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Dorky host Jo tells their friends about the weird and wild stuff that has happened to them in the past and the friends tell some back.

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    • May 6, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 40m AVG DURATION
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    Episode 200: Berserk featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 118:30


    CW for sexual assault, death, murder, gaslighting, brainwashing, betrayal, violence towards children, child death. Alis and Autumn talk about how much Berserk means to them. Go read Berserk. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 195: How Are There Still 4 More Episodes?! Featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 24:18


    CW: Gundam Wing CWs Autumn and Alis talk about episodes 44 and 45 of Gundam Wing, they are so close to finishing they can taste it! Music and art by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 194: Return of ASM-YARRRR featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 25:13


    CW: Standard Gundam Wing stuff Autumn and Alis be pirates on the high seas who also watched Garr-dum Wing episodes 41 and 42 farr some reason. Arr. Music and art by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    PODCAST SCHEDULE UPDATE

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 5:54


    No CWs, just listen to it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 193: No Really, Go Play Lies Of P featuring Rhea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 60:49


    CW: Discussions of death, murder, body horror, what it means to be human, familicide, gaslighting, betrayal Rhea and Alis talk about Lies of P, a very good game everyone should give a shot. Music and art by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 192: QUIZ TIME featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 18:22


    cw; no major CWs Autumn does a little Gundam Wing quiz to see how much attention she has been paying. Can you guess how Autumn does? Music and art by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 191: Oh Right, The Plot! featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 56:31


    CW: Child soldiers, death, war, PTSD, trauma. Autumn and Alis watch more Gundam Wing (episodes 38-41) and the plot has decided to actually happen but also just all at once there is so much going on. Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 190: Everything Is Small, Especially Space featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 47:19


    CW: Child soldiers, death, murder Alis and Autumn watch Gundam Wing episodes 35-37 and stupid human brains cannot comprehend how big space is. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 189: Chumped by Chumps featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 26:58


    CW: Gundam Wing Alis and Autumn talk about episodes 33 and 34 of Gundam Wing where to killer death robot cockpit AIs are introduced in quick succession. I am sure it will be fine... Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 188: Duo/Dorothy OTP featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 46:50


    CW: Standard Gundam Wing affair, Alis finds some gross fanfic (nothing is read from it) Autumn and Alis talk about episodes 29-32 of Gundam Wing and they are bad. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 187: Quatre Has A Normal One featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 58:05


    CW: Gundam Wing Standards Alis and Autumn discuss Gundam Wing episodes 23-26 in which everyone has a normal day and no one pilots a super death berserk machine, no sirree. Music and art by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 186: Deck-top-lits featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 58:31


    CW: Death, violence, child soldiers Autumn and Alis watched episode 19-22 of Gundam Wing and WOW even one more episode than normal is brutal! Music and art by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 185: Serious Sonic featuring Ashe and Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 35:45


    CW: Violence, Sonic Shinanigans Ashe and Autumn talk about Sonic but not in a mocking way, for once! Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 185: And Then You Record The Rest Of The Bleach

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 18:38


    CW: Death, weird sex stuff Alis finishes out what happened in Bleach because even though there was almost half the manga to still get through, no really, there actually isnt too much left to talk about! Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 184: Wait, This Isn't SheRa! (Featuring Autumn)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 37:30


    CW: death, murder, child soldiers Autumn and Alis watch episode 16-18 of Gundam Wing and find out they have been mispronouncing Quatre's name this whole time, whoops! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 183: A Ki(ki)cophony! Featuring Kiki Rose and Kiki

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 35:40


    No major CWs. Alis, Kiki and... Kiki talk about Kiki's Delivery Service! It is a cute movie talked about by a couple cuties! Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ Kiki's plug: https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G69P2WZDY/shiki Kiki's plug: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5537002/ Alis' plug: https://wohgame.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 182: This Was Supposed To Be About Creepy Pasta featuring SymphonicPink

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 31:51


    CW: Death, murder, morbid humor. Alis and Pink start to talk about CreepyPasta from the old internet but then get distracted and talk about weird Pokemon fan games instead. Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ Pink's stream: https://www.twitch.tv/symphonicpink/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 181: Techincally We Played 2.5 Truths And .5 Lies feautruing Kiki and Kay

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 47:39


    CW: Sexual assault, injuries, Tsukihime Alis, Kiki (no a different one) and Kay play Two Truths And A Lie which was super fun and we totally didn't get off topic at all, nope totally. Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ Kiki's stream: https://www.twitch.tv/gogglesgirl Kay's stream: https://twitch.tv/aurorazeros --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 180: Heavily Accented Physics featuring Robert Denby

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 35:39


    CW: Animal death, weird religious prejudice, internalized homophobia Rob and Alis talk about weird college classes they took and I cannot stress this enough, Buddhism does not work like that. Art and music by https://ashenthorns.art/ SoC's socials (no really check them out: https://bsky.app/profile/streamofconch.bsky.social --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 179: Homestuck Updated... featuring Ashe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 46:12


    CW: Standard Homestuck CWs, transphobia Ashe and Alis talk about the new Homestuck update and a bit about how Homestuck continues on. I also need to reiterate, the update dropped 30 mins before recording started and completly derailed our original plans for the recording. Music and art by https://ashenthorns.art/ Homestuck made This World: https://rangedtouch.com/category/homestuck/ Unofficial Homestuck Collection: https://bambosh.dev/unofficial-homestuck-collection/ Slur Replacement Patch: https://hssrp.carrd.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 178: Kender Penders Is An Odd Dude featuring SymphonicPink and Ashe

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 45:53


    CW: Genocide mention, child endangerment, gaslighting. Alis, Ashe and SymphonicPink talk about Ken Penders and the baffling choices he made in his comics. Art and music by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 177: I Miss Being This Resilient featuring Syrene

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 35:29


    CW: child injury and in dangerous situations, blood. Alis and Syrene talk about funny/silly/weird injuries they and siblings have experienced in the past! Surprise: Alis has had multiple head wounds which likely explains many things! Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Syrene's plug (she forgot to mention it during the podcast): https://youtu.be/i-7jSlNII4o?si=47WoFrkD8Tk_qaLp --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 176: Unnecesary Gymnastics? Featuring Rhea and Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 43:01


    CW: Eye trauma, death, brainwashing, torture, minor attraction kinda? Listen to the intro I explain it there. Alis, Autumn and Rhea talk about Bleach, and totally not Boruto (it is mainly just Alis talking about Boruto, shhhhh) Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 175: MMO Talk, I Guess? Featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 27:28


    No major CWs. Alis and Autumn just kinda ramble about whatever and kinda settle on MMOs by the end. Art and music by: https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 174: Good Kitties featuring RobertDenby

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 29:24


    CW: Pet injury and death (brief mentions). Alis and RobertDenby swap cute pet stories for like a half hour! Art and music by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns SoC's stuff: https://twitter.com/StreamofConcsh --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 173: Chill Sunny Vibes featuring Rhea

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 31:31


    CW: Death, Nazi Science mention. Rhea and Alis talk more about Bleach but don't worry! We are almost done with this arc, just two more to go! Ignore that the final arc is almost 30% of the entire manga. Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Rhea's KoFi: https://ko-fi.com/shirayurinorhea Alis' stream: https://www.twitch.tv/arp1033 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 172: Technically 200!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 4:03


    No major CWs. Alis talks about the future very briefly. Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Link to Alis' discord: https://discord.gg/QYDqF9Ja --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 171: Go Watch A Better Movie featuring Hannah

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 29:05


    CW: Death, shark violence, drug use Alis and Hannah watched Mako and talk about it. TL;DL its bad and you should not watch it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 170: Bad Jokes featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 23:39


    CW: Discussion of gender identity and genitals. Autumn and Alis just tell bad jokes for like 20 mins because they are silly. Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 169: Crystals and Puppets featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 41:33


    CW: Bleach spoilers, Nazi Science comparisons, death, torture, human experimentation, kidnapping and wrongful arrest. Alis and Minfilia talk about Turn Back The Pendulum arc in Bleach. It isn't as good as Alis remembered but hey, it's all downhill form here :V Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 168: Horror Games, Not Horrible! Featuring Ashe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 31:29


    CW: minor Oxenfree and Signalis spoilers. Ashe and Alis talk about horror games they like! There are a lot of good ones! Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 167: Maybe The Real Bleach Was The Friends We Made On The Way featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 39:32


    CW: Racism, Nazi Science Minfilia and Alis continue to talk about Bleach. It continues to be dire. (And yes this still matches the naming convention for the episodes) Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 166: Word Games Are Tough! featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 23:33


    No major CWs. Alis is sick so they and Autumn just ramble on for a while. Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Autumn's band: https://izthmiseattle.bandcamp.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 165: Chaos Gremlin: My Favorite Gender featuring Robert Denby

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 60:27


    CW: Nimona spoilers, discussion of transphobia, racism, dismemberment, homophobia. Alis and Robert Denby talk about Nimona! It's pretty good!! Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 164: Story Time featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 53:25


    CW: Slavery, FFXIV Spoilers, mention of blood and body mutilation. Alis and Minfilia talk about Alis' story idea. I personally think it is a good one, but I am also biased. Art and music by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Link to Alis' stream on July 1st: twitch.tv/arp1033 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 163: COMMENCING RADICALIZATION featuring Kiki Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 45:58


    CW: Death, murder, slavery, war Art and music done by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Tekken 8 beat thingy: https://beta.bandainamcoent.eu/en/cb/tekken-8-closed-network-test --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 162: I Am Not Terry Pratchett... featuring Kiki Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 53:24


    ...But that is ok, no one is. CW: Slavery, racism, genocide, human experimentation, murder, war Kiki and Alis talk about a setting for some sort of fiction that has been rattling in Alis' mostly-empty noggin for years! Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Tekken 8 signups: https://tekken.com/closed-network-test --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 161: Sin Is Perfect In Every Way featuring Ashe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 32:43


    CW: Child endangerment, child death, violence, discussion of childbirth. Alis and Ashe talk about the (mercifully shorter) GG: Strive story movie Another Story! It is very good. Intro, outro and art done by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Ashe's Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ashenthorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 160: Hat Man, Now Without Niquil! Featuring Ashe and Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 39:14


    Ashe, Autumn and Alis talk about more Gundam Wing. It continues to be bad. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 159: Friday the 26th featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 46:48


    CW: Murder, drug use, child death, underage drinking, sexual assault imagry Alis and Minfilia talk about the Firday the 13th movies which are great fun! Though sadly only like, 3 are actually great movies... Art, intro and outro by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Alis' Twitch stream: https://www.twitch.tv/arp1033 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 158: Faces and Flowers featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 37:01


    Cw: Bleach spoilers Minfilia and Alis talk about more Bleach and Alis' memory proves to be worse than they thought! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 157: It's a Gundam~ Featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 46:32


    CW: Gundam Wing spoilers, standard Gundam warnings. Alis and Autumn talk about episodes 10-13 of Gundam Wing, in which Hiro is an idiot, someone gets real excited at a party and Wufai continues to hate women. Music and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Ashe's KoFi: https://ko-fi.com/ashenthorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 156: Sonic Ramblings featuring Alis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 29:21


    CW: Sonic Frontiers spoilers, Discussion of sexuality. Autumn talks to Alis about their recent stream and... wait, that can't be right...... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 155: A Pretty Orange Sky featuring Minfilia and Kiki

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 46:37


    CW: alcohol mention, nazi mention, racism, sexuality, a voice actor's extra marital affair with an underage girl is mentioned. Kiki, Minfilia and Alis talk more about Bleach and finally get through the Soul Society arc! It is all downhill from here... Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Link to Ashe's KoFi: https://ko-fi.com/ashenthorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 154: Fanfic Again Apparently! Featuring Ashe

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 35:04


    CW: Hitler mention, sexual assault, mention of heavy violence, Berserk spoilers Alis and Ashe just kinda hang out for a bit and then start talking about Fanfic a lot. Art and music by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 153: Aimless Running featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 42:10


    CW: Genocide, racism, abuse, gaslighting, Bleach spoilers Minfilia and Alis talk about most of the Soul Society arc in Bleach, in a rambling disorderly manner, but that is ok because most of the arc is told that way too :V Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 152: Red Scarf of Fate featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 42:00


    CWs: Sexual harassment, DID mention, Bleach spoilers. Minfilia and Alis talk about Bleach some more. It is still in the good parts but the cracks are showing... Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Link to Alis' streams: https://www.twitch.tv/arp1033 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 151: I Ended Up Not Getting Any Pho featuring Minfilia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 11:57


    No major CWs. Alis and Minfilia talk about the charity stream that had just happened, but mainly Alis just looks at a restaurant's menu because they are hungry. Intor, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Link to the GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/chatty-chai --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 150: Yup, Sonic Comics Are Still Wierd featuring Ashe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 44:44


    CW: Body horror, death, drug mention Alis and Ashe talk about the OTHER Sonic Comic continuity and don't worry! It is just as bizarre as the old one. Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Link to CHatty Chai's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/chatty-chai Link to Alis' stream: https://www.twitch.tv/arp1033 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 149: 생선 Is Korean For Fish! Featuring Remi and Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 42:42


    CW: fish death, Alis death, depression, drug mentions Remi teaches Alis and Autumn about how cool fish are, and Alis almost pronounces a Korean word correctly! Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns Link to Chatty Chai's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/chatty-chai --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

    Episode 148: The Final Joke Is The OP's Name Is "Just Communication" featuring Autumn

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 38:40


    CW: Death, violence, sexism, child soldiers, war Alis and Autumn once again dive into the Gundam Wing mines in an attempt to strike gold! They do not. Intro, outro and art by https://twitter.com/Ashen_Thorns --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arp1033/message

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