Episodes

In this episode, Kat, Pippin, and Alex discuss the 2022 TV show Our Flag Means Death. You can stream it from HBO Max. Content warnings for strong language, references to murder, gross bodily harm, suicidal ideation and auto-cannibalism, bad accents, historical piracy (and gossip from same), passing references to slavery, bad math, discussions of toxic masculinity, references to sad queer filmography, U-Haul jokes, discussions of queer-baiting and gaslighting, and queer puns. We reference or sp...

In this episode we discuss the video game Hades. You can find where to purchase it on Supergiant Games website. Content warnings for strong language, casual discussion of death, dysfunctional family dynamics, mythological incest, and a potentially excessive amount of video game jargon We reference or spoil: Clueless, Venmo, Supergiant Games, Bastion, Pyre, Sunny House, “Developing Hell” Hades youtube documentary, roguelike games, The Hugo Awards, Hades animated trailer, Castlevania (netflix ca...

In this episode we discuss the 1994 film The Shadow. You can rent it from Amazon, YouTube, or iTunes. Content warnings for strong language, deeply ingrained racism, induced suicide, murder, consent issues, mindreading and manipulation, body horror, medical horror, drug use, asylums for the mentally ill, and Scooby-Doo hijinks We reference or spoil: Peter Pan, Jim Steinman‘s discography, The Phantom, The Shadow radio show and comics, Iron Fist, Batman lore, Doctor Strange, Dark City, Star Wars ...

In this episode we discuss a story idea by Alex, continuing his Space Ace Detective series! Content warnings for strong language, discussions of murder and suicide for the purposes of plot, ACAB, very many pseudo-posh big-game-hunter harumphing noises, humorous discussion of Kat’s and Brendan’s future deaths and wakes, and Kat getting the giggles at the eleventh hour. We reference or spoil: No Story is Sacred episode “A Body in the Void,” No Story is Sacred episode “The Orphaned Light“, impost...

In this episode we discuss the 2017 film The Book of Henry. You can stream it from Netflix or rent it from Amazon or YouTube. Content warnings for strong language, murder, child abuse in a variety of forms, suicide, unaddressed alcoholism, a deeply underutilized cast that deserved better, and medical advice (we are not medical professionals and can neither prescribe nor diagnose) We reference or spoil: Doctor Who episode “Blink”, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Rube Goldberg devices, Final Dest...

In this episode we discuss the 2018 film How It Ends. You can stream it from Netflix. Content warnings for strong language, mentions of Joe Rogan, honeypots, California wildfires, the September 11th attacks, and Pippin’s complete and eventually purposeful inability to remember geography. We reference or spoil: Bram Stoker’s Dracula, emergency go-bags, Mad Max, Cloverfield, flipping of the magnetic poles, Zombieland, Star Wars, Thelma & Louise, Ted Lasso, Mr Rogers and radical kindness, Captain...

In this episode we discuss the 1992 film Bram Stoker’s Dracula. You can stream it from Netflix, or rent it from YouTube, or Amazon Prime. Content warnings for strong language, sex, violence, blood, drinking blood, murder, consent issues, sexual assault and metaphors for sexual assault, sex-shaming, Catholicism, discussion of suicide and references to certain religious views on suicide, vampiric wiles, vomit, Keanu Reeve’s hair, truly awful head puns, crimes against ADR, and spending the whole t...

In this episode we discuss the 1984 film Ghostbusters. You can rent it from Youtube, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime. Content warnings for strong language, references to sex toys, bad Boston accents, a lot of theorizing in the absence of data with regard to the academic history of the parapsychology lab of Columbia University, middle-aged adults being distracted from their podcast by the dream of rent-controlled apartments, completely specious arguments regarding the legal process behind the receipt ...

In this episode we discuss a story idea by Brendan about doing heists in space! Content warnings for strong language, references to bugs/insects, saying spice way too much, and politics in science fiction. We reference or spoil: “Dick in a Box” by The Lonely Island, Dune by Frank Hebert, Critical Role “Do you spice?”, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Star Trek universe, Leverage, No Story is Sacred episodes “A Body in the Void” and “The Orphaned Light”, Inception, Ocean’s Eleven cinematic univers...

In this episode we discuss the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. You can watch it on Disney+, or rent it from Youtube, or Amazon Prime. Content warnings for strong language as well as discussions of misogyny, colonialism, American imperialism, multiple succession crises, a distressing number of off-the-cuff revolutionary speeches, and over-the-top “rich villain” accents. We reference or spoil: Mortal Kombat, Princess Diaries franchise, Dungeons and Dragons (2023 film), Harry ...

In this episode we discuss the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness. Again. Just in case something changed after we watched it for our very first episode. You can watch it on Paramount+, or rent it from Youtube, or Amazon Prime. Content warnings for strong language as well as discussions of racism, facism, and OSHA violations We reference or spoil: Star Trek (2009), The Hobbit films, Cabin Pressure, No Story Is Sacred episode 1 “Star Trek Into Darkness”, Airplane!, Viable Paradise, No Story Is Sa...

In this episode we discuss the 1986 film Labyrinth. You can watch it on Netflix, or rent it from Youtube, or Amazon Prime. Content warnings for strong language, kidnapping, implied inappropriate-age-difference romance, discussion of horror tropes, discussion of lost children and child death, Kat’s youthful badfic fantasy novel parody, David Bowie’s tight pants, terrible owl impressions, and Brendan persistently summoning goblins We reference or spoil: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Captain A...

A new Matrix movie is coming out in December. In light of that, here is the episode where we discuss the original 1999 movie. You can watch it online on HBOMax, Amazon, or Youtube. Content warnings for strong language, discussions of transphobia, and an unfortunate number of Catholic jokes We reference or spoil: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Joseph Campbell‘s “The Hero’s Journey“, the Bible, Lewis Carroll‘s Through the Looking Glass, The Wizard of Oz, The Lord of the Rings, Priscilla: Queen of t...

In this episode we once again play a game of our own devising called “Wheel of Tropes.” We use random TV Tropes and entries from Diana Wynne Jones‘s The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. Content warnings for strong language, reference to netorare, numerous instances of people saying “bifurcation”, and an absurd number of anime references just to annoy Kat. We reference or spoil: “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum, Quad City DJ‘s “C’Mon ‘N Ride It (The Train)“, Captain America, Marvel’s What If…?, Outlaw...

It’s the fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode we talk about some sketches Brendan wrote! Content warnings for strong language, discussion of horror movie tropes, and dunking on Kat We reference or spoil: Saturday Night Live, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Great Food Truck Race, Great British Bake Off, E. E. Cummings, Blue’s Clues, The Omen, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th series, Rosemary’s Baby, Halloween, The Ring, Silence of the Lambs, NBC’s Hannibal, The Baby-Sit...

In this episode we discuss an original story idea by Kat called “Partial Transcript: Shell Game”. Content warnings for strong language, general horror, body horror, and mentions of Donald Trump and Elon Musk We reference or spoil: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, P.T. Barnum, Penn & Teller‘s Shell Game, Serial podcast, Kuleshov Effect, Nathan Fillion discussing soap opera acting, Criminal podcast, Furby, Leverage, Quasi the robot, Reeti robot, Big Hero 6, Battle of Thermopylae, Boston Dynami...

In this episode we discuss the 1984 film Streets of Fire. You can watch it on Netflix, or rent it from Youtube, or Apple TV. Content warnings for strong language, discussions of misogyny, quick rape mention, and our strange obsession with Willem DeFoe. We reference or spoil: Fire Inc’s “Nowhere Fast”, “I was studying the blade” meme, Fire Inc’s “Tonight Is What It Means to be Young”, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, the fair folk, Batman: The Animated Series, Jim Steinman, The New Adventures of Sherloc...

In this episode we discuss the classic Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. You can read it online from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Content warnings for strong language, Shakespeare-level misogyny, terrible Boston accents, and Boston-memes We reference or spoil: Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Great Food Truck Race, Project Runway “it’s fucking red” meme, Kenneth Branaugh and Emma Thompson’s 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing, David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s 2011 production of Muc...

In this episode Brendan, Pippin, and Alex play the tabletop role-playing game Honey Heist, created by Grant Howitt. You can obtain the game directly from the creator. Content warnings for strong language, bear violence, too many puns, and wandering accents We reference or spoil: Honey Heist, Noreascon, Worldcon, Leverage, Fast and the Furious cinematic universe, the origin of the name Artur, Get Carter (1971), The Trip (2011), Inception, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Doctor Who, Paddingto...

In this episode we discuss the 1996 film Space Jam. You can watch it on YouTube, Amazon Prime, or HBO Max. Content warnings for strong language, discussion of pandemics and vaccinations, general 90s awfulness (including misogyny and use of outdated terms for those with intellectual disabilities), references to R. Kelly, references to Nazis, and live demonstrations of Punnett squares. We reference or spoil: Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies multiverse, Sesame Street/The Muppet Show, Community episod...

In this episode we discuss an original story idea by Brendan! Content warnings for strong language, discussion of climate change, bugs, bug horror, body horror, Covid talk, and the destruction of Lyntton, British Columbia. We reference or spoil: “In the Navy” by The Village People, Margaritaville restaurant, Animaniacs, No Story is Sacred episode “Writ of Attachment“, Wachowski sisters, Kevin Feige, A Quiet Place 1 & 2, The War of the Worlds, Waterworld, Jurassic Park, The Martian, Ursula Vern...

It’s the fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode we talk about the Apple TV show Mythic Quest Content warnings for strong language, discussions about the relationship between art and commerce, and Kat’s complete inability to understand the very basics of video games We reference or spoil: Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, MMORPGs, World of Warcraft, The Nebula Awards, Questie Besties podcast, How I Met Your Mother, Black Mirror, Palm Springs, early science fiction publishing, Carnegie Me...

In this episode we discuss the 1999 film Wing Commander. You can watch it on YouTube, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime. Content warnings for strong language, discussions of women killed to promote a man’s story, misogyny and “future” racism in the text, sex jokes, several minutes’ worth of trying to remember New Hampshire movie theatres from the 90s, bad French accents, and terrible Reformation jokes We reference or spoil: Wing Commander video game, Rent, Tick, Tick… Boom!, NSIS Ep 90: “Writ of Attac...

In this episode we discuss an original story idea by Pippin. Content warnings for strong language, discussions of inappropriate work relationships, misunderstandings of how the law works, and bad lawyer puns. We reference or spoil: various legal terms, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, She’s All That, Legal Eagle youtube channel, John Grisham, Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”, Daredevil, Gail Carriger, Grey’s Anatomy, Enchanted, Invincible cartoon, Pride and Prejudice, Private Practice, Chuck Tingle...