Dry Run Pod

Every twenty years the stars align. On April 22nd 2001, the film Shrek swamped the silver screen. Twenty years later, in 2021, a podcast reemerges from a brief hibernation.

The gang is back in the Month of Love (though we do not discuss Valentine's at all in this episode), and since the FBI is looking to the shoes of the capitol pipe bomber suspect to ID them, we chat about shoes in the context of crime: Who's Wearing What Shoe for What Crime? Can you, if you wish to be a criminal, also wear the perfect shoes? Needless to say we also touch on the Super Bowl LV Halftime experience, and meander off the beaten path to consider transportation of the future! Let's go! Tim can finally detail his apparent feet fixation ad nauseam on air.

For another edition of our Lesser Artists Borrow series, we adopt a Munch Madness-style tournament from the oft-consumed chain restaurant podcast Doughboys. This is The Supper Bowl. Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they chow on and analyze meals from two veteran competing restaurants who both claim to have invented a South Minneapolis delicacy, the Ju(i)cy Lucy. With tantalizing takeout orders (thanks, Covid!) from Matt's Bar and 5-8 Club, whose cheese-stuffed burger recipe will be crowned as the most delicious? Can a taste test help the Twin Cities Trio come to an agreement on the identity of the Lucy's originators? Spoiler Alert: WE DO PICK A WINNER! For those Minnesotans in a position to replicate our taste test (or maybe you just know from your experiences along Cedar Avenue), we encourage you to let us know if you agree, or if you hate us! We also encourage the winning restaurant to use this as an endorsement and maybe sponsor us if you want ok thx Bonus: Tim tries to guess which NFL teams are going head-to-head this Sunday.

Did you know that January is almost over? Well, it is - so we better squeeze out the last bit of Halloween while the getting is good! Gill-man is onscreen and tugging at our ankles this week, as Sam, Tim and Nathaniel watch an original Universal Monster movie, Creature from the Black Lagoon. For our longtime listeners, the wait has paid off and we are discussing an actual monster this week, rather than simply a famous pervert. Laugh along with the Trio as they dissect a seminal entry into the history of underwater filmography, as Hollywood's rolling cameras begin their descent beneath the rolling waves in surprising clarity. While technology and technique are seen to be clearly improving, the treatment of women onscreen appears to be treading water in a standstill - and we also get some early glimpses into industry attempts to make science entertaining to the masses. DUN DUN DUUUUUNNNNNNNNN!

Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they debut a new episode type, Lesser Artists Borrow, where they borrow an element from a much better podcast that they enjoy. As longtime fans of the improv-centric podcast and television show Comedy Bang Bang, we attempt to recreate the magic of character interviews ourselves. This week, we open up the doors to the studio and allow anyone to stop by - provided we keep the table to three participants at a time! First, we welcome food royalty from the Windy City, here to tell us about his rise to the top of the Snausage - I mean sausage - industry. Then, a polarizing figure from the world of comics (spoiler alert, it's not Stan Lee) stops by to talk about his career and what he has been working on lately. We apologize in advance.

Did you know it is January? Well, we are feeling another movie. After doing Monster Movie Month in October and only watching one horror film, we felt we were robbed by the Rat-King himself! Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they watch the Tobe Hooper classic, Poltergeist (German for 'noisy ghost'), to celebrate the Halloween in January - an unofficial observance ever-growing in popularity. First they discuss updates on happenings at the new studio, before plunging into the spookiness. Nathaniel caps it all off by giving the skinny about a potential curse on this franchise (yes, there is more than one sequel to this film!).

Our first episode in the new studio! Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they discuss Tim's new house (echoing void chambers and all) before playing a well-planned housewarming game.

So long, 2020! Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they wrap up the holiday season, the year itself, announce their new sponsor and discuss the extremely successful Donkey Kong 64 punishment stream: Tim failed to deliver on his on-air promise to complete his first-ever playthrough of the classic game before the end of November, knowing full well a severe consequence awaited. This procrastination came to a head as Tim stared deeply into low-rez jungles and caves for a whopping twelve straight hours and consumed nothing but curved carbohydrates. Also featuring a bonus segment that nobody asked for, Sam shares all the media he liked from 2020. Riveting, and sure to make you rip off your shirt and bellow, OHHH, BAH NAH NAH!

Happy Holidays! Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they set the record straight on some common misconceptions about the holidays. They also have some suggestions on what to give to those who are on the naughty list. Watch Tim's punishment of playing Donkey Kong 64 until he beats it, this Sunday December 27th @ 10am central: https://www.twitch.tv/eyesofmobin Christmas playlist mentioned in the ep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p4HIv4U-yo

Boom! Blam! Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel for a high energy, action packed episode! It is a race against the clock as the Twin Cities Trio discuss Teletubbies and Tim's life-changing purchase (NOT a sex toy this time!). Are those two things potentially connected? You'll have to listen to find out.

The truth is out there - but no promises we'll take you to it. Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they discuss head injuries, the McRib and what the heck is going on out in the desert. Cacti? Sand? Something more sinister? You'll have to listen to find out!

Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they talk holidays and play a game in honor of the Late and Great TV host, Alex Trebek. We went distanced for this one, as many groups and families are smartly choosing while the COVID-19 pandemic has rendered mixing of 'pods' and households unsafe. Bonus: Tim shows off a recent grail of a shoe pickup - the Nike SB x Concepts Dunk High TurDUNKen Special Box. A video recording of this episode can be found on the Dry Run Pod Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYXCQg4qTVuEvQejOVFwMcQ

It is still Halloween in the Dry Run studio. Join a costume-clad Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they test out Tim's new segment, No News is Good News. Breaking topics this week include 12 foot skeletons, Denis Villeneuve's Dune and the End SARS movement. Stay Spooky, y'all!

Happy Veterans Day! Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they celebrate bright and early with a cup of coffee. Conversation naturally gurgles and shifts southward into trading stories of accidental bowel movements (well, it's a one-sided trade). If you can get through the stench, you will be rewarded with some spicy trivia. All hail Lord Bezos!

With the 2020 US Preseidential Election on the horizon and millions/billions of fingernails chewed down to the bit, a prophetic film suddenly releases, cresting the horizon of what will hopefully be the dramatic conclusion of the Trump Era. Borat Subsequent Movie Film: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, is unceremoniously dumped upon an anxious and unprepared nation. Sam, Tim and Nathaniel discuss and evaluate this super-secret sequel to one of their favorite comedies. Unfortunately, it isn't all good news: this will be paired with a heartbreaking update about a friend of the show. Bonus: Join Tim as he plays through (and livestreams) Donkey Kong 64 throughout the month of November: https://www.twitch.tv/eyesofmobin

The dramatic conclusion of Monster Movie Month is upon us, on All Hallows' Eve Eve no less! We've collectively saved up our dark chi all Spooky Season to tackle the worst of the worst, disgraced Hollywood mogul and 'Rat-King,' Harvey Weinstein (trigger warning/graphic content, obviously). Listen as Sam, Tim and Nathaniel discuss and disparage Scary Movie 5, a lazy, racist cash-grab sorry-excuse-for-a-film he produced. This movie is so awful that one of our hosts had to take multiple puke breaks during the record - only half kidding! As an added bonus, we cap off that unfunny flop with chats on some actual comedy, Louis CK's quietly released new Netflix special (Sincerely). Will the final verdict of separating art from a polarizing (or clearly problematic) artist be determined? Is it even fair to call Weinstein an artist? No and Hell No.

Drawing closer to the dramatic conclusion of Monster Movie Month, the Twin Cities Trio have arrived at the first actual horror movie so far in the collection. Join Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they discuss the penultimate (a very fancy adjective here meaning 'second-to-last') monster, Roman Polanski, and his breakout film Rosemary's Baby. A celebrated horror/demonic possession classic ahead of its time, the boys must confront a piece which is so beloved, audiences and actors alike have felt compelled for decades to downplay, deflect, and deny crimes committed (and admitted) by a director who consequently cannot return to the United States. Another trigger warning for graphic content/subject matter - Polanski is not a good guy. Bonus: Tim begins to push ivory tower fringe theories on the crew regarding the movie's true meaning.

We are now on numero tres of Monster Movie Month, and beginning to dig deeply into the dark underbelly of the Hollywood Elite! Join film detectives Sam, Tim and Nathaniel as they discuss the feared and revered director/actor Woody Allen and his perhaps most-popular film Annie Hall. The whimsical romantic comedy brings a foil to the shockingly lurid and dark history of Allen's romantic and family lives - which unfortunately have intersected. We honestly think this one merits a trigger warning because the material is really heavy, but we try our best to bring levity to our discussion where appropriate and hold our subject accountable.

Monster Movie Month returns with another fearsome featured baddie: Mel "Hell" Gibson! No stranger to controversy in his personal life, his most controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, is on our cutting floor. Laugh along with the gang as the divine savior of all humanity (That would be Jesus of Nazareth, not Gibson) gets publicly tortured and killed - for our sins, I would note - and the film even tells us whose fault it is! ✝✝✝ It's about to get Biblical in this bitch ✝✝✝

Straying from Monster Movie Month for a moment, Sam, Tim and Nathaniel talk video games and horror movies before reviewing the very first fast food collab of the Hype Era. Continuing a seemingly nonstop string of collaborative advertising and fashion promotions with his Cactus Jack firm, Texas rapper Travis Scott has announced a cobranded meal (based on his go-to order) coming to his favorite fast food joint, McDonald's - with capsules of limited-edition merchandise available online and matching Crew uniforms the public is bizarrely drooling over. Late Stage Capitalism has hit its peak with the arrival of Cactus Jack x McDonald's, and as fashion/hype correspondent, Tim drags the boys to their local Golden Arches drive-thru for a greasy pandemic treat. It's Lit!

The Dry Run Pod(cast) hits the ground running with a first attempt at a premise - the start of our themed Monster Movie Month! A whole month where we watch and discuss a movie the three of us haven't yet seen, featuring or involving a monstrous person (supernatural foes are not in focus for this feature) in Hollywood. The first week's focus is on Kevin Spacey and the Neo Noir film L.A. Confidential. Sam, Tim and Nathaniel discuss if they are able to separate art from an artist if that artist happens to have a questionable past (or present). Listen as they go through an overly long and detailed synopsis of a slightly convoluted film, perhaps putting the 'dry' in Dry Run Pod.

The inaugural episode of the Dry Run Podcast, where 'we don't have a set structure and we just try out different formats week-to-week.' Truly the dry run of the Dry Run (Podcast), tune in as Twin Cities lads Sam, Tim and Nathaniel make a case for why you should listen to them talk.