Eating the Mascot

We've arrived at the season and series finale for Eating the Mascot. In this month's episode, hosts Ross and Adam discuss the television show Fleabag from Phoebe Waller-Bridge and the Japanese anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Topics of discussion include craft, talking to someone during sex, sexual subjectivity, favourite characters from massive casts, weird differences between versions, and war. Thanks for coming along for the ride! We love you, stay frosty!Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood discussion starts at 37:14.

A podcast is never late, nor is it early. It arrives precisely when it means to! So here we are, precisely when we meant to! In the latest episode of Eating the Mascot hosts Ross and Adam discuss twin movies: Dope and Da 5 Bloods. And this episode features our first ever guest appearance in the form of Atiya Police to help discuss Dope. Topics include complexity, hi-jinks, Blackness, stunning performances, land mine anxiety, and film techniques. There is also a very important message about the future of Eating the Mascot at the end of this episode so be sure to listen through to the end!

Welcome to July where the heat keeps coming and the Eating the Mascot co-hosts have plenty to talk about! Hosts Ross and Adam discuss the novel The City & the City by China Mieville and Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Topics of conversation include doubling, a lugubrious tutting bugger, police states, the charming recreation of characters, lips, and whether something is a verb or a noun. Don't you dare tell us you're not interested cause we know the truth! Please, enjoy!

Another month has arrived with a new episode of Eating the Mascot for you to enjoy. This month, hosts Adam and Ross discuss the anime Made in Abyss and the narrative adventure game Afterparty. Topics of conversation include world-building, unsatisfying mystery boxes, creepy characterization, linear story-telling, drinking culture, and some of the many forms of dependency. As Pride Month begins, COVID-19 continues, and protests continue throughout North America, we hope everyone is safe and doing what they can to help.

Beam us up! Eating the Mascot this month pits hosts Adam and Ross against the TV shows Star Trek: Picard and Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Topics of discussion include the risk of putting our trust in flawed institutions, weird space tentacles, the cynicism of new Star Trek, the deconstruction of genre, unbelievable fight sequences, and how anime will often write around a unifying concept.We start with Star Trek: Picard and start discussing Puella Magi Madoka Magica at 37:18.

Hey everybody. It's a very different world than it was the last time that hosts Adam and Ross got together and discussed their picks for each other. But we want you to know we are doing fine, we're still making this podcast, and we hope it can give you even just a small amount of distraction or pleasure during this crazy time. Stay well.In this month's episode Ross and Adam discuss the movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World and the dark fantasy novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Topics of discussion include love and pain, manic pixie dream girls, oozing style, whiteness and Blackness in fantasy, a poetics of violence, and truth. These pairings could not be more stark but that doesn't mean we aren't going to wrangle together some kind of connection before the end. What is it? Guess you'll have to listen to find out!We start with Scott Pilgrim vs the World and start discussing Black Leopard, Red Wolf at 32:55.

Hope you've been staying frosty since we last saw you because Eating the Mascot is back and we don't have a moment to lose. Hosts Ross and Adam have a lot to say about the picks this month: HBO's Westworld (Season 1) and Paul Krueger's Steel Crow Saga. Topics include wish-fulfillment, how good characters can be deplorable humans, fake memories but real emotions, decolonizing literature, precious boys who need to be protected, and dunking on straight authors. Well, what are you still doing reading this description? Hit that play button!

Crack your knuckles and tighten your buckles because Eating the Mascot is here to break the February blues. In this episode, hosts Adam and Ross discuss the X-Men comic event House of X/Powers of X along with the homage to everyone's (or at least Ross') favourite wall-crawler in Spider-Man: Life Story. Topics include inevitable story arcs, people being able to walk, human-centric perspectives, clones, getting tucked in, and how endings are rarely ever endings. There's a smell in the air and its that fresh Eating the Mascot scent you've all been waiting for. Punch it!

Kicking off 2020 with our first retro pick, Episode 16 has hosts Ross & Adam discussing BioShock Infinite from Irrational Games and Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater. Topics include revisiting the past, Inception Syndrome, historical trajectories, modern fantasy world-building, slow-burn writing, and emotional character development. Don't miss out on the first new episode of both the year and decade from your friends at Eating the Mascot!

The last episode of 2019 has arrived and with it hosts Adam & Ross discuss the novel Every Little Piece of Me by Amy Jones and the indie game Katana Zero from Askiisoft. Topics include the melodramatic mode, an abundance of lighthouses, the melodramatic mode, neo-cyber-punk aesthetics, time-y wime-y stuff, and the confrontation of violence in video games. 2019 may be saying good-bye but Eating the Mascot isn't! Check out the latest episode now!

Hosts Adam and Ross have a doozy for you this month! Not one, not two, but like nine(?) different stories to cover as Adam tackles Exhalation, a short story collection by Ted Chiang, and Ross takes on Undertale, an indie game developed by Toby Fox. Topics include writing as breathing, derpy neopets, quantum mechanics, funny skeletons, violence, and a live reaction to one particularly insane character attack. Don't miss out on your chance to get in on the latest episode of Eating the Mascot!

THAT'S RIGHT FOLKS, WE'RE BACK IN YOUR EARS WITH THE FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 2! No breaks, no mercy, no problem as hosts Adam and Ross kick off the new season of Eating the Mascot with The White Trees: A Black Sand Tale and Spider-Man (2018). Topics include world-building, devil dongs, uber violence, sacrifice, dumb stealth missions, and the power of emotion. Another year of content is coming your way and we are happy to get you started right . . . now!

In the season finale of Eating the Mascot our intrepid hosts Ross and Adam tackle the great PlayStation classic Final Fantasy VII and the young cartoon shenanigans of Final Space. Topics include such concepts as buffoonery, passion projects, originality, timeless narratives, talking toys, and a crucial kind of charm. Even more than this, Adam and Ross look back on the first year of Eating the Mascot and debate the best (and worst) picks they've given each other.

Back at it again, Adam and Ross dive deep into two new cultural stories that make you think, make you feel, and make you cry! Discussing the novel Call Me By Your Name and the indie video game Gris, our hosts tackle such topics as failing language, sex peaches, redefining the closet, gorgeous artwork, square trees, and what kinds of questions video games should be asking. We hope you enjoy yet another incredible installment!

Kicking it off with some time-travel story shenanigans, Adam and Ross are busting into your headphones and smashing through your speakers* with a new episode of their critically acclaimed (probably, eventually) podcast! This month, taking on All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai and the movie Pride (2014), our dashing hosts discuss mirroring identities, psycho-heterosexual time travel, subsumed feral post-apocalyptic warriors, the inaccuracy of historical accuracy, beautiful quiet moments, and the point of Pride Month. Well, what are you waiting for? You've delayed joy long enough!*Eating the Mascot assures its listeners that no headphones or speakers will be actually damaged by Adam and/or Ross as a result of listening to their podcast.

Ross and Adam are back at it again with their crazy cultural conversations containing captivating comments! This month our hosts tackle the reality series Queer Eye and the indie video game Hollow Knight! They discuss authenticity, predictions, self-criticism, archaeological storytelling, annoying boss fights, and sequel hype! Are feelings hurt? Does one host get himself in hot water? Click play to find out!

Spring is in the air and so are Adam and Ross discussing Steven Universe and The Good Place on the latest episode of Eating the Mascot! Our hosts tackle such topics as identity, chiiiaps, relationships, queering television, ethics, Kristen Bell's unbeatable charm, plotting, and Janice. We hope you enjoy the latest episode as our two resident dorks gush once more about that sweet, sweet cultural content!

This month, Ross and Adam discuss Hank Green's novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing and Nier: Automata from Yoko Taro and Platinum Games. Topics of discussion include social media, unlikable characters, closure, tragic heroes, character twinning, and crying during video game credits. Sit back, strap up, and prepare for another episode of Eating the Mascot!!

Delving into the world of melodrama, ghosts, and shared living experiences, the latest episode of Eating the Mascot focuses on The Haunting of Hill House and Hello, My Twenties. Hosts Adam and Ross discuss such topics as virtuous characters, the spooks, pathos, moms, relatability, and haunted children. As always, *SPOILER WARNINGS* are in effect!

What do a musical movie about a man with a million dreams and a supernatural noir graphic novel about a hornless demon have in common? Listen to this latest episode of Eating the Mascot to find out! Ross and Adam discuss such topics as anachronisms, Zefron, market tested narrative decisions, the occult, how people draw eyes, the play of light and shadow, and more!

Kicking off 2019 in style, Ross and Adam discuss the television series This Is Us and the novel The Power by Naomi Alderman. Topics include crying, wholesomeness, honest storytelling, the horrible realities of our world, gender power dynamics, and narrative framing devices. Note: this episode does contain a trigger warning.

Another month, another episode of Eating the Mascot to entice and astound your senses! Get ready for Adam and Ross to gush about the 2018 video game God of War and swoon about the movie Pan's Labyrinth because that's what your in for. Topics of discussion include toxic masculinity, ripping a Valkyrie's wings off, Norse mythology, creepy prosthetic monsters, the cultural value of fantasy, and gut shot wounds. What are you still reading this for? Click play already and enjoy this nerdy goodness!

Ross and Adam are back for another episode of Eating the Mascot! This time around, our hosts discuss the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and the second season of the CW television show Riverdale. Adam and Ross share their thoughts on teenage angst, secularized science fiction, Papa Poutine, Lacan's mirror stage, and social politics, to name a few. What are you waiting for? Hit play and hold onto your butts for episode two!

In the premiere of Eating the Mascot, Adam and Ross talk about Red Rising by Pierce Brown and the Square Enix game Kingdom Hearts. Discussing such topics as fridging, female characterization, zany voice acting, and the power of friendship, Ross and Adam bring their particular perspectives on some of each other's favourite stories. How are Red Rising and Kingdom Hearts thematically or tonally connected? Give us a listen and find out!