Debut Buddies

This week, William M. Brandon III, author of Welcome to Spring Street, and Brandon Getz, author of Lars Breaxface: Werewolf In Space, zoom into the studio for an episode about PROTEST. We talk about self-immolation, nudity as protest, and cover topics like the Haymarket Affair, the Salt March, the Occupation of Alcatraz. Plus, GAMES! We even try to answer the question: "What is the RIGHT way to pr...

This week, Ryan Nowell returns to face Jenny on a show all about College! We're talking about CollegeHumor, the College Board, and Recasting the horrendous 1998 MTV "comedy" film Dead Man On Campus. Plus games, using animal entrails to divine the future, public health, and much much more! Grab your mortar boards and get to laying education brick! Check out Jenny's new business and skin care educat...

Returning guest Seth Harris and new guest Courtney Esser are on the show to talk about Continental Cuisine, that is the foods of the European Continent. We're talking about Pot au Feu, Nouvelle Cuisine, the Mediterranean Diet, wines, and more. Plus we go deep on reverence for food and eating, contemplate capitalism, and talk about what other animals could be recast in Ratatouille! Get your Joe Pes...

This week three luminaries of the Geeks Who Drink family face off on a show all about Trivia! Kate Binversie, Dave DeNovellis, and Andrea King pit their wits against topics like Ben Stein, HQ, Art Fleming, and Cosmo Quizzes... AND EACH OTHER. Are they each smarter than a 5th Grader? And what is the worst way someone has fucked with them, as the QUIZMASTER!? Find out on this VERY SPECIAL EPISODE. W...

Excellent! Exactly! It's time for an episode about the best show to ever go on a little too long, kinda, sorta... The Simpsons. This week, voice over actor and Simpson's impressionist Jayden Libran battles podcaster, artist and Simpsons aficionado TJ Stambaugh. We discuss Movementarianism, Muddy Mae Suggins, Pulling A Homer, Amber Dempsey and more. Plus FMK and the Thunderdome! If you don't listen...

This week, Michael J. O'Connor--he wrote our theme song!--and Leanna O'Connor (both denizens of the northern California region by the San Francisco Bay) face off for a show about that very region: the Bay Area! We discuss "San Francisco Values", The Twinkie Defense, Croix De Candlestick, and Rice A Roni! Plus games! And AUTOTUNE!  We get silly! It's a comedy trivia show!!!!! Guys! It IS. Check out...

Shannon's back and she's battling returning guest Becca Lipman and new guest Lucia Giusti on a show all about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We debate the best Slayer power, decide who to Bite, who to Marry, and who to Stake, and see if we have a vague idea about Janna of the Kalderash, Gachnar, Allan Finch and Torrance High School. Plus, we figure that everything is and ISN'T five-by-five. So, put on...

Brothers Brian and John Dickson return to the show for a battle over Basketball! We talk about which is the best NBA Franchise, and have a vague idea about Rezball, Abe Saperstein, the ABA-NBA Merger and more. Plus, a variant on FMK, some Thunderdome, and a lot of laughs. Marv Albert says, "From way Downtown Julie Brown" and that means you're going to have a good time. Check out John's article on...

It's getting familial up in here! This week Vanessa Brady Dunn and Nicole Brady, two actual sisters, face off to find out who has A Vague Idea about SISTERS. We're talking about Sister Cities, Pleiades, Sister Wives, and more. Plus we find out who wins a sisterly battle in the Thunderdome, and how Vanessa and Nicole would RECAST Sister, Sister. You ARE seeing double! There are 4 sisters! (Actually...

Bless their hearts! Kelly Attaway and Cabe Waldrop zoom into the show to test their knowledge of The South. Topics include southern states that Nate has visited, Dixie Alley, Steel Magnolias, John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry and the Southern Vampire Mysteries. Plus, we play games and talk about Dolly Parton, Kentucky Goblins, and Double First Cousins. Replace your racist statues and ladle out a...

Brice Maiurro returns to the show and faces first time guest Shelsea Ochoa on an episode all about Howling! We're talking about Allen Ginsberg, Howl's Moving Castle, Nick Fury's Howlin' Commandos, The Howling and more! PLUS GAMES! Open a window, take a deep breath and call to the moon... It's time to get your AWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO on.  Check out South Broadway Ghost Society: https://soboghoso.or...

Three goddesses from the A Vague Idea pantheon climb down from Olympus to face off on a show all about GODDESSES. How will Alyssa, Monica and Lynn do? They're tasked with talking about Green Goddess Dressing, the Goddess movement, Columbia, Venus and much much more. It's a close game that's loaded with laughs! Make your offerings and enjoy the great powers from beyond! Like our theme song? Check o...

This week, co-publisher of Spaceboy Books and Movie the Podcast podcaster, Shaunn Grulkowski faces off against Inept Supervillains Podcast host Elliot Edwards on an episode all about the X-Men. We talk about which X-Person we'd want to be, dive into two of the X-Men video games, and even figure out how Marvel can bring the X-Men into the MCU in really cool way. Mr. Feige, please contact us! So, gr...

The game show format is BACK! This week we're talking about FAST FOOD with returning guest Nick Shelton and first-time, one-time, guest Robert Bowen. We get into the Thunderdome, talk about Colonel Sanders' discography, Burgertime, McDLT, secret menus and more. You better eat something because it's about to get appetizing! If you like the show please subscribe, rate and review us.  Check out our @...

This week, Nate talks to poet, podcaster, and self-identified Shan Stan, Mike Gravagno about that lovely, lyrical, musical, non-lucrative, but pervasive, "anybody can do it but CAN anyone do it?" art that is POETRY. We talk about poems that means something to us, why we write poetry, and why we think it's important. Don't worry, it's only pretentious for a minute or two! ;)  Check out Mike's Pink...

This week, voice over artist and stupendous human being, Marcus Freeman, joins Nate for a conversation on Video Games. We talk about them as a balm during uncertain times, discuss Super Mario 3, Doki Doki Panic, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, The Outer Worlds, Final Fantasy VII, Souls and Sekiro, Battletoads, TMNT, and more. Plus, a game Nate wished existed, and the game that Nate and Marcus are loo...

This week, Nate (No Shannon, this week, but she will be back!) welcomes author Pam Jones (Andermatt County: Two Parables, Ivy Day, The Joyful Mysteries) to have a frank and vague conversation of Faith. We're talking about Catholic Mysticism, Judaism, Buddhism, Protestantism, Evangelical Christianity, Televangelism, the Holy Spirit, Grace, and the true American Faith: Consumption via the Almighty D...

This week we talk about the Netflix documentary Circus of Books, 90 Day Fiance, and some wilderness reality TV. Plus, we talk about free speech and what it looks like in an era where anyone can make a website that substantiates anything and everything! It's another episode in quarantine that's hot, fresh, and ready right when you pull up to the curb! Hey, new challenge, if you review us with 5 sta...

Nate, Shannon, and guest Alyssa B watched the Netflix reality temp-abstinence series Too Hot To Handle so you don't have to, but you probably still could because what else are you going to do, right!? We talk about the beloved Chloe, the much less beloved Bryce, the snotty Francesca, the stern Kelz, and even the "we've seen him already as a contestant on America's Next Top Model" Matthew. It's a s...

This week, Nate and Shannon talk via Zoom (sorry about the audio) about a show that's near and dear to them... the late-'90s to early-'00s high school horror comedy drama program starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We've each picked 5 important episodes to talk about... and then we end up talking about many more. Join us for a first survey of a venerable television experience...

All-Star guests Alyssa B and Micah White join Nate and Shannon VIA SATELLITE (Zoom) with the original intention of talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but a steady flow of alcohol and being cooped up during a global pandemic means the episode is a grab bag with goofy discussions of CW Shows, Dinosaurs, David Letterman, Dog Loans, Taye Diggs and other nonsense.  If you like this show, subscribe...

This week, Nate and Shannon talk about the Netflix reality series, The Circle. We're talking about Joey, Chris, Shuby, Sammie, "Rebecca", "Mercedes," "Adam," Miranda and the rest of the show's competitor cast. Where's the show filmed? We'll tell ya! How nice is everybody on the show? We'll talk about it. It's a podcast about a show about social isolation, social media, and being politely social wi...

Shannon and Nate talk about the Netflix documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. That's right! Buying wild cats! Carole Fucking Baskin! Presidential and Gubernatorial campaigns! Lost limbs, lost lives and broken hearts! Sting operations! Cocaine-filled snakes! And more! There are a lot of spoilers for the show so WATCH IT and then listen to us!!! We also discuss the Chris Pine /...

This week Nate and Shannon podcast *via satellite* and talk about the Netflix reality program Love Is Blind. We'll discuss Barnett or Bust, the two couples that got engaged but never appeared on the show, Jessica's mistreatment of Marc, the bliss of Cameron and Lauren, and more. Plus, Shannon shares some outbreak-related films she's watched recently to cope with our shared isolation. SPOILERS happ...

We're social distancing, so this week, we're recording a mini-episode from home with returning guest Jenny Leazer-Ragolia. The theme this week is Pandemics, so we'll discuss (in brief) the Black Plague, the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, The San Francisco Plague, Vaccines, and more. Plus, Thunderdome, FMK, and La Chose Francaise Arbitraire. And we might even notice a little Jaws-esque trend regarding po...