Dane and Derek

It's not spoilers, but this link is here because of a bit in the episode: Cherry (Tale of Crowns) https://crownbright.itch.io/a-tale-of-crowns Once again, we’re recommending some of our favorite small time creators for you to check out! You can check out their work, here: Dane’s Creator Recommendations: Cherry (Tale of Crowns) - https://crownbright.itch.io/a-tale-of-crowns Watabou (generators) - h...

We talk about myths, how awesome this film is and the future of the fantasy genre. Listen in on our spoiler filled review of “The Green Knight” Full Spoilers for The Green Knight, which, as we’ll discuss, we highly recommend everyone go watch! Content Warnings: Profanity, Explicit Content You can support Fennel Marxhausen’s Gender Affirming Surgery here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-foster-ki...

Remember Dane’s Mecha Mechanic Pitch a few episodes ago? Well we decided to take a hand at breaking the story for it! Tune in for what may be another project in the works... Content Warnings: Profanity, Big Robots, Capitalism, War, Politics You can support Fennel Marxhausen’s Gender Affirming Surgery here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-foster-kid-afford-gender-affirming-surgery Hosted by Derek...

We frankly disagree with the sentiment “Quitters Never Win and Winners Never Quit” and get into the weeds about things we’ve learned to let go of. Content Warnings: Profanity, Racism, Religion, Politics, Hate Groups, Revisionist/Denier History, Sports, Toxic Work Environments You can support Fennel Marxhausen’s Gender Affirming Surgery here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-foster-kid-afford-gend...

Dane has opinions about the Fantasy Adventure Genre. Content Warnings: Profanity, Racism, Religion, Politics, Misogyny, Bioessentialism You can support Fennel Marxhausen’s Gender Affirming Surgery here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-foster-kid-afford-gender-affirming-surgery Hosted by   Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall You can read “Diner Dreams” Dane’s Substack here: https://dinerdreams.sub...

We talk about everyone’s favorite lip biting musical of 2020. Content Warnings: Profanity, Racism, Slavery, Godification, Politics, Choking on Tea Sounds You can support Fennel Marxhausen’s Gender Affirming Surgery here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-foster-kid-afford-gender-affirming-surgery Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall You can read “Diner Dreams” Dane’s Substack here: https://dine...

We delve into the Quandary of Absolute Power, also known as the Omnipotence Paradox and how we handle the idea of our brains being in vats. A wikipedia article on what we discussed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox Content Warnings: Profanity, Religion, Power, The Atom Bomb, Free Will, Racism in Philosophy Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall You can read “Diner Dreams” Dane’s...

We discuss the importance of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbs and why having integrity as an artist matters. Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall You can read “Diner Dreams” Dane’s Substack here: https://dinerdreams.substack.com Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! ( @freshwaterbear ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about some projects we want to do! From kaiju to philosophical diners to our desire to continue the constant motion of making things, we talk a lot about why we constantly do projects. Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall You can read “Diner Dreams” on Dane’s Substack here: https://dinerdreams.substack.com Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! ( @freshwaterbear ) Hos...

We take a listener question and turn it into a whole episode! We talk about how dating is acknowledging that you’re gonna get a bad sunburn and what sorts of things we feel about dating. Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! ( @freshwaterbear ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talk about the structure of the film, how it compares to modern cinema and whether or not we’ll get another film like it. SPOILERS: There will be spoilers for the movie “The Princess Bride” Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! ( @freshwaterbear ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about one of Dane’s favorite movies this week and moments we love it in it! SPOILERS: There will be spoilers for the movie “The Princess Bride” Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! ( @freshwaterbear ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the pod we answer YOUR questions! Big thank you to everyone who submitted! Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! ( @freshwaterbear ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taking a break this week to rest up before we hop into recording our next episodes so this week I (Derek) recommend some podcasts to check out! Here’s the shows I recommended: Queer Quadrant The Old Kids Movies My Pop Five Diceology Braving the Elements Dungeons and Daddies Asians Represent! Content Warnings: N/A Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! ( @freshwaterbe...

Dane and Derek LIVE once again, talk about food, childhood recipes and whether or not Dane should try and salvage his cooking skills. If you’d like to WATCH this 2ND limited edition VIDEO EPISODE, check it out here Content Warnings: Profanity, Food, dieting and health issues, lack of Seafood Cities on the East Coast, the beheading of Marie Antoinette (briefly) Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogda...

Yes! We don’t record in the same room. We talk about hustle culture, how we have a hard time not working and finding ways to enjoy unstructured time. Also, if you don’t like the sound of people eating, come back next week for a more normal sounding episode :) If you’d like to WATCH this limited edition VIDEO EPISODE, check it out here: https://youtu.be/97R1QTwFi3s Content Warnings: Profanity, Eati...

Dane recounts his time as a troublemaker, breaking rules and losing his car, Appa, for the first of four other times he’s lost Appa. It’s a nostalgic episode and another story time! Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one’s a tougher episode to describe but we discuss all manner of art shaming, expectations of what art you should and shouldn’t like and when it’s okay to art shame (hint, it’s not...unless you are a nazi) We do get a bit heated with our personal experiences with crappy people, so if you are not feelin’ like listening to some heavy stuff, come back next week when we talk about the time we los...

This week, we talk about the word content and we shout out some incredible creators we love and that you should also check out! Content Warnings: Profanity, Mention of Body Dysphoria, NSFW Comics, Ninja Sex Party, Mention of Alt-Right Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! Creators mentioned in this episode! Jonathan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoySwA-_e6WbQmPey...

In our last episode of Star Wars Month, we talk about the comics, the video games, the novels and why the majority of the Star Wars media outside of the movies is incredible. Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Movies are so hard to make and the Sequel trilogy has so many feelings. We dissect the sequels and talk about how awesome Episode 8: The Last Jedi is. Content Warnings: Profanity, Online Harassment and Toxic Fandom/Masculinity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We open the pack of deathsticks that is the prequel trilogy, for better or for worse. Content Warnings: Profanity, Toxic Masculinity, Creepy Romance As mentioned in the Episode: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i65HgZBjKXt3fhIpO8ZeYQBMrNxoWHoV/view Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy May the 4th! We kick off Star Wars Month with of course, a discussion on the original trilogy, how awesome Luke’s backflip skills are and why we still love the original movies. Content Warnings: Profanity, Toxic Masculinity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back with a list episode and this time we’re talking about music that we’re feeling. Hopefully it won’t be another High School Jazz Band Episode. Content Warnings: Profanity Hosted by Derek Aiello and Dane Fogdall Cover art by Jennifer Zemke ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you like Rain? This week Dane and Derek talk about rain, in the real world, whether or not they like it and rain in art and media. How does rain make you feel? Content Warnings: Profanity, Natural Disasters Spoilers for: Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode 5: Empire Strikes Back, The Notebook Things mentioned in this episode: The Good...