Tue, 14 November 2023
A man who’s merged with the world’s most adorable chainsaw pug? He’s just like me, fr, fr. Despite construction noises too loud and too close, Red & Ivan pull the starter cords between their pecs and go devil hunting with Chainsaw Man. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-11-14_BGaS_Episode_535_WYSBW_Chainsaw_Man.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:30am EST |
Tue, 7 November 2023
With SAG-AFTRA considering the AMPTP’s “Last, Best, and Final Offer” we hop across the pond in search of unstuck work. The self described comedy-thriller is both deeply messed up and thrilling. Mind the gap as Red & Ivan slam luke warm gin and talk BBC & Hulu’s Am I Being Unreasonable. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-11-07_BGaS_Episode_534_WYSBW_Unreasonable_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:34am EST |
Tue, 31 October 2023
The lads regress to small children watching tiny televisions watching a boy try and fail to kick a football. With SAG still on strike Red & Ivan bring out a Halloween classic, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-10-31_BGaS_Episode_533_WYSBW_Great_Pumpkin.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:00am EST |
Tue, 24 October 2023
Some space scavengers are on a Space Mission when everything goes wrong and a crew needs to survive on its own. A trope, yes, but also a platform for some of the most gorgeous animation and spectacular spooky vibes that have ever been on your television Red & Ivan compliment a robot, slam some black goo and head to Max for Scavengers Reign. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-10-24_BGaS_Episode_532_WYSBW_Scavengers_Reign.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Wed, 18 October 2023
Before the MCU, before 2020, before SAG AFTRA agreements, there were Dinosaurs. Red & Ivan put on their best Attenborough voice and hairpiece, and watch the BBC Studios Documentary slashfic, Prehistoric Planet. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-10-18_BGaS_Episode_531_WYSBW_Prehistoric_Planet.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:50pm EST |
Tue, 10 October 2023
British television can be both VERY GOOD and (more importantly) not subject to SAG AFTRA agreements. Red & Ivan talk the excellent series from Emma Moran about a world in which *everyone* gets powers at 18 years old, except Jen. It’s Extraordinary. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-10-10_BGaS_Episode_530_WYSBW_Extraordinary.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:40am EST |
Fri, 6 October 2023
We’re BACK, baby!! Twenty-Four years after the it launched, and fully a decade after its last final season, Red & Ivan return to cover the reboot of a show foundational to their humor. Get ready for nostalgia, retconning, and shiny metal asses, it’s Hulu’s Futurama Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-10-06_BGaS_Episode_529_WYSBW_Futurama_11x01.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 8:10pm EST |
Mon, 18 September 2023
I would have succeeded if it wasn’t for those infernal machines. In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-09-18_BGaS_Episode_528_WYSBW_House_Of_X_11_12.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Wed, 6 September 2023
What is dead may never die as Mutants are reborn! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-09-06_BGaS_Episode_527_WYSBW_House_Of_X_9_10.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Wed, 30 August 2023
Time to learn about the birds and the bees and the goldballs and two more mutants. The mother mold is death with and Professor X begins repopulating Krakoa! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-08-30_BGaS_Episode_526_WYSBW_House_Of_X_7_8.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Wed, 23 August 2023
Get into Moira’s 9th lifer! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-08-23_BGaS_Episode_525_WYSBW_House_Of_X_4_6.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Wed, 16 August 2023
In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-08-16_BGaS_Episode_524_WYSBW_House_Of_X.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 1 August 2023
As the only two people watching this extremely fun show, Red & Ivan felt compelled to see this 90 minute long TikTok to completion. They grabbed their hazmat suits, went back to the room, and completed Command Z. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-08-01_BGaS_Episode_523_WYSBW_Command_Z_PT_2.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Mon, 24 July 2023
TWO Steven Soderbergh shows in less than a week, this one a web series released on a blog. Red & Ivan lock themselves into a room, pull on some blue jumpsuits, and do battle with a giant Michael Cera in the first 4 episodes of Command Z. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-07-24_BGaS_Episode_522_WYSBW_Command_Z.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 18 July 2023
Something Different. What if the writer of Men in Black made a show with the complexity of The Wire but directed by Steven Soderbergh. Red & Ivan head to the completely unfamiliar stomping grounds of Manhattan and Queens to watch Full Circle on Max (sans HBO). Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-07-18_BGaS_Episode_521_WYSBW_Full_Circle.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Wed, 12 July 2023
One. Nobody was asking for a mini-series adaptation of David Cronenberg’s 1988 film Dead Ringer featuring Jeremy Irons as Identical Twin Gynecologists (not a bit). Fortunately, Prime Video specializes in content nobody was asking for and Rachel Weisz has an incredible Jeremy Irons impression. Red & Ivan are out of the Silo and back in an even more hellish scenario: The Present. They talk Dead Ringers on Prime Video. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-07-12_BGaS_Episode_520_WYSBW_Dead_Ringers.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Sat, 1 July 2023
Outside. The culmination of the first season of Hugh Howey’s Silo Series! We get some big answers and even bigger questions as Juliette opens a can of Whoop Ass on Bernard and the Powers That Be. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-07-01_BGaS_Episode_519_WYSBW_Silo_1x10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25am EST |
Mon, 26 June 2023
The Getaway. We get the answer to the question posed by episode eight: Does Juliette hang mid-air indefinitely? The answer will shock you. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-27_BGaS_Episode_518_WYSBW_Silo_1x09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:10pm EST |
Wed, 21 June 2023
Hanna. We finally get the *real* backstory of what happened to Juliette’s parents that caused them to have such atrocious wigs. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-21_BGaS_Episode_517_WYSBW_Silo_1x08.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Mon, 12 June 2023
The Flamekeepers. Gloria’s in The Drug Matrix and she needs Morpheus (Juliette) to break her free. Sims and the boys are circling and something weird is going on with with Judge Meadows and her Etch A Sketch. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-12_BGaS_Episode_516_WYSBW_Silo_1x07.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 6:45am EST |
Tue, 6 June 2023
The Relic. Juliette can’t stop dwelling on her horniest moment with George as she makes Judicial more and more nervous. We meet Paul Billings’ family and George’s ex who sets up the BIG REVEAL. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-06_BGaS_Episode_515_WYSBW_Silo_1x06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:19pm EST |
Mon, 29 May 2023
The Janitor's Boy. Tim Robbins has taken to being Mayor in as much as it allows him access to the executive liquor cabinet. Common reveals what being part of the cleanup crew is all about. Juliette sinks further into a destructive posture. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-30_BGaS_Episode_514_WYSBW_Silo_1x05.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 11:21pm EST |
Thu, 25 May 2023
Truth. Juliette dons the sheriff outfit, Marnes takes his trauma out on his constituency, and we get a flashback with some de-aging effects as extreme and inexplicable as the parenting on display. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-26_BGaS_Episode_513_WYSBW_Silo_1x04.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 9:32pm EST |
Tue, 23 May 2023
Machines. We’re done with the prologue and Juliette’s Fix has finally failed, so she grabs a Tool and heads into The Machine, along with many other generic nouns. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-23_BGaS_Episode_512_WYSBW_Silo_1x03.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 12:15am EST |
Tue, 16 May 2023
Holston's Pick. Two episodes, two cleanings. This second episode of wool we’ve got just enough data about the cleanings to begin wildly speculating on the greater world with insufficient information. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-16_BGaS_Episode_511_WYSBW_Silo_1x02.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 7:21pm EST |
Tue, 9 May 2023
Freedom Day. It’s 100s of years into the future, and a community lives underground in a 144 level Silo has no memory of how they got there. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey’s Wool), and it’s Ivan that’s along for the ride for Apple TV+’s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Fri, 5 May 2023
The Human Enigma. In 2018, Jeff Bezos tossed a thumb drive full of crypto at the Russo Brothers and five years later we now have a 6 episodes of content that cost $300 Million Actual US Dollars. Ivan & Red say hi to old friend Richard Madden with his new American accent and take a gander at this outlandish pile of money, Prime Video’s Citadel. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Tue, 25 April 2023
Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse. Peacock is one of the only streaming services left with the cash to produce original content and as a podcast that covered all of HBO’s Watchmen, they’re honor bound to discuss Damon Lindelof & Tara Hernandez’s original series. Ivan & Red get on their high, bomb-strapped, horse, and discuss Peacock’s Mrs. Davis. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-04-25_BGaS_Episode_508_WYSBW_Mrs_Davis.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 18 April 2023
Stung. For the first time in over 500 episodes Ivan & Red managed to prepare for different 35 minute shows. After then watching the other show, they to a tandem review of two good shows, Prime Video’s Swarm created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, and the Apple TV+ show The Big Door Prize, created by David West Read and starring Chris O’Dowd. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-04-18_BGaS_Episode_508_WYSBW_Swarm_BDP.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 11 April 2023
A Better Future is in Your Hands. Amazon thinks they can drop a series adapted from Naomi Alderman’s The Power and just SLIP IT BY Ivan & Red? Not gunna lie they got pretty close. But the lads unearthed the sci-fi series featuring Toni Collette, Adina Porter, Josh Charles, John Leguizamo, Eddie Marsan, and Toheeb Jimoh. Get to this compelling show before it’s relegated to Freevee!!! Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-04-11_BGaS_Episode_507_WYSBW_The_Power.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 4 April 2023
2037: A Raven Story. Climate change is REAL and Every Actor in Hollywood is here to make you pray it hurries up. Ivan & Red are here to talk about the Apple TV+ after school special Extrapolations. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-04-04_BGaS_Episode_506_WYSBW_Extrapolations.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 28 March 2023
Pilot. Having founded Mr. Show, been an integral part of Breaking Bad and the spinoff Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk has decided to go into hiding on AMC’s Lucky Hank. Ivan & Red are here to talk about this tv show adapted from the mid 90s campus novel Straight Man. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-03-28_BGaS_Episode_505_WYSBW_Lucky_Hank.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:31am EST |
Tue, 21 March 2023
Dead Man's Hand. With the last of The Last of Us finished for the season and HBO Max succumbing to bloaters, it’s time to find another show, and what’s more promising than Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne creating a modern day Columbo. Ivan & Red cannot lie and they love Peacock’s Poker Face. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-03-21_BGaS_Episode_504_WYSBW_Poker_Face.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:46am EST |
Tue, 14 March 2023
Look for the Light. Writer, Comic, and Number 1 fan of The Whale Alexandria Love joins us for the season of the greatest video game adaptation of all time. Along with Ivan & Red they talk HBO Max’s The Last of Us for one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-03-14_BGaS_Episode_503_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:22am EST |
Mon, 6 March 2023
When We Are in Need. Our guest! Comic, Writer, & Baby Girl Alexandria Love deals with aging yet charismatic ginger and his increasingly skeptical accomplice on her way to Pedro Pascal’s waiting arms. Along with Ivan & Red they talk HBO Max’s The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-03-07_BGaS_Episode_502_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x08.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 11:53pm EST |
Mon, 27 February 2023
Secret Origins. Comic & Writer Alexandria Love heads to the mall, puts a cassette of A-ha in her Sony Walkman, and meets up with Ivan & Red at the American Girls store to talk HBO Max’s The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-02-28_BGaS_Episode_501_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x07.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:03pm EST |
Mon, 20 February 2023
Kin. Joel and Ellie meet the coolest couple in the apocalypse and then meet up with Joel’s long lost bro at a ski resort for a much needed holiday. Ivan & Red follow HBO Max’s The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-02-20_BGaS_Episode_500_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:41pm EST |
Tue, 14 February 2023
Endure and Survive. We get Henry & Sam’s backstory, we look forward to getting to know them over many episodes and seasons. Ivan & Red follow HBO Max’s The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-02-14_BGaS_Episode_499_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x05.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 6:31am EST |
Thu, 9 February 2023
Please Hold to My Hand. We’re back from one of the best movies of the last decade and I guess we’re back to Mushroom Zombie video game stuff. Chekov sneaks in to palm Ellie a gun and Melanie Linsey tries to Keep TLOU GAY!!! Ivan & Red follow HBO Max’s The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-02-09_BGaS_Episode_498_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:31pm EST |
Mon, 30 January 2023
Long Long Time. This is a video game adaptation, and things are just starting to really get rolling, which means it’s time for a side quest. Sure Joel and Ellie are cool, but have you ever had Frank & Bill??? Ivan & Red follow HBO Max’s The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-01-31_BGaS_Episode_497_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x03.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 8:41pm EST |
Tue, 24 January 2023
Infection. Despite the party decreasing by one, and the always present terror of hoping a video adaptation holds up, Bella Ramsey’s performance convinced Ivan & Red to follow HBO Max’s The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Hopefully by episode 3 they’ll have escaped the hellscape that is Boston, Maine. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-01-23_BGaS_Episode_496_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x02.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 17 January 2023
Comic & Writer Alexandria Love is back to escort Ellie from the PS3 to HBO. She’s joined Ivan & Red in the flatbed truck and they’re off to Boston with no food and a wrench that somehow falls apart after a few uses. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-17_BGaS_Episode_495_WYSBW_Last_of_Us.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:31am EST |
Tue, 10 January 2023
Rix Road. Cassian returns home to discover nothing is as he left it. Maarva makes one last appearance, and B2EMO yanks viciously at the heart strings. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-10_BGaS_Episode_494_WYSBW_Andor_1x12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Thu, 5 January 2023
Daughter of Ferrix. A master class on consoling sentient? droids deep in grief. Cassian gets the help of some local fishermen to get off planet and Forrest Whitaker completes his contractual 90 minutes on set. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Tue, 20 December 2022
No Way Out. Kino Loy’s finally ready to make a move, he just forgot one important skill tree. Luthean takes time to shake down a tweedy redhead, while Mon Mothma considers allowing her daughter to throw herself under the bus. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-12-20_BGaS_Episode_492_WYSBW_Andor_1x10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:45am EST |
Tue, 13 December 2022
Nobody's Listening! Andy Serkis still thinks working within the system will save him, but that’s some Gollum as thinking he needs to move past. Vel returns home to live her Hall & Oatesiest Rich Girl life for a bit. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-12-13_BGaS_Episode_491_WYSBW_Andor_1x09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Tue, 6 December 2022
Narkina 5. Despite being JUST A TOURIST, Andor’s been Shanghai’d to a prison on the Interstellar water planet. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-12-05_BGaS_Episode_490_WYSBW_Andor_1x08.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Mon, 21 November 2022
The Eye & The Announcement. When it comes down to it not everyone on this Heist crew is what they seem. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-11-22_BGaS_Episode_489_WYSBW_Andor_1x06_1x07.mp3
Category:Andor -- posted at: 5:27pm EST |
Tue, 15 November 2022
Aldhani & The Axe Forgets. The only thing I love more than hanging out in Space Scotland is having a Space Heist. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-11-16_BGaS_Episode_489_WYSBW_Andor_1x04_1x05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:03pm EST |
Tue, 8 November 2022
That Would Be Me & Reckoning. The lads finish this first movie now that the Star Wars are good again. When Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter behind four Bourne movies, decided to write a prequel to a prequel in the Star Wars universe, Ivan & Red were pulled back into the Star Wars Television Universe for one last rodeo! Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-11-08_BGaS_Episode_488_WYSBW_Andor_1x02_1x03.mp3
Category:Andor -- posted at: 6:31am EST |
Tue, 1 November 2022
Kassa. When Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter behind four Bourne movies, decided to write a prequel to a prequel in the Star Wars universe, Ivan & Red were pulled back into the Star Wars Television Universe for one last rodeo! Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-11-02_BGaS_Episode_487_WYSBW_Andor.mp3
Category:wysbw -- posted at: 6:30am EST |
Mon, 24 October 2022
The Black Queen. Just when you thought Rhaenyra was out, THEY PULLED HER BACK IN. Sure there’s dragon fights, but more importantly DID YOU SEE THAT WARHAMMER TABLE??? Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Mon, 17 October 2022
The Green Council. No, the OTHER Aegon!!! Otto Hightower makes a play he’s been planning for decades, and frankly after hearing his oratory skills the lads are on his side. Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Mon, 10 October 2022
The Lord of The Tides. In which we do The Time Warp Again, hopefully for the final time. Six years have passed and King Viserys (not the baby Viserys) has one last chance to turn this Game of Thrones into one big happy family. I’m rooting for him! Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Mon, 3 October 2022
Driftmark. In an episode where King Viserys loses no further visible limbs, Aemond trades an eye for a Dragon, Jack shows the first stirs of rebellion, and Aegon just wants a door that locks from the inside. Also Rhaenyra reconnects with her Uncle *shudder*. Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Mon, 26 September 2022
The Princess and the Queen. Time to head Back to The slightly more Futuristic (but still distant) past. Did they recast all of the women in House of The Dragon or are all of the men in new relationships and they just have a ‘type’? Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-09-26_BGaS_Episode_482_HOTD_1x06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:59pm EST |
Mon, 19 September 2022
We Light the Way. The Throne Games get serious as we meet Daemon’s wife and a royal match runs into issues with some concerned parties. Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-09-19_BGaS_Episode_481_HOTD_1x05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:19pm EST |
Mon, 12 September 2022
King of the Narrow Sea. With the war on the Stepstones over, it’s time for brothers to reunite and for everyone to have some good ‘ol family fun. Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-09-12_BGaS_HoTD_1x04.mp3
Category:house of the dragon -- posted at: 5:26pm EST |
Mon, 5 September 2022
Second of His Name. With this many time jumps near Belfast, Rhaenyra’s mount should be a DeLorean. Get out the Old Bay, this could be our last crab feast for a while. Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Mon, 29 August 2022
The Rogue Prince AKA Episode 2. We’ve got a seafood special on the Stepstones: Sailors (this ad is for hungry Crabs who appreciate fine dining). Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-08-29_BGaS_Episode_478_HOTD_1x02.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:34pm EST |
Mon, 22 August 2022
The Heirs of the Dragon. Back in the Dragon Saddle again. Ivan & Red return to Westeros to talk HBO’s (first ever?) spinoff show, The House of The Dragon. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-08-22_BGaS_Episode_477_HOTD_1x01.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:56pm EST |
Mon, 4 July 2022
This is Doesn’t Sound Like Anything to Me, our Westworld recap podcast! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, or via rss. Please leave us a review! It has a huge impact when the podcast season starts and it would be extremely helpful to throw some text and stars our way. Futureworld, excuse me, Westworld is back and we’re getting down to the business of replacing politicians with candidates that can actually get the job done.. Ivan has his jazz cigarettes, Red’s got some bootlegger Rum, and they’re headed into Delos’s Golden Age. Theme performed by Dan Preston, composed by Lucas Tuttle. Logo by Nicole Peterson. As always:
Direct download: 2022-07-04_BGaS_Episode_479_WYSBW_DSLATM_4x02.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:19pm EST |
Mon, 27 June 2022
Direct download: 2022-06-28_BGaS_Episode_478_WYSBW_DSLATM_4x01.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 9:25pm EST |
Thu, 23 June 2022
This is Doesn’t Sound Like Anything to Me, our Westworld recap podcast! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, or via rss. Please leave us a review! It has a huge impact when the podcast season starts and it would be extremely helpful to throw some text and stars our way. Over two years after Season 3, it’s hard to remember what happened in 2020, who can think of one single thing that happened that year? Not Ivan & Red. So they’re back to discuss who’s alive, who’s dead, who’s brain pearl is inside who’s head, and who’s got an appropriate 3-2-1 backup implemented (3 hosts, 2 guns, 1 off planet server). Theme performed by Dan Preston, composed by Lucas Tuttle. Logo by Nicole Peterson. As always:
Direct download: 2022-06-23_BGaS_Episode_477_WYSBW_DSLATM_4x00.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:14pm EST |
Thu, 16 June 2022
Despite the fact that she knew her mom would catch her, Tonight Show writer Alexandria Love snuck out her window at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to yell at Ivan & Red about the latest great MCU pilot from Disney+, Ms. Marvel. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-06-16_BGaS_Episode_476_WYSBW_Ms_Marvel.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:37am EST |
Wed, 8 June 2022
It’s the first sci-fi show to be sponsored by Werther's Original and turning your iPad notifications all the way up, it’s Prime Video’s Night Sky with J.K. Simmons & Sissy Spacek. Ivan & Red chuck a rock in The Mystery Hole for the second time on Prime Video in 2022 (See: Outer Range). Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-06-08_BGaS_Episode_475_WYSBW_Night_Sky.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 1 June 2022
If a single producer green lights an infinite number of Star Wars series, eventually one of them will be Shakespeare’s Richard III. We’re not there yet but one of the lads likes this one. Ivan & Red tune into Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, which features performances by Ol’ Ben Kenobi and a child actor that both harken back to the prequels. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-06-01_BGaS_Episode_474_WYSBW_Obi_Wan_Kenobi.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 18 May 2022
Why did Josh Brolin and Imogen Boots go from being top film actors to agreeing to be on a streaming sci-fi show? We do not know but we're glad they are here. Ivan & Red leap into The Hole to escape some terrifying country brothers and are compelled by what they find on the other side. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-05-18_BGaS_Episode_473_WYSBW_Outer_Range.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 11 May 2022
A TV show is on the air right now with Julia Roberts, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham, Dan Stevens, Hamish Linklater, and yet nobody’s watching it! Despite the title, Gaslit is real and it’s on Starz? *checks notes* Starz. Huh. Ivan & Red cover the part of the screen with Sean Penn in a fat suit and dive in. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Thu, 5 May 2022
Paramount+ has hitched its Warthog to one of the most quintessential post 9/11 video game franchises of our time in its 90 Million Dollar show: Halo. Ivan & Red spent an hour with a Spartan’s groin humping rhythmically in their face so you don’t have to. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Thu, 28 April 2022
Just because a show breaks up the long running partnership of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, doesn’t mean two lads in a bunker can’t strengthen their friendship over the resulting prestige television episode. Ivan & Red load a roll of grainy, oversaturated film into the camera and HBO Max project, Winning Time.
Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-04-28_BGaS_Episode_470_WYSBW_Winning_Time.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Thu, 21 April 2022
Robert Pattinson heads his first effort in the Batverse, and I for one welcome Batman! At The Disco. My Chemical Batman. Taking Bat Sunday. Dashbat Confessional. Bat New. He looks emo is what I’m saying. Ivan & Red slowly, menacingly, unhurriedly tromp into the studio to talk Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-04-21_BGaS_Episode_469_WYSBW_THE_Batman.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 13 April 2022
Spider-Man has truly reached its Boho Days and gone all in on cross rights nostalgia that dates back a whole two decades. Ivan & Red pull on discarded Goblin masks and dive in to find out if they exist in the multiverse where Spider-Man: No Way Home is a good movie. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-04-13_BGaS_Episode_468_WYSBW_Spider_Man_NWH.mp3
Category:movies -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Thu, 7 April 2022
With a cast featuring Hodor, Hizdahr zo Loraq, and a despicable character murdered unexpectedly, is it Game of Thrones or a David Jenkins (People of Earth) comedy? Ivan & Red talk good jokes, competent management, A-List celebrity Rory Kinnear, pirates, and Edward Row Boat Hands. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-04-06_BGaS_Episode_467_WYSBW_OFMD.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 16 March 2022
I did not have Ben Stiller directing a sci-fi psychological thriller on my 2022 bingo cards, but with a cast featuring Adam Scott AND Patricia Arquette, I’ve got my lucky stamper at the ready. It’s not clear if Apple TV+ is a real streaming network, but it looks like they might have a second good show! Ivan & Red talk work/life balance, Braun design, and talk the coolest Rick who ever Ricken’d. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-03-16_BGaS_Episode_466_WYSBW_Severance.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 9 March 2022
Steven Soderbergh looked at the bloated, over-indulgent run times on modern movies and made a perfect 89 minute thriller starring Zoë Kravitz in the techno thriller, KIMI. Ivan & Red talk casting comics, tight cabling, unfilmable software, and the absolute worst man to have as your Dentist. Remember: Every Good Podcast Starts with A Good Listener: BGaS 6.0. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-03-09_BGaS_Episode_465_WYSBW_Kimi.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 2 March 2022
After an ill-fated heist, the lads found a machine that can play HI-8 and dove in. Ivan & Red talk about a surprisingly funny and well made show that should not have been made without the consent of Pamela Anderson, Hulu’s Pam & Tommy. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-03-02_BGaS_Episode_464_WYSBW_Pam_and_Tommy.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 23 February 2022
GOWNS, DARLING!!! Julian Fellowes has made his way across the pond and he’s bringing his trade mark Downton Abbey combo of classism and gowns to 19th century New York City in HBO Max’s The Gilded Age. Ivan & Red the minimum number of guests necessary for the show to go on, extremely minor heists, and the need for caution when googling “inflation calculator”. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-02-23_BGaS_Episode_463_WYSBW_Gilded_Age.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 16 February 2022
Whodunnit?! The only thing we know for sure is it was someone in the LA COMEDY SCENE. Ivan & Red talk Apple TV’s The Afterparty, one of a myriad of murder mystery shows created to capitalize on the Success of Knives Out. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-02-16_BGaS_Episode_462_WYSBW_Afterparty.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 9 February 2022
This is the podcast where Ivan & Red will kill whoever they need to in the name of justice. That’s right, it’s HBO Max’s Peacemaker, the John Cena vehicle created as a spinoff of The Suicide Squad (2021) (Not to be confused with Suicide Squad (2016)). Let Eagly wrap his noble arms around you.
Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-02-09_BGaS_Episode_461_WYSBW_Peacemaker.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 2 February 2022
After sharing her Season 2 pitch document with Ivan & Red, Showrunner Eliza Clark talks the end of Season 1 before going into the detailed pitch document for season 2 and beyond. They talk planned storylines, new characters, and the vision for Y that could have been. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-02-02_BGaS_Episode_460_Eliza_Clark_S2.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 26 January 2022
Slap on your N95 Tusken Raider mask and head to the desert, it’s time to talk the second Disney+ show about a guy in Mandalorian armor. Ivan & Red head to the desert to hang out with Pig Boys, Ming-Na Wen, and NOBODY ELSE. PARKOUR!! Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-26_BGaS_Episode_459_WYSBW_Boba_Fett.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 5:30am EST |
Wed, 19 January 2022
Grab ten shopping carts full of your favorite snacks and barricade the doors, it’s time for Ivan & Red to head in their high rise podcast studio to talk HBO Max’s Station Eleven. The lads are determined to have a good time, because survival is insufficient. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-19_BGaS_Episode_458_WYSBW_YTLM_Station_Eleven.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Wed, 12 January 2022
Fill your pants, and join 355, Dr. Mann, & Yorick in Marrisville, Ohio. The town seems nice, they certainly don’t have any guns, a good idea in the apocalypse, right? Ivan & Red dive back into Y: The Last Man, the Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra comic book series published by Vertigo from 2002 through 2008. They get to the end of Cycles, the second arc in Y, which corresponds to the end of the first season of the TV Show. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-12_BGaS_Episode_457_WYSBW_YTLM_Comics_7-10.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 8:16am EST |
Tue, 4 January 2022
Grab your black trench coat and wrap around sun glasses, where we’re going you don’t need batteries because you are one. Ivan & Red plug back into the final? chapter of The Matrix and talk about one of the more formative franchises of both of their lives. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-04_BGaS_Episode_45_WYSBW_Matrix_Resurrections.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:07pm EST |
Wed, 22 December 2021
Issues #4-6 start off with Yorick getting punched in the face and ends with members of the Blood Bound Railroad Gang fronting as the “Freight Train Riders of America”. Ivan & Red dive back into Y: The Last Man, the Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra comic book series published by Vertigo from 2002 through 2008. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-12-21_BGaS_YTLM_Comics_4-6-lesstrains.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Wed, 8 December 2021
When a prestige fantasy TV show drops, the Basilisk Signal lights the skies of Midgar calling Ivan & Red to obey their sacred duty to consume and process it for public consumption. This time it’s Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time, and the lads try and find out what Showrunner Rafe Judkins did with that 10 mil an episode. Programming Note: The next 3 issues of the Y: The Last Man comic will be covered on next week's podcast! Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-12-08_BGaS_Episode_454_WYSBW_Wheel_of_Time.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 3:50pm EST |
Wed, 1 December 2021
As hosts of the third most co-operative podcast on the Internet, Ivan & Red talk their complete playthrough of the EA Published Josef Fares game of the year candidate, It Takes Two. From the Shed to the Pillowfort through the Snowglobe and the Attic, there’s nothing these two wouldn’t go through to save their marriage. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-12-01_BGaS_Episode_453_WYSBW_It_Takes_Two.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Thu, 18 November 2021
With season 1 of the tv show complete, Ivan & Red dive into the source material for Y: The Last Man, the Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra comic book series published by Vertigo from 2002 through 2008. They talk the differences between 2002 and 2021, between a single cis male writer and a diverse writer’s room, and the differences between normal people and those depicted in comic books. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-11-18_BGaS_Episode_452_WYSBW_YTLM_Comics_1-3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Thu, 11 November 2021
LET THE SPICE FLOW!!! By popular request, Ivan & Red sip on the gift of their body’s moisture and talk Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (2021). Despite the fact the man only made a 1/4 of a movie, there’s a lot to discuss: Can Timothée Chalamet act Cuban, is this movie anti-Irish, how much worm can one movie need, and most importantly, who ordered all the black goo??? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-11-11_BGaS_Episode_451_WYSBW_Dune.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Tue, 2 November 2021
Victoria. Ivan & Red follow a perfect season of television to its phenomenal conclusion. If there could be a better adaptation of a graphic novel, we can’t imagine it. We’ll follow this show to the ends of the earth, whether that road goes through HBO Max or Amazon Prime. Let everyone know about the best show on tv with the hashtag #YLivesOn. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-11-02_BGaS_Episode_450_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man_1x10.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 2:30am EST |
Tue, 26 October 2021
Peppers. Ivan & Red join back up with the gang at the women’s prison where Yorick is fitting in and Dr Mann is showing off mysterious scars. The Amazons visit the Men’s Museum and continue on their mission to destroy the last of the podcasting equipment. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-10-26_BGaS_Episode_449_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man_1x09.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Wed, 20 October 2021
Showrunner for Y: The Last Man, Eliza Clark, joins Ivan & Red for a wide ranging discussion about casting during a pandemic, updating the gender politics of a 19 year old comic, intimacy coordinators, and whether or not Ivan & Red will get to be corpses in Season 2. #YLivesOn Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-10-20_BGaS_Episode_449_Eliza_Clark.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Tue, 19 October 2021
Ready. Aim. Fire. Ivan & Red follow Roxanne on her journey from obtaining Law & Order at any cost to a camping trip at PriceMax on her way to becoming charismatic leader we all know and love! Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-10-19_BGaS_Episode_448_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man_1x08.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Tue, 12 October 2021
My Mother Saw a Monkey. Ivan & Red accuse each other of being bad mothers and then work together to help expose the truth of the Jennifer Brown Administration that is callously allowing service members to die in her name. They also spend the opening bit talking about the new Game of Thrones show House of the Dragon, you can skip to (8:54) to just listen to Y: The Last Man. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-10-12_BGaS_Episode_447_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man_1x07.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 12:21am EST |
Tue, 5 October 2021
Weird Al is Dead. Ivan & Red find themselves trapped on all sides by a menacing group of women who’d just like to sew them into a bear. There’s only one episode to cover this week which gives them more time to cover the material more thoroughly! Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-10-05_BGaS_Episode_446_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man_1x06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:10pm EST |
Tue, 28 September 2021
Karen and Benji and Mann Hunt. Ivan & Red catch up on episodes 4 & 5, where strangers picked to live in an apocalypse stop being polite and start getting real. This episode is all about lessons learned: guard your knees, beware Roxannes, and a heads up on the REAL CIA Conspiracy they WON’T tell you about in school. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-09-28_BGaS_Episode_445_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man_1x04-05.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Fri, 24 September 2021
Would the World Be Kind and Neil. Ivan & Red hid amongst some dead bodies and made it out in time to podcast episodes 2 & 3 of Hulu’s Y: The Last Man. Next week we’ll also cover two episodes in order to catch up with the show! Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-09-23_BGaS_Episode_448_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man_1x02-03.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Thu, 16 September 2021
A formative Vertigo comic book was adapted into a Hulu show and Ivan could feel half his chromosomes tingling. That’s right, Y: The Last Man, with Red reluctantly joining as they draw straws to see who gets to be the only male podcaster left on earth. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-09-16_BGaS_Episode_447_WYSBW_Y_The_Last_Man.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 8:30am EST |
Thu, 9 September 2021
If a crime’s being committed in the 90s and it calls for over the top delivery, wigs, and prosthetics, there’s only one person to call: Ryan Murphy Red & Ivan head back to the malls of their youth to talk the 90s, pervasive misogyny, and the third grossest President of the United States. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-09-09_BGaS_Episode_446_WYSBW_Impeachment_ACS.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 8:30am EST |