Podcasts – The Brick Room

It’s our belief that it should be a rare thing to remake a movie.  However, if a movie is going to be remade Michael Cera should be a part of that remake.  At least, that’s our contention and discussion for this week’s episode of the Brick Room.  We recorded this awhile ago, so apologies if […]

In today’s podcast we continue our discussion from a few episodes ago and talk about things that should have happened by now in our real world if the world of movies was true.  For instance, if the events of 2001, A Space Odyssey, and it’s sequel, 2010, are true then we should have massive spacecraft […]

Which universe is cooler?  Star Wars or Harry Potter?  Is a Jedi more powerful than a wizard? More than anything else, these are the questions on everyone’s mind right now in this country and The Brick Room is here to help you learn the answers. Disclaimer, this podcast was recorded a few weeks ago so […]

Marc and Chris talk sports, Sex and the City and Canadians

According to Back To The Future II, we should have self lacing shoes, flying cars, food rehydration machines, and all sorts of other cool stuff by now.  In fact, we should have had all that stuff by 2015.  If the terminator movies are to be believed the entire world should a post apocalyptic wasteland right […]

Hey guys! This week we talk a little about film but we also talk about sport (as the British call it. This isn’t actually referenced at all this episode) and what actually goes through a peak athletes brain as they perform basically miracles with their bodies. Football players are basically human car accidents too… FYI… […]

You’re a salesman.  What’s the best way to approach a customer?  Do you walk up and say, “Do you have any questions about that merchandise?”  That’s a direct way of opening a conversation.  The customer is looking at your products and you offer to help.  Or, is it better to start with some small talk? […]

Did you get your flu vaccine?  In today’s podcast we talk a little bit about vaccines and where they come from.  Then we get down to business and talk about food and getting fat. When is food fast food and when is it not?  This is an important matter and we solve the mystery today. […]

Did you know the movie Lethal Weapon has been turned into a TV show that is broadcasting now?  Chris didn’t realize that but Marc did, and he’s even seen a few of the episodes.  In this week’s episode of the Brick Room we talk about the Lethal Weapon movies and the TV show.  We talk […]

All the summer movies have been released.  All the fall movies have been released.  How did all the comic book movies do?  Every other movie that comes out is a superhero movie. At the beginning of the summer we made predictions on how all of this years comic book movies would do, with the help […]

It’s time for a spoooooooky Brick Room episode!  Well, maybe not spooky, but about Halloween anyway.  We talk this week about one of favorite holidays.  We discuss, costumes, which candy is the best, which is the best day of the week for Halloween to occur on.  Basically, we just talk about all kinds of Halloween […]

Brick Room guest Gordy is back for this episode as we mostly talk about relationships.  Marc just got married and we talk about married life, single life, and relationships in general.  We also wonder, how long is it acceptable for a couple to refer to themselves as “Newlyweds”? Previous to all this relationship talk we […]

In today’s episode we talk about doctors and dentists and they way they talk.  They all seem to have a similar pattern to their speech and they use words and phrases that many other people, even professional people, do not use.  We’re not talking here about medical terminology, although they love to throw those weighty […]

Who’s the smoothest in the Galaxy? Lando. Obviously. We talk Star Wars again in this podcast, starting with Marc’s cosplay plans to how much we just want to follow Lando around. Also, I guess we’re #DonaldForLando now… We also discuss the trend of remaking/rebooting movies including Ben Hur, a movie that has been remade into oblivion… […]

  Hey everyone! First thing is first: We recorded this podcast on August 14th, before certain information was discovered. Read below and listen for the thrilling conclusion! We’re back this week with a very international Brick Room! We’ve got Olympic fever and not the kind that you’ll get while swimming in Rio. We did some […]

Hey all! This week’s podcast is about competitive video game tournaments. Specifically EVO 2016. We didn’t know it was a thing, but now we do. Listen to us observe the final few fights of the night as we root for people we know nothing about! So, naturally, we try to find ways to perfect it […]

We’re back! Hey guys, now that we’re back we decided to tackle a very important, socially heavy subject. Pokemon Go.  We recorded this on a Sunday a week and a half from the release of the Poke-Craze sweeping the world. We may not be the most knowledgeable about Pokemon but we’re pretty knowledgeable about a […]

Welcome back, Brick Room Listeners.  We hope you had a great 4th of July weekend.  We are back today to finish up the Bracket of Badassery. How can that be, you ask, since there are 3 match-ups yet to go?  Well, we’re crossing the finish line with strong by doing all three contests in one […]

We delve into the Bracket of Badassery once more to continue our quest to find out who is the most badass character from all of action movies.  This week we have special guest Chris Daily on the podcast to help us sort out the difficult problem of determining who is more badass between Sgt. Apone, […]

Of all the condiments, which one is the most flavorful?  Many people would say ranch dressing is the answer to that question.  Of all the condiments, which one is the most versatile?  For use outside the kitchen?  In this podcast, we learn that certainly ranch dressing has to be in running for #1 in that […]

The Bracket of Badassery continues in Round 2 as the most badass characters in the history of movies are put to the test to find out:  who is the most badass character in all of action films?  Last week, Gordy joined us on the podcast to settle the dispute of who is more badass between […]

Hello, everybody.  Sorry for the absence.  We know we haven’t posted a new episode in a little while but we are back, and so is the Bracket Of Badassery! The Brick Room returns in style with guest judge, Gordy, here to help us determine who is more badass between Cpl. Dwayne Hicks, from Aliens, and […]

Hello, everybody.  This week we are taking a break from The Bracket of Badassery to resume our normal content of us running our mouths about a random topic.  This week its virtual reality and movies.  What will happen if and when virtual reality entertainment systems like the Occulus Rift and its competitors become more popular? […]

It’s time for our last match up in Round 1 of the Bracket of Badassery, and it’s about to get crazy because today we see Private Vasquez, from Aliens, taking on Predator, from…Predator. This is truly an epic battle in the bracket and one you don’t want to miss.  Last week we saw Sgt. Apone, […]

After taking last week off to have a very important discussion about the new release of Batman vs Superman we’re back to the Bracket of Badassery this week.  When we last left our competition Ellen Ripley was facing off against Carl Weathers in what turned out to be an incredibly close match up.  Who won? […]

Here in the Brick Room, we’ve been looking forward to Batman vs. Superman for a long time, basically since the first trailer came out.  There’s two reasons for this:  1) we like Batman and we like superhero movies in general (although they are getting a little old and we see this genre coming to an […]

Who is the most badass character from all of action movies?  Using science and superior reasoning we are finding out the answer to that question here in the Brick Room.  Last week Max Rockatansky, from Mad Max:  Fury Road, faced off against Billie, from Predator.  And the victor was: Mad Max defeated Billie in a […]

The Bracket of Badassery continues on.  We’re trying to determine which character from 5 of the most awesome action movies of all time is the most badass of all the characters.  Last week it was Major Alan “Dutch” Schaefer, from Predator, facing off against the Terminator from T2:  Judgement Day.  And the victor was…Dutch, from […]

The Bracket of Badassery continues.  Last week we discovered a new game:  finding out who the most badass character is from action movies.  In order to discover the answer to this question in the most scientific way possible we devised a bracket to sort through the contenders.  Last week saw New York City Police Detective […]

The Oscars happened.  We didn’t really watch them, it was on in the bar but the sound was off so we couldn’t hear anything.  So, we kind of know what happened.  More importantly, we know who should be getting Oscars for stuff.  We lead off this week’s Brick Room podcast with a discussion of who […]

Some TV shows really work, others don’t.  Some special effects look amazing and others look cheesy.  Some video games are enthralling, others can’t hold your interest.  Why?  Obviously, there are many reasons why a project in any particular medium might be successful, or not.  Here at The Brick Room, we think one of those reasons […]

How well do you know your superheroes?  How well do we know our superheroes? This week we find out because special guest Chris Daily is back in the Brick Room and Chris is a big fan of superheroes and comics in general.  In fact, Chris is an artist who currently does storyboards and has made […]

We hit 100 episodes!  We’re pretty excited about this accomplishment.  We both really enjoy doing the podcast and we want to thank all of you who listen and who have given us such great and supportive feedback. We’re celebrating today by having a special guest on the podcast:  Chris Daily.  Chris is an improviser who […]

I’m so sorry everybody.  This week was crazy busy for me and I totally forgot to post the podcast until today.  Rest assured, we’ll post on time in the future. In this week’s episode we get kind of deep again.  We start kind of light talking about the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie and we […]

Episode #98 – Star Trek and Stuff Hey everybody! We’re on our second podcast of the year, good ‘ol number 98! This week we talk about movies, specifically Star Trek (woah, bizarro-cast!) and movie themes! We kinda get into the horrors of the transporter and why away teams are always Kirk, Bones, other officers and […]

Episode #97 – Happy New Year!   This is our first podcast of the New Year! It’s traditional to celebrate the most on the 13th. Didn’t you know? I forgot my ‘cans’ and had difficulty judging sound and we discussed the difficulty and horrors of being born on a leap year and how to embrace this tragedy. […]

Merry Christmas, everyone!  We took the week off from recording but never fear, we have an episode for you to listen to and it’s truly one of our favorites. James Cameron’s movie, The Terminator, is one of the best ever.  But there’s a problem:  the movie involves time travel and as the film’s course of […]

This episode is spoiler free.  We recorded and published two podcasts this week.  If you’ve heard our podcast at all you know that both of us are big fans of Star Wars.  We saw the movie right away and there’s just no way we weren’t going to talk about it on the podcast.  However, knowing […]

Spoilers, spoilers, spoilers!  This episode is loaded with spoilers for Star Wars:  The Force Awakens. We saw the movie.  In this week’s episode we talk all about it.  We realize that not everyone has seen the movie yet (it’s only been out a couple days) so we also recorded another podcast for this week that […]

Happy December! This week we’re all over the place (typical) and we discuss why Vader is so kill-happy in Episode V as opposed to being docile in Episode IV, hover-boards vs speeder bikes and how we should deal with sports stars. Let us know what you think and if you want us to discuss anything […]

  We’re back! Happy Thanksgiving! We took the week off to celebrate what we’re thankful for and we’d like to say thank you for listening! This week we talk about the ways to protect yourself from assassins in one specific situation as well as treasure and the mechanics of the Bermuda Triangle. This leads us […]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  In this week’s podcast we talk a little bit about the pros and cons of Thanksgiving dinner.  What side dishes are the best?  Is turkey really a good meat?  Answer:  no.  Why don’t we have steak or pork?  Or venison?  After discussing the coming week’s feast we move on to talk about […]

Brick Room Listeners, we’re sorry.  We didn’t get an episode recorded last week, due to illness.  But we’re back at the Regal Beagle today running our mouths and drinking beers.  This episode we’re talking about different tropes that seem to show up time and again in science fiction movies and TV shows.  You’ve got the […]

Video games are not like real life.  Nevertheless, that does not stop video game designers from trying to make them more and more realistic.  However, as the games become more realistic, it becomes easier for the games to shatter their own suspension of disbelief.  In other words, as the games become more realistic the more […]

How much money do the casinos in Las Vegas make in one year?  We know it’s a lot of money.  What could all the casinos in Vegas buy with one years worth of profits?  Could they build a space station?  Could they fund NASA?  Cure a disease?  Marc went to Vegas for his birthday and […]

What does Marc’s birthday have to do with prostituting?  Nothing.  But his birthday is this weekend so we have taken the weekend off recording so he can have birthday revels.  Instead, we are posting a best of episode and the episode is about prostituting.  The worlds oldest profession is interesting and we talk about it. […]

Brick Room Listeners, we hope you had a good weekend, especially if you’re one of those lucky people that got a three day weekend.  We start this week’s episode talking about words of wisdom.  What sayings, that we commonly use today, will be looked back on in future times as being important?  Then we move […]

The Trojan Horse might be the most famous deception in all of history.  It’s so famous that the words ‘Trojan Horse’ are a modern day description for anything that is used to sneak past security or get into a place it shouldn’t be.  Everything from computer viruses to sports plays reference that one time an […]

It’s football season, everyone.  What’s that mean?  It means The Regal Beagle (where we record all our podcasts) is open two hours earlier on Sundays.  It also means they are serving burritos, in honor of football season.  So heads up:  if you live in San Diego and want to watch football and eat a burrito, […]

Hello, everyone!  We hope you enjoyed your Labor Day weekend.  We did and now we’re back with all new content.  In this week’s podcast we talk about ‘flow’.  Flow is a term some people use to describe the focused mental state people will go into when they are performing a task at their optimal level. […]

Hello Brick Room, Listeners.  We hope you all had an amazing Labor Day and Labor Day weekend.  We took the weekend off from recording but, never fear, we do have a best of episode for you to listen to.  This episode is from last October.  We talked about setting a good password for your phone […]