Now We Know
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsOn Now We Know, Kevin Werkheiser and Chris Tognotti return to resonant, haunting, farcical, or otherwise impactful entertainment obsessions of their youths, through the jaundiced eyes of adulthood.
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22. Garfield's Halloween Adventure
October 10, 2018 06:37 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBIn a surprise bonus episode, Now We Know continues its fright-filled month of October by looking back at Garfield's Halloween Adventure, a 1985 animated special that clearly left some marks on young Kevin's psyche.
21. Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings
October 01, 2018 07:42 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBKicking off an October month of spooktacular episodes to sate your Halloween hungers, Kevin and Chris are joined by Jessica to discuss a movie that haunted her young life ― Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings.
20. 1998 NY Senate Debate
September 16, 2018 17:17 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBFor the groundbreaking 20th episode of Now We Know, you'll step into a time warp, hurtling you 20 years into the past to revisit the very first time Chris watched a political debate. And, as it turns out, the in question debate have been a historic one ― you'll never find a political candidate more devastatingly on-message than New York Senator Al D'Amato.
19. Flight of the Navigator
September 03, 2018 06:43 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBDon’t look now, but Paul Reubens is a spaceship and he done stole a kid! That’s a brief, wholly unfair description of Disney’s 1986 classic film Flight of the Navigator, which Kevin and Chris were all too eager to relive.
18. Little Nemo
August 20, 2018 07:33 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBThis time Kevin and Chris are joined by a very special guest ― Bay Area stand-up comedian Natasha Vinik ― to gaze back at a childhood favorite that'd been kicking around in her head for decades. Namely, 1989's Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, a lavishly animated film based on the groundbreaking early 20th century comic strip of the same name.
17. Coyle and Sharpe
August 06, 2018 08:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBThis week, your humble hosts look back at a tragically unheralded pair of comedy pioneers, Jim Coyle and Mal Sharpe, better known as Coyle and Sharpe. The hilarious duo tormented and tantalized many random San Franciscans in the early 1960s with their absurdist brand of street interviews, and spoiler alert, they are timelessly great.
16. Batman Power Records Audio Drama (1975)
July 23, 2018 08:23 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBThe Now We Know boys are hurled back into the world of audio drama, as Kevin brings forth a 1975 vinyl album of Batman stories produced by Power Records. You'd be hard pressed to find a more tension-free quartet of adventures for the caped crusader, as your dynamic duo quickly learned.
15. Supermarket Sweep
July 09, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBThe next time you're at the checkout counter and you hear the beep, think of all the fun you could have listening to Chris and Kevin talk about Supermarket Sweep!
14. Get A Life
June 25, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBIf you've never seen Chris Elliot's 1990s sitcom "Get A Life," starring Elliot as something of a psychopath manchild, you are either very fortunate or very unfortunate. You'll simply have to listen to this week's episode to find out which!
13. Metal Gear Solid
June 11, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBChris successfully convinces Kevin to delve into a murky world of conspiracy theories, psycho-sexually motivated cowboys, cyborg ninjas, nuclear-armed bipedal battle tanks, and the Super Baby Method.
12. Star Wars: The NPR Radio Drama
May 28, 2018 03:29 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBDid you know that NPR created a radio drama of the original Star Wars trilogy, complete with the vocal talents of one Mark Hamill? It's true! Join Kevin and Chris on a warm, cozy auditory jaunt through the worlds of Tatooine, Alderaan, and the decks of the Tantive IV.
11. Problem Child 2
May 14, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MBThis time, Seth Millstein ― of Now We Know intro and outro theme fame ― joins Kevin and Chris for a revisiting of Problem Child 2, in which the entire plot hinges on John Ritter being the most undeniably sexually attractive man on Earth.
10. The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T
April 30, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThis time, Chris plucks a peculiar children's film out of the fog of 1953: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, the first and only movie written by Dr. Seuss! Includes tyrannical piano teachers, upbeat musical numbers, unsettling descriptions of torture implements, and a surprising number of extremely direct Simpsons influences.
9. Captain America (1990)
April 16, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBAre you excited for Avengers: Infinity War? If so, you better get familiar with 1990's Captain America first, because the two films are chronologically canonical, and the new one won't make any sense otherwise! Kevin revisits a childhood classic, and Chris is inescapably along for the ride.
8. Wisconsin Death Trip
April 02, 2018 05:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBChris and Kevin dip into a haunting, lilting tide of morbidity, depression, murder, suicide, and cocaine-fueled (or possibly alleviated?) window smashing with 1999's Wisconsin Death Trip. Also: a really ripping recipe for sheepshead stew.
7. Star Trek VCR Board Game Bonus Episode!
March 26, 2018 07:28 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBFeast your ears on the raw, unadulterated audio of Kevin, Chris, and Jason playing Star Trek: The Next Generation VCR Board Game: A Klingon Challenge, the scintillating subject of last week's episode! Bij included.
6. Star Trek: The VCR Board Game
March 19, 2018 07:40 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBKevin brought a board game, a VHS tape filled with Klingon insults and guest 'caster Jason Rudy to us this time. The board game? The punchily-titled Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Interactive VCR Board Game: A Klingon Challenge. Get ready to experience bij (that's punishment in Klingon) along with us!
5. Sonic Adventure
March 05, 2018 07:43 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBThis week, guest star Evan Tognotti presents Sonic Adventure, Sega's disastrous 1998 response to Nintendo's Super Mario 64. Together, Evan, Kevin, and Chris braved Sonic's strange and meandering tale, and came out on the other side with some pointed thoughts.
4. Consuming Passions
February 19, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBThis time, Chris serves up a feast of cannibalistic chocolate decadence with 1988's Consuming Passions. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame, and starring Jonathon Pryce and Vanessa Redgrave. (Don't be fooled by the pedigree.)
3. Bugsy Malone
February 05, 2018 13:49 - 1 hour - 51.5 MBKevin presents one of his favorite cult kids' movies: Bugsy Malone. A gangster movie where all the characters are played by kids, starring young Jodie Foster and Scott Baio. Also it's a musical with songs by Paul Williams, sung by adults which the kids lipsync to.
2. The Thief and the Cobbler
January 22, 2018 08:42 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBThis time Chris brings a dim memory of artistic integrity into the present: The Thief and the Cobbler! (originally released as Arabian Knight).
1. The Peanut Butter Solution
January 05, 2018 17:00 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBOn our first episode, Kevin brings a childhood trauma from 1986 for us to relive.