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747. 1Upsmanship - Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Feat. Tom & John Reimann)

Michael and Adam are joined by the brothers Reimann of Gamefully Unemployed fame! In this massive four-person episode, we find out if anyone in the gang is a fan of this saga. Sagas? Sagi?

Tom Reim...

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746. Please Send Help (July 16, 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, o...

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745. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 75 - Bender’s Big Score (Pt. 3)

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’...

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744. Spielboys! - Bridge of Spies

Sit back and listen to the sweet sound of the boys talkin’ bout the ‘berg. This episode covers 2015’s Bridge of Spies!

If you want more of this series, its releases alternate between the Smal...

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743. Tales from the Pit: Cusping Hard (Feat. Marina and Tom Reimann)

Michael brings on Marina and Tom Reimann, expecting parents and personal friends. Marina and Tom are expecting any day now so this conversation consists of Michael asking them about their journey so far,...

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742. Frame Rate: Safe House (1998) (Feat. Katy Stoll)

Friend and illustrious bean, Katy Stoll, is forced by her friends to watch the Patrick Stewart made-for-TV vehicle that is Safe House! You’ve probably never heard of the movie because it’s insane. Th...

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741. 1Upsmanship: Batman: Arkham Knight (Feat. Zachary Ryan)

Michael and Adam are joined by Twitch’s Zachary Ryan to discuss one of the Batmans! This one is the Knight one!

Zachary Ryan: ht...

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740. Escape from the Multicurse: The One

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...

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739. Please Send Help (June 25, 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, o...

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738. Inside Dads: Interstellar, and Other Space Daddies

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 ...

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737. Ander’s Sons: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel which tells the story of how a refugee inherited a famous hotel. Michael and Abe dis...

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736. Please Send Help (June 18, 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, o...

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735. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 73 - Bender’s Big Score (Pt. 1)

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’...

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734. 1Upsmanship: Game Tropes We Would Retire

Michael and Adam aren’t discussing a game this time. We had an episode back in the day where we talked about tropes we’d like to see more of, so this time we’re hacking away the mechanics and conce...

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Papa Bear June 2024 Update!

It may not be the most exciting part of independent filmmaking, but financing, visual prep, casting, and rescripting for Papa Bear is well on its way!

We obviously put the movie diaries on pause because we’re still in the “hurry up and wait” phase of assembling the parts but once our ...

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733. Please Send Help (June 12, 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, o...

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732. I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: Movie You Loved

We have another patron-chosen episode! This episode covers Adam and Maggie’s picks for the film that everyone else hated, but you loved. Maggie loves Star Trek! Adam’s lost some weight!

Vote ev...

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731. Frame Rate: The Departed (Feat. David Bell)

A Massachusetts native, David Bell, infiltrates the podcast to tell us about the nature of the mean streets of Boston. And he is relentless. Find out who gets murdered: Michael or Abe! Enjoy this convers...

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730. Please Send Help (June 4, 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, o...

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729. Directorpiece Theatre: Weaponizing Male Gaze (Jennifer’s Body)

Abe Epperson wants to talk about the 2009’s horror comedy where Megan Fox is a demon and preys upon high school boys. Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama, this film smartly comments on ...

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728. 1Upsmanship: Metroid Prime

Michael and Adam to discuss 2023’s remastering of Metroid Prime, the 2002 GameCube game. You ball out as Samus Aran who fights pirates and biological abominations while hunting for technological upgrad...

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727. Frame Rate: The Fifth Element (Feat. Vanessa Guerrero)

Friendly Bean and all-time winner of podcasts, Vanessa Guerrero drops by to chat with the boys about the classic action adventure sci-fi The Fifth Element. They discuss fucking in tubes, tiny elephant p...

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726. Escape from the Multicurse: Time Bandits

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...

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725. Please Send Help (May 21, 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, o...

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724. The Coen Brothers Brothers: Drive-Away Dolls (Feat. Daniel O’Brien)

Coen Brother (?) Brothers is back, baby! We take a break from our normal deep dive Ander’s Sons to jump back to the podcast series that made it all happen. This time to cover the recent release by Eth...

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723. 1Upsmanship: Cocoon (Feat. Tom Marks)

Tom Marks, Executive Reviews Editor at IGN and friendly bean, joins Michael and Adam to discuss 2023’s 3D puzzler: Cocoon. The player controls a beetle that can hop between worlds, solving puzzles to u...

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722. Please Send Help (May 15, 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, o...

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721. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 71 - Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV

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 covers Futurama episode ...

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FutureProof - A new Swaim series on CRACKED

Hey, it's Mike! I'm between day jobs right now, which means I'm freelance, which means hey, make me an offer baby! Doesn't have to be writing. Could be video editing, social media management, massage...just be ddf and generou$$. Anyway, our old stomping grounds CRACKED made just such an offer, an...

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720. Tales from the Pit: Bringing a Child into the World (Feat. Abe Epperson)

Michael asks Abe Epperson, fellow Small Bean, to discuss his thoughts about starting a family. They discuss regret, happiness, and the anxiety of bringing a human into the world. Abe’s pretty satisfied...

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