Time Pals Podcast
The Time Pals are four geeky dads squandering their mid-life crises by diving headfirst into the best, worst, and weirdest corners of geek culture. Twice a month show hosts, Mike Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Nickell, and Jon Powell dust off old VHS tapes, blow into vintage game cartridges, and try to out-“Well, actually…” each other over the nerdy media they all pretend to love.If you're into pixelated graphics, ridiculous plot holes, AI-fueled adventures, and a hearty dose of chaotic humor—congratulations, you’ve just found your new Pals.
Episodes
This week, the Time Pals celebrate our first year as a geek dad team—just in time for our month-long summer break (and, regrettably, to give Underscore a reprieve from producing our unique brand of chaos).
From questions born of an ADHD mind, to AI-generated improv adventure stories, cruelly forgotten movie and video game gems, and an array of awesome guest hosts, the Time Pals look back on their favorite moments ...
This week, the Time Pals bring their flashlights and emotional support wine as they dig up the creepiest, weirdest, and most nightmare-inducing moments from the kids' shows we grew up with.
Too scared to face it alone, hosts Mike Underscore and Jon Powell enlist their friends Angie and Becca from the Black Curtain Club Podcast to hold their hands as they explore scenes like Invader Zim tasting his own flesh b...
The Time Pals celebrate Star Wars Day and the re-release of “Revenge of the Sith” by going on a dungeon adventure set in the Star Wars universe. This time your Pals attempt to break the artificial intelligence storyteller with a lightsaber to the gut and craft a completely original story that won’t at all resemble "The Book of Boba Fett" in meaningful any way.
So join us on a hilarious special episode and fin...
This week, the Time Pals get into a roundtable discussion and delve into Naughty Dog's acclaimed game, The Last of Us, and its recent adaptation into a television series.
Joining us is author/writer, film school student, and host of the upcoming "Something Offensive Podcast", Britt McKay.
Together, we explore the emotional impact of the game and the artistic liberties taken in the show. If the Clickers d...
This week the Time Pals finally did it—We finished fixing the rest of the Academy’s gross mistakes—and for the surprisingly competitive decade of 2010 to 2020. We discuss the films that deservedly had a chance at greatness and remove the ones that Jon liked because, ya know, it's JON.
Join your Time Pals as we serve praise, throw copious amounts of shade, and "Do the Oscar’s Worst one last time.
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The Time Pals wrap up their retrospective on the early 2000’s Best Picture winners and should-have-won-ers with special guest “Hollywood Fringe Legend” Veronica Matthews. The fight to correct past Academy mistakes continues! Sould Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby be acknowledged for its comedic impact or is Jon Powell so woefully wrong? Where the eff is The Last King of Scotland or The Dark Knight? And how ...
Time Pals begin their peer-reviewed and meticulously researched version of “Marry, Eff, Kill” for the Best Picture Winners and nominees of 2001 through 2005.
Join co-hosts Mike Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Jon Powell, and Nickell as they venture through a special two-part episode through the Academy’s most dubious decisions, fixes film history’s wrongs, and hands the gold statues to the movies that truly deserved the...
This week the Time Pals are going to the movies, only thistime they’re playing their version of “Eff, Marry, Kill” with some the most questionable Best Picture winners from the 1990’s. From bloated epics to forgettable dramas, join your pals as they break down which films didn’t deserve their golden statues and, more importantly, find the films that truly needed some Oscar glory.
Would you replace American Beauty with...
This week, the Time Pals very own ShadoSpartan will take a deep dive into legendary FPS, Counter-Strike, and how it shaped a generation of gamers. Join your Pals and our special guest Honest Comrade, as we reminisce about internet café LAN parties, cheating scandals, underground casinos, and why twenty-years later we continue to “Rush B”.
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This week the Pals talk about the TV shows that were cancelled too soon. Shows that didn't get the following from fans, or the treatment from the network execs that they deserved.
From 1 season wonders like Terriers to shows that had 3 or even 4 seasons like Deadwood. We talk about what we liked, what we didn't, and what could have been.
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This week the Time Pals welcome a special guest: renowned character actor, former NFL player, and just generally awesome guy, Gregory Scott Cummins. Cummins dives into fighting Sylvester Stallone on hill of coarse salt, getting kicked in the face by Van Damme, what’s on Luther from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s smuggled in prison radio, and other great stories from his long career. Does he become a Pal by the en...
See what happens when the Time Pals get together to discuss the best and worst breakfast foods on the planet: Complete and utter chaos.
Start with an appetizer of some of your favorite Mayday Network podcasts (In a Pickle Podcast, Kindness Matters, and Afrocentric Podcast) as they answer last week’s Nickell Velocity question, “If you could telepathically tell the world one thing, what would it be?”, stay for the w...
The Time Pals return for Season 4 by handing the reins over to future dystopian senator, hyperactive philosopher,and psychosis pop culture connoisseur, Nickell, for a second round of questions from an ADHD mind. How would you answer the questions like, “John Candy vs Chris Farley: Pick one and the other’s entire catalogue disappears forever!”, “Ifyou have just enough time to watch one last movie before you die (hopefu...
The last Minisode of 2024 aims for a definitive answer to adecades old holiday question: “Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?”
The pure nerd rage team of Underscore and Nickell go against the squad of ShadoSpartan, Jon Powell, and a special guest, Die Hard aficionado, and practicing attorney Phineas J Poon, Esq, in a debate to determine whether theaction movie classic counts as a Christmas movie too!
Ho HO HO now Underscor...
It's Christmas time for your pals, and this week, we take a lighthearted, maybe slightly too in our cups, look at our geekiest holiday traditions. We talk about firework wars, relatives that purposely give our children the most annoying toys, and rally against some of the most disappointing toys ever made.
Join us at our new home on the Mayday Media Networkand be sure to check out all our new Pals everywhere you g...
This week the Time Pals take a fast and greasy look at thehistory of the Happy Meal, reminisce about the best and worst surprise toys, and play a round of “Real or Fake?” with Underscore. Do you remember your disappointmentcollecting a Michael Jordan-brand jump rope? Were you there collecting body parts for the Inspector Gadget movie tie-in, or did you just bury them in your yard like Nickell?
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This week Jon Powell attempts to rip friendships apart the only way he can: By asking a barrage of retro game questions making them pick a side. Mario or Sonic? Time Crisis or Area 51? Madden or NFL Quarterback Club? Nothing is safe from his Genre Smash. Not even YOU. Think you know your Pals? Not when Final Fight vs Streets of Rage is at stake.
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When is cheating at a video game actually cheating? AIM assist? Mods? Paying someone in a foreign country pennies on the dollar to uber you up? Whatever the heck a XIM Matrix is? When is it evening up the playing field, and when is it playing co-op with the devil?
This week, the Time Pals allow co-host ShadoSpartan to engage in the delicious sin of cheating at video games. Hear of the elaborate geeky witchcraft rituals...
The Time Pals spooky season closes out with Episode #13 (on the 13th day of the 13th month) with a special guest and part-time Pal, Brandon "B-Train" Turner, to take a deep dive into our favorite The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes. Brandon is a Treehouse of Horror savant wearing the costume of a normal, fully functional adult man and scarw with his knowledge off all things Springfield.
The Time Pals t...
This week’s minisode is hosted by Jon and Underscore and documents their earnest attempt at a spooky-themed episode for October. Unfortunately, due to Jon being terrified of horror movies and Underscore only speaking in Macho Man Randy Savage quotes, the geek dads split the difference and discuss three instances when pro wrestlers straight up killed a guy in the ring. Number #1 might be someone you wouldn’t expect. . ...
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