Small Beans

Look, down in the sea! It's a fish! It's a chainsaw! It's...Helicoprion! The tooth-mouthed dino we misidentified for several centuries, at our own peril, is back, and Abe, Bridgett and Mike are gonna Real Good it for your listening pleasure. Art by the Small Beans community. Wicked Guitar Riff by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Bridgett and Sarah are back! And they brought rising LA star Christine Medrano to discuss nocturnal emissions, problematic prank calls, throwing pancakes at Canadian buses, and other cancelable acts. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com Logo by Ben Shannon. Theme by Abe Epperson.

How can it be Rong when it feels so Wright? Abe, Michael, and special guest Daniel O'Brien discuss Edgar's movie about the comic book about the band that's all about video games. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

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. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Music by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Famed Writer/Director of The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3 and other flicks, Shane Black, sits down with Michael to discuss his directorial debut, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a movie he also wrote and, as alluded to, directed. He's a Writer/Director. His dialogue is known for being a lot snappier than this episode description. You know, Shane Black! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://www.smallbeans.bigcartel.com Theme by Abe Epperson.

Andy Bush (Picnicface, Cavendish, My Gorgeous Son) has a POWERTHIRST for creative fulfillment, but that doesn't mean he's always going to get the creatrilytes his art-glands crave. In fact, he's spent a fair amount of his creative journey failing upward, literally, from Los Angeles back to Canada, the final refuge of all showbiz cowards (SHOTS FIRED, JOHN CANDY'S CORPSE!). Anyway, two aspiring writers compare their imperfect journeys in a challenging field. Also, Michael presents a short story about aliens who steal language! Art by Seth Laster. Music by Abe Epperson, Kevin Clark and Kelsey Hudgins. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://www.smallbeans.bigcartel.com

It's rootin'. It's tootin'. It's as close as we'll get to concludin'! Emmy-nominated writer Daniel "Emmy-nominated" O'Brien joins Abe and Michael to discuss HBO's Deadwood flick. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Become a steadfast fan of this fan-headed stud that died quite some time ago but that's no reason to look down on it. Abe, Bridgett and Mike presiding. Art by the Small Beans community. Wicked Guitar Riff by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley. Theme by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/smallbeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Cristian Ramirez gets to know Michael Swaim better by exploring a playlist of ten songs that have impacted his life. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zoxu6HzTrMlsupV8AUem8?si=Df3Diem7QxSX0GCgZmVfiw Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com Theme by Chris Corlew. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.

Michael and Abe's ol' pal Soren Bowie (AKA T-Bone) stops by to sink his teeth into a George A. Romero-directed spectacle about chivalry, knights, motorcycles, the creative process, and filmmaking while on drugs. Dig it, man! It's wild! Ed Harris is there! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/smallbeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Fused-wrist, single-digit nipple spikes. It's the only way to go, sisters. Join Abe, Bridgett and Michael for a look at the Linhenykus. Art by the Small Beans community. Wicked Guitar Riff by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

In the premiere episode of Waveformed, host Cristian Ramirez gets to know Katie Willert better by exploring a playlist of ten songs that have impacted her life. Playlist Available at: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Griffin Rowell, Michael's oldest pal, joins him in the Pit to trace the shape of a friendship and hold fast to the weapons that help us ward off the darkness. Art by Seth Laster. Music by Abe Epperson. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Culture King Jacquis Neal himself drops by to help Abe and Michael root through the tangled story branches (and seeds and trunks and so on) of the various versions of Little Shop of Horrors. But primarily the stage show and the 1986 Rick Moranis movie! Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Greg, Adam and Mike answer Small Beans' questions, shoot the shoot about Escort Mission, their tenures at Cracked, and plans for future collaborations. It's fun to hear old friends catch up! Support SB and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

Greg Burke drops in to chat with Sarah and Bridgett about their (and others') most embarrassing moments, including #DadFarts, shirtless child wrestling, and the time he tried to get the coolest kid in school to explore his secret passage. Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

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Jack O'Brien returns! To basically have a very confusing movie he's just seen for the first time explained to him by two dudes who have seen it more times than that. Listen along, won't you? Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans SB Merch: https://smallbeans.bigcartel.com

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In the third episode, Dahlia Ferlito talks with Ivette Ale and Taina Vargas-Edmond about their activism around prison reform. Also features a special message from Rahsaan Thomas, currently serving a life sentence at San Quentin State Prison. Complete Show Notes at https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans