As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In this episode of our Patron-only shadow series, Abe and Michael work on their new Act 1 & 2 break down for...
2021-04-14 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
For today’s lecture, Professor Scott Bug explains humanity’s relationship with Mother Yard, which makes up all of the flora on our planet. As a guest, we brought on Mysterious Scientist Dr. Teresa Malback who has made it her life...
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Here's a video Swaim made for IGN that he wrote, shot, and edited himself because no one at the company could fully follow or endorse the concept! He pushed on, heart-first, and got to speak with some of the most creative folks in gaming and film currently afoot.
The end result is pretty long and involved. THAT'S HOW YOU ...
As voted on by our patreon “Show Me” producers, this episode features Maggie and Adam’s picks of their nightmare fuel movie. What does Maggie find terrifying? What would Adam never wish to show his mother? Adam and Maggie talk ...
2021-04-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s the deal. Our very bean Michael Swaim and Gamefully Unemployed’s David Christopher Bell have decided to create a dream team. A supergroup. The Traveling Wilburys of podcasting. The Cream of audio. So get in here and listen to this audio cream!
The whole concept at play here is that Michael and Dave realized t...
2021-04-02 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons.
In this episode of our Patron-only shadow series, Abe and Michael discuss a new sci-fi pitch that in...
2021-03-29 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam walks us through the vision of the Hughes Brothers and the techniques deployed so the film’s final twist isn’t doesn’t feel so hard to swallow. It succeeds and fails in different ways, but there’s plenty of craftsmanship...
2021-03-26 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week on 1upsmanship, Michael got Adam to play Psychonauts, a beloved game from his childhood. This week on Frame Rate, Michael gets to wax poetic about Dark City, the Alex Proyas film that is basically The Matrix and pre-dated t...
2021-03-22 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
If you missed the festivities last night, don't cry, little beans, for we have saved the whole event and placed it on youtube! Which big bean came out on top? You'll have to bean to find out!
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2021-03-20 20:51:26 +0000 UTC
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Ah yes, the personification of the Stephen King everyman: Arnold Schwarzenegger. As we’ve learned, King’s protagonists are often nerds, dweebs, heck, even goofballs. So when the producers of the film approached Schwarzenegger wit...
2021-03-19 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Swaim had the pleasure of sitting down with Richard and AJ to discuss Meet the Parents and its ensuing sequels as part of their Film Franchise Fortnights series. Thanks for the invite, CultPop!
2021-03-16 18:29:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode examines the extremely lean production of It Follows (2014) and how choosing specific directorial tactics can both keep the budget reasonable and make for satisfying artistic choices. Director David Robert Mitchell takes...
2021-03-12 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostYou beautiful little beans, do we have a surprise for you. It's back, baby! Visit our new TeePublic store NOW to get your Small Beans merch! Of a wider variety than ever before available! There's a flash sale RIGHT NOW for our opening! Get your stickers! Your baby onsies! Your cups! Your pillows! Get it all now!
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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 B...
2021-03-08 16:20:57 +0000 UTC View Post
What power!? The power of the bean! Teresa Lee returns to Frame Rate! In this episode, the gang discusses the philosophical and symbolic efforts of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. Why is Jareth doing this? What are the goblins? What does t...
2021-03-05 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A very special 2-hour episode for our Show Me Patrons! In this one, Maggie talks about building a Catio for her cats and declares war on YouTube commenters of this show. Adam dubs himself America’s Dad and America agrees. Also today, we’re teaching you a game that Adam and his brother created to curb indecision and the ru...
2021-03-02 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Actor and sketch writer/producer Gretchen Dawson jumps on the mic for this episode! Gretchen tells us tales of her childhood with her accidentally woke bullies and her split lives at home and school. In this episode, we examine how o...
2021-02-26 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Some episodes of Kings of King are very different from our typical approach to unearthing the symbolism and meaning of Stephen King’s adaptations. This is one of those episodes. The movie is Frank Darabont’s The Green Mile (1999)...
2021-02-22 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael was a guest on Katy and Cody's current events pod, Even More News! They talk Ted Cruz, Texas, and three other things.
2021-02-19 17:10:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam tells us the history and classic use of the Steadicam so we can better understand how Christopher Nolan uses it. Not only is he unique in his deployment of the tool but Nolan’s signature speed and momentum exaggerate both the ...
2021-02-19 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Two of the warmest hosts to bless this podcast network take a moment to reflect on some of their coldest days. Both Michael Swaim and Cristian Ramirez have gone through divorces. Cristian, the more recent single, tells Michael about ...
2021-02-18 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We THINK that's the name of the podcast. Anyway, it's the one associated with our pals Sean and Robert over at 1900HOTDOG! Michael hopped into the Podcazt Zzone to talk Ready Player Two and all things karate magic!
2021-02-18 02:09:16 +0000 UTC View Post
In honor of our Cyberpunk 2077 episode of 1Upsmanship (below!), Swaim decided to post all. of his favorite Cyberpunk photo mode images. Now he can stop tweeting them constantly. Weeeeee love you!
2021-02-16 02:03:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Seanbaby joins the beans to discuss their collective disdain for the recent Wonder Woman movie! They pick apart its many plot holes, discuss the state of the union of DC and Marvel universes, but end up determining maybe they’re no...
2021-02-12 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In this episode of our Patron-only shadow series, Abe and Michael discuss the development of a podcast docuserie...
2021-02-10 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For today’s lecture, Professor Scott Bug elucidates how our perception of color is all thanks to one tiny man, Rod Cone. To help narrate the life and past of Rod Cone, we brought his biographer Dr. Jonah Colrenbuch to discuss why c...
2021-02-08 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
If that incredibly lengthy post title didn't provide enough info, leave it to me, the flavor text! Mike and Abe swung by the Gamefully Unemployed offices to talk X-Files. Specifically, the one Stephen King wrote, which makes a lot of sense when you think about it. It's Chinga, my babies! Let us discuss it.
2021-02-07 22:51:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Swaim chats with pal Katie Goldin about troglobites, trilobites, and troglodytes. He's ultimately not sure which is which, but the convo is a lot of fun anyway!
2021-02-05 22:46:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Daniel O’Brien, writer for Last Week Tonight and original gangster, joins Bridgett and Sarah for a candid discussion of how teenagers fall for the allure of playing the role of a protagonist in a tragic romance. Daniel starts with ...
2021-02-05 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
