People are getting abducted from their homelands and trapped in a prison with no name. Prisoners are kept under substandard conditions and either executed or forced to work for the prison when their time comes. Four of these prisoners plan to escape this terrible place and find their way home! From Partyfish Media 🎉🐟
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Weekly podcast in tribute to The Subbeacon podcast, formerly known as the Substandard podcast, full of garbage opinions, star war arguments, and pioneers of the podcast genre Dudes Counting. Described as "mediocre terrible" by Flagg Taylor.
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Captain LAMOTU and The Felonious Monk talk all things Hard2Watch from reviewing terrible movies to telling insane true stories from history to roasting substandard human beings (like a certain D list Aikido star), to subjecting themselves to the probing questions of cults and so much more! Whilst also waxing nostalgic about growing up in the late 80's through the early 00's.
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This is an archive of The Weekly Substandard podcast. Please note that advertisements, links and other specific references within the content may be out of date.
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Cities are becoming increasingly unliveable for most people. Costs are rising but incomes are not. Sky-high rents, evictions, homelessness, and substandard housing are common realities for urban dwellers across the planet. There is a global housing crisis. How did this basic human right get so lost? Who is pushing people out of their homes and cities, and what’s being done to pushback? On the heels of the release of the award-winning documentary, PUSH, filmmaker, Fredrik Gertten and Leilani ...
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Each week, geek out with Victorino Matus, Jonathan V. Last, and Sonny Bunch for a podcast about movies and pop culture. The guys behind the Substandard are back and worse than ever.
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Whole, Healthy and Free is about reclaiming your health and defying the self and industry-imposed limitations to achieve personal breakthrough. We discuss and identify the obstacles to our mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health from a unique perspective focusing on tangible solutions making optimal health the new benchmark and leaving substandard health a thing of the past. The health and wellness industry has long been misleading and manipulative evidenced by increased disease and ...
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Hear from leaders taking on humanity’s biggest problems. From our education, to our health, to our equality, to our security and much more, we uncover initiatives and technologies pushing for a sustainable future for all.
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Meyerside Chats seeks to eliminate the “us and them” narrative and toxic polarization by praising those who lead by example, virtuous community leadership, and authentic conversation. The intent is to showcase the humanity in those that take on the often thankless jobs of public service through civil discourse, and honoring differing points of view. Cities are an essential part of our identity. Depending on where we live, we develop different attitudes, personalities, perspectives, and ways ...
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The Appeal is a podcast, hosted by Adam Johnson, on criminal justice reform, abolition and everything in between. Each week we will feature fascinating interviews with those covering, working in, and most affected by the American criminal system; from lawyers to activists to reporters to the formerly incarcerated. The Appeal will unpack the latest efforts to shine a light on––and radically rethink––the largest prison state in the world.
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Contain This: The Latest in Global Health Security
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Produced for the Australian Government's Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security, this fortnightly podcast will bring you insightful information and updates on what is shaping the future of global health.
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The Angel's Glow (Or The Grapes Of Calf)
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In this episode The Monk puts Cap's gams on the line in order to learn you about the crazy microscopic bugs that were living in the dirt during a particular American Civil War battle and how it made Our Hero's leg glow in the dark! Buckle up because it's going to be a medal winning story of big pharma not letting us glow in the dark for our health!…
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We have reached the end of the tournament and Haven (Hav-On) must now face the tiger demon Ra'skasha who is so fast, nobody has yet to perceive their movements. In the meantime, Brash ans Shelly try to boost Haven with the power of the crowd (while making a few teef on the side) and Giddy meets an incarnate of Death. Intro/Outro Music by Bryce Publ…
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Summer Series: Nomad Nation: How the Remote Work Revolution is Changing the World
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It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season. The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. No matter where you are - we hope you enjoy this year's Summer Series! In this episode …
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The Last Voyage Of The Essex (Or Turtles Eat Free)
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Today we wistfully dip back into the archives into the golden days or yore before we sent The Time Machine careening into the great cosmic unkown and learn about one of the most famous whaling voyages ever to get going well and end up going so so bad....Plus Cap dual wields enchanted swords and, water makes Russian boats catch fire and there are 50…
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With both Melee fighters of the Bad Luck Brigade leaping their way through the brackets, we have reached the semi-finals. But the gods of RNG seem to have it out for the two as both Haven and Giddy face off to the death.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Soundscapes and Music:Arena Crowd/Fighters Guild by Tabletop Audio…
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Project Chariot (Or The AEC Is At It Again!)
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That's right, those nut bags at the Atomic Energy Commision are up to their old tricks once again! This time they are trying to Nuke Alaska and the only thing standing between the hour hand on the Doomsday Clock hitting zero is Cap'n and The Monk! Plus another Steve Seagal Poetry slam! Read our Tweets and participate in our listener polls @ItsHard2…
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Giddy and Haven are ready to fight their first opponents in this tournament of death. For Giddy, they have been matched with the Gigamimic "Protein" has their 1st challenger. Meanwhile, Haven has been saddled with the overall Orc Champion favorite. He has it all, massive 4 bladed axe, intro music, crowd blessing his every move. What can Haven do to…
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Summer Series: Law & Resistance – the South African -Palestine Connection, with Sylvia Vollenhoven
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It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season. The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. No matter where you are - we hope you enjoy this year's Summer Series! In this week's e…
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Today we're watching Steve and the boys patrol Jefferson Parrish yet again but this time it's different. Steven Seagal is acting like a normal, human style being? Find out what Cap and The Monk make of this baffling turn of events. Read our Tweets and participate in our listener polls @ItsHard2Watch on X Follow The Hard2Watch Podcast on Facebook an…
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Random Rambles 3.0 (Or The One With No Introduction)
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Cap and The Monk are back just randomly rambling about 'Murican ignorance, Canadian PSAs, Italian cheese sponsorships, bad gun handling, and more. So much so that they forget to even introduce themselves or the show....so goddamn unprofessional....enjoy! Read our Tweets and participate in our listener polls @ItsHard2Watch on X Follow The Hard2Watch…
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Random Rambles Volume 2 (This One's For Booster)
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Today The Monk and Cap are rambling again, we're talking wrasslin, exploding subs, stache cast, and getting our first hard ons! All that plus a review of Johnny Depps Secret window and so much more! Read our Tweets and participate in our listener polls @ItsHard2Watch on X Follow The Hard2Watch Podcast on Facebook and get all your H2Dub News and Upd…
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In honor of the coming of age ritual going so well, the High Chief is throwing a massive tournament. So naturally, Haven and Giddy vye to compete as who is the stongest of the group. Meanwhile, Shelly begins to flaunt they're charisma as they rizz up the Ork crowd, but Brash now must dodge out of the pitfalls in Shelly's new bragadouchis ways.Intro…
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Summer Series: Mass Protests and the Missing Revolution – a conversation with author Vincent Bevins
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It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season. The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. No matter where you are - we hope you enjoy this year's Summer Series! "From 2010 to 20…
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This week in part 2 of The H2Dub review of Mercenary for Justice, the movie continues to assault our heroes while Cap continues to assault his liver with alcohol just to make it through. We're talking BAD movies, over priced luggage, the pros and cons of wearable technology, government tracking chips, global warming and beard grooming! Really cramm…
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While scheming how to get a buncho teeth for Orkholme, the gang is attacked by a pair of feral oni brothers that would like to make a meal of them. Upon closer inspection though, these two might just solve the party's money problems.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Soundscapes and Music:Yokai Forest/Bubbling Pools by Tabletop Audio Forge…
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Today begins an odyssey, an endurance trial, a war....a year ago Captain LAMOTU and The Monk watched a movie so poorly written, badly acted, horribly shot, terribly directed, and altogether straight up and down butts that it nearly broke the spirit of The H2Dub...It's been sitting in the vault ever since, just 6 and a half hours of raw audio pain, …
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While scheming how to get a buncho ot teeth for Orkholme, the gang is attacked by a pair of feral oni brothers that would like to make a meal of them. Upon closer inspection though, these two might just solve the party's money problems.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Soundscapes and Music:Yokai Forest by Tabletop Audio…
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Summer Series: Radical Nerds: A Conversation with Rutger Bregman
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It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season. The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. No matter where you are - we hope you enjoy this year's Summer Series! This week the Fi…
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Cassius Clay (Or Cannons are Canon)
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It's the 4th of July and we are celebrating freedom by talking Cassius Clay, not the one who rope-a-doped Big George Foreman but rather the one for whom he was named. That's right, the senator clubbinest, pistol duelinest, cannon lovinest, anti-confederate you've never heard of. Until Now! Read our Tweets and participate in our listener polls @ItsH…
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Teleported to the outskirts of Vuzzigud after emotionally destroying a Lich; things seem to be going good for the Bad Luck Brigade. While planing thier next move, a strange disturbance welcomes them back to the land of the living and now they wish they had gone the opposite way from whence they came.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Sound…
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We have made it to the finale of the D&D Olympics! Both teams have run themselves ragged thought the tomb of Horrors but only one will win the gold! who will it be? Team Save The D8? Or Team Dice Jailers? Only one way to find out, here on the final episode of the D&D Olympics!
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Summer Series: Chris Smalls is Living Rent Free in Jeff Bezos' Head
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It's summertime in Sweden and Canada, and that means it's time for Pushback Talks - Summer Series! For the next 12 weeks, we'll revisit a few of our favorite episodes from the last season. The Filmmaker and the Advocate are taking a break, but the podcast isn't. No matter where you are - we hope you enjoy this year's Summer Series! What is it that …
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How is your personal hygiene? Chris has discovered a new tool to help you look your best for everyone you meet. We also discuss the key components of a trip to Austin and Thomas is celebrating (for no apparent reason) with a bottle of bubbly).By Thomas, Chris, and Ryan
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Welcome to the first ever, D&D Olympics! A short mini-series where we have two D&D podcast teams run an epic one-shot to see who can complete it the quickest. However, the one shot they will be playing is the infamous Tomb of Horrors. It is a hard fought race as the we close towards the end of the Tomb. But the closer both teams get, the more team …
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Human Rights When There Are None: with Volker Türk, UN
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What's it like to be the world leader of human rights at a time when it looks like they've been abandoned? Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, sits down for an eye-opening talk about "human rights economies" that value human dignity over profits. Türk shares his bold ideas to fundamentally reshape finance, policy, an…
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Welcome to the first ever, D&D Olympics! A short mini-series where we have two D&D podcast teams run an epic one-shot to see who can complete it the quickest. However, the one shot they will be playing is the infamous Tomb of Horrors. After both teams fell prey to numerous pranks and traps of the Tomb; Save the D8 takes the lead as they find the se…
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Well kids, come gather 'round for the 50th Episode of The Hard2Watch Podcast. The most EPIC episode to date! We've got orgasms at funerals, Cap starts singing again, hot takes on A.I. art, batshit bedtime stories, ziggurats made of your aunties, and an EXCLUSIVE interview that is guaranteed to make you wish you were watching a movie about a CIA spo…
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Welcome to the first ever, D&D Olympics! A short mini-series where we have two D&D podcast teams run an epic one-shot to see who can complete it the quickest. However, the one shot they will be playing is the infamous Tomb of Horrors. After both teams set off almost every trap last episode, Team Save the D8 has a very narrow lead on Team Dice Jaile…
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From Shadows to Shouts: The Global Student Uprising for Palestine
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In this episode of Pushback Talks, we delve into the global wave of pro-Palestinian student protests igniting campuses worldwide. After students at Columbia University treated the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on April 17th, they found themselves in a two-week standoff that inspired students around the world. In just 3 weeks, pro-Palestinian encampmen…
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The Black Death (Or H Gon Give It To Ya!)
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We go back to a time before we lost the time machine to celebrate our Veterans on Memorial Day and learn about an amazing feat by and amazing man as The Hard2Watch Podcast celebrates Henry Johnson. Like the Wu Tang Clan, this dude ain't nothin to fuck with! Read our Tweets and participate in our listener polls @ItsHard2Watch on X Follow The Hard2Wa…
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Episode 172: National Haberman Vacation (in Texas)
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The Habermans have visited the Kinneys in Texas! That's worth an episode or five.By Thomas, Chris, and Ryan
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Welcome to the first ever, D&D Olympics! A short mini-series where we have indie D&D podcast team run an epic one-shot to see who can complete it the quickest. However, the one shot they will be playing is the infamous Tomb of Horrors. Besides being who completes the fastest; teams can score additional points for role-playing, fighting monsters and…
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Captain LAMOTU's Bedtime Tales (Or The Brothers Were Grimm)
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Captain LAMOTU and The Monk discuss presidential brain worms, the state of modern reading technology, why running as a hobby is a red flag, and the Cap ruminates about how his pop used to make up and fall asleep during bedtime stories and reads you a couple first edition tales from The Brothers Grimm. This ain't your grandma's Rapunzel....it's like…
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With both keys and resolve of vengeance against Lord Gravetide; the Bad Luck Brigade head into the lich's lair to bring and end to the sorrow of the lands of Vuzzigud.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Soundscapes and Music:Ruined Castle/ Village of the Damned by Michael Gheilfi
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The Rent is Too Damn High: Making the Case Against Landlords
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This week on Pushback Talks, Fredrik and Leilani explore a bold proposition: What if we put the business of landlordism on trial? Nick Bano's latest work, "Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis," serves as our guide. Bano, a barrister specializing in representing marginalized groups, takes us on a journey through the history of housing…
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Well kids, we're back in Jefferson Parrish with Steve and the gang to take on crime and the stories of the individual characters that make up the police force are really starting to come together. Follow along as Steven, the Colonel, Fat Bald Cop, Ethnically Ambiguous Cop, and Sgt Powell celebrate the life and legacy of the late Police Chief Harry …
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WARNING: This episode features a child's death. As the gang venture into the hidden alcove behind the library bookshelves, they find the private workspace of the last king of Vuzzilad. As they search for the remaining key, they find more than what they thought they would find hidden in the Lich's castle.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional S…
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Antioch Or The Second Best City Of It's Kind
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Cap and The Monk give you a double dose of History today when we learn why it's a bad idea to bury yourself in cement and what happens when a city breaks a Persian Kings heart. Plus our heroes stir up riots and lose the time machine?!?!?! Noooooooooo!!! Read our Tweets and participate in our listener polls @ItsHard2Watch on X Follow The Hard2Watch …
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Deciding not to take out a skeletal hell beast, the Brigade heads to the castle's library, where they think they heard the puppet that stole Shelly's voice. But being the type to not always follow the rules, they just found themselves in a heap of silent violence.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Soundscapes and Music:Ruined Castle by Mic…
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On the Brighter Side - Getting Inspirational with World Habitat
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In this episode of Pushback Talks, Leilani and Fredrik sit down with David Ireland, the Chief Executive of World Habitat, to catch up on things since they teamed up for the filming of Push. Their conversation delves into the World Habitat Awards and the inspiring projects they recognize and support, highlighting innovative solutions that are transf…
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We're back for the stunning conclusion of Chief Seagal Lawman Episode 5! After two gun crimes Steven wants to make sure his boys skills are sharp so we get more classic police training in how to escalate every situation possible! We also break down how hurrying up to slow down on a breach is maybe not the best idea. Plus The Monk is sneaking up on …
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Episode 171: #SuccessionFinale #BREAKING #First
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Backup Benny squats in for Thomas to talk about the 4th season of Succession and there’s even a partial ranking of the seasons. There will be spoilers, the finale probably hasn’t even aired yet in some timezones. There’s your warning.By Thomas, Chris, and Ryan
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The Captain and The Monk are back on the streets of Jefferson Parrish with Chief Seagal and the gang keeping guns of the street and "gently" throwing people into cars. Our heroes also teach proper table etiquette so you don't look like a jacket full of assholes in front of your date. Plus 50% more shotguns, woodchippers and roleplay! All this and m…
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Shelly's voice has been stolen! By a mangy puppet no less! No the Bad Luck Brigade and Peda must find where that pilfering puppet went while dodging the dangers of traps hidden around the castle. Along the way Shelly and Peda find some horrifying information on what happened to the residents of the castle.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional…
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Episode 170: Brown Cheese Christmas in Norway
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Whoever said that you cannot release a Christmas episode in April, well, maybe you are right. But we are doing it anyway. In this episode you fin unique insights into Norwegian cuisine and the Austin real estate market. We can almost guarantee you that is a first for any podcast.By Thomas, Chris, and Ryan
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The Atomic Priests (Or They Get Bored In Ohio)
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Today Cap and The Monk discuss the passing of starting Criminal of the Buffalo Bills The Juice OJ Simpson, We learn about nuclear energy and one of the AEC's many ridiculous shenanigans, when they tried to create a real life Fallout style religious cult based around buried nuclear waste and tales of The Cap'n in the Capital waste land! So strap you…
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Striding across the deadlands of Vuzzigud, the Bad Luck Brigade finds the city infested with legions of the undead. So they have two choices: sneak their way around or fight a collapsing city of necro monsters.Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Soundscapes and Music:Sewer/ Haunted by Tabletop Audio Ruined Castle/Thunder and Rain by Michael…
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Sir Jeffery Hudson (Or Our Favorite Little Bugger)
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Today we hop back into the time machine to witness the life and times of a little guy who's story is truly a tall tale. There will be carnival shenanigans, feats knightly daring do, duels, love, and ultimately our hero will find god (allegedly)....much to his detriment (As is how these things usually go). Buckle up because you're about to "ride" in…
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Ambushed by the trio of bards; Kara, Mel and Hanson, the group hold there own against an all out rave of the undead. But when the trio begins to lose, they pull a final trick from there sleeve. This episode is sure to be a barn burner!Intro/Outro Music by Bryce PublowAdditional Soundscapes and Music:Abandoned Village/Empty Warehouse by Michael Ghel…
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Conservative Core Games (Or How we Learn What Words Mean_
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Today Captain LAMOTU and The Monk take on The Essential Conservative Core Games list. 40 Video games that are "Conservative"? We'll just see about that! Armed with a deep knowledge of Red Blooded Bible Belt America as well as Oxford definitions of what words actually mean, our heroes go through to whole list and get to the bottom of this! Time to f…
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