Michael and Adam are joined by the brothers Reimann of Gamefully Unemployed fame! In this massive four-person episode, we find out if anyone in the gang is a fan of this saga. Sagas? Sagi?
Tom Reimann: https://twitter.com/startthemachine
John Reimann: 2024-07-19 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!
https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy 2024-07-16 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well. For the next few episodes of this show, we’ll be connecting the Futurama films to some Star Trek films.
This episode completes the three part episode of the Futurama movie “Bender’s Big Score.” For Part 2, make sure and visit the G...
2024-07-15 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Sit back and listen to the sweet sound of the boys talkin’ bout the ‘berg. This episode covers 2015’s Bridge of Spies!
If you want more of this series, its releases alternate between the Small Beans network and the Gamefully Unemployed network. To receive all episodes, patronize both channels at https://www.patreon.com...
2024-07-12 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael brings on Marina and Tom Reimann, expecting parents and personal friends. Marina and Tom are expecting any day now so this conversation consists of Michael asking them about their journey so far, as he begins his own. This episode continues the ongoing conversation about Michael and jenn’s leap into parenthood.
The Go-Fund Me for Marina and Tom Reimann: 2024-07-08 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Friend and illustrious bean, Katy Stoll, is forced by her friends to watch the Patrick Stewart made-for-TV vehicle that is Safe House! You’ve probably never heard of the movie because it’s insane. That’s why we chose our friend Katy to stop by and experience the glory that is Safe House.
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2024-07-05 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Adam are joined by Twitch’s Zachary Ryan to discuss one of the Batmans! This one is the Knight one!
Zachary Ryan: https://twitter.com/zachariusd
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Adam Ganser: 2024-07-01 13:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotag...
2024-06-28 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!
https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy 2024-06-25 13:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Our limited series with co-hosts Abe Epperson and David Bell digs deep into the internet meme of the “dad movie.” We can all probably name a dad movie, but can we isolate the tropes that really make this a bona fide film genre? Let’s find out!
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Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/abethemighty
Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel which tells the story of how a refugee inherited a famous hotel. Michael and Abe discuss Wes Anderson’s distinctive style, themes, and characters.
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Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP<...
2024-06-21 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!
https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy 2024-06-18 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well. For the next few episodes of this show, we’ll be connecting the Futurama films to some Star Trek films.
This episode covers Futurama movie “Bender’s Big Score.”
This show exclusively releases every other episode here on the S...
2024-06-18 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Adam aren’t discussing a game this time. We had an episode back in the day where we talked about tropes we’d like to see more of, so this time we’re hacking away the mechanics and concepts that have infiltrated modern gaming that really need to go. Just get out of here. Scram, you trope! People are sleeping in here!
Michael Swaim: 2024-06-14 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
It may not be the most exciting part of independent filmmaking, but financing, visual prep, casting, and rescripting for Papa Bear is well on its way!
We obviously put the movie diaries on pause because we’re still in the “hurry up and wait” phase of assembling the parts but once our budget has been finalized, things are all going to happen very quickly and you can expect fairly regular updates like this detailing how we’re prepping the movie (all the way into production)! Once ...
2024-06-13 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!
https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy 2024-06-12 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
We have another patron-chosen episode! This episode covers Adam and Maggie’s picks for the film that everyone else hated, but you loved. Maggie loves Star Trek! Adam’s lost some weight!
Vote every month on our poll for the topic of the next episode! Email us suggestions for episodes at magsandganz@gmail.com as well. 2024-06-10 13:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
A Massachusetts native, David Bell, infiltrates the podcast to tell us about the nature of the mean streets of Boston. And he is relentless. Find out who gets murdered: Michael or Abe! Enjoy this conversation about Martin Scorsese’s The Departed.
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David Bell: https://twitter.com/MovieHooligan
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2024-06-07 13:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!
https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy 2024-06-04 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe Epperson wants to talk about the 2009’s horror comedy where Megan Fox is a demon and preys upon high school boys. Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama, this film smartly comments on the persistent male gaze that followed young actresses like Fox. Let’s get in there and eat these kids.
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Adam Ganser: 2024-06-03 13:00:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael and Adam to discuss 2023’s remastering of Metroid Prime, the 2002 GameCube game. You ball out as Samus Aran who fights pirates and biological abominations while hunting for technological upgrades. Listen to the end to hear if our hosts feel the game is prime Celestial Hard Drive or not.
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.c...
2024-05-31 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Friendly Bean and all-time winner of podcasts, Vanessa Guerrero drops by to chat with the boys about the classic action adventure sci-fi The Fifth Element. They discuss fucking in tubes, tiny elephant pets, Gary Oldman, and what makes this film endure. Note: The last 10 minutes of the episode, Vanessa had a recording error which is why she appears to go silent for the ending.
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2024-05-27 13:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotag...
2024-05-24 13:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMichael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!
https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy 2024-05-21 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Ethan Coen, starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan. Last Week Tonight’s Daniel O’Brien stops by to dish it out.
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Daniel O'Brien: 2024-05-20 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom Marks, Executive Reviews Editor at IGN and friendly bean, joins Michael and Adam to discuss 2023’s 3D puzzler: Cocoon. The player controls a beetle that can hop between worlds, solving puzzles to unravel the universe's mysteries.
Tom Marks: https://twitter.com/tomrmarks
Michael Swaim: 2024-05-17 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael has been locked in a garage by a mysterious editor and forced to watch and respond to last week's movie trailers. He's been eating sawdust exclusively, poor guy. Welp, there doesn't seem like there's anything we can do here. Enjoy the show!
The show will be posted here on Patreon, our Youtube channel, and our new TikTok channel every Tuesday or Wednesday!
https://www.tiktok.com/@smallbeanscomedy 2024-05-15 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode covers Futurama episode “Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV.”
This show exclusively releases every other episode here on the Small Beans patreon. Wimmy Wam Wam Wozzle!
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Michael Swaim: 2024-05-13 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, it's Mike! I'm between day jobs right now, which means I'm freelance, which means hey, make me an offer baby! Doesn't have to be writing. Could be video editing, social media management, massage...just be ddf and generou$$. Anyway, our old stomping grounds CRACKED made just such an offer, and despite a rocky history, I will still take money from them and spend it. So open up, here comes a monthly science show!
2024-05-13 02:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael asks Abe Epperson, fellow Small Bean, to discuss his thoughts about starting a family. They discuss regret, happiness, and the anxiety of bringing a human into the world. Abe’s pretty satisfied with not having kids, but it’s always been on Michael’s list of life goals. Let’s see how these friends navigate the conversation from two different perspectives.
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