Explaining to Austin

Peyton interviews podcaster, music fan, cultural oracle, and online lady Molly O'Brien about the late 2000s trend now referred to as "Indie Sleaze." Combining the powers of a Millennial and a Gen-Z, Peyton and Molly get to the bottom of indie sleaze, its music, its clothes, its ethos, and if it is rising from its grave and bound for zombie like world domination in 2022 and beyond. This is one to blog about, folks! A big thanks to Molly for being on the show. Check out her stuff, because it's good! Here are the links. Molly's twitter: https://twitter.com/missmollymary And Introducing: https://soundcloud.com/and-intro-pod The Alternative: https://www.youtube.com/GetAlternative Molly's blog: https://themollyzone.com/   Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast  

We're excited to present an exclusive episode of the award winning NPR podcast "The Lifetime Consideration" called "A Story of Ohio." Hosts Stephanie Cosmopolis and Mark Gibbs bring us a shocking tale from the Buckeye State about a young man's life-altering discovery involving a murder, a mysterious truck driver, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum. Please check out more of The Lifetime Consideration, which is very much a real, serious podcast and not Peyton and Austin doing an extended improv bit, at their website, https://www.npr.org/thelifetimeconsideration  or on their twitter https://twitter.com/TheLifetimeCon Follow us on Twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Top sleuths for truth Austin and Peyton tackle the sickos of Hollyweird in their investigation into the 94th Academy Awards infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock slap. Was it a staged conspiracy to garner press and ratings? Were the stars in on it? What mysterious connections to Scientology and Epstein do Will Smith have? I hope you got the Oscar fever, because your hosts are about to blow this conspiracy wide open. Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Your two favorite podcast idiots are back, trying to release episodes on time again! They spend the first 20 minutes doing bits and talking about the term gay-wad and then try to seamlessly segue into serious discussion about the current propaganda, left wing discord, and ethical perils of the Ukrainian war. Then they end by taking a buzzfeed quiz. Remember when this show was about movies??? Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Alex from the Haus of Decline podcast/comics/twitter joins Peyton on an episode that covers everything from artistic motivations, to Star Wars liminal spaces, to The Sopranos. And yes, dog penises too. Starting to think this podcast isn't very good... Please check out Alex's comics and podcast! https://twitter.com/hausofdecline Follow this show on Twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

After a years worth of bits and joking about it, Peyton actually writes a letter to Ted Kaczynski, because screw it, she's probably already on lists anyways. But first she explains 'ole Ted's strange libertarian, naturalist ideas as written in his works "Industrial Society and Its Future" and "Anti-Technology Revolution." A special welcome the FBI agents now monitoring this show. FYI: it's usually just poop jokes. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

After discussing the flaws of the Winter Olympics, Peyton and Austin brainstorm a new exercise-tech fad item to succeed the failing Peleton bike. Then, Peyton explains two articles about old men: one a convicted Hollywood predator whose dick fell off, the other a British captain who was used for a grift. Finally, Peyton makes a decree about the future of the show in relation to Ted Kaczynski. Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Peyton pitches Austin her script idea about a reanimated, cyborg Charles Manson hunting down and killing pedophile Roman Polanski. Also discussed today: porno theaters, Br*t*sh censorship, and a crisis line selling users data. Also, at the end, Peyton edited a song to be about cum. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Your favorite hosts are back in action, discussing Peyton's new life as a coastal elite in Hollywood, the future of this podcast as a front lines war report from the Ukrainian border, and Joe Biden calling that reporter a stupid son of a bitch. Also, Peyton reads Austin an article about Eric Clapton, who believes people are being hypnotized into getting vaccinated. Close your windows and hold on to your babies, everyone! Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Live from the Peyton Brock Memorial Explaining To Austin Mobile Studio, it's your two hosts on the road, talking about going to a casino and the anniversary of the January 6 capitol riot. Ever wanted to hear a podcast recorded in a car on the interstate? Then place your bets, let it ride, and storm that senate chamber and listen to this exciting episode! Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Peyton explains how the Matrix sequels are good, actually, and further the trans-revolutionary themes/philosophy presented in the first film, as well as having a scene where Neo fights like 50 Hugo Weavings at once. But first your hosts talk about Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake in their very own home state of SC, and also conservatives letting their lifestyle determine their deathstyle to own the libs. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Peyton explains that The Matrix is a movie about how being trans makes you hotter and more badass than everyone else. But first, your hosts shit on Time Person of the Year Elon Musk and non-penised individual/TERF JK Rowling. Peyton also gives a bowel movement update. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Welcome to Explaining to Austin 2.0 aka The Dark Prophet Saga aka Season 2, where there are less rules and less brain cells. Peyton and Austin usher in this new era by taking a more casual approach to the show, with Peyton introducing topics/current events that the two discuss. Today your hosts address Jen Psaki's retched existence, Kellogg's puritanical origins and ongoing worker strike, and Elon Musk wanting everyone to die. Buckle up, because it's a chaotic new season for a chaotic world. Welcome to the funhouse, bitches. Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Your hosts are back and dumber than ever as Peyton attempts to remember a movie she watched two weeks ago. She also explains her idea for a plot to the never made "Munchie Hangs 10." Also: preparing for court and discussing the Queen probably being dead. Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

It's Peyton like you've never heard her before with the show's first ever minisode! She gets you up to date on everything from her Johnny Cash cover song, to current events commentary, to an earbud psyop conspiracy theory, to her recent loss of a job. Excitement! Intrigue! Podcasting! Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Austin's back, sick, and ready for Munchie as Peyton tells him about Munchie Strikes Back, the disappointing sequel to one of our favorites. This episode is chock full of presidents, from Joe Biden and Bill Clinton's personal Munchie connections, to a possible Joe Biden psyop, to Munchie's Reagan riffs. Welcome to Munchvember! Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Alex from the podcast/comics/twitter Haus of Decline is back as guest host for Peyton's explanation of billionaire Charles Munger's proposed UC Santa Barbara dorm building. Housing 4,500 people, with 94% of the rooms having no access to natural light, and only 2 main exits, this dorm is societies' next and greatest unethical social experiment. Also discussed: the bourgeois hubris of Coke Freestyle machines, the film The 13th Warrior, and Mike Flanagan's filmography. Follow Alex and check out his podcast/comics, Haus of Decline: https://twitter.com/hausofdecline and https://www.hausofdecline.com/ Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Emily joins once again as guest host, with Peyton explaining a wacky and bizarre 80s direct-to-video horror movie about a wax museum full of monsters and also Marquis de Sade. Other topics include Peyton's weird horror movie recommendations and "Dune, but horny." Find Emily's stuff on YouTube and Twitter: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdequateEmily https://twitter.com/AdequateEmily Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

With Halloween close, Peyton tells Austin about the 1987 splatter movie Street Trash, which is about hobos melting into goo. Dennis Prager has COVID and they talks about that too. Also, Austin tells you about his band. Idk does anyone even read these? I kinda just want to die. Listen to Austin's band, Headwake: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1kMLFBNNGIha3NA01nnR0y Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Back after conspiracy month and an unexpected week off, Peyton and Austin delve into the depths of the online Star Wars encyclopedia, Wookiepedia, to learn some dumb lore facts. Learn about protatos, Jaba the Hutt's Epstein connection, Droopy McCool, and Jizz. Also: Austin says a racial slur. Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

To close out Conspiracy Month, Peyton tells Austin about Richard Donner's aptly named 1997 film "Conspiracy Theory" and how it ties their journey of the last month into a complete, satisfying narrative. Your hosts share closing thoughts on the themes of this series, why all this matters, and also discuss how America's foremost expert on sexual repression and political comics, Ben Garrison, is dying of COVID. Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts... or else!

As Conspiracy Month begins to wind down, Peyton and Austin roundup some miscellaneous theories, ranging from the pockets on women's pants, to Avril Lavigne's secret replacement, to Mattress Firm's money laundering, to yet more US officials getting zapped by the "totally real" Havana Syndrome ray gun. Also, Peyton issues some retractions at the behest of... certain powerful parties. Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Using Oliver Stone's 1991 film as a map, Peyton guides Austin into the labyrinthine mystery that is the JFK assassination. This super-sized episode hits all the main beats of the conspiracy, from why the intelligence agencies wanted to kill JFK, to Lee Harvey Oswald's suspicious connections, to what went down at Dealey Plaza, to David Ferrie's goofy ass eyebrows. Also, your hosts get a call from a surprising guest, who blows the conspiracy wide open. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast   --Further resources-- "On The Trail of the Assassins" by Jim Garrison https://archive.org/details/ontrailofassassi00jimg "Crossfire: The Plot that Killed Kennedy" by Jim Marrs https://archive.org/details/crossfire-the-plot-that-killed-kennedy-by-marrs-jim "JFK and The Unspeakable" by James W Douglass https://archive.org/details/jfkunspeakable00doug_0 Jim DiEugenio's 25 Part series on "Destiny Betrayed - JFK, Cuba, & the Garrison Case" https://www.kennedysandking.com/videos-and-interviews/jim-dieugenio-s-25-part-series-on-destiny-betrayed-with-dave-emory    

Peyton and Austin discuss the 9/11 attacks, the failings of US institutions that allowed them to happen, the strange occurrences surrounding them, and the world spanning neocon hegemony and imperialism of the US that resulted from them. Your hosts discuss how it's always important to question the status-quo and the narrative of capitalist/imperial powers in search of the truth. Also, a brief discussion of the draconian anti-abortion law in Texas and how it's being protected by an ineffectual political opposition, along with an unelected council of judiciary elders. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast - Links for further research - History Commons 9/11 timeline: https://web.archive.org/web/20210707025111/http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911_project Truanon 9/11 series: https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/911-week-bush-did-911-part-1 Blowback on 9/11 and the Iraq war: https://blowback.show/Season-1 US intelligence ignoring warnings: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/cia-directors-documentary-911-bush-213353/ Stock adviser bribes FBI: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/25/business/us-suggests-without-proof-stock-adviser-knew-of-9-11.html  

For the first episode of CONSPIRACY MONTH, Peyton explains the 1975 thriller Three Days of the Condor, its accurate portrayal of CIA treachery, and its prophetic narrative elements. Your hosts also brief you with intel about our fight against the deep state and talk about their dead-mans-switch protocols. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

No movie. No main topic. Just two pals riffing. Peyton and Austin, in preparation for next month's conspiracy themed episodes, have decided that, this week, they're just gonna riff. Your hosts discuss Ratatouille, COVID deaths, Havana Syndrome, random Wikipedia articles, vehicular manslaughter, and everything in between. Sit back and enjoy the riffs. COMING IN SEPTEMBER: Conspiracy Month - a month of episodes about actual conspiracies, conspiracy movies, and a very special 20th anniversary. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

It's a special Explaining To Austin cultural report, as your hosts dive into the terminology used by incels, as found on IncelWiki. These pathetic freaks sure do have a lot of made up racist/misogynist terms, and you're about to learn them all! Also, Peyton and Austin discuss the US taking the big L in Afghanistan. Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast  

Peyton explains the previously lost 1970s Italian horror movie "Cannibals of the Blood Disco" to Austin... but is everything truly as it seems? Also, your hosts discuss sausage sandwich expert Andrew Cuomo's resignation, how weird belly buttons are, and hint at the fun in store for next month's episodes. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

With Austin back, Peyton explains 1977's "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats" about a bed that eats people and has a ridiculous amount of lore. For an appetizer, Peyton scolds Austin and discusses her opinion of Blink 182 and for dessert, your hosts listen to bloated corpse Van Morrison's anti-lockdown song from last year. Yum! Follow @E2APodcast on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast    

With Alex of the "Haus of Decline" podcast (aka "Jack Dump" on twitter) filling in for Austin this week, Peyton explains the newly released M. Night Shyamalan movie "Old", about a beach that makes people old! Join your hosts as they discuss time beaches, Alex's shocking connection to the currently infirm Steven Crowder, their equally bad Joe Biden impressions, and water boarding. Follow Alex on twitter: https://twitter.com/_JackDump_ And make sure to check out to Haus of Decline podcast: https://hausofdecline.transistor.fm/ Follow Explaining To Austin on twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast  

If you like drunk Canadian's fumbling around a house then you're in luck! Peyton tells Austin all about the 1989 straight to video Canadian horror movie "THINGS." Bad acting, effects, camera work, and even worse audio - this one's some real VHS-trash. Also discussed is Limp Bizkit's World Trade Center connection and Toby Keith's stupid cowboy hat.   Follow @E2APodcast on twitter! https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

In an act of martyrdom for the sake of the podcast, Peyton subjected herself through "The Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure." Now, Peyton attempts to articulate to Austin her sheer disdain for the film and it's cynical emptiness, constant obnoxiousness, and bizarre choices. Your hosts also take a deep dive into Eddie Murphy's obsession with butts and Peyton "attempts" a Bill Clinton impression. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Today, Peyton explains one of John Water's earliest films, "Multiple Maniacs," to Austin, delving into its puke-eaters, church lesbians, inexplicable crustaceans, and rebellious queerness. Your two hosts also get to the bottom of Ronald Regan's nickname and discuss their plan to usurp and discredit Lin Manuel Miranda. Follow @E2APodcast on twitter! https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Only once in a generation is there a movie like Munchie. A kids movie with an abundance of ridiculously hot women, explicit sex and alcohol references, and even a car chase. Today, Peyton explains 1992's "Munchie" to Austin - a movie like no other. While paling in comparison to the triumph that is Munchie, Jack Black black jack, pregnancy, and director Jim Wynorski's dubious filmography are also discussed on this episode. Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Revealing herself to be a gamer girl, Peyton explains 2017's "Super Mario Odyssey" to Austin, detailing its story, fun game mechanics, latent themes of imperial colonialism, and fun costumes. Also discussed on today's episode: the Biden admin's new crackdown on anti-capitalists and Mario's sexuality.   Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

In honor of pride month, Peyton explains 1987's "Homoti" to Austin, a gay Turkish knockoff of E.T, that turns out to be surprisingly endearing and progressive, despite starring the most terrifying low budget alien costume ever. We stan gay icon Homoti. Here's that great thesis project on the themes/cultural significance of Homoti: https://www.sequentialsjournal.net/issues/issue1.2/yalcinkaya.html   Follow us on Twitter @E2APodcast: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

In a twist on the usual format, Peyton and Austin, fresh off of re-watching 2008s "Speed Racer," explain to YOU why they think it's so great. It's a movie that's basically a live action cartoon, with crazy visuals, John Goodman, ninjas, and even a chimpanzee! Also discussed on today's episode: Veiled Prophets, Andre the Giant defeating racism, and John McCain's secret affliction.   Follow the show @E2APodcast on Twitter! https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Peyton explains the Jim Carrey/Joel Schumacher numerology based conspiracy thriller "The Number 23" to special guest host Emily. Find out how this one number connects  to George H W Bush, 9/11, Jim Carrey with a tribal tattoo, and really cliched writing. Also, Peyton adds John Hinckley Jr, musician and Jodie Foster stan, to her letter writing list.   Go follow Emily for great movie reviews and trans shitposting! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOH1FQCrI3EdO3gBjnH0Yxg https://twitter.com/AdequateEmily   Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast  

Peyton explains 1989s Jean-Claude Van-Damme driven Kickboxer, which is full of 80s cheesy goodness. However, a drunk Peyton and Austin get very distracted along the way, producing Jack Nicholson impressions, a hypothetical Seinfeld scene, and a very loud soundboard on Peyton's phone. Is this our two heroes darkest hour? Will the podcast ever return?! All on this week's exciting episode of: Explaining To Austin!   Follow @E2APodcast on twitter https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

To help them survive the ongoing gas crisis in South Carolina, Peyton explains Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior to Austin. There's fast cars, how to steal gas, and avoiding/defeating evil gay S&M warlords. Also, they talk about how funny it is when women are named “Gay,” the origins of the term “inside baseball,” and Peyton does a lewd Jimmy Stewart impression.   Please consider donating to these or other orgs aiding in Palestinian relief and advocating for Palestinian freedom against genocide and apartheid:  Islamic Relief of Canada: Palestine Emergency Appeal  https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/ Rebuilding Alliance https://www.rebuildingalliance.org/ Decolonize Palestine https://decolonizepalestine.com/ Palestine Children’s Relief Fund https://www.pcrf.net/    Follow @E2APodcast on twitter https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

For the show's 10th episode, it's a super sized special! Peyton and Austin travel down memory lane, as they delve into a film they have a history with: Steven Seagal in "Out for Justice." They talk about their connection to the movie, action films, Steven Seagal's infamous hubris, Venezuelan samurai socialists, gas shortages, Brooklyn accents, and a historic pants pooping.   Follow @E2APodcast on twitter https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

CHUD: a term we all know and love to use as an insult against right-wing reactionaries. This week, Peyton and Austin tackle the movie that created the word in the first place. Come along for underground monsters, conspiracies, the likelihood of getting Hunter Biden to come on the podcast, and Peyton ONCE AGAIN accidentally recording her audio via the shitty internal computer mic. Such professionalism!   Follow @E2APodcast on twitter! https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Peyton tells Austin about "Poochinski," a sitcom about a dead cop coming back to life as a talking dog. They also discuss Peyton's proposed reboot of the show, Ted Kaczynski, The Day the Clown Cried, and Ben Shapiro's tiny wood.   Follow @E2APodcast on twitter https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Technical difficulties solved, back to the movies! Your hosts discuss The Evil Within, a film 15 years in the making, funded, written, directed, and produced by an heir to the Getty oil company, who was high on meth the whole time and died before it got released. Offensive portrayal of the mentally disabled! Weird dream philosophy! An octopus playing the drums! Hints that the rich murder and eat children! Is this movie secretly a scathing indictment against the Getty family and upper class? Maybe!   Follow @E2APodcast on twitter! https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

Technical difficulties have prevented us from recording our new episode, so, in the meantime, enjoy this recording of an occurrence of our previous audio-entertainment escapade: "The Boy Time Radio Hour." We would broadcast these dumb, fun radio shows on a local alternative college station in our area several years ago, playing music and talking and making jokes in-between the blocks. For your listening pleasure, enjoy this edit of just our talking/discussion segments from a summer 2018 broadcast. There's a loud shrill recorder, we discuss hog calling, Peyton show's off her extensive knowledge of PBS children's shows, and tarot cards are read. Oh boy!   Follow @E2APodcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/E2APodcast    

A Disney theme park attraction produced/co-written by George Lucas, co-written/directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Michael Jackson. There's robots, creatures, song and dance, and an alien elephant named Hooter. Peyton and Austin talk about how it got made, what it's about, and even Quibi. "HOOTER!" - Michael Jackson Follow us on Twitter @E2APodcast https://twitter.com/E2APodcast   Link to Defunctland episode on Captain EO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg2zuRBlRt0

In honor of Easter, Peyton explains the plot of 2020s "Assassin 33 AD," a high concept evangelical movie about evil Muslim terrorists going back in time to kill Jesus. But, before that, Peyton and Austin delve into the film's writer/director, Jim Carroll, and his numerous failed/parallel business ventures, mysterious past, and constant self-owns.    Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast https://twitter.com/E2APodcast  

Peyton recruits Austin into the Info-Wars of the space year 2021, as she explains the cyberpunk fever-dream of a movie that is Johnny Mnemonic. Keanu Reeves as a cyberpunk hero, pre-matrix. Ice T's name is J-Bone, and he runs Heaven. Dolph Lundgren plays a techno monk assassin. Welcome to the future.   Follow the show on twitter, @E2APodcast. https://twitter.com/E2APodcast

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Peyton tells Austin all about 1982's "Halloween III: Season of the Witch." The only film in the Halloween franchise without Michael Myers, this movie features something even scarier: an elderly Irish-American man! So, pour yourself a Guinness, kiss the Blarney Stone(?), and take a wiz on Margaret Thatcher's grave as we dive into some spooky Irish fun. (Also, I hope you like hearing both of us burp directly into the mic)   Follow @E2APodcast on twitter!

In this inaugural episode, Peyton explains the 2020 Ron Howard film "Hillbilly Elegy" to Austin. A movie with all the nuance and respect to Appalachian/"hillbilly" culture as The Beverly HillBillies, Peyton delves into the film, it's horrible main character, it's ridiculous moments, and it's detestable themes. Buckle up and hold your Meemaw close.   Follow us on twitter @E2APodcast 

Trans woman writer Peyton and punk chef Austin have been friends since third grade. Join along on their friendship as Peyton explains to Austin the plots to movies/shows that Austin has never seen before. They probably also do dumb bits and talk about socialism. If you don’t listen to this podcast then you’re a transphobe - sorry, I don’t make the rules, bud.   Episodes coming soon!