Anime Sickos

What to do with the Muppets? It's a question that has stumped Disney for the last ten years. The Sickos come to the rescue with a bunch of pitches, but honestly, it's shameful you even need a pitch. The Muppets are little guys made of felt and when they talk everyone goes, wow, that's real. That's a real person. That's your pitch. Anyway. Enjoy the episode.

The four pillars of modern misery: Anime, Gaming, Posting, and Jobs. They have long been "the premise" of Anime Sickos Podcast, and yet we never talk about them. This episode finally answers why. Turns out, pillars need to be on a foundation to stand up. If all of society erodes beneath them, they fall over! Uh oh! 

Whenever the Sickos go on vacation, the next episode is us yapping about going on vacation. Well this time Tom went to Banff in Canada and met a variety of kooky characters and saw any number of funny things. Plus, Joe shares what he's been doing with his new freedom from chronic arm pain: reading the whole fan wiki for FF6 Kefka.

Hello Sicko fans.  Tom was on vacation so we couldn't record a new episode. Instead, here is the first episode of Tom's side project podcast Did Dat Dude Describe Destroyer?  DDDDD is a show in the vein of U Talking U2 2 Me?, covering the discography of the criminally underappreciated band Destroyer album-by-album. Riley Hopkins (a frequent and beloved Sicko guest) serves as cohost. This episode c...

Folks, we're not joking: You have to become a snob. People have gotten way too comfortable foisting awful bullshit on us, confident we are just gonna sit there and take it as every part of the world gets worse. We must become annoying, mean snobs! People need to be afraid of sucking ass and doing things that are awful! Change starts with you!

We had a topic ready to go after we ran through some quick bullet points, but uh oh! The bullet points took an hour! We discuss the awful manga Kengan Omega, sardines, bike helmets, and the incredible comic Swan Boy. If you like the two of us chattin' and jawin', this one is a classic!

We're back! Sorry for the delay, Joe was getting his arm put back on, a monumental occasion detailed in our new (hopefully) one-time-only segment "Arm Talk."  Thanks to the great Branson Reese for playing Johnny Appleseed in our cold open sketch!

The Anime Sickos go on and on about The Wire, a classic of the golden age of TV that still hasn't gotten the recognition it deserves. We rectify this injustice by designing what The Wire needed all along: an official Game Boy Advance tie-in game full of Wario Ware-style minigames.

In the world of two guys standing next to each other, no one cuts a more iconic and stunning profile than the Anime Sickos. Therefore, when one sees two things next to each other, the question always becomes: is this us? The Sickos review a variety of pictures of two things and finally answer whether or not that's us.

The Sickos try to talk about how awful it is to be ruled over by nine cloaked wizards who every month or so put out a new law about how racism is now mandatory, but almost immediately start talking about Disney Quest and Six Flags. Do you guys remember that fucked up Jetsons-ass ferris wheel they had

The Sickos read a true story about a kid who met a real vampire and believe it unreservedly. When you hear us talk about it you'll agree! Then, we rank more game mechanics and in doing so accidentally create a political philosophy that, if implemented, would save the world and render it a perfect paradise. Classic Sickos!

The Sickos welcome Magenta Geist, musician and Tom's co-star on the audio drama series The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne (new episodes begin releasing on June 21st 2026)! We talk about what it was like to be two of the three main characters on the show (fun), whether you should listen to the show (yes), and if Magenta's music kicks ass (does). Check it out!! Learn more about The Disappearances...

The Sickos discuss "Fear," the famous emotion you have when a guy pops out and goes bleeeehhh. What is fear? What does it mean to be spookified? Our wide-ranging discussion finally answers these age-old questions and more.

The Sickos have recently utilized their powerful brains to increase their quality of life even in the face of unemployed loserdom and are here to share their findings with you. Plus, we list the six best new characters that a new Smash Brothers game must feature. This one is a classic folks

The Sickos watched Park Chan-wook's 2025 movie No Other Choice, a movie about loser husbands with no jobs. Personally we think it is extremely rude that we were not cast in a movie based on our lives but whatever, we don't speak Korean. This movie is insanely funny and fucked up, Sickos fans cannot miss it 

Charles Star, one of the premier podcasting lawyers and host of the new show No Homework goes guesto mode! We talk about why being the specific kind of podcasters we are is the most moral thing in the world, perverts, ultrarare specialty trains, lawyers with funny billboards, and more. Charles is one of the best people in the world to yap at length with and we are proud to help him in his quest to...

Listen folks, no one has money and it's only going to get worse. You either gotta start shopping at Aldi or start shopping at the coffin store. Most Aldi products are good, but you gotta know the joke foods they stock as a trap. Luckily your favorite Sickos are here to tell you which Aldi brand items to avoid at all costs. You're welcome. Plus, we once again rank some game mechanics on our funny t...

Joe Kassabian, host of the Lions Led by Donkeys podcast and author of the upcoming fantasy novel The Highlands Burn, goes guesto mode! Joe is one of the few guests who is on our level regarding JRPGs, the insane game genre that sucks. Plus, we discuss how to be into military history without being a scary guy, and the dreaded "writing process" you need to do to write a dang book. This one is a slam...

The Sickos celebrate 250 big ones by doing a mailbag episode, a classic type of episode for podcasters who want to kick up their feet and let someone else come up with all the topics. Turns out: it's really fun! This one turned out great. We have loved doing 250 episodes of Anime Sickos Podcast and look forward to many more!

June Sternbach from Kill The Computer and Ill Conceived goes guesto mode! We have a vibrant and wide-ranging conversation on the things that have us going sicko mode: live comedy, Pokemon, Super Smash Bros Melee, Lost, folk punk, board games where you fuckin lie, and a twitter user dedicated to defending the masculine, Christian values of Ninjago. This one was a great time, and you will have a gre...

Smart podcasters doing an episode about a popular new video game would ensure their discussion is broad and accessible to the larger listening audience. Well the Anime Sickos are fucking stupid, so our discussion of the roguelike deckbuilder is intensely specific as we discuss the design intricacies of this incredible game. If you are a gamer, first: I'm sorry. Second: You must play Slay the Spire...

The Devil is still real and he's more present than ever! Folks, the horrors are innumerable as the evil country "America" has begun a pointless campaign of death that will only make the world worse. The Sickos discuss and complain about the indignity of living in a world that is so much stupider and crueler than it needs to be. The reason is the Devil is making shit worse. Thanks to Max Kreisky an...

I never thought it would happen again: it's a posting episode. The Sickos go nuts over an instant classic thread about a bus driver gone rogue, share the best Steam update of all time (and possibly a reverse wife post?), discover "the Epstein Files of your generation," and learn about the Leviathan, a type of MALE creature that some allege can kick Godzilla's ass. It was not easy to find enough po...

For a while we have struggled to come up with anything to add about All The Horrors: after all, you live here too! That's when it hit us: that's the point. You live here too! We dive into this deep truth, how it exposes the evil in the hearts of ICE, the foolishness of awful elected Dems, and the beautiful solidarity among those attacked by the fascists. You live here too!!

Jacob Dallas of Worker's Lit goes guesto mode! We discuss his new fantasy novel, They Called Her Rebel, the canon length of orc arms (long), how gaming influences the writing process, and why it kicks ass when books have a funny map in the front. Check it out!  Find They Called Her Rebel here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/They-Called-Her-Rebel/Jacob-Dallas-Main/9781803419480 Check out Wo...