Draft Punks
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago -The Draft Punks are three friends (and a special guest each week) who decided just ranking a list wasn't competitive enough. So we each draft a team based on a specific category, and then ask you, the listeners to tell us who wins each week.
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Episode 78: Chill Songs - Bracket Punks
February 26, 2024 18:35 - 1 hour - 99.6 MBHey folks! We've got a new format for you to check out this episode. This is a capture of our audio recording from Twitch where we let Ali and Travis debate and try to convince us of what the most chill songs are. We matched up 8 songs from each of them in a tournament bracket and voted each round to see which songs would advance to the finals. Let us know what you think!
Episode 77: Jackbox Games
February 02, 2024 06:57 - 1 hour - 162 MBWhoa, we're back! Happy New Year punks! As a heads up, we recorded this episode through Audacity, and Brian forgot to take any time stamps, so a couple of swears snuck in. This episode is marked as explicit, but we still wanted to warn you in case you listen with your kiddos! In this week's episode, we're joined by the inimitable Holden Hintz of How To Waste Your Time, along with Chris Bartlett of Friendly Fire, to talk about our favorite Jackbox Games!
Episode 76: Zelda Casting
September 03, 2023 18:46 - 1 hour - 106 MBOur extended Summer Break is over and we're back with a new episode featuring Pete of the incredible Hello Hyrule podcast! In this one, we try to make the definitive list of who should be cast in an upcoming Zelda project. The lists quickly go in *very* different, sometimes bewildering directions, but hey, we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording!
Episode 75: PAX East Things
April 06, 2023 16:54 - 1 hour - 109 MBPreston and Ryan are joined by Bob Buel and Jacob McCourt to draft all things PAX East 2023! Whether it's games, food, interactions, or, yes, PINS, anything is fair game in this draft! Thank you @JacobMcCourt and @bobbuel for joining us. Click their names to find their YT channels! https://twitter.com/JacobMcCourt Jacob's Video Game Trivia Live Panel: https://youtu.be/g_oSfL6AUx8 Bob's 99 Questions: https://twitter.com/99questionspod Friendly Fire Games Pod Episode 2: https://youtu...
Episode 74: Driving Games
March 23, 2023 16:55 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBWe were joined by the king of the road himself, Ryan Stabell for this episode which was recorded out of order to talk Driving Games. You can hear more of Ryan on the Friendly Fire Podcast feed, available anywhere Draft Punks is found!
Episode 73: 2022 Movies
March 10, 2023 19:48 - 2 hours - 116 MBIf you had to draft some of your favorite movies of the absolutely stacked year that was 2022, how many do you think you'd get to pick? There were shambles galore in this episode with Michael Moran of List Wars and Zach Orts from Stream it! Check out their podcasts at the links below: List Wars: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OhDRj7NSVtSZsjWEvIcBm Stream it!: https://zvazda.podbean.com/ Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/uqEFg7vn Opening song by Greg Griffith! Ending song by Dr...
Episode 72: Fantasy Critic 2023
January 24, 2023 11:00 - 2 hours - 144 MBAfter an epic intro by the queen of Fantasy Critic herself, Isla Hinck, the Punks are back with a TEN person draft to kick off the new year. That's right, it's time for us all to put on our reviewer hats and talk about our most anticipated games of the year in our annual fantasy critic draft! If you enjoy the episode, consider checking us out on twitter and twitch @realdraftpunks, and joining our Discord where you can vote on your favorite list every episode.
Episode 71: Wholesome Games
December 23, 2022 23:27 - 2 hours - 183 MBThis week we're celebrating the wholesome games that bring us together with Janet Garcia and Haley MacLean! Whether you're listening to this during the holiday season or in the middle of summer, we want you to reach out to someone who matters to you and let them know. And we want you to know that you matter too! Thank you so much to Janet and Haley for taking time from their busy holiday schedule to join us! The picks this week are all over the place, from an AR game that got us going outsi...
Trivia Punks: Jacob McCourt
December 20, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBWe're back baby! It's been not quite a year since our last episode of Trivia Punks, and we're bringing it back with a banger. We're joined by Jacob McCourt of the Left Behind Game Club podcast, and Video Game Trivia show on YouTube. In this episode we talk about whether Kirby spits or swallows, Cold Play vs. Coldplay, and perhaps the hottest take in gaming history. Is Mario the best Mario brother!? Listen to find out Jacob's opinion, and let us know what you'd like to see from future Trivia ...
Episode 70: Valorant Agents
December 01, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBTravis, Preston and Brian are joined by the ever eloquent caster Vansilli in this episode to talk about their favorite Valorant agents! Who will go first? Who will build a team of all duelists, and who will draft Yoru? You'll have to listen to find out. At the end, Preston and Vansilli have a great chat about what it takes to be successful in the world of casting and esports. If it's a field that's ever interested you, you won't want to miss it!
Episode 69: Nice (Things)
October 22, 2022 04:38 - 1 hour - 129 MBIn this episode, Preston, Travis, and Brian are joined by a very nice man named Bob to draft very Nice things. This one was a bit of a wild recording, and we let Preston handle the editing, so fair warning. We hope you enjoy!
Episode 68: Stephen King Novels
September 17, 2022 03:30 - 2 hours - 150 MBTravis and Brian are joined by a couple of Constant Readers named Mike and Brian's Mom to talk about their favorite Stephen King novels. We hope you enjoy floating with us, and follow the beam to our twitter and twitch, @realdraftpunks. And if you're super keen, join our Discord (Link on Twitch) to vote for your favorite list and help decide who gets #1 pick next week!
Episode 67: Now Music Vol. 1-20
August 22, 2022 16:59 - 1 hour - 126 MBBrian, Rob, and Travis are joined by former and future guest Kati Bell to talk about our favorite tracks on Now That's What I Call Music Volumes 1-20, with a TWIST! We had an absolute blast recording this episode and taking a long walk down nostalgia lane. We hope you all enjoy it too, and then join us on our Discord to help decide the winner!
Episode 66: Casting Special: X-Men in the MCU
August 05, 2022 16:17 - 1 hour - 112 MBWe are back with our first newly recorded episode in 4 months! And to celebrate, we're trying something slightly different with the format. To celebrate our long anticipated (by us) return, we're talking about another hotly anticipated project- aka whatever the heck it is Marvel plans to do with the X-Men. In this episode, we fancast our own X-Men MCU film along with guest host from The Spelunkers and Gotta Rank Em All, Ryan Stabell! Enjoy!
Episode 65: Meta
July 25, 2022 16:26 - 1 hour - 125 MBSo we recorded an episode of the podcast... back in March. Real meta is apparently having a kid, and being so stressed out and tired all the time it takes you 4 months to feel capable of editing for an hour! I'm not sure what the future holds for the Draft Punks, and maybe that's the most meta piece of it all. Join Rob, Brian, Travis, and special gueston Preston as we draft our favorite meta moments in various media platforms! Then check us out on Twitter @realdraftpunks, where you can join ...
Episode 64: Law
March 01, 2022 19:31 - 1 hour - 103 MBBrian, Rob, and Travis are joined by the wonderful Haley MacLean of Game and Make Up to talk about the LAW! We cover it all here, from birdmen, to wizards, to Bob Loblaw's best Law Bombs. We hope you enjoy the episode, and listen to the end where we discuss a special streaming event we'll be doing the weekend of March 5th, 2022.
Episode 63: Legends of Arceus
February 22, 2022 20:33 - 1 hour - 109 MBBrian is joined by three amazing guests this week! Ryan Stabell and Chris Bartlett from the Spelunkers along with Mike Tucker of Game and Make Up for the last game Brian will get to enjoy with any of them before they're all lost to Elden Ring. We break down our favorite (mostly new) pokemon of the Hisui region in Legends: Arceus! Follow us on Twitter @realdraftpunks and join our Discord to vote on your favorite team to help us determine who gets first pick in the next draft!
Episode 62: Time Travel
January 27, 2022 21:14 - 1 hour - 139 MBRob, Brian, and Travis are joined by Werehog Review Club Founder and our Logo Designer Alex Brinegar to tackle a tricky topic, time travel! Join us as things get weird from the jump and we spend a couple hours trying to piece together what just happened! As always, if you enjoy the episode, please consider writing us a review or leaving us a star rating on iTunes or Spotify!
Episode 61: Fantasy Critic 2022
January 16, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBRob, Brian, and Travis are joined by a plethora of guests for the kickoff of the Fantasy Critic 2022 League! We are joined by Level Zero's Preston Willke, Game and Make Up's Mike Tucker and Haley MacLean, Hello Hyrule's Chris Babbino, The Spelunker's Ryan Stabell, 99 Questions host Bob Buel, and Werehog Review Club's Alex Brinegar! Each of us chooses 5 games we think are going to crush it in 2022, and one game that we don't! Throughout the year we'll give updates on all of our picks and how ...
Episode 60: Game of the Year 2021
January 05, 2022 22:15 - 2 hours - 159 MBBrian, Rob, and Travis are joined once more by the wonderful Cam, aka Mahvl, to talk about their games of the year. As per usual, things get off the rail quickly, but the crew fought through audio hiccups and Cam's anachronistic list to have a blast discussing the best games they played this year!
Episode 59 - Song Draft Vol. 2
November 24, 2021 19:44 - 1 hour - 148 MBHappy Thanksgiving! The punks are back! Well, some of them at least. Rob and Travis are joined by former guests Ryan and Holden to talk more obscure, awesome music. This time, the focus is all on the instruments, because it's, well, an instrumental draft! We hope you enjoy the episode, and we're excited to bring you more content through December and the New Year!
Trivia Punks - O'Dell Harmon Jr.
October 20, 2021 16:20 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBPreston and Brian were joined for the newest episode of everyone's favorite trivia show by O'Dell Harmon Jr.! O'Dell has worked with Game Informer, GameSpot, Game Fanatics, and is the host of the wonderful The Full Circle Podcast. Please go check it out after you listen to this episode, where we talk about traveling to Tokyo, the many regions of Pokemon, and enjoy our wildest music round yet.
Episode 58: Song Draft Vol. 1
September 23, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBExplicit Language Warning for some of the songs featured in this episode! This week, Rob, Brian, and Travis are joined by the wonderful Alex Roque, aka Jawarhello! This episode had a slightly modified, fun format! We each picked a band to bring to this week's draft, and picked our favorite songs. The catch was, everyone had to draft at least one song from each band! So come and join us as we talk about The Killers, Aesop Rock, Animal Collective, and Garbage! We really like this format and h...
Trivia Punks: Wes Bates
September 13, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBPreston and Brian are back with the most quizzical spin-off you know! This month we're joined by Wes Bates of the Great Game Debate podcast to talk about the Simpsons, Journey, and... Rodeo? We'll hogtie you if it gets you to listen, so come check out this new episode and let us know what you think! We're on Twitter at RealDraftPunks, where you can find a link to our Discord in our bio!
Episode 57: Animal Groups
September 09, 2021 12:30 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBRob, Brian, and Travis are joined by the lovely Ozzie Seshie to talk about our favorite Animal Groups, from rats to hippos, from bats to buffalo, and the biggest shambles in the episode seems to be one pick that DIDN'T get taken, somehow. We hope you enjoy listening, and go check us out on twitter @realdraftpunks to hear more! Join our discord (link in our twitter bio) to vote for your favorite list in each episode and help determine our winners!
Episode 56: Metal
September 02, 2021 14:14 - 1 hour - 116 MBBrian, Rob, and Travis are joined by their friend Zachary Russell, better known as Quokimbo, to talk about all things metal! As you can guess, it goes off the rails by round 2. We hope you enjoy the episode, and consider joining our Discord by going to our twitter, @realdraftpunks, and clicking on the link in our bio! Thanks for listening!
Episode 55: Musicals
August 26, 2021 14:04 - 2 hours - 126 MBBrian and Travis are joined by Mikel and Kati to talk about their favorite stars of the stage! We talked about all of our favorite musicals, reminisced on a lot of childhood memories, and generally just had a blast listening to incredible showtunes. If you like the episode, please consider checking us out on Twitter @realdraftpunks, and consider joining our Discord! There's a link in the twitter bio, no need to Wait For It!
Episode 54: Nerds
August 19, 2021 16:20 - 1 hour - 88.6 MBBrian, Rob, and Travis are joined by the host of the Calm Down, Nerd podcast, Eric Smith! You can probably guess what we drafted, but AKSHUALLY, you should listen to the episode if you want to find out who we picked, and *pushes up glasses with awkward asterisk text describing actions* then come join us on Discord to let us know what we got right so we can prove you wrong. Link to our Discord on our twitter bio, @realdraftpunks.
Episode 53: Elements
August 12, 2021 14:23 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBRob, Travis, and Brian are joined in their season 2 kickoff episode by honorary Punk Ryan Stabell, making his record 8th appearance on the show! And for this one, we're tackling an oldie but goodie from the Discord server, our favorite elements. This one goes all the way back to an in-joke from our original trailer, but we're excited to finally bring it back around to a real episode. We said we'd draft science, and we did! ... Well, kinda. If you like the episode consider joining our Discord...
Episode 52: Self-Indulgence Anniversary Spectacular!
August 05, 2021 14:15 - 2 hours - 144 MBIt's season finale timeeeeee! We are so proud of all we've been able to accomplish the last year thanks to the contributions of our incredible community and server, so we took an episode to reflect on lots of our favorite, funniest, and most heartwarming moments of the last year with good friend of the show (and great sport) Preston. At the start of the show, we make a huge announcement, which I'm so excited to talk more about, but don't want to spoil. Really, you only need to listen to th...
Trivia Punks: Bob Buel
August 03, 2021 18:16 - 1 hour - 81.5 MBTrivia Punks is a brand new show where Preston Willke and Brian Keese bring in a new guest each month to play a game show completely tailored to them based on their interests, hobbies, and more! For our premiere episode, we are joined by 99 Questions host Bob Buel to talk about everything from Professional Wrestling to Final Fantasy 9! We hope you enjoy the show, and please consider joining our Discord (Link in our twitter @realdraftpunks) if you have any feedback or suggestions for future e...
Episode 51: Video Game Vacations
July 29, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBBrian and Travis are joined this week by Ryan and Alex to talk about the places they'd most like to vacation (and hopefully not get brutally murdered) from some of their favorite video games! From Final Fantasy 7 to Final Fantasy 8, we really cover it all in this episode! Please consider joining us on Discord if you'd like to vote for your favorite list or give us any feedback on the episode!
Episode 50: Star Wars Characters
July 22, 2021 15:06 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBJedi Master Brian, Sith Lord Travis, and Astromech Droid R0-B1 are joined by the scruffiest looking of nerf herders, Erik Hiles, to talk about our favorite characters from a galaxy far, far away. Who is the #1 pick? Who is the biggest meatbag? And who did Erik pick in round 2 that put Brian in huge shambles? You'll have to tune in to find out! As always, thanks for listening, and check us out on twitter @realdraftpunks to find a link to our Discord!
Episode 49: Donuts
July 15, 2021 16:35 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBBrian is back, but maybe a week too early as he's dealing with a slight cold. Travis, Rob, and special guest Holden Hintz help get him through it so the crew can talk about their favorite donuts, a subject certain to make anyone feel better. If you enjoy the episode please consider joining our Discord to help us vote on the winner and suggest future topics!
Episode 48: Bloodborne Bosses
July 09, 2021 17:32 - 2 hours - 164 MBBrian's on vacation, so Rob and Travis found the perfect guests in Isla Hinck and Chris Babbino! And since Brian was gone, the crew took the opportunity to draft a very personal topic, their favorite bosses from Bloodborne! From Vicar Amelia to Father Gascoigne, all your favorite members of the cloth are here! So join us for this deep, DEEP dive into all the best Bloodborne Bosses. And if you want to join in and vote for the winner of the episode, check our our Discord! A link can be found o...
Episode 47: Gen 1 Pokemon
July 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBRob, Travis, and Brian are joined by Spelunkers and Gotta Rank Em All host Chris Bartlett to talk about the best pokemon of the OG 151 (and then some). Come and join in as we kick off a fun crossover week that features Chris joining us and Travis joining the Gotta Rank Em All show! If you like the show, leave a review, and subscribe. You can also go to our twitter @realdraftpunks and find a link to our Discord to join our community!
Episode 46: Fair Food
June 24, 2021 16:08 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBRob, Travis, and Brian are joined by Jonah Gomez of the wonderful Great Game Debate podcast to talk about a summer tradition unlike any other: Going to the local fair and eating greasy fried food! Join us as we cover it all, from turkey legs to deep fried oreos. Then join us on discord to talk about your favorites and vote to decide our champion. There's a link in our twitter bio @realdraftpunks!
Episode 45: Secret Societies
June 17, 2021 17:39 - 1 hour - 108 MBRob, Brian, and Travis are joined this week by Prima Games editor Jesse Vitelli to talk about their favorite shadowy organizations, secret societies, and cults on this new episode. If you enjoy listening, please consider leaving us a review or giving us a star rating to help new people find the show! And if you want to join in on the conversations and vote, you can become a member of our Discord by going to our Twitter @realdraftpunks and checking out our bio!
Episode 44: 90's Albums
June 10, 2021 14:24 - 1 hour - 106 MBBrian, Rob, and Travis are joined by returning guest Nick to talk about our favorite albums of the 90's! This episode was full of fun discussion and a lot of variation in list composition. We hope y'all enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording! Please consider joining our Discord if you want to take part in the vote after each episode! There's a link in our twitter bio @realdraftpunks.
Episode 43: Game Trailers and Reveals
June 03, 2021 13:25 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBRob, Travis, and Brian are joined this week by Game and Make Up's Mike Tucker to talk about our favorite video game trailers and reveals of all time! Oh, and one more thing... If you enjoy the episode, please come check us out on our Discord and help decide the winner! A link can be found on our twitter page, @RealDraftPunks
Episode 42: Muppets
May 27, 2021 14:19 - 1 hour - 96.2 MBRob, Brian, and Travis are joined once more by Dory and this time it's to get things started and talk about our favorite muppets! We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it! If you want to join our community, check us out on Twitter @realdraftpunks and you can find a link to our Discord!
Episode 41: Community Q+A
May 20, 2021 14:15 - 2 hours - 121 MBExplicit Language Warning! Brian, Rob, and Travis are joined by Katy, Ali, and Jess for our first ever live, in person show! Instead of doing a traditional draft episode we took questions from the community, and then picked our favorite to award them with a fabulous prize! Fair warning, this episode is live, and chaotic. Our sound quality is not as good as normal, there are interruptions, and for once, Travis and Rob are not censored by The Man.
Episode 40: One Hit Wonders
May 13, 2021 13:57 - 2 hours - 118 MBBrian, Rob, and Travis are joined by the O.G. champion Greg Griffith, host of the Level Zero podcast, to talk about their favorite One Hit Wonders. If you like the show please come and check out our twitter @realdraftpunks, which has a link to our Discord where you can join the discussion and vote for your favorite list and let us know what we missed!
Episode 39: The Good/Bad Name Game
May 06, 2021 13:25 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week Rob, Brian, and Travis are joined by the Great Game Debate's Kaedhen Bharathae-Lane (good name) to talk about our favorite bad games with good names, and good games with bad names. If you enjoy the show, please consider going to our twitter @realdraftpunks and joining our Discord community so you can vote for a winner!
Episode 38: Video Game Narration
April 29, 2021 14:32 - 2 hours - 117 MBTravis, Brian, and Rob are joined by Chris Babbino of the Hello Hyrule podcast to talk about our favorite video game narration and announcing. This was an episode full of controversial and interesting picks, and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording! Find our twitter @realdraftpunks and join our Discord to vote for your favorite narration!
Episode 37: Baby Names
April 22, 2021 22:22 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBRob, Travis, and Brian are joined by mom-to-be Mikel to celebrate the newest addition to the Draft Punk family by picking our favorite baby names. This episode was a mix of fun and poignant moments. Thanks so much to our community for celebrating this big milestone with us! Find us on twitter as always @realdraftpunks. There's a link to our Discord in our bio for anyone who wants to join our amazing group!
Episode 36: Game Shows
April 15, 2021 13:42 - 1 hour - 107 MBCome on dowwwwwn! Holden joins Brian, Travis, and Rob to talk about all of their favorite game shows, from childhood to today. Stick around to the end to hear if Holden can defend his crown on our own long running, totally real game show, Stump the Punks, and thanks for listening! Happy birthday Mom! Join our Discord if you want to join in the vote! A link can be found on our twitter, @realdraftpunks.
Episode 35: Video Game Levels
April 08, 2021 12:54 - 2 hours - 133 MBTW: This episode begins with a short statement about the recent, and re-occurring, gun violence in America. Then, this week, Rob, Travis, and Preston are joined by Game Informer's own, Alex Stadnik! Alex talks to us about a changing of the guard at Game Informer and filling the shoes of some of the biggest names in games journalism. And finally, we dive into a draft all about the best levels in video games! Make this the first level in your podcast queue this week, you don't want to miss it!...
Episode 34: Xbox Exclusives
April 01, 2021 14:04 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBWe are joined this week once again by Ryan Stabell to talk about our favorite Xbox and PC Exclusive games. For more wonderful content like this, please check out the PSPremiere podcast and youtube show! Those folks really know and love their Microsoft games.
Episode 33: Pizza Toppings
March 25, 2021 13:33 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBThis week we were joined by Ryan to talk about the best pizza we can make with five toppings. Similar to our sandwich episode, each of us will be making and tasting our pizza, so check out the Discord if you want to see the madness! And stay tuned after the end of the episode as we introduce a new rising star on the podcast scene. For a link to the discord, twitter, and twitch, check out our linktree at https://linktr.ee/draftpunks