Kwik-E-Pod 043: When Flanders Failed Part 2 is finally live for your enjoyment. Our epic conversation with Waldo Yuen covers the practicality of a Leftorium, the jerkwadness of Homer, the dynamics of brotherhood, the pros and cons of spirituality, the influences of dexterity, and the QA-ness of video game development.…

It's time for Kwik-E-Pod 042: When Flanders Failed Part 1 with returning guest, Waldo Yuen. Waldo and I get excited for the fall tv season by talking about Arrow, Flash, Gotham, Agents of SHIELD, Constantine, and Agent Carter.

Kwik-E-Pod 041: Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington is here with a double-dose of special guests, Kristy Ellington and Sabrina Eldredge of Nerd Friday Show. The ladies sit down with Chris to discuss Gotham, Simpsons make-up, the age of Readers Digest, Harry Potter schools, Washington DC, '90s fashion, Goonies, Jingoism all the way, the moral of the story, …

Kwik-E-Pod 040: Stark Raving Dad is here to kick off SEASON 3 of The Simpsons and the podcast. Joining the show via Skype is musician and actor Goh Nakamura. This week's conversation covers the brand new Kwik-E-Pod theme, Harry Shearer wins an Emmy, Michael Jackson, siblings, Patsy Cline, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Moonwalker, the creative pr…

Season 2 is wrapped up so here's the best way to remember it...with a clip show. Kwik-E-Pod 039: Best Of The Worst is a supercut of B-Roll audio that didn't make the final cut. Conversation snippets that were cut from the final episode. Featuring the voices of some old friends. From Kwik-E-Pod 015: Bart Gets an F from August 2013 is a conversation …

It's the season 2 finale of Kwik-E-Pod and we're watching Blood Feud with Waldemar "Waldo" Yuen. We immediately get Medieval...Sims Medieval that is, before discussing the behemoth of Guardians of the Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman and the New 52, the moral of the story, Legos, motorcycle talk, there will be blood, the body image i…

It's Kwik-E-Pod 037: Three Men And A Comic Book. Returning guest, Masashi Niwano is here to talk about his obsession with Milhouse. Not only do we share our favorite Milhouse Van Houten moments but we get down and dirty with representations of race, the anthropomorphism of Beast's furniture, memories of comic book stores, the X-Men problem, is Mart…

Kwik-E-Pod 036: War of The Simpsons is here with returning guest, Seng Chen. The conversation starts immediately with Homestar Runner, Elysium, names and faces, fishing, house parties (minus Kid & Play), the domestication of Seng and Chris, eating all the food, and the moral of the story.

Kwik-E-Pod 035: Lisa's Substitute is here to make your Monday slightly more bearable. Our guest this week is musician and filmmaker, Seng Chen, and we got down and dirty talking about: World Cup Afterthoughts The Art of Seng Elementary School Separate but equal sleeping arrangements Passing Notes Extra Curricular Activities Old School Computers Ban…

Kwik-E-Pod 034: Brush With Greatness is here. Our returning guest this week is Christine Kwon. Join us in discussing clowns, water parks, carny food, Pinochurros, amusement parks, the artist within, on being a tracer, the routine of writing, the family show, health food vs. junk food, and Asians on TV.…

Kwik-E-Pod 033: Old Money is here with our guest, Masashi Niwano. Join the discussion as we talk about World Cup 2014, quoting the Simpsons, Austin-Texas, the geriatric connection, The Honeymooners and Korean soaps, we swap grampa stories, volunteer work, Tim Burton's Batman, video games, wrestling, horror films, American Dad, the moral of the stor…

Kwik-E-Pod is back with Bart's Dog Gets An F. Chris sits down with filmmaker, Christine Kwon to discuss Nice Girls Crew, Fringe and Firefly, South Korea and the World Cup, Kwonzilla vs. Mangy Asian Man, Doogie, pets, Judge Christine, mad about shoe, family meetings, cooking with Chris, more Nice Girls Crew and memories of Eli Wallach.…

Kwik-E-Pod is back with some news that will make you all very frightened and horny. Then Chris talks about the Lego Simpsons house, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, The Place Beyond The Pines, Now You See Me, Almost Human, and the Oscars.

It's another solo episode in which Chris talks to himself. Chris injects some Futurama into the show by talking about the series finale, crossover comics, and live panels. Then Chris gets on his soapbox and talks about Batman and Bill Finger. Chris wraps it up by talking about another podcast, The Sound and Fury from Angry Asian Man.…

It's Kwik-E-Pod 030: O Brother Where Art Thou? and we invited Christian Cagigal to join us in talking about brotherly love. This trio of weirdos makes conversation about Chris' wardrobe faux pas, Tom Waits = Batman, busdriver love, dancing ghosts, old lady Nikki, McBain, old man Chris rants against movie theaters, the Japanese connection, the ist o…

Let's start 2014 with Kwik-E-Pod 029: Principal Charming. The kids are back with a conversation about Christmas, Starbucks gift cards, too many posters, Nikki jams with a slide whistle, talkin' Tolkein, the Patty and Selma paradox, the introduction of Hans Moleman, beloved Aunt, The Terminator, vandalism, 3 minutes of fart jokes, old racist toys, t…

This is Kwik-E-Pod 028: Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment and we brought Paul T. Layland out of forced retirement to talk to us about bible times, Phil Hartman, the Coaxial Connection, Woody Allen porn parodies, the moral of the moral, cat talk, the debut and legacy of Troy McClure, orange lemons, the adult channels, format wars, the debut of …

Welcome to Kwik-E-Pod 027: The Way We Was with returning guest, Paul T. Layland. The thrilling threesome shares tales of Batkid, the debut of McBain, high school romance for Nikki’s parents, San Francisco’s Crime Alley, members of the debate team and debate team groupies, how Chris met his wife, feminism wow, meet the burnout guidance counselor, de…

It's a bonus episode in which Chris talks to himself for an hour. Chris talks about his other obsessions: video games and movies. Chris discusses: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Super Mario 3D World Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies Animal Crossing: New Leaf Batman Arkham Origins Diablo III and Deckard Cain PS4 and Knack Ender's Game Life of…

Kwik-E-Pod 026: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish is here to make us all consider our own mortality. We sit down with friend, fellow podcaster, and Chris' sister-in-law, Sabrina Eldredge to discuss Jills of all Trades, Sushi in the '90s, a debate about mayonnaise, hooking up with chefs, Nikki's sad dinners, the Japanese Connection, Karaoke hi…

Here we go with Kwik-E-Pod 025: Bart Gets Hit By A Car. Special guest LeRoid David is here to profess his love for The Simpsons and we have a sugar-fueled conversation that starts and ends with Silence of The Lambs. In between we get to chat about Capoeira, Industrial Arts, M.A.S.K., COPS, growing up with The Simpsons, sketchy artists, Phil Hartman…

We're back with Episode 024: Itchy & Scratchy & Marge. Dig our new intro music and then listen to us prattle on about growing up with tv violence, Looney Tunes, Ren and Stimpy, RIP Marcia Wallace, the censorship craze of the '90s, Itchy & Scratchy palooza, da bears, The LA Riots, The Stanford Robber Barons, The UCSC Icky Banana Slugs, The SFSU Gato…

In this off-week we present some extra/outtake material from two previous sessions. First is an outtake from Episode 009 where we got onto a tangent about Wreck-It-Ralph and video games for about 16 minutes. Next is a conversation that was recorded from Episode 013 in which Chris and Nikki discuss sketch comedy and other topics for an extended peri…

Gorges beware, it's Bart The Daredevil! Today we converse about monster truck rallies, Maker Faire, wrestling, G.L.O.W., student recitals, The White Stripes' deodorant pitch, school plays and high school musicals, the 1812 Overture, an underwater lion, Free Willy, secret ninja powers, Julius or Julia?, Dr. Hibbert, The Three Stooges ward, Captain L…

This week we discuss Bart vs. Thanksgiving. Chris and Nikki swap Thanksgiving tales starting with the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the stress of hosting and wine coolers, Nikki's fancy bf enjoys green tea, Chris saves Thanksgiving, the significant other issue, define "vacation," a most immemorable movie, traditions, the fine China, Agents of S…

In this episode of Kwik-E-Pod we go green with Dead Putting Society. Chris and Nikki try and get things out of their heads, "potatoe," Keeping up with the Flanders', Nikki's brother's rival, Jim Carrey, Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman, the last days of mini-golf, why are we talking about The Voice, how to win, Todd Flanders, Chris won a trophy bu…

OK baseball fans it's time for Kwik-E-Pod 019: Dancin' Homer. Hear us pathetically talk about sports as Chris wonders if writer Ken Levine is the Bioshock Ken Levine, clown ethics, OJ Simpson, Nikki's first impression of Keeping The Faith followed by Chris' bad Tom Waits impersonation, Shelbyville, the Simpsons Did It of baseball cartoons, the nati…

Things get political when we discuss, "Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish." The ol' fission hole that is the LA river, Nikki's further conspiracy theories of the Springfield bubble of reality, Hitler 2.0, the accidental inception, electioneering, Veeps and Geeks, Chris' high school dreams, Citizen Burns, Pet Sounds, media circus,…

The spooktacular debut of Treehouse of Horror is upon us and we brought in Paul Layland to help us dissect this classic. We get a brief look at Nikki and Paul's confusing past, Paul's parking lot story, we discuss the painful birth of Treehouse of Horror and the precedent of Kang & Kodos, the horrible Simpson family, breaking down Bad Dream House, …

It's episode 016, Simpson and Delilah, and we struggle to talk about this great episode. Your hosts jaw on about the Stitcher Network and our favorite podcasts, TV dinner, Chris is a closeted military buff, Packing For Mars and Earthbound again, indescribable games, Demoxinil, bald vs. gray, Nikki's mutant power, the Asian male dilemma, the importa…

School's back in session with the start of season 2 of The Simpsons, "Bart Gets an F." Here is your itinerary: Period 0: Chris and Nikki catch up with tales of family visits and turtle towers 14:00-21:22 Period 1: We're part of the Stitcher Network 21:23-24:20 Period 2: The Stern factor and finding the Clint 24:22-29:17 Period 3: The broken America…

The Kwik-E-Podness continues with special guests H.P. Mendoza and Julie Wang as they and Nikki Thayer face the challenge of The Simpsons Jeopardy hosted by "Alex Trebek." Three contestants enter but who will emerge victorious from the nerdcave? Tune in to find out in this very special mega-mini-bonus episode.…

The Kwik-E-Pod season 1 super happy special wrap-up show is here and we've brought in filmmaker H.P. Mendoza and friend of the show Julie Wang to eat lots of donuts and talk about The Simpsons with us. Hear the tale of the Mario pinata, Julie's exciting new career, when H.P. met Chris, shooting Fruit Fly, The Hong Kong connection, "knife goes in, g…

The season finale is here and Chris and Nikki are here to discuss with tales of woe and whimsy including gotcha journalism, childhood tv memories, toe fishing, Joe Isuzu, Jared from Subway, meth on you, the glass ceiling of gender representation in nerd culture, the intense emotional stress that sets up the episode, the weight of parenthood, a roma…

The Kwik-E-Pod Episode 012: Krusty Gets Busted conversation begins off the rails with Chris eating candy, Slideshow Blob, Itchy & Scratchy, webshows, late '90s MTV animation, clown jokes, new ice cream flavors, the weird introduction of Kent Brockman, everybody hates news anchors, the automatic news writing machine bias, "Like", we X-plore our X-Fi…

Episode 011 is introduced by a Frenchman and a Russian woman while Chris and Nikki discuss the details of The Crepes of Wrath, (evil) talking dolls, Beetlejuice, Nikki gets to talk about Pacific Rim, baguette wars, Agnes Skinner, more terrible kid movies, CineFX, Chris doesn't quite get his history correct when describing 1990 Albania, cheese eatin…

Baby Bane introduces another great episode while Chris and Nikki discuss Pacific Rim, Chris educates on the proper usage of the phrase "Die Hard," we receive The Simpsons cereal from Europe, is Springfield purgatory?, The Columbia Records scam, Bart predates Goatse, ASL that you don't want to know, cartoon inebriation, Nikki's trip to the strip clu…

A dangerous but joyful presence introduces the show, Chris and Nikki discuss Snapchat, terrible gifts for parents, the adolation of Nikki, mallwalkers, Cut Hut, Suncoast Video, Hook Nook, Nikki's gotta catch 'em all, Marge's age, RC Cola, Jacques, Euro-sleaze, SF Brunch spots, Helen Lovejoy, The Big (crush on Maude) Lebowski, Chris explains what a …

It's Episode 008: The Telltale Head. Your hosts, Chris and Nikki, get their hands dirty with Peter Rabbit, Sunday School, the 8th sin of gambling, Reverend Lovejoy, the heresy of The Simpsons, bad movie titles, what kinds of names are Dolph, Kearny, and Jimbo, theater hopping, Tweets are catchy, Infinite Jest, the pitfalls of Animal Crossing, the p…

It's Episode 007. Chris and Nikki explore the great outdoors with tales of RV culture, a deep fried funeral, lemon flavored poop, camping, dog tents, everybody wants to be a cat, the Far Side, and bears, bears, bears. So many bears. Smokey the Bear, Humphrey the Bear, and even "Baboo?" the Bear.

Episode 006 is introduced by a special guest and Chris and Nikki get 150% silly with topics covering National Donut Day, li'l Lisa's lethargy, the one bathroom dilemma, racist toothpaste, turning that frown upside down, Nikki's musical talent (or lack thereof), Chris delves into his boyhood fantasies of being a sexy musical bird, Nikki the klutz, d…

In Episode 005, Chris and Nikki share more stories of sibling rivalry, the creepiness of vealcake, middle school relationships and bullying, facebook unfriending, Nazi underpants, and the unified geek universe.

In Episode 004 Chris and Nikki cover, "There's No Disgrace Like Home" with the conversation spanning dysfunctional families, defining "normal," embarrassing yourself at work, Chris goes on an old man rant, TV dinners, and favorite ninja turtles. PS: Apologies for the audio quality on this week's episode. We got some new equipment that we are super-…

In Episode 003 we talk about, "Homer's Odyssey" where things get personal. Chris and Nikki wonder who is named, "Homer?", looking up to losers, sex ed, the woes of unemployment, the excitement of new fast food offerings, cartoon suicide, El Barto Begins, bowling for hipsters, taxidermy, and our favorite characters.…

In Episode 002, Chris and Nikki talk epic board games, the sorry state of public education, schoolyard shenanigans, going to the opera, and clean vs. messy.

In the first episode of Kwik-E-Pod meet Chris and Nikki as they discuss the first episode of The Simpsons, Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire, and talk about the show's origins, dinosaur milk, holiday depression, and Amanda Bynes.