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While financial institutions continue to crumble and burn around us, let’s take a distracting walk down a heavily commercialized memory lane. Remember Gak? Flubber? Sock ’em Boppers? Good if you do, and if you don’t, we’ll explain all of this and more. Plus, we go woke. All this week on Zero Credit(s).

It’s time to recap the Oscars and boy what an Oscars it was. Everything Everywhere All at Once swept as it should and all is right with the world. So why is Henry so mad about the existence of Top Gun: Maverick? We’ve got that plus John breaks down the Silicon Valley Bank crisis for us in his usual knowledgeable but please don’t sue us way. Also, there’s more! Right here on...

Well, we’re finally here. The end of the long and winding road that has been the Fast and Furious Spy Racers series on Netflix. Six seasons. 52 Episodes. Some of which, we actually covered. It all comes down to this, the final two episodes. Will they cement this series into the eternal hall of capital G, capital C Good Content, or will this series live on in infamy as being a weird, cheap ca...

The Boring Company is trying to pollute the Colorado River and Salesforce pays out an absurd sum to a Hollywood Actor PER YEAR. We’ve got that, Lent, Spilled Beer, and much much more, right here on Zero Credit(s).

John’s back, but he’s oblivious to the world around him, so we’re going to play a little game called Is This a Real Headline or Is This Something I Made Up? But before we get to all that, Happy Mardi Gras everyone. So pick up your Jackamo and your Fillet Gumbo and get to celebratin’ by pondering if The Last of Us is a zombie show or not. We’ve got that and more, this...

John is away, so the Henry will play. We’ve got friend of the show and erstwhile guest host Jamie on the show this week and she’s got a lot to talk about. Pet names, mystery chocolates, financial budgeting apps. We’ve got it all plus the outrage of a certain Big Game campaign, this week on Zero Credit(s).

I’ll be honest with you guys: we recorded this on Monday before an icestorm hit Austin. Since then, John’s been without power (four days and counting) and Henry’s had a forest of trees fall around (and on) his house. So I can’t really remember what this one’s about and there’s no art. Apologies. I think we talk about Facebook? See y’all next week.

2022 was a great year for movies, and this week’s Supplemental Reading topic is no different. An international hit out of Tollywood, RRR is an over-the-top action and romance filled mythical retelling of a pivotal moment in India’s battle for independence from the English Raj that asks a simple question: what if Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem met? And also what if they were sup...

It’s that time of year again: time to judge the Golden Globes on the mere fact that it exists. Plus its categories don’t make any sense. We’ve got that, some Critic Choice Awards shout outs, and a barometer reading for this podcast’s favorite recent movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once (they’re gonna snub it, I swear), AND some cheap shots levied at easy target an...

It’s time once again for a fully political episode of Zero Credit(s). We know that’s not everyone’s bag, but it should be, at least if you live in the U.S., since this sort of affects all of us. Come hear what dumb things the government’s been doing in only the first two weeks of the year. Next week, the Golden Globes, so stay tuned right here, on Zero Credit(s).

It’s the first episode of the new year, and 2023 promises to be more eventful than ever. Rather than talk about lofty resolutions or goals, let’s play a game of bingo. But not just any bingo, this is Zietbingo, baby. We’ll fill the board with predictions for the year and let’s see what shakes out in the wash. Will Henry and John’s predictions come true? Only time can...

Movies, Video Games, TV Shows, and 7 randomly selected suggestions from you dear Fams. It is time again to deliberate the Best and Worst of the year. What shall remain? What shall be cast aside? Will we ever watch Andor? All this and more is at least talked about. Happy Holidays to all, and a Happy New Year. We’ll see you in 2023.

We recorded this episode on Sunday, so excuse the bright and early energy we bring. We’ve got a World Cupdate, our last before the big final match as well as a slew of video game news for ya this week before launching into a defense of one of Austin’s oldest and best kept secrets: the Chili’s at 45th and Lamar. Best Worst is next week, so be prepared to lose the things you love (...

We’ve got another World Cupdate for you this week and something very special. While John tries to convey a new development in the AI Chat Bot/Stack Overflow world, Henry stumbles on something new. Something powerful. You’ll just have to see for yourself by listening, and we’re sorry in advance! It happens all right here, on Zero Credit(s).

We’re back from the holidays and both are our stomachs tired on this episode of Zero Credit(s). Crazy things are happening, but we’re going to step away from the chaos a bit to celebrate the absolute glow-up of one of the patron saints of Zero Credit(s), Edgar Dworsky, the man behind Mouseprint.org. We’ve got that, plus the president’s actions have made us upset?! Really?!...

It’s the Season of Sides right here on Zero Credit(s), and it’s about time you picked one. Doesn’t matter which, just pick a side. Sweet Potato Pone, Pro-Railway Workers, any of the countries in the World Cup – there’s plenty to choose from. Pick up some sides today and give a listen to us right here on Zero Credit(s), you’ll be happy you did. HAPPY THANKSGIVING...

Look, we’ve had a good streak going, but it’s finally here: our first bad episode in a long, long while. We’ll cop to it, this episode is a mess. Interference from foreign hackers interrupted our show not once, not twice, but like five times. It grates on the nerves a little. That said, we still try to cover as much of what’s going on as humanly possible. Russian mistakes....

John has returned to us from his marriage to bring us tidings of what it’s like for him to have been wedded at a wedding and boy are his arms tired. With a spattering of what’s going on with Twitter, he’s really just happy to be back. Meanwhile, tech VR genius Palmer Luckey has devised a device that will blow your mind, quite literally, if you die in game. We’ve got that pl...

For most people, midlife crises might end up in an exorbitant purchase in a vain attempt to recapture some of those bygone youthful days of yore. Some people might not even experience such things, as they are mature enough to acknowledge the passage of time without flipping out. But for one business genius Elon Musk, that purchase and that crisis is the purchasing of Twitter for whatever reason, w...

This is it, the finale to the Frightentimes 2022. John’s received two gifts thus far, but will he be prepared for this, his final gift? Let’s find out the only way we can, by LISTENING TO THE EPISODE! And everyone congratulate John for getting married!

John’s back this week and boy is it time for giving him just more of the great Frightentimes gifts in celebration of his upcoming nuptials. This week we’ve got an update to his all time favorite movie The Animal starring Rob Schneider. Yes, that’s right. After 20+ long years, that cult classic is finally getting the sequel it deserves and John couldn’t be happier. Then we g...

We’re pretending John’s back on this episode, so everyone pretend you can hear him as Henry finally delivers the great gift of Good Content unto him. What the heck does Disney’s Frozen have to do with an unsolved mystery dating back over 50 years? You’ll have to listen to find out. That and a brief stint into workers’ rights before Henry goes off about the ZA/UM Artis...

The air is growing cooler (not really), and the nights are growing longer. It’s time once again for the frights to rule the nights. The Frightentimes are upon us once again and Henry and John are her– wait, where’s John? Oh no. John is not here. John is missing. Does Henry know? He doesn’t? He does? It’s both? Alright, well, we’ll see what he can do against the...

Henry’s back from vacation to cover as much ground as possible, so we gotta talk about this chess scandal. Vibrating anal bead computers? Boom, we’re there. With a vengeance. Did Niemann cheat in his defeat of Magnus Carlsen? That’s a question. Let’s explore. Also, James Earl Jones sells his voice for legs like in The Little Mermaid and John has a lot of Don’t Worry,...

Yes, it’s true. The Queen died. I know, I know, you’ve already moved past that fact and here we are dredging up the long forgotten past, but it’s true and we must face it. The Queen is dead. Luckily, we don’t really want to talk about it because we’re Americans and all, but the fact of the matter is the Queen died. And we must talk about it. For like. A minute. What e...