The Say Report

We celebrate the first episode of Season 6 of the Say Report, and what would have been Betty White's 100th Birthday, by detailing our plans for the year including our first Epicode focusing on the How I Met Your Mother Universe and its growth in 2022, the theme of this years Very Special Episodes, and a glance back at how far we have come as podcasters in the last five years.

In our Season Five Finale we discuss what it has been like making plans when it seems like it will be another year in lockdown, which leads us down a wonderful winding path of CW Production Models, the connections between “Sex and the City” and “iCarly,” the obsolescence mantra of modern American capitalism, and some recent experiences with video games.  Thanks to all those who have been here for...

In our first episode of 2022, we discuss all of the things we did with our final week of 2021… Including watching potential Oscar contenders, trying our hand at the new raid in the Square Enix Avengers game, and the current state of the box office as filtered through the lens of success experienced by “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

For our last very special episode of 2021 we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of “Not Another Teen Movie” with a discussion on the whys and hows of its cultural significance and the state of comedy in the early aughts.

In this time capsule episode (recorded on 12/15/2021) we begin the new tradition of our first episode after Christmas exploring the Family Ninja Films from our youth by discussing Michael Pressman's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze"  the sanitized sequel to the original cinematic adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to honor its 30 year anniversary.

Our last new episode of 2021 has us digging deep into the darker parts of the third act that is the holiday season, exposing and exploring those negative parts of the world before ultimately rising from the ashes like a phoenix to illuminate all of the positive aspects that are still out there to celebrate this holiday season. 

This week’s episode sees your host companions discuss the nature of the sequel set at Christmas before exploring how we have been preparing for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Then we dive into a discussion surrounding the true politics present in “Tom Clancy’s The Division.”  Finally we wrap things up with Devon sharing his thoughts on the latest sitcoms recreated live before a studio audience.

This episode of the Say Report we discuss the latest controversy to hit the funny pages and re-explore the discussion about holographic/digital recreations of the famous deceased as highlighted in the new Ghostbusters film.  Then Devon shared his latest adventures in nostalgia reminiscing about working at the local radio station and competing at playing retro video games. 

Coming back to the microphones after taking some time off to celebrate Thanksgiving. This episode sees us discussing the latest cinematic and streaming content from the Marvel Universe plus a look at the state of video games as we explore the issues with the remastered releases of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl and Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition

In this supersized crossover thanksgiving special. Devon and Sejohn from the Say Report are joined by their Quiz Master General Will Fournier to discuss the differences between their podcast and the Adam Sandler Cinematic Universe podcast and take a quiz to put their knowledge about Mr. Sandler on display.  Then Sejohn and Devon as the Co-Curators of the ASCU step up to the plate to discuss 2011’s...

An off the cuff comment before we began recording inspired a journey into the surprisingly deep lore of "Ghost Writer," a show with various spinoffs and reboots that acts as a perfect mirror to the feelings both Devon and Sejohn are facing now that "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" has been unleashed into the world.  Then we take a deadly serious look at what society returning to normal after the COVID-19...

After a brief explanation regarding why we have never discussed “Shrek” on the show we shill for our mouse eared overlord in celebration of two years of Disney+ and the contributions that the streaming service have brought to the world of entertainment… good, bad, and ugly.

This week, fueled by a meal from the pop-up Mooby’s at Rhode Island Comic Con, Devon broaches the topic of conventions in a post COVID-19 world, the current state of television sitcoms, and the forced sending of letters during the public education process. 

It has been 250 episodes of the Say Report and we acknowledge the accomplishment by discussing other shows that have passed this auspicious milestone.  Luckily Sejohn is standing by to make sure we make good on our promise to discuss Denis Villeneuve’s first part of “DUNE,”  when Devon decides to revisits one of his first podcasting endeavors by re-discussing Curious George’s Halloween special and...

With the latest Ghostbusters sequel supposedly releasing sometime soon, we decide to journey back five years to answer the call of Paul Feig's 2016 reboot of the franchise, in an effort to discuss what worked, what didn't work, and what lessons we can all learn when it comes time to assess how we feel about Afterlife.

This episode we explore the dark side of subscribing to streaming services as it relates to ad-free viewing or the lack thereof.  Sejohn played some Super Mario RPG and is finally ready to take the plunge into some of the other RPG’s that Squaresoft released on the SNES.  Then tying into last week’s Time Capsule release Devon watched Mike Judge’s “Extract” in an effort to see how it measures up ag...

In this Time Capsule episode Devon and Sejohn use the 25th Anniversary of Mike Judge’s first feature length film to look back and celebrate the entire entertainment empire that Judge has built for himself and the greater effect it has had on not only popular culture but the world at large. 

This week we examine the internet outages over the past seven days and how they affected us on a global and local level. Then Sejohn celebrates an early birthday present and the esoteric piece of comic book history it immortalizes and Devon shares his first impression of the latest adventure starring Samus Aran: Metroid Dread. 

This week we discuss what it feels like to now be from a collegiate theatre program that has produced a Tony Winning Actor, share how we feel about the showdown between Bill Belichick’s Patriots and Tom Brady’s Buccaneers and determine which side each of us is rooting for in the competition, and finally discuss the continuing issue with latter day prequels to once beloved franchises. 

Join the sayers as they attempt to do the absolutely improbable… a sequel to their first Very Special Episode about Nothing in the form of further discussion about Seinfeld and its relationship to their friendship and the greater world of entertainment on the eve of its migration to Netflix.

This week’s episode sees us discuss the validity and legality of  internship programs as we dream about what it would be like if we could get an intern for the Say Report. That spirals into discussions about the ways were were mistreated while we were merely students and cogs in the machine.  Then we readdress our discussion about a Naked Kelsey Grammar, specifically focusing on the character of H...

This week we celebrate Norm MacDonald and the laughter he provided that helped to shape your host-companions.  Then Devon elaborates on the video games and films he watched this week that failed to help buoy his mental state, which in turn leads Sejohn to realize it may in fact be a result of a mismanagement in his risk budgeting.  Make sure you listen till the end to figure why the episode has su...

We start this episode examining how our lives have been touched by tragedy and how we have chosen to commemorate those moments.  Then we discuss experimental products and fake sports teams as they relate to the fast food chicken wars which felt like they were over before Taco Bell wandered into the fray. Following that Devon has found a randomized roguelite experience that actually works for him i...

This episode sees us celebrating Labor Day with a special guest… our very own quizmaster Will Fournier.  Join us as we discuss the origins of the holiday, what labor is like in the year 2021, and what the future of the labor force may look like.

This week with Back to School Carols in the air Sejohn and Devon share some of their grade school stories about Chicago Math, Assembly film screenings, and shifting Syllabi.  Then we take a deep dive into a dark conspiracy about the Bayonetta series, Netflix’s Masters of the Universe Revelations, and some of the classic films Devon celebrated over the past week.