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Synopsis
Small Beans Podcasting is a place for beans of every sort to come bean it up. Free your soul, eh? Be a frijole.
Episodes
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162. My Top 8: Zora Bikangaga
24/01/2019 Duration: 01h06minMaggie sits down with writer and actor Zora Bikangaga to discuss the social complexities of interracial friendships and tips on how to be happy for other's success.
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159. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Cool Guns, Good Slaves, & Other Sci-Fi Paradoxes
18/01/2019 Duration: 44minCristian and his stalwart co-pilot Abe swerve back into sci-fi hilarity with an overview of awesome guns, both lethal and non-, from our favorite futurescapes. The Sick Stick pranks alone are worth the price of admission.
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158. Frame Rate: Thelma & Louise (Feat. Maggie Mae Fish)
16/01/2019 Duration: 01h07minHey, you remember that one Simpsons episode where Ruth Powers and Marge flee from Homer and Chief Wiggum across the desert? Wiggum tries to cook engine-block eggs? Well, hey, let's talk about the incredible Ridley Scott movie of which that was a parody! Maggie Mae joins to help us dive into a pretty kickass flick.
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157. Tales from the Pit: Sex With Anonymity Isn't Me (Feat. Jamila Dawson)
10/01/2019 Duration: 01h14minSage of Boning and Bodily Juices (also licensed Sex Therapist) Jamila Dawson returns to help explain what exactly she does, why kink and poly relationships are on the rise, and what to do when it all explodes in your face (and not in the good way). At the top, Michael ruins your mental image of him forever, and all future prospects of holding elected office.
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156. What Dinosaur Real Good? Ankylosaurus!
07/01/2019 Duration: 37minBridgett Greenberg, your Sound Leader, and her grubby minions Michael and Abe, FINALLY -- fucking FINALLY -- determine, once and for all, What Dinosaur Real Good. It's Ankylosaur, the one with a tail made of murder!
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155. Rough Stuff: Butt Worms, Snail Tartare, and Other Deal-Breakers (Feat. Katie Goldin)
04/01/2019 Duration: 01h07minIn a wiiiiiiiide-ranging episode, Creature Feature host Katie Goldin joins Bridgett and Sarah to discuss eating snails, butt worms, her Bird Rights Activism, and some seriously useful dating advice. But to get to the advice, there's def some slime to wade through, so start wadin'!
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154. The Coen Brothers Brothers: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
02/01/2019 Duration: 02h14minColloquially referred to as "O Brother," this film is a panoply of tight spots, m'hair, and suitors what got prospects. Abe and Michael delve them all, and thankfully do not break into song at almost any point. Turturro. Clooney. Nelson. And thou.
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152. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Cli-Fi and the Inifnite Sadness
29/12/2018 Duration: 48minYour intrepid hosts Abe and Cristian briefly mention The Day After Tomorrow, then essentially just have a sobering talk about Climate Change. So BUCKLE IN and SAVE A BEE, because our lives depend on it.
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151. My Top 8: Jason Webb
26/12/2018 Duration: 57minMaggie sits down to talk with stand-up comedian and friend Jason Webb about getting yelled at by a teacher for trying to hold his friend's hand in school and how he eventually learned to love his friends.
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150. Frame Rate: Bad Santa (Feat. Miles Gray)
24/12/2018 Duration: 55minThe Daily Zeitgang has us surrounded! They've demanded the release of Miles Gray, their second-rate co-chair, but we refuse to comply until he's bared his soul with us regarding a couple flicks. First up, perennial Christmas Coens/Zwigoff train wreck Bad Santa.
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148. Tales from the Pit: Hooray for Hollywood! (Feat. Katie Willert)
20/12/2018 Duration: 01h52minSmall Beans favorite Katie Willert stops in to discuss the long, hard road of trying to break into Hollywood, the many odd jobs she's taken in the interim, and how to appreciate what life gives you, even when it's not what you expected. Michael opens with a short story that lasts about forty-five minutes, in case you Skippers were wondering. Music by Kevin Clark and Abe Epperson. Art by Seth Laster.
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147. BOLD: Police Brutality, Black XMas, Jackie Lacey (Feat. Dr. Melina Abdullah and Alyesha Wise)
20/12/2018 Duration: 48minBOLD 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 first episode, BLM Los Angeles co-founder Dr. Melina Abdullah discusses America's history of police brutality, current efforts to dismantle that system, and how you can get involved. Also features a piece by Alyesha Wise and voices and sounds from the ongoing effort to remove Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey from office. Music by Rachael Cantu and Melantopia. Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
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146. Rough Stuff: Moonwalk of Shame (Feat. Katie Willert)
20/12/2018 Duration: 55minKatie Willert discusses stalking celebrities and appropriating black culture on-stage! Sarah Griffith discusses more times she vomited, because of course she does.
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145. What Dinosaur Real Good? Dreadnoughtus!
12/12/2018 Duration: 32minThe second episode of WDRG? FINALLY gets to the bottom of what dinosaur real good. Turns out it's BIG, too! Co-hosts and dino-pals Abe Epperson, Bridgett Greenberg and Michael Swaim debate the virtues of the Dreadnoughtus, the big one you don't wanna fu' wi'. Art by Small Beans members. Wicked guitar riff by Abe Epperson.
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143. Tales from the Pit: The Cheese Stands Alone (Feat. Talia Jane)
07/12/2018 Duration: 01h04minWriter/comedian Talia Jane recounts her travails dealing with John Cheese (real name Mack Leighty), whom she helped to out as a serial sexual harasser and general creep this year, in spite of a startling lack of support from the systems we expect to support us through that type of thing. Wonder where all of Cheese's Cracked by-lines went? After hearing about Talia's shitty experiences and kickass responses in the face of those experiences, you won't anymore. Art by Seth Laster. Music by Abe Epperson and Kevin Clark.
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142. Frame Rate: Whiplash (Feat. Cristian Ramirez)
07/12/2018 Duration: 56minDRUMS! But also the nature of art, genius, nature versus nurture, and sound editing perfection. But mostly DRUMS! Cristian helps Michael and Abe bring fresh eyes to Damien Chazelle's non-La La Land movie. SPOILER: WE WILL NEVER COVER LA LA LAND.
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141. What Dinosaur Real Good? Glyptodon!
07/12/2018 Duration: 34minA brand new Small Beans podcast evolves before your very eyes in this initial episode of What Dinosaur Something Something! Co-hosts and dino-pals Abe Epperson, Bridgett Greenberg and Michael Swaim debate the virtues of the prehistoric turtle the size of a VW bug that was the Glyptodon. Art by Small Beans members. Wicked guitar riff by Abe Epperson.
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140. The Coen Brothers Brothers: The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
07/12/2018 Duration: 01h16minIn an epic crossover and out-of-order episode of CBB, Abe and Michael are joined by David Bell and Tom Reimann, their analogues over at the Gamefully Unemployed network! All four convene to strike Buster Scruggs wile the figurative iron is hot. Does it work? It appears to do, yes!
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138. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Alien Invasions
21/11/2018 Duration: 36minAbe and Cristian fend off Oumuamua, those little guys from Mars Attacks, and Galactus all at once by delving into our species' (extensive) hypothetical experience and (limited) actual experience with alien invasions.
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137. Frame Rate: Freaked (Feat. Katie Willert)
19/11/2018 Duration: 49minMichael ropes Katie Willert and Abe Epperson into discussing his favorite scripted comedy -- 1993 Alex Winter/Randy Quaid vehicle Freaked -- for fifty minutes, thereby destroying any credibility he once had as a film analyst.