Sauropod: Podcasting the 21st Century

The Snewz crew continues on their journey through the fourth dimension in search of answers and some of the snooziest snewz to ever be used. How much can you save when items are marked at Green Bay prices? How would you give someone a call when phones don't exist? Would you still save your 10-year-old from an untimely death if you had plenty of extra kids at home? All this, plus a plateful of juic...

A rediscovery of cedar shocks the world! Then, the show finally takes it to the basement. Put your play pants on because we're going to be crawling all over the rough-hewn randomness of the subterranean chamber. What was its purpose? Why is it so weird? Where were the various holes, pits, and gouges leading? Why does no one ever give a sturdy knock? Plus, we get a look at the resumes of the advent...

Finn takes the team into the realm of the sedated in this special, drug-themed edition of Rock Block. Is Point Break the Blood Sugar Sex Magik of movies? How about that Tulsa sound? Should you take style advice from Eric Clapton considering his track record? Also, what sound is generated when you're livin' on the edge of Denton? Spin that wheel for the answers to these questions, and many, many mo...

Let's take you back to an episode recorded almost a year ago, mere weeks before it was bumped from the release schedule by a little thing we like to call "a raging pandemic." Listen to how fresh and alive the Snewz crew sounds! 2020 was brimming with possibilities and had ample room for discussion about dinosaurs, sasquatches, and the ever-popular flat Earth theory. Plus, the birth of Hot Snakes!...

The Snewz team finally embark upon their journey through the fourth dimension and find themselves in a mysterious land of buttes and bluffs, murder and intrigue, madness and constipation. That's right, there's a killer on the loose, a mine on fire, and oh so many picture shows in this jaunt back to the bad ol' days of 1920. Meet us in the Palm Room of the Hotel Rainbow for a Coke as we escape from...

Well, Carolyn of Naboo has now seen Episode IX, but what did she think? The space siblings attempt to go over this controversial motion picture about lasers with a critical eye, but it just turns into a lovefest. Turns out the internet is just kind of crazy and doesn't know how lucky it is. Who knew? Hey Disney, we'll take 18 more Rey movies over here, please. Thanks. Featuring Carolyn Naoroz and...

This Life Day, space siblings unite! JZ 6-5000's sister, Carolyn of Naboo, got Covid recently and had to be quarantined. She filled her days of isolation with a rewatch of the Skywalker Saga films and now she has THOUGHTS. What's up with Padme's choices? What will it take to get some making out to happen? Which are the bad ones and just why are they so bad? It also turns out that she has still not...

Get your halls decked and your eggs nogged as we roast these holiday chestnuts on an open fire of burning opinions. First, the lads seek hard evidence of pinball wizardry from a family making a large financial commitment. Then, the worth of a pair of fingerless gloves is debated, as is the merit behind hastily-recorded Christmas B-sides. You'll also get deep-dives into naughty-aughties-era SNL, an...

In some cultures, being the best bandit you can be is not about the capers pulled or the ponies ridden; it's about the friends we make along the way. And these guys are, like, super-friends, singing and riding motorcycles and shooting anyone who might stand in their path. That's right, it's time to indulge ourselves in the blood, sweat, tears, oils, and tight pants of this 1970s classic. Spicy hor...

As the saying goes, hell hath no fury like the hell of this past year. Halloween may have been canceled, but the Sauropod will not surrender! In fact, it will journey through the Fourth Dimension, into the darkest bacchanals of Medieval Times in search of spooky content. There we will learn all about English money nicknames, standardized testing, and Shrishma's thoughts on parenting. Then, the leg...

It's that time again, everyone: Blocktober. Finn and Gelman have assembled the finest cuts from Kazaa Lite to get you groovin' and keep you movin'. Say, how did Beck get away with rapping? What's new with Brendan Fraser? Is "Brandy" really about Brandy? How does Mike respond to Heart riffs, and will Pacey ever get that darn boat up and running? All these questions and more will be asked, answered,...

The haunting season continues at the Snewz desk as our intrepid reporters belatedly tackle pumpkin-carving histories, a robotic restaurant's automation issues, more people going crazy at home and fueling the ghost-grift economy, delicious sandwich cookies, and sightings of a demon dog in one of our favorite Snewz-generating locales. All of this, plus Netflix personality descriptors, just for the h...

History's greatest monsters return for some straight talk about bikes, bikers, and how bikers' rights infringe upon everyone else's normal rights. Then, local businesses finally get the reality check they weren't even aware they needed because they were too busy offering surly customer service. Also, are coins a gateway to gold bars, and if so, isn't that kind of fun? Hello? All this and nasal cli...

Well, Edward Van Halen passed away and we are reeling. Aaron and Justin show the internet how to mourn public figures with this meandering conversation about life, death, heroes, music, and bandanas. RIP Ed - we shall not look upon your like again. Good grief? No, Charlie Brown - great grief. Featuring Aaron Bales and Justin Zeppa.  We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, an...

Season’s greetings, ghost lovers. It’s a very Octoberish episode as Justin and Shrishma try to justify their Disney+ accounts while the world burns. Also, what is the spookiest letter combination in the English language? Is meth to blame for most paranormal reporting? Are there rooms available at the Painted Lady Bed and Brew in Albuquerque, NM? (Hint: there are). All this Halloween junk and more,...

Well, it's a time of pandemic and what the hell. A line has been drawn between the savvy and the bozos, and Tom wants to know which side you're on. Can Chelsea touch an old lady? Can a neighbor touch Tom? Are monkey cages super-spreader spaces? Why are Western Union's operating hours so narrow and is this limiting their walk-in clientele? Get ready to pick through the debris of our upended world a...

A bit of a weird one this time out as we check in on Katherine's mixes as well as Shrishma's level of excitement for the new Mulan film. We also offer snap-reviews of being melvined by the new Bill & Ted, followed by an inspiring story of treasure newly found, leading us directly into a thorough series recap of a one-time primetime favorite. Also, the moon needs to lease a car and big data is...

On this ice-cold edition of the Snewz, Florida once again proves that you can't disprove what you can't disprove. Also, how does one misplace an entire tomb for Cleopatra? Meanwhile, engineers are creating robotic zoo animals that are realistic both outside and in. Is this science or just a fun kink? All of this, plus up-to-the-second shipping snewz. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Katherine Sherlock, an...

The word "preposterous" is thrown around a lot in this thrilling introduction to Salman Khan. He's an auteur whose belt buckle dancing is second to none (take that, Scorsese!), and he's here to show you his artistic vision as well as his chest. Get ready for the goofiest action-cop flick this side of the Ganges as Khan powers up hulk-style and does whatever he wants in the name of the law. From th...

How do you solve a problem like Aparna? That's right, Shrishma is weighing in on Netflix's Indian Matchmaking and also sharing some juicy details about her tumultuous yet curse-breaking first marriage. Meanwhile, a lot of time and resources are being spent on clearing Captain Kidd's good (bad?) name, good tyrant lizards are proven to come in small packages, someone spilled impact melt all over the...

The very late news you once needed to know finally arrives at the Snewzdesk, and not a moment too soon. Our team of intrepid reporters parse a suspect UFO from down under, scold some exploitative thieves for not pushing the envelope of their craft, and deliver a message of universal peace by proclaiming ghost love to be the truest love. All this, plus several dozen hypothetical acrobats. Featuring...

Halldor Laxness' presumably riveting masterwork about the people, places, and armpits of Iceland is brought into gorgeous Technicolor by our gang of fancy reading-people. Is he writing about women or horses, and if one can't tell the difference, what exactly does that say? How low is the bar for getting a street named after you in Iceland? Would this storytelling be enhanced by sexy BDSM contracts...

Bhuvan's the name and cricket's his game - or IS it? The B4B gang has words about all 3 hours and 44 minutes of Bollywood tax-classic, Lagaan, and many of them are about Aamir Khan's arms. The rest are about media-driven unrealistic expectations of love, the ins and outs of a caste system, the cultural dissonance of man-pearls, and the sudden emergence of "dating" as a thing to be done in India -...

Aaron "The Schemer" Bales makes his triumphant return to the Sauropod and kindly endures a rambling lecture about one of Van Halen's signature tunes. Show Rule #1 is temporarily broken in a big way, but fortunately Ed's face-melting riffs and solos are here to carry us on a thrilling journey through time and space. The US Festival. Farm Aid. Tokyo '89. Breakfast Club dances. Everything you could p...

Unexpected detours into the character nuances of Family Matters and Michael Bay's filmography really pad out this very snoozy Snewz. Thieves continue thieving, ships continue to be wrecked, Bill Gates apparently has an ill-defined yet malicious agenda, and the moon returns to energize us all and bail out the episode. Featuring Dettifoss Bergmann, Shrishma Naik, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa...