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THE OCEANIA MINISTRY OF PODCASTS HAS DEEMED THIS PODCAST APPROPRIATE FOR CONSUMPTION. WE ARE AWARE IT IS DISCUSSING A DIFFERENT BIG BROTHER, AND HAVE DIRECTED THOSE WHO ASKED TO THE MINISTRY OF LOVE FOR RECONDITIONING All eyes are on us this week as Spencer Frankeberger (@spencer101f) joins us to discuss Big Brother, the long running, multi-national, mildly Orwellian reality series that honestly kinda stresses me out a little bit. We go deep on how the show was restructured from its slower, European format to the more brash, Survivor inspired American version, the psychological tolls this show can take on its contestants, and Spencer tells his use incredibly detailed thoughts on what sort of contestant he would be. Plus, we pose the eternal question, "What’s wrong with Brandon saying 'I’m tired of plugging myself?'" Leave a rating and review for us on Apple Podcasts, please! :)

"I respect DEVO, but I do not understand DEVO" --Beth Scorzato This week, depodvolution is real as we talk Akron art rock weirdos DEVO with Jason Luna (JasonLuna1vs100 on Youtube!)! We take a ride on the Human Highway as we go deep on one of the most interesting and bizarre bands to ever hit it big, how they were the perfect band for MTV, and how they've managed to keep what could have been a very one note idea sustainable for over four decades. Plus: Brandon takes an incredibly long walk for a DEVO pun and it is NOT WORTH THE TRIP. You spuds like our pod? Leave a rating and review on the ol' Apple Podcasts app, it'll really help us out!

On this week's episode we're joined by the co-founder of Felon To Freeman and Vote Plan, Marquis Olison (@yogimarquis). Marquis shares the story of how he went from an aspiring comedian and improviser to running workshops for the Obama Campaign to eventually founding several community service organizations. We talk about how comedy and community organizing aren't THAT dissimilar, and how his experiences in the entertainment world were beneficial in the world of politics. Plus: Peter Falk is the Elvis of Romania?!? Like the show? You can help US organize a community of listeners by leaving a rating and review on the ol' Apple Podcasts app ;)

MULTIPOD MULTIPOD MULTIPOD!!!!!!!! On this week's episode we become trouble youths in the 1950s as we talk pinball with actor Alex Vaughan (@ohno.alexvaughan, Delivery, Sketch That Tune)! We go from SoHo down to Brighton as we discuss the history and intricacies of this odd hybrid game, what makes a machine stand out in a pinball room, and how it feels to just CRUSH a table for the first time. This is also the episode where Brandon talks A LOT about Smokey and The Bandit 2, which if you haven't seen it is truly insane on a number of levels. There is sadly no Smokey and The Bandit 2 pinball machine, though a potential Smokey and The Bandit 3: Smokey IS The Bandit machine is discuss. Bally or Stern or whoever hit me up because I have some IDEAS. Like our show? Then be like The Bandit and leave a rating AND review on the ol' Apple Podcasts box.

DON'T PUT PODCASTS IN YOUR EYES DON'T PUT PODCASTS IN YOUR EYES PUT PODCASTS IN YOUR EYES PUT PODCASTS IN YOUR EYES On this week's show, we crush our heads and go deep on legendary Canadian sketch comedy troupe The Kids In The Hall with the also legendary non-Canadian comedian and host Cozi Orlen (So so so many shows: Blackout Drunk, Scene Kids, the list goes on and on!) We get girl drink drunk on this surreal, hilarious and queer-forward comedy show and why it's still so important over three decades later. What waits for them on the seventh step as filming has begun on the new season of the show? We hope it's great! So sit back, relax, and put on your finest businessman trapping suit and pull up your gazebo as we take a journey with us back to 80s and 90s Toronto. Find yourself thinking "I mean to leave a review, but it sliiiipped my miiiiiiiiiiind"? Well, now's the perfect chance to leave a rating and review on the Apple Podcasts thingamatron.

PLAYSTATION START UP MUSIC On this week's show, we take to the final frontier....the SaGa Frontier, that is, as we're joined by Drew Davenport (Rules & Rolls podcast, @the_davenporter, @the_davenportersmemorycard) to talk one of the most influential and underrated 90s JRPGS. Seven stories! Seven heroes! Seven brides for seven brothers! This game certainly has two of those things! We barely scratch the surface of this massive, idiosyncratic game that was just rereleased on Nintendo Switch! Like the show? Then leave seven different reviews under seven different names on the Apple Podcasts thing seven different times! Seven!

On this week’s show we get lost in the multiversity as Alex Jarvis (@farcetiger) joins us to discuss the weird and wild world of Grant Morrison. Chaos magick! Superman! Time and space! We go deep on one of the most interesting minds in comics, and try to parse just what makes them such a singular voice. Plus: Brandon gets viscerally stressed out at the mere MENTION of Netflix’s The Circle. Plus Plus: Beth starts the show with a nuclear level burn from which we may never truly recover. Like the show? Then leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts in this and/or any other dimension you may be living in!

Sing me, O Poet, of the Lizard Wizard, and how he became a king of not just men, but of gizzards same. On this week’s show, Sean Barry (Co-host of Radish, @thatseanbarry, @idiotechnica) guides us Virgil-like into the many, many layers upon layers that make up the King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard experience. Does Brandon compare this Aussie psych outfit to Phish a ton? Yup. Does that surprise anyone? Nope! click here 4 egg trick If you like our show, leave a rating and review on the ol’ Apple Podcasts box!

WE LOVE IT!!! On this week's episode, we dive into the glitz, the glamour, the gall, the gallantry, the champagne wishes and CBD quinoa salad dreams as we discuss the city of lights, the city of brotherly love, the big muddy herself Los Angeles with the big muddy herself CK Kimball (Hey LA, Certified burlesque genius, @glitterpizzacat)! All joking aside LA is a very weird, very nuanced city that a lot of people have never really given a chance, and CK comes with an incredibly fresh, on-the-ground look at what makes this city truly special. Also, turns out, this is the episode with all of the follow-up jokes* about Snowpiercer...one thousand and one bits long... Like the show? Be sure to to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It may not seem like it helps, but deep down, somewhere in the depths of the great metal beast in which we live, it helps make things just a little bit better for the people of Podpiercer...one thousand and one pods long... *we'll call 'em that, sure

On this week’s show multimedia multi-hyphenate Vanessa Guerrero (@nesgritton, El Rey, Kicking and Screaming Podcast) joins us to talk YouTube food culture! We discuss the deep cultural nature of food, food as travel as content, and the slightly voyeuristic nature of some of these channels and presenters. Later, Vanessa and Brandon agree to buy a fuck ton of international potato chips (But hey if Lays Canada wanted to just SEND us some All Dressed Chips we wouldn’t complain, eh!). We then spend a significant amount of time listening to Brandon get very turned on while talking about the concept of automats. Plus: Bill Walton plays the glockenspiel! Like the show? Leave us a rating and review on the ol' Apple Podcasts box. It's like an automat but for podcasts and also it's very very bad :)

NOTE: THIS WEEK’S PODCAST IS BEING PRESSED ON EXCLUSIVE “I THINK BLUE’D BE INTBLU IT” BLUE SWIRL VINYL WITH A MARSHMALLOW SWIRL AND CHOCOLATE BRANDONS AND IS LIMITED TO ONE COPY. NO PREORDERS OR KEEPSIES, NOT EVEN IF YOU ASK REALLY REALLY NICELY. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING ON MONDAY, MAY 17th 2021 AS PART OF PODCAST STORE DAY, WHICH IS A THING I JUST MADE UP. On this week’s show, you pod me right round baby right round as we talk vinyl records with Brannon Hoff (New Nintendo Podcast XL, @brnhoff). We (crate) dig deep on all the reasons why this format is so appealing to nerds and collectors, the benefits of vinyl versus streaming, and share some of our wettest and wildest record collecting stories. Plus: Brandon shares a story about Weezer being grumpy! Like the show baby right round round round? Then leave a rating and review and round round on the Apple Podcasts app which is apparently good now? or at least not full trash. Who knows! I sure don’t. #Overcast.

On this week's show we wax nostalgic for the future that never was as Matthew Serrano (Live From The Space Stage: A Halyx Story, Remain Seated Please - A Hoot & Chief Story, @matthewgserrano) returns to the show to discuss the gone but not forgotten Epcot Center classic, Horizons. We cover everything from the corporate optimism to the retro futurism to the incredible music. We also get VIOLENTLY sidetracked by trying to figure out whether or not Beth has Mandela Effect-ed a Horizons reference into her memories of the shitty Eric Idle version of Journey Into Imagination. Like the show? Leave a rating and review in the ol' Apple Podcasts box please and thank you :)

On this week's show, we take a four year journey into the land of the dead with skeleton travel agent turned podcaster Andrew Helmer (That Was A Show? Podcast, @andrewhelmer) as we discuss the late 90s LucasArts classic Grim Fandango. We discuss the art, architecture and music of this one of a kind Day of the Dead/film noir themed game, all of which have left a lasting impact on both the adventure game scene and our guest. I don't really have any jokes for this one! It's a good episode about a good game, what else do you want from me? If you like this good episode about a good game then leave us a good review on the (significantlyfukkenlessthan)good Apple Podcasts app!

SORRY WE'RE NOT HOME RIGHT NOW PODDIN' THROUGH THE SPIDERWEBS LEAVE A MESSAGE AND WE'LL POD YOU BAAAAAACK On this week's show, we take a journey to the tragic kingdom of Orange County as we go deep on No Doubt with Chelsea Pope (The Groundlings, The Pack Theater, Those Jen Psaki videos, @chelseathepope). We talk about the band's evolution, Gwen Stefani's journey from backing vocals to leading lady, and those sweet sweet sweet horns. Like the show? Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Hopefully it'll be easier now that Tim Cook has finally decided to overhaul that absolutely hot garbeaux app.

Episode Notes "WELLIREMEMBERITASTHOUGHTITWEREAPODAGOOOOOOOOOOOO" said Tommy The Podcat as he sauntered his way towards the episode description box for this week's episode. "Hmmm," this most felicitous feline thought to himself, "an episode with Erik Wargo (Nightchurch, @erikwargo) about the musical stylings of one Mr. Les Claypool and his band Primus. That sounds like a pretty good show to me." We get deep in the low end on the wild career of one of the most singular bass players in music, and only spend about eight minutes of the show doing mouth bass noises. Primus! Oysterhead! Sausage! Bernie Brains! All of it and more! We're happy to announce that we're now part of the Indiesaurus Podcast Network! For more information, T-rex stomp on over to indiesaurus.com! Tell 'em The Into It Squad sent you for 30% off your next return! Like our show? Subscribe and leave a rating on the ol' Apple Podcast app! It's a terrible app, but doing that has mystical powers that will help our podcast anyway :)

On this week's episode, episode number 24 because that's the highest number so this would have to be episode numbah 24, Pack Theater sweetheart Bryan Musil (Tantrum, @bryangdmusil) joins us to talk cult 90's 24's sketch show Mr. Show with Bob and David. Despite only running for 30 24 episodes over four years it remains beloved by sketch dorks decades later, and launched the careers of some of the most successful comedians working today. We also discuss Mr. Show's place in the pantheon of sketch comedy shows, and what has and hasn't aged particularly well since it originally aired 26 24 years ago.Like our show? We're one of the thousands twenty four podcasts available on the internet, and it would help us out a ton if you could leave a rating and review on the ol' Apple Podcasts box!

PODCAST! AT LAST! YOU PUT IT IN YOUR EARS! THE "LES MIS" SHOW! IT'S SADDER THAN YOU'VE FEAAAAAAAARED! On this week's show we take a trip down the ol' Mis herself as Andrew Lee (Rabble Rabble at The Pack, @andreww_lee) joins us to talk Broadway's most French musical, Les Miserables. We get properly overdramatic and properly in our feelings as we go deep on this insanely popular musical about a revolution that super duper does not work out. There's lots of singing, lots of jokes about the French, and a sneak preview at Brandon and Andrew's upcoming, canonical sequel Dos Mis. Plus: Hear Brandon say, in all sincerity and with just a bit too much ire "I'm glad that child died." Don't forget to leave a rating and review on the ol' Apple Podcasts thing. Tell 'em Gavroche sent you for 20% off your next failed revolution.

On this week's show, comedian/writer/actor Jordan Kurtzman (Hot City, @jordankurtzman) joins us to talk Sinéad O'Connor, specifically her album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. We go deep on this album full of big feelings, big sounds and big swings from an artist who has truly been through the ringer (even before her ill-fated SNL appearance).There have been zero jokes in this episode description because it's a heavier episode than usual, and I am proud of myself for that. If you're proud of me you should leave a review on the ol' Apple Podcasts box.

*action orson please* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahthepodcast! on this week's program your hosts, that constantly quarreling yet always loving married couple Brennan and Becca, they of I Think You'd Be Into It, are joined by comedian and fellow podcaster James Kislingbury (A Quality Interruption, World's a Mess, @kislingtwits), to discuss me.....Orson Welles....you see I've somehow managed to defy the will of death himself, throwing loose the shackles of eternity to return once more to perform and introductory, a commencement if you will, for this lovely radio program that you listen to on a computer. I've seen several computers, all of them larger than Heston's ego and yet not nearly as useful to me, and the idea that a radio program could come out of one is as preposterous as the idea that Heston could be mistaken for a human in a world full of apes. But I digress. Pod Masson wines gets you drunk on podcasts.. Huhhznzh...zzzzzz.....zzzzz......zzzzzz....

Guitar nerd show! Guitar nerd show! Guitar nerd show! On this week's episode we're joined by Mike Pfeiffer of The Hell Yeah Babies (@hellyeahbabies) to talk about all sorts of guitar bullshit! Hot rodding! Squeedlies! Meedlies! Van Halens! Guitar youtube! Custom builds! Pedals essentially being astrology for dudes! You name it, we probably talk about it or make fun of it a little bit!We'd let out a rousing "Hell yeah, baby!" if you left a review and rating on the ol' Apple Podcasts!