I Love You, Mana
300 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsMike Lester, Zach Kagan, Tor Uggen, and Micah (aka Belly) are four pals with varying degrees of experience in stand up comedy and fantasy card games. In I Love You Mana, they discuss Magic: The Gathering and its surrounding culture in a manner accessible to almost anyone, with a level of accuracy that will leave pedants with plenty to correct them on.
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I Love You, Drew Janda
June 24, 2022 07:25 - 2 hours - 102 MBWe welcome Drew Janda to the program and talk exclusively about Magic: The Gathering and the state of Commander/EDH. We also make Drew play Guess That Power Creep! Important Plug Check out Grant Winkels (with Zach Kagan) this Friday 6/24 and Saturday 6/25 @ The Comedy Corner Underground! Timestamps (4:30) Conspiracy (9:27) Digital blankets (12:53) A promising, new investment venture (17:50) Flat Squirrels NFTs (21:58) Working remotely (32:00) Minneapolis comedy talk (37:...
Powerful Commons Weak Connectivity
June 16, 2022 11:08 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBOur beloved Mike returns! We explore some powerful common and uncommon cards from recent sets. Before all that though we brainstorm some amazing things that we could do with celebrities and solve some of the most serious societal ills plaguing both this nation and the world at large. All while struggling with the worst meeting interface we've ever encountered.
Let’s Play Commander Codex!
June 11, 2022 02:25 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBZach, Belly, and Tor play Commander Codex, a Worldle spin-off by Archidekt. An hour of typical ILYM preroll precedes…we’re sorry! Timestamps (0:26) Tor’s CIA hole (11:26) Monument to cringe lyric posting (16:35) Avatar 2 (19:10) Zach’s fear of body horror (21:35) DALL-E mini (23:40) VIDEOGAMES (34:40) Belly’s Dwarf Lore Corner (42:22) Petroleum truthers (50:14) The Cold Open (52:50) Zach’s Commander Legends: Battle For Baldur’s Gate limited recap & breakdown (1:04:30...
Battle for Baldur’s Gate Comprehensive Set Review + Commander Deck Techs
June 02, 2022 18:09 - 2 hours - 99.6 MBTor, Zach, and Belly do a comprehensive, meticulous, and PAINSTAKING set review of the upcoming Magic: The Gathering set Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate. We also decide the color identities of late night hosts and brew our own CLB commander decks. Timestamps: (7:20) True Detective Season 1 (10:30) Late Night Host Secret Lair (18:00) Housekeeping (19:00) Voicemail (27:00) The Cold Open??? (30:00) MTG Twitter (38:00) The All-Seeing Algorithm (45:15) The Cold Ope...
Pod Fresh Refresh
May 26, 2022 16:50 - 1 hour - 103 MBTor, Belly and Zach workshop new copy for an ILYM Google ad. An hour of pre-roll precedes. Timestamps (0:58) Hairlines (2:20) Londo Mollari (5:15) Maxtoyco's Shin Eyezon (6:15) Mobile Games (9:40) Mobile Game Ads (10:50) Fast and Furious Lore (13:50) Follow twitch.tv/bellytelevision! (15:10) Vin Diesel Lore (18:08) Mobile Game Ads Pt. 2 (19:30) Tor's Google Ads (27:50) Zach's NRG Minneapolis Experience (29:50) Tor's Greatest Fear (38:50) Did Zach Rep ILYM? (41:30) ILYM T...
Core Value Propositions & Battle for Baldur's Gate Spoilers
May 19, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBWe break down Commander Legends Battle For Baldur's Gate spoilers. Typical ILYM preroll precedes spoiler talk and atypical ILYM STRATEGY TALK precedes preroll. Timestamps (00:15) Core Value Proposition Strategy Meeting (12:40) MEAT (16:22) Belly's International Audience Report (19:30) The Incident (31:30) Mailbag (39:00) Tor's Confession (40:20) Fool Us (41:05) Pig Royalty (48:25) Cold Open (52:12) Battle For Baldur's Gate Spoilers *MEA CULPA* Belly apologizes for his audio q...
Street Rats Off To You
May 13, 2022 01:43 - 1 hour - 123 MBMike, Tor and Belly attempt to record an episode without Zach Kagan--chaos ensues, Ricky Ramen shows up, and Mike and Belly play Tor's Streets of New Capenna hat-game, "Street Rats Off To You". Timestamps: (2:35) MEAT (5:20) twitch.tv/iloveyoumanatv (5:50) Zach quits the mainfeed (7:40) T(h)or (9:00) Momoa and Fast & Furious lore (15:00) FF Spec Script (21:50) Disrupting the superhero genre (24:50) Lister Voicemails (27:00) Remember when... (31:10) Allegations against Zach (32...
Return to Orbsah | Escape from Uncy Joe's Hamburger Store (Pt.2)
May 05, 2022 21:03 - 2 hours - 173 MBSusie Soccer Ball, Grant Carlin, and BabyBell (BB-8) resume their epic, mind-bending RPG at the hands of DM Mike Lester…an hour of typical, ILYM preroll precedes… Ep 184 Return to Orbsah | Escape from Uncy Joe's Hamburger Store (Pt.1) (Also, checkout the original RPG, Adventures into the Orbsah Campus) Ep 153 Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School RPG (Pt.1) Ep 157 Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School RPG (Pt.2) Timestamps (6:40) Anti-Dusting (9:...
Plating
April 28, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBWe take a break from Mike's RPG and invent a new form of edging. Timestamps (5:26) THE NORTHMAN (8:30) Zach was a hero (12:20) Tom Hardy (14:18) Timestamp (27:20) Young Farmers of Minnesota (30:20) Plating (32:40) Mike's last Minneapolis headline dates for a bitsy (35:30) Twitch.tv/bellytelevision (41:15) SEO Poop Talk (44:50) ILYMCOIN (46:00) Max Toy Co (48:00) Poop sculpt (49:40) Truth Lantern (52:00) Lord of the Maps (52:20) Crack-a-pack (2 Streets of New Capenna Set Bo...
Return to Orbsah | Escape from Uncy Joe’s Hamburger Store (Pt.1)
April 21, 2022 06:11 - 1 hour - 123 MBThe angelic quartet returns to the Orbsah campus and embarks on another RPG courtesy of Dungeon Master Mike Lester. An hour of typical, ILYM preroll precedes… Checkout the original RPG, Adventures into the Orbsah Campus: Ep 153 Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School RPG (Pt.1) Ep 157 Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School RPG (Pt.2) Timestamps: (8:55) Mike takes Zach on tour (11:25) Tor ate too much (14:05) VIDEO GAMES (15:10) Follow Belly on Twi...
I Love You, Erik Kollasch
April 14, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBIn a return to form, the original trinity record an in-person ep with friend of the show, Erik Kollasch. No timestamps—listen to the episode ya dummies! ILYM Plugs: Mike Lester's Upcoming Shows: https://linktr.ee/Justmikelester Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iloveyoumana/ Discord: https://discord.gg/VeVs3g2 IG: https://www.instagram.com/Iloveyoumana/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILoveYouMana Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iloveyoumanatv ILYM Theme: dmoon Outro Performance: Z...
March Magics Pt. VI - The Finals
April 08, 2022 18:45 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBWe judge the quarterfinal, semifinal, and final round matchups of our 2022 March Magics: Landfall Edition Tournament. We're sorry. Timestamps: (3:23) Semi-official partnership w/ Sisyphus Brewery ad read (visit Sisyphus Brewery on April, 13th for a semi-sponsored ILYM Magic draft!) (6:24) A new kind of vampire (9:50) Trauma inducing movies for children (13:39) We’re sorry (18:00) Zach under siege (23:25) ILYM Monday Limited Twitch Show (25:45) Wrestlemania (29:45) #exoticbu...
March Magics Pt. V - Purgatory
March 31, 2022 17:11 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBWe vote on round 3 aka The Sweet 16 of the March Magics: 2022 Landfall Edition Tournament. An abnormal amount of poop talk in this one. We're sorry. Timestamps: (4:41) Mike's Limited Journey (5:40) Check out OUR TWITCH CHANNEL (10:00) Mike and Belly's Timberwolves Bet (12:18) Tor's Explanation (13:20) Obligatory Zietgiest Clickbait (15:35) Shipping Joe Lester & Lori Lightfoot (19:55) Mailbag Q (26:22) Joe Lester's stance on the paranormal (28:18) Paula Small (29:45) The L...
March Magics Pt. IV - The End of Mankind
March 24, 2022 05:33 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBWe adjudicate round 2 of March Magics: 2022 Landfall Edition. Find the Bracket here. We're sorry. Timestamps: (2:00) Patreon Shout-Out (4:07) Local Minneapolis News (9:20) Devohn Bland Shout-Out (16:00) Twitter is kind of a cesspool right now (23:45) Chicken Tortilla Soup (26:10) JRE (30:40) We play Adjusted For Inflation (32:00) Tor's New Capenna Theory (35:12) The Cold Open (37:50) Round 2 of March Magics 2022: Landfall Edition (39:00) @lvl99Herby Merch Shout-out (1:28:35) C...
March Magics Pt. III - Walk Through The Valley of The Shadow of Death
March 17, 2022 05:21 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBWe finish up the round one matchups of our 2022 March Magics: Landfall Edition Tourney. This coverage includes the winners from the 32 bracket play-in tournament. We’re sorry. Timestamps (2:30) Zach’s Youtube Channel (6:07) Belly and Mike’s Minnesota Timberwolves Wager (12:21) We ask Zach questions (24:46) Bam Margera (29:50) The five figs Mike would save (31:10) Workshopping Zach’s standup (41:41) We attempt to resume round 1 of March Magics (54:00) The March Magics b...
March Magics Pt. II - The Grand Tourney Begins
March 11, 2022 00:50 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBWe adjudicate the round one matchups of our 2022 March Magics: Landfall Edition Tourney (minus the play-in tournament results). We’re sorry. March Magics 2022 64 Bracket: https://challonge.com/m9hfspuw Time Stamps: (11:00) Wild Crane & Kakasa (14:30) Joe Lester’s shadow-banning (19:46) March Magics - ROUND 1 (20:05) Cold Open (26:10) Play-in-Tourney Info (33:20) First round of match-ups (1:10:00) What’s Fatal? (1:20:10) 15+4=21 (1:39:08) Tor is right ILYM Plugs: Mike...
March Magics Pt. I - Bracket Reveal
March 04, 2022 05:36 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBThis is Part I of our ongoing March Magics Series: Landfall Edition. We're sorry for this one (again). [5:00] Tor's Window [7:00] Goblin Mode [9:05] Television [22:22] Zach's Nookie Problems [33:25] Tor explains the Wanda, Maxi, Maro Cuckhold Story [35:00] Footy Scrans [40:40] Housekeeping [42:08] Fan Voicemail [46:33] March Magics Bracket Reveal [1:16:00] Bracket Addendum featuring, friend of the show, Uber Chewy Shoutout managathering.com by Darin Brown--a great tool for look...
March Magics Pt. I Bracket Reveal
March 04, 2022 05:36 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBThis is Part I of our ongoing March Magics Series: Landfall Edition. We're sorry for this one (again). [5:00] Tor's Window [7:00] Goblin Mode [9:05] Television [22:22] Zach's Nookie Problems [33:25] Tor explains the Wanda, Maxi, Maro Cuckhold Story [35:00] Footy Scrans [40:40] Housekeeping [42:08] Fan Voicemail [46:33] March Magics Bracket Reveal [1:16:00] Bracket Addendum featuring, friend of the show, Uber Chewy Shoutout managathering.com by Darin Brown--a great tool for lo...
Content Warning
February 25, 2022 03:11 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBWe're sorry for this one. Also, we love you. Timestamps: (14:00) Crazy online videos (19:00) Mailbag question (25:09) Entraping Tom Cruise (28:38) Teaching Elisabeth Moss how to play EDH (33:48) MTG Twitter (45:48) Chewy's Discord Update (50:08) Sexy action figs (55:25) Zach and Sebastian's domestic problems (57:50) Prestige television (1:03:34) The Cold Open (1:03:40) Alta Fox Capital, Hasbro, and freeing The Wizard* *The Cedric A. Phillips' thread Zach reads from:...
I Love You, Neel Ghosh
February 17, 2022 08:02 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBWe welcome back Neel Ghosh to the program to hang out and serenade us with his sweet, sweet melodies. Watch Neel's weekly show, "Sorry We're Stoned", every Monday at 8:00pm EST. Call in to the show at 319-346-3025! Also, checkout Neel's recent EP, Dune Toons... Timestamps: (5:25) Zoom therapy (9:08) Actual interview of Neel (14:14) Zach's trombone prowess (18:12) @kothscreens (23:38) DUNE (35:37) Tor wakes up (47:37) Zach's therapy breakthrough (54:48) Tor's Jar Jar Bin...
Neon Dynasty Snake Draft
February 10, 2022 21:30 - 1 hour - 89 MBWe do a snake draft of our favorite cards from the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty previews. We also wish Tor a belated happy birthday. Timestamps: (06:45) Happy belated birthday Tor!!! (17:00) We learn about orangutans (19:21) Zach's twitter pruning (24:18) Mailbag (26:26) Built like a ham sandwich (33:50) The microchip shortage (39:42) Zach and Aaron's domestic partnership (52:00) Game Zenter shout out (58:20) The Redmage's Cheater's Den pt.II (1:13:00) We snake draft our fa...
Going Viral w/ Social Media Dr. Aaron Isaacs
February 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBWe bring on friend of the show and five star guest Aaron Isaacs to teach us about going viral with the I Love You, Mana twitter. Topics and Timestamps: (9:05) We play Tentacle or No Tentacle (13:15) Zach's ongoing phone issues (17:59) Special birthday voicemail for Zach (24:20) SPONSORED ADVERTISEMENT (32:40) Zach calls Aaron (38:20) Special Guest Aaron Isaacs (42:02) Cold Open (52:18) We talk about MTG twitter (55:00) Tor's first death threat (57:35) Zach's birthday tweet (1...
The Oopsie Poopsies (We Look at Kamigawa:Neon Dynasty Art)
January 28, 2022 02:40 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBWe looked at art from the upcoming MTG set Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. Other topics discussed on the ep: Zach's haircut and new barber friend (visit Salam Barber if you live in Minneapolis) Zach's ongoing phone crisis Lakes and other bodies of water Various poop stories The 12 Gifts of Blim, Comedic Genius Yugioh & MTG Cards found in an attic Micah's Childhood LGS: Paula's Sports Cards Etc. The art we looked at: (For ILYM completionists, start at the top link and scroll down t...
I Love You, Herby
January 20, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBWe welcome professional esports athlete and streamer extraordinaire Herby (@lvl99HERBY) to chop it up on the pid and play DUNGEON OF THE MAD PODCASTER. Plugs: Herby's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lvl99herby Mike Lester's Upcoming Shows: https://linktr.ee/Justmikelester ILYM Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iloveyoumana/ ILYM Discord: https://discord.gg/VeVs3g2 ILYM IG: https://www.instagram.com/Iloveyoumana/ ILYM Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILoveYouMana Twitch: https://www....
MTG STONKS pt.III | 2021 Year-in-review & 2022 Forecasting
January 13, 2022 17:47 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBThe illustrious STONKS series returns for it's 3rd entry into the ILYM-extended universe. We welcome back friend of the show and cardboard day trader Uber_Chewy to give us a retrospective on 2021 MTG finance and help us forecast for 2022. This time Chewy brings his good friend, Mr. Nived, along for the ride. Uber_Chewy and Mr. Nived are both beloved members of the ILYM community and you can catch them playing Spelltable commander on weekends in our discord. Yearly Winners 2021: Top Winner...
The 2021 Swampies // 2022 Vision Boarding
January 06, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBWe crown the 2021 Swampies to the prettiest basic swamp of 2021 and we vision board for ILYM's 2022. Timestamps : (14:47) 2022 Vision boarding (39:38) The prettiest swamp of 2021 (1:05:40) Favorite set of 2021 Other Plugs: Discord: https://discord.gg/VeVs3g2 IG: https://www.instagram.com/Iloveyoumana/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILoveYouMana Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iloveyoumana/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iloveyoumanatv Intro Music: DustyMoon Editing: Micah...
Ricky Ramen's Holiday Clipmas Show
December 25, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBRicky Ramen saves Christmas with a Holiday Clipmas Show (featuring memorable moments from the last year of ILYM)! Clips (in order of appearance): When we tried Ricky Ramen’s Ramen-Flavored Seltzer - “The Guy Who Said He Did It and got Caught”, Ep. 119 When Joe Lester fought Nazis - “March Magic Megasode”, Ep. 131 Friend of the show, Sierkovitz - “I Love You, Sierkovitz”, Ep. 155 Friend of the show, Dmoon - “I Love You, Dmoon”, Ep. 165 Tor’s work story - “Butterbar”, Ep. 130 Fr...
Baneposting
December 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBIt would be extremely painful… Timestamps: (0:12) Preroll (12:04) We debrief Mike’s comedy album recording (releasing spring 2022) (33:47) Zach tells a “brief” Magic: The Gathering story (41:47) Baneposting (48:10) A Brand New Segment - The Red Mage’s Cheaters Den, Week 1 (59:48) Tor plays Poppy Playtime (1:05:05) We play Five-Drop or Zombie?! (1:12:35) We play Five-Drop or Gandhi?! (1:16:14) We play Crop-Top or Zombie?! Editor's Note: Apologies for Zach’s audio quality...
Extinction Event
December 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBWe discuss the changing value proposition of Magic, The Gathering as evidenced by the proliferation of Secret Lair product and the rise of serialized cards. The topic of this episode is heavily inspired by and also credited to Rudy from Alpha Investments* and these two videos: A new Era is coming. Magic The Gathering Acceptance. Timestamps: Preroll (0:30) Uber Chewy's Discord Update (9:39) Cold Open (29:33) Mike reaches Hoggy Nirvana (1:04:36) Tobi Henke's article, "Thanks, I ...
I Love You, Dmoon
December 09, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBMike, Zach, and Tor are joined by platinum angel of the show, Dustin Hackworth, to talk life, love, maritime disasters, deep ILYM lore, and so much more! Important Plugs: If you live in Southern California, checkout Dmoon's gig TOMORROW (12/10) & SATURDAY (12/11): The Secret Circus - Holigay Special! And if you live in the Twin Cities area, checkout Mike's first comedy album TOMORROW (12/10) & SATURDAY (12/11): Mike Lester LIVE @ Sisyphus Brewing Other Plugs: Discord: https://disc...
Unfinite Jest
December 02, 2021 19:38 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBWe are joined by a special guest to read MaRo's article, "To Unfinity and Beyond" . Timestamps: Preroll (0:15) SPORTS (15:15) Mailbag question (32:40) Sib's review of Zach's Vegas trip (36:00) Special message for Chewy (43:14) Uber Chewy's Discord Update (45:28) Cold Open (50:22) Reading series ft. special guest (54:39) Important Plugs: Buy tickets to Mike’s album recording on Dec. 10th & 11th. Watch Mike's show "The Browns" every Thursday on Apple TV+. Other Plugs:...
Ricky Ramen's Pidsgiving Clip Show ft. Zach Kagan's Trip to MTG Las Vegas
November 25, 2021 06:00 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MBRicky Ramen saves Belly's Thanksgiving with a magical Pidsgiving clip show. But little do Ricky and Belly know what's in store for them as they peer into the twisted mind of Zach Kagan as he travels to the ChannelFireball MTG Las Vegas Weekend ... Important Plugs: Buy tickets to Mike’s album recording on Dec. 10th & 11th. Watch Mike's show "The Browns" every Thursday on Amazon Prime Video & Apple TV+. Other Plugs: Discord: https://discord.gg/VeVs3g2 IG: https://www.instagram.com...
Ghosted for Playing Gruul
November 18, 2021 17:49 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBThe angels return to do a comprehensive breakdown of the Innistrad: Crimson Vow set. Episode Shout-Outs Deep Rock Galactic (PC, Xbox One) Benjamin, friend of the show and insanely talented videographer Zach's Bo Burnham Tweet Mike’s Album Recording at Sisyphus Brewing - Dec 10th & 11 @ 8pm The grandma in Indianapolis who was ghosted for playing gruul Last Night In Soho Zach’s upcoming trip to the ChannelFireball’s MTG Las Vegas weekend Tor's 2008 Mercury Mariner Mythic ...
Law & Order: Salt Court
November 11, 2021 17:37 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBBelly takes Mike to Salt Court over a recent game of commander and their differing views on the meaning of "taksies backsies". The proceedings begin at (20:47) with Tor presiding as judge and Zach as bailiff. We also review a new listener voicemail (51:02) and do a full, comprehensive review (1:08:42) of the upcoming Innistrad: Crimson Vow Magic, the Gathering set. Important Plugs: Buy tickets to Mike’s album recording on Dec. 10th & 11th. Watch Mike's show "The Browns" every Thursday...
Pid Game
November 05, 2021 03:12 - 1 hour - 69 MBIt's another chaos episode--Tor, Zach, Mike, and Belly talk about life, death, marriage, rebirth, the cycle of life...the angelic quartet is joined by a new, utterly perplexing character from the deep recesses of the ILYM-multiverse, Zach delivers his magnum opus cold-open, and Belly goes nuclear. Finally, Mike, Tor, Belly, and MaRo play PID GAME* and subsequently lose their minds. *The ILYM-aficionado might surmise that we recorded this ep before last week's Dune-review-double-header bec...
I'm Gonna Have Five Pieces of Cake
October 28, 2021 11:58 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBThere is no structure to this episode. It's a formless blob of words. A cuttlefish removed from it's natural habitat. We have outdone ourselves here and we can assure you that we will continue to lower the bar.
Build-A-Set: Dune (2021) Movie Review
October 28, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBMike, Zach, Tor & Belly ride the zeitgeist sandworm and talk Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (2021). This is a SPOILER HEAVY episode so if you haven’t read Frank Herbert’s Dune or watched any of the Hollywood adaptions, well, you’ll probably still be in luck because the first half of the episode is typical I Love You, Mana preroll nonsense. In the beginning, Zach, Belly and Mike (5:25) chop it up and talk about Zach’s new beau and their romantic bonfire date; Zach attempts to retell (10:18) a “spook...
Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School RPG (Pt. 2)
October 21, 2021 19:07 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBThe THRILLING conclusion to the most ambitious ILYM role playing extravaganza, Back to School: Adventures into the Orbsah School of Wizardry (completely original and unique concept), is here! In the beginning, the holy trinity (Zach, Mike, and Tor) riff like old times; DM Mike (20:56) gives a recap of Pt.I; Pt.II of the Back to School RPG begins at (26:03). Will Susie Soccer Balls (Tor), a ruthless and sultry Bajoran, and Grant Carlin (Zach), a half-elf, half-gnome, balding man-creature esca...
"I Love You, Mana Live! III" Post-Glow-Show-Clip-Show
October 14, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBIn the fallout of the "I Love You, Mana Live! III" podcast show, Mike and Belly are left to pick up the pieces. Without the bosoms of Zach and Tor to keep them warm, M&M search for answers in this new, post-apocalyptic hell world and (1:29) try to remember what exactly happened on the night of October 9th. Luckily, an old, intergalactic friend comes to the rescue (15:09) and guides our lovable hosts through space and time so that they might partake from the forbidden fruit--that's right folk...
I Love You, Sierkovitz
October 07, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBWe welcome Sierkovitz—limited data specialist, frequent 17lands.com and channelfireball.com collaborator, and actual ILYM listener—to the I Love You, Mana HQ for an incredibly scholarly jaunt. To Zach’s horror, Sierkovitz allies himself with Mike and chooses chaos over order for almost the entirety of the ep. Mike, Belly, Zach, and Sierkovitz talk about (18:30) Polish milk bars, American Football, the depravity of U.S. television advertisements, and Sierkovitz’s MTG origin story; (44:04) Bel...
What is Jank? | Interrogating ILYM’s jEDH League
September 30, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBMike, Tor, Belly, and Zach attempt to answer one of life’s most enigmatic questions: What is Jank? Mike and Belly start out the ep questioning Zach’s alibi and (4:45) reliving Mike’s week of EDH and cEDH; Tor and Mike (12:30) discuss St. Paul lore and the character of Little Susie; Zach finally calls in (20:30) and proceeds to give us an in-depth, 40-minute breakdown of his 50 year old cousin’s wedding in Long Island; for the remainder of the ep (1:02:42) we discuss the topic of JANK and ...
Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School RPG (pt. 1)
September 23, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBIn the most ambitious ILYM role playing extravaganza to date, the Holy Trinity embarks on a new quest of self discovery at the Orbsah School of Wizardry (completely original and unique concept). For the first part of the episode, Mike and Tor riff like old times as they patiently wait for Zach to return from a MTG draft. The RPG, Adventures into the Orbsah Campus, begins at (37:00) with Mike donning the role of DM, Tor playing Susie Soccer Balls, a ruthless and sultry Bajoran, and Zach play...
I Love You, The Memory Jar Podcast
September 16, 2021 22:24 - 2 hours - 94.3 MBWe welcomed the hosts of The Memory Jar Podcast, David P. and Christian W., to the ILYM HQ for a special, crossover podcast bonanza. David and Christian dazzled Mike, Zach, Tor and Micah (Belly) with their knowledge of MTG history, lore and minutia; we learned about the origins of The Memory Jar Podcast*; Micah got valuable feedback from David on his Sopranos Secret Layer and Tony Sarkhano project; the whole gang talked spooky MTG cards; last but not least, Tor and Mike battled David and Chr...
MTG Stonks Pt. II - Collectables as Investments ft. Uber Chewy & Alex
September 09, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBThat’s right, folks. we’re bringing back ILYM PRESENTS—a series that, in a departure from the chaos of our main feed, hones in on a specific topic related to the children’s card game we all know and love. And who better to deep dive MTG Stonks with than, friend of the show, Uber Chewy (Chris), who started it all with Stonks Part I (You can find Pt. 1 here). This time around Chris brings his buddy and investment expert Alex along for the ride to teach Zach, Belly (Micah), and Mike how to m...
Cave of The Mad Podcaster
September 02, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBWith Mike Lester’s official return, the gang adventures into the Cave of The Mad Podcaster and attempts a “Roll a Nat 20” approach to covering Magic, The Gathering content. Other topics that the angels rigorously and fastidiously unpack include: Mike’s botched comedy set, the Minnesota State Fair, Sweet Martha’s Cookies, Joey Chestnut, the social phenomenon of cancel culture, and Tor’s love of gunk. Plugs: Find Minneapolis Comedian Greg Coleman’s debut comedy album, Dad’s Garage, here: ...
Magic Showcase 2021 REACT PIDCAST
August 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBWith Mike and Ricky Ramen still on the run, Micah, Zach, and Tor eat from the forbidden fruit (attempt to record a straight MTG episode) and are subsequently cast out from everlasting paradise. The premise of this episode was that we do a pure REACT podcast to the Magic, The Gathering Showcase 2021 event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrq5jk5J04) that premiered on August 24th. While Micah and Zach promised that they would not consume any magic news leading up to the recording (so that we ...
Reba’s Happy Banana Patch
August 19, 2021 21:24 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBFolks, this one’s pretty loose—an inexplicable free-flow of content from the deep recesses of the I Love You, Mana multiverse. Zach, Tor, and Micah are joined by special guests Aaron Isaacs (@AaronIsaacs69), country music star Mrs. R. McEntire, and Ricky Ramen as they discuss a variety of issues exclusively related to the topic of Magic, The Gathering. In the latter part of the episode, the gang attempts and fails to read through MaRo’s State of Design 2021 article. Extra Plugs: Check out ...
What is "Phyrexian Delver" (Invasion)?
August 12, 2021 15:26 - 1 hour - 71 MBZach, Micah (Belly), and Tor talk about chunking strategies, Zach’s wonderful man-child-plumbing story, Uber_Chewy’s various OP EDH decks, and pivoting to become either the first conspiracy theory MTG podcast, first Cuomo-apologist MTG podcast, or first anarcho-libertarian MTG podcast. We also debut our attempt at a reading series by making Tor read a stratospheric take on combo edh players. And we review the most beautiful play mat ever created. IG: https://www.instagram.com/Iloveyouma...
[TRAILER] Joe Lester Sessions Pt.1
August 11, 2021 16:51 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBDEBUTING THE JOE LESTER SESSIONS (exclusively on the ‘I Love You, Mana’ Patreon)—A series of raw and uncut recordings of Mike Lester with the being that sired him, Joe Lester. That’s right, folks. Mike has travelled across the country and ascended the great mountain to take in the teachings* of the wise sage. We here at the ILYM HQ are bottling up these lessons* and delivering them straight to our Patreon-pampers’ ears. Find this series and our whole back catalogue of Patreon episodes here: ...
The Death of Ricky Ramen
August 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBZach, Tor, and Belly (Micah) discuss viruses, prestige television, the labor shortage in the fast food industry, anime, Alan Dershowitz, and the upcoming Magic the Gathering Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Arena Exclusive. They also bear witness/are subjected to a Greek tragedy featuring Mike, Mark Rosewater, and Ricky Ramen. Remember to catch Loki on Disney+ and SEE season 2 on Apple TV+ (premiering August 27th). IG: https://www.instagram.com/Iloveyoumana/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/I...