Postmodem
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 10 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThree highly branching and divergent young men reminisce about growing up in the crumbling American empire. With digressions to technology, rap music, popular culture, and literature. Hosted by Colin Barrett, Patrick Thomson, and Phillip Bowden.
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#16: I Made a Poop Joke in Church
March 02, 2014 02:40 - 1 hour - 31.6 MBHello, listeners. Around Thanksgiving we sat down and recorded a really fantastic episode for you all. Unfortunately, shit, as they say, happened. Sorry about that. Everything is fine now though, and we're pleased to release this humdinger for your listening pleasure. That's it for the preamble, on to the show notes! We begin by discussing Phillip's adventure to Hooters in Midtown, Manhattan (never go there) and speculate about a possible support group for victims of one-sided music industr...
#15: It Has to Be a Hot Ringtone
September 30, 2013 16:16 - 1 hour - 16.6 MBWe kick off another episode with what is rapidly becoming a Postmodem trope—that's right, more Williamsburg Bar Stories from Phillip. We criticize people who are poor about respecting the boundaries of others. Patrick discusses the time he got his ass whooped in jiu-jitsu by a bouncer from one of Cleveland's largest strip clubs. We engage in an truly exhaustive review of Doris, Earl Sweatshirt's debut album. We discuss the nature of publicity and popularity in the Internet age. Patrick defend...
#14: Man, I Don't Know Shit About Thunderstorms
August 12, 2013 15:12 - 1 hour - 17.5 MBWe're back. Again. We have somewhat of an unprepared start to the episode, but quickly get down to three of Phillip's fantastic Williamsburg Bar Stories - including one about the previously-discussed scourge that is small-head privilege. We segue nicely into a discussion of the proper procedure for thunderstorms (consensus: pour whiskey, put on Boards of Canada, get mad snuggly on the couch). It is revealed that Patrick behaved very uncharacteristically and participated in physical sporting a...
#13: Millennial Gear Rising: Lazy, Entitled Action
May 17, 2013 21:01 - 1 hour - 16.6 MBWe're back with a nice frivolous episode after the unprecedented seriousness of the previous one. Patrick talks about a soujourn to Amsterdam during which he watched a king being crowned and a drunk person falling into a canal (not simultaneously). We discuss the virtues of the new Daft Punk songs and we discuss, in somewhat reverent tones, just how handsome Pharrell Williams is. We rhapsodize about our recent conversion to Aeropress coffee, then segue into a breathlessly excited discussion o...
#12: Childhood Is Ultimately a Black Disappointment (feat. Ed "Funkatron" Finkler)
April 17, 2013 18:42 - 1 hour - 19.4 MBThe Postmodem triumvirate is thrilled to feature our first guest appearance - Ed Finkler (@funkatron), host of Development Hell and the creator of the legendary Ham Button. After some brief discussion about the Ham Button economics, we embark on a long and nuanced (Really! Except for the part where we terrify Colin with well-placed Twin Peaks images) discussion of Ed's Open-Sourcing Mental Illness campaign to raise awareness of mental illness in the software development community. We recount ...
#11: Cumberbatch and Kojima Get the Vapors
March 11, 2013 23:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBLast week we rapped about Odd Future wunderkinds Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler the Creator, Jay Electronica, and outdated audio technology. We reminisced about '90s MTV and a discussion of sub sandwiches somehow leads in to outdated Victorian innuendo. None of us can pronounce "code folding". We all complain about corporate engineering blogs, Facebook's in particular. Patrick gives us the run down on Metal Gear Solid Rising: Revengance: Frenetic Lightning Action, Phillip educates us on (500) Days...
#10: Could I Get That Martini Syphilitic, Please?
February 21, 2013 22:28 - 1 hour - 17.5 MBIn this episode, Patrick and Phillip reminisce about their first battles with Internet Haters, Patrick rants about functional programming, and there is a disagreement on the matter of the Martini. Arson is threatened and disavowed in a discussion about Frank Ocean's prospects at The Grammys. Tycoons, dinosaurs and reference books somehow occupy the same conversational space. Colin opens up about his abandonment issues regarding JJ Abrams. Your hosts discuss the films of Quentin Tarantino, Tak...
#9: Christopher Nolan's High Tide
January 28, 2013 21:42 - 1 hour - 16 MBOur first live episode, "sponsored" by hambutton.com, recorded in Phillip's apartment in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Earth. We recount Colin and Phillip's adventures in New York City and Patrick's adventures at the Pittsburgh airport. We discuss various nocturnal emissions and the care and feeing of older models of televisions. We shout out to one of our listeners and Colin teaches you how to steal a car. We discuss ridiculous airplane and TV edits of movies and Mark Hamill's ...
#8: A Sartorial Cut Down
January 17, 2013 16:12 - 1 hour - 16.1 MBWe’re back! We regale you with tales of our holidays: Phillip tells of strangers attempting to fight him by insulting his sartorial choices, Colin describes Hawaiian radio stations that play nothing but Hawaiian Christmas music, and Patrick gives a breathless summary of the world’s greatest tea shop. Patrick tries desperately to get sponsored by Uniqlo. We discuss the merits of liking things unironically, dive into a spoilerrific discussion of Nick Harkaway’s The Gone-Away World, discuss Ryan...
#7: Amateur Physics
December 17, 2012 17:56 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBWe're back on our grind on our new schedule. We discuss Patrick and Phillip's eventful Thanksgiving in lovely Virginia, complete with bourbon and animal attacks. A sleep-deprived Patrick squares off against some unnerving Japanese vending machines. New Star Wars films are on the horizon, so we talk about Star Wars past, present and future, delving into such topics as the quality of the prequel trilogy, the problems with Return of the Jedi, what we'd like to see in a new Star Wars film and the...
#6: NPCs Don't Do Anything
December 03, 2012 19:10 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBIn mid-September we discussed a case of mistaken identity at White Castle; the The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker–shaped hole in the Postmodem family, which game may or may not be excellent, and also the other 3D Zeldas; the flaws and virtues of the Wii; the pervasive culture of design-by-project-management and Nintendo's cultural inability to say no; Colin's foray into improv comedy. Feelings and anxiety received an extensive, video games and literature–tinged treatment and we had another p...
#5: Salmon-Colored Shants
November 19, 2012 22:24 - 1 hour - 49 MBA brief programming note: check out our brand-new website at postmodemcast.com. It's really cool and we made it just for you. In late July we discussed underwear, shorts, shants, knees, jorts, and queefing; The Pre-Taped Call In Show, Junot Díaz, and Seinfeldian second-cousin doppelgängers; Nick Harkaway, John le Carré, and Patrick's classy, magic Twitter interaction with the former; Frank Ocean, Tony Kushner's Angel's In America, Nas, Earl Sweatshirt, and Lil Wayne; Daniel Kahneman, Malcol...
#4: Small Head Privilege
August 22, 2012 19:49 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBWe discuss the weather. We squee about RZA's new movie "The Man with the Iron Fists" and Masta Killa's debut album "No Said Date". We hate on Rdio's redesign and Colin drops some data-driven product design knowledge. We talk about Patrick's and Phillip's abnormally large heads. We reminisce about growing up without any seasons and about our childhood fears. We compare and contrast the religious views of J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, and Sigmund Freud, and recommend the book "The Question of God...
#3: Contrarianism by Proxy
July 24, 2012 23:18 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBWe're back with a new episode. We talk about the dangers of programming in the dark ages, Drake's status as King of Moms, celebrity-endorsed alcohol, newspaper comics, and hipsters and their Williamsburg affectations.
#2: Afterbits
May 25, 2012 21:08 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBOur tenth-funniest show to date! Experience: placenta shampoo! Hear: tales of crushing rejection! Smell: nothing, you're on a computer! Plus: Nickelodeon as a source of cultural reference, a very serious discussion about smoking, and not a whole lot else, frankly.
#1: El Paso Metaphysics
April 11, 2012 17:47 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBHey, listen! New content! A full-length episode, even! Topics discussed include: racism, musicals, Crossfire, advertising jingles, Javascript, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, and probably some other stuff too.