The Haven Exchange

Ah dreams...most of us have them every night, some never get the chance to experience them. From amazing adventures to the frightening intrusion of imagination, we often are clueless to how we could even have the mental capacity to come up with such stories. But are dreams more then just nighttime stories to pass the time? Tune in as we explore our most alarming dreams that occure time and time again, as well as discussing the top ...

Genies...Djinn...Wishes...Arabian Nights...All the fun! For most of us Aladdin is the one true genie that sparked many conversations of what would you do? What would you do if you were offered 3 wishes from a Genie? So much opportunity and so much room for things to go wrong. Tune in as we discuss what each of our 3 wishes would be and try and ruin it by figuring out the many ways that wish could go wrong!

What would you w...

It is finally that time... time to debate the ultimate monster mashup. Werewolves vs Vampires! The primal driven lunar lunatics pitted up against the classy and seductive blood fiends, who will win?? From their folklore history to their pop culture influence, we attempt to cover it all within a "rational" debate.  Tune in as we fight for our picks as the best monster overall!

Which side do you pick? Let us know! ...

The 90's were a significant era for the Horror genre. It brought Horror to a point in cinema where it could stand tall against epic dramas and high budget action films. This was the decade to solidify Horror movies to be concerned works of art. And while we still saw the camp cross over to the generation, we got some of the greatest horror films of all time. As well as some evolutions to the genre itself. Join us as we review ...

WE ARE BACK! We had a little hiatus as Genesis moved across the country and is now closer to the rest of the squad. So welcome back to your regularly scheduled weekly dose of shenanigans.  On this episode we are kicking off the spookytober and diving into Urban Legends and some superstitions. Tune in as we discuss our favorites and relive our scary childhood memories. 

What Urban Legend do you believe to be true? Let us kn...

Celebrities are well known for changing their name. Whether it be to attract more work on a point of action style name or simply simplifying the original to something more fit for billing and marketing purposes. I am sure we are aware of some of the notable celebs, but some celebrity name changes might be less known! On this episode we put the gang to test and see if they can guess the Celebrity based off of their original name and...

Time to take another trip back to our childhood and rediscover the lewd and crude adult humor baked into the scenes we all grew up watching. Was it simply an added bonus for the parents or just the animators and writers slipping in some adult easter eggs for their own laughs. Well tune in as we review a few notable childrens movies and cartoons that have some...well... not so hidden adult jokes and think how we could have missed th...

Do kids these days have it way better in the toys they have available? Tough to answer, because anyone who grew up in the 90's sure could argue we still had it pretty good! Even though most of our toys were severely limited in play time or retained any sort of value after so long. But hey we loved em! Tune in as we look back at some of the toy commercials we grew up watching and exchange our memories on our favorites and the o...

Can we separate art from the artist?  Global icons, stunning athletes, creators in all mediums, we see from time to time the true nature of these artists through convictions, allegations, faux pas, fumbles and the like. Do these negative actions reflect on their work? Tune in as we discuss this subject and give our opinions across a handful of notable figures and how it has affected their work in our minds. 

Do you keep ar...

How often do you really listen to the words in your favorite songs? If you are anything like us then not too often. But even if you do, it can sometimes take a puzzle master to decode what the Artist intentions were in their own lyrics. Tune in as we review some of the hottest songs over the generations and decode their secret meanings! 

Which songs surprised you about their meaning? Let us know! 

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Are we less happy in this age of technology? That is the question of the week! Sit down with us as we explore the fundamentals of happiness and how it can be impacted by all of the technologies surrounding us. 

Do you think we would be happier without technology? Let us know! 

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This week we are playing Devil's Advocate against ourselves! We have always wanted to promote the exchange of ideas, and with exchange means being open to new or opposing ideas. So we are putting ourselves to the test this week. Each of us presenting the others with opinions we know they hold and ask them to create an opposing argument against their own opinion. Tune in as we squirm our way through playing Devil's Advocat...

You might have noticed a pattern with Rick.... he has not seen really any movie. At least not the notable ones that we all have.  So what better way to put him on blast then to challenge him to identify movies based on their famous quotes! Tune in as we put Rick to the test with the ultimate stakes of Live streaming food tasting of Sage and Genesis choices should he fail... Well I am sure you know what to look forward too!

I think we all have a general understanding of what not to do in society, generally following the laws that build up our nation.  But for a country thats almost 250 years old, there is bound to be many ridiculous, wild, and absurd laws that somehow made it on the books. Likely some individual just had to do the thing... Tune in as we discuss some of our favorite absurd laws across the United States, as well as what laws we think sh...

Join us in a Bonus Episode as we prepare ourselves for the upcoming video game conferences for 2022. Giving you our predictions, wishlists, and assessments of the conferences ahead! 

Details: Available across all streaming platforms 
Summer Game Fest - 06/09 1 p.m. CT 
Future Games Show 06/11 2:00 p.m. CT
Xbox Bethesda Games Showcase 06/12 12 p.m. CT /
PC Gaming Show 06/12 2:30 p.m. CT
  
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We are jumping on the Bandwagon! Well at least talking about this social psychology that I am sure we all have experienced in our lives. Tune in as we discuss the Lemming effect in society as well as diving deep into some of Histories wildest Mass Hysteria accounts. Oh an Rick was absent this week, so no Kojima! (there was still Kojima...)

What Bandwagons have you jumped head first into? Let us know!  
  
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This week we get together and challenge each other with a series of What If style questions and nearly scrapping the whole episode as we got close to derailing into a discussion about comedians right at the start... Keep on listening to find the answers to such What ifs, like what if you woke up and could turn invisible or what if you woke up and were stuck in a time loop and many more! 

What is your favorite What if from ...

I think it is nice that we have gotten to a point in society where we can take a breather and not worry about a tiger eating us for dinner, or where our next meal will come from, or will we survive the winter... Now, we can begin to refine ourselves further like raw clay finally meeting the hands of an artist. Toxic Masculinity is but one of the many discussions tailored to cleaning up and refining society into a work of art. Tune ...

Have you ever stood in the shower and let your mind wonder a bit only to have a brilliant revelation on  life? Or maybe you just get a snap of a quirky idea that lends a new perspective to the mundane. Well then you have had yourself a shower thought! Large or small, "shower thoughts" can give us a new viewing angle that temporarily breaks the patterns and routines of our everyday life. Join us as we discuss our favorite ...