Small Beans
601 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 960 ratingsSmall Beans Podcasting is a place for beans of every sort to come bean it up. Free your soul, eh? Be a frijole.
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233. The Coen Brothers Brothers: True Grit
October 28, 2019 18:12 - 1 hour - 127 MB"The wicked flee when none pursueth." Artwork by Michael Vincent Bramley. Theme by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: smallbeans.bigcartel.com
231. Frame Rate: Hot Fuzz (Feat. Shawn DePasquale)
October 22, 2019 20:07 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBFor the "greater good," Michael and Abe are joined by Shawn DePasquale of Bunny Ears fame to talk about the British action-comedy Hot Fuzz. The little hand says it's time to rock and roll and the amount of carnage and mayhem and will incur a considerable amount of paperwork. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: www.smallbeans.bigcartel.com
230. Frame Rate: Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "The Body" (feat. Caroline Anderson)
October 18, 2019 18:26 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBIn this special episode of Frame Rate, the scooby gang covers its first ever episode of television, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "The Body" from season five. Caroline Anderson joins Michael and Abers in dissecting the episode, much like the cold, heartless forensic pathologists that will dissect Buffy's mom! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: www.smallbeans.bigcartel.com
229. 1Upsmanship: Borderlands 2 (feat. Breandan Carter)
October 15, 2019 17:58 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBBreandan shows Michael and Adam the benefits of a Handsome Jack. They may or may not also speak on the merits of the Borderlands franchise! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
228. Rough Stuff: Poopin', Whackin' It, and Nature's Infinite Majesty (Feat. Soren Bowie)
October 11, 2019 15:57 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MBSoren Bowie (American Dad, formerly Cracked), tells Sarah and Bridgett tales of growing up in the woods and surviving the much more deadly wilds of childhood. Or should we say WILDhood?! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
227. Frame Rate: Kung Fu Hustle (Feat. Alex Shifman)
October 07, 2019 16:16 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBStephen Chow's first masterpiece of a movie, and an action/comedy to stand for all time, Kung Fu Hustle finally gets its frames rated. And to make matters hyper, Alex, host of the At Least There's This pod, uses his extensive knowledge of martial arts to explain to Michael and Abraham how inhaling a cigarette in one drag and roaring through a bell is a totally legal move. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://www.smallbeans.b...
SB Classic! Pop Culture Petri Dish: Fightbots and Skynets, Oh My!
October 06, 2019 04:47 - 34 minutes - 46.7 MBThis week in the Dish, the boys talk about cybertronic super-soldiers, the coming technological singularity, and little tiny Wall-E's that eat your blood. Sweet dreams! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Abe Epperson.
SB Classic! Q & A with Daniel Vincent Gordh (Matt and Dan, Off Hours, The Lizzie Bennett Diaries)
September 28, 2019 08:19 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBIn anticipation of Monday's Off Hours, DVG and Abe and Michael sit down to dig into film-making, their 11-year history working together, and the scam that is monetizing content via Facebook! Thanks to everyone who submitted sultry Q's to absorb Daniel's sensuous A's. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
225. Frame Rate: Boyz n the Hood (Feat. Jacquis Neal)
September 24, 2019 16:52 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBJacquis Neal returns to help Mike and Abe properly appreciate a John Singleton classic. Featuring Cuba Gooding, Lawrence Fishburne, and Ice Cube in a career-making role as Doughboy, implying the existence of some kind of semi-solid ice-dough state we should all clearly aspire to. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.pateron.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
224. What Dinosaur Real Good? Helicoprion!
September 20, 2019 19:28 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBLook, down in the sea! It's a fish! It's a chainsaw! It's...Helicoprion! The tooth-mouthed dino we misidentified for several centuries, at our own peril, is back, and Abe, Bridgett and Mike are gonna Real Good it for your listening pleasure. Art by the Small Beans community. Wicked Guitar Riff by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
223. Rough Stuff: Prank'd! (Feat. Christine Medrano)
September 17, 2019 21:11 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBBridgett and Sarah are back! And they brought rising LA star Christine Medrano to discuss nocturnal emissions, problematic prank calls, throwing pancakes at Canadian buses, and other cancelable acts. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com Logo by Ben Shannon. Theme by Abe Epperson.
221. Frame Rate: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Feat. Daniel O'Brien)
September 09, 2019 18:30 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBHow can it be Rong when it feels so Wright? Abe, Michael, and special guest Daniel O'Brien discuss Edgar's movie about the comic book about the band that's all about video games. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
219. 1Upsmanship: Spider-Man (Feat. Soren Bowie)
September 03, 2019 16:56 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBSoren swings silently sideways, spurting sensuous silkies. Also he, Michael, and Adam discuss Marvel's Spider-Man game! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
SB Classic! Pop Culture Petri Dish: Aah! Fake Monsters
August 31, 2019 18:03 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBCristian and Abe dive mandibles-first into the Dark Universe (tm) of sci-fi monsters, strange animals that defy explanation, and how the twain might meet. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
218. Frame Rate: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Feat. Shane Black)
August 26, 2019 17:19 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBFamed Writer/Director of The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3 and other flicks, Shane Black, sits down with Michael to discuss his directorial debut, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a movie he also wrote and, as alluded to, directed. He's a Writer/Director. His dialogue is known for being a lot snappier than this episode description. You know, Shane Black! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://www.smallbeans.bigcartel.com ...
217. Tales from the Pit: All My Gorgeous Sons (Feat. Andy Bush)
August 23, 2019 17:35 - 1 hour - 136 MBAndy Bush (Picnicface, Cavendish, My Gorgeous Son) has a POWERTHIRST for creative fulfillment, but that doesn't mean he's always going to get the creatrilytes his art-glands crave. In fact, he's spent a fair amount of his creative journey failing upward, literally, from Los Angeles back to Canada, the final refuge of all showbiz cowards (SHOTS FIRED, JOHN CANDY'S CORPSE!). Anyway, two aspiring writers compare their imperfect journeys in a challenging field. Also, Michael presents a short st...
216. Frame Rate: The Deadwood Movie (Feat. Daniel O'Brien)
August 19, 2019 20:05 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBIt's rootin'. It's tootin'. It's as close as we'll get to concludin'! Emmy-nominated writer Daniel "Emmy-nominated" O'Brien joins Abe and Michael to discuss HBO's Deadwood flick. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
214. What Dinosaur Real Good? Kosmoceratops!
August 09, 2019 05:14 - 38 minutes - 35 MBBecome a steadfast fan of this fan-headed stud that died quite some time ago but that's no reason to look down on it. Abe, Bridgett and Mike presiding. Art by the Small Beans community. Wicked Guitar Riff by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
213. 1Upsmanship: The Subnautica Interview (Feat. Charlie Cleveland)
August 05, 2019 17:26 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBMichael and Adam talk with Charlie Cleveland, Founder and Director of Unknown Worlds and Director of Subnautica. You can catch up on our analysis of Subnautica here, or just dive in and get to know the game through the eyes and gills of the man who created it! Support SB and access Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/smallbeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
211. The Coen Brothers Brothers: A Serious Man
July 29, 2019 05:08 - 1 hour - 107 MBReceive with simplicity everything that happens to you. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Theme by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/smallbeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
210. Waveformed: Michael Swaim
July 25, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBCristian Ramirez gets to know Michael Swaim better by exploring a playlist of ten songs that have impacted his life. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zoxu6HzTrMlsupV8AUem8?si=Df3Diem7QxSX0GCgZmVfiw Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com Theme by Chris Corlew. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
209. 1Upsmanship: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Feat. Vanessa Gritton)
July 22, 2019 04:22 - 1 hour - 90.4 MB1Ups superpal Vanessa Gritton returns to help Adam and Michael tackle one of the biggest gaming franchises in history. You know, the one that's all the other gaming franchises smashing against one another for your humiliation and/or amusement, depending on your skill level. Jiggly puff puff pass, my Incineroars! Snake's about to get Solid up in this Kirby! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
208. Frame Rate: Knightriders (Feat. Soren Bowie)
July 16, 2019 05:33 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBMichael and Abe's ol' pal Soren Bowie (AKA T-Bone) stops by to sink his teeth into a George A. Romero-directed spectacle about chivalry, knights, motorcycles, the creative process, and filmmaking while on drugs. Dig it, man! It's wild! Ed Harris is there! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/smallbeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
207. What Dinosaur Real Good? Linhenykus!
July 11, 2019 08:21 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBFused-wrist, single-digit nipple spikes. It's the only way to go, sisters. Join Abe, Bridgett and Michael for a look at the Linhenykus. Art by the Small Beans community. Wicked Guitar Riff by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
205. 1Upsmanship: Subnautica (Feat. Maggie Mae Fish)
July 04, 2019 16:41 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBExplore a game that's part Minecraft, part Jaws, part Aliens and all indie. Under the sea! Under the sea! Peepers are creepin', Leviathans reapin', Prawn Suit Fricassee! Support SB and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
204. Waveformed: Katie Willert
July 01, 2019 10:28 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn the premiere episode of Waveformed, host Cristian Ramirez gets to know Katie Willert better by exploring a playlist of ten songs that have impacted her life. Playlist Available at: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
SB Classic! Tales from the Pit: Best Nemeses (Feat. Griffin Rowell)
June 28, 2019 16:14 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBGriffin Rowell, Michael's oldest pal, joins him in the Pit to trace the shape of a friendship and hold fast to the weapons that help us ward off the darkness. Art by Seth Laster. Music by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
203. Frame Rate: Little Shop of Horrors (Feat. Jacquis Neal)
June 25, 2019 04:10 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBCulture King Jacquis Neal himself drops by to help Abe and Michael root through the tangled story branches (and seeds and trunks and so on) of the various versions of Little Shop of Horrors. But primarily the stage show and the 1986 Rick Moranis movie! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
SB Classic! Q & A with Greg Burke
June 24, 2019 01:24 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBGreg, Adam and Mike answer Small Beans' questions, shoot the shoot about Escort Mission, their tenures at Cracked, and plans for future collaborations. It's fun to hear old friends catch up! Support SB and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
SB Classic! Rough Stuff: The Hole In The Wall Gang (Feat. Greg Burke)
June 19, 2019 22:18 - 57 minutes - 78.3 MBGreg Burke drops in to chat with Sarah and Bridgett about their (and others') most embarrassing moments, including #DadFarts, shirtless child wrestling, and the time he tried to get the coolest kid in school to explore his secret passage. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
202. 1Upsmanship: Assassin's Creed II
June 17, 2019 10:53 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBMolto bene! Mike and Adam discuss taking up the role of Desmond Miles, then Ezio Auditore, then forgetting about Desmond Miles because Ezio can climb and jump and stuff. It's Assassin's Creed 2. Arguably the most foundational of the AC games, and a good one to fight over regardless. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
201. The Coen Brothers Brothers: Burn After Reading
June 14, 2019 12:24 - 2 hours - 125 MBWhat the fuck?! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: smallbeans.bigcartel.com
200. Frame Rate: Annihilation (Feat. Jack O'Brien)
June 10, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBJack O'Brien returns! To basically have a very confusing movie he's just seen for the first time explained to him by two dudes who have seen it more times than that. Listen along, won't you? Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
199. BOLD: Mass Incarceration - The Cost and Fight to Change
June 06, 2019 17:49 - 1 hour - 96 MBBOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In the third episode, Dahlia Ferlito talks with Ivette Ale and Taina Vargas-Edmond about their activism around prison reform. Also features a special message from Rahsaan Thomas, currently serving a life sentence at San Quentin State Prison. Complete Show Notes at https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
SB Classic! 1Upsmanship: Call of Duty, WWII
May 31, 2019 19:43 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MBAdam and Michael turn a stupid shooting game into a shockingly deep conversation, as they are wont to do. It's kind of crazy. Topics include Call of Duty, propaganda in narrative, free speech versus empathy, verisimilitude and historical obligation, and zombie mode. Support Small Beans and Access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
197. Frame Rate: Ichi the Killer (Feat. Brooks Brown)
May 27, 2019 20:08 - 59 minutes - 68.1 MBTakashi Miike's seminal (literally), ultra-gore manga-adapted tale of The Number One Killer, his friend The Other Number One Killer, this Lady Who Kills, and a few other Notable Killers. It's mad, it's undeniably well-crafted, and it may just be the most faithful comic book adaptation of all time. Let's talk. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
196. What Dinosaur Real Good? Therizinosaurus!
May 24, 2019 01:54 - 30 minutes - 34.9 MBPop your doctor-prescribed Thorazine, hop in this audio limousine, and rock to the Dino-team's pod-magazine by the Smallest Beans! This dinosaur has weird claws. Art by the Small Beans community. Wicked Guitar Riff by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
SB Classic! Q & A with Daniel O'Brien
May 22, 2019 18:33 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBBehold, what was the first of our monthly Patron-exclusive episodes for Beans only, newly released to the public! Perennial favorite DOB joins us to A your Q's, R to your Cs, and just generally BS in hilarious fashion. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
195. 1Upsmanship: Shadow of the Colossus Remastered
May 20, 2019 05:02 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBThere are giants about, and it's our job to kill them, for some mysterious reason. Join Adam and Michael as they dissect a cult classic full of emptiness and ennui. Zout Alours! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
194. Tales from the Pit: Love in the Time of Ballera (Feat. Vanessa Gritton)
May 16, 2019 23:59 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBYour sick host Michael Swaim is super-stoked to welcome tight guest Vanessa Gritton to discuss hella-pertinent issues like romance and dating through the lens of mental illness, addiction, and family drama. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
193. Rough Stuff: A Richness of Embarrassments (Feat. Cristian Ramirez)
May 15, 2019 00:42 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBPrecocious Childhood Personal Disappointments! PCPD host Cristian Ramirez braves the Rough Stuff hot seat and endures cross-examination on topics like drama in Drama, dancing for the pleasure of your peers, and playlist fails. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
192. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Future House!
May 10, 2019 22:09 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBEveryone in Austin, TX, lives in a dumpster and shits in a bucket, and they're better people for it. Ask Abe and Cristian how! Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www,patreon.com/SmallBeans
SB Classic! Q & A with Robert Evans
May 08, 2019 04:29 - 34 minutes - 32 MBThis month for our Patron-exclusive Beanus Content Module, Robert Evans joins Michael and Abers to answer your questions at a more moderate pace than last time. It's way more interesting than it has any right to be, and you helped us make it! Thanks. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content at: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
191. Frame Rate: Four Lions (Feat. Robert Evans)
May 06, 2019 04:29 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBRobert "Behind the Bastards" Evans returns to provide real-world expertise in the analysis of a very silly film about suicide bombers. That's right, it's Sharia Law and Lotsa Laffs with Abe, Mike, Rob, Omar, Barry, Faisal and Waj! Access Additional Small Beans Content at: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
189. 1Upsmanship: Telltale's The Walking Dead - Chapter 1
May 01, 2019 05:41 - 1 hour - 85 MBTrigger warning: the word "crotch" is said about 38 minutes in. Also, OH SHIT ZOMBIES! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
188. Frame Rate: Save the Green Planet! (Feat. Robert Evans)
April 26, 2019 04:01 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBBehind the Bastards' Robert Evans joins Mike and Abe to discuss a genre-bending tale of kidnapping, mental illness, torture, aliens, bees, enough film references to choke Tarantino's horse, and laughter. Save the Green Planet! proved to the world that Jang Joon-Hwan can Direct one Beck of a movie (Beck combines lots of genres, get it?). It's relentless, inventive, engaging, and hard to find in the states. Frustration brought to you courtesy of our Pick the Flick Small Beans Patron Sean Murh...
SB Classic! Pop Culture Petri Dish: Genetic Engineering, Ethics, and A.I.ristotle
April 25, 2019 17:36 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBIn this week's PCPD, Abe and Cristian dive into a variety of science developments and compare them to stupid movies to make life sensible for themselves. Artwork by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Abe Epperson. SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
187. The Coen Brothers Brothers: No Country For Old Men
April 23, 2019 16:52 - 2 hours - 189 MBCall it, Friendo. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com
SB Classic! Q&A with Ryan Pequin (Three Word Phrase, Regular Show, Adventure Time)
April 20, 2019 00:44 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBSupport SB and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans This month for our Patron-exclusive Beanus Content Module, comic creator, writer and animator Ryan Pequin joins Michael and Adam to answer your questions. It's way more interesting than it has any right to be, and you helped us make it! Thanks.
186. Rough Stuff: Big Brother Baby Boners (Feat. Abe Epperson)
April 17, 2019 18:14 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBSupport Small Beans and access Additional Content: www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: smallbeans.bigcartel.com Big Bean Abe Epperson proves why he's head of the network by putting every other embarrassing story ever featured on the show to shame. His shame is so shameful, other peoples' shame should be ashamed. And it's all for the delight of Sarah, Bridgett, and YOU! Go ahead. Be delighted. See if we care.