Small Beans

Small Beans
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Feb 15, 2019 • 1h

168. Frame Rate: Three Kings (Feat. Miles Gray)

"We three kings be stealin' the gold!" "You make Michael Jackson cut up his own face, my main man; you have the fucked up country." "David O. Russell is a lunatic asshole." TWO of those are indelible lines from Three Kings, one is just a fact. The Daily Zeitgeist's Miles Gray returns to revisit this George Clooney/Jamie Kennedy/Jim Gaffigan vehicle about assmaps the men who misuse them.
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Feb 8, 2019 • 40min

166. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Spacesuit Riot! (Riot!)

Cristian and Abraham, two people with ultra-modern sci-fi names, examine spacesuits and the spacefarers who fill them. As this symbiosis between science-fiction and science fact attests, surviving in the vacuum of what is 99% of the Universe takes some doing.
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Feb 4, 2019 • 1h 5min

165. Frame Rate: Punch-Drunk Love (Feat. Teresa Lee)

Teresa Lee has a love inside of her that makes her invincible and a light you can't even imagine, so we think you'd better say "that's that" and listen to our podcast before she comes over there and beats the Hell from you.
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Jan 31, 2019 • 1h 16min

164. The Coen Brothers Brothers: The Man Who Wasn't There

James Gandolfini, Frances McDormand, Tony Shalhoub, Billy Bob Thornton, and common house-dirt all collide in a way Heisenberg himself couldn't have predicted, but the Coens apparently can. Join Michael and Abe as they struggle to crack the code of this often-obtuse, but always interesting entry in the Coen canon.
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Jan 28, 2019 • 1h 19min

163. Rough Stuff: Kicking Testicles for Peace (Feat. Vanessa Gritton)

Vanessa Gritton comes by for her first non-Red Dead-related episode of Small Beans, and gets things off to a great start by kicking Sarah and Bridgett in the she-testicles whenever they disagree even slightly.
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Jan 24, 2019 • 1h 7min

162. My Top 8: Zora Bikangaga

Maggie 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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Jan 18, 2019 • 45min

159. Pop Culture Petri Dish: Cool Guns, Good Slaves, & Other Sci-Fi Paradoxes

Cristian 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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Jan 16, 2019 • 1h 8min

158. Frame Rate: Thelma & Louise (Feat. Maggie Mae Fish)

Hey, 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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Jan 10, 2019 • 1h 15min

157. Tales from the Pit: Sex With Anonymity Isn't Me (Feat. Jamila Dawson)

Sage 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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Jan 7, 2019 • 38min

156. What Dinosaur Real Good? Ankylosaurus!

Bridgett 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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