Zero Credit(s)
414 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe Show Where We Talk About Thing(s)
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Episode 55: John Lied About Seeing Inception
May 05, 2017 17:51 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBZero Credit(s) VR Experience Patch Notes 05/05/2017 – Fixed issue with horses – Nobility has been reduced – Added full simulation of cold medicine – Improved writing of Christopher Nolan – No longer possible to wiggle and fall through the earth – Dreams may be closer than they appear – Removed final rogue podcast – … Continue reading Episode 55: John Lied About Seeing Inception →
Supplemental Reading: Logan
April 28, 2017 15:04 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIt’s been a while since the last Supplemental Reading. 20 years, in fact. We’ve grown old. Our healing factors don’t work quite as well and the claws still hurt every time they come out. Come listen to John and Henry discuss the movie that’s so good, it hurts to watch. Every second is filled with … Continue reading Supplemental Reading: Logan →
Episode 54: Red Ash and Dreams of Cash
April 21, 2017 16:48 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBThe drums beat out a crisp beat, urging their soldiers forward. Bom, bom bom bom. The microscopic soldiers have marched for two weeks without rest, laying siege to John’s immune system. They’ve sieged the nose, razed the throat, and left the stomach a burned husk, and yet they drive on. How much longer could this … Continue reading Episode 54: Red Ash and Dreams of Cash →
Episode 53: John Dies at the End
April 14, 2017 16:14 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBJohn has a fatal secret in this episode that he doesn’t reveal until it’s too late. Seriously, we discuss robot cookbooks fueled by neural network learning, including Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Chips with Chocolate Chips, and the entire time John is harboring a secret that could threaten the very existence of the … Continue reading Episode 53: John Dies at the End →
Less Than Zero 3: Every Man Is an Island . . . And That’s Okay
April 08, 2017 19:33 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBListeners, it’s been a heck of a week and to top it all off, I (Henry) have to go into work today, which is Saturday. I work hard during the week. I like to think I earn my weekend. I put in 40+ hours, but that’s not enough. No. Here’s more hours during my weekend. … Continue reading Less Than Zero 3: Every Man Is an Island . . . And That’s Okay →
Episode 52: Of Princes and Pumas
March 31, 2017 15:12 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBGreetings listener, to this weary episode of Zero Credit(s)! Henry and John crawl out of their respective corporate holes to deliver a bold prediction: capitalism will persist for six more weeks. That doesn’t stop John from getting uncharacteristically fired-up about Lucha Libre, though, as he schools Henry on the finer points of the seedy action … Continue reading Episode 52: Of Princes and Pumas →
Episode 51: The Smurfs 3: SmuhFurbies
March 24, 2017 14:05 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBWelcome back, listeners, to Season Two. This time around, we’ve got loads of things to talk about, from Furby bug reports to representing women in film in this brash new string of 80’s and 90’s revived franchises. Should women always be represented as the tough warriors we see them as in films constantly? Maybe. Or … Continue reading Episode 51: The Smurfs 3: SmuhFurbies →
Episode 50: The World’s Greatest Podcast of 2017
March 17, 2017 02:20 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB“The World’s Greatest Podcast 2017” Season 2 is live, listeners. Henry and John have cleaned the old Zero Credit(s) Lodge up a little bit, but they smashed most of the lights and threw out some precious segments. A darker, more streamlined abode awaits you beyond the threshold. Should you choose to enter, you would be … Continue reading Episode 50: The World’s Greatest Podcast of 2017 →
Episode 49: Gronemes aka Season One Finale
February 24, 2017 13:45 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBIt’s time, Dear listeners. Time for season one of your favorite, time-honored podcast to come to a rapid and satisfying(?) close. All the plot lines come rushing in to a gooey, cupcake-filled singularity in a way that will both thrill, shock, and discomfort you. In traditional TV-style, we’re not pulling any of our punches for … Continue reading Episode 49: Gronemes aka Season One Finale →
Episode 48: Is That Your Jeep?
February 17, 2017 16:52 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB> enter zero credits You haul your worryworn carcass across the threshold of another Zero Credit(s) episode. To the EAST there is a hairdresser, starved for conversation. To the NORTH there is happiness. To the WEST there is a Literary Canon. What do you do? > w The Literary Canon is stuffed with misplaced aggression … Continue reading Episode 48: Is That Your Jeep? →
Episode 47: Hyper Bowl Huevos Rancheros Special
February 10, 2017 19:53 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBIt’s all sports this week, folks, so buckle on those pads and strap in that chin protector part of the helmet, cause things are about to get real foot-ball tough. In a spectacular copyright dodging special, Henry and John discuss all the basics of foot-ball, including the rules and regulations that give John the ole … Continue reading Episode 47: Hyper Bowl Huevos Rancheros Special →
Episode 46: A Nested Anagram for T.W.O. (The World O.R.D.E.R. (of Really Decent, Ethical Reapers))
February 03, 2017 17:08 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBVoip voip! It’s another Internet Transmission Day from Zero Credit(s)! We’ve got it all* on this week’s episode! Give it a listen! *The word “all” in this context is exclusive only to things related and applying to: misuse of the word “anagram,” nested acronym pedantry, Dungeons and Dragons creative writing, authorship and the authorship of … Continue reading Episode 46: A Nested Anagram for T.W.O. (The World O.R.D.E.R. (of Really Decent, Ethical Reapers)) →
Episode 45: Gaslighting Spiderman aka We Forgot to Talk About Star Wars
January 27, 2017 16:27 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThrough the old rusted pipes of Skype come we, dear Listeners, in this episode of our time-honored podcast. Henry and John are charged up and drop some politically charged knowledge about the state of our nation, the people in charge of it, and how not tolerating “alternative facts” is the new Uncle Sam. They then … Continue reading Episode 45: Gaslighting Spiderman aka We Forgot to Talk About Star Wars →
Episode 44: Cyber Credit(s)
January 20, 2017 17:59 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBJoin Henry and John as they venture into The Cyber, having left their physical forms behind. In this new digital age, old standards of discourse are a relic of times gone by, leaving The Cyber Boys to blast open the flood gates of Internet Babies, Regular Babies, and the monetization of babies. In what might … Continue reading Episode 44: Cyber Credit(s) →
Less Than Zero 2: Here’s Jamie / Thradgitarius Rising
January 12, 2017 22:22 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBHere’s Jamie The Less Than Zeroes continue with special guest and Henry’s girlfriend, Jamie. Come listen all that gushy couple stuff that you can’t stand to see in public. It’s Jamie’s podcast debut and she can barely contain her excitement. Find out what happened to the box, what Jamie wants to do with the Sharp … Continue reading Less Than Zero 2: Here’s Jamie / Thradgitarius Rising →
Less Than Zero 1: Grand Moff Talkin’ / Filling Space
January 06, 2017 18:01 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBGrand Moff Talkin’ Listeners, John and Henry cannot be together this week, both physically and emotionally and as such, this is the first Less Than Zero episode, a spin-off of Zero Credit(s) featuring the people you love to listen to, but in a different capacity. For instance, John got friend of the show and special … Continue reading Less Than Zero 1: Grand Moff Talkin’ / Filling Space →
Episode 43: Time Loaf: The Loaf of Bread that Slows Down Time
December 24, 2016 00:27 - 1 hour - 59 MBListeners, we’ve got some sad news in this, our last full episode of 2016. Consequences of our actions finally come to pasture as Henry is forced out of town in accordance to the ancient laws of Best/Worst competitions. But first, one last blast of capital G, capital C Good Content. John is manic as he … Continue reading Episode 43: Time Loaf: The Loaf of Bread that Slows Down Time →
Episode 42: Best/Worst 2016
December 17, 2016 02:01 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBHere we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o’clock in the morning The time has come for The Best. The time has come for The Worst. Together your hosts purge the year 2016 from the collective consciousness in the ancient tradition, the unending … Continue reading Episode 42: Best/Worst 2016 →
Episode 41: Luking for Love in all the Phatrong Places
December 09, 2016 17:02 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBHey listeners, Henry and John set out this week to have a bad episode and boy do they just have all the egg on their faces. But first, John explains the concept of Bigger Luke in great detail and thoroughness to the point that it both confuses and enrages Henry. We then take a trip … Continue reading Episode 41: Luking for Love in all the Phatrong Places →
Supplemental Reading: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
December 02, 2016 19:08 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBJohn and Henry are back again and excited about a big budget Hollywood movie? Say it ain’t so! It is so. This is how it is. The boys dig deep on this one, folks: the directorial trajectory of David Yates, the father of modern anime wizard magic; the stellar performances supplied by Edwood Redward, Karen … Continue reading Supplemental Reading: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them →
Episode 40: Coolsgiving
November 25, 2016 16:34 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBHey there dedicated fans! It’s Thanksgiving in the Zero Credit(s) household, or well, really it’s not. Thanksgiving is for families and we’re more of a loosely constructed conglomerate of coolness, so we’re wishing you one hip Coolsgiving instead. Let’s all give Cool Thanks to the things we enjoy most, that also happen to be cool. … Continue reading Episode 40: Coolsgiving →
Episode 39: We Live in the Swouth
November 18, 2016 18:45 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBThe moratorium on political discussion in the Zero Credit(s) offices remains lifted just long enough for a post-mortem to the 2016 presidential election to slink in. Freed from their obligation to remain timely or relevant, the boys discuss Satanism (or symbols which may imply Satanism) for a time. Then, Henry squanders his one chance at … Continue reading Episode 39: We Live in the Swouth →
Episode 38: With Your Bestest Frowned
November 11, 2016 19:52 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBThis episode begins with a tale of two intros, as we can’t claim to predict the future. We then dive into the horrible world of politics, maybe for the last time, as big things shake up our questionable nation. Let it be known, we do show bias here, some for comedy and some for real. … Continue reading Episode 38: With Your Bestest Frowned →
Episode 37: Fancy Sauce
October 28, 2016 17:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBListeners, it’s time, time indeed For another Zero Credit(s) HalloSCREAM! Now this might come as quite a shock, As the boys launch into TV talk, But don’t you worry, close your eyes, Cuz Dylan’s won that Nobel Prize. In dark abyss you’ll soon be falling Pondering ’bout texting vs. calling, And then you’ll ask, at … Continue reading Episode 37: Fancy Sauce →
Supplemental Reading: Gravity Falls (ft. Michael)
October 21, 2016 18:54 - 59 minutes - 54 MBSpecial guest Michael joins us for a rousing fanboy-fueled talk for paranormal cartoon thriller Gravity Falls in what might be our lightest Supplemental Reading yet. Come listen to us 75% gush, 25% critique this seemingly benign kid’s show that’s chalk full of continuity-themed goodies. If you haven’t finished watching the show, you shouldn’t listen to … Continue reading Supplemental Reading: Gravity Falls (ft. Michael) →
Episode 36: Lawnmower Man
October 14, 2016 17:41 - 1 hour - 58 MBTHIS TIME ON ZER0 CREDIT[S]: Henry and John sit hunched in a dark room, sheltered momentarily from the approach of the Yard Men. FADE IN: Henry and John talk some about books and the words contained therein. SMASH CUT: to an at once riveting and misinformed exploration of ennui vs anomie. REVERSE SHOT: what’s up … Continue reading Episode 36: Lawnmower Man →
Episode 35: Zero Accountability aka “ZC Goes Offline”
October 07, 2016 17:35 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBListener, the ZC boys have been on a journey. After being ousted from the safe-haven of Google Drive, Zero Credit(s) was forced to exist offline for quite some time, and boy did they take advantage of the situation. With the freedom that comes with no consequences, we tear into other podcasts who fall short of … Continue reading Episode 35: Zero Accountability aka “ZC Goes Offline” →
Episode 34: Good Stretch and Electrifying Content
September 26, 2016 22:19 - 5 MBListeners, it’s best you strap yourself in twice for this episode, and we don’t mean with the regular standard strength seat belts. We dive straight into questions of the singularity, who owns the rights to say what one can do with one’s body, and the possibility of over-the-counter steroids/hormones. Zero Credit(s) then achieves it’s primary … Continue reading Episode 34: Good Stretch and Electrifying Content →
Episode 33: How to Dispose of Good Podcasts
September 19, 2016 22:20 - 1 ByteOh, dear listener! What a treat awaits! Henry and John are in rare form this night, as they thoroughly flex their ignorance muscles amid a crowd of meticulously fact-checked podcasts. They are generally confused as to how Nepalese people arrive in the United States, but are certain that farts are gross. MYSTERY EMAILER X darkens … Continue reading Episode 33: How to Dispose of Good Podcasts →
Episode 32: (It’s Dragons)
September 10, 2016 03:50 - 1 ByteSpecial guest Logan joins us in this dangerous episode where the Zero Credit(s) gang converse about improv and the art of cooperative narratives. The episode only gets more dangerous from there, as John and Henry find themselves transported to a world where Logan represents fate, God, or just plain consequences. You’ll have to listen to … Continue reading Episode 32: (It’s Dragons) →
Episode 31: What’s Your Wifi Password, Henry?
September 03, 2016 19:08 - 1 ByteSchumacher up some champagne because, Sugar, we’re going down. Down to a new episode of Zero Credit(s). In keeping with the continued efforts to maintain maximum freshness, we have procured a Maddi for your listening pleasure. Join the Crew N’ Frenz as they ask the age-old question: “Sports, What’re You Doin’?” Baseball, water polo, no … Continue reading Episode 31: What’s Your Wifi Password, Henry? →
Episode 30: Laser Guided Focus
August 27, 2016 04:14 - 1 ByteIt’s new episode time and just as always, me, the episode detail writer remembered to actually write the description in time and in no way am I writing this seconds before the episode goes live. Now, John and Henry have decided to make good on one of their promises and tapping into the latest technology … Continue reading Episode 30: Laser Guided Focus →
Episode 29: Just Can’t Get Enough (Postmodernism)
August 20, 2016 09:24 - 1 ByteHei there, listeners, and welcome to the newest episode of Zero Credit(s). This fresh and lively episode is packed to the gills (gross) with information about modernism, postmodernism, and onsen monkeys. While we struggle with to get our microphone working, John struggles with his own identity as a performer while assembling meaning from Henry’s recollection … Continue reading Episode 29: Just Can’t Get Enough (Postmodernism) →
Supplemental Reading: Stranger Things
August 12, 2016 21:31 - 1 Byte**This video contains spoilers for the hit Netflix series Stranger Things**In the distant year of 1983, a podcast disappeared and a small town in Indiana? the continental Midwest worked tirelessly to investigate what exactly a podcast was and if they should care that it disappeared. That podcast was us, (you know, Zero Credit(s)) and we’ve just made it … Continue reading Supplemental Reading: Stranger Things →
Episode 28: We Need Memes for the Children
August 06, 2016 23:17 - 1 ByteHey Zero Creditors, John here. Today’s episode is a real special one. Despite being forbidden from discussing Disney Pixar’s perennial masterpiece “Cars,” Henry and I still find some way to entertain. First, we race over to a new segment called “What the Frackfeed.com,” which really gets our motors running. Forty years ago, that interstate down … Continue reading Episode 28: We Need Memes for the Children →
Episode 27: Shark-Infested Curses (Not Yet Sponsored by Netflix)
July 29, 2016 20:02 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBIt was a normal day in the Zero Credit(s) house, but then John tripped an old lady who wanted bread and now we’re both cursed with the shark-infested task of bringing you this fresh, hot episode. John moves further up the chain at his new job and Henry loses his altogether due to the nature … Continue reading Episode 27: Shark-Infested Curses (Not Yet Sponsored by Netflix) →
Episode 26: Zero Credit(s) Presents: Combative Coos and Bellicose Babes
July 22, 2016 19:42 - 1 ByteDeep in an underground bunker, protected from all forms of fact-checking and rhetorical accountability, Henry and John tackle the definition of life for about five minutes before discarding it and instead discuss the week’s hottest topics. They discuss and show you politics and plagiarism in your daily lives. That is a lesson that they continue … Continue reading Episode 26: Zero Credit(s) Presents: Combative Coos and Bellicose Babes →
Episode 25: Zero Credit(s) Go
July 16, 2016 02:02 - 1 ByteZero Credit(s) returns from a mountain to discuss the most important mobile phone app that has ever or will ever exist: Zero Credit(s) Go, the game where you walk around things. Catch topics like white water rafting, the beauty of Colorado, and, of course, Pokemon. Then it all turns into a pinata filled with bees … Continue reading Episode 25: Zero Credit(s) Go →
Episode 24: “Descartes Before Deshorse” or Henry’s Devious Paper
July 09, 2016 02:22 - 1 ByteWelcome listeners, philosophers, and Russian computers to this episode of Zero Credit(s)! You braved the swamp of inexplicable depression and have found yourself thrust into the sunlight of mild contentment. This light falls on a land of Tetrilogies, intertextuality, and coding. As we all cope with life in a post-Schultz world, we comfort ourselves with … Continue reading Episode 24: “Descartes Before Deshorse” or Henry’s Devious Paper →
Episode 23: The Sad Legend of McGinnis and Cromwell
July 01, 2016 22:33 - 1 ByteA sad cloud moves into the Zero Credit(s) house and refuses to leave Henry or John alone, so buckle up for an anti-rousing diatribe against depressing business practices and job hunting woes. But first, let us learn of the somewhat confusing and totally not made up legend of Ralph McGinnis, who ventured forth to return … Continue reading Episode 23: The Sad Legend of McGinnis and Cromwell →
Episode 22: Lookin’ for Lobster in All the Wrong Places
June 26, 2016 01:42 - 1 ByteEvery half-remembered fact about video games you could ever want, all under the roof of one podcast. Join Henry and John as they excitedly discuss video game press conferences that happened weeks ago. Afterwards, they discuss some self-aware tech culture television and what it really means to live in a Love Hotel. Death Stranding.Link: Lookin’ for … Continue reading Episode 22: Lookin’ for Lobster in All the Wrong Places →
Supplemental Reading: Cappy Amiracle Civie War
June 17, 2016 23:14 - 1 Byte*THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FULL BLOWN SPOILERS FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERY MARVEL FRANCHISE MOVIE*This week, Zero Credits brings you something special in the way of a supplemental reading dedicated to Captain America Civil War, the movie that came out like a month ago. Enjoy our long talks and short walks through the harrowing adventure/espionage thriller that … Continue reading Supplemental Reading: Cappy Amiracle Civie War →
Episode 21: Z E R O C R E D I T ( S ) / ゼロクレジット（ S ）
June 11, 2016 00:35 - 1 ByteNot all is as it seems in the Pacific Northeastern town of Zero Credit(s). When is it too late to “get into” something? What does it mean to “be into” something? Well, you’re into this podcast and we’re into talking about our lives, the nature of offense, and hotdog throwing. Join us this week as … Continue reading Episode 21: Z E R O C R E D I T ( S ) / ゼロクレジット（ S ） →
Episode 20: Special Guest Maddi Breaks Our Chair
June 03, 2016 23:27 - 1 ByteOh wow, listeners. It’s been 20 episodes already and to celebrate, we invited a special guest into the Zero Credit(s) home to join our close-knit family of love and respect. She then broke our chair, for like, no reason. Come listen to conversations about the secret classist discrimination of furniture, America’s inept and costly prison … Continue reading Episode 20: Special Guest Maddi Breaks Our Chair →
Episode 19: (Hung)OverCast
May 29, 2016 00:35 - 1 ByteAfter a night of fun and friends, those ZC boys head into the recording studio to knock out a drowsy episode of that time honored podcast you love and know all too well. Here they discuss the finer things of parentheses, world building, and the nuances that go into preparing for a show while on … Continue reading Episode 19: (Hung)OverCast →
Episode 18: Dear Listeners, John’s Sorry
May 20, 2016 22:59 - 1 ByteIt’s a doozy this week, folks as we start a journey into the inner-geek/philosophers of those no-good Zero Credit(s) boys. What begins as a minor discussion of the finer nuances of holding a door open for another person devolves quickly into a brief millennial bashing before we skip off to the merry fields of glory and storytelling that … Continue reading Episode 18: Dear Listeners, John’s Sorry →
Episode 17: Yep, That’s How I Got My Gamecube
May 13, 2016 20:02 - 1 ByteWe promised it, and we (eventually) delivered it. The Zero Credit(s) crew hops into the Wayback Machine to pull some content, kicking and screaming, into the harsh light of day. We discuss Young John’s opinions about both women and LEGO, and we are left flabbergasted by the sheer poesy of Young Henry. Remember what they … Continue reading Episode 17: Yep, That’s How I Got My Gamecube →
Episode 16: The One Where Henry Never Asks How John’s Day Was
May 07, 2016 02:34 - 1 ByteBuckle up those spectacles, folks, cause Zero Credits gets weirdly deep thinking this week, featuring the most tangent-filled What Are We Doing segment to exist since the dawn of time (relative to the podcast). Paint by the numbers essays, art, science, and misguided thoughts are all parts of an equally confusing octopus-like conversation before we … Continue reading Episode 16: The One Where Henry Never Asks How John’s Day Was →
Episode 15: “Terdurdlier Burhms” or “Nothing Can Stop Mr. Lougarou”
April 29, 2016 22:21 - 1 ByteBoys becoming babies, babies becoming bears, bears becoming podcasts. It’s a full-ish moon, and the Zero Credit(s) boys are taken by a strange mood. Lycanthropy, witches, monster crows, and Old English are just a few of the spine-chilling topics discussed on today’s surprisingly spooky episode. We also vent our unique frustrations with the Golden Age … Continue reading Episode 15: “Terdurdlier Burhms” or “Nothing Can Stop Mr. Lougarou” →
Episode 14: Ride the Slosh Pipe, Boba Fett, for Gold is on the Line
April 23, 2016 03:03 - 1 ByteTo be honest, I forgot to write the synopsis for this week’s episode, but if I hadn’t, it’d go something exactly like this: We’re back for another hair-biting episode that explores the likes of a world with no imagination, the frustrations of purgatory (or limbo), and somewhat useless superpowers. After a quick water break, for … Continue reading Episode 14: Ride the Slosh Pipe, Boba Fett, for Gold is on the Line →