It's So Awesome

Gal pals Brenna Rae Connors, Kristina Lang, KC Vernon and Ana Paola Castro join Brando to discuss the magic of Halloween!  The gang chat about favorite holiday traditions, costumes, trick or treating and more on this very special pod party episode!  Happy Halloween!

Sister buddies Isabel and Zoe Zieres are on the pod teaching Brando about astrology and tarot reading!  After the break, the gals read Brando's star chart and tarot cards with shocking results!  

Seneca Flowers and Will Plumb of Buffy band Sunnydale High dork out real hard with Brando about legendary TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Later, Seneca and Will discuss their awesome band and talk about what is was like playing Warped Tour!  LATER later, it's top five Buffy eps!

The delightful Tina McGee of local pub and wood-fired pizza joint, the Alibi chats with Brando about her passion for whiskey!  After the break, Tina shares five of her very favorite brown spirits!

Brando and Lindsay have a real geekfest over the greatest TV show of all time, Game of Bones.  I recently realized I don't have to act like someone else wrote these.  It's me!  Hi!  We talk about why we love the show and yep we cover the finale backlash.  After the break its five of our favorite Thrones moments. Thronesments.  Enjoy it!

Scott Lair, proprietor of The Great Untamed wine bar stops by to teach Brando about food fermentation.  After the break, some fermented snacks are sampled!  

Paul Bartow (of Shotgun Shogun) and Griffin Murphy geek with Brando about Star Trek!  The dudes discuss what makes Trek special after all these years while touching on all eras from the original 1960's series to the current show, Discovery.  After the break, Paul and Griffin share their top five favorite Trek eps!

Potterheads Brenna Rae Connors and Kristina Lang are on the show to share their love for all things Hogwarts!  The gang discuss houses, favorite side characters, favorite bad guys and once and for all try to explain to Brando what a Horcrux is.  After the break, top five moments from the books and or movies!

It's a Best of 2018 all-star year-end extravaganza!  Brando and four previous guests share and discuss their favorite books, music, movies, games and more of 2018!  Guests include Phil Kelley, Colin Reed Moon, Charlotte Romero and KC Vernon!  What a year!  What a pod party!  Enjoy it!

Bridger Bailey and Zoe Zieres teach Brando about musicals!  The gang discuss stage to screen adaptations, what's hot on Broadway now, live TV broadcasts and more!  After the break, top fives!

KC Vernon and Brando geek pretty hard about iconic horror flicks from one of the greatest eras, the 1980's.  There's chat about what scared them as kids, neglectful movie parents, practical special effects and more!  After the break, top five faves!

Kelsie Muller and Emily Tonkovich join Brando to geek out on their favorite comfort show, The Office.  The gang discuss what makes NBC's hit sitcom so rewatchable, the best cold opens, thoughts on a possible revival and more!  After the break, top five favorite episodes!

Allen Brown drops into the pod to teach Brando a little somethin' about rock climbing!  We learn about gear, types of climbing, some basics on getting started and more!  After the break, Allen shares his top five favorite places he's climbed, including a very famous national monument!  

Brando chats with buddy Brandon Schulte (of Juice Falcon) about working at Sonic Rainbow CD's, a super cool record store located in Casper, Wyoming.  After the break, Schulte shares his top five record store finds!

Andrew Parker of Rolling Tattoo chats with Brando about getting started in the business, answers some of your Facebook questions and offers some advice for getting tattooed including aftercare tips!

Guest Rob Whelan and Brando discuss the roots of Dystopias in fiction.  The boys talk about the early literature that popularized dystopias from Gulliver's Travels to 1984 and beyond.  Later, favorites are shared across books, movies, games and more!

Lifelong pal Chad Richey and Brandon chat about legendary role playing game, Dungeons & Dragons.  After the break, Chad leads Brando and previous guest, Jeremy Meerkreebs on an action-packed D&D adventure of their own!

Brando's old buddy Luke Jensen is on the pod this week to talk Lost!  The boys speak on Lost's legacy and it's impact on modern TV, the divisiveness of the final season, symbolism and more!  Later, Luke talks about visiting Lost's shooting locations on his trip to Hawaii and top five favorite characters are shared! 

Guest Jeremy Meerkreebs and Brandon discuss the evolution of video games, their first machines, how games helped Brando with his sobriety and so much more.  After the break, the buds share the top five games they're currently loving!

Charlotte Romero returns from a journey to Japan!  She shares her experiences with Brando including conquering her fear of flying, visiting Hiroshima and more!  Later, the pair investigate some Japanese treasures and taste some interesting snacks Charlotte brought back from her adventure.  

Fellow Whovian Glenna O'Connor and Brando attempt to break down what legendary sci-fi series, Doctor Who is all about for the uninitiated.  After the break, top five favorite episodes!  It's wibbly wobbly, timey wim- well, you know.

Things get a little creepy when local ghost aficionado Phil Kelley stops by the apartment to chat with Brando and neighbor buddy Sara Morris about spirits, hauntings, poltergeists and more!

Ashley Sneesby drops by the pod to talk about her favorite comfort show, King of the Hill!  It's a celebration of blue-collar TV, animation, voice actors and a whole mess of fun side chats.  Enjoy it!

Miguel Chen (of Teenage Bottle Rocket) and Lily Chen (of Oh My Snare!) chat with Brando about yoga, traveling to India, writing a book and more! 

Writer Colin Moon and Brando chat about their mutual love for horror legend, Stephen King.  The fellas discuss what makes King so readable, the best and worst film adaptations and the first King novels they ever read.  Later, a deep dive into their top fives.  Tangents and all.  

Guests Fran Hite (of Sunnydale High) and Kayla Robbins discuss their top five favorite reality shows while Brando shares five he sort of knows about!

In the premiere episode of It’s So Awesome, Brandon Watson is joined by comedian Mitch Jones to talk about the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! The boys chat about growing up with comics, the appeal of RDJ, what Warner Bros might be missing and Brando forgets the name of his own show! Won’t you join them?