What does 2BT stand for? Higher wages and gender equality. But aside from that it stands for many things. Two Bald Texans, or more accurately, Two balding Texans, Dave and Michael. Two breakfast tacos. Two Boned Thugs ('n harmony). Two (not so) Beautiful Texans. Two Bad Ass Texans (in their minds)…
The guys are back after a long break but they are in full 2BT form as the follow tangents to strange places. They begin with treasure hunting. Dave found some Star Wars bubble bath. C3P0 is armed and dangerous. Dave found a Boba Fett 40th Anniversary figure and a Luke Skywalker Jedi destiny set. Michael gets an Empire Strikes Back novelization. Then they discuss collecting, Del Rey books, the importance of art, The Lonely Palette Podcast, and a Rise of Skywalker theory.
This week Michael wears Poe's helmet. Then the guys get excited about Sturgill Simpson's upcoming new album and Netflix anime movie. The discuss prop replicas, the Star Wars Retro collection, Chewbacca's bandolier strap, and much more. Is the Mandalorian trailer great? Are we signing up for Disney Plus? Is Star Wars as we know it ending? Is Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga the new Star Wars? Listen for answers to these and more!
On perhaps our best episode ever, we look at Star Wars comics, talk about art, deliberate Christmas gifts, enjoy Tool, name a cat Sevro after a character in Pierce Brown's Red Rising saga, anticipate watching Banana Splits: The Movie, remember Saturday Morning cartoons and theme music, investigate soap operas and Grandmother hair dos, contemplate great snacks including refrigerated Golden Ding Dongs, and finally settle down to look at the newest The Rise of Skywalker trailer.
This week Michael wears Poe's helmet. Then the guys get excited about Sturgill Simpson's upcoming new album and Netflix anime movie. The discuss prop replicas, the Star Wars Retro collection, Chewbacca's bandolier strap, and much more. Is the Mandalorian trailer great? Are we signing up for Disney Plus? Is Star Wars as we know it ending? Is Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga the new Star Wars? Listen for answers to these and more!
This week the guys pretty much devote the entire show talking about Pierce Brown's new novel, Dark Age. If it sounds interesting go get Red Rising and join the fun! Plus there's an hour of bonus content at the end. Break the chains! Hail Reaper!
Dave has some surprise Star Wars treasure finds. Darth Vader is alive again. Pierce Brown's Red Rising Saga is still just as great ever. Stranger Things 3 rocks! Retro Reprise rules. Back to the Future is still perfect. And Steven Dorff is a pretty cool dude.
This is an historic episode! Dave, Michael and Adam are together for the first time ever!!! They talk about the GI Joe collectible show Dave and Adam visited, the North Texas Comic Book Show of 2019, retro-gaming, World War dioramas, Star Wars Celebration dioramas, and...just listen! And Michael Jordan in his underwear! Check out: https://nerdylegion.com/ and our new (sadly incomplete) personal site at: https://143podcasts.com/2bt/ Give us a rating on iTunes!!!!!!!
This week we go on a Star Wars toy treasure hunt, praise first responders, talk about Winston Churchill, The Crown, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, the horror of World War I and much more!
This week Dave and Michael discuss the importance of art, Metallica, the new Ethan Hawke directed film, Blaze, about artist Blaze Foley, Townes Van Zandt, the film 12 Strong, and they decide its time for a new version of The Lord of the Rings! RIP Burt Reynolds.
The anchor of 2BT overcomes all obstacles to introduce a new-old episode! We travel back to the beginning to enjoy the horrible beauty that we were in the early episodes. We'll be back next week with new 2BT joy!
Dave goes into the Void to immerse himself in Star Wars. Adam goes to Retropalooza and wins big in a game hunt. Plus they talk Doctor Who and much more!
This week Dave and Michael leave the safety of Echo Base and venture out among real live Texas Earthlings! Michael named a cat. Dave saw a rooster. They discuss The Mandalorian, Doctor Who, and the books they've been reading. Plus a lot of mischief and mayhem!
Dave and Michael are back after a break and up to their usual shenanigans. Rain, grading Star Wars figures, winning the lottery, travel, The Expanse, the movie Galveston, and the Netflix series Making a Murderer are all on the table. Then they get sad and depressing. Then they get happy! Enjoy!
Happy Halloween! Dave and Michael get spooky over Marvel's Star Wars and Conan comics, Sally Dog gets a new bed, Dave attends the Highland Games, they both stink at pool and chess, Dave presents some bad news, then things get really creepy as they talk about scary movies! And Expanse talk!
Can you go from talking about Star Wars and end up talking about Texas woolly mammoths? Yes you can and that's exactly what Dave and Michael do in this episode! Everything is connected!
This week feeds off of a topic from last week. Martin, of Comic Talk Today and Nerdy Legion, was kind enough to recommend some listening recommendations and that inspired an insane week of obsessiveness for Dave and Michael as they traveled back in time with Joe Rogan, Graham Hancock, Robert Schoch, Randall Carlson, and John Anthony West. Plus we enjoy Mexican-Asian fusion and The Girl In The Spider Web.
This week we return to record where it all began! The guys talk turkey, green bean casserole, chorizo, desserts, survival skills, Harry Potter, Alaska, and much more! Plus a bee attacks!
Despite the Earth's attempts to silence them by means of biological attacks, our heroes have revived and crawled back from the brink of defeat to do what they always do: talk about the things they love.
This week: Dave hurt his foot! And we cover a variety of topics including, the greatness of Denzel Washington, Casablanca, old movies, Being John Malcovich, Game of Thrones, and James SA Corey's Persepolis Rising!
Hey everybody, this week we dig into Bandersnatch, They Shall Not Grow Old, Great movies of the year, Solo, Opinions, The Godfather movies, Dave is almost killed, Taco Casa, Burritos, Bagel Joes, and the greatness of tortillas.
This week we are happy to share our discussion that covers our Lost Ireland episode, sports anger, Dave's attendance of a birthday party, naps, the impending release of Game of Thrones, flying, a visit to the planetarium, the importance of good narrators, The Crying of Lot 49, the 1983 television show, the BBC's Ripper Street, American Scandal, the movies Mid 90s, First Man, White Boy Rick, Queensryche, and the importance of sharing music, movies, and books.
This episode was almost named Toilet Crisis, but we went with A Beautiful Mess because that's what 2BT is! About halfway through the episode a real life disaster injects itself into our fun time, and the result is epic. Topics covered are music and memories, Star Wars Celebration, collecting addiction, the Iron Druid series of novels, mythology, the Netflix Punisher series, the movie First Man, and a toilet travesty. Plus more!
This episode focuses on three things: the movie Blaze about singer-songwriter Blaze Foley, Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five, and Comixology Unlimited. You also get talk about the music of Texas' Jerrod Flusche, the movie adaptation of Annihilation, Ex Machina, the Hulu movie American in Texas, The Padre with Tim Roth and Nick Nolte, Toilet Drama, Cat Drama, Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, the historical works of Stephen Ambrose. And, as always, much more.
This week we explore habits, Jim Butcher's White Night, Neil Gaiman's American Gods, the movie Blaze, customer service, Gobekli Tepi, mythology, Star Wars Celebration, Triple Force Friday, autographs, the Kingkiller Chronicles, Lord of the Rings, and much more.
It's 2BT time, which means its time for discussions on coyotes, the Dallas Mavericks, baldness and beards, Scarborough Faire, Star Wars celebration, history and war, a tough conversation, more Star Wars, Vikings, Knight Fight on the History Channel, and Brian Woods Northlanders comic from Vertigo.
The episode title pretty much says it all. This week we reflect on all aspects of the final episodes of the HBO adaptation of George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire novels, Game of Thrones.
This week Dave takes us with him to Chicago to celebrate Star Wars! What did he do? What did he see? And most importantly, what did he eat? Listen and find out. Thanks for listening!
This week is a mega episode since we missed last week. We devote the first hour to the two minute teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Michael's daughter also makes several visits. Then they transition into an hour long deep dive full of spoilers for the first three episodes of Game of Thrones final season. We hope you enjoy the show!
2BT is back at Casa de Sparky for an outdoor episode. Dave's on his way to Star Wars Celebration in Chicago so of course the guys talk a little bit about that along with planning on eating heavy metal burgers at Kuma's Corner, tree talk, Sparky's boss makes an appearance, Dave apologizes for contradicting the show's official Texas Rangers fan, Dave approves of Netflix's The Highwaymen, things derail worse than ever before and then the guys close the show with a Ghost Pepper Salsa eating challenge.
Michael is finally back and finds Dave ill with Star Wars Fever! Listen to love of their love of the Ghost Pepper, how the USPS made Dave really mad in the "Story of the Badge," and much, much, much more! Enjoy the show!
This week Dave and Michael take a look at the Won't You Be My Neighbor documentary and The Bill Murray Stories. Then it's time for a Star Wars Celebration update. They also discuss Taste of Chicago, Topher Grace's Star Wars: Always trailer, a visit to Rancho Obi Wan, ancient American civilizations, Amon Amarth, and much more!