Merry Christmas Kevin Spacey! Also, to a lesser degree, RIP Jim Varney.
If you don't know what this is, it's a parody of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZveA...
2018-12-26 01:23:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The Daily Zeitgang has us surrounded! They've demanded the release of Miles Gray, their second-rate co-chair, but we refuse to comply until he's bared his soul with us regarding a couple flicks. First up, perennial Christmas Coens/Zwigoff train ...
2018-12-24 21:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Katie Willert Week concludes with a special Patron-only round of Questions and Answers from you, The Beans! Should you see Bohemian Rhapsody? Is cooking a satisfying hobby to do? FINALLY LEARN THE TRUTH.
2018-12-22 06:20:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Small Beans favorite Katie Willert stops in to discuss the long, hard road of trying to break into Hollywood, the many odd jobs she's taken in the interim, and how to appreciate what life gives you, even when it's not what you expected. Michael opens with a short story that lasts about forty-five minutes, in case you ...
2018-12-20 01:19:40 +0000 UTC View Post
BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives. In the first episode, 2018-12-17 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Katie Willert discusses stalking celebrities and appropriating black culture on-stage! Sarah Griffith discusses more times she vomited, because of course she does.
2018-12-14 19:35:38 +0000 UTC View Post
The second episode of WDRG? FINALLY gets to the bottom of what dinosaur real good. Turns out it's BIG, too! Co-hosts and dino-pals Abe Epperson, Bridgett Greenberg and Michael Swaim debate the virtues of the Dreadnoughtus, the big one you don't wanna fu' wi'.
Art by Small Beans members.
Wicked guitar riff by Abe Epperson.
2018-12-10 14:43:31 +0000 UTC
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The sibs finally get to the bottom of where Flip actually physically is, in space.
2018-12-09 03:02:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey gang! Sarah and Bridgett are planning a whole episode of Rough Stuff about YOUR hometown tales of adolescent shame.
Did you used to suck? Did people used to make fun of you for reasons? Please tell us all about it, either in the comments below or @roughstuffpod on Twitter so we ...
2018-12-06 23:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer/comedian Talia Jane recounts her travails dealing with John Cheese (real name Mack Leighty), whom she helped to out as a serial sexual harasser and general creep this year, in spite of a startling lack of support from the systems we expect to support us through that ...
2018-12-06 21:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post
DRUMS! But also the nature of art, genius, nature versus nurture, and sound editing perfection. But mostly DRUMS! Cristian helps Michael and Abe bring fresh eyes to Damien Chazelle's non-La La Land movie.
SPOILER: WE WILL NEVER COVER LA LA LAND.
2018-12-03 18:37:15 +0000 UTC View PostMe, Michael Swaim, am writing a novel, because me so write good.
It's a fantasy/western/comedy/adventure featuring dimension-hopping, shared consciousness, and a universe I'd love to return to in the future. To get this thing into publishing shape, I am turning to you, the Beloved Beans, to serve as both a looming deadline and my editors.
I plan to release one chapter a m...
2018-12-02 07:17:49 +0000 UTC View Post
A brand new Small Beans podcast evolves before your very eyes in this initial episode of What Dinosaur Something Something! Co-hosts and dino-pals Abe Epperson, Bridgett Greenberg and Michael Swaim debate the virtues of the prehistoric turtle the size of a VW bug that was the Glyptodon.
Art by Small Beans members.
Wicked guitar riff by Abe Epperson.
2018-11-29 07:17:04 +0000 UTC
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Expect new products on the reg, including audio fiction, music, and yes, even more clever shirts! If yo...
2018-11-26 21:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post
In an epic crossover and out-of-order episode of CBB, Abe and Michael are joined by David Bell and Tom Reimann, their analogues over at the Gamefully Unemployed network! All four convene to strike Buster Scruggs wile the figurative iron is hot. Does it work? It appears to do, yes!
Art by Michael Vince...
2018-11-26 16:29:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe and Cristian fend off Oumuamua, those little guys from Mars Attacks, and Galactus all at once by delving into our species' (extensive) hypothetical experience and (limited) actual exper...
2018-11-21 05:18:14 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again, and about damn time it is! The Beans shall soon be visited by the ghost (and surrounding body) of Katie Willert at the stroke of bean-night, and it is then, during the Beaning Hour, that we will Answer your Questions, share Comment Reactions, and Bul...
2018-11-19 10:22:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael ropes Katie Willert and Abe Epperson into discussing his favorite scripted comedy -- 1993 Alex Winter/Randy Quaid vehicle Freaked -- f...
2018-11-19 09:48:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Ryan introduces Flip and Franky to the lawyer overseeing dispensation of their parents' will. It goes fine.
Featuring Very Special Guest Star Jennifer Lyon (Justified, Louis, Claws)!
2018-11-15 19:58:03 +0000 UTC View Post
On this episode of My Top 8: a relationship podcast about friendship, Maggie sits down with May Leitz (AKA Nyx Fears) as they discuss how films shaped our idea of friendship and why Jack and Sally may have sent s...
2018-11-12 10:00:38 +0000 UTC View Post
DVG and Abe and Me sit down to dig into film-making, our 11-year history working together, and the scam that is monetizing content via Facebook! Thanks to everyone who submitted sultry Q's to absorb Daniel's sensuous A'...
2018-11-09 23:16:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Mike joins Gamefully Unemployed head honchos Tom Reimann and David Christopher Bell to discuss the hottest new trailers and news from the sordid world of entertainment. Topics: Missing Link, True Detective, Breaking Bad, Mowgli, Avengers 4, and a whole slew of stop-motion news.
2018-11-09 22:07:16 +0000 UTC View Post
List! Cast! is part of the Unpopular Opinion podcast network, run by Friend of the Beans Adam Tod Brown. In it, comedians battle it out to get their favorite pics officially selected Best, Worst, Craziest, Tastie...
2018-11-07 20:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe and Cristian attempt to save all science fiction and the sanity of costume designers everywhere with an argument for why aliens may, in fact, be roughly human-shaped. Find out why that'...
2018-11-07 19:47:32 +0000 UTC View Post
In case you missed it, you can now watch our epic, eight-hour political research and fuckaround livestream in its entirety! Probably do so today or tomorrow, if you plan to, because after that a lot of the content will be moot as hell.
And vote! Vote your conscience! Vote early! Vote often! Vote from overseas! Hack some votes in there just for good measure! Vote, then get your vote thrown ...
2018-11-05 19:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Comedian, book-carrier, fuck-not-haver and College Humor mainstay Katie Marovitch joins hosts2018-11-02 23:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Me, Michael Swaim, am writing a novel, because me so write good.
It's a fantasy/western/comedy/adventure featuring dimension-hopping, shared consciousness, and a universe I'd love to return to in the future. To get this thing into publishing shape, I am turning to you, the Beloved Beans, to serve as both a looming deadline and my editors.
I plan to release one chapter a month, ...
2018-11-01 22:02:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Halloween! In honor of all those burned at the stake due to mass hysteria surrounding witchcraft, here's Soren Bowie forcing Mike and Abe to cover possibly the worst movie ever featured on the show. Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, a...
2018-10-31 07:11:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This aggression will not stand, man.
Art by Michael Vincent Bramley.
Music by Abe Epperson.
2018-10-29 21:57:52 +0000 UTC View Post
A big thanks to Alex Shifman for having Abe and Michael on his show to discuss something we'd always intended to: why we're making CBB in the first place. Get some serious insights into the wily and reclusive Abe, and get more hyped than you've ever been about The Coen Brothers. With us!...
2018-10-27 23:14:21 +0000 UTC View Post