Tom & Mike discuss their lives in lockdown, some big life changes and plans for Season 2. Make sure to get involved by voting on our next topic or by suggesting your own. - Suggest a topic via Google Forms - Support Us on Patreon - Join Us on Discord - Discuss on Reddit TOPICS - [0:00] Intro - [4:53] Dog Diversion - [7:33] New Hobbies? - [26:03] How Busy Was Your Lockdown? - [38:02] Working Under Lockdown - [1:11:45] Season 2 - [1:18:19] Outro - [1:19:11] Ad: Unparliamentary Language LINKS -...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Lisa replaces Mike and joins Wade & Tom to discuss all things dinosaurs! From dino DNA to the most atrocious dinosaurs in pop-culture… - Suggest a topic via Google Forms - Support Us on Patreon - Join Us on Discord - Discuss on Reddit TOPICS - [00:00] Intro - [1:41] Definitions - [8:05] Iguana-wrong - [9:55] Mary Anning - [18:33] Erosion, the Fossil Collectors Friend - [25:19] Stan the T-Rex - [30:03] Dinosaurs You Remember - [42:18] Lizards/Birds Controversy - [50:48] A Rapidly Evolving Fie...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Kenny joins Mike & Tom to discuss the Three Kingdoms period in China. - Suggest a topic via Google Forms - Support Us on Patreon - Join Us on Discord - Discuss on Reddit TOPICS - [00:00] Intro - [02:55] Dynasty Warriors - [06:18] Fact Versus Fiction - [09:13] Chinese Politics pre-Three Kingdoms - [34:18] Lu Bu - [40:03] Chasing the Emperor - [50:20] Drunken Shenanigans - [53:16] Eyeball is Back on the Menu Boys - [59:28] 200 AD - [01:08:17] Saving Liu Shan - [01:16:05] A Wizard Did It: The B...
Oct 31, 2019•2 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Part 2 of 2: Tom and Mike are joined by Rob (from Unparliamentary Language ) and Texas Dave to discuss all things sport. Will they convince Tom to like or even try sports? - Suggest a topic via Google Forms - Support Us on Patreon - Join Us on Discord - Discuss on Reddit TOPICS - Intro [0:00] - Balls with Rackets [0:26] - Kick Punching [10:40] - The Ocho [31:04] - Pitching Sport to Tom [40:33] - Outro and Plugs [1:09:29] - Next Topic [1:11:12] - Bonus: Craig and Derailing [1:15:01] LINKS - YouTu...
Aug 01, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Part 1 of 2: Tom and Mike are joined by Rob (from Unparliamentary Language ) and Texas Dave to discuss all things sport. Will they convince Tom to like or even try sports? - Suggest a topic via Google Forms - Support Us on Patreon - Join Us on Discord - Discuss on Reddit LINKS - YouTube: As Long As We Beat the English - YouTube: Fans celebrate England scoring against Wales - YouTube: Irish fans celebrate Japan win - YouTube: Seahawks Tackling Drill - YouTube: Josh Pray - Rugby players are secret...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 23
With Mike away Tom is joined by Wade (of Mish Mash Mayhem ) to discuss flying! Wade talks about his times stuck in helicopters and they both offer some tips for flying as well as the funniest airline safety videos. - Suggest a topic via Google Forms - Support Us on Patreon - Join Us on Discord - Discuss on Reddit LINKS - Oxford Dictionaries: Flying - Wikipedia: Turboprop - YouTube: BA Flight Safety Video - YouTube: Virgin Atlantic Flight Safety Video - YouTube: Air New Zealand Flight Safety Vide...
Feb 12, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Tom and Mike are joined by Tom Harrison of Shuffle Quest fame to discuss RPG Streams and Shows. Followed by a Q&A about GM-ing a different RPG system every week and other tidbits about Shuffle Quest. SPOILERS for Shuffle Quest from 1:24:30-1:32:31. Suggest a topic via Google Forms Support Us on Patreon Join us on Discord Discuss on Reddit LINKS - Tom Harrison : @TomHarrison19 - Shuffle Quest : @ShuffleQuest - RPG Casts - Oglaf: Trapmaster [SFW comic, NSFW website] - The Adventure Zone - Crit...
Oct 17, 2018•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Tom and Mike are joined by Jason Carl and Juhana Pettersson from White Wolf to discuss what makes a good Player Character in RPGs as well as news of the upcoming V5 (Vampire 5th Edition) release. Suggest a topic via Google Forms Support Us on Patreon Join us on Discord Discuss on Reddit LINKS - Jason Carl: https://twitter.com/vampiresnvino - Juhana Pettersson: http://www.juhanapettersson.com/ - YouTube: Travis Willingham: Lessons in being a Good D&D Player - YouTube: The Gentleman's Guide to...
Sep 10, 2018•2 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Tom and Mike discuss all things musicals: what is a musical? what is the history of the musical? Which ones have made the most money? How many got a Tony, Tony, Toonyyyyy!? Suggest a topic via Google Forms Support Us on Patreon Discuss on Reddit Links Musical Theatre Musicals by Year Portrayal of East Asians in American Film and Theatre Examples of Yellowface Gas That Turns You Inside Out What Am I Going To Do With A BA In English? Springtime for Hitler [Movie Version] Skimbleshanks The Railway ...
Aug 21, 2018•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Tom and Mike are joined by Leah and Oli to discuss Transhumanism: what is it? what will replace us? should we be worried? Suggest a topic via Google Forms Support Us on Patreon Discuss on Reddit LINKS Transhumanism subreddit What is Transhumanism? Bill McKibben Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age by Bill McKibben Foreign Policy: Transhumanism Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari CGP Grey: Fable of the Dragon Tyrant Crash Course: The Hamburger BBC: TNG1412 Drug Trial Project Cyborg 2.0 Sapiens b...
Jun 22, 2018•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Tom and Mike are joined by Wade & Asday to discuss Speedrunning video games. Suggest a topic via Google Forms Support Us on Patreon Discuss on Reddit Links Ocarina of Time Run Ocarina of Time positioning Pokémon World Record Progression Super Punchout Blindfolded Watch for Rolling Rocks Half-a-press (Mario 64 TAS) Mario 64 Star Cup TAS (A)GDQ Homepage Speed Demos Archive Borderlands 2 with Devs AGDQ 2018 Highlights Pokémon Bingo Generator Super Mario World plays Super Mario Super Mario Bros....
May 21, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Tom and Mike are joined by Jack & Buddy to discuss Kingdom Death Monster, the ridiculously large, boutique board game. Suggest a topic via Google Forms Support Us on Patreon Discuss on Reddit Links KDM Kickstarter KDM 1.5 Kickstarter KDM Getting Started Guide KDM Build Guides Vibrant Lantern KDM News Blog Honeybee Frog Dog Sunstalker Gorm Spidicules Dragon King Screaming God Armour Poddities Podcast Tom in a Hat Attribution Recording engineer: Craig Outro: Danse Macabre - Big Hit 2 Kevin Mac...
Apr 29, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Tom and Mike are joined by Satyros Brucato to discuss Roleplaying games (Part 2 of 2). We discuss Gaming Communities, Kickstarter, Intellectual Property and Mature Settings. Suggest a topic via Google Forms Support Us on Patreon Discuss on Reddit Links Satyros Phil Brucato Blog Onyx Path Publishing White Wolf Dave at Fan Boy 3 on Local Game Stores Star Children Artemis Games Powerchords Mystic Rhythms Excerpts White Wolf Sues Sony Games as Therapy A Touch of Evil Satyr's Patreon Our Patreon Tele...
Apr 09, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Tom and Mike are joined by Satyros Brucato to discuss Roleplaying games (Part 1 of 2). Satyros Brucato is one of the authors of Mage the Ascension and has written RPGs for over 20 years. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links Satyros Phil Brucato Blog Onyx Path Publishing White Wolf MCM Comicon Satanic Panic Dark Dungeons Zero Charisma The Gamers Knights of Baddassdom F.A.T.A.L . Satyr’s Mighty FantiSex Gaming Spectrum (NSFW) 2500 Things Mr Welch Can't Do in an RPG Attribution Recor...
Mar 20, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Tom and Mike are joined by Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain to discuss Esports and League of Legends. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links Medic's Twitch Channel Dejarik (Star Wars Chess) Esports viewership 2017 Australian TV Figures US TV Figures Esports beats sports viewers myth Brobdingnagian Bankrupt American athletes Dragonfire National Student Roleplaying and Wargaming Championships Attribution Recording engineer: Craig Outro: Danse Macabre - Big Hit 2 Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.c...
Feb 18, 2018•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Tom and Mike are joined by Rob to discuss Brexit. What is it? What's happening? Who are we? Who are they? Does anybody know what we're doing?? Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links Always a Problem Waiting in the Wings (The economy in the 70's) Yes Minister on the EU David Walliams swims the Channel Du by David Hasselhoff Political Geography of Europe European Neighbourhood Policy Italy: Gypsy discrimination UK Census questions over time Greece in Europe Ed Milliband's Stone Ep1: #...
Jan 31, 2018•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Mike and Tom discuss all things Christmas! A slightly delayed special. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links Saturnalia Whama ggedon I Won't Be Home for Christmas by Blink 182 Killing Myself for Christmas by Sick Puppies What's This? covered by Fallout Boy A Christmas to Remember by Liam's Dad Christmas Gets Worse Every Year by The Other Guys Artificial Tannenbaum , finest German engineering Yule Logs (not to be confused with Yule Logs(cake) ) 5 Reasons Die Hard Is The Best Christm...
Jan 13, 2018•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Tom and Mike discuss music. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links The Pokémon Effect David Bowie, Businessman Kesha v. Dr. Luke ATP mention Phish Mark Portnoy's Drumkit Mark Portnoy on Pokémon Drums 5 Rock Stars Who Are Secretly Musical Geniuses (i.e. that Bill and Ted solo was Nuno Bettencourt) That Time Final Fantasy Ditched Nintendo For Sony ( Mike was right) Guile's Theme Goes With Everything Number of the Beast intro Kirsty MacColl Death Times They Are A Changin (Watchmen Intr...
Dec 24, 2017•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Tom and Mike list their Top 5 movies. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links Versions of Blade Runner Screwattack Top 10 Voice Best of Rotten Tomatoes IMDB Top Chart Empire Magazine Best Movies Snatch Wars The Longest Day Cast (Not Sean Connery's first film but early on in his career) The Raid Trailer Night Watch Release 5 Reasons Die Hard Is The Best Christmas Movie Ever Made Movie Lists [Spoilers for this episode below!] Tom: Back to the Future Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers St...
Nov 19, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Tom and Mike discuss Game of Thrones Season 7. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links The Neil deGrasse Tyson video is missing. Enjoy Faster then the Speed of Light by Raven instead. Ed Sheeran on Game of Thrones . The known world - a GoT map. "...and increase the plot of this movie." Alan Taylor explains the timeline in 'Beyond the Wall' If Women Wrote Men the Way Men Write Women. Tyrion slaps Joffrey The Mountain vs. The Viper The Mountain vs. The Viper alternative Frozen water in...
Oct 28, 2017•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Wade and Will join Tom and Mike to discuss all things board games. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links Jungle Speed on Strip Search Tak Ugg Tect Ameritrash definition Bruno Faduitti's article Growth in Board Games 1900-2014 Top 100 Purachased Games Sept 2016 Board Game Statistics Attribution Outro: Danse Macabre - Big Hit 2 Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/...
Oct 14, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 7
A special episode where Wade joins Tom to discuss the Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links The Rumble Pack CoD 3 on the Wii Hypercritical on the Wii U Controller Wii U/Switch Side by Side Gamecube Discs Starfox 64 On Foot Top 10 Worst Ways to Die in Video Games Great Sea Theme - Wind Waker Legend of the Hero - Wind Waker Boss Keys: Skyward Sword Zelda Map Size Comparison Attribution Outro: Danse Macabre - Big Hit 2 Kevin...
Sep 29, 2017•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
A special episode where Will & Wade join Mike & Tom to discuss GenCon 50 pre & post the event. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Links Tom & Wade with their board games Will's games Twilight Imperium 4 GenCon Preview Gen Can't FFG Inflight Report Ars Technica, America’s biggest board game convention: Gen Con in pictures Rising Sun I Like Trains Legacy Games Fabled Fruit (Fabelsaft) Century: Spice Road ( GOLEM! ) Nexus: Scrapyard Kickstarter Will's Post on Risk Legacy ...
Sep 01, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Tom & Mike discuss TV Dramas: what is a TV drama?, the feels, our favourite dramas. Explicit tag because I forgot to beep one f-bomb. My apologies. SPOILER WARNING! We discuss: The Office [UK], The Office [US], Game of Thrones, House, Big Bang Theory, EastEnders, Hollyoaks, Dynasty, Sons of Anarchy, Bojack Horseman, Jessica Jones*, Agent Carter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Runaways, Cloak & Dagger, Class, Dr Who, Taken, The 4400, American Gods, Blackpool, Casanova *Tom has watche...
Aug 24, 2017•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 4
With the help of guests Aisha & Mark, Tom and Mike try to define masculinity and how they feel about it. The discussion covers gender stereotypes, role models and men on magazine covers. N.B.: This podcast episode is marked 'Explicit' due to a small amount of swearing that in context we feel was better to keep in the episode than remove or beep out. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Show Notes Toxic Masculinity Alpha Males by Contrapoints Judging a Book by Its Cover 'Alpha' Wolve...
Aug 02, 2017•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Tom & Mike discuss their various trips abroad, places they would and wouldn't want to visit and countries they would choose to move to. Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Show Notes Tom's Google travel map Japanese Vending Machines Kirin Mascot Pocari Sweat The Victorian Vision of China and Japan The Bull Ring Shanghai Maglev Pamukkal e Malta Tourism Impact Romanians Adopt a Remainians The Purple Palace BA 787 Dreamliner Airbus A380 Africa vs Europe Elephant Football Elephant Pain...
Jul 21, 2017•55 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Suggestions Suggest a topic via Google Forms. Show Notes Electoral Almanac [Android Only] BBC Poll Tracker New Labour New Danger More Or Less: Election Special Violence in the Troubles Jeremy Corbyn's Vote Share in Islington The 'Thatcher' quote London's Millionaires Tokyo's Millionaires YouGov: How Britain Voted 2017 Alex Salmond, Ed Milliband Piper Advert Nicola Sturgeon, Ed Milliband Puppet Advert FT: How the UK Voted in 7 Charts Why the Tories Keep Winning The Queen's 'EU' Hat Hung Parliamen...
Jul 05, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 1
It could be dogs... An episode in which we briefly introduce ourselves and the basic concept of the show. Hopefully short and to the point. We also reveal that our first topic will be the General Election 2017 . Links Our Twitter Our subreddit Our Facebook Page Attribution Outro: Danse Macabre - Big Hit 2 Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Tom & Mike...
Jun 29, 2017•6 min
