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The CrapshootEpisode 45: Reunion Pt. 3 – Solamente PlasticosIt’s finally Part 3 of 3 in our reunion episode, and we close out our incredibly long beer-and-scotch-and-soliloquy-addled night with stories of linkrot, homeownership, and car keys. Music: So What by K.Flay2018-08-0400 minThe CrapshootEpisode 44: Reunion Pt. 2 – You’re Definitely In A Plato’s Fetish SituationIn Part 2 of 3, continuing to plow through both a heap of booze and their overdue backlog of post-hiatus topics, Josh and Jesse cover grilled cheese, canine ardor, bumming cigarettes, Pixar’s “Cars”, Plato’s parable of the cave, and lint trap disasters. Music: Strange Transgressors by Drunk Horse2018-07-1400 minThe CrapshootEpisode 43: Reunion Pt. 1 – Remember When We Had WeeksBack from hiatus, Josh and Jesse have a long backlog of topics to work through. In part one, we put Jesse in a carwash, Josh in charge of Twitter, and 2017 in the dumpster where it belongs. Music: Come In From The Rain by LKN2018-05-0900 minThe CrapshootEpisode 42: Season 2 TeaserWe’re getting the band back together. Let me tell you a story.2017-11-2300 minThe CrapshootEpisode 41: Branches in my Mind TreeWe welcome one-time pinch-hitter co-host Jessamyn West back for a strange format-breaking mash-up episode. Scramble to keep the conversational branches straight in your Mind Tree as we blur the lines between podcast and mixtape, featuring such inadvertently self-referential conversational tracks as threaded comments, date/time confusion, drug experimentation, and editing a podcast into vignettes — as […]2016-07-1800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 40: Release the Dongle, Josh BoykinJosh Boykin of Intelligame.us and fellow Outpost cohabitant bikes on over to the Crapshoot basement for a spirited chat about video games and tangentially related topics (including shitheadconomics, Maslow’s hierarchy of problems, government cheese, watermelon beer, and grocery store illuminati). But first, Jesse returns from Peru, Josh returns from Disneyland, and, reunited, we struggle to […]2016-05-2000 minThe CrapshootEpisode 39: The Cold November Rain On Stardew ValleyWe’re thrilled to welcome Brad back to the show for a deep dive on Stardew Valley. On the way, we also touch on Moshow the Cat Rapper, Stovokor, Axl Rose, Bee and Puppycat, Kickstarter entitlement syndrome, Undertale disruption, Josh’s impending spin-off podcast Quarter Quorner, John Campbell, blind-fire delivering psychology services, a series of tweets that […]2016-03-1800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 38: Johnathan Korn Is My FatherPunctuality, nicknames, buying beer, parking lot favors, panhandling strategy, falling off the wagon, carbs, ghee, legalizing weed, MMOs, the metafilter gopher server (Jesse’s memory was right!) and the brand-new XOXO Outpost creative space. Our increasingly inevitable video game chat rounds out the episode as expected, touching on Rise of the Tomb Raider, Quake 1, America’s […]2016-02-2400 minThe CrapshootEpisode 37: Crapshoot NA (Ride the Dragon, Fuck the Wagon)Topics today include Jesse’s guest spot on the Metafilter Podcast, non-alcoholic beer, meager money management skills, Star Wars Merchandising, the Cereal King, wasting a melody, “padcasts,” show etiquette, Lost, and Skinner boxes. Video games we talk about include Idle Paws and clicker games, Minesweeper, Hexcells, Grayout, Rocket League, The Last of Us, Dishonored, and Beyond: […]2016-01-2100 minThe CrapshootEpisode 36: Kind of a Mandelbrot WesternAnother episode recorded next to a loud furnace, this time you can find us hollering about hug dynamics, vocal fry, bad recording technique, the “that’s my new band name” joke, statistically unlikely colocations, Hawaiian vacation, solemnizing weddings, a meta-conversation about podcast topics, thank you for contacting metafilter, Jesse’s surprise award-winning childhood, Dune, Star Wars Machete […]2015-12-2700 minThe CrapshootEpisode 35: Sometimes You Salt the WoundJesse rambles about WebTV and CueCats, and Josh forgets his sister’s birthday, but GJ comes from nowhere to save the show when he’s spontaneously summoned to regale us with stories of undertaking, including how to ignobly bury a horse while the owner isn’t watching. We again manage to hold off shouting about video games until […]2015-10-2900 min
We Have Such Films To Show YouEpisode 49: Hardware, with Jesse HoldenA messy relic of the 90s, pitting unlikeable humans against an inept killbot in a post-apocalyptic future that its surprisingly hard to care about. Also a cameo by Lemmy.2015-10-061h 33The CrapshootEpisode 34: Fapstar and Other Electromechanical GamesWe open a wormhole between The Crapshoot and We Have Such Films to Show You, stealing Pastor Yakov to talk about lightsabers, rats, New York and Russia, snowclones, Twitter bots, loanwords, the complicated Tengen / Atari / Nintendo relationship, Russian electromechanical games, the grunge speak hoax, and some also-ran sci-fi shows from our youth. We […]2015-10-0600 minThe CrapshootEpisode 33: The Class of Earlike Things/Disneyverse/The Facts of DogsJosh returns from distant North Albertsons for our basement reunion episode, and we settle gradually into our normal, ridiculous routine. Topics include XOXO 2015, whether the ears are a part of the face, salt lakes, the gentle difference between flippies and their verbal equivalents, haircuts, emotional labor, effing dogs, appropriate scale within the hellish Disneyverse, […]2015-09-2300 minThe CrapshootEpisode 32: As If the One Rules Out the OtherToday we weigh the merits of ‘a Yelp for Drivers’ against ‘an Omnipresent Police State’, discuss the mighty Barbed Carpoon, and chat about Pico 8. With those topics settled, we really tuck in for a deep dive into Josh’s Ennuigi™, the underbelly of Reddit, and where the twain meet. (PS: Luigi calling out for Mario: Luigi’s Mansion, […]2015-08-1500 minThe CrapshootEpisode 31: I’m Pretty Good, You’re Pretty Good, Hope the Sun Doesn’t ExplodeJesse and Josh disagree: How good is pretty good? Was Rip Van Winkle metabolizing squirrel food, or was he in magic-stasis? But with these critical issues resolved, we allow ourselves to settle into a nice lengthy real-bro-time conversation about Josh’s new endeavor Out of the Blue, as well as the sometimes-prickly thicket of advertising.2015-07-2600 minThe CrapshootEpisode 30: The Jesse and Josh Teenage EpisodeAfter “Whatcha Gamin’, Bro?”, join us for a romp through our miserable teen years, largely boiling down to bullying and social dynamics, Calvin and Hobbes (see Josh’s new project Calvin and Markov (more info)), and video games. Games briefly referenced include The Last Of Us, Yo! Noid, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII and VIII, […]2015-07-1000 minThe CrapshootEpisode 29: North Albertsons, AlaskaAfter game 3 of the 27th Annual Tic Tac Toe World Championships, Josh and Jesse shoot crap about the Skype dynamic, washing machines, free cocaine, road stories, dreams, the various purposes of human communication, and Fallout Shelter. Jesse goes on far too long about the Metal Gear Solid series, and Josh delivers the most complete […]2015-06-2600 minThe CrapshootEpisode 28: They Took All Your NumbersSurprise co-host Jessamyn joins Jesse to talk about birthdays, traveling, California, roller derby, audio editing, phone scams, tech support, meetups, weddings, Jessamyn’s most recent wedding ceremony (metatalk), Gilligan’s Island, your town being in a lake, elections, motivations, a NYTimes article and Jessamyn’s Medium post that came from it, and of course access to technology and the digital divide. Music is two too-good-to-pass-up […]2015-06-1300 minThe CrapshootEpisode 27: Pay a Little Attention to Your ScenarioAfter a post-game interview with Darmok runs over a little into our time slot, join your hosts for a couple Modelos Especial and a chat about suddenly-appearing piles of foam, knee reversal surgery, body dysmorphia and horror, lucid dreaming, blood and skeletons, and, finally, sprint with us through a bunch of loose video game chatter, touching on Twenty, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Plants vs Zombies […]2015-05-2800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 26: Google Horse Butt Funny PuppetAfter the thrilling “Freezing Your Assets” episode of Roommates of Catan, join your Crapshoot hosts Josh and Jesse for a special, slightly-more-rapid-fire-than-usual episode that powers through such topics as: Locating Matt Haughey, iPhone upgrades, Hearthstone and collectible card games, Noam Chomsky, Working from home, Monkey Pop, Ludum Dare, India pale ales, resonator.network, Top-level domains, Tony the Pony, Writing for the page vs writing for performance, Inchoatery, Siri, Distance from a mirror, NASA, and Huntsville, […]2015-05-1300 minThe CrapshootEpisode 25: Josh Popped a Squat at my Sister’s WeddingAn inaugural episode for our new recording venue, this episode finds us talking for quite some time about genetic algorithms and Josh’s Genetic Football project, and also Josh’s role transition at Metafilter. Along the way, we touch on genetic cars, a (theoretical (we hope)) Metafilter Markov Commenter Bot, site culture, My Pet Monster, Battle Action He-Man, and […]2015-04-2800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 24: D & D is Someone Breaking Your HeartAfter the Scat Hour, join our intrepid hosts to learn (??) about lent, creative obligations, boxes of moldy skulls and spines, Josh’s twitter D & D character and D & D memories in general, naming podcast networks, whether Jesse has read Dune, and fractional staves. We’re delighted to be joined again for this episode by the inestimable Eran […]2015-04-0900 minThe CrapshootEpisode 23: Ghosts on the E.T. RideSkip Worthington returns to attempt another Dungeons & Dragons Adventure, this time with a first-time adventurer. Afterward, it’s part 2 of our Crapshoot double episode, aka Episode 22B, aka Hellbanned from Podcasting, wherein we discuss halloween, compare Universal Studios to Enchanted Forest, talk beer, and solicit input on Jesse’s soon-to-be-announced-if-all-goes-well podcast network. Music is two […]2015-03-2600 minThe CrapshootEpisode 22: HellbannedAiring this time after Dungeons & Dragons Adventures, The Crapshoot returns for our 2015 debut. In part 1, Josh and Jesse reconvene to talk about audience feedback, The Harvey Girls, geologist humor, the Xs do it Y joke format, Paul Ford and Tilde.club (here by the way are links to Paul Ford’s The Age of Mechanical […]2015-02-2300 minThe CrapshootEpisode 21: XOXO 2014The long-overdue, field-recorded episode from XOXO Fest 2014, episode 21 finds Josh and Jesse mostly in drunken snippets as we are subsumed into @xoxo, along the way joined variously by Matthew Bogart ( @matthewbogart ), Brad Sucks ( @bradsucks ), Phil Nelson ( @philnelson ), and Monk Funkster ( @jimmythehorn ) in situ.2014-12-0100 minThe CrapshootEpisode 20: Discourse on the Disc CourseWhat’s the score? Join Raaaaaaad Radley and co-host Chomp Wigglestein for another jaunt through A) a literal park, and possibly B) pandimensional space, for their celebrated long-running podcast Discourse on the Disc Course. Afterward, slip back into a more familiar dimension as Josh and Jesse chat about Beverly Crusher, Space Ghost, Gary Larson, and Bill […]2014-09-2600 minThe CrapshootEpisode 19: Doritos Loaded Presents: The Crapshoot“Instead of calling this Episode 19: Whatever We Said At The Beginning, we can call it Doritos Loaded Presents. They can’t stop us from putting that on there. You seem really uncomfortable.”2014-08-2600 minThe CrapshootEpisode 18: Bros Scotching BrosAiring this time after the subtle and sublime “That’s Beer In Your Eye” podcast, The Crapshoot returns with the same malarkey you’ve surely come to love and forgive us for, with Josh and Jesse spitballing about possibly-corporate-sponsored viral videos, video games and the growing renaissance of games that don’t revolve around point-and-kill mechanics or even […]2014-07-3000 minThe CrapshootEpisode 17: Eran Haas Is A Serious EnablerAfter a bit of a delay, The Crapshoot is back (right after the fake podcast The Fake Podcast) with special guest and friend Eran Haas, also the regular In The Cut cohost. Conversational topics include (but are not limited to (and in no particular order)): – the champagne of beers – return on investment w/r/t free […]2014-07-1200 minThe CrapshootEpisode 16: Don’t Let This Be a Figment of a Fever Paula DeenComing up on the tail of The Frugal Floutist, it’s episode 16 of The Crapshoot! This time, we talk about: having a cold, the aesthetics and classism of beer cans vs bottles, how to design bad t-shirts, binaural recordings, erudition, beer rhythm aka beer something, getting hung up on the idea of doing a thing […]2014-04-2800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 15: Non-Matt Yogurt And Other Really Clever NicknamesThis one is a biggie and worth the wait: Josh and Jesse spend a massive double-dose of a podcast talking with comics artist Matthew Bogart, about among other things his comics work including the wonderful in-progress story Oh, it’s the end of the world. But also: the comics narrative process! The importance of linework and […]2014-04-0800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 14: High Noon on the MoonOn right after everybody’s favorite serial space western radio program, this Crapshoot sees Josh and Jesse chattering alone together about things like: how to not be a bummer when someone at the supermarket asks you how your day is; how to not be a dickhole at a rock show if you’re in one of the […]2014-03-1300 minThe CrapshootEpisode 13: Jesse’s Actual MomJesse’s actual factual flesh-and-blood this-is-not-Josh-making-a-joke-about-moms mom comes by for a very special episode of The Crapshoot. We talk about all kinds of things: Lakeport, CA; Jesse being such a handsome boy; Josh’s whole thing with the mom jokes; how depending on how you look at it the whole world is basically fucked; and book stores. […]2014-02-1100 minThe CrapshootEpisode 12: Dr. Mrs. Jesse’s Mom, PenisologistThis time out on the Crapshoot (on right after Judith’s brother’s show, What’s That Song), Josh and Jesse drink their tonics and gins and discuss: apologies! Car name demographics! Jesse’s mom being a penisologist! Segways! Josh’s obsession with the word butts! Etc! In the process we cautiously recommend to each other the avant-garde de/reconstructive Wizard People, […]2014-02-0100 minThe CrapshootEpisode 11: Somebody Call A SomnambulanceWe sit down with Portland nerd Chris Barker and talk about old Mac hardware, the conceptual framework of New Years resolutions, and the fact that Josh has a beard. And we finally discuss Sugar Bush Squirrel.2014-01-1600 minThe CrapshootEpisode 10: Filling a gas car with dieselRight after the Fun 4 Kidz Podcast Gaming Hour (that Sammy Sparkles always makes me smile), it’s the triumphant 2014 return of The Crapshoot. Josh and Jess enjoy a few Spaten Optimators and talk job stuff (Jesse’s end-of-year retail madness and Josh’s terrible old out-going market research call center job), the danger of promising to […]2014-01-0800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 9: No Guns n Roses, EverBack after a short holiday delay, Josh and Jesse drink some Occidental Lucubrator and talk about timbre (“tamber!”), the language of mathematics, the taxonomy of first kisses, how much Guns ‘n Roses suck, how thoroughly time flies, etc.2013-12-0900 minThe CrapshootEpisode 8: Conan Neutron Destroys Our ComputerRight after Let’s Talk Turkey sports radio with Bill Williams, we’ve got an at least semi-rowdy Crapshoot this week, snagging touring San Francisco rock fella Conan Neutron for a bunch of beery basement chatter about music, podcasts, failing effectively, being stuck in traffic, fucking with Karl Rove, wacky morning DJs, guest lists, and loads more. […]2013-12-0100 minThe CrapshootEpisode 7: Lost In Time And SpaceThis week (right after the 80s sitcom nostalgiacast Whatcha Walken About, Willis), Josh and Jesse sit down sans guest to talk about, among other things: “hipster” as an aesthetic category vs. hipster as an insult, Cold Smoke Scotch Ale from Missoula, Montana, creative freedom and creative paralysis, Josh’s Ferengi Express game project, contemporary free-to-play games […]2013-11-2100 minThe CrapshootEpisode 6: Let’s Settle This Over Some JooseHot on the tail of The Breaking Styrofoam Hour, this week’s Crapshoot is a special king-sized edition because we just couldn’t stop talking to XOXO conference founder Andy “waxy” Baio, possibly because he got us drunk on some really bad booze. Clever play. We pick Andy’s brain about all kinds of stuff (it helps that […]2013-11-1400 minThe CrapshootEpisode 5: Two Jesses From UkiahOn right after math quiz podcast One In A Million, this is our Jesses From Ukiah special, with our guest this time being Jesse Brennan, a now-Portlander from the same California hometown as co-host Jesse Holden. We dig into sketchy yardsale recording setups, improvised art, the merits of reaching vs. grasping creatively, Brennan’s Frope, It’s […]2013-11-0800 minThe CrapshootEpisode 4: How Many Eggs Is A Deviled Egg?On right after One, Two, Three, Foooore! Golf For Beginners, it’s our fourth episode of The Crapshoot, with Josh and Jesse kibitzing about a whole cornucopia of topics: being bad at multitasking, delusions of grandeur, accidental Vincent Price impressions, how cats are stupider than people, accidentally racist pre-tweens, pop culture spoilers vs. directors’ cuts, making […]2013-10-3100 minThe CrapshootEpisode 3: Beering it up with Brad “Brad Sucks” TurcotteThis time on The Crapshoot (airing right after the debut/finale episode of the Words That Rhyme With Orange podcast), we sit down with an actual Canadian, visiting Ottowan musician Brad Turcotte, who has for years now been making catchy-as-hell music under the moniker Brad Sucks. We managed to snag Brad for some beers and BSing […]2013-10-2400 minThe CrapshootEpisode 2: Moon men throwing baseballs at the sunIn our sophomore outing (on right after Kent’s Catcast), it’s just your two cohosts, drinking beer and tackling a bunch of life’s tough questions, like: do kids know what a CRT is? What will 30th century anthropologists make of podcasts about Hellraiser? How do you do a mixtape right? What’s the deal with indie video […]2013-10-1700 minThe CrapshootEpisode 1: EAT POOP TEA and other palindromes, with Mark SaltveitIn our debut episode of The Crapshoot, we sit down and bullshit for an hour with local comedian, writer, and world champion palindromist Mark Saltveit about sentences that go backwards AND forwards, his new football philosophy book The Tao of Chip Kelly, what a big screwup Upton Sinclair was, and how none of us seem to know how […]2013-10-0800 min
In the Cut[18] Brainscan: Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding And He’s Ringing the DoorbellJosh Millard again joins Eran and Jesse, this time to commiserate over the deeply awful “Brainscan”. In the process, we unlock a vast Aerosmith/David Fincher metanarrative and discuss whether Edward Furlong knows how to put milk in his mouth. Watch … Continue reading →2013-07-031h 35In the Cut[18] Brainscan: Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding And He’s Ringing the DoorbellJosh Millard again joins Eran and Jesse, this time to commiserate over the deeply awful “Brainscan”. In the process, we unlock a vast Aerosmith/David Fincher metanarrative and discuss whether Edward Furlong knows how to put milk in his mouth. Watch … Continue reading →2013-07-0300 minIn the Cut[15] Willow: Hoist by Her Own Magical PetardIn our first three-person episode, we settle in with some bourbon and Josh Millard to fondly discuss 1988’s Willow – why it’s still a total joy to watch, how it creates a refreshingly different kind of protagonist, and how it … Continue reading →2013-05-231h 27In the Cut[15] Willow: Hoist by Her Own Magical PetardIn our first three-person episode, we settle in with some bourbon and Josh Millard to fondly discuss 1988’s Willow – why it’s still a total joy to watch, how it creates a refreshingly different kind of protagonist, and how it … Continue reading →2013-05-2300 min