Watching Dead: A The Ones Who Live Podcast

Are you ready for a new season of The Walking Dead?!  Jim and I are!  We talk casting, what gives us the most hope for the new season, what scares us the most, discuss survival odds for our favorite cast members, break down the new season four webisodes, “The Oath”, talk about our Watching Dead Kickstarter Project, and much more. See you this weekend right after the new episode for our first “Inst...

Hey everybody, welcome back!  Jim and I are dusting off the Watching Dead and prepping it for another season of sprinting, screaming, shooting, and stabbing.  We’re coming officially back next week on Tuesday, for our complete pre-season 4 coverage.  So if you want us to cover anything in particular, drop us a line using the contact info below.  A few other things we wanted to make you aware of… *...

It’s finally here.  The moment we’ve all been waiting for.  And it stinks!  Like a fresh walker on a hot summer day, it stinks!  We try to find the words to justify the backlash that this episode has unanimously, and deservedly, received across the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The penultimate episode of Walking Dead’s third season is surprisingly not the war that we, and the survivors, have been prepping for.  But that doesn’t mean it’s not what we wanted…  Meaningful characterizations and some great acting make this another strong episode on the back half of season 3.  But that doesn’t mean it’s perfect either…  Listen in as Jim & A.Ron dissect Merle, Daryl, Rick and M...

Hey guys, Jim was under the weather this week, so we resorted once again to a remote cast.  This one went much better than last, but we still have a ways to go.  Bear with us this week and we’ll be back to in-studio next week. This week, we discuss “Prey”, episode 314 of The Watching Dead.  Milton’s passive aggression  Andrea’s zombie 10k run, the Governor as Michael Myers, the perils of having a...

A.Ron and Jim were… inspired by the events of this episode to do another tribute skit, our most elaborate yet.  If you’re a fan of those, then you’re in for a treat, if not, I suggest skipping about five minutes ahead.  Lots of questions raised in this episode, with not many answers.  We also have at least two, possibly three budding bromances, and epic smack down of Andrea, a sweet and then sexy...

This was a pretty good episode of The Walking Dead; unfortunately I don’t think our cast quite matches up this week.  First off, some rush hour weather kept Jim and A.Ron from getting together to cast, and we had to hastily assemble a remote recorded cast.  We also had some great skit ideas that we couldn’t execute over the remote connection, either. The audio quality is already a few notches belo...

This podcast is about romance this week.  That special time when the moonlight shines just so, playing off your lover’s shapely ass as she makes her way across the darkened bedroom, by your side… AND THEN PRESSES A KNIFE AGAINST YOUR THROAT!!  And then goes back to sleep?  Okay, it’s less romantic and more confusing as hell, but that’s The Walking Dead for ya.  Join Jim and A.Ron as we finally tur...

In this week’s action packed recap, Jim and A.Ron discuss the merits of batshit crazy Rick, the Ricktatorship’s looming threat of Glennsurrection, the merit’s of the Governor’s tactical battle plan, Daryl’s epic zombie kill by way of Subaru, and the complexities of Glenn and Maggie’s post-abduction relationship.  All this and plenty of your feedback, too! This is kind of becoming a regular thing,...

The Walking Dead is back, with the mid-season premier episode “The Suicide King”, and so are we!  Jim and A.Ron discuss A.Ron’s man crush on Chad Coleman, a ludicrous Rick/Beth/Carl “love triangle”, dead eyed Carl Jr., the Rick/Daryl bromance breakup (temporary, we’re sure), and Andrea’s toe dip into the world of fucked up post-apocalyptic politics. Oh, and fever dream spoiler section that has Jim...

We’re back!  Join Jim and A.Ron as we kick back and discuss the latest Walking Dead happenings.  Glenn Mazarra’s outster, Rick’s psychotic breaks, Jon Bernthal’s latest X-Men cameos, and more.  See you on Sunday for our live Facebook threads and tweeting, and next Tuesday for the mid-season 3 premier! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everybody!  It’s been a break neck, take no prisoners, pedal to the metal, Lori-killing kind of season so far.  Can The Walking Dead keep it up in season 3.5?  Who will live, who will die?  Where does Team Prison and Team Woodbury go next?  Listen to Jim, A.Ron, and a few dozen fellow TWD fans opine on our mid-season finale cast! Also, Jason over at The Walking Dead ‘Cast invited me to co-inte...

Mid-season finale time!  Fish tanks were broken, survivors were rescued, flashbangs were thrown, and eyes were gouged out.  Join us for about an hour forty five of episode discussion, feeback, spoiler analysis, a opening Jim and A.Ron skit on the nature of sacrifice in a post zombie apocalypse world, and BONUS!  We’re recording a special season wrap up cast next week!  So if you didn’t make this w...

The Walking Dead hits a home run this week with the very solid episode 307, “When the Dead Come Knocking”.  About the only turd in the punch this week was the lunatic in the cabin, and who’s to say the turd didn’t add a touch of savory piquancy that elevated the episode as a whole?  I do, actually.  That’s who.  That part was straight up horseshit. But just like The Walking Dead wouldn’t be The Wa...

I’m sick this week so the update’s are going to be a little barebones.  But we soldiered on through the podcast.  Jim and I were kind of down on this episode, which we felt had a high silly shit to awesome ratio.  Some of the stand out great scenes were, anything with Rick and a telephone, anything with Rick and Herschel, and stop me if you’ve heard this one, any thing with Daryl.  All this, your...

This episode is CRAZY!  Literally crazy.  Like, Rick and the Governor try to out crazy each other in the Crazy Olympics, and Rick wins by a phone call.  Join us as we discuss this and zombie stuffing, Carol’s sham grave, Daryl’s hard core panty dropping abilities, Michonne revealing her softer side (well, she did smile), and much more. Note: The spoiler section this week contains high-octane, no-s...

It’s fiesta time!  I hope you got your salsa, your chips, your margaritas, your Dos Equis and whatever the hell else you need to celebrate the death of Lori Grimes, because The Walking Dead did it’s level best to make sure we’d have a hard time enjoying it.  But what the hell, right?  In for a penny, in for a pound, and can a well acted, noble death by ceasarean really make up for 2 seasons of hor...

This week’s episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead finally introduced us to the long awaited character of the Governor, capably played by distinguished actor Liam Neeson.  An interesting choice to let him roll with his Scottish brogue, but you know what?  I think it works. Other points of interest include Michonne’s epic, episode long stink eye, zombie science, the Return of Merle, Andrea making mooney...

This episode, which is The Walking Dead Season Three Episode Two, just about killed me.  Up until the last fifteen minutes, I was as pissed as I’ve ever been watching any TV show, ever.  And then… they totally redeemed themselves. Join us as we discuss Vatos Part 2: Vatos Harder, crappy neck tattoos, freezers that should remain unopened, Lori’s Apology Tour, the questionable wisdom of CPR in a zom...

The Walking Dead is back with a vengeance and so are we!  Jim and A.Ron barrel through the premier episode of season three, “Seed”, like a pumped up T-Dog with a riot shield.  Join us as we discuss wordless intros, innovative use of carabiners, homemade silencers, zombie babies, a Grimes centipede (yeah, you heard me), Carl Jr’s quest for first base, and much much more. If you want to check out th...

Jim and A.Ron are back in action, shambling for some more Walking Dead!  Join us as we break down insights we’ve gleaned from the Comic Con trailer, consider some listener feedback, and then discuss how the comic series will influence the show in our spoiler section.  Next week we’ll be back with complete coverage of the season three premier, “Seed”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Well, season 2 is over and in the books.  We’ve had times both good and bad at the farm, we’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve whipped ourselves into a murderous frenzy about one Mrs. Grimes.  But now it’s time to put it all behind us and move on.  Jim and A.Ron are thumbs up on “Beside the Dying Fire”, and it leaves them eager to get on to bigger and better things in season 3!   We have a bit of news...

A.Ron’s on vacation, so that means a no frills, all cast update.  This week we discuss the penultimate season 2 episode, “Better Angels”.  Fan reaction was very mixed, and frankly, we’ve seen better TWD, but the plot’s going where it needs to go, and that’s not a bad thing.  Tune in for our thoughts and speculation, listener mail, and another balls out spoiler section. Note:  If you stay beyond th...

The one thing you can’t say about this week’s episode 211, “Judge, Jury, Executioner” is that nothing happens.   Camp Herschel is rocked, and  Jim and A.Ron are liking how things are going down on the farm as we enter the home stretch of season 2.5 of The Walking Dead.  We discuss Daryl’s Sayid homage, proper zombieland parenting, Dale’s campaign trail, the group’s ammo situation, age appropriate...

Jim and A.Ron are conflicted this episode.  There are parts of our favorite AMC zombie-based dramedy that are brilliant, and parts that almost gave us brain aneurysms.  Find out which are which as we discuss zombie waterfalls, Andrea Kavorkian, Rick being silent but deadly, Lori extolling the benefits of being pregnant and in the kitchen, and torture by Molly Hatchet.  See you at the crossroads (s...