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204. Waveformed: Katie Willert

In the premiere episode of Waveformed, host Cristian Ramirez gets to know Katie Willert better by exploring a playlist of ten songs that have im...

Off Hours: Writing Stream (and Get Your Name in the Credits!)

As we discussed on the recent stream (above), Swaim's gotta write an Off Hours episode about the "Least Likeable Everyman Sitcom Protags" and could use the group's help. If you can direct us to a data point, story arc, character moment, or bit of dialog we end up using, you'll get your name in th...

203. Frame Rate: Little Shop of Horrors (Feat. Jacquis Neal)

Culture King Jacquis Neal himself drops by to help...

Off Hours Writing Stream June 26th!

As we are wont to do, we'll be live-streaming our writing process for the next batch of 2019-06-19 23:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post

201. The Coen Brothers Brothers: Burn After Reading

What the fuck?!

Free month of MUBI: https://mubi.com/brothers 

SB Merch: 2019-06-16 22:47:55 +0000 UTC View Post

200. Frame Rate: Annihilation (Feat. Jack O'Brien)

Jack O'Brien returns! To basically have a very confusing movie he's just seen for the first time explained to him by two dudes who ...

Guest Beans: Behind The Beanstards - L. Ron Hubbean (Part II)

Finally, the epic conclusion to the L. Ron Hubbard story! Part V in total, but only the second one featuring the Beans, and the ONLY part featuring an actual song written, produced, and performed by L. hi...

Scriptophobic Interviewed Michael

Pretty self-explanatory. Pretty dope interview. Thanks to Zack Long!

199. BOLD: Mass Incarceration - The Cost and Fight to Change

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by 2019-06-06 18:34:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Guest Beans: Behind The Beanstards - L. Ron Hubbean

Hey! Our pal Robert had us on his hugely awesome pod, Behind the B's. This is part one of two parts about the last days of L. Ron Hubbard, a truly human ...

Off Hours - If Your Life Got Rebooted, What Kind Would It Be?

The very first episode of Off Hours, a series about a group of friends who often find themselves sitting around dissecting pop culture. 

Katy, Maggie, and Daniel try to cheer Michael up by sharing a meal of vodka and beans, and discussing what meta-genre of film reboot would make for t...

Off Hours Shoot 001: The Debrief

Hey, you know all that money you gave us? 

We spent it! No foolin', we spent 8k out of the 14k raised last month to secure the equipment, props, and talented pals required to bring the show to l...

197. Frame Rate: Ichi the Killer (Feat. Brooks Brown)

Takashi Miike's seminal (literally), ultra-gore manga-adapted tale of The Number One Killer, his friend The Other Number One Killer, this Lady Who Kills, and a few other Notable Killers. It's mad, it's undeniably well-crafted, and it may just be the most faithful comic book adaptation of all time...

196. What Dinosaur Real Good? Therizinosaurus!

2019-05-24 02:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post

SB Store Update: New Shirt, New Short

We have just added an Off Hours logo tee, as well as a new audiobook, "Serenity Prayer," to the Small Beans M...

194. Tales from the Pit: Love in the Time of Ballera (Feat. Vanessa Gritton)

Your sick host Michael Swaim is super-stoked to welcome tight guest Vanessa Gritton to discuss hella-pertinent issues like romance and dating through the lens of mental illness, addiction, and family drama.

SB Merch: 2019-05-17 00:13:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Off Hours! Script Reading and Production Meeting

There will be spoilers for the new episodes of Off Hours, insofar as we'll be reading the rough drafts of the scripts and discussing them. We love you and what you're all about!

193. Rough Stuff: A Richness of Embarrassments (Feat. Cristian Ramirez)

Precocious Childhood Personal Disappointments! PCPD host Cristian Ramirez braves the Rough Stuff hot seat and endures cross-examination on topics like drama in Drama, dancing for the pleasure of your peers, and pla...

192. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Future House!

Everyone in Austin, TX, lives in a dumpster and shits in a bucket, and they're better people for it. Ask Abe and Cristian how!

Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.

SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Force of Nature: A ReadStream

Here's a weird thing! This is us and our extended fam reading a spec script we just finished. It's called "Force of Nature," and it's an action/thriller in the vein of Die Hard. We were asked to write it by SOME PEOPLE and we're hoping to sell it to them. To that end, if you've got any feedback, ...

OFF HOURS Logo, Baby!

By Michael Vincent Bramley, who also drew this shirt!

Bust: A Pilot Script

Hi there! From time to time, we are forced to give up on projects for various reasons. In the case of "Bust," our spec script for a comedic, heist-centered TV thriller about "What If The MythBusters Did Crimes?," we pitched it for years and now the MythBusters aren't really relevant, so that's th...

Off Hours: An Update!

Our new series Off Hours is set to launch near the end of this month! 

As such, we've got three episodes in the works. The pilot will be about Rebooting Things (naturally), and the next two will...

Force of Nature: A Readstream!

Okay, let's try this again. Our cast of avengers are re-assembled, none of them are an animated raccoon, and they'll all be live-reading our NEW SCREENPLAY this Thursday, May 9th, AKA tomorrow....