What's On Draft?

Hello listeners! This week we've got another geography based trivia podcast for you and in this one size does matter because we're looking for the countries that have the highest populations. Returning guest David joins us for a draft board that Cameron put together and we try to put together a team of five countries with the most people in them, and also answer some trivia questions for the oppor...

Hello listeners! The annual movie draft is here again, and we're here to select which upcoming sequels, comic book movies, and maybe even an original concept (or at least some franchises that haven't had a live action movie yet) are going to gross the most dollars in the U.S. box office. Last year we drafted 9 of the movies that ended up being in the top 10, do you think we can repeat the feat aga...

Hello Listeners!!! We're back after a longer-than-expected break to kick off Season 4 of What's On Draft. Thanks to everyone for the patience while we got things in order. This episode was planned as an end-of-the-year wrap up but instead we're going to use it to lead into the 2023 Box Office Draft. For this episode, we're drafting our favorite content from 2022 and then we conclude by revealing t...

Hello listeners! This week we're thinking about movies (rare around here for us, I know) and the actors who... act in them. Specifically, we're thinking about actors who have a run of success in a single year with multiple films coming out. Which actors managed to put together the most complete or impressive years of work? Listen in and see who we drafted, then let us know what you think! Vote for...

Hello listeners! Prepare yourself for the spook-tacular event that is our 2022 Halloween special! In this one we're looking to expand our cadre of Halloween monsters beyond the usual werewolves, vampires, and ghosts of the generic monster lineup by taking some inspiration from countries around the world. What monsters that we drafted send the most shivers down your spine? Listen in and let us know...

Hello listeners! We here at What's On Draft have been enjoying the Rings of Power, which has got us thinking about Middle-earth. And, specifically, if we could make a super awesome character that Amazon should totally put into season two (call us, Jeff.) So in this episode we're drafting a character dungeons and dragons style, picking our attributes, equipment, and a traveling companion before we...

Hello listeners! The college football season is upon us and wild as usual, but in the background of all the action on the field is the growing changes to the sport brought on by conference realignment. With many long-standing rivalries about to be broken up and college non-revenue sports teams sent flying across the country just because the football teams could make a buck. Which got us thinking.....

Join us this week to learn how to Beat the Heat! This summer was a hot one and we wondered where we should travel for some much needed relief. For this draft, if you manage to pick a place with a low temperature, you are rewarded points which can be cashed in for prizes at the end. But beware, if a warm location is drafted, WHAMMY! You lose points and chances to purchase items to keep cool. Michae...

Hello listeners! This week we're turning back to sci-fi to think about what pieces of technology we most wish existed in the real world. Transporters? Robotic suits? Communication devices? Do we draft for money, recreation, quality of life, or all of the above? Listen in, then let us know which collection of sci-fi gadgets you'd most like to see exist in real life by voting on the winner! Vote for...

Hello listeners! This week we're looking back on the first four seasons of Stranger Things and pondering which characters would actually be the most useful to have around in a situation where you had to venture into the Upside Down. Well, Eleven would be the most useful to to avoid stacking the deck we're drafting five non -superpowered characters to join us in a fight against some demobats, dogs,...

Hello listeners! Apologies for the long delay between episodes, but between a wedding and then a run of sick children we've been out of commission for several weeks. But we're back, and we've got a competition episode for you! Alana returns as a guest host to draft answers to trivia questions - five questions, four answers each so the drafters need to collect the most correct answers and try and n...

Hello listeners! This week we're bringing you more cowbell by drafting teams of all-time Saturday Night Live cast members. What sort of skills makes the best SNL cast - impressions? Big personalities? Characters and bits? And which premier players work best on stage together? Listen in, then let us know what you think of our teams and which of the undrafted cast members should have made our cut! V...

Hello, Listeners! This episode took longer to assemble because I lost the darned Allen wrench! Listen in as we try to act as interior designers for a studio apartment using EXCLUSIVELY IKEA furniture. There's one more hitch--we have only been given the Swedish names and prices of the items, which include beds, TV stands, seating, tables, lighting, and some Wild Cards. We'll be posting quizzes this...

Hello, Listeners! This week we have another Star Trek related draft. This time around we are selecting celebrities to fill the roles of Captain, First Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Science Officer, and Chief of Security. Who can assemble the crew most fit for Starfleet? Listen in, and don't forget to vote by clicking the link below! Vote for the winner here! (for now, you have to have the Spotif...

Hello listeners! This week we're celebrating the forthcoming nuptials of Michael by thinking about weddings. Specifically, we're looking at ways people around the world have weddings figured out better than the U.S. and drafting five traditions each that we think U.S. wedding celebrations should adopt. With no double-drafting of countries we end the draft with fifteen traditions from fifteen diffe...

Hello listeners, and happy almost Father's Day! This week we're reaching back into the vault and taking something Cameron recorded with Holly back before the podcast even had a name, you know, back when it was just a twinkle in its three fathers' eyes (which is many twinkles). Cameron and Holly each draft fictional characters who best represent some aspect of their fathers, then switch and draft o...

Hello listeners! Apologies for the late upload again this week as we continue to experiment with some of the technical behind the scenes stuff. This week we have a novel draft in store for you; we're looking at adaptations from some of the authors Hollywood likes to come back to frequently. So we've got a shortlist of authors (Stephen King, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Roald Dahl, Phillip K Dic...

Hello listeners! Have you seen the box office sensation that is Top Gun: Maverick yet? (Shout out to all savvy drafters who took Maverick in the 2022 movie draft). Tom Cruise returning to one of his big hits has us thinking back on his career, so we're drafting the best Cruise movies of all time! Cameron and Michael each draft 6 non-Mission Impossible movies, then Paul comes on to give them some M...

Hello listeners! This week we're drafting in honor of Gilbert Gottfried, so hopefully you're reading this description entirely in his voice. As before when there's been a celebrity death, we like to take a moment to think back on their career and the way they've influenced pop culture by drafting in a field or genre they're known for. In Gottfried's case, he was particularly known for his blue com...

Hello listeners! We're two decade worth of television into this century, and that got us thinking what is the cream of the crop so far? But in What's On Draft fashion we also wanted to add a wrinkle to give us a little more diversity in our picks. So we're drafting the best TV shows of the 21st century, but the twist is once you take a show nothing else from that channel/network/streaming service/...

Hello listeners! Since today is  ̶C̶i̶n̶c̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶y̶o̶ National Cartoonists Day we're celebrating today's most famous holiday by drafting cartoonists and their creations, specifically those appearing in your newspaper funny pages! What makes a good collection of cartoonists - old standards? New and innovative strips? Variety or just the most renowned ones? Listen in and let us know what...

Hello listeners! This week we're looking at tools for DIY projects - anything handheld and not powered is on the table, but the real question is whether any of us could build the table ourselves with the five tools we have! What tools let you complete the largest number of jobs? Which tools have the most irreplaceable functions? Listen in and let us know what you think! Vote for the winner here! (...

Hello listeners! This week we're reaching into the vault and pulling out an episode we recorded at the beginning of the year before it sat in the mire of technical difficulties. So never fear, when we speak of February you have not fallen through the space-time continuum! Instead, we're here to draft the best candies you can buy at a movie theater. Which flavors go best together? What's the criter...

Hello listeners! This week we're drafting... us? Cameron put together a game for his birthday to see who knew him the best and we invited some of his friends (and former guests on the show!) on to play. Provided lists of movies, tv shows, and fast food restaurants that Cameron had privately ranked everyone drafted two from each category. The higher the picks were on Cameron's rankings, the better...

Hello listeners! This week we're paying homage to the filmmaking legacy of Douglas Trumbull by drafting science fiction movies that could have been improved had he been working on the movies special effects. What's the best use of a movie icon - turning him loose on some truly bad movies to try and redeem them or polishing a few bad areas of otherwise great movies? Listen in then let us know which...