Mostly Nitpicking
543 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 515 ratingsA weekly podcast where Nando, DJ, and Diggins analyze a piece of pop culture by looking exclusively at the details.
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Reckless Speculation - Movies in 2015
January 21, 2015 23:52 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIt is clear that 2015 is going to be the biggest single year for movies since possibly 1994. We have assembled Nando and DJ, along with faithful guest Chris Diggins, to speculate about some of the possible successes and failures that we can look forward to this year. Obviously mega hits like Avengers and Star Wars will be great but what about some of the smaller films? Will Mad Max have a strong enough start to reboot the franchise? Will Pitch Perfect 2 sour Anna Kendrick's popularity? What o...
Bracketeer Interview - Captain Boomerang
January 21, 2015 23:52 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBThis week DJ and graphic designer Michelle Coraci sit down to talk with one of the Captains from our Craziest Captain bracket. Digger Harkness a.k.a. Captain Boomerang stops by to give us some insight into his boomerang themed process. He gives us a behind the scenes look at the recent drama concerning the Suicide Squad movie. He also talks about his appearance on Flash and his unbelievably stupid origin story. Vote for Digger and the other Captains at www.madbracketstatus.com
MBS 074 - Bracket Underpants
January 20, 2015 04:23 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBThis week we have graphic artist Michelle Coraci on to talk about more Crazy Captains. We take a closer look at the round one match ups between the Space, Sea, Superhero, and Other divisions of our Craziest Captains bracket. Some patterns emerge. Are all of the space captains intent on killing their crew members? Are all of the superhero captains incredibly insecure? All of those questions and more will get answered this week.
MBS 073 - Oh Bracket! My Bracket!
January 14, 2015 21:45 - 2 hours - 120 MBOh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket is over and we are staring our new bracket this week. We bring on actor/comedian Chris Diggins to talk about who we think are the Craziest Captains. We have Captains from the four major Captain divisions; Space, Superhero, Sea, and Other. Vote all week on your picks.
Bracketeer Interview - The Ghost of Paul McCartney
January 14, 2015 05:04 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBWhat's that you say? Paul McCartney is still alive? Do we have an interview for you! Apparently, not only was Paul McCartney killed in a car accident in 1966 and it was covered up by the Beatles BUT Paul McCartney chose to, as a ghost, come on Mad Bracket Status to talk about the truth with DJ and Caroline. He talks about the conspiracy, the afterlife, and all kinds of other stuff. Its great.
MBS 072 - The Bracket on the Moon
January 06, 2015 04:38 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBThis is it! This week we finally finish the Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket once and for all. Will is be 9/11 Truth? Will it be the Moon Landing? It will be the Moon Landing. They win. Bracket over. Now onto the future. We bring Mad Bracket Status CTO, Caroline Amaba, on to discuss our new Craziest Captains bracket! This one is going to be fun. Love us again! Also there is a post credits conversation from last week with Zane Schacht about the Star Wars prequels that we thought was too fun ...
Reckless Speculation - Telltale Games
January 05, 2015 12:04 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week we sit down with Zane Schacht to recklessly speculate about Telltale Games. Best known for their Walking Dead series, Telltale is working on a lot of interesting projects that make is possible for their 2015 to go in a lot of different directions. What will the third season of The Walking Dead look like? Will Minecraft: Story Mode be a success? What will Telltale's next licensed project be? All of this and more on this week's Reckless Speculation.
MBS 071 - One Bracket Leap for Mankind
December 31, 2014 05:10 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBDid we land on the moon? Was 9/11 an inside job? Probably not. That won't stop us from investigating. We bring comedian Zane Schacht onto the show to discuss the Final Match up in our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. We also discuss the origins of the Jewish holidays and the New York Jets (briefly).
Bracketeer Interview - Stevie Wonder
December 27, 2014 23:23 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThis week we talk with legendary singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. We talk to him about his blindness and the conspiracy theory that he is, in fact, not blind at all! He debuts some of his new singles that may or may not be supplemented with some subtle clues to whether he can see or not.
MBS 070 - One Small Step for Bracket
December 24, 2014 06:14 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBThis week DJ is totally checked out! He and Nando welcome Ethan Crump back to the show. We talk about some of the recent SONY controversy and we reveal the Final Four in our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket.
Reckless Speculation - Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
December 17, 2014 02:20 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBThis week friends of the show/Star Wars nerds George Blazeski and Alex Lee join Nando and DJ for Reckless Speculation. They all give their reckless theories on the forthcoming Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens. Also they make fun of the Jets a little.
Bracketeer Interview - Jesse Ventura
December 17, 2014 02:19 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBThis may be our most incredible interview ever. Jesse Ventura, host of Conspiracy Theory, stops by to sit down with DJ and George Blazeski and talk about the Illuminati but little does he know that all is not what it seems. Some of our hosts have secret agendas that will blow your minds.
MBS 069 - The Amazing Bracketman
December 15, 2014 04:36 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThis week Nando and DJ welcome their friend and non legal council, George Blazeski onto the show. They talk history and reveal the Elite Eight in our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. They also cover the recent Sony hacks.
MBS 068 - The Bracket Submarine
December 08, 2014 04:41 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBThis week we dive deeper into the Sweet Sixteen round of our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. Kevin Lourenco finally returns from Europe/Ohio. We break down the 9/11 Truth movement, the Paul is Dead theory, Chemtrails, and Jesus' Bloodline. Vote all week to determine the Elite Eight.
Reckless Speculation - The Flash
December 08, 2014 04:39 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week on Reckless Speculation, we speculate recklessly on the future of The Flash. We have our MBS co-host and Pop-Break.com's Flash correspondent, Nando bring on fellow Flash fan's and past guests Kevin Lourenco and Emily Hromada to give some of their crazy Flash theories. Emily wonders about Firestorm's introduction. Kevin thinks a main character is going to die soon. Nando explains his crazy theory that Barry's dad is the Man in the Yellow Suit and he is also Eddie in the future. Comme...
MBS 067 - Isn't She Bracket?
December 05, 2014 02:30 - 1 hour - 97 MBThis is the first week of our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. We welcome back the voice of Mad Bracket Status, Jackson Kelly, back to go through the first round and discuss some of the competitors. We go into depth on the moon landing, Stevie Wonder's blindness, JFK's assassination, and the pyramids.
Bracketeer Interview - Neil deGrasse Tyson
December 01, 2014 03:24 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this week's interview segment, DJ and MBS guest Nick Porcaro sit down with famed astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. They discuss conspiracies and the moon landing but mostly the $400 that Nick's dad, Ken Porcaro, owes NDT. Apparently Neil Degrasse Tyson's whole career has been an elaborate scheme to get that $400.
MBS 066 - Bracketback
November 24, 2014 03:24 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBThis week graphic designer and friend of the show Nick Parcaro stops by. We reveal the winner of the Best Billionaire Bracket. We also dive into some of the possibilities for our next bracket. Also Nickleback is terrible.
Reckless Speculation - Ubisoft
November 20, 2014 04:46 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThis week we recklessly speculate about Ubisoft. On the heels of releasing the 7th entry into the Assassin's Creed series, we make some guesses as to the future of the company. We talk future Assassin's Creed games, Watchdogs sequels, and we even speculate on their hyped up Division. We also get a little off topic and argue over whether games like Halo being buggy is a problem or not.
MBS 065 - Bracketsoft
November 18, 2014 05:22 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBWho is the Best Billionaire? We are so close to finding that out! You don't even know, man! On this episode, we invite video game designer Frank DiCola over to talk rich people. We reveal the winners of the Real and Fictional sides of our Best Billionaire Bracket and talk about the final match up. We also talk a bit of Chris Rock and space shirt controversy because we just can't not do that.
Bracketeer Interview - Bruce Wayne and Batman
November 12, 2014 15:43 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn this week's interview segment, DJ and Stunwin sat down with both Bruce Wayne AND Batman! That's right! They were both there sitting side by side talking to our hosts. They refuted the allegations that they are the same person, talked about the economic situation in Gotham, and even revealed Batman's true identity to the world.
MBS 064 - Bracket Down
November 10, 2014 04:48 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBThis week we reveal the Final Four in our Best Billionaire Bracket. Fan favorite, Stunwin comes on to defend Warren Buffet and hate on Kaiba. We also go into even MORE depth about Yu-Gi-Oh!, which Stunwin hates. Vote on the final four and keep an eye out for the interview we did with Stunwin and a competitor from the bracket that you should be able to listen to later this week.
Reckless Speculation - Nintendo
November 07, 2014 04:44 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBIn our second episode of Reckless Speculation, Nando and DJ sit down with our CTO Caroline Amaba to speculate about the future of Nintendo.
MBS 063 - Who Shot Mr Bracket?
November 06, 2014 04:49 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThe votes have been cast! And we are talking about both the real world votes that matter and the Midterm elections. Boom! Burn. We invite comedian Ethan Crump on the show to discuss the results of our second round of voting on the Best Billionaire Bracket. Some clear favorites are emerging when we discuss the elite eight. We even have the first tie in a very long time.
Reckless Speculation - Marvel's Infinity War
November 04, 2014 03:07 - 27 minutes - 25 MBIn another bit of BONUS stuff, Nando, DJ, and Zak engage in a little bit of RECKLESS SPECULATION! With all of the Marvel announcements as of late, we wanted to speculate about the future of the Marvel and of all comic book movies. Will the bubble burst? Will Marvel be forced to reboot? Will they keep making Thor movies? Let us know what you think and look out later this week for the new MBS Podcast!
MBS 062 - The Bracketaires
October 30, 2014 04:11 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBSecond time's a charm. We bring creative genius Zak Moy on to talk about the results from the first round of our Best Billionaire Bracket. We also get really far into Yu-Gi-Oh! so get ready for that.
Bracketeer Interview - Donald Trump
October 28, 2014 03:03 - 27 minutes - 25 MBOur interview with Donald Trump as preview to Episode 62. There were some technical difficulties getting the full Episode 62 up, and DJ explains here in this YouTube Video: http://youtu.be/w7kdqqP4RDo
MBS 061 - The Desolation of Brackets
October 20, 2014 23:21 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBThe Best Billionaire Bracket begins! Jay Van Buiten and Emily Hromada come on to finalize our bracket and look at some of the early match ups. We also get to talk to the largest billionaire in the fictional side of the bracket, Smaug, about his experience and his thoughts about his competitors.
MBS 060 - The Bracket Sixty
October 15, 2014 02:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBThe Best Billionaire Bracket is starting to shape up. On this episode we #buildthebracket with 16 real billionaires and 16 fictional ones. Paul Dicola stops by to explain to DJ how the numbers work and another surprise billionaire comes on to explain how to spend billions of dollars.
059 - The Lost Bracket
October 13, 2014 12:34 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBThis is the lost episode. Okay that's a little dramatic. DJ forgot to upload it for a week. We talked about DJ's trip, the 7th Heaven dude, and Smash. We also got into our new bracket that we will start very soon. It's the Best Billionaire Bracket!
058 - Bracketgate
September 30, 2014 06:04 - 1 hour - 102 MBWe are flying solo here. DJ is off in Great Britain so Nando is forced to go it alone. He has help though. So yeah. Not alone. Emily Hromada and Chris Diggins stop by to announce the winner of the The Purplest One bracket and agree that we already talked about it a bunch last week. Diggins has to leave, but Nando and Emily interview Richard Nixon and finally get down to the bottom of the Watergate Conspiracy. We also tease the next bracket and we even rip apart the Desolation of Smaug.
057 - Mad Bracket Anniversary
September 22, 2014 03:43 - 2 hours - 113 MBThis is our 1-Year Anniversary Episode! We have a ton of guests back on. Ethan, Emily, Frank, Paul, Caroline, Nick, Tim, Diggins, and Jack all stop by to talk the first year of Mad Bracket Status. In a stunning turn of events, all of this year's Nando guests show up to present a surprise Awards Show! We call it the Maddys! Oh and we get to the results of the The Purplest One final four. This is certainly the greatest episode of Mad Bracket Status ever, until next year.
056 - Super Bracket Tennis
September 15, 2014 02:15 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBThis podcast is on fire! DJ and Nando sit down with sketch comedian and Dave Coulier enthusiast Sean Kelty to talk purple. We reveal the Final Four in our The Purplest One bracket and we even get a chance to sit down with one of our competitors. Get excited for our anniversary episode next week!
055 - Brackets in Disguise
September 08, 2014 11:20 - 1 hour - 102 MBThis is a message to all Autobots. We go through the first round of eliminations in the The Purplest One bracket. Fan favorite Stunwin stops by to give us his opinion and get some great football advice. Also I, Optimus Prime, stop by with an old friend to warn Mad Bracket Status about one of the competitors. Autobots, Roll Out!
054 - The Baltimore Brackets
September 03, 2014 02:42 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBThe first week of voting in the The Purplest One bracket is over. We have eliminated many great competitors (and Justin Beiber) to arrive at our top 16. We bring our friend and not legal council George Blazeski on to talk purple and also football. Also speaking of purple and football, you are never going to believe who from the bracket comes on. But then again with the power of prayer and positive thinking anything is possible. Anything.
053 - The Clown Prince of Bracket
August 25, 2014 02:26 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBWe have the 32 competitors in the running for our The Purplest One bracket. We bring Trevor Brenn on to sort through the competition and give us his opinion on who can win it all. We even get a surprise appearance from one of the competitors himself and he has a bone to pick with DJ.
052 - The Bracket Purple
August 20, 2014 03:40 - 1 hour - 102 MBThings are about to get purple. We go over every possible competitor in our Purplest One (Title Pending) Bracket. Comedian Miles Bado joins us and also a Batman villain who has nothing to do with purple stops by.
051 - Brackets on Fire
August 14, 2014 02:54 - 2 hours - 120 MBThis episode of Mad Bracket Status is huge! We have DOUBLE the Ivans! We have DOUBLE the hours! It took us DOUBLE as long as it usually does to get it online! Along with our guest, Ethan Crump, we reveal the winner of our Best Sports Movie Villain. We also talk about our next bracket, Purplest Guy.
050 - Brackets of the Galaxy
August 07, 2014 04:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBHooked on a bracket! Ba da na na! Nando and DJ bring Nick Porcaro on for his incredible third appearance! We go through our Final Four results for the Best Sports Movie Villain bracket and reveal the final two competitors! But mostly, we talk about Guardians of the Galaxy! Spoilers abound! Nick thought Captain America 2 was better than Avengers! I know, right? We also speak with a certain mad Titan who is looking for magic rocks or something. Who cares? Can you believe Porcaro didn't think Av...
MBS 049 - Welcome to the Bracket Jam
July 29, 2014 03:42 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBEverybody get up! It's time to jam now. We are down to the final four in our Best Sports Movie Villain bracket. CTO Caroline Amaba comes back on to help us eliminate four of the competitors. We also interview three of the Nerdlucks from Space Jam! Also we talk Comic Con and negative Guardians of the Galaxy reviews.
MBS 048 - Eye of the Bracket
July 22, 2014 04:20 - 1 hour - 100 MBThis week's show sounds like a damn monster movie! We have both DiCola brothers Frank and Paul. Frank is the game designer and Paul is the Frozen fanatic. (He has other interests.) We eliminate eight competitors in our Best Sports Movie Villain to reveal our Elite Eight. There are some big surprises and then there are the Monstars who continue to steamroll the competition. We also have musical Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed to talk about their experiences and sing us a few songs from their leg...
MBS 047 - Air Bud: Bracket Hound
July 16, 2014 03:55 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBY'all ready for this? We can answer that for you. No you are not. This week we invite Jay and engineer Cori onto the show to talk sports movies. Jay has seen at least three. We go over the results of the first round of voting on our Best Sports Movie Villain. Tears are shed. Friends become enemies. Enemies become friends. We also invite a wild and crazy guest who may have some insight into the most contentious match-up of the round. PS After the episode ends listen to our commentary on the tr...
MBS 046 - Bracket League
July 09, 2014 03:26 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBA new bracket is upon us. We are talking sport movies! We bring on Alex Lee, friend of the show, and Ben Chapman, the racist manager from the movie 42, and we go through our Best Sports Movie Villain Bracket. We have 32 contenders that include Shooter McGavin, White Goodman, Apollo Creed, and the Monstars! We also close up the Bracket of Eights and we finish talking about soccer forever.