In an unprecedented move of synergistic proportions, Small Beans, Gamefully Unemployed, and Some More News are all teaming up like so much Voltron to research and explain props, dig into candidates, and spend twelve full hours making voting as fun as we possibly can. Hope you'll join us, regardless of your leanings. It's gonna be a bunch of nice, fun people laughing and learning their way through an historic vote, plus jello shots.
2018-10-23 23:38:18 +0000 UTC
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It's the age-old struggle between coal and rocketry! We cover one of Abe's favorite movies with the help of Gamefully Unemployed's Tom Reimann, and admire some old-fashioned rocket boys.
2018-10-22 21:39:39 +0000 UTC
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Biba Pickles discusses art, battling bi-polar disorder, and covering her body with cereal and self-inflicted cigarette burns. It's a party!
Art by Seth Laster.
Music by Abe Epperson, Kelsey Hudgins and Kevin Clark.
2018-10-19 18:45:57 +0000 UTC
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We are THRILLED to announce that Daniel Vincent Gordh, co-creator of Matt and Dan and Mr. Darcy himself is this month's VIP mega-super-guest!
Have questions about working on a runaway Youtube hit? Writing a series? Starring in comedy? Looking this damn confident being photographed in your underwear? Li...
2018-10-17 21:36:36 +0000 UTC
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From Blade Runner's vision of Los Angeles to just plain old current-day Los Angeles, the PCPD boys delve into Megacities both fictitious and all-too-real. Judge them with Dredd and you Coruscan't go wrong!
2018-10-17 19:59:41 +0000 UTC
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The Bechdel Cast host Jamie Loftus returns to ride the roller coaster of hacking, sexual assault, efficient Swedish filmmaking and Daniel Craig that is TGWTDT. Abe and Michael are also there to kick a hornet's nest and play with fire, respectively.
2018-10-15 18:15:20 +0000 UTC
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The beloved Abe Epperson sits down with Maggie to talk about his experience as a "drifter" in middle school and high school, and how he eventually decided to start cultivating lifelong friends. He also has a very strong opinion about the word "LOVE" in friendships, VERY strong.
2018-10-11 01:59:55 +0000 UTC
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Hi Beans, especially those Beans of Means.
The reason we're checking in with y'all is, according to Patreon's back-end, there are several more people enrolled in our "Pick The Flick" and "Clown School" Reward Tiers than we have heard from. We've sent them all messages--in some cases a couple times--urging them to reach out to us at allthesmallbeans@gmail.com to start the process, but according to our calculations some people out there are still getting ripped off. And ripping ...
2018-10-10 22:29:59 +0000 UTC
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Michael reporting in!
In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, here's our video take-down of the Columbus myth. This was probably the longest, hardest monologue I ever had to memorize while at Cracked, because (even though ultimately the footage was edited) it was filmed entirely in one shot. I wrote the script, which helped, but I was still pacing around in my pumpkin pantaloons sweating bullets at the LA Youtube Space trying to get the wording right. Fun fact: that's the day Abe saw Arnold ...
2018-10-08 19:46:07 +0000 UTC
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The Coens--and therefore this podcast--start to hit a serious stride with the sixth installment, Fargo. Now entering one of the Coens' Golden Ages! So it is with one eye on the horizon and the other on the giant Paul Bunyan statue ominously looming overhead that we plow right into a snowbank of greed, impotence, mindless violence and what will surely stand as the best wood-chipper scene in movie history.
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
Music by Abe Epperson.
2018-10-08 19:16:27 +0000 UTC
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Menendez Brothers trial juror Hazel Thornton, author of Hung Jury, stops by to discuss her time engaged with one of the most high-profile cases of the century. Topics include gender bias, political bias, and flow charts.
A...
2018-10-06 06:27:24 +0000 UTC
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That's really all there is to it. If you're a Spoti-head, you know what to do. Please follow Small Beans Audio so they know we ain't no mooks, and then you can listen to our all of podcasts (minus Beanus Content) right there, at the Spot!
2018-10-05 03:55:33 +0000 UTC
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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.
2018-10-03 18:05:40 +0000 UTC
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Today on Unpopular Opinion, Adam Tod Brown welcomes Beanmaester Swaim to talk about how the Trump presidency has impacted the horror movie industry.
2018-10-02 17:16:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey gang!
Me, Michael Swaim, am writing a novel, because me so write good.
It's a fantasy/western/comedy/adventure featuring dimension-hopping, shared consciousness, and a universe I'd love to return to in the future. To get this thing into publishing shape, I am turning to you, the Beloved Beans, to serve as both a looming deadline and my editors.
I plan to release one chapter a month, every month, on the 1st (Chapter 3 drops November 1st), until this sucker is c...
2018-10-01 19:04:15 +0000 UTC
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Comedian, writer, director and Cracked alum Carmen Angelica finally joins the Small Beans pantheon by bravely exposing some of the truly unfortunate fashion/life choices that have haunted her lo these past twenty years. Co-hosts Bridgett and Sarah commiserate, as is their wont.
2018-09-30 04:17:49 +0000 UTC
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After narrowly surviving an encounter with a wild cloud of marijuana vapor, comedian, journalist, author and host of Behind The Bastards Robert Evans joins Abe and Michael to punch Nazis. Or at least analyze a great film about some serious Nazi-punching punks.
Reach right through this door here and give the episode a listen! Seriously, nothing ba...
2018-09-25 08:27:42 +0000 UTC
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Comedian and writer Hana joins Maggie to talk about getting by with a little help from friends, what happens when we forget we have friends (you're probably not as alone as you feel!), and defends her favorite friend duo.
2018-09-23 17:45:13 +0000 UTC
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Cristian 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.
2018-09-20 03:57:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey gang!
Me, Michael Swaim, am writing a novel, because me so write good.
It's a fantasy/western/comedy/adventure featuring dimension-hopping, shared consciousness, and a universe I'd love to return to in the future. And yes, if it becomes a series as I hope, every book title will be the title of a seminal spaghetti western.
As for this initial jaunt, the whole story is figured out pretty thoroughly, but as of now only seven of a planned twenty-four chapters are writte...
2018-09-19 18:39:10 +0000 UTC
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Here's a reminder that we have a great little community on Discord growing and talking everyday. We talk about the beans, our podcasts, pop-culture, and even fan content if you want to plug your stuff.
It might be a bit overwhelming at first, but there's a bunch of moderators that will help you find your way. So, if you pay anything to this patreon, you can reap the delicious rewards of talking in a chat room. Hey, you can even talk to Swaim and Abe when they're not in their greenhouse growing...
2018-09-19 15:28:37 +0000 UTC
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Unpops Every Day is a new, daily, topical news show from the Unpopular Opinion network and Mr. Adam Tod Brown. Mike was on it! You should really just click play and take things from there.
2018-09-19 00:50:29 +0000 UTC
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Bridgett Greenberg, co-host of Rough Stuff, takes a dose of her own medicine in The Pit and gets personal about her relationship to anxiety, panic attacks, and spinning tubes.
Art by Seth Laster.
Music by Abe Epperson.
2018-09-18 01:03:54 +0000 UTC
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Michael guested on a lot of great shows last month, and the most humiliating one of them just came out! It's so awful, it had to ferment for a couple weeks to be safe for human consumption. Please, do not blame Teresa Lee for his unforgivable sins. You can support her on Patreon or simply subscribe to the podcast, which costs you nothing bu...
2018-09-13 19:25:00 +0000 UTC
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Frame Rate takes aim at the original Nazi-scalping history-changers, the Inglourious Basterds! Daniel O'Brien sits in to help dissect Tarantino's bloody masterwork.
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
Music by Abe Epperson.
2018-09-10 09:18:46 +0000 UTC
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In episode 3, the worst siblings in the world try to decipher right from wrong and solve all of society's problems. Will they succeed? Not even a little bit.
2018-09-07 16:28:04 +0000 UTC
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We are THRILLED to announce that Ryan Pequin, creator of one of our very favorite web comics Three Word Phrase and a storyboard artist for The Regular Show, is this month's VIP mega-super-guest!
Have questions about working in animation? Writing a comic strip? Literally anything else at all? Post Questions or Comments in the comments ...
2018-09-05 03:55:46 +0000 UTC
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Michael is guesting on a lot of great shows this month, and the triumph of man over sound is perhaps no more apparent than while he chats with Friend of the Beans Robert Evans, host of the phenomenal Behind the Bastards 'cast. Enjoy part one above!
2018-09-04 19:48:44 +0000 UTC
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Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Pryzbylewski from The Wire, Ash from Evil Dead, Paul Newman and the Dad from Frasier all join forces to invent the hula hoop. It's the Coens' first flop, and one of Michael and Abe's all-time favorite films.
You know...for kids!
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
2018-09-03 19:28:01 +0000 UTC
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In episode 2, Franky, Flip and Ryan set some ground rules for all future family meetings. These rules bear primarily on knives and pooping.
2018-09-01 03:00:57 +0000 UTC
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