Leighton Night with Brian Wecht

Here we are with two more delicate morsels released from the clutches of our Patreon paywall for the enjoyment of our audience at large. We have "47 Minutes In Heaven (feat. Jory)" from February 4th, and "so nutty... so buttery" from February 25th, both tours de force of midweek rambling. It's a veritable pu pu platter of trenchant insights and bon mots.  Did these two minis wet your whistle...

Brian's away, so the gamers will play. We're here to discuss not only season one of the Fallout show, but the general trajectory of the series-- ragging on Fallout 4, some Fallout 76 apologia, what made the original games so special, and more. Let us know if you want us to cover season two or if you never want to hear the word Fallout mentioned on this show ever again. Do you hate ads but love (or...

It's our last solo ep before Brian leaves for tour! We chat about messing up on stage, Brian's adventures in pseudoscience, the magical pyramid that will make your roosters chill out, Joe Rogan, trying to beat orange stake in Balatro, oysters, and more! Do you hate ads but love (or even just tolerate) this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-...

Today we're joined by biologist and science communicator Forrest Valkai (ig: @valkailabs) for a chat about tackling live call-in shows, the temptations of conspiracy thought, algorithmic cognitohazards, internet grifters, and more! A very interesting and passionate conversation on this one, folks. We had a blast. And speaking of internet grifters: do you hate ads but love (or even just tolerate) t...

We're here with our unofficial third host and certified rapscallion Jory Griffis to talk about Resident Evil: Requiem and watch the terrible film E.T. Go to our Patreon to enjoy our commentary track either with or without the movie; it goes crazy in the second half once we completely turn on the movie and start fantasizing about all the ways that little alien menace could bite it for good. How abo...

On this one we chat about celebrity dating apps, drinking, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, XR Glasses, LOL-ROFL drift, performative friendship, Klingon, and more!  Do you hate ads but love (or even just tolerate) this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support...

We're joined once again by our friend and incredibly talented musician Chaki (@chakifunkwizard) for a chat about 90s horror icons, 80s comedies, getting scared as a kid, Chaki's new album, roller coasters, and more! It's a joy. Support Chaki and listen to his music at chaki.bandcamp.com Do you hate ads but love (or even just tolerate) this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our enti...

We're here with a rare Brian-less ep, where Leighton and returning champion Suzy Berhow (@mortemer) have a very cozy chat about all sorts of stuff: Resident Evil: Requiem, Round One, poorly designed logos, Goosebumps, nostalgic kid's toys, and more! Snuggle up with a blanket and some coffee and have a chill hang with us. And be sure to check out Suzy's store and get some real cute goth stuff at ww...

We're back with our first guest of the new year: general manager of the famous Golden Tiki in Las Vegas, Nick Brink (ig: @nothing.files)! We talk about tiki bars, dogs, cool objects, the Tiki Ti in LA, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, and much more! Do you hate ads but love (or even just tolerate) this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad...

We come up with some new jokers for the game Balatro, discuss the film The Taking of Pelham 123, Letterboxd but For Gamers, themed novelty restaurants, and more! Honestly, it would have been such a great bit if we called this one Episode 299. Be grateful that we showed some restraint here. Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of...

It's Part II of our whirlwind of mini interviews with our favorite guests! Listen to us catch up with/relentlessly bother the absolute podcasting champs Mica Burton, Sarah Z, Jerik Centeno, Paul Gannon, Andrea Jones-Rooy, and Bill Childs! Thank you to all of our returning guests for indulging us on this one. And thanks to you, the listener, for enabling all of this. Do you hate ads but love this s...

IT'S HERE! The thrilling culmination of our relentless 299.whatever edging: our celebration of 300 episodes of this wretched show! We're joined by some of our favorite guests ever for a series of lil quickies-- we've got Chris Grace, Arin Hanson, Defunctland's Kevin Perjurer, Lord Phobos from TWRP, Adam Becker, and Jory Griffis! And we'll be back next week in Part II with EVEN MORE amazing guests....

Oh, did you think we were done doing the 299 tease? Are you tired of it? We aren't! We can do this all day. And tomorrow. And the next day. And the next day. Forever. Anyway, we talk about snacks and video game scores and other stuff in this one and I'm not sure if people even read these. Is there any point in listing vague topics we "cover" as if mention of "video game scores" will either entice...

Absolutely riveting stuff here today, folks: showering, cold showering, dubious medical emergency phone numbers, controversial video games, the wonders of the Steam Deck, and more!  Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Patreon and support the show at p...

It's the first episode of 2026, and we're coming right out of the gate with a meandering discussion about all sorts of stuff: ceiling holes, fake snow, the Fallout franchise, eating zucchini, jazz communion, and more! Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year backlog of video and ad-free episodes for TWO DOLLARS A MONTH? Then check out our Pa...

This week we're unlocking two of the mini-episodes from our Patreon, originally released on October 22 & 29, 2025. If you like what you hear, sign up for more at patreon.com/leightonnight to get one every week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year! In lieu of a full episode this week, we bring you this abandoned recording we did back in October that we gave up on because it sucked so bad. Judge for yourself! The full video version is available for free on Youtube, so go watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaYn3trK3DA Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5 year b...

It's the SECOND HALF OF PART TWO of our annual Christmas clip show! Last ep was Bad Book Club themed, and this one is... everything themed. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out full episodes 252, 263, 277, 284, 287, 290, 291, 298, and 299. Thank you all for another wonderful year of supporting us as we make premium quality, wet, hot, audio content to put in your filthy little ear holes....

It's THE FIRST HALF OF PART TWO of our annual Christmas clip show! Last ep was Bad Book Club themed, and this one is... everything themed. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out full episodes 252, 263, 277, 284, 287, 290, 291, 298, and 299. Thank you all for another wonderful year of supporting us as we make premium quality, wet, hot, audio content to put in your filthy little ear holes....

It's time for our annual Christmas clip show, covering the past year of this ridiculous podcast (with some interstitial banter, of typically high quality). This one mainly covers highlights from our many Bad Book Clubs this year-- we read The Da Vinky Code, Harry Potter and the Methods of Craptionality, and Secret of Secrets. If you like what you hear, be sure to check out full episodes 254, 255,...

We're edging all the way to Episode 300, baby-- and we're not even CLOSE to finishing. On this one, we talk about introductory Simpsons episodes, chaperoning children, girlbossing too close to the sun, Breaking Bad (again), and more! We don't talk about 6 7 at all. Where did you even get that idea. Shut up. Please submit your entries (with timestamps) for the Best of 2025 Christmas Clip Show eithe...

We're back with our favorite yearly tradition: hanging out with our buddy Miles Luna in the spirit of Thanksgiving-- while imbibing spirits! We talk about adjusting to life across the pond, British food image rehabilitation, musicals, Twin Peaks, D-bag hotties, and more! As always, it's a total joy.  Do you hate ads but love this show? Do you want an incredible deal on access to our entire 5...

On this lovely ep, we're joined by musician and artist Nick Thorburn (insta: @nickfromislands) to discuss such hard-hitting topics as the best/worst movie dogs, the Forbes 30 Under 30 spam email list, innovations in reed technology, the zen of making art, film school, Cine2Nerdle, and more! Go to https://tinyurl.com/f4ywnnep to get tickets for the SELAH Shoulder to Shoulder benefit concert on Dece...

We're back with a lo-fi episode of Leighton Night to study and relax to, because despite Brian being in a literal recording studio, his audio is bad and also our tracks got lumped together with no backup. Forgive us our sins. We discuss high school stories, how to destroy people in Cine2Nerdle, character actors, mid animated television, and we also create some new conspiracy theories about your fa...

We're back with a REAL episode this time. We promise. We're on the path to fix our past wrongs, i.e. having to scrap the last episode we recorded because it was too bad to air. Do we atone for our sins and reclaim our honor on this ep? Listen to find out! We discuss a variety of things: board games, Breaking Bad, phone etiquette, sangria, toxic masculinity, and more! Do you hate ads but love this...