After discussing their musical endeavors, Tim reviews PaRappa the Rapper 2! Then, the gang revisits their past pitches and Tim sells Cody on Free Solo!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Musical Instruments
(00:12:56) Review: PaRappa the Rapper 2
(00:52:56) Middle Segment: Back to Me In 6 Months
(01:16:28) Pitch: Free Solo
(01:20:13) Outro
After Cody reviews Act One of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the gang plays a record-breaking middle segment game. Tim talks about deleting his social media accounts, and Cody sells Tim on Parappa the Rapper 2!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Deleting Social Media(00:09:00) Review: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33(00:51:26) Spoilers for Clair Obscur(01:28:45) Middle Segment: Which Came First(01:42:56) Pitch: Parappa the Rapper 2(01:48:30) Outro
After Tim reviews Cody's rock albums, Cozy chats horror games! The gang also talks about their favorite late night shows and Tim sells Cody on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Late Night Shows(00:14:36) Review: Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club(00:27:44) Review: Royal Blood by Royal Blood(00:41:05) Review: Glow On/Never Enough Turnstile(01:04:01) Verdict(01:08:27) Middle Segment: Spooky Season Horror Games(01:18:05) Pitch: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33(01:25:12) Outro
After talking about the 2025/26 football season, Cody shares his review of Kelce! Then, the gang helps Cozy name barn animals, and Cody sells Tim on a slew of rock albums!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Start of Football Season
(00:05:23) Review: Kelce
(00:40:08) Middle Segment: Video Game Pet Names
(00:50:40) Pitch: Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club, Royal Blood by Royal Blood, Glow On and Never Enough by Turnstile
(00:59:40) Outro
The gang chats about the hottest new gacha game before Tim's review of Inscryption! Then, Cozy chats about TV ads in the streaming world, and Tim sells Cody on Kelce!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Gacha Games and Horse Girls(00:14:29) Review: Inscryption(01:29:43) Middle Segment: Cozy's Hot Takes - Ad Breaks(01:38:10) Pitch: Kelce(01:44:01) Outro
The gang talks heinous moving meals before Cody reviews Standing in the Shadows of Motown! Then, they chat local traditions and Cody pitches Tim on Inscryption!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Weird Moving Meals(00:08:16) Review: Standing in the Shadows of Motown(00:56:42) Middle Segment: Local Traditions(01:04:00) Pitch: Inscryption(01:09:19) Outro
The gang chats Labubus before reviewing Mob Psycho 100! Then, Cozy talks about her struggle to keep up with current media, and Tim sells Cody on Standing in the Shadows of Motown!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Labubus
(00:11:05) Review: Mob Psycho 100
(01:20:50) Middle Segment: Keeping up with Current Media
(01:27:05) Pitch: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
(01:32:45) Outro
The gang laments growing old before giving their review of Grave of the Fireflies. Then, Tim, Cody and Cozy review Overqualified before Kyle sells the gang on Mob Psycho 100!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Getting Old(00:09:12) Review: Grave of the Fireflies(01:01:48) Middle Segment: Review of Overqualified(01:21:00) Pitch: Mob Psycho 100(01:27:56) Outro
After Tim goes on a rant about being sweaty, Cody and Cozy review Ptolemy's Gate! Then, the gang revists their goals for the year, Cozy pitches everyone on Overqualified by Joey Comeau, and Cody sells Tim on Grave of the Fireflies!
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(00:00:00) Intro: It's Hot Outside(00:04:47) Review: Bartimaeus Trilogy Ptolemy's Gate(01:19:59) Middle Segment: Mid-Year Check-In on Resolutions and Bonus Pitch: Overqualified(01:32:51) Pitch: Grave of the Fireflies(01:35:58) Outro
Cody updates the gang on the latest with the Playdate and Tim gives his review of Ballionaire and Nubby's Number Factory before Cozy talks about F1 Academy and Tim sells Cody on Ptolemy's Gate!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Playdate S2
(00:18:00) Review: Ballionaires
(00:40:49) Review: Nubby's Number Factory
(01:00:15) Middle Segment: F1 Academy
(01:18:49) Pitch: Bartimaeus Trilogy Ptolemy's Gate
(01:22:34) Outro
Tim and Cody chat through their thoughts on God of War: Ragnarok before they revisit their verdicts from six months ago! Then, Cody sells Tim on Nubby's Number Factory and Ballionaires.
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(00:00:00) Intro: Vegas
(00:08:02) Review: God of War - Ragnarock
(01:39:30) Verdict
(01:42:10) Middle Segment: Back to Me in 6 Months
(01:57:59) Pitch: Nubby's Number Factory and Ballionaires
(02:04:35) Outro
Buckle up for a long one! For our intro this week, the gang is joined by Kelsey Beachum, writer and narrative designer of Outer Wilds, to chat about the process of writing Outer Wilds, writing satisfying endings and the optimal podcast listening speed. Kelsey also sells the gang on Overqualified by Joey Comeau.
Then, the gang goes deep on the final six episodes of season two of Andor, eulogizing the GOAT piece of Star Wars content since...ever. This isn't one to be missed!
Keep up with the latest from Kelsey at kelseybeachum.com
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(00:00:00) Special Guest - Outer Wilds Narrative Designer Kelsey Beachum
(00:26:25) Review: Andor Episodes 7-9
(01:45:00) Middle Segment - Star Wars Reverse List
(01:54:46) Review: Andor Episodes 10-12
(03:14:41) Outro
It's the summer of Andor! The FULL gang, including Kyle, gathers to discuss the first six episodes of season 2 of Andor, opine on an email from a special listener, and talk about travel media.
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(00:00:00) Intro: Listener Emails
(00:03:26) Review: Andor Episodes 1-3
(00:55:12) Rebels Spoilers
(00:58:32) End of Rebels Spoilers
(01:00:23) Middle Segment - Media for Traveling
(01:08:30) Review: Andor Episodes 4-6
(02:19:37) Outro
The gang discusses how we come up with pitches before Tim reviews each of the albums Cody pitched last episode! Then, they game learns which droid they are before Tim sells BOTH Cody and himself on God of War: Ragnarok. Next time - the spring of Andor begins!
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(00:00:00) Intro: The Pitch Backlog(00:06:13) Review - Vulfpeck - Clarity of Cal(00:22:25) Review - Reol - Sigma(00:37:15) Review - Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth and The Choice(00:59:33) Verdict(01:04:20) Middle Segment - Which Droid are You?(01:17:36) Pitch - God of War Ragnarok
After a look back at season two of Severance, Cody shares his review of The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud! Then, Cozy quizzes the Tim and Cody on Chicken Soup for the Soul before Cody sells Tim on albums by Vulfpeck, Reol, and Kamasi Washington!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Severance S2 Review
(00:11:15) Review: The Bartimaeus Trilogy - The Golem's Eye
(01:04:18) Middle Segment: Soup
(01:18:27) Pitch: Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth (& The Choice)
Vulfpeck - Clarity of Cal
Reol - Sigma
(01:30:08) Outro
After the gang chats about doing cartwheels Tim reviews The Wild Robot! Then, Cozy does a victory lap over the dead body of Dicey Dungeons before Tim sells Cody on The Golem's Eye!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Cody is Learning to Cartwheel
(00:05:06) Review: The Wild Robot
(00:59:54) Middle Segment: Cozy Beat Dicey Dungeons (Finally)
(01:08:05) Pitch: The Bartimaeus Trilogy - The Golem's Eye
(01:13:02) Outro
After Tim goes on a rant about the enshittification of Google, Cody reviews Between the World and Me! Then, the gang talks about what their Smartypants presentations would be and Cody sells Tim on The Wild Robot!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Google is Bad Now
(00:06:57) Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates - Between the World and Me
(00:59:13) Middle Segment: Powerpoint Presentation Pitches
(01:10:16) Pitch: The Wild Robot
(01:16:56) Outro
After Cody shares his final thoughts on God of War, Tim reviews Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart! Then, Cozy talks about reality shows for kids and Tim sells Cody on Between the World and Me.
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(00:00:00) Intro: Cody Finished God of War
(00:10:15) Review: Rachett and Clank: Rift Apart
(00:46:13) Middle Segment: Kid Nation
(01:01:28) Pitch: Ta-Nehisi Coates - Between the World and Me
(01:12:11) Outro
After sharing their takes on the Super Bowl, Cody reviews God of War! Then, Cozy shares bonus pitches for the boys, and Cody sells Tim on Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart!
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(00:00:00) Intro: Super Bowl
(00:10:16) Review: God of War
(00:51:06) Middle Segment: Bonus Pitches for Cody (Braid and Ynglet) and Tim (Three Body Problem Books)
(01:07:03) Pitch: Rachet and Clank: A Rift Apart
(01:14:34) Outro
It's our 100th episode! We have a special show in store for you this week - thanks so much for listening to the show!
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(00:00:00) Middle Segment 1: Mystery Guest
(00:14:05) Middle Segment 2: Anime or Not-ime
(00:22:01) Middle Segment 3: Hard Sell Spin-offs
(00:38:49) Middle Segment 4: What's Your 2025 Aesthetic
(00:49:59) Middle Segment 5: Think Fast
(00:57:13) Middle Segment 6: Hard Sell in Emojis
(01:12:51) Middle Segment 7: Severance Thoeries (Spoilers for Severance S1 and S2)
(01:25:02) Middle Segment 8: Secrets of Grindea
(01:32:04) Outro