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Voting Stream! Save the Date; it's Gonna be Great
In an unprecedented move of synergistic proportions, Small Beans, Gamefully Unemployed, and Some More News are all teaming up like so much Voltron to research and explain props, dig into candidates, and spend twelve full hours making voting as fun as we possibly can. Hope you'll join us, regardl...
128. Frame Rate: October Sky (Feat. Tom Reimann)
It's the age-old struggle between coal and rocketry! We cover one of Abe's favorite movies with the help of Gamefully Unemployed's Tom Reimann, and admire some old-fashioned rocket boys.
126. Tales from the Pit: The Girl Who Fisted the Wasp's Nest (Feat. Biba Pickles)
Biba Pickles discusses art, battling bi-polar disorder, and covering her body with cereal and self-inflicted cigarette burns. It's a party!Art by Seth Laster.Music by Abe Epperson, Kelsey Hudgins and Kevin Clark.
OCTOBER BEANUS MODULE: Q&A&CR&BS w/Daniel Vincent Gordh!!
We are THRILLED to announce that Daniel Vincent Gordh, co-creator of Matt and Dan and Mr. Darcy himself is this month's VIP mega-super-guest!Have questions about working on a runaway Youtube hit? Writing a series? Starring in comedy? Looking this damn confident being photographed in your underwe...
125. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Megacities
From Blade Runner's vision of Los Angeles to just plain old current-day Los Angeles, the PCPD boys delve into Megacities both fictitious and all-too-real. Judge them with Dredd and you Coruscan't go wrong!
124. Frame Rate: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Feat. Jamie Loftus)
The Bechdel Cast host Jamie Loftus returns to ride the roller coaster of hacking, sexual assault, efficient Swedish filmmaking and Daniel Craig that is TGWTDT. Abe and Michael are also there to kick a hornet's nest and play with fire, respectively.
123. My Top 8: Abe Epperson
The beloved Abe Epperson sits down with Maggie to talk about his experience as a "drifter" in middle school and high school, and how he eventually decided to start cultivating lifelong friends. He also has a very strong opinion about the word "LOVE" in friendships, VERY strong.
Do We Owe You Rewards? DO WE?!
Hi Beans, especially those Beans of Means.The reason we're checking in with y'all is, according to Patreon's back-end, there are several more people enrolled in our "Pick The Flick" and "Clown School" Reward Tiers than we have heard from. We've sent them all messages-...
Memberbeans: Happy Screw Columbus Day!
Michael reporting in!In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, here's our video take-down of the Columbus myth. This was probably the longest, hardest monologue I ever had to memorize while at Cracked, because (even though ultimately the footage was edited) it was filmed entirely in one shot. I wrote ...
122. The Coen Brothers Brothers: Fargo
The Coens--and therefore this podcast--start to hit a serious stride with the sixth installment, Fargo. Now entering one of the Coens' Golden Ages! So it is with one eye on the horizon and the other on the giant Paul Bunyan statue ominously looming overhead that we plow right into a snowbank of ...
121. Tales from the Pit: Juror #9 (Feat. Hazel Thornton)
Menendez Brothers trial juror Hazel Thornton, author of Hung Jury, stops by to discuss her time engaged with one of the most high-profile cases of the century. Topics include gender bias, political bias, and flow charts.Art by Seth Laster.Music by Kevin Clark and Abe Epperson.
SB is Now on Spotify!
That's really all there is to it. If you're a Spoti-head, you know what to do. Please follow Small Beans Audio so they know we ain't no mooks, and then you can listen to our all of podcasts (minus Beanus Content) right there, at the Spot!
120. September Bonus Episode: Ryan Pequin
This month for our Patron-exclusive Beanus Content Module, comic creator, writer and animator Ryan Pequin joins Michael and Adam to answer your questions. It's way more interesting than it has any right to be, and you helped us make it! Thanks.
Swaim On Unpops: Trump's Impact On Horror
Today on Unpopular Opinion, Adam Tod Brown welcomes Beanmaester Swaim to talk about how the Trump presidency has impacted the horror movie industry.
Once Upon A Time In The West, Chapter 2
Hey gang!Me, Michael Swaim, am writing a novel, because me so write good.It's a fantasy/western/comedy/adventure featuring dimension-hopping, shared consciousness, and a universe I'd love to return to in the future. To get this thing into publishing shape, I am turning to you, the Beloved Be...
118. Rough Stuff: Fashion Foe Pause (Feat. Carmen Angelica)
Comedian, writer, director and Cracked alum Carmen Angelica finally joins the Small Beans pantheon by bravely exposing some of the truly unfortunate fashion/life choices that have haunted her lo these past twenty years. Co-hosts Bridgett and Sarah commiserate, as is their wont.
117. Frame Rate: Green Room (Feat. Robert Evans)
After narrowly surviving an encounter with a wild cloud of marijuana vapor, comedian, journalist, author and host of Behind The Bastards Robert Evans joins Abe and Michael to punch Nazis. Or at least analyze a great film about some serious Nazi-punching punks.Reach right through this door here and g...
116. My Top 8: Hana Michels
Comedian and writer Hana joins Maggie to talk about getting by with a little help from friends, what happens when we forget we have friends (you're probably not as alone as you feel!), and defends her favorite friend duo.
115. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Aah! Fake Monsters
Cristian and Abe dive mandibles-first into the Dark Universe (tm) of sci-fi monsters, strange animals that defy explanation, and how the twain might meet.
Once Upon A Time In The West (A WebWorld Novel)
Hey gang!Me, Michael Swaim, am writing a novel, because me so write good.It's a fantasy/western/comedy/adventure featuring dimension-hopping, shared consciousness, and a universe I'd love to return to in the future. And yes, if it becomes a series as I hope, every book title will be the titl...
We're All Talking About You Behind Your Back
Here's a reminder that we have a great little community on Discord growing and talking everyday. We talk about the beans, our podcasts, pop-culture, and even fan content if you want to plug your stuff.It might be a bit overwhelming at first, but there's a bunch of moderators that will help y...
Swaim on Unpops Erreday!
Unpops Every Day is a new, daily, topical news show from the Unpopular Opinion network and Mr. Adam Tod Brown. Mike was on it! You should really just click play and take things from there.
114. Tales from the Pit: The Show Must Go On (Feat. Bridgett Greenberg)
Bridgett Greenberg, co-host of Rough Stuff, takes a dose of her own medicine in The Pit and gets personal about her relationship to anxiety, panic attacks, and spinning tubes.Art by Seth Laster.Music by Abe Epperson.
Auguest: Swaim on You Can Tell Me Anything
Michael guested on a lot of great shows last month, and the most humiliating one of them just came out! It's so awful, it had to ferment for a couple weeks to be safe for human consumption. Please, do not blame Teresa Lee for his unforgivable sins. You can support her on Patreon or simply subscr...
112. Frame Rate: Inglourious Basterds (Feat. Daniel O'Brien)
Frame Rate takes aim at the original Nazi-scalping history-changers, the Inglourious Basterds! Daniel O'Brien sits in to help dissect Tarantino's bloody masterwork.Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.Music by Abe Epperson.
111. Family Meeting e03: Unique Unique
In episode 3, the worst siblings in the world try to decipher right from wrong and solve all of society's problems. Will they succeed? Not even a little bit.
SEPTEMBER BEANUS MODULE: Q&A&CR&BS w/Ryan Pequin!!
We are THRILLED to announce that Ryan Pequin, creator of one of our very favorite web comics Three Word Phrase and a storyboard artist for The Regular Show, is this month's VIP mega-super-guest!Have questions about working in animation? Writing a comic strip? Literally anything else at all? Post...
Auguest: Swaim on Behind the Bastards
Michael is guesting on a lot of great shows this month, and the triumph of man over sound is perhaps no more apparent than while he chats with Friend of the Beans Robert Evans, host of the phenomenal Behind the Bastards 'cast. Enjoy part one above!
109. The Coen Brothers Brothers: The Hudsucker Proxy
Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Pryzbylewski from The Wire, Ash from Evil Dead, Paul Newman and the Dad from Frasier all join forces to invent the hula hoop. It's the Coens' first flop, and one of Michael and Abe's all-time favorite films.You know...for kids!Art by Michael Vincent Bra...
108. Family Reunion e02: Ground Rules
In episode 2, Franky, Flip and Ryan set some ground rules for all future family meetings. These rules bear primarily on knives and pooping.
