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[BRACKET!]
280 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 51 ratings[BRACKET!] is a weekly podcast that uses the single greatest hierarchy method known to mankind (the Sweet 16 Bracket) to sort out the absolute best in all fields: movie quotes, periods of time, cereals, logos, philosphical concepts, and types of sharks. New episodes every Friday.
We are funded by our generous Patrons, including Gabe Silva, Jeff Criswell, Andrew Whipple, AverageJonah, Evan Baumel, GX Barnett, AnarchyMarie, Lindsay, Mikey Hall, Oliver Beattie, Ringthane, Tom Nemcek, and Michael Zavala.
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Episodes
Episode #030 - Best Onscreen Kiss
September 10, 2014 12:52 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBSpecial guest Janel SantaCruz joins us once again to discuss the most romantic, most hot, most sexiest, most emotionally devastating of all third-act actions, the Onscreen Kiss. Meanwhile John continues his descent into madness (or, uh, just being mad) at the rest of the team, and Greg explains why there's no update on last week's poll results.
Episode #029 - Best Dragon
September 03, 2014 12:50 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBSpecial Guest Seth Meeks, chef and dracologist joins us to get fired up (get it) about dragons. Meanwhile John gets MAD huffy about picks for maybe the first time, Cullen explains his Charizard hate, and Greg ALMOST doesn't mention robots, but ends up mentioning robots twice. HEY, ALSO: Sorry for the audio quality in this episode, wasn't much that could be helped. It gets better after round one, I promise.
Episode #028 - Best Exotic Pet
August 27, 2014 12:48 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBSpecial guest Christie Rivera, Head Editor of GameLosers.Net and actual, literal rabbit joins us to discuss the best pets other than cats and dogs. Meanwhile Cullen reveals information about his druidic order, and Greg doesn't know shit about animals.
Episode #027 - Best Amnesia
August 20, 2014 12:45 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBSpecial guest Kaare Andrews, writer of Iron Fist: The Living Weapon and director of Cabin Fever: Patient Zero joins us to discuss losing identity, false memories, and contrived plot twists. Meanwhile John reviews a cinematic tour de force, Greg explains his X-Men feelings, and Jesse is hot on the heels of solving a real-life mystery.
Episode #026 - Best Font
August 13, 2014 12:40 - 40 minutes - 37 MBSpecial guest Amy Moore, graphic designer and host of The Slayerettes joins us to discuss the best ways to make words look good. Meanwhile Cullen is bored, John feeds his cat and hates reading, and Greg continues clawing his way out of the hell that is Season 2.
Episode #025 - Best Video Game Villain
August 06, 2014 12:37 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBSpecial guest Sara Ho, animator on shows like Superjail and Motorcity and pioneer of Living That Sara Ho Life joins us to discuss the coolest sea monsters ever. Meanwhile Cullen once again graces us with a Cullen Story, and Greg thinks your valuation is way off.
Episode #024 - Best Shark
July 31, 2014 01:43 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBSpecial guest Sara Ho, animator on shows like Superjail and Motorcity and pioneer of Living That Sara Ho Life joins us to discuss the coolest sea monsters ever. Meanwhile Cullen once again graces us with a Cullen Story, and Greg thinks your valuation is way off.
Episode #023 - Best Jackass Stunt
July 24, 2014 01:37 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBSpecial guest Billy Gagon joins us to BMX joust, Rocky, and (sigh) Poo Cocktail Supreme. Meanwhile John laments a previous vote, and Greg worries about future job interviews.
Episode #022 - Best Will Smith
July 17, 2014 01:34 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBFresh Prince Dan McKenney joins us once again to determine which Will Smith is the best Will Smith. Meanwhile Cullen confesses his undying love for the movie Hitch, and Jesse does that close-to-the-mic talking again (sorry).
Episode #021 - Best TV Mom
July 10, 2014 01:26 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBSpecial guest Janel SantaCruz joins us once more to discuss broadcast media's most motherly moms. Meanwhile Jesse recounts his trip to the west coast (more like WORST coast) and we invent a new, horrifying cocktail.
Episode #020 - Best G.I. Joe Codename
July 03, 2014 01:22 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBSpecial guest Open Mike Eagle, legendary rapper, joins us to discuss the greatest G.I. Joe code names. Meanwhile Jesse sounds like a robot which probably means Greg wants to smooch him, and we come up with the best alternate name for Serpentor ever.
Episode #019 - Best Childhood Dream Job
June 26, 2014 01:19 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBSpecial guest Henry Smith, creator of legendary indie game Spaceteam joins us to discuss what you want to be when you grow up. Meanwhile Cullen regales us with more tales of his youth, and Greg offhandedly makes a Stargate reference as though that show were still culturally relevant.
Episode #018 - Best Fast Food
June 26, 2014 01:17 - 1 hour - 61 MBSpecial guest Cat of Glorified Dress Up joins us to discuss the great American pastime, fast food chains. Meanwhile John got dat DANK sticky-icky, and Cullen makes everybody really sad by talking about his life growing up.
Episode #017 - Tournament of Champions I
June 11, 2014 13:05 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBIn our first ever Tournament of Champions, we determine the best out of all the winners of the sixteen previous [BRACKET!] episodes. Also, John admits he has a serious addiction, and Jesse makes a FATAL MISTAKE BY CROSSING GREG L. MERCER. Also, we reveal the outcome of our Tournament of Champions [BRACKET!] Pizza Giveaway!
Episode #016 - Best Method of the Apocalypse
June 04, 2014 13:03 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBSpecial guest Sarah "Astro" Thomas joins us to discuss THE END OF ALL THINGS, WOE UNTO THOSE WHO LIVE DURING THE DEATH OF LIFE ITSELF! Meanwhile Jesse gets a package from a friend of the show, and we reveal the details of our FIRST EVER [BRACKET!] giveaway!
Episode #015 - Best Dinosaur
May 28, 2014 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBSpecial guest and friend of the show Janel SantaCruz joins us to determine which Lizard has the most Thunder. Also, Cullen accidentally added several non-dinosaurs to the list, and Greg doesn't care much anyway.
Episode #014 - Best Marvel Villain
May 21, 2014 12:58 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBSpecial guest Max Bemis, lead singer of the band Say Anything and prolific comics writer of Evil Empire, Polarity and A+X joins us to discuss a matter of his own expertise, Marvel Comics villains. Also, the Brack Pack mulls new episode ideas, and Greg sure does talk about how much he enjoys the X-Men.
Episode #013 - Best Game Show
May 14, 2014 12:52 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBSpecial guest Dan McKenney of A Brief Escape joins us to discuss his true passion, game shows. Meanwhile Greg shouts more than he ever has, and Dan speaks the audience's mind when he tells us how constantly wrong we constantly are.
Episode #012 - Best Failed Video Game Mascot
May 07, 2014 12:54 - 1 hour - 62 MBSpecial guest Josh "Sm1tty Sm1t" Smith of College News Magazine and Press A To Listen joins us on a pick n' flick adventure to determine the Best Failed Video Game Mascot. Also, Cullen luxuriates in his new workspace, and Greg shouts real loud about Kurushi Tektonics (also known as Intelligent Qube).
Episode #011 - Worst Sports Team Brand
April 30, 2014 12:47 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBSpecial guest Brandon Halsey joins us in our first foray into the world of organized field play, colloquially known as "sports." Also discover the filthy, filthy habits and purchases of John and Jesse!
Episode #010 - Best Super Power
April 23, 2014 12:43 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBSpecial guest Janel SantaCruz joins us to discuss the most often debated subject amongst huge nerds, super powers. We also discuss turning into dragons, and how you can be the FIRST to hear Jesse's new microphone! (it is by listening to this episode.)
Episode #009 - Best Futurama Episode
April 16, 2014 12:39 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBSpecial guest Roger Burton, EIC of Game Losers and noted Futurama expert, joins us in an EXTRA LONG EPISODE to discuss the sixteen best Futurama episodes of all time, past, present, and distant future. We also take a moment to explain how much we all dislike dogs!
Episode #008 - Best Soda
April 09, 2014 12:36 - 1 hour - 63 MBSpecial guest William Brierly, creator of the critically-acclaimed soda drinking simulator Soda Drinker Pro, joins us for some highly fructosed competition between the sixteen best sodas (pops (soft drinks (carbonated nonalcoholic beverages that aren't energy drinks))). We also discuss how INCREDIBLY CORRECT we were about last week's episode!
Episode #007 - Best Cancelled TV Show
April 02, 2014 12:30 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBSpecial guest Janel SantaCruz joins us to shout REAL LOUD about which canceled TV show is the best one. We also look back at the utter failure of the last episode, and finally manage to avoid the damned buffalo.
Episode #006 - Best Mythological Creature
March 26, 2014 12:27 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBJesse succumbs to the wiles of the buffalo, but manages to hop back in mid-episode to help us discuss the best Mythological Creatures of all time, with the following exceptions: 1: Nothing trademarked by Wizards of the Coast (Beholders, Mindflayers, etc.) 2: Nothing a world might only have one of (Leviathan, Kraken, Hydra, etc.) 3: Nothing too Final Boss-y (Lich, Dragon, etc.)
Episode #005 - Best Muppet
March 19, 2014 12:25 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBSpecial guest Aaron Grant joins us during our first-ever MARCH MUPPET MADNESS episode. Also, John is dead, John is risen, John is back on the podcast!
Episode #004 - Best Action Movie One-Liner
March 13, 2014 01:13 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBOur regular host John Abbot is still dead (this isn't an episode of Scandal, people don't just come back from the dead (can we talk about how fun it is to watch Scandal tho)), so three great chums team up to discuss action movie one-liners.
Episode #003 - Best Conspiracy Theory
March 05, 2014 14:21 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBOur dear friend John Abbott was sadly murdered by a stampede of buffalo, so in this episode, the three most handsome men on the internet discuss the 16 best conspiracy theories.
Episode #002 - Best Years Since 1998
February 27, 2014 00:32 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBSpecial Guest Victoria joins us to discuss which year since 1998 is the BEST one.
Episode #001 - Best Casual Dining Establishment
February 18, 2014 16:13 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBIn our debut episode, we fiercely debate the great American Midwestern pastime, Casual Dining Restaurants.