Nat, Mike and Dan love a celebration and what better than the Big Man's birthday? To help them celebrate they're joined by Master of Rum and Browns fan Paul McFadyen who sets a dangerous precident by bringing the gang lots of lovely beer and delicious rum. Future guests: you know what you need to do. In other news: Soderberg's films are basically just Law and Order writ large; turns out we all want Paul's job, listen to find out why; Dan brings up Natwest's new idea for advancing friendship; fre...
Jan 18, 2016•1 hr 7 min
Mike and Dan are soldiers, they power on through while all around them fall. So when Nat is taken out and would-be guest Tom Bell is felled by a squirty virus while actually on his way to the studio they man up and make a two-hander. Well, two and a quarter as HdP chips in a bit more than either usual or prudent. Pray we're back up to strength next week... In other news: Mike talks art; Dan talks films; HdP talks whisky; Americarnage talks about what you should be up to this saturday in London a...
Jan 18, 2016•55 min
Nat and Dan are once again Mike-less and, as the tears mist their eyes, they look to heavens and see their guardian angel in the form of the very funny Luke Capasso. Nat is so overjoyed that he immediately mispronounces his name. Luke doesn't appear to mind... Much. In other news: Dan compares American Psycho to the Bible, if this offends you DO NOT LISTEN ANY FURTHER; expensive pizza is discussed; the Nats send the best tweet ever; the biggest free agent on the NFL market has found a home; NBA-...
Jan 17, 2016•57 min
Nat and Mike are big on family and friends so close they could be called family too. Good job as, while Dan's away tending to an injury, Mike brings his son Nate along, Nat brings his old mate Will along and the whole gang are joined by HdP's future wife* Kelly-Anne Lyons who has brought her usual charm, wit and cupcakes to Camden. In other news: Big apologies for a late show this week - HdP has spent all of his 'alone time' this week (2 days...!) fixing a variety of techy problems with the orig...
Jan 17, 2016•1 hr 1 min
As the dust clears from last week's Battle Royale, Nat and Dan realise that Mike's not even in the studio anymore. Distraught, they look around for anything which might bring hope back to life and find, as if by magic, friend of the show Ben Isaacs. In other news: Ben brings in a bit of paper, it's good but Nat has trouble with it; the Pope steps down, you'll never hear what the guys actually think about this as we don't want to get sued again; winners of the 'like us on facebook' thingy get ann...
Jan 17, 2016•59 min
Nat, Mike and Dan drank in the atmosphere, the sights, the scores and the strangenesses of this year's Lombardi trophy game so much that this one isn't so much of a hangover - they're still pretty wasted. Luckily for them they're joined by returning 'Carnage favourite and very funny man Caimh McDonnell. He should calm them down, right...? In other news: There was some sort of NFL game last weekend, Mike tells us about it; he also tells us about his adventures in New Orleans and how he plugged hi...
Jan 17, 2016•1 hr
Nat, Mike and Dan are so fired up about the Super Bowl that they temporarily forget it even exists. Luckily memory snaps back as Mike's off to New Orleans for the Beeb, Nat's off the Superbash as host and Dan and HdP will be heading there too - joined by Americarnage's sideline reporter and this week's very special guest Tom Bell. In other news: Nat gives an insight into what it's like to sideline report the darts for ESPN; Mike gets weirded out by stupid tube posters; Dan's now seen all films e...
Jan 17, 2016•58 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are not folks to be defeated by adverse weather, except for last week when it was just part of the mix and Dan thinks he's got a solution for this - Playground Style... In other news: Mike and Dan arm-wrestle, at least I think that's what they're doing; Kelly-Anne has offered cupcakes for various hockey results - this can only be a good thing; Dan is playing the Oscar Game again so never leaves the cinema; Nat gives love to the sadly departed Stan the Man; Superbowl 47 will be ...
Jan 16, 2016•54 min
Nat, Mike and Dan love discipline - flags, fines, police action - they love it all! After last week's deeply offensive outing Nat has decided that he's better off at the darts for ESPN and Mike appoints himself the new sheriff in town, come to clean up acts and take names. The first name he takes is of this week's guest, Giants fan and very funny man David Whitney.In other news: Dan mistakes Mike's injury for personal violation; Mike tests the limits of his love for Kelly-Ann; Wildcard weekend i...
Jan 16, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Nat and Dan are back and in many ways it seems that the peace and love of the Christmas season have had a profound effect on them - they now want to offend literally everyone in the world. Iron Mike is on IR with a dodgy tooth so who did we call? Marek Larwood of course! In other news: Dan watched a zillion films over Christmas, he talks about some of them; Marek gets burnt by his local swimming pool, Dan offers to help him sue the council; Nat flags up Stand Up Guys, out next year, then things ...
Jan 16, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Nat, Mike and Dan work their arses off all year to bring you quality(?) entertainment, 48 shows in 2012 and each one riddled with top analysis and elegant profanity. For the 49th show they figured they'd done enough and locked HdP in the studio with orders to collect up some of the best bits of 2012 for a clip show. In characteristic style he did a just-about-passable brilliant job and so we present you Lazy-Ass Clip Show 2: Lazier, Assier, Clippier. Happy new year from all at Americarnage and w...
Jan 16, 2016•31 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are full of festive cheer - to an almost disturbing level in Hollywood's case - and adding to their festive joy is that they're joined by actress, presenter and mistress of sporting trivia Kelly-Anne Lyons. It's a 'Carnage Christmas alright... In other news: The playoff picture took shape with two games to go as the Texans cemented their place at the top of AFC South with an impressive win over Indy; in the NFC the Falcons shut out the Giants in a replay of last year's embarras...
Jan 16, 2016•54 min
Nat, Mike and Dan love to defy prophesies - not the Mayan kind but more of the 'these guys won't last five minutes' kind. To all those imaginary haters, 'F$%k you! We just hit our 2nd anniversary!' To everyone else, 'Did you know this is the 2nd anniversary of Americarnage? Wonderful isn't it?'In other news: Mike stars in Wayne's World on monday night but isn't Wayne or Garth; he's been in a lift with Jaime Lee Curtis though and said nothing in any way rude; Hollywood spent a weekend watching do...
Jan 15, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Nat, Mike and Dan love a good trip to the States, a chance to visit places they love and places they've never been - maybe catch a couple of games while they're at it. Imagine their jealousy then when friend of the show Marek Larwood comes along to tell them all about his trip, and how it fades when they realise he went to Detroit and Buffalo... In other news: Mike thinks of strange things while watching films; Nat is genuine about something, people worry; Dan appears to be sponsored by Cineworl...
Jan 15, 2016•59 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are dangerous men, so dangerous that most of the time they're kept in soundproofed rooms with armoured glass the only way to see them. The problem is that they can still be heard and this is the tale of their week... In other news: Dan went to Rome and got hit in the arse by a policeman - not the only thing he has in common with Mark Sanchez; Mike likes music about dead horses; Metal Gear Solid is underwhelming when you go back to it; Mike wrote a book about Oliver Stone and yo...
Jan 15, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Nat, Mike and Dan love thanksgiving - Dan loves it so much he's going to Italy on thursday. Mike's going to be sharing his love at the No 1 Sports Bar in Old Street. Yikes... In other news: We're on the front page of the itunes podcast store, whoop! Argo is surprisingly good; the European Podcast Awards are still at the voting stage - vote 'Carnage, early and often; The Killing is back so we're losing Mike for the duration; it's overtime week in the NFL; when Andrew met Tom - the young pretender...
Jan 15, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are all in the house this week and joined by one very special guest - the simply spectacular comedian and writer Andy Zaltzman - and one returning favourite guest spot, Vlaidimir Putin, who tells us all about the KHL and succeeds in his bid to be the baddy in the new series of 24... In other news: Dan tells his penis story; HdP is a disembodied voice but somehow also looks like Abu Quatada; The Master is a very good film; it's QB concussion week in the NFL; Andy Dalton gets 4 T...
Jan 15, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are political beasts, it's on their passports and everything. They prove why at least one of those words is a relevant description with a thorough discussion of the key topics at hand. Honestly, they do: composers, Bond films, sports, what else is there...? With them to help on this front is friend of the show, very funny man and Americarnage's new sideline reporter: Tom Bell. In other news: The Cannon of Carlson gets an airing; Tom has Eagles in his attic; the team try their h...
Jan 14, 2016•59 min
Nat and Mike prepare for Americarnage so comprehensively that there' nothing they can't deal with - not even the last-minute IR placement of Hollywood with no guest on 30-minute standby - so it's a Channel 4 show without having to look at them, win! In other news: The big crazy circus came to town and a sell out crowd watched the Pats stomp all over the Rams in the rain; the Cowboys were nearly responsible for one of the great NFL comebacks – 23-0 down to the Giants they fought back and nearly w...
Jan 14, 2016•49 min
When the Mike's away... Nat and Dan shine the Americarnage symbol in the air and the super-utility player and all-round sports guru Erik Janssen answers the call. In honor of him, along with the fact that there are no Americans in the studio this week, ladies and gentlemen we present to you: Canadiarnage. In other news: Dan is missing part of himself after a training accident, find out what and wish you hadn't; Stitcher get some well-deserved love; the Wembley game gets plenty of love as it look...
Jan 14, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are sportsmen - big, brute, sweaty sportsmen. Mike's so much of a sportsman he's not even here this week and the guys are joined by the seriously funny comedian/actor/bagpipe-ist Dave Whitney. Dan's stepping up to the plate though and doing a half-marathon in aid of a cure for leukemia and lymphoma. Sponsor him here: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/DanLouw In other news: Dan likes chunky kitkats, Nat does not; Russell Wilson and Braylon Edwards makes Pats fans cry; Atlanta went...
Jan 14, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are all back in the house and they're so glad to see each other that the arguments take several real minutes to materialise. What they don't argue about is how much they want to win the Podcast Awards - www.podcastawards.com In other news: Dan hangs around truck stops with Marek, there's a point to this; Mike talks books; Channel 4 gets very heavily plugged; Andrew Luck comes of age to rally the Colts; Drew Brees beat Johnny Unitas’s record of 47 straight games with a touchdown...
Jan 14, 2016•45 min
Mike and Nat are bereft as Holywood Dan takes the Premier League football option and doesn't make it to the studio this week. To mask their distress they pretend it doesn't matter to them but the hurt is ever close to the surface. To help them through this difficult time they invite ESPN America head honcho (he honches heads you know) and College Football supremo Patrick 'Paddy the Brick' Sturgeon. In other news: The refs are back and it's already easy to forget how bad the first few weeks were;...
Jan 13, 2016•58 min
Mike and Dan are a pair of horse-collaring, facemask pulling unnecessarily rough low-blockers and with Nat out with a tooth injury, Harry the Producer is left to rain flags down like the ill-informed scab ref he is. Luckily for everyone stand-up comic, Bills fan and all-round awesome guy Lee Bannard is in the studio this week to keep the guys on the straight and true...In other news: Dan's watched some films, they were good; Mike's watched some films, they're also good but what the hell is it wi...
Jan 13, 2016•1 hr 3 min
The whole gang's in town tonight to toast the awesomeness of all thngs American Sports-related. Mike got an early start but HdP is in this for the long haul... In other news: Iron Mike gives restaurant advice; Dan ran 10k but just missed out on Americarnage Sponsorship Place and makes up for it by getting scatological in under 5 minutes; Calexico get a much-deserved plug; Brandon Wheedon gets discussed; Kellen Who?; scab refs must go; Mike's mate Danny Amendola looks spectacular; Jay Cutler's ba...
Jan 13, 2016•1 hr 3 min
Nat and Dan are strangers in the strange land of the 1st week of regular season, especially seeing as Iron Mike isn't here to guide them. Luckily they have a guide in the form of stand-up, writer, and (amongst other things) MC for London Irish Caimh McDonnell. In other news: Caimh loves NFL but has no team to call his own, the guys make careful and reasoned recommendations; Dredd 3D is beautiful according to Hollywood; Bronson Pinchot gets the most exposure he's had in nearly three decades; week...
Jan 13, 2016•1 hr 14 min
Nat, Mike and Dan have returned to Camden and it only takes them 45 seconds before the arguments start. Luckily, Marek Larwood is back from his run at the Edinburgh Festival and he gets it even earlier... In other news: Preseason is over! It meant something, promise...; regular season is very nearly here and Nat and Mike will be bringing it to you not just here but on Channel 4; biggest preseason losers were Tebow and Sanchez; the Giants are a bunch of bullys; Dan was there when Vick got bullied...
Jan 12, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Mike and Dan shake off the Stratford/Greenwich Arena dust and get down to some NFL preseason bidness, aided by do- five-shows-and-get-a-free-one man of the hour Ben Isaacs. Nat shakes off the dust of the Americarnage studio and does something else and gets away remarkably lightly for it... In other news: Dan liked Blur before they were cool; Mike liked Daley Thompon before decathlon was cool; Ben likes Party Down because it's never been cool - but it is damn good; the Olympics need to get rid of...
Jan 12, 2016•59 min
With Iron Mike still providing for all your Olympic basketball needs with the BBC and Tuneesha having her arse implants removed, Nat and Dan were feeling pretty blue. That is until the coolest man in sports broadcasting, Phil Spooner, said he'd pop down to the studios to school the guys in the ways of the Chargers fan... In other news: Friend of the show Marek Larwood is at the Pleasance in Edinburgh, go and see him; Dan keeps it light with the end of the world; pre-season starts tonight so prep...
Jan 12, 2016•1 hr 13 min
Nat, Mike and Dan are multitalented guys. Violent, unpredictable, multitalented guys. This week they demonstrate this by revealing new skills, old methods of greeting, new things about old films, new things about new sport and much more besides. They're aided in this rollercoaster ride by the incomparable Luke Moore of The Football Ramble who fits in with this bunch of reprobates with disturbing ease... In other news: In-jokes from off-air are not good, ignore them; books have been read, some of...
Jan 12, 2016•1 hr 4 min
