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455. Science or Whatever: The Metaverse, Pt. 2

Our collective friend and honorary Small Bean Griffin Rowell walks us through the capitalist concepts driving the current metaverse, the companies to look out for, and the methods we can use potentially to build it into something more open-sourced. Resident dummy Michael asks all the questions you may have had but were too afraid to (or just had no interest in) asking about whatever all of this is. 2022-01-28 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Movie Production Diary #41 (Now, With Video!)

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie! In this episode, Michael and Abe discuss some feedback from actual furs as well as watch a video showing a recent index of the zeitgeist’s feelings toward furs.

For the second part, we’re trying something new. After you’ve heard ...

454. The Coen Brothers Brothers: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Coen Brother (?) Brothers is back, baby! We take a break from our normal deep dive Ander’s Sons to jump back to the podcast series that made it all happen. This time to cover the recent release by Joel Coen, starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. Get ready for some old (high) school literature class because it’s about to get SHAKESPEABEAN up in here! Listen to the sound and fury now. 2022-01-24 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post

453. BOLD: Showing Up for Racial Justice (Feat. Erin Heaney)

Ivette Ale (@dignityandpowernow, @justicelanow) and Dahlia Ferlito (@wp4bl) talk with Erin Heaney, director of Showing Up for Racial justice and the history of white people taking anti-racist action in multiracial coalitions for collective liberation. This is a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up for Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives.

Show production team: @hi_femme, @dahliaseed, @cocomarzipan, @imapowerranger.

Main Theme by2022-01-21 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Movie Production Diary #40

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie! In this episode, Michael and Abe discuss camera tactics and continue discussion of their pre-vis and pre-production goals.

Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! 2022-01-19 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post

452. Frame Rate: Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” (Feat. Adam Tod Brown)

Unprompted by anyone: a podcast about Dave Chappelle’s recent Netflix special! Adam Tod Brown, friend from Cracked and host of Unpopular Opinion joins us to discuss the recent trend of comedians dunking on transfolk! So listen to that. Also, there’s jokes. It’s a weird episode!

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Adam Tod Brown: https://twi...

451. Directorpiece Theatre: The Sublime and Subliminal Josie and the Pussycats

Josie and the Pussycats can be seen as a vapid, mind-numbing waste of the senses. Someone else might see it as a satire of cultural propaganda and a decrying of the entertainment industry as a whole. Both have validity and while Abe and Adam disagree on this movie they do agree it has its charm and there’s more to this than meets the eye. Just like me, the description writer.

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Movie Production Diary #39

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie! In this episode, Michael and Abe discuss pre-vis and pre-production strategy.

Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www...

450. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 19 - Put Your Head On My Shoulders

As always, our hosts find and compare a corresponding Star Trek: The Next Generation with the aforementioned Futurama episode which jumpstarts a conversation about, you know, whatever. Not only does this episode feature a lengthy “loose bullshit” section, but the hosts also spend most of the episode justifying their pairing, which tells you that they’re really working hard to ensure you believe...

449. Frame Rate: Gattaca (Feat. Sarah Griffith)

It is the near-future and genetic manipulation has polarized the rich/poor gap to an even more extreme extent. Michael and Abe along with Small Bean Sarah Griffith take a look at the prescient social commentary in this 1997 sci-fi starring Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, and Uma Thurman. Also Dean Norris. Michael reminds us that we cannot forget Dean Norris, the star of Gattaca!

This episode is brought ...

The Furry Movie - Production Draft

As our regular Movie Production Diary listeners are aware, we've just completed another massive overhaul of our screenplay, The Furry Movie. This is what we consider the Production Draft, from which we will begin to build a budget and with which we will start to seek funding and crew. If you'd like to see how it differs from our last draft (HINT: Wildly), Small Beans Patrons 2022-01-05 16:52:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Movie Production Diary #38

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie! In this episode, Michael and Abe rewrite some scenes dealing with Sarah’s emancipation and we finish the freggin’ thing. Next step is PRE PRODUCTION BABY. LET’S GOOoooooo

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448. Shooting Threes: The Matrix Revolutions

In this episode, Bridgett and Sarah discuss the Matrix “trilogy’s” third film. Completing the “trilogy,” the hosts point out what did and did not work for them. If you recall, we start the film with Neo using his Matrix Magic in the real world and covers the final battle between man and machine. Much like the film, the hosts must engage in their own battle. The Battle of “Does it hold up?...

447. Sad & Important - Short Stories and Poems by Michael Swaim

Written and read by Michael Swaim. Score by Davey Francis. Cover art by TokBlok and Von Doyle.

Table of Contents:

0:00 - Dedications

0:35 - The House With No One In It

37:00 - The Blessing

44:45 - Semper Fi

1:15:00 - Jacq & Gyll

1:29:50 - My Story Needs No Title

1:38:00 - The Queen, The Duke and Their Shadows

2:01:20 - The End

2:23:45 - ...

Swaim's 2021 Standup Set

Michael was meant to perform some standup in 2021 and worked up a 15-minute set to that end. All his show dates got cancelled though, for obvious reasons. Since he can't let anything go without somehow monetizing it...here's this. Happy New Year, jabronis!

[IGN] Michael Opines On The Multiverse

Storytelling is at an all-time historic high right now -- not necessarily in terms of quality, but surely in terms of quantity -- and from that sea of data points, patterns arise that give us a glimpse into the current collective consciousness...what humanity has on its mind, how it views itself, how it wants to view itself, and what it might get up to next. Much like he did with Time Loop stories,...

445. Spielboys! - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Tom Reimann and Abe Epperson, the “Spielboys,” discuss the final film of the Indiana Jones Trilogy on their third episode. They discuss the development of Spielberg as an artist, the themes and execution of the movie, and the behind the scenes trivia you probably didn’t know.

This series will alternate releases between the Small Beans network and the Gamefully Unemployed network. To recei...

Small Beans Week Off!

For the first time since it's conception, Small Beans is taking a vacation! Michael and I finished a screenplay recently, new podcasts have formed, the new year approaches and we have big plans for 2022? 

Hell, why don't we take a week off. At least in terms of releases. So heads up to all you bean-heads: 

Small Beans will not release content from Dec. 22nd to Dec. 29th! 

Not exciting I know... but we're tired beans this year and we wanted to ...

444. I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: Surprise Screening!

It’s a bonus PATREON ONLY episode! The game called Surprise Screening is where Maggie brings over a movie, they watch it, then Adam has to guess what significance the movie holds for her. It will be a 20 questions format and Adam guesses at the end of the episode. The movie is Bicentennial Man. Yep.

If you patronize us, feel free to email us suggestions for episodes at any time at magsandganz...

Movie Production Diary #37

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on both! In this episode, Michael and Abe check in with their ideas about their next interview for the podcast, go over YOUR comments on the Furry Movie, and then proceed to update the convention center scenes with the new plan. We’re probably one episo...

442. Tales from the Pit: Life on High, a Sobriety Update (feat. Katie Willert)

The pit is back! Well, the podcast. Honestly, it’s been a while because things have been fairly positive in the lives of Michael Swaim and Katie Willert. It’s not all roses, but the two update us (and hopefully fellow addicts out there) how things are going now that they’re sober. No real trigger warnings this time: they discuss their relationship with addiction, what they’re struggling with,...

[IGN] The Civil War That Almost Blew Up Speedrunning

Speedrunning is the art of playing video games as quickly as possible, and that's much more interesting than you think. Swaim set out to prove that, and learn more about Tool-Assisted Speedrunning, about six months ago. Now, at long last, that journey has resulted in an inordinately long and fascinating minidoc that we're thrilled to share with you. Stay tuned through the end for a special message from acclaimed author and neuroscientist Dr. David Eagleman, who Swaim frankly can't even believ...

Movie Production Diary #36

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the Furry Movie! In this episode, Michael and Abe look more into the social worker scene at Sarah’s house and start to break down and agree on the complete beats of the convention. This is the one where we basically have the breakthrough that will pu...

441. Science or Whatever: The Metaverse, Pt. 1

We welcome back the show based around the interests of our collective friend and honorary Small Bean Griffin Rowell. Basically, everyone here at the Small Beans find him fascinating so we felt you should hear him too.

In this miniseries, Michael and Griffin look into the metaverse, the technology behind it, its inevitability, and the possible forms it may take in our future. 

This first episode introduces us to the concepts of what makes a metaverse, the bloc...

440. Ander’s Sons: Boogie Nights

Episode 3 of our new deep-dive podcast that chronicles the films of Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson! This time the sons take a look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 rags to riches porn star tale. The hosts look at the film scene by scene and examine the larger themes of Anderson’s second feature. It’s a cautionary tale of drugs, a celebration of expanding the definition of family, and a sty...

Movie Production Diary #35

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on both projects! In this episode, Michael and Abe plan their next interview for The Taylor, discuss comments about The Furry Movie by YOU (in the comments right down there), and get to work on the convention center sequence, which will take us to the cli...

439. Star Trek: The Next Futurama 17 - Xmas Story

As always, our hosts find and compare a corresponding Star Trek: The Next Generation with the aforementioned Futurama episode which jumpstarts a conversation about, you know, whatever. Not only does this episode feature a lengthy “loose bullshit” section, but the hosts also spend most of the episode justifying their pairing, which tells you that they’re really working hard to ensure you believe...

438. Shooting Threes: The Matrix Reloaded

In this episode, Bridgett and Sarah discuss the Matrix Trilogy’s second film. After almost 2 decades of distance from this movie, what makes it so disappointing? How should sequels deal with canon exposition? Also, there’s parts of this movie that absolutely rule. Join Keymaker Sarah and Keymaker Bridgett to unpack what still holds up.

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Sarah Griffith: 2021-11-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Movie Production Diary #34

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the Furry Movie! In this episode, Michael and Abe continue their “Sarah pass.” We continue our pass through the big cliff scene and go back to adjust her relationship and connection with Arturo.

Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! 2021-11-24 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

437. Directorpiece Theatre: How Michael Bay Saved Armageddon

Love him or hate him, we acknowledge that Bay’s unique sense of motion and cinematic convention has led him to box office success. In this episode, Adam walks us through the story beats and intentions of Bay’s Armageddon work, how Bay’s cinematic tendencies become his strength, and ultimately how his style is designed to make you watch his movies in a certain way. Let’s really mine this topic...