The Ka-Chat

To all who enter this happy place, welcome! Here you leave today and enter the world of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles! Join your non-ghost hosts as they explore the hottest destinations for seekers of thrills and whimsy in the Carsverse. How do the Cars ride roller coasters? What.... are bumper cars? And what would it take to make a Car puke? Also, we talk about terrible it would be to be an air...

You ever wonder ka-cHOW we got here? (I know that one isn't great, but I was having trouble with it. Just like... let it go this once.) How did our protagonist go from the humble Montgomery to the arrogant Lightning? What was his home life like? How did he work through the minor leagues of racing? How does his sexualization of Mia and Tia reflect on him? How does deodorant work in their world? Wha...

Hey, right off the bat, this one is a little slapdash. Like, obviously if you've made it to episode 56, you've come to expect that, but more than usual, we had some technical difficulties and John just finished a move, so we had to knock this one out with not much thought or prep. That doesn't stop us from insinuating that the Cars have retractable mouth hands or that they keep Lin-Manuel Miranda...

Welcome, foolish mortals, to The Ka-Chat. Come join us in our own garage of horrors as we discuss things that go bump in the night. The CAR night, that is. You guessed it, this week, John and Lucas take a look on the spookier side of things with examination of all things supernatural and paranormal in the Carsverse. Monsters trucks, van-pires, car ghosts, and more all await for you once you begin...

You know what time it is, folks! That's right, we've invented a new mini-series of episodes where we analyze the possibilities of different shows, movies, and other media as prequels to Cars, Or-Engine Stories! (Side note: If you can think of a better name for it, send it our way. This is not a joke. We do not like this name.) To start it off, we decided to look at one of our favorites, Pacific Ri...

Listen. I don't know enough about The Secret Life of Pets to make any quality jokes in this description about it. So I'm not gonna, because it's season two of The Ka-Chat now, and we're getting serious. No beating around the bush. This one is about pets, but honestly, we mostly talk about a single bicycle that John had as a kid that looked a little bit like a motorcycle. We get so caught up in it...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Man. Somehow we've been doing this for a year???? And y'all are still listening to it? Pretty bonkers stuff. So to celebrate, we decided to do a full episode of answering YOUR questions in what is probably our favorite episode so far. We refresh your memory on some of our craziest theories, come up with some new ones on the spot, and even answer the most hard hitting question of al...

That's right folks. Hollywood's greatest movie pitcher's are back at again at the Krispy Kreme. This time, we've come prepared to present to you: The perfect Cars Prequel. To get it done, we are going back to Thomasville, Doc Hudson's hometown, to explore the world of high school racing, moonshine running, and a community divided. (Basically, we rip off the Mighty Ducks. And Rocky. And Footloose....

Hey.... So I know we've clearly watched Cars before based on, ya know, this whole show, but we realized that while the other movies had dedicated episodes, we never did that for the O.G. So.... now seemed like a good time to fix that, for our 50th episode extravaganza! So join us as we explore Cars, a decent enough movie that started this whole weird journey of ours off in the first place.

So we were going to do this last week, but then we didn't, so now we're doing it... now. So. Everyone finish up tuning, because this week we are talking about music in the Carsverse! Both literal music the we think the Cars perform and create within their movie universe, as well as the music that appears on the soundtrack of the Cars and Planes movies (about 40% of which is created by Brad Paisley...

I know we did an "Auto-Biography" like, two episodes ago, but this one was an accident. We were all set to talk about music in the Carsverse (well, as set as we ever are) and then got distracted when Lucas read the bio of one of these weird weird cars. Is their only real part almost murdering Mack and Lightning at the beginning of Cars and then getting arrested as a credits gag at the end? Yes. Bu...

Eh, I know the title pun isn't great this week, but to be fair, is it ever? Anyway, this week we discuss the financial system of the Carsverse, or the complete lack thereof! Most of the episode is just John and Lucas arguing about whether money exists in this universe in the first place or not. Also, Lucas spends a solid few minutes explaining to some degree of detail how the economy of Animal Cro...

Listen, I'm gonna cut through all the malarkey and say that we read an erotic poem about a car from Cars on this episode. Do we also do a normal episode, discussing the plight of Miss Fritter and the rest of the demolition derby/crazy 8's crew, going in depth on how these are members of a society that has failed to protect them? Do we insinuate that Miss Fritter is a devilish cult leader, preying...

You remember how we were going to talk about the general concept of racing last week but then we didn't? Well... this week we actually do it! How much can/do the Cars modify themselves for these sports? Does real life Rocket League exist in this universe? And why does everyone seem to care so so much about what is, let's be honest, a pretty boring sport? All that, plus a discussion of how Stanley'...

Listen, we weren't gonna do this this week. We had a whole episode planned, just talking about racing. But then, in preparation, we watched this tiny, 6 minute short, and that derailed everything. I can already hear you asking: "Oh, how could a short about Lightning just being challenged to a race be that important?" Well you sound like an idiot, because this race features ghosts, a cave full of n...

We almost went with "Van-demic" but this barely won out. Yep, we decided to go topical this week and talk about some areas of life you may be experiencing lately! How would disease spread through the cars? Would they be able to self-isolate effectively? And most importantly, would they be able to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Listen and find out!

Hello again, and welcome back to our first two part episode! We're just playing Cars D&D some more. That's pretty much it. 

You remember, like, a month and a half ago when we made a RPG system for the Carsverse and then said "Eh, we'll play this at... some point, I guess!"? Well... we're doing that now! And even better, we've got some very special guests to join us and make this work, you've heard their questions over and over again, get ready for some direct conversations with the Lizes! Join Freddy Chops, JB, and Tan...

Our extensive superhero knowledge is finally coming in handy, y'all. That's right, this week we are entering the world of costumed heroes and diving into superpowered beings in the Carsverse. Who are they? What would there powers be? Can't some of them just fly anyway? All of these questions are asked, at the very least. I don't really remember if we answer them, you know how we are with.... not a...

So there are bugs in the Cars movies. They're, like, little VW beetles with wings? Which, admittedly, is a good joke, but at what cost? Cause now, John and Lucas have to spend their limited time on this planet talking about what their wings are made of, if they are sentient or not, how they reproduce, if they are related to the main race of cars we see throughout the films, you get the idea. I mea...

Hey, so we didn't have a plan for this one before we got together to record it, so we just kind of watched a bunch of the bonus content on the various Carsverse DVDs at Lucas's apartment. Don't get me wrong though, those contained some incredibly dark deleted scenes from Cars, a few truly bizarre episodes from the Planes movies, and one short that contains just inordinate amounts of poop. Like, ta...

Listen. I feel as if I should warn you right off the bat, this one does contain at least ten minutes of us just kinda spiraling about the current state of our democracy, so.... sorry about that! But in the bits that aren't that, we do make some points about politics in the Carsverse! We also spend, like, a sizable chunk of the episode just kind of talking about the mechanics of inflatable rafts in...

Paging Dr. The Ka-Chat, you are needed in the.... podcast wing, I guess? Man. That one was a stretch, even for these little descriptions I write that I'm not sure anyone reads. ANYWAY, this week, we are talking about the world of medicine in the Carsverse! Where is the line between doctor and mechanic? How does disease spread, and how do they handle it? And what kind of sick medical experiments ha...

Ok, right off the bat, we do a remarkably bad job talking about Flo in this one. Not completely (Flo's is a sonic.) and not because there is a lack of things to talk about regarding Flo, her business, her relationship, and her former life as a member of the Doo-Wop group The Motorama Girls. It's uh..... mostly because we're bad at this? Like, that's the big thing about it. We do talk about those t...

Well met, traveller! Hast thou come seeking adventure? Adventure being centered mostly around a series of Pixar and Disneytoon Studios movies? Well, do I have.... alright news for you, I guess. We don't actually, uh.... do any adventuring this episode? We just figure out the mechanics of a Cars based RPG system? That's right everyone, in what critics are calling "Their most niche episode yet, and...