Banter Banter

Manny & Mike play the game "Gunshots of Fireworks" as they settle down so close to this explosive holiday. "America First" is on their mind as they consider nationalism and how it fits into berating a bond. How is it useful and where is it dangerous? It seems like the fandom toxicity talk all over again. Intro/Outro: Dancin’ By Luke Bergs https://www.chosic.com/download-aud...

Mike goes scorched earth on this episode in retaliation to the Sun beating down on him with all this heat. Mike shares that other counntries have air conditioned roads and gets a little upset that America is cearly weak and falling behind in this important life necessity. Manny thinks of a few chilly places to send bad people, and everything gets rounded out with a proper list of hottest and colde...

The lone gerbils, Mike & Manny take their inner alpha beasts on a romp through he fields of banter as they feast on the bones of analogies. This means that its time to look into these comparisons, take a sip from the hair of the dog that bit you and put away your claws, because we're about to feed you a bitter pill. Its okay, we put it inside a bit of cheese and lunch meat. Intro/Outro: Da...

Mike is swelling up with the information he has about bees, and on this edition of Banter Banter he shares it with you. Today is World Bee Day so our hosts share their nostalgia and reality about bees. Everything from bee origins and early domestication to pollinating misconceptions and commercial bee deaths. Are Manny and Mike the Bees Knees, or just a bunch of Bees Wax for talking about these cr...

Manny & Mike can't seem to get enough gambling in their lives; but rather than throwing their money away at the casino, they opt to gamble by getting extended warranties and insurance. Betting that they'll get enough med or repair bills that those sleazy companies will have to pay out. Its got to be worth something to keep us from letting this enshitification bring us down. All that gl...

Banter Banter has finally gone Full Beans! In preparation for an upcoming vacation, Mike chats with Manny about a few personal fears about traveling in general. Mike sings a short informational diddy while discussing dietary restrictions and Manny contemplates how to turn this podcast around. The hosts figure out a few ways to navigate foriegn roads and drive this episode to the corner of Nostalgi...

Mike & Manny give their thoughts on the facets of comedy with an all new April Fool's Banter Banter. Ice breaking, commiserating and emotional care are the topics at hand. But not all of it is positive, as come sources who don't have your best in mind, may use it to sell things to you above all else. Chuckle it up, but be mindful on what its being used for. Intro/Outro: Dancin’ By Luke...

Promises. People make them and people break them. So do companies. Even movies give us this treatment. In search of the next hot sale, products get created and ideas get sold. Sometimes those products or ideas flop, and on occasion they succede. Manny and Mike sit down for another episode at the corner of Nostalgia and Reality to chat about the sad, the horrible, and the optomistic of promises sol...

Its time for Mike and Manny to return to the cesspool and wade around in the filth again to look into toxic fan culture. This time we focus on the nature of people to over-identify with the products they love. Its great to engage in discussion on the properties you love and while many people don’t always discuss in good faith, lets be honest; The publisher will never care whether or not you die on...

Another Capitalistic holiday has passed, so the hosts of Banter Banter decide to do another round of trash talk instead of turning the podcast around. This time at the Corner of Nostalgia and Reality, Manny and Mike chat about gift giving, diamonds, and try to discover what musically related stand abilities they gained after enduring Valentine's Day. Grab the nearest Floor Chicken to munch on...

Manny and Mike get together and weigh the heft of their social impact. So so many corporations singing the praises of the individual effort. Keeping a green home to do your part. While that is well and good, its not the practice of those companies doing feel-good ads about their single-use plastic wrapped device with a planned obsolescence based expiration date. Where's uncle Ben when you need...

We made it to another episode of Hercs & Jerks! This time, the Banter Boys take a look at 'The Three Stooges Meet Hercules' from 1962. Aaron, Manny, and Mike take turns describing the plot and making comments. As with most shows, several tangent dragons appear, but fear not friend! The hosts come to a solid conclusion and share some feelings on this film. Intro/Outro: Dancin’ By Luke B...

Welcome to the future! It is beautiful and futile! The Banter hosts return with the beginning of another year and an outlook to the horizon. As ever, fixed on the corner of nostalgia & reality; Mike and Manny start the year off with the christening of the year, threatening the world to stop it or they're turning this podcast and the world around. Intro/Outro: Dancin’ By Luke Bergs https://...

Tune in to Banter Banter, where your hosts Manny and Mike do their best to keep you at the corner of nostalgia & reality. A couple of Millennials struggling to respect the media of yesterday and today, while looking to see how it applies to the sphere around it. Join them twice a month for a discussion about how they're threatening to turn this around if we don't stop it. Intro/Outro:...

Take a seat at the end of 2023 and lets grip it and rip into a vintage brew of clips from season 4. Maybe the goofs get better with age? Join Manny, Arron and Mike on this little trip of nostalgia as they await the reality of them entering a 6th season of Banter soon. Intro/Outro: 'Friends' by Miracle of Sound 'Friends' - https://youtu.be/uH-8TDe5s-E?feature=shared Miracle of Sound...

The Banter Banter peeps roll into a surprisingly explicit end of year shopping guide.  Be careful, because these lads took no prisoners while listing the stuff you would maybe love to throw money at to make folks think you like them more than anyone else.  Work on your Kegels and bring the remote, this one’s going to go places. Intro/Outro: "Caravan Bowser" by Flexstyle, XPRTNovice on Ov...

Scott Pilgrim, the bringer of all things graphic novel fight, is the topic of the day. While the new animated series is out, maybe give the Banter bois a listen while they go over the film, with a scope on time. How would it be handled today. Is it woke? Will it trigger the SJWs? Sufficed to say, Scott remains the king of the flawed hero, but is that so bad? Intro/Outro: Threshold - From the Scott...

Join the Banter hosts for another week sitting at Corner of Nostalgia and Reality, It is time to take a virtual look at reality with Aaron, Manny, and Mike. Each host shares a little bit of their past and present exposure to VR along with some bits of information on the topic. Now pull out your chair for the latest conversation with Banter Banter at the corner of Nostalgia and Reality. Intro/Outro...

This week at the Corner of Nostalgia and Reality, Manny and Mike sit down with a Movie that is old enough to drink: Bubba Hotep! This Dark Action Comedy takes the hosts to a memorable? time in their life, the early 2000's and college life. The ever present capitalism of 'new dorm room items' and varying dorm life / campus life Mike and Manny experienced provides a funny tapastry to thi...

Mike & Manny examine factors in life that can keep you from success. This can come from a variety of things, but how to we break it down? As gamers, many of us are used to crunching the grind down in a game. Why not apply some of that logic IRL? Intro/Outro: "Caravan Bowser" by Flexstyle, XPRTNovice on OverClocked Remix - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03263 Cover Art: Valeria on Insta...

While trying to quench their thirst, Manny and Mike step away from the corner of Nostalgia & Reality to visit The Trailer Park. After deciding how Expend4ble they are as hosts, Mike turns his eyes to some fun activities that would give him excuses to use many different forms of transportation during this month. From hitting up Oktoberfest to the Manamara Festival, the Banter Banter hosts emoti...

Manny and Mike look into the high point of no return for the tress, learning to identify that and help influence what drives us. Sometimes its something from a young age, other times it is a contest of peers, evolved into a more insidious insecurity. All in all, its important to identify it instead of continuously coping. Intro/Outro: "Caravan Bowser" by Flexstyle, XPRTNovice on OverCloc...

Manny and Mike check out the concept of time off. Time off from school or from office life. How did childhood vacations get decided versus how vacation plans from office work come to fruition. The Banter Boys travel to nostaglic moments from their past like a long car ride to visit relatives. Grab your chair and get a dose of reality paying for your own vacation to the corner with your lovable hos...

Mike & Manny look into one of the larger aspects of self care, that being, the internet and social media. While it serves as a source of torment for many, it also works to bring many people closer together. One of the biggest hurdles is avoiding a doom spiral, or feeding into the negativity, when knowing about every bad thing that happens in real time, is a possible daily occurrence. How do we...

Aaron confirms there are no cops at the corner of Nostalgia and Reality before throwing a turd into the conversation this week. Mike quickly ruins Aaron's favorite candy bar with one short phrase before breaking a king sized topic: 'recapturing the hearts and minds of the population'. Mike throws a roadster into space while Manny reminds us that launching things out of earth's atmo...