Great Question with Alex Fleming
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsGreat Question is a podcast produced by and starring Alex Fleming. He discusses game design and reads tarot cards.
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Episode 18: God’s Army
October 09, 2015 22:18 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBMeg O’Rourke and Jarrid Reed (@JarridReed) look to the cards to find out how to achieve their dreams. We discuss the power of symbols and magic rocks and being brought up Lutheran, Catholic and Jewish. Alex innacurately says that both comics are from Brooklyn when in fact Jarrid lives in Manhattan. The management apologizes for… Read More
Episode 17: The Cybersanctum
September 26, 2015 03:30 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBBen and Zane Relethford are brothers who review cartoons on their podcast The Cartoncast (www.cartoncast.com) They ask question to the cards while existing in Boston, New York and Philadelphia simultaneously. It’s a first time virtual tarot reading, with questions about fulfillment and how much to worry about self improvement, and we’ll talk about public… Read More
Episode 16: Miss Cleo/Bodies
September 12, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBMike Fallek (@ourherocomic) and Valerie Sachs (@valeriesachs) are the hosts of a show where comedians perform in front of powerpoint presentations. Mike is an expert on Miss Cleo, and demands that we acknowledge our physical bodies. Mayhem ensues.… Read More
Episode 15: Church and Comics
August 30, 2015 03:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBPatrick J. Reilly and Tom Gambino both create comic books. They ask questions to a brand new set of tarot cards never before used in the show. Also Tom has dreams that are freaking him out, plus ghost stories from Alex’s trip to the UK. Follow @notpatreilly and @TomGambinoArt on twitter. Also – Donate to… Read More
Episode 14: Practical Negativity
August 01, 2015 04:04 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBRyan Crawford talks about the merits of negative emotions, discusses how Alex was punched in the face and Ian Rousso asks the cards about his immediate future. Follow on twitter at @rawford and @iantaco.… Read More
Episode 13: A Lumberjack’s Dozen
July 18, 2015 12:00 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBJohn Bilancini (@johnbilancini) and Michael Karlick (@michaelkarlick) talk about the next big change in Michael’s Life, John’s perspective on the Catholic brand, Father Luis Jayme, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Soda and too much more.… Read More
Episode 12: Natural Chemistry
July 04, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBBenel Germosen (@Benel_Germosen) and Usama Siddiquee (@UsamaBinLaughin) take over the show. Individually they are both hilarious but together they force an unstoppable comedic force. They’ll ask the cards about their fortune in romance and career, then riff bits till the cows come home.… Read More
Episode 11: The Louis CK of Christmas Past
June 20, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBThe Louis CK of Christmas Past with Phil Stamato (@pstamato) and Daniel Raderstrong (@raderstrong) We discuss myths, hell and a bunch of weird stuff. Daniel asks the cards whether his parents will get divorced. Emotions happen. Note: Tarot is meant for entertainment purposes only. Magic is not real. … Read More
Episode 10: Spectrum of Evil
June 06, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBBrandon Scott Wolf and Emily Winter talk to the cards. What starts out as a simple tarot reading becomes something much much weirder. We attempt to sympathize with alien conspiracies, try to break our own weird superstitious habits and form a metal band. Follow Brandon Scott Wolf (@BrandonEsWolf) and Emily Winter (@EmilyMcWinter) on twitter… Read More
Episode: 09 Nothing New Under the Sun
May 23, 2015 00:30 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBAnthony Scibelli and Garrett Barnes talk about love, Houdini, snow, dragons, and if there has ever been anything new under the sun. Follow @AnthonyScibelli and @Garrettgotime to find out if it comes true!… Read More
Episode 08: The Truth About Waffles
May 09, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBAndy Palmer (@andipalmur) and Dan Kane (@DanielGhostKane) help break in a new pack of tarot cards. Dan examines his love life while Andy tries to get to the bottom of troubling matters, matters with far reaching geopolitical implications. We talk about a lot of things we have no authority to comment on. Are you ready… Read More
Episode 07: Gluten Free Communion
April 25, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBJay Welch (@welchjay) and Ben Conrad (@TakeTheConrad) discuss the usefulness of magic and whether it has any place in our world. Ben Conrad uses magic to discover if he’ll get back together with an old girlfriend. Jay wonders its whether more important to be accurate or to be happy. Our most thought provoking discussion so… Read More
Episode 06: Bad Faith
April 11, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBCoree Spencer and Jay Ackley talk about tarot cards. Discordianism is dissected and Alex tells a story about the rule of fives. Free will is questioned.… Read More
Episode 5: Wasser Khan, aka Ben Nasserman
March 28, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBComedians Nasser Khan and Ben Wasserman join Alex in the inner sanctum for one of the most heated episodes of all time. A discussion about Islam and fame gets out of hand and tempers flare. It’s a roller coaster thrill ride!… Read More
Episode 4: Go With Love
March 14, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBLawson Leong and Drew Dowdy join me to talk about love, monogamy, what’s cheezy, what’s real, memes and so much more. Lawson and Drew are hilarious Brooklyn comics and incredibly nice people as well. We’ll try and interpret a Bible passage and tale the corporation down a peg. Things will actually get spiritual for once.… Read More
Episode 3: Library Terror
February 27, 2015 22:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBSam Zelitch returns to Great Question to look inward and find the truth. Maurice Licorish joins us to talk about the magick in his love life. We talk about nihilism, dancing, fun, celebrity children and one of the most controversial parts of the bible. Libraries, God, Celebrities, Love, Truth, what won’t we talk… Read More
Episode 2: Deus Ex Machina
February 13, 2015 22:33 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBThis Valentines Day relax! Don’t worry about getting the love of your life some flowers or chocolates! Don’t stress out that nobody loves you! It’s fine! Don’t even worry about it! Just listen to the second episode of Great Question. Joining me in this episode is my girlfriend, Coree Spencer and the funny Zane “9… Read More
Episode 1 – Magic Isn’t Real
January 31, 2015 17:18 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWelcome to the first Episode of Great Question! Brooklyn comedians Sam Zelitch and Lawson Leong join me to discuss Religion, interpret my Bar Mitzvah passage and what predictions I made for them with tarot cards in my old podcast. You won’t believe how my predictions for Lawson’s sex life worked out! For a second you… Read More
Ep33 – END OF SEASON 2
September 25, 2014 14:42 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBEND OF SEASON 2 The end of Season 2 is HERE! Listen to the exciting conclusion of this THREE PART SEASON FINALE! Find out what the cards have in store for myself, Alex Fleming! What will happen? Only the cards will tell us! What will Coree Spencer and Gary Levitt say about the fact that… Read More
Ep32- iPhone 4satan
August 28, 2014 19:58 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBPART 2 OF THE SEASON 2 FINALE! Coree Spencer and Gary Levitt return to continue our season finale extravaganza. Coree had to get a new phone and had a bad experience with Siri, the voice search assistant who is out to get her. Will Coree join forces with the robots or will she reject them?… Read More
Ep31: Go With the Flow, Gary!
August 15, 2014 13:50 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBPart 1 of 3 of our spectacular season finale! Comedian and musician Gary Levitt joins us to seek direction for his life, he’s been just along for the ride and doesn’t know where its taking him. Knife Specialist turned tarot researcher Coree Spencer is there to help interpret what turns out to be one of… Read More
Ep30- Will Carolyn Kill You?
July 31, 2014 14:53 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBPart 2, the exciting conclusion to our Paranormal Panel of Experts. Carolyn Busa consults the cards about her new neighborhood, and whether its tougher nature will turn her into a cold blooded killer. Sam Zelitch and Knife Expert Corree Spencer join us again as part of the panel. Alex almost has a mental breakdown!… Read More
Ep29- Panel of Paranormal Experts
July 16, 2014 04:15 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBSam Zelitch returns to ask the cards about the source of his inner turmoil. He is part of a panel of paranormal experts including Carolyn Busa, master of the Craft, and Coree Spencer, master of knives. Part 1 of 2.… Read More
Ep27- Crawford and the Devil
July 03, 2014 13:52 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBThe final episode with Ryan Crawford, Zane Golia and John Bilancini. John Bilancini has already murdered Zane Golia, who’s ghost hangs around for some reason. Ryan Crawford wants to know what is going on with him and the Devil. It’s the most unholy of episodes on my dark, unholy cardcast.… Read More
Ep26- John Bilancini’s Bud Light Lime Grind
June 26, 2014 16:11 - 39 minutes - 36 MBWe’re back with another cardcast! Returning from last week, John Bilancini can’t get no satisfaction, and needs to know if he ever will. Zane Golia’s life is threatened on multiple occasions. Ryan Crawford answers a moral question for John. Brought to you by the Bud Light Lime Grind. Get on your grind, Bud Light Lime.… Read More
Ep25- Zane “9 Wands” Golia
June 19, 2014 13:21 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBZane Golia, John Bilancini and Ryan Crawford invade the Sanctum Sanctorum. Zane moved from LA to NY to pursue comedy 100% and now he wants to know if he made the right decision. Only magick will tell us!… Read More
Ep24- Damon’s Demons
June 12, 2014 04:34 - 34 minutes - 32 MBDamon Millard is a stand up comic who started in Milwaukee, WI. He has a fancy website at Damonmillardcomedy.com. He’s a neat guy to talk to, but he has some demons in his past that may come back to haunt him. He needs to know how its all going to go down. Friend of the show,… Read More
Ep23- Too Many Pizzas
June 05, 2014 13:29 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBDavid Vaughn Straughn aka The DVS One is on the show! We talk about food with friend of the show Alex Daye, who has known David for a very long time, and then David asks a question to the cards about his future using food as a metaphor. He is tired of only being able… Read More
Ep22- Gaelan Ennis Super Powers
May 29, 2014 13:41 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBGaelan Ennis, the third member of the Listen to This Podcast joins me in the Sanctum Sanctorum to discover what his super powers will be. Maurice Licorish, also of Listen to This Podcast, is with us as well. We talk about cartoons, forests, and angry audiences during a magic show. Enjoy!… Read More
Ep21: The Anti-Chris
May 22, 2014 15:47 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBGood friend and incredible drummer Chris Stanis joins me to find out what is in his deep future. Chris plays in many bands, including The Gloomy Ones, Indian Wife, Rattrap Bumpkin and Blame Mercury. Recorded in our band practice space by the Gowanus canal, there’s some kind of magical interference that gets caught by the… Read More
Ep20- Literally, A Giant Check.
May 15, 2014 04:26 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBMyles Hewette needs to know what will happen with the job opportunities he’s looking at. Maurice Licorish points out that the Ace of Pentacles is a giant hand coming out of a cloud handing you a huge pentacle, like an oversized check from a sweepstakes. We talk about race and vacation destination cities. I am… Read More
Ep19- Death: Bury the Hatchet
May 08, 2014 14:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThe Butterfly and the Bee. I can’t say much else except be careful what you think about, you might just conjure your own fears into existence. A strange tale of the unusual featuring two people from Brooklyn.… Read More
Ep18-Shuffle the cards.
April 30, 2014 04:31 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBA continuation of my conversation with Mr. Clown, we talk MOSTLY about shuffling cards. Different ways to shuffle. False shuffles. Magic secrets are revealed. Real Mystical stuff. Don’t listen to this, if you don’t want to hear two dudes talk about shuffling cards for almost half an hour. I promise you it’s amazing.… Read More
Ep17- Mr. Clown
April 24, 2014 05:34 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBMr. Clown a.k.a Mike Smith Rivera (NOT Mike Swoon) wants to know the fate of his new play. This isn’t the first time he’s seen a pack of tarot cards. This one gets extra mystical, a divination you won’t want to miss!! … Read More
Ep16- The Bourne Prophecy
April 17, 2014 18:02 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBSam Bourne writes about cats and dogs for a living, but he wants a career in comedy. Maurice Licorish joins us to help interpret his cards. They have a podcast together. There is great darkness in this future, who knows what will happen! Subscribe on iTunes today!… Read More
Ep15 – Marriage and Polio
April 10, 2014 17:47 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBFunny dude Alex Daye asks the cards what will happen when he gets married. Lawson Leong and Ryan Crawford join us in finding the answers. What could his life have become if he wasn’t getting married?… Read More
Ep14- The Secret of Sam’s Success
April 03, 2014 17:44 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBSam Zelitch, Ryan Crawford, Maurice Licorish and John Bilancini join me once again for a live card reading. This time we turn the spotlight on Sam, who needs to know what it is he should do creatively. Discover the secret to Sam’s success here!… Read More
Ep13- Child of Licorish
March 27, 2014 14:22 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBNew Podcast Episode featuring comedians Maurice Licorish, Sam Zelitch, Ryan Crawford and John Bilancini. I was supposed to read Maurice Licorish’s future when a whole bunch of friends showed up and joined in the fun. It’s a special LIVE edition of My Dark, Unholy Cardcast. What will Maurice Licorish’s future child look like, and who… Read More
Ep12- Froleiks the Mad Genius
March 20, 2014 17:58 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBNew Podcast Episode featuring funny person Kevin Froleiks. He consults the cards about whether or not he will “make it” in turning his comedy ambitions into a realized dream. We talk about alternate universes, madness and a whole lot more. Check out the podcast here, and be sure to watch Kevin’s webseries on YouTube The… Read More
Ep11- The End is Nigh
March 14, 2014 03:46 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBFeat. America’s Comic John Field. When will the apocalypse come? Will the savior of mankind be born first or will it be the antichrist? Find out.… Read More
Ep10- Drew Draws Cards
March 06, 2014 19:29 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBFeaturing comic Drew Dowdy. Drew and I talk about relationships, monogamy and “emotions.” Sickness, morality, plugs, you can find all of those here. Major arcana, wands, swords, nerdy stuff, embarrassing admissions and more. What an exciting episode description! Listen!… Read More
The Price of Cups
February 27, 2014 18:04 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBMy old friend Joey Price joins me for a reading this week. Joey is a UCB improviser and altogether funnyman. Joey asked whether or not he is capable of being a good person in his lifetime, and the results may surprise you. (It’s not me Joey, its just the cards) Also I’m using a new… Read More
The Fool Under the Moon
February 19, 2014 06:14 - 15 minutes - 16.2 MBEpisode 8 of My Dark Unholy Cardcast Featuring Johnny DeBlase. Johnny wants to know what direction his music will move in, and how his environment will mold his future. The moon rules over everything right now, life will not return to normal until it passes.… Read More