: Civilization. They discuss the gamification of climate change, the problem with “Barbarians”, and the inherent op...
2022-08-03 06:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe first episode, oh gosh, oh jeez.
2022-07-29 23:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody!
First of all, thank you so much for your continued support. A year ago, we could never have imagined having such amazing folks like you listening to our stuff, and it’s been so humbling and wonderful to watch this weird community grow into something sustain...
2022-07-29 23:11:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Fan Favorite Lev Novak (@LevNovak) returns to Odyssey as he and the lads witness the horrors of its racist origins and explore its equally racist present. Topics include lyrical fear mongering, homicidal knights, and the undeniable star-power of Rodney Rathbone.
Episodes discussed:
#92 T...
Heads up for those of you who follow us for gaming content! This past week, friend of the show and fan favorite Trevor Strunk had Josh on the show to talk about the Looking Glass Studios game THIEF 2. We also discussed narrative trends in game design, different approaches to role playing, and wha...
2022-07-23 01:22:54 +0000 UTC View Post
While Josh is out building Delta City, Brian and A.J. make their way to the streets of Old Detroit and go toe to metallic boot with the future of law enforcement: Robocop. They discuss Paul Verhoeven’s Looney Tunes aesthetic, the logistics of jaw acting, and the seeming indestructibili...
2022-07-20 18:03:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Dara Swisher (@dara.jay.bird) and the lads speak in tongues and get drenched in the Nestle waters of salvation as they cover the hit documentary/horror film of 2006: Jesus Camp. They discuss Pentecostal freaks, Megachurch pastors, and the brutality/longevity of the conservative project t...
2022-07-13 05:26:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s one for the theatre heads. Last week, Josh talked about the new Pulitzer prize-winning play FAT HAM with Trevor and Mtume over on Champagne Sharks. (Spoiler alert: none of us liked it.)
Part 1 is linked above. If you like what you hear, get access to the second part of the co...
2022-07-11 13:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads drink rum, swat flies, and endure the heat of Philadelphia in July as they try to crack the egg that is the Sherman Edwards/Peter Stone musical extravaganza: 1776. They discuss the surprisingly subversive book, the hit-or-miss score, and the inherent rot at the core of the American exper...
2022-07-06 06:45:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads head eastbound and down as they take a ride through the American Inferno and sharp cultural commentary of Rockstar Games’ magnum opus: Red Dead Redemption 2. They discuss the magnificent open world, the labor abuses that went into its creation, and the hauntingly empty void at...
2022-06-29 06:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
UPDATE: Thanks for joining us for our first stream! More info about a regular streaming schedule will come soon; be sure to follow us on Twitch to get notified whenever we go li...
2022-06-23 20:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Bryan Quinby (Street Fight Radio) takes the lads on a stroll through the hellscape of modern far-right children’s entertainment (with a pit-stop in the far-right children’s entertainment of yesteryear, Adventures in Odyssey) as they endure the deeply uncomfortable scream-fes...
2022-06-22 06:45:37 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much! When we started this thing a little over a year ago, we were mostly just hoping to come up with a way to deliver something on a regular basis that would be fun, interesting, and engaging. It was less than three months ago that we released our 2022-06-17 19:44:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Emily Robinson (My Brother, My Captain, My Podcast) joins the lads in Hell as they excavate the epistolary proselytizing and smug finger-wagging of C.S. Lewis’ scourge of YA reading lists everywhere: The Screwtape Letters. Topics include the rivalry between C.S. Lewis and J.R....
2022-06-15 07:12:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi patrons!
Long-time listeners might remember the EMERGENCY PODCAST we did back in September with Levi Nayman about Deeproot Pinball, the San Antonio-based Ponzi scheme th...
2022-06-09 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Luke Savage (Michael and Us, Jacobin) joins the lads for some minor election fraud as they cover Barry Levinson’s 2006 political satire//thriller/rom-com/centrist fever dream: Man of the Year. Topics include the movie’s tonal whiplash, Laura Linney’s bafflingly committed p...
2022-06-08 05:22:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael Paulson in today's New York Times:
“Dear Evan Hansen,” a heart-tugging musical about an awkward adolescent who tells a terrible lie... 2022-06-07 19:24:47 +0000 UTC View Post
THIS IS A PREVIEW. CHECK OUT THE FULL EPISODE AT https://www.patreon.com/WorstOfAll
Brian and Josh return to Odyssey with Have You Seen This? host Jen Albright (2022-06-01 05:48:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey patrons! Josh went on Have You Seen This? last week to talk about the Oliver Stone film adaptation of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio. Peep the link above to check out the episode, and if you like what you hear, consider 2022-05-30 20:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads wave through a window as they force theme song composer/wandering troubadour Brendan Dalton (Dickinson, Younger) to climb the great rotting tree that is the 2022 film adaptation of the 2016 Broadway hit: Dear Evan Hansen. They discuss the musical’s baffling plot...
2022-05-25 06:55:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The lads hop on the midnight train to Güllen as they explore the delightfully weird and morally murky depths of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s classic tragicomedy: The Visit. They discuss the many adaptations of the play, the enduring legacy of its themes, and the uneasy feelings brought on ...
2022-05-18 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
While Josh is out sick with the novel coronavirus, Brian and A.J. return once again to Elsinore Castle as they dive headlong into the four-hour, bloated monstrosity that is Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They discuss the difficulties of adapting Hamlet to the sc...
2022-05-11 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey patrons! We’ve had a fair bit going on, so we wanted to update you on the latest. Read on for more:
Brian + Josh went on Have You Seen This? a couple weeks ago
Have You Seen This? is a ...
2022-05-08 03:52:30 +0000 UTC View Post