Half talk show, half improv comedy campaign, Daft Monks is a modern pop culture podcast for nerds and sadists alike. Join us every Monday (ish) for funny anecdotes, useless trivia, and the latest installment of our storytelling adventure. Season 3 starts the story anew and explores a bleak, cyberpunk future where the unlikeliest of friends become enemies of the state. Seasons 1 and 2 feature our previous campaign, starring the notoriously inept monster hunters Abraham Van Helsing and Trevor ...
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An amateur podcast season, this show preceded the "Daft Monks" podcast before we learned proper mic etiquette and editing techniques. Hosted by Nate Casimiro and Nate Stalcup, two socially functional nerds, Nat1 Presents is a messy collision of Key and Peele style humor and Critical Role-like fantasy one shot campaigns. If you like the content but hate the audio quality, switch over to www.daftmonkspod.com for the same funny hosts but better audio quality and ongoing story.
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A series of unfair and wildly speculative investigations, critiques and interpretations exposing the hidden meanings of overplayed smooth radio pop songs. Featured in "Top 10 Pop Podcasts on the Planet”. Support the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peter-davis6/subscribe Regular segments: Internet Theories, Misheard Lyrics, Listener Comments. Visit https://speakpipe.com/lyrics to record us your own voicemail hot-take on your smooth pop song of suckiness and you could be on a f ...
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign starts at (14:38). In this episode, the Nates introduce a guest "Mechanics Master" named Ryan to help gamify their show. In the campaign, Roy and Ash go head-to-head with some Gunco goons before returning the Inferno's hideout and getting a special invitation to the Paradigm Games. Support the Show. Want even more c…
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign starts at (7:16). In this episode, the Nates talk briefly about Deadpool and Wolverine, as well as new ways to engage in the show. For the campaign, Ash and Roy make a brief pitstop in an unexpected part of town before picking up the boy for a company picnic. Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stom…
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign starts at (14:44). In this episode, the Nates talk about cerebral horror films by Director Justin Benson and the equally terrifying live action Avatar series on Netflix. For the campaign, Ash's truck breaks down at a rest stop where the meet an unlikely ally and his grandfather. Support the Show. Want even more cont…
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SMOOTH by Santana featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty and Rick Astley of NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
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Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1]We're no strangers to loveYou know the rules and so do I (Do I)A full commitment's what I'm thinking ofYou wouldn't get this from any other guy[Pre-Chorus]I just wanna tell you how I'm feelingGotta make you understand[Chorus]Never gonna give you upNever gonna let you downNever gonna run around and desert…
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All That Glitters is Midas Underbite
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign starts at (22:13). In this episode, the Nates talk bringing home the gold, Las Vegas sith lords, and more. For the campaign, Roy receives a lending hand from an old friend, and a new threat emerges by the Beacon City docks. Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stomache poor audio quality, check out o…
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Nelly Furtado's I'M LIKE A BIRD except not a penguin or emu, just the ones that can fly but I won't crap on your car or anything, that's not what this is about
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Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1]You're beautiful, that's for sureYou'll never ever fadeYou're lovely, but it's not for sureThat I won't ever change[Pre-Chorus]And though my love is rareThough my love is true[Chorus]I'm like a bird, I'll only fly awayI don't know where my soul is (Soul is)I don't know where my home isAnd baby, all I nee…
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Cliff Richard's WIRED FOR SOUND and for crime fighting in shopping malls, road safety and brain washing
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Play along at home with the lyrics: [Introduction]I like small speakersI like tall speakersIf they've music they're wired for sound[Verse 1]Walking about with a head full of musicCassette in my pocket and I'm gonna use itStereoOut on the street, you knowOhohohohohohoho, oho[Verse 2]Into the car, go to work and I'm cruisingI never think that I'll bl…
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Hanson's MMMBOP, scooby-di-dooby-wop, bop doo-bap, wap-baba-doo
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Play along at home with the lyrics: [Intro]OhOh, oohOh, oohOh, yeah[Verse 1]You have so many relationships in this lifeOnly one or two will lastYou go through all the pain and strifeThen you turn your back and they're gone so fastOh, yeahAnd they're gone so fast, yeah[Verse 2]Oh, so hold on the ones who really careIn the end, they'll be the only on…
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Mariah Carey's ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU and cracker jokes and inoffensive MC greetings and slavery or cannibalism and fertility and revenge and demon possession or necromancy and Maslow's needs
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Play along at home with the lyrics: [Intro]I don't want a lot for ChristmasThere is just one thing I needI don't care about the presentsUnderneath the Christmas treeI just want you for my ownMore than you could ever knowMake my wish come trueAll I want for Christmas is you, yeah [Verse 1]I don't want a lot for ChristmasThere is just one thing I nee…
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Foreigner's I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS in case I need it when I'm older, plus hiking tips, randy monks and cowboys and the tin man from Oz but the real answer is from Artificial Intelligence in song
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Play along at home with the lyrics: [Verse 1]I've gotta take a little timeA little time to think things overI better read between the linesIn case I need it when I'm older [Verse 2]Now, this mountain, I must climbFeels like a world upon my shouldersThrough the clouds, I see love shineIt keeps me warm as life grows colder [Pre-Chorus]In my life, the…
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign starts at (32:57). In this episode, the Nates discuss Barbenheimer, bodybuilding, and the cruel realization that they will not be on television. For the campaign, Roy and Ash meet a mysterious cocktail waitress by the name of Proxie, and Roy get's one heck of a mani pedi. Support the Show. Want even more content? If…
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Seal's KISS FROM A ROSE on the grey or gray or the grave or the greying tower which is probably a lighthouse because it's on the sea and it snows there at sea level which means it's near the arctic
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Play along at home with the lyrics: [Intro]Ba-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-yaBa-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-yaBa-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-yaBa-ya-ya, ba-da-da-da-da-da, ba-ya-ya[Verse1]There used to be a greying tower alone on the seaAnd you became the light on the dark side of meLove remained a drug that's the high and not the pill[P…
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign starts at (10:33). In this episode, Nate has a bone to pick with his equal opportunity training facilitator and their bias against miniature ponies, while other Nate gets on the American Gladiators bandwagon. For the campaign, Roy and Ash team up to escape Beacon Group HQ and seek refuge "off the grid." Support the …
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What Goes Up Must Come Down, Eventually
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign starts at (21:08). In this episode, the Nates talk new homes, the American Gladiators documentary on Netflix, and more. For the campaign, Ash and Roy continue their day and finally cross paths deep in the underbelly of Beacon Group HQ. Roy's conscience kicks in while Ash goes from late to lost in the Beacon Group fa…
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Roleplay for Three | The Heist 2: Boozie's Revenge
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Nat1 is back with what was supposed to be a summer filler episode for Daft Monks. In this episode of Nat1 Presents, the Nates welcome listener and special guest Donnie to the show, and they play a lengthy game of Call of Cthulhu in a continuation of the "The Heist" storyline. Support the show Listen to our new show, the Daft Monks podcast, for ongo…
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Daft Punk's GET LUCKY with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers - We've come too far to give up talking pop lyrics but let's not raise the bar, just lower your expectations. We raise our cups to you!
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It's 2013. A pope resigns for the first time ever (he hated robes that hid his buff figure), the Boston Marathon is bombed by a couple of crazy kids, Grand Theft Auto 5 is published, Chrissy Amphlett dies, as does the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, Annette Funicello, and Lou Reed, ... and the robo-boys of Daft Punk release this groov…
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Send Us a Text Message. Campaign/Session zero starts at (38:11). We're back! I said Monday and we delivered, albeit late Monday evening. Anywho, welcome to a new story with the same shitty hosts. In this episode, the Nates recap their experience at Phoenix Fan Fusion, discuss their hyper-rivalry with Statefarm Insurance, and explain why druid is th…
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Send Us a Text Message. Check out our new theme song for Season 3 created by @northsidenate (yes, another Nate)! Episode 2 is coming out end of the week. Stay tuned! Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stomache poor audio quality, check out our first iteration of the podcast for 50+ episodes of weekly antics and one shot adventures…
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Season 3 Trailer | Daft Monks Returns Monday
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Send Us a Text Message. Daft Monks Season 3 returns next week (Monday, July 31st) with a new story, new shenanigans, and new hosts! Just kidding, same shitty hosts. Welcome to Beacon City. Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stomache poor audio quality, check out our first iteration of the podcast for 50+ episodes of weekly antics …
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Cher's do you BELIEVE in life after love after autotune after denial after bribery after Candyman after 6 writers and 8 years after the AI apocalypse after Sonny Bono after happy ever after
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It's 1998. Sonny Bono dies. Shania Twain records the first version of 'THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH'. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property pr…
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Send Us a Text Message. We're working on some bonus episodes before we truly wrap up Season 2, however in the meantime, here's your first look at Season 3 of the Daft Monks podcast. While you can still expect the same twisted sense of humor and improv, we're taking the time to flesh out a bleak, futuristic universe with a darker tone for our next c…
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The Chimera, the Lich and the Warlord
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Send Us a Text Message. The Nates share some quick banter about an IT themed escape room and the new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom release, before jumping right in to the climactic finale to Trevor Belmont and Abraham Van Helsing's story. Campaign starts at (13:03). Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stomache poor audio qu…
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Michael Bolton's HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU when I barely know you, if you even exist, I mean, you could be Katie Couric or Lady Diana or my own mother or a figment and you're pantless?
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It's 1990. An idea for something called "World Wide Web" or "the internet" is proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in Switzerland as a way to more rapidly distribute pornography. Nelson Mandela is released from prison and goes straight, at least as far as a politician can be. His wife on the other hand ... anyway ... the Berlin Wall is demolished, largely b…
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Send Us a Text Message. The Nates share casino anecdotes, their first two star rating, and more. Meanwhile, the battle for Groshureburger, the Sun Temple, and the world begins as Van Helsing and gang mount an assault on Bingo's army. Campaign starts at (30:14). Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stomache poor audio quality, check …
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Send Us a Text Message. The Nates discuss hair loss, turkey hunting and the Disney film Strange World. Meanwhile, Belmont and gang piece together the remaining timeline of Van Helsing's past and formulate a plan to take down Bingo. Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stomache poor audio quality, check out our first iteration of the…
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Send Us a Text Message. The Nates discuss Daylight Saving, the Korean reality TV show Physical 100, testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), and the 1991 film Earnest Scared Stupid. Meanwhile, Van Helsing, Belmont and gang are finally reunited, and Van Helsing comes clean about his dark, convoluted past. Support the Show. Want even more content? If …
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Shania Twain's THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH but you're in with a chance - I don't ask much - a touch of a cat or the horse from the Godfather, the right car, no Brad Pitt, James Bond or Elon Musk
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It's 1998. Google is founded as a company. The final episode of 'Seinfeld' airs. 'The Big Lebowski' hits cinemas . Frank Sinatra and Linda McCartney die but Bindi Irwin is born. The Japanese economy enters a recession due to the collapse of land and property prices (property bubbles CAN burst!). Europeans agree on a single currency called the Euro.…
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One Good Turn Deserves a Turnbuckle Teddie
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Send Us a Text Message. Nate recalls chaperoning his child's recent field trip, his latest 80s movie binge, and his take on the HBO Max series Velma. Meanwhile, Van Helsing and Ginger make their getaway from Gröschureburgher, but not before an epic encounter with Bingo and the Turnbuckle Teddies. Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can…
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Send Us a Text Message. Nate shares how he faired at his jiu-jitsu tournament, a reoccurring trend in 80's movies, and some of the worst spells in Dungeons and Dragons. Meanwhile, Belmont joins Naya in his dreamscape, where he recalls his mother's murder and a familiar father figure. Support the Show. Want even more content? If you can stomache poo…
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Send Us a Text Message. The Nates recall their first hangout at a renaissance faire, discuss axe throwing, and rank some of the most disappointing magic items in Dungeons and Dragons. Meanwhile, Van Helsing makes a move against Bingo and joins forces with his portly friend from the brothel. He meets a femme fatale who may just win his heart... if s…
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James Blunt’s YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL & possibly a ghost, a cultist, or a puppy. Premature vocalisation. Is life brilliant? What does ChatGPT AI think and can it write a better song? Posh Spice goes Gangsta!
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The year was 2004. Mark Zuckerberg launches a little thing called The Facebook. NASA lands a rover (good boy!) on Mars. Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Iraq and does not do well. Construction on the tallest building (to date) begins in Dubai, so that Tom Cruise can ultimately shoot an action movie around it. A disgruntled resident of Granby, Colora…
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Send Us a Text Message. Nate ranks various Dungeons and Dragons source books and materials and laments a recent jiu jitsu injury and getting old. Meanwhile, Belmont and Nayenezgani enter the portal swallowing their ancestral land in an effort to shut it down. But what starts as a happy stroll through Belmont's childhood ends with some uncomfortable…
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