Joe's Awesome and Tommy Hates Everything
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingswww.jathepod.com
The world's first* and probably only pop-culture podcast. Personal stories, news articles, and games. Five life-long friends discuss movies, literature, comic books, videos games, and more in this talk show that tackles entertainment news (movies, comics, video games, TV shows, literature, and more) as well as the general news of the day. Started in 2011, the podcast ran for 5 years before taking a hiatus, and was rebooted to be better than ever in 2017.
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Episodes
2018/06/03: Got That Alfred Money
June 05, 2018 04:29 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBWe talk about how the 90's sucked, and then discuss recent (and bizarre) movie news and video game news before finishing with the final round of the second tier of our fictional fighting tournament Undebeatble.
2018/05/27: Nice Wheels!
May 30, 2018 02:15 - 1 hour - 95 MBWho owns art, the creator or the consumer? We also talk Deadpool 2 (no spoilers), Solo (slight spoilers), HBO's Watchmen series. We finish out with a round of Undebeatable and play Tommy's Rotten Tomatoes game.
2018/05/20: The Rancor Keeper's Niece
May 21, 2018 01:55 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWe talk Deadpool 2 (no spoilers), the Royal Wedding (Kind of), interbreeding in Star Wars, and then a bunch of TV shows (Westworld, The Last O.G., and more) and Cartoons (Thundercats Roar, Rise of TMNT, Transformers, and more).
2018/05/13: A Buck A Monster
May 13, 2018 23:28 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBWe discuss the perils of DM'ing, cover some recent entertainment news for movies and television, play an exciting round of Undebeatable, and determine whether fictional movie Mothers are good or terrible at being Mothers (Happy Mother's Day).
2018/05/06: Schindler's Taco Bell Combo
May 08, 2018 21:12 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBWe talk about TV shows for a while, follow up on our Infinity War discussion(spoilers), play a very brief round of Undebeatable, and then play a great game that was inspired by ridiculous movie promotional items. To view a gallery of the promotional items that we talk about, click here.
2018/04/29: The Nonsense Zone Where Bullsh*t Happens
May 01, 2018 16:39 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBTommy and Skippy discuss Avengers: Infinity War in depth (and with spoilers).
2018/04/22: Dudeburger Helper
April 25, 2018 00:36 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBThis episode has everything: Cults, Cannibals, Andrei Tarkovsky, Birdhouses, Avatars, Wonder Women, and The Rock. Other contenders for the title of this episode were "Count Von Munchindong" and "There Just Wasn't a Place For Me There." Enjoy.
2018/04/15: A Warrior Circle
April 17, 2018 14:36 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBWe talk Billy Mitchell, Sex Criminals, and AI generated content. We then play a game inspired by the absurd Darths of the old Star Wars EU, and end with 2 solid rounds of Undebeatable. tags: sex criminals star wars rebels legends EU darths truth or dare gerald's game stephen king splatoon
2018/04/08: A Bunch of Elbows
April 11, 2018 03:09 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBTommy and Skippy review 'A Quiet Place' (with spoilers) and also discuss Lord of the Rings, The Ritual, Truth or Dare, and Black Panther. We then talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general and share our speculations on Avengers Infinity War.
2018/04/01: Time of the Alpha Nerd
April 03, 2018 01:29 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBTommy, Skippy and Josh talk about crazy people, cults, sci-fi speed dating, Airwolf, and the weird tribalism of modern nerd culture.
2018/03/25: Working in the Private Sector (of Giant Robots)
March 27, 2018 17:51 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBWe talk about Pacific Rim: Uprising, Jessica Jones, the bizarre fandom of modern Sonic games, and more. We play 2 games (one inspired by the previously mentioned Sonic fandom, and the other inspired by the last lines of movie characters), and play the final round (of the first 16 rounds) of Undebeatable.
2018/03/18: Quit Bending My Lawn
March 19, 2018 03:19 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBWe ramble through a bizarre grouping of topics including Stephen Hawking, Mick Foley, Terry Gilliam, Gross People, Stardew Valley, the Legend of Korra, Death Wish, Walker Texas Ranger, Sonic Mania, Monster Hunter, and some other stuff. We also play a trivia game based on movie posters.
2018/03/11: Goggins Gotta Gog
March 13, 2018 20:44 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBWe talk random movies (A wrinkle in Time, Christopher Robin, The Guyver), random cartoons (Star Wars Rebels, Voltron, Freakazoid), random TV shows (Jessica Jones, Deadwood), collecting old video games, Rom Hacks, play two rounds of undebeatable, and then play the Rotten Tomatoes game.
2018/03/04: Strappin' On Endor
March 07, 2018 03:16 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBWe (vaguely) talk Star Wars Rebels, play two different trivia games (one about early D&D items, and the other about the history of video games consoles), and play a weird round of Undebeatable (featuring a Marvel second stringer who is possessed by the spirit of Vengeance and a galactic hero who is from a distant past as well as a distant galaxy.)
UNDEBEATABLE VOL. 1
February 27, 2018 20:19 - 1 hour - 98.3 MBThis episode is a special clip show collecting the first 8 rounds of our fictional fighting tournament called UNDEBEATABLE, where we childishly discuss who would win in a fight between two randomly drawn fictional characters (from movies/comics/video games/television/and more). It's as dumb as it is fun. (Spoilers) The fights include: Ceasar the Ape Vs. 90's era Lobo Ash Williams Vs. Shredder Django Vs. 70's TV Version of Captain America The T-Rex from Jurassic Park Vs. Furiosa John ...
2018/02/18: Government Mandated Fire Barrels
February 19, 2018 04:37 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBWe talk Gotham (as in By Gaslight / the show Gotham / and a themed Masquerade ball), Star Wars Rebels, Black Panther (no spoilers), conspiracy theorists, and some other stuff. We play TWO rounds of Undebeatable (the first featuring two "Real Americans" [albeit one's from space], and the second pitting an Amazonian princess against a really lucky architect) and then play a game that involves the Incredible Hulk Television show from 1978.
2018/02/11: Look at those Loops
February 14, 2018 02:54 - 1 hour - 80 MBWe talk Injustice 2, DC comics, movies (The Cloverfield Paradox / A Stupid and Futile Gesture, Voyeur), TV Shows, and Silver RavenWolf. Then we play a round of Undebeatable (featuring two very different intergalactic murder machines) followed by a game based around upcoming remakes and sequels.
2018/02/04: As the Alien Ape Looks On
February 07, 2018 03:53 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBWe read a weird old DC comic, play a round of Undebeatable (Featuring a sentient plant monster and an ancient Warrior King), and then play a game based on Rotten Tomatoes reviews.
2018/01/28: Flogging a Straw Man
January 30, 2018 16:16 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBSome people talk about Hellboy, some people talk about gun control, and then they all talk about Sinestro for a while. I don't know what else to write here.
2018/01/21: Legion of Tomorrow's Hero Guys
January 24, 2018 01:34 - 1 hour - 103 MBWe talk about TV shows including Star Wars Rebels, The Keepers, Making a Murderer, Black Lightning, Punisher, Iron Fist, Walkind Dead, The Toys That Made Us, and even more. We also touch on The Post, the Venom movie, and both Marvel and DC comics including Wolverine, The Atomic Knights, and the War That Time Forgot.
2018/01/14: Bruise Control
January 16, 2018 22:26 - 2 hours - 117 MBA year in preview for the movies of 2018. We discuss what's coming out and make predictions. Before that we play a round of Undebeatable and also talk weird dreams, Mary Roach, Lego, Star Wars comics, trades vs. Omnibus, and a lot more.
2017/12/31: Sam-Rex
January 03, 2018 01:45 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBRecorded on New Years Eve, we talk residual Star Wars feelings, comic books, Game of Thrones, Dungeons & Dragons, The Shape of Water, as well as a round of undebeatable (featuring an iconic 90's movie monster and a post-apocalyptic one-armed warrior). The last half of the show is spent discussing and comparing the on-screen kill counts for several action stars. Credit to the blog All Outta Bubblegum for most of the stats we used.
2017/12/03: SANTACLYSM 19: A Cosmic Christmas / Christopher the Christmas Tree
December 24, 2017 19:03 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBIn the second and last SANTACLYSM of 2017 we review two obscure and bizarre animated specials. The first, A Cosmic Christmas (1977), is about 3 Magi from space and is probably one of the worst specials we've ever watched. The second, Christopher the Christmas Tree (1993), is about a really dumb tree who is both too small and too big to be a Christmas tree. It is also terrible, but the result is probably one of the funniest reviews we've done. Merry Christmas!
2017/12/17: Set Your Scanners to Gun!
December 18, 2017 03:46 - 2 hours - 112 MBWe do an absurdly long (and spoiler filled) in-depth discussion about Star Wars: The Last Jedi that was recorded on the weekend of the film's release. Before that we play a brief game about Christmas movies and then a long round of Undebeatable. The Last Jedi discussion starts at Minute 46.
2017/12/03: SANTACLYSM 18: Cricket on the Hearth
December 05, 2017 21:02 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBSantaclysm returns for another year of bizarre Christmas movies. In this installment we take a look at the oft-mentioned 1967 traditionally animated Rankin/Bass classic Cricket on the Hearth.
2017/11/26: Good Call
November 29, 2017 00:11 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBWe talk Justice League (the movie), play another round of Undebeatable (featuring and an iconic horror hero and the villain from a classic children's franchise), and then play a game of Tommy's design that is based around Rotten Tomatoes reviews. Also discussed: movies filmed in Louisville, Stranger Things, the Rampage movie, the new DuckTales, and more!
2017/11/19: Schrödinger's Pants
November 22, 2017 00:54 - 1 hour - 77.3 MBWe discuss the epidemic of sexual assault that has dominated the news recently and Tommy talks of one particular case that hits a little close to home. After that we talk comic books (Brian Michael Bendis leaves Marvel for DC / Various writers / the 90's animated Spawn cartoon) and Josh tells the story of his brief cameo appearance on another podcast (Jay and Silent Bob Get Old). PLUS!: The first installment of our fictional fighting tournament UNDEBEATABLE.
2017/11/12: Double-Zeus
November 14, 2017 19:43 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBOur triumphant (and lengthy) return! We discuss the movies that were released during our long hiatus. Logan, Kong: Skull Island, Beauty & The Beast, Power Rangers, Get Out, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Alien: Covenant, Wonder Woman, Baby Driver, Spider-Man: Homecoming, It, Mother!, Blade Runner 2049, Thor: Ragnarok, and many more!
Episode 200: The 200th Episode (2016 - Year in REVIEW)
February 02, 2017 00:23 - 1 hour - 99.4 MBIn this episode: we revisit our predictions from episode 175 and talk about the year 2016. Note 1: At the time of recording this I (Tommy) hadn't seen La La Land, so let me take this moment to say it is probably my favorite movie of 2016. I love it. I saw it twice. I bought the soundtrack. I also hadn't seen 31 at the time, which I can say is probably the worst movie of 2016. Note 2: We are taking a hiatus for a while to sort personal stuff and reboot the show to make it better. This is ...
Episode 199: SANTACLYSM Pt. 17 - RANKIN/BASS 5
December 15, 2016 03:50 - 3 hours - 169 MBIn this episode: It's a Christmastime marathon of Rankin/Bass specials. Every year we devote a handful of episodes to Christmas movies/specials. This year we only had time to record 1, so we made it count. This is a massive 3 hour episode wherein we discuss 6 specials from top to bottom. The specials inculded are Leprechaun's Christmas Gold, Nestor the Long Eared Christmas Donkey, The First Christmas: The Story of the First Chrismast Snow, The Little Drummer Boy (1 & 2), and Pinochio's Chris...
Episode 198: Let's Get Gross
October 24, 2016 02:50 - 2 hours - 116 MBIn this episode: We celebrate Halloween 2016 by discussing modern horror movies including remakes, oddities, foreign films, and recent releases like Light's Out and Don't Breathe.
Episode 197: Whip Crazy Pud
October 10, 2016 19:46 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBIn this episode: the passing of Gene Wilder, Black Sabbath still being alive, a Flugtag, Shatner spottings, and then Josh and Greg read Skippy's notes about Salo (120 Days of Sodom).
Episode 196: Bat-Cups
September 27, 2016 03:14 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBIn this episode: No Man's Sky, Stranger Things, Batman: The Killing Joke, DC's Kingdom Come, and some other bullshit.
Episode 195: Never Roll For Damage
August 31, 2016 01:37 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBI apologize about the length of time between episodes. Things are kind of tough right now and I have very little free time. This episode was recorded a month ago, and another has been recorded since. I'll try my best to get that one up too, but it will still probably be a few days (at least). I still have plans for making the show (and the web site) great again, but that's going to take time. Sorry. In this episode: horror movies, superheroes, ranking Stephen King movies, speculating an en...
Episode 194: A Wolfman All Along
July 31, 2016 20:16 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBIn this episode: Penny Dreadful, Universal's horror reboot, Stranger Things, Wyrmwood, Nintendo's weird decision making, Star Wars Rebels, the L.A. Times ranking of Spielberg's filmography, and a bunch of other stuff.
Episode 193: Never Enough Robeasts
July 21, 2016 02:51 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBIn this episode: we remember that this show exists! Also: Voltron, Legend of Tarzan, The Shadow, a bunch of Star Wars stuff, fictional characters that ran for president, and uh...just...a bunch of stuff. tags: podcast voltron attack on titans legend of tarzan the shadow roadside picnic stalker star wars rebels expanded universe mace windu fury road mad max lost in space lone wolf and cub ghost in the shell donald trump spider-gwen modaak house of reanimator fictional characters that ran fo...
Episode 192: Game of Thrones Season 6 Discussion (Part 3 of 3)
July 09, 2016 03:56 - 1 hour - 109 MBIn this episode: Tommy, Josh, and Greg discuss episodes 8-10 of Game of Thrones Season 6. (This is a supercut of the GOT recent Minisodes)
Episode 191: Game of Thrones Season 6 Discussion (Part 2 of 3)
July 09, 2016 03:44 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn this episode: Tommy, Josh, and Greg discuss episodes 5-7 of Game of Thrones Season 6. (This is a supercut of the GOT recent Minisodes)
Episode 190: Game of Thrones Season 6 Discussion (Part 1 of 3)
July 09, 2016 03:36 - 2 hours - 142 MBIn this episode: Tommy, Josh, and Greg discuss the first 4 episodes of Game of Thrones Season 6. (This is a supercut of the GOT recent Minisodes)
Episode 189: Like Society, Man
June 08, 2016 19:56 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBIn this episode: we talk Scooby-Doo, DC REBIRTH, Captain America's heel turn, John Carpenter's return to Halloween, Netflix meets Disney, and much more! tags: podcast scooby-doo apocalypse jeph loeb dc rebirth new 52 captain america prometheus 2 alien covenant john carpenter halloween 10 X tom hiddleston james bond miles morales animated movie netflix disney power rangers movie dangermouse westworld death of superman lives preacher pilot episode
Episode 188: RIP AND TEAR!
May 31, 2016 23:50 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBIn this episode: we talk weird remakes, the dumb cinemassacre controversy, read an entire Doom comic from 1996, and Tommy talks about The Flash...again.
Episode 187: Goom
May 25, 2016 02:01 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn this episode: Captain America: Civil War, Sister Act, Minority SuperHeroes, Sunset Overdrive, Walking Dead (comic), Dungeons & Dragons (movie), Doom, The Flash, and other dumb stuff.
Episode 186: The Legend of Wizardo the Great
May 24, 2016 01:59In this episode: Tommy and Skippy discuss the time they helped save a baby, Captain America: Civil War, animals, The Godfather, The Flash, and Tommy reads a list of ridiculous DC villains.
Episode 185: 1997 - So Many Pockets
May 18, 2016 22:26 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBIn this episode: two guys (Tommy & Skippy) talk about movies from 1997 for literally almost two hours. tags: podcast 1997 in film movies
Episode 184: Keep That Frown Exactly Where It Is
May 05, 2016 18:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBIn this episode: we tackle Star Wars Rebels, Game of Thrones, Captain America: Civil War, Horace and Pete, how George Lucas is a Weirdo, how Tommy hates Charlie Kaufman, Sadako vs. Kayako, Mega Shark Vs. Kolossus, and some other stuff.
Episode 183: Shaft Gaffin
April 28, 2016 03:52 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBIn this episode: we talk an awful lot about Star Wars (mostly about Star Wars Rebels season 1, the Rogue One trailer, and remember old EU stories), then we talk Marvel stuff, comic books, weird anime, and the Walking Dead season 6 finale. tags: podcast star wars rogue one trailer rebels season one hoar expanded universe legends hoar batman v superman predator alien judge dredd cloak and dagger tv series spider-man doctor strange luke cage cyborg 009 devilman walking dead
Episode 182: Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (COMMENTARY)
April 14, 2016 23:47 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBIn this episode: the guys watch the 1977 cult horror film Death Bed: The Bed The Eats. They also talk a little about Batman V Superman.
Episode 181: Too Many Hulks to Count
March 25, 2016 05:30 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBIn this episode: we talk about the current Heroin epidemic in Kentucky, the first few episodes of Daredevil (season 2), 10 Cloverfield Lane, politics, Hulk Hogan, Marvel's Civil War II, some other stuff, and Tommy defends Kingdom of the Crystal Skull again for some reason. tags: louisville kentucky heroin epidemic daredevil netflix the flash supergirl 10 cloverfield lane hulk hogan marvel civil war 2 II zack snyder the fountainhead hp lovecraft rush hour tv show indiana jones 5 star wars ba...
Episode 180: Backdoor Spider-Man
March 24, 2016 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBIn this episode: We play a variation of the Rotten Tomatoes game from episode 178. After that we talk recent entertainment news including Supernatural, Voltron, Friday the 13th, Star Trek Beyond, X-Men, and more. tags: rotten tomatoes supernatural friday the 13th crystal lake voltron netflix star trek beyond x-men apocalypse the tick live action after sleeping beauty luke cage daredevil aquaman the flash movie civil war spider-man agent carter they live walk of life project dire straights
Episode 179: Fatties Be Speculatin'
March 23, 2016 17:56 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBIn this episode: we wildly speculate about a bunch of stuff that hasn't happened yet including Ghostbusters, the 21 Jump Street/Men In Black crossover, the Venom movie, and more. After that, Tommy gets annoyed by a list on the internet and talks about quitting his job among other stuff. tags: ghostbusters trailer 21 jump street men in black venom standalone day of the dead star trek the motion picture john carpenter the thing jurassic park darth vader no man's sky