The TG boys cover two of the biggest video game releases of the past couple weeks, taking on new installments of both Mass Effect and The Legend of Zelda!
International Tom Hanks Day is this Saturday, and we loved teaming up with them for the second year in a row, giving us a set of stories and songs that need to be caught!
Spencer and Mike tinker with the gears and mechanics of Machine of Death, the card game! Then they talk about some real life wacky assassinations! (Because killing people for money is SO wacky!)
Does length matter? MB and The Joe go head-to-head on whether the baseball season is too long (no surprises on who falls where). We then take a bird's-eye view of the Flat Earth Society, and finish it out with a new 2 Minute Drill.
This week, musician, instructor, and friend Jim Snedeker shares a crucial tape he got at a young age that changed the course of his guitar playing and also changed how he thought about family.
Author and professional puppeteer Mary Robinette Kowal describes her love of puppetry as an interest in the boundless nature of the medium. She can play any type of character, there are countless ways to present the puppets themselves, and combinations of puppet actors and "fleshies" are ripe for new experiences and metaphors for audiences. She even tells a great story about the unfortunate(?) place her hand ended up while on set for Sesame Street.
Flip back in your history books and discover the story of Santorini, as Spencer and Mike use their god-like powers and explore Roxley Games' hit strategy board game, Santorini! (Is there a board game god?)
This week, iO Creative Director Alex Honnet shares his All-Timers, a playlist that tracks the evolution of his music taste -- and, well, pretty much everything else in his life.
Tricia takes a break from cohosting her own inordinately entertaining podcast Nerdette to talk long form about a topic that gets inevitably philosophical. She has adored the idea of exploring time travel since she noticed it popping up in her favorite things to consume (Doctor Who, Harry Potter, etc). We talk some of her new favorite examples (she knows other people are watching Travelers) and spend a lot of time discussing why we as creators and consumers have become even more interested in exploring the idea of going to the past or future in recent years.
