Up Your Alley with Jake & Taylor

This week, a storm was rolling while recorded the second and almost too relaxed podcast from Jake’s house! We’re talking about Jake’s new virtual gas station, the Esports World Cup, and new franchise installment for Jurassic Park and Anaconda. Then for our recommendations of the week: Jake brought the 1997 album “Hitler Bad, Vandals Good” from SoCal punks The Vandals and Taylor read the new collec...

This week we're talking about the new video game anthology series announce over at Amazon and Jake tries the new flavor of Liquid Death (it's Hot Fudge Sundae). Then Taylor recommended the new movie The Instigators starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck and the indie DC Comics unofficial parody The People's Joker from writers, director and star Vera Drew! Follow us on YouTube, Spotify,...

This week we're talking about what games we've been playing, Taylor gives Matt Rife a second chance and talks about his NYC trip, and we talk about Bigfoot before finally getting into this week's recommendations: the documentary "Dear, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter" and YouTube Simone Giertz Follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram and TikTok @upyouralley...

This week we head back to Gotham City with the new animated series "Batman: Caped Crusader" available to stream on Amazon the then we get the feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar broken down by video essayist F.D. Signifier's "I'm What the Culture Feeling" available on his YouTube channel! Follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send you rec...

This week we review Deadpool & Wolverine and break down some of the big news to come out of last week's San Diego Comic Con. Then for our reviews we played the deck building rougelike Slay the Spire available to play on almost every platform and we watched the new comedy special "If This Is It" from comic Laura Davis which you can watch right now on her YouTube Channel Follow us...

This week we review the new film Twisters that we wetn and saw, talk about some competitive video gaming and dip our toes in NCAA Football 2025. The for this week's recs we watched the newest video "Yoko and The Beatles" from author and YouTuber Lindsay Ellis and also the novel This is How You Lose the Time War from authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Follow us on YouTube, Spot...

This week Jake gives us a spoiler-free review of Longlegs and Taylor updates his quest in Elden Ring. Then we have two music documentaries to get into, first The Greatest Night in Pop about the recording of "We Are the World" with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones and so many more now streaming on Netflix. Then we're looking at one of the biggest music feuds...

This week we listened to the album "I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One" by Yo La Tengo and the new Netflix legacy reboot Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send you recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Check out our buddies Brother Bill (they gave us the theme song) brotherbill.bandcamp.com

This week we recap the third season of Shoresy before we dive into our recommendations for the week. First up we have Jake's pick which was Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (the video game) and Taylor watched the new Netflix documentary "How to Rob a Bank" Follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send you recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Chec...

This week we have some updates on last week's Cheese Industries mystery and Taylor dips his toes into the Lands Between and Elden Ring. Then we have two YouTube channel recs, first Ben From Canada and his music project Business District's new EP "Lyra" and then we dive into the comments with Erik and Learn Internet Comment Etiquette. Follow us on YouTube, Spotify, Instagram and T...

We're back! A lot to catch up on. We review the recent Nintendo Direct from earlier this week and what they've got cooking up for what could be the last hurrah for the Switch. Also we do a quick review of the new Netflix rom-com Hit Man starring and co-written by Glen Powell and the newest offering from Folding Ideas on YouTube. Then for our recs from two weeks back, we're gonna talk a...

No full episode this week. We'll be back next Friday with a new one. Sorry for the delay, but check this out in the meantime. A video version of this is up on YouTube if you're interested, probably more entertaining. Subscribe to the YouTube Channel while you're there. Thanks. -Taylor

This week we're taking a look at two very different comedy films. First Jake recommended the 2013 Quentin Dupieux absurdist comedy Wrong Cops and Taylor brought in the 2023 mockumentary Theater Camp. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Tell your friends!

This week we went and saw Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and learned about the dangers of subscribing from your phone. For our recommendations we have the 2009 fan film The Hunt for Gollum based on two paragraphs from The Fellowship of the Ring and the new comedy special from Conner O'Malley "Stand Up Solutions" Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralley...

This week we're heading into Goat Manor with host Daniel Tosh and the new reality competition show The Goat streaming now on Amazon and the we hop over to Dropout and their show Smartypants. We're also take a trip to a galaxy far, far away with YouTube Jenny Nicholson and her four hour deep-dive on the failed Disney Galactic Starcruiser hotel and give our thoughts on the first season of X-...

This week we're rebuilding the world one lap at a time with the indie game Loop Hero now available on mobile and we get an inside look at this year's 2024 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium where comedy legend Colin Quinn filmed his newest special "Our Time is Up" available to stream on his YouTube channel Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyoura...

This week we're talking about the controversey surround Helldivers 2 and the re-release of Star Wars: Episode I. Then we listened to Jake's reccomendation, the new EP from Jeffrey Lewis called "The Great Gatsby" available to stream on Spotify and Taylor's rec for the week was a deep dive into the world of Geoguessr and streamer "Trevor Rainbolt Subscribe on Spotify and Y...

This week we're going around the world with one for the greats and talk about the new series on Max "Conan O'Brien Must Go". Then we head back to a universe from the mind of Zack Snyder and watch Rebel Moon - Part II: The Scargiver, available to stream on Netflix. All that and the resolution of a years long Reddit mystery. Check it out. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and T...

It's the All Affleck April finale! We're talking about the 2003 film Paycheck directed by John Woo and based on the short story from sci-fi luminary Philip K. Dick. But first we listened to the album "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" by singer/songwriter Neko Case. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.co...

It's the third week of All Affleck April! This week we're watching the 2004 film Jersey Girl starring Ben and written and directed by Kevin Smith. Then Jake has recommended a highlight real from the Twitch stream of comedian Tom Walker where he tries to flip a coin heads side up 10 times in a row. Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your...

This week it's week two of All Affleck April and we're watching the 2021 film The Last Duel starring Ben, Matt Damon, Jodie Comer and Adam Driver directed by RIdley Scott. Then we dive into Adlerian psychology with the book The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendati...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! On this episode we're celebrating the first week of All Affleck April 2024 with the Ben directed film "Air" that tells the story of the most famous shoe in the world. Then we're checking in on one of the Goats with the new special from comedy legend Dave Attell "Hot Cross Buns" now available to stream on Netflix Subscribe on...

Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypod@gmail.com Tell your friends! Thanks Brother Bill for our intro song, check them out at https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com Go to https://betterhelp.com/alley for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #spo...

Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypof@gmail.com Tell your friends! Thanks Brother Bill for our intro song, check them out at https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com Go to https://betterhelp.com/alley for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #spo...

Subscribe on Spotify and YouTube Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @upyouralleypod Send your recommendations to upyouralleypof@gmail.com Tell your friends! Thanks Brother Bill for our intro song, check them out at https://brotherbill.bandcamp.com Go to https://betterhelp.com/alley for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #spo...