Debut Buddies

Making their 4th appearance on the show, Monica and Lynn return to talk about Conspiracy Theories. We discuss how 2020 has been uniquely impacted by conspiracy theories. Then we get into topics like Chemtrails, New Coke, Water Fluoridation and the 1985 NBA Draft Lottery. Plus, games! And we make up our own conspiracies. Grab your tinfoil hat, and get ready to hopefully continue knowing that these...

TJ and Jayden are back to settle their grudge from the previous Simpsons episode... Wait, who's that hulking figure entering the podcast studio. WE HAVE A CHALLENGER! Alec Airth, one of the co-hosts of Movie the Podcast with TJ, joins the melee. We talk about Jody Price, Simpsorama, Mother Shabubu, Non-Threatening Boys Magazine and more. Plus, there's a monkey battle happening in the Thunderdome!...

The amazing, headlining duo from the bygone It's A Thing! podcast, Jared Horney and Michael J. O'Connor match wits on a show all about MUSIC. We discuss the likes of the Elephant Six Collective, Matador Records, Shoegaze, Session Musicians, and the RCA Mark II. We also play a new game: Hobnobbing with Bob Pollard. But that's not all! We talk about Korn in the Korn Korner... No, the Korner... No......

In the tradition of great crossovers like the Jetsons and Flintstones, Abbott & Costello and the Universal Monsters, 2019 Will Smith and 1999 Digital Will Smith we bring you a podcast crossover like none other. Mike Gravagno and Ryan Haley of Movie of the Year stop by to battle over MOVIES. Topics include Cinema Veritae, Michael Ballhaus, Slim Pickens, The Cannon Group and more. Plus games like FM...

Clear the aisle, we've got brides comin' through to talk about Brides. Courtney Law and Meridith Antonucci, two real live married brides will battle over topics like Bride of Chucky, Brideshead Revisited, Bridenapping and more! Plus, Bridezilla faces a certain other -zilla in the Thunderdome. It's an episode that's both delightfully dark, and delightfully delightful in all the right ways... Oh, an...

Returning guests Nick Shelton and Skid Maher (who also happen to be childhood besties) nock their arrows and memorize their spells for an episode that's all about FANTASY. We're talking about Godly Plate of the Whale, the Mists of Avalon, Magic: The Gathering cards, Home Brew and more. Plus, movie talk and we might have come up with the next big film idea!!!! Also, Tim Time with Tim Duncan and Tim...

This week we have a special crossover episode with the hosts of Movie the Podcast from moleholeradio.com, and we're talking about Jaws. We discuss why we love the film, play some games, and find out if we have vague ideas about Blockbusters and Bad Hat Harry. Everyone talks about what crazy thing they'd eat if they were a shark too. Just when you thought it was safe to listen to a comedy trivia mo...

Returning guest Ian Silverii and his brother Alex Silverii pop on to pop off about video games! We're talking about Fallout 2 and 3, Knights of the Round, Skyrim, Animal Crossing (and the rigged capitalism therein), and more. Plus games! And some discussion on disliking the Harry Potter series. It's nerdy, it's digital, and it's in your ears!  Check out the Get More Smarter podcast at this link, o...

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...