Sam Peckinpod’s Straw Pods Podcast

had Kade Moore join me to talk about the 2018 Clint Eastwood movie The 15:17 to Paris. i've been wanting to talk about this movie for a while because it's so... weird. easily Eastwood's worst movie, but it still works in very strange ways. anyways i really enjoyed talking about it with Kade; we dug a little deeper into the darkest Thomas the Tank Engine timeline and how Facebook posts and bumper stickers indicate mankind's fundamental capacity to change.

in this episode William Childress joins me in a soundproofed conference room to speak in hushed tones about the 2011 movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. during lockdown, Will has watched the movie close to thirty times or something so he may have noticed a thing or two about it. had a lot of fun on this one. Find William on Twitter and Instagram @heyitschili he's a good follow.

good ol' pal Erin FM jumps on this episode to talk about the cops in St Paul Minnesota watching the animated film Zootopia as part of their bias training. now, in 2020, you can see how that's worked out for them. anyways fuck all cops. Erin can be found on Twitter at @ErinFMComedy and on her website erin-fm.com

Max & Gwen come by to show some friggin RESPECT to the top podcast currently coming out of the suburbs of Majadahonda, Madrid. we talk a bit of conspiracy theories regarding covid-19, and also a lot about how we're coping with the toll that lockdown is taking on our gorgeous, sculpted physiques. the artwork for this podcast is from Max's webcomic, which he publishes almost daily at www.wigbate.com max can be found on every social network with the name wigbate. he's got videos and webcomics that look like Outsider Art, but by a white kid who's never been to jail. it's dumb and weird.

had good buddy JJ Wakrat on the pod to talk about whatever. enjoy

joined by james oakley (@jadoakley) for an all-over-the-place ep about lockdown lethargy, hard truths about soft people (ie canadians), and whether we're hopeful about the post-lockdown world. Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100377 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

weeks ago i spoke with the very talented composer Craig Hamilton. his work appears in Caves of Qud, one of my favorite games of the last few years with what is easily my favorite game soundtrack of all time. Check out Craig's work on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/craigoryham Say hi to Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Craigoryham Get Caves of Qud + the CoQ soundtrack here: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/13540/Caves_of_Qud__Soundtrack/ www.cavesofqud.com

weeks late, we discuss the latest star wars movie. we have very much to say about it despite claiming we're so indifferent to the series. full of spoilers, obviously.

good pal Andy Best is on the pod talking about his long and storied history playing Dungeons and Dragon and first hand experience with Satanic Panic of the early 80's. Andy was the Dungeon Master of the long-running D&D real play podcast Polymorph Self which is a heck of a lot of fun and gives the uninitiated an idea of how D&D even works. give it a listen here: http://www.polymorphself.com/ Andy's also a guitarist in the riot grrrrl punk band Ugly Girls, and their first album, Welcome To The Suck is available on Bandcamp: https://uglygirls-shanghai.bandcamp.com/releases

its like the Oscars' IN MEMORIAM montage but for canceled people

here's a special preview ep of Kurt's upcoming podcast Naming Names. the jist is that Kurt and a couple guests riff on one name at random. we recorded this a few weeks back with Nate and it was a lot of fun, so i'm sharing it here while i go on a little weekend getaway. enjoy!

our mics messed up on the recording we scheduled with a very good guest earlier in the day, so we reconvened sans guest to slap this together real quick. today we're talking about tesla's new CYBER TRUCK, the very decent TV show The Act with Patricia Arquette, and a recent head-scratchin archaeological find in Ecuador

you'll hear at a certain point in this episode my realization that i am, at 36 years of age, trying to engage my actually sane wife about Hideo Kojima's latest videogame Death Stranding. dunno if it was parenting or schooling or what, but something obviously went wrong for me along the way. like i am actually ashamed of myself for recording and then posting this.

we incomprehensibly dive into our love for Bon Appétit videos and Bea gives her own power rankings of her favorite hosts. we also talk about Ari Aster's Midsommar and the overlooked 2015 videogame Until Dawn.

just me and the american choppers Nate Johns and Kurt Dunsing, choppin it up. this episode's a regular chop shop.

OKAY SO here's me and Max Peck (first inductee to the 2-timers club) talking about his QWEEN Tulsi Gabbard and his recent trip to NH with some other absolute wackos to campaign for her there. please note that Gabbard's pro-Assad views do not reflect the views of what is this even Podcast. anyways, love Max and his podcast Don't Talk To Him and all the best to Tulsi i've heard good things.

lotta fun on this ep talking to Jorge Castellanos about work and all the jobs we've had, past and present.

HahAHaHJAHAHaHahha things get a little, shall we say tWiStEd on today's episode because we're talking about the J*ker, which neither of us have seen. why did we do this? i dunno but riddle me this: WhY sO sErIoUs? Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100377 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

invited absolute buff bastard John Shea to talk on pod about staying healthy -- diet, exercise, bit of fasting, keto and the whole bit. sure we all have jobs and lives and stuff but how do you fit in time for fitness? Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100377 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Master and Commander is srsly an all time great movie, so, obviously we talk about that, as well as the young pope and how the New York Mets are putting butts in seats these days. Really considering changing the name of the podcast, so don't be confused or alarmed if that happens soon. Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100377 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

talkin bout the upcoming movies for fall 2019 babyyyyy. also we go on about Bon Appetit (the youtube channel) and maybe for a future ep we'll dive a little deeper into it. BA and its featured personalities are kind of a big part of our lives. Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100377 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

don't listen to this if you haven't watched Tarantino's latest film Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood.

before heading off on holidays, we get into musicals and flashmobs of musicals because we went on a bit of a tear of ingesting musical theatre content in our household. was pretty intense.

Me and Bea start talking about what makes a 'guy movie' -- like a greased muscles & guns movie kind of thing. We consult some lists online and then later on we go down a weird path where we take dating advice from a men's website.

Max Peck of the very funny Don't Talk to Him Podcast joins me to talk about... podcasting. framed by the recent Have We Reached Peak Podcast? article in the New York Times Magazine, we discuss our own motivations for using the medium and veer off topic more often than we should.

Two-parter where we go into the lion king and its new remake, plus a little side quest looking at some Spanish voice actors specializing in dubs of famous american actors.

Nate Johns of the Tickle Boys podcast joins me to talk about videogames we love, but mainly we just veer off topic. Kurt joins in from the couch -- shoulda mentioned before that he's also on the Tickle Boys podcast as well. Check it out because it's a pretty good show.

WARNING: Spoilers for Spider Man: Far from Home but tbh if you haven't seen it by now you're not going to see it so whatever. Me and Kurt talk very loosely and loudly about comic books. This was the first time having to bleep someone's name out of the pod and that was very exciting for me.

we saw detective pikachu and really liked it -- no spoilers there but we spoiled the heck out of jordan peele's us, which we also thought was p good. also we talk abt my wife's first D&D experiences, just another dumb thing i have forced her into lately aside from this podcast.

first ep where i force my wife to speak to me on microphone. to sweeten the deal for her, we talk about the beyonce concert film/documentary Homecoming. tbh i am figuring this out as i go.