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Boars, Gore, and Swords

563 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratings

Ivan Hernandez and Red Scott break down every episode of Watchmen, Game of Thrones, Westworld, Counterpart, Lovecraft Country, WandaVision, and now Loki. For questions, rants, and praise, follow us on twitter at @boarsgoreswords.

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Episodes

Shōgun 1x07: Titles, Swords, and Fiefs

April 03, 2024 01:52 - 46 minutes - 32.4 MB

A Stick of Time. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find ...

Shōgun 1x06: Right Behind Me

March 28, 2024 21:52 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB

Ladies of the Willow World. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswo...

Shōgun 1x05: Buntaro Stew

March 21, 2024 01:24 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB

Broken to the Fist. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan are joined by Award winning Author and friend of the pod, Maggie Tokuda-Hall!!! Pre-Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, The Worst Ronin!!!! Maggie is the author of the 2017 Parent's Choice Gold Medal winning picture book, Also an Octopus, illustrated by Benji Davies. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea is her debut young adult novel, which was an NPR, K...

Shōgun 1x04: I Assume It’s Proper

March 13, 2024 02:19 - 48 minutes - 33.9 MB

The Eightfold Fence. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords F...

Shōgun 1x02-1x03: I Am a Dog

March 07, 2024 01:20 - 1 hour - 50.2 MB

Servants of Two Masters and Tomorrow is Tomorrow. Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on t...

Shōgun

February 29, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 43 MB

Friend of the pod and Creator of Counterpart, Justin Marks, is back on tv with Rachel Kondo for Hulu’s Shōgun. Red & Ivan don their katanas, put up their top knots, perch their falcons, and head off to pillage some Catholics in a far off land. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → ...

Madame Web, with Alexandria Love

February 23, 2024 02:54 - 1 hour - 68.8 MB

Writer, Comic, and podcast guest extraordinaire Alexandria Love was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died AND is here to talk Madame Web with Red & Ivan. Dakota Johnson, Isabela Merced, Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor AND Adam Scott as an Uncle named Ben? What could go wrong!! Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boa...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

February 14, 2024 11:31 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB

As two sleeper agents forced by ChatGPT to start a podcast, Red & Ivan are perfectly prepared to talk about Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith. They set up in their plunge pool with coffee and some green tea, and get talking. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGore...

Master of the Air

January 31, 2024 08:31 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MB

The original Band of Brothers, Red & Ivan, suit up to take on the latest Spielberg/Hanks WW2 production, this time on Apple TV+, with Masters of the Air. Will Austin Butler be able to shake his Elvis accent? Will Barry Keoghan make it out alive? Only Donald L. Miller knows and I’m not reading his book. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Foll...

Echo

January 24, 2024 11:31 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MB

Marvel’s now released TEN tv shows in the latest wave, is this another WandaVision or are we being subjected to another Secret Invasion? Red & Ivan Went Down to GeorgiaOklahoma to investigate this Hawkeye spinoff series and inevitably get their butts kicked by Maya Lopez. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoresw...

True Detective: Night Country

January 18, 2024 07:39 - 1 hour - 44.5 MB

When Comic, Writer, and favorite guest of the pod Alexandria Love agreed to be on the pod, she was given the choice of returning to the space well (Marvel), or Jodie Foster and you know she chose Jodie Foster. Alex joins Red & Ivan to form a supernatural trio solving murders in Alaska, and also talking about the premiere of True Detective: Night Country. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Sup...

Delicious in Dungeon

January 10, 2024 11:30 - 52 minutes - 36.5 MB

First the Giant Space Lizard, now the walking Psilocybin mushroom man.  The lads toss aside the plaid Better Gnomes & Goblins cookbook as Red & Ivan delve into an unlicensed underground lair to save Falin (eventually) while really getting into their dog-eared copies of Delicious in Dungeon (2023). Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us...

Godzilla Minus One

January 03, 2024 22:59 - 1 hour - 52.3 MB

After covering Monarch: Legacy of Monsters a few months back, they HAD to talk about the greatest Godzilla movie in generations. Red & Ivan run screaming through a city and break down Toho’s Godzilla Minus One (2023). Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwor...

Reacher

December 20, 2023 11:30 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB

Finally Prime Video has given the world a hero tall enough to do Lee Child proud. Red & Ivan punch their way through the single highway that takes them to Margrave, Georgia to talk Reacher. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Fargo, Season 5

December 12, 2023 11:30 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

Nine years after reviewing Season 1 Episode 1 of Fargo, the lads return to cover the pilot of Season 5. Red & Ivan run down the highway talking about Juno Temple in Fargo 5x01: The Tragedy of the Commons. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Beacon 23

December 05, 2023 11:30 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MB

Hot off losing their bid for Silo, MGM+ had two objectives: One, convince everyone they’re a streaming site, not a made up thing, and two, see if Hugh Howey wrote anything else. Red & Ivan lean up against the brain buzz machine and talk Lena Headey in Beacon 23. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Fi...

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

November 28, 2023 11:30 - 1 hour - 44.8 MB

Not to be confused with the 2022 Monarch featuring Susan Sarandon, this is the 2023 Monarch, starring the most famous actor of stage and screen (Godzilla). Red & Ivan crank the “monster size” dial to 11 and head out to make friends with metaphorical nuclear weapons. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords ...

Chainsaw Man

November 14, 2023 15:30 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

A man who’s merged with the world’s most adorable chainsaw pug? He’s just like me, fr, fr. Despite construction noises too loud and too close, Red & Ivan pull the starter cords between their pecs and go devil hunting with Chainsaw Man. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook...

Am I Being Unreasonable?

November 07, 2023 11:34 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MB

With SAG-AFTRA considering the AMPTP’s “Last, Best, and Final Offer” we hop across the pond in search of unstuck work. The self described comedy-thriller is both deeply messed up and thrilling. Mind the gap as Red & Ivan slam luke warm gin and talk BBC & Hulu’s Am I Being Unreasonable. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter...

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

October 31, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MB

The lads regress to small children watching tiny televisions watching a boy try and fail to kick a football.  With SAG still on strike Red & Ivan bring out a Halloween classic, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Scavengers Reign

October 24, 2023 10:30 - 37 minutes - 26.2 MB

Some space scavengers are on a Space Mission when everything goes wrong and a crew needs to survive on its own. A trope, yes, but also a platform for some of the most gorgeous animation and spectacular spooky vibes that have ever been on your television Red & Ivan compliment a robot, slam some black goo and head to Max for Scavengers Reign.  Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & R...

Prehistoric Planet

October 18, 2023 18:50 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MB

Before the MCU, before 2020, before SAG AFTRA agreements, there were Dinosaurs. Red & Ivan put on their best Attenborough voice and hairpiece, and watch the BBC Studios Documentary slashfic, Prehistoric Planet.  Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Extraordinary

October 10, 2023 10:40 - 49 minutes - 34.6 MB

British television can be both VERY GOOD and (more importantly) not subject to SAG AFTRA agreements. Red & Ivan talk the excellent series from Emma Moran about a world in which *everyone* gets powers at 18 years old, except Jen. It’s Extraordinary. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on faceb...

Futurama, Season 11

October 07, 2023 00:10 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MB

We’re BACK, baby!! Twenty-Four years after the it launched, and fully a decade after its last final season, Red & Ivan return to cover the reboot of a show foundational to their humor. Get ready for nostalgia, retconning, and shiny metal asses, it’s Hulu’s Futurama Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords ...

House of X and Powers of X 11-12: Beer & Lisa Frank

September 18, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

I would have succeeded if it wasn’t for those infernal machines. In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boars...

House of X and Powers of X 9-10: Reforged

September 06, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

What is dead may never die as Mutants are reborn! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Fo...

House of X and Powers of X 7-8: Goldballs

August 30, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

Time to learn about the birds and the bees and the goldballs and two more mutants. The mother mold is death with and Professor X begins repopulating Krakoa! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available o...

House of X and Powers of X: 4-6

August 23, 2023 10:30 - 52 minutes - 36.6 MB

Get into Moira’s 9th lifer! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @...

House of X: 1-3

August 16, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 54.3 MB

In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on...

Command Z: 1x05-1x08

August 01, 2023 10:30 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

As the only two people watching this extremely fun show, Red & Ivan felt compelled to see this 90 minute long TikTok to completion. They grabbed their hazmat suits, went back to the room, and completed Command Z. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Command Z: 1x01-1x04

July 24, 2023 10:30 - 48 minutes - 34 MB

TWO Steven Soderbergh shows in less than a week, this one a web series released on a blog. Red & Ivan lock themselves into a room, pull on some blue jumpsuits, and do battle with a giant Michael Cera in the first 4 episodes of Command Z. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebo...

Full Circle

July 18, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB

Something Different. What if the writer of Men in Black made a show with the complexity of The Wire but directed by Steven Soderbergh. Red & Ivan head to the completely unfamiliar stomping grounds of Manhattan and Queens to watch Full Circle on Max (sans HBO). Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find ...

Dead Ringers

July 12, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

One. Nobody was asking for a mini-series adaptation of David Cronenberg’s 1988 film Dead Ringer featuring Jeremy Irons as Identical Twin Gynecologists (not a bit). Fortunately, Prime Video specializes in content nobody was asking for and Rachel Weisz has an incredible Jeremy Irons impression. Red & Ivan are out of the Silo and back in an even more hellish scenario: The Present. They talk Dead Ringers on Prime Video. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, avai...

Silo 1x10: Jules 3:16

July 01, 2023 05:25 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MB

Outside. The culmination of the first season of Hugh Howey’s Silo Series! We get some big answers and even bigger questions as Juliette opens a can of Whoop Ass on Bernard and the Powers That Be. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Iv...

Silo 1x09: A One Followed by an Eight

June 26, 2023 20:10 - 49 minutes - 34.4 MB

The Getaway. We get the answer to the question posed by episode eight: Does Juliette hang mid-air indefinitely? The answer will shock you. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on tw...

Silo 1x08: You Know, for Kids

June 21, 2023 10:30 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB

Hanna. We finally get the *real* backstory of what happened to Juliette’s parents that caused them to have such atrocious wigs. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @bo...

Silo 1x07: Kiss the Cop

June 12, 2023 10:45 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MB

The Flamekeepers. Gloria’s in The Drug Matrix and she needs Morpheus (Juliette) to break her free. Sims and the boys are circling and something weird is going on with with Judge Meadows and her Etch A Sketch. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always...

Silo 1x06: Amazing Adventures

June 06, 2023 17:19 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB

The Relic. Juliette can’t stop dwelling on her horniest moment with George as she makes Judicial more and more nervous. We meet Paul Billings’ family and George’s ex who sets up the BIG REVEAL. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan...

Silo 1x05: One of Chicago’s Finest Emcees

May 30, 2023 03:21 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

The Janitor's Boy. Tim Robbins has taken to being Mayor in as much as it allows him access to the executive liquor cabinet. Common reveals what being part of the cleanup crew is all about. Juliette sinks further into a destructive posture. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple P...

Silo 1x04: Good Cop, Sad Cop

May 26, 2023 01:32 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

Truth. Juliette dons the sheriff outfit, Marnes takes his trauma out on his constituency, and we get a flashback with some de-aging effects as extreme and inexplicable as the parenting on display.  In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support ...

Silo 1x03: Richard Scarry’s Big Machine

May 23, 2023 04:15 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

Machines. We’re done with the prologue and Juliette’s Fix has finally failed, so she grabs a Tool and heads into The Machine, along with many other generic nouns. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoresw...

Silo 1x02: If You’ve Got Time to Lean...

May 16, 2023 23:21 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

Holston's Pick. Two episodes, two cleanings. This second episode of wool we’ve got just enough data about the cleanings to begin wildly speculating on the greater world with insufficient information. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support ...

Silo

May 10, 2023 00:59 - 1 hour - 43.8 MB

Freedom Day. It’s 100s of years into the future, and a community lives underground in a 144 level Silo has no memory of how they got there. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twi...

Citadel

May 05, 2023 10:35 - 56 minutes - 39.3 MB

The Human Enigma. In 2018, Jeff Bezos tossed a thumb drive full of crypto at the Russo Brothers and five years later we now have a 6 episodes of content that cost $300 Million Actual US Dollars. Ivan & Red say hi to old friend Richard Madden with his new American accent and take a gander at this outlandish pile of money, Prime Video’s Citadel. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan &...

Mrs. Davis

April 25, 2023 10:30 - 58 minutes - 40.8 MB

Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse. Peacock is one of the only streaming services left with the cash to produce original content and as a podcast that covered all of HBO’s Watchmen, they’re honor bound to discuss Damon Lindelof & Tara Hernandez’s original series. Ivan & Red get on their high, bomb-strapped, horse, and discuss Peacock’s Mrs. Davis. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Suppor...

Swarm (& The Big Door Prize)

April 18, 2023 10:30 - 49 minutes - 34.7 MB

Stung. For the first time in over 500 episodes Ivan & Red managed to prepare for different 35 minute shows. After then watching the other show, they to a tandem review of two good shows, Prime Video’s Swarm created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, and the Apple TV+ show The Big Door Prize, created by David West Read and starring Chris O’Dowd.  Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Iva...

The Power

April 11, 2023 10:30 - 53 minutes - 37.3 MB

A Better Future is in Your Hands. Amazon thinks they can drop a series adapted from Naomi Alderman’s The Power and just SLIP IT BY Ivan & Red? Not gunna lie they got pretty close. But the lads unearthed the sci-fi series featuring Toni Collette, Adina Porter, Josh Charles, John Leguizamo, Eddie Marsan, and Toheeb Jimoh. Get to this compelling show before it’s relegated to Freevee!!! Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts,...

Extrapolations

April 04, 2023 10:30 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MB

2037: A Raven Story. Climate change is REAL and Every Actor in Hollywood is here to make you pray it hurries up. Ivan & Red are here to talk about the Apple TV+ after school special Extrapolations. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords Find us on facebook → facebook.com/BoarsGoreSwords

Lucky Hank

March 28, 2023 10:31 - 57 minutes - 40.2 MB

Pilot. Having founded Mr. Show, been an integral part of Breaking Bad and the spinoff Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk has decided to go into hiding on AMC’s Lucky Hank. Ivan & Red are here to talk about this tv show adapted from the mid 90s campus novel Straight Man. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on twitter → @boarsgoreswords ...

Poker Face

March 21, 2023 10:46 - 50 minutes - 35.3 MB

Dead Man's Hand. With the last of The Last of Us finished for the season and HBO Max succumbing to bloaters, it’s time to find another show, and what’s more promising than Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne creating a modern day Columbo. Ivan & Red cannot lie and they love Peacock’s Poker Face. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Follow us on tw...

Guests

Guy Branum
1 Episode
Jamie Oliver
1 Episode
John Galt
1 Episode
KayDee Kersten
1 Episode
Michael Crichton
1 Episode
Tom Clancy
1 Episode

Books

A Christmas Carol
1 Episode
Happily Ever After
1 Episode
The Secret Garden
1 Episode

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