Podcast 192: Emillio Stew

We begin our study of the AMC classic tv show, Breaking Bad. My new roommate Justin joined us for his first go round on a podcast. He did a great job. I am so excited to be able to cover a series of television that is so well written, acted, and produced. This tv podcast covers episodes 1 and 2 of Breaking Bad Season 1.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    New roommate introduction: Justin
    Peter discusses various types of taco. Why, we don't know.
    Salty Lake Radio - Take a listen!
    Joey's Culture Corner: Ivory Tower (2014 film)
    Facebook Find of the Week: Everyone -
    Top 5 Favorite: Things you're thankful for
    Who would ever eat veggie bacon? Peter is willing to try it if you have.
    I was a terrible Chemistry student.
    Awkward husband wife scene to watch in mixed company.
    Walter White's motivating and definitive statement about how he is going to cook meth.
    Two guys who know nothing about how you do drugs discuss ways to do crystal meth.
    Which implement would you use to kill Crazy 8?
    Music by Shayna Zaid

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 192: 2hr 07min 17sec:
Pilot
Peter: Television - 8
Joey: Television -

The Cat's In the Bag
Peter: Television - 9
Joey: Television - 8

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Podcast Movie Special: Stargate

Wow, okay, we really have fallen out of the habit of this podcast thing. Sorry everyone. But the good news is that we have finally published our movie podcast on Stargate the movie. Joey and I each brought a different spin to things, as usual. But if was fun to be back in the chairs recording, even if it did takes months for our schedules to properly align. Anyway, enjoy! Duration: 2h 42m 35s
Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    We're back... eventually.
    Adventures in Republican
    Joey went to Comicon and loved it!!
    Joey's Culture Corner: Brilliance (The Brilliance Saga Book 1) by Marcus Sakey
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Birth of a new world: the Tolkien poem that marks the genesis of Middle-earth
    Top 5 Favorite things you did this summer
    University of Utah football team lost
    Peter watched with the commentary and Joey watched it normally
    The Stargate stays open at the speed of plot
    When you meet an alien civilization for the first time, how are you going to communicate with them?
    Nuclear explosions
    Music Intro: The Future Soon by Jonathan Coulton

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Podcast 191: His Final Vow

Trekwest5 will be tackling the recent BBC Sherlock Holmes series for their television podcast. This weeks installment is the second episode of the third season: His Final Vow. Albeit 2 weeks late in posting it. :/

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Cubicles & Careers
    Top 5 Favorite Action Movies
    Adventures In Republican
    Why can't perfume taste like it smells?
    I wouldn't need to know all my spouses secrets.
    What is Magnuson's motivation?
    Music Intro: I Fight Dragons

Here is the rating that we gave for the show:
His Final Vow: 1hr 44min 50sec
Peter: Television - 6
Joey: Television - 7

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Podcast 190: The Sign of Three

Trekwest5 will be tackling the recent BBC Sherlock Holmes series for their television podcast. This weeks installment is the second episode of the third season: The Empty Hearse. Thankfully I remembered to check emails correctly this week and we got Brainy's email in time.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Man of La Mancha
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Morgan Freeman on helium
    Top 5 Favorite Folk/Fairy Tales
    Barely audible Jon
    Giving speeches
    Getting dressed one handed
    Joey offers a testimonial for Alka Seltzer
    Music Intro: A Kind of Faith by Steve Schultz

Here is the rating that we gave for the show:
The Sign of Three: 1hr 55min 26sec
Peter: Television - 7
Joey: Television - 8

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Podcast 189: The Empty Hearse

Trekwest5 will be tackling the recent BBC Sherlock Holmes series for their television podcast. This weeks installment is the first episode of the third season: The Empty Hearse. Apologies to everyone for the echo-y audio.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: About Time
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Mr. T - Treat Your Mother Right
    Top 5 Favorite Drama shows TW5 should cover next
    Joey admits he has answered the question as to how the Incredible Hulks pants always fit regardless of his size.
    Joey grosses us all out with one of his slash fiction theories.
    Music Intro: Hear Me by Imagine Dragons

Here is the rating that we gave for the show:
The Empty Hearse: 1hr 36min 42sec
Peter: Television - 8
Joey: Television - 9

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Podcast 188: BSG Season 4 and Series Wrapup

BSG has finally come to an end. And it only took us almost 2 years. It was a ton of fun to both put Joey through that torture but also rewatch the reboot. Ron Moore, you did a fantastic job of reimagining this series. This tv podcast covers the Season 4 and Series Wrapup Battlestar Galactica.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Peter's trip to Salt Lake Comicon April 2014
    Adventures in Republican
    Joey's Culture Corner: Spiderman 2
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Mad Giggler -
    Top 5 Favorite Reasons why we haven't podcasted for the last 2 months
    Adventures in Republican pt 2
    Super long emails from MFJM and Fishhead
    BSG Season 4 Wrapup
    BSG Series Wrapup
    Music Intro: I Fight Dragons

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Here is the rating that we gave for the episode in Podcast 188: 2hr 26min 36sec:

Season 4 recaps and lists
Favorite Extra/Bit Part
Peter: Dr. John Hodgeman
Joey: Hera

Most Hated Character
Peter: Starbuck
Joey: Torry

Hot Chick
Peter & Joey: Tricia Helfer as #6

Favorite Villain
Peter: Torry
Joey: Cavill

Funniest Moment
Peter & Joey: "Frack" - Cavill committing suicide

Top Hated Episodes
Peter

1. Sine Qua Non
2. No Exit
3. The Road Less Traveled
4. The Ties That Bind

Joey

1. Six of One
2. A Disquiet Follows My Soul
3. Sine Qua Non
4. The Oath
5. He That Believeth in Me

Top Favorite Episodes
Peter:

1. Daybreak
2. Faith
3. Blood on the Scales
4. The Oath
5. Revelations

Joey:

1. No Exit
2. Someone To Watch Over Me
3. Guess What's Coming to Dinner
4. The Hub
5. Daybreak

Favorite Overall Moment
Peter: The final jump of Gallactica


Joey: Adama & Roslin Flying off at the end



BSG Series recaps and lists
Favorite Extra/Bit Part
Peter:

1. Hybrid
2. Dr. John Hodgeman
3. Dr. Roberts

Joey:

1. Kali
2. Hybrid
3. Leoban

Most Hated Character
Peter:

1. Starbuck

Joey:

1. Tom Zerrick
2. Admiral Cain
3. Gaius Baltar

Hot Chick
Peter:

1. Tricia Helfer as #6
2. Dualla
3. Boomer

Joey:

1. Tricia Helfer as #6
2. Boomer
3. Dualla

Favorite Villain
Peter:

1. Admiral Cain
2. Cavill
3. Gaius Baltar

Joey:

1. Cavill
2. Tom Zerrick

Funniest Moment
Peter: Gaius - "You can all see her!"
Joey: Adama painting the wall of his bathroom.

Top 10 Hated Episodes
Peter

1. Black Market
2. You Can't go Home Again
3. Sacrifice
4. Sine Qua Non
5. Hero
6. Unfinished Business
7. The Son Also Rises

Joey

1. 
   
2. Sacrifice
3. Black Market
4. Valley of Darkness
5. The Son Also Rises
6. The Hand of God

Top 10 Favorite Episodes
Peter:

1. Daybreak
2. Resurrection Ship
3. Pegasus
4. 33
5. Crossroads pt2
6. Faith
7. Blood on the Scales
8. Rapture
9. Collaborators
10. Kobol's Last Gleaming pt2

Joey:

1. 33
2. Exodus pt2
3. Resurrection Ship pt1
4. Resurrection Ship pt2
5. Flight of the Phoenix
6. Home pt2
7. Six Degrees of Separation
8. Maelstrom
9. Crossroads
10. Kobol's Last Gleaming pt2

Best Season
Peter: Season 2
Joey: Season 3

Best Intro episodes for the non BSG watcher
Peter: The Mini-Series
Joey: 33

Favorite Overall Character
Peter: Felix Gaeta
Joey: Head 6

Favorite Overall Moment
Peter: The realities of having to feed a fleet of star ships


Joey: Grab your gun and bring in the cat


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Podcast 187: All Of This Has Happened Before...

This week we finally put an end to Joey's misery about the story of BSG. And yes, it is better than Lost. I think every tv finale is going to be compared to Lost for quite a while, because of how terrible it was. BSG had a comparatively very good finale where they wrap up most of the big questions. But more, as a retelling of an already beloved tv show, it carved out its own place within SciFi history. This tv podcast covers the finale of Battlestar Galactica Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Lent: Find your new vice
    Joey's Culture Corner: Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - What Tree Rings Sound Like Played on a Record Player
    Top 5 Favorite: TV Finales
    Adventures in Republican
    Joey thinks the idea of a lap dance is creepy.
    Don't throw guns.
    The secret of the Opera House is revealed.
    I don't want to give up my comfortable life.
    Did Gaius actually ruin everything for humanity or actually save it?
    Music by Shayna Zaid

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 187: 2hr 18min 14sec:
Daybreak
Peter: SciFi - 10 Television - 8
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 8

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Podcast 186: You Haven't Changed Gaius, I Have

This is late in getting posted by a week from when we recorded it due to unforeseen illness. And this was our first week back after probably a month off. So we had a lot to talk about. BSG is almost over. Can't wait to see how Joey reacts to the finish. This tv podcast covers episodes 17 and 18 of Battlestar Galactica Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Catching up on email
    Peter reviews the podcast "Welcome To Nightvale"
    Pete recommends the BBC show Top Gear
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Virgin's Promise by Kim Hudson
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Sesame Street Fighter
    Top 5 Favorite: Deceased Actors
    Pete actually likes Starbuck in these episodes.
    Cylons get a seat on the council.
    New Starbuck theory from Joey: She's a Cylon projection.
    "Lost is never a place you need to be. Where you need to be is found!" - Joey Smith
    I believe in angels
    Music Intro - Listener Brainy Smurf's Original Composition for TrekWest5: "This is Wrong Tool"

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 186: 2hr 04min 36sec:
Someone To Watch Over Me
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 10 Television - 8

Islanded in a Stream of Stars
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 9

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Podcast Movie Special: Groundhog Day

We cover Groundhog Day for our podcast movie special this week.  What a great film by Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliot.  Not only is this a hilarious film but it has a really great message at the end.  Hopefully we can all become the type of people that are wiling to ask others around us: "Is there anything I can do for you today?".  If we can then not only us, but the world around us will be a better place.  Duration: 1h 59m 28s

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: 12:01 the Movie
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Don't mess with flute practice
    Pete looks like Chris Elliot
    Being a Weatherman is hard work
    New podcast idea: Joey's Holiday Lecture Series
    Joey secretly just wants to be a DJ
    Joey thinks winter is the best season
    New podcast segment: some top 5 list
    Top 5 things you would do if you were stuck repeating a day, over and over again
    Music Intro: Hear Me by Imagine Dragons

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Podcast 185: Sheep Have A New Shepherd

Yep, it turns out that Ellen is still a terrible person. But we learn a ton of info about this series, unlike other TV shows (specifically Lost). Fantastic stuff! Also tons of lists of various things from the listners. This tv podcast covers episodes 15 and 16 of Battlestar Galactica Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Pete recommends the Comedy Central show @Midnight
    Adventures in Republican
    Joey's Culture Corner: Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - He-Man
    Top 5 Favorite: Non-traditionally Animated Movies
    Joey mispronounces the name of Philip K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly"
    Joey continues to prove how much of a cylon he really is.
    Do the "Smart" thing, not the "Right" thing.
    Stroking someone with the back of your hand is weird.
    Joey has a hard time with human emotions sometimes.
    Peter compares the phrase "icy pragmatism" to Objectivism.
    Joey and Peter come up with some really weird stuff.
    Music Intro: So Much More by Candace Russell

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 185: 2hr 44min 30sec:
No Exit
Peter: SciFi - 10 Television - 6
Joey: SciFi - 10 Television - 8

Deadlock
Peter: SciFi - 8 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 8 Television - 6

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Podcast 184: They're Gonna Kill Us

A reckoning was predicted, and what a reckoning that Gaeta and Zarek get for their actions. Farewell dear Gaeta. It was really sad to see your decline. Even if it is getting to the end of the series, it is a gutsy move to kill off two of the main characters. This tv podcast covers episodes 13 and 14 of Battlestar Galactica Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Joey's Culture Corner: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Baby Name Wizard Graph of Most Popular Baby Names
    Top 5 Favorite: Traditionally Animated Movies
    Joey doesn't properly appreciate Mel Brooks
    "People don't change, with only 6 episodes left." - Joey Smith
    Finally Tom Zarek is dead!
    Music Intro: I Fight Dragons

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 184: 1hr 55min 46sec:
The Oath
Peter: SciFi - 6 Television - 8
Joey: SciFi - 6 Television - 7

Blood On The Scales
Peter: SciFi - 6 Television - 9
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 8

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Podcast 183: I See It

A return to the podcast after our holiday break. We had to change plans of recording venue since Joey forgot to bring up the normal recording laptop and so we made a trip back to the office. Thankfully Joey and I had talked them in to buying all the equipment that we would need. Lots of surprises in this week, but the best and most sad was the death of Dualla. Gonna miss the heck out of her. This tv podcast covers episodes 11 and 12 of Battlestar Galactica Season 4.

Various topics discussed in this podcast include:
    Holiday wrap up for Joey and I.
    My favorite gift from Christmas was a sketch by my niece.
    Joey's Culture Corner: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    Facebook Find of the Week: Listener Fishhead - Deadliest actors of all time
    Top 5 Favorite: Things I did in high school
    Research Assignment by the Intern: How long does it take for an area to recover from a Nuclear disaster?
    How did Tyrol come to be in a "normal" human family?
    Dee blows us all away when she blows herself away.
    Doc Coddle may be best thing about BSG. He nearly steals every scene.
    Doctor/patient confidentiality vs. The right of the father
    Music Intro - Listener Brainy Smurf's Original Composition for TrekWest5: "This is Wrong Tool"

Here is the rating that we gave for the episodes in Podcast 183: 2hr 14min 33sec:
Sometimes A Great Notion
Peter: SciFi - 6 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 7 Television - 8

A Disquiet Follows My Soul
Peter: SciFi - 7 Television - 7
Joey: SciFi - 4 Television - 7

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