Mike v. Matt

New year, new us. The gentlemen talk at length about color blindness and the American love affair with the automobile.

The gentlemen discuss the most bizarre conspiracy theories they learned on their broad survey of the Internet. **Disclaimer: This podcast discusses conspiracy theories for entertainment purposes. Mike and Matt are not supporting these ideas. Do your own research. **

The boys break down some of their favorite conspiracy theories and generally complain. **Disclaimer: This podcast discusses conspiracy theories for entertainment purposes. Mike and Matt are not supporting these ideas. Do your own research. **

After a long break, the boys return to discuss conspiracy theories. They used to be fun, but now are more real and scary. We discuss the hidden forces at work behind our daily media consumption. **Disclaimer: This podcast discusses conspiracy theories for entertainment purposes. Mike and Matt are not supporting these ideas. Do your own research. **

The gentlemen continue to talk about Adam Savage's book Every Tool's a Hammer . This quickly devolves into a discussion about the power and importance of rabbit holes. Matt poorly reads excerpts. And then they talk about the usage and importance of the mundane list. And summer projects.

The boys get an update on Matt’s descent into old man-hood and discuss the Adam Savage book, Every Tool’s a Hammer .

Mike very patiently explains to Matt how the sun works after the recent eclipse. And the boys talk about the recent movie Civil War and our impending doom.

After a lengthy hiatus, the boys return to discuss preparation for the inevitable impending disaster and subsequent societal collapse. 

The boys return from respective Spring Break trips with their sons. No, they did not head to Ft. Lauderdale to relive the misadventures of the 80s, but they did manage to have some fun and spread some hardscrabble lessons to the younger generation. Also, episode 50!

Mike and Matt talk about movies they perhaps were allowed to watch a bit too young. And how they’ve revisited that sin upon their own children. But then again, perhaps this is all another example of how the 80s were not a child-friendly decade.

The boys discuss the return of live music in a post-COVID world. They reminisce about concerts in their younger years and what they’d like to see before they die.

In light of recent events both real (spy balloons, earthquakes) and imagined (The Last of Us), the boys revisit an old favorite topic: Disasters. Would they survive? Would they even try? What are their favorite scenarios? Why don’t old science fiction novels hold up? Tune in for all the exciting details.

It’s been a long time, but the boys are back. Mike and Matt discuss their latest obsession with Gran Turismo, while also talking about the weather and Mike’s inability to stay home for any length of time.

The boys take up the challenge to buy random comics and discuss. They explore the changes in the experience since childhood and also lament the difficulties in buying issue #1.

The boys round our their conversations about villains by discussing comic books. Mike attempts to educate Matt about the history of comics with little success. A new challenge is introduced for next episode.

Join the boys on a long, meandering conversation about the best villains in literature. 

Having exhausted their memories of television villains, the boys jump to the big screen. And this time, they are recording in person . Listen as these two discuss movie villains over the years while struggling with technical difficulties.

The gentlemen discuss their favorite television villains. The conversation quickly devolves into an existential re-examination of their childhood memories as they start to question everything they learned as a child. Hilarity ensues.

The boys talk Gencon –giving their recollections from history and a recap from this year’s trip to the Best Four Days in Gaming. Hold on for high nerdery as we get our rhythm back for fall.

The gentlemen return from the road, recounting tales from their summer travels. Sit tight and be regaled with descriptions of infectious disease, pickled shark meat, golf carts at Versailles, hippie music festivals, and terrible traffic.

The boys return from adventures to discuss the remaining episodes in Volume 3 of the Netflix animated anthology series, Love, Death, and Robots. They pick their favorite and most reviled. They also dive into their past history as part of Special Forces.

Back after another, even longer hiatus, the boys discuss volume 3 of the Netflix series Love, Death and Robots. More interruptions in schedule to follow, given the exciting activities both gentlemen have planned for the summer. But stay tuned for additional media reviews and delightful banter.

After a brief spring hiatus, your hosts return to discuss the works of Stephen King. The boys agree reading this had a huge impact on their adolescent development. And likely broke their brains by too much exposure to horror too young. But then, everything was already pretty horrible in the 1980s.

The boys recount their experiences with video games of the modern era (i.e. since they’ve had kids). Both realize they’ve collected more games than they will ever finish and basically only have time for games they can play in five minute chunks. Mike introduces the concept of “family time” and Matt predicts his short lived obsession with Elden Ring. Also, Breath of the Wild is the greatest game of...

In part two of video game nostalgia, the gentlemen explore video games of their early adulthood. How the PS2 was a game changer and DVD players used to be something. And how it was still possible to have fun in a world before everything had an HDMI port. Mike expresses his disdain for video game sequels. Matt reminisces about the Palm Pilot ecosystem.