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LuckSwing ChannelEp. 42 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "The Last of the Starks" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, and Clare SobetskiTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 8.4 "The Last of the Starks" #DragonBane
Sorry for the delay folks! Some issues with scheduling and such!
In the first segment we rate our "Seven-Pointed Star" for the episode and give our vibes on the season so far.
For "Warging the Reel" we deep dive and give a overly thorough summary scene by scene with our scatter predictions
Lastly using that "Glass Candle" predicting who dies, if everyone dies, no one dies, and even more silliness.
As always a big thank you to...
2019-05-141h 42LuckSwing ChannelEp. 41 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "The Long Night" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, and Clare SobetskiTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 8.3 "The Long Night" #REALLYDARK #TotalWarFail
Sorry for the delay folks! Some issues with scheduling and such!
In the first segment we rate our "Seven-Pointed Star" for the episode and give our vibes on the season so far.
For "Warging the Reel" we deep dive and give a overly thorough summary scene by scene with our scatter predictions
Lastly using that "Glass Candle" predicting who dies, if everyone dies, no one dies, and even more silliness.
As always a big thank you to our...
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LuckSwing ChannelEp. 40 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' " A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, and Clare Sobetski #BreakfastClubTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 8.2 "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" #BreakfastClub
Expect our episodes with weekly regularity from now on!
In the first segment we rate our "Seven-Pointed Star" for th episode and give our vibes on the season so far.
For "Warging the Reel" we deep dive and give a overly thorough summary scene by scene with our scatter predictions
Lastly using that "Glass Candle" predicting who dies, if everyone dies, no one dies, and even more silliness.
Special mention to our Patron Saint Podrick aka...
2019-04-251h 29LuckSwing ChannelEp. 39 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Winterfell" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, and Clare SobetskiTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 8.1 "Winterfell" #Reunions
Sorry for the delay folks, but if you are still interested here are our thoughts on the final season of Game of Thrones, and our recap of episode 1!
As always a big thank you to our sound editor Harry Pepe! He also does freelance work, hit him up - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hpepe4/ or on twitter @IVScore Make sure to subscribe to us on I-Tunes!!
"Respect is how the young keep us at a distance, so we don’t re...
2019-04-2559 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 38 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "The Dragon and the Wolf" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, and Clare SobetskiTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 7.7 "The Dragon and the Wolf"
#StarWarsThoughts Best Scenes go the Lannisters. Also #MicroInteractions Do we find ourselves rooting for incest? Brienne's love square? #WestorOC A long discussion of magic and much more. High Hopes for Winterfell next season. Dragon Pit Scaling? Props to Queen #LenaHeady Yay Theon #BooShittyFightScene
#Quickening A bit of book compare and contrast. Talk of prophecy? #PoorRhaegarCasting Chekov's Howland Reed or X-men First Class? #WolfWars
Notes:
Thanks for a wonderful season everyone! Stay tuned for future episodes, most likely featured...
2017-09-051h 09LuckSwing ChannelEp. 37 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Beyond the Wall" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, and Clare SobetskiTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 7.6 "Beyond the Wall" #FrostWyrms #LoveSongOfIceAndFire #CheekyBros
Channeling our inner Cersei #winecast. #Penultimate Longest episode in the series? Not enough death/ sadism? #FtheHaters Crouching Kraken, Hidden Euron #wildcard? frustration in Winterfell...Arya's mistakes or plans? Littlefinger #powerlevels? Distances...#timedilations #BrosInTheSnow A Plea to Mr. R.R. MARTIN Communication is hard. Jon Dany #shipping Tyrion regaining some swagger. Sympathy for a Theon. Wrapping up plot-lines, cliffhangers, and wild wild predictions.
Notes:
Warm welcome back to Clare Sobetski! Recent resident of Seattle, and will joining us...
2017-08-261h 04LuckSwing ChannelEp. 36 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Eastwatch" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey KernTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 7.5 "Eastwatch" #nomorerowing #FANSERVICE #SecretTargs
THE BURNANATOR #Trogdor Mad Queen? Varys and Tyrions end game? The flow and management of time in fictional universe. Littlefingers #MagicWagon Lannister Meetings, Cersei's fake pregnancy? Bronn will remain alive just to die in the final season...#cheeky
The return of Gendry, #HammerService. Fermented Crab #Umami Benioff + Weiss #explainawaythejoy Jon can touch dragons #secretTargs? Tyrion touched dragons...#secretTargs? How the FUCK are they gonna bring a zombie back...? The #GillySlip in Old Town. Sam leaves the citadel. So whats...
2017-08-171h 02LuckSwing ChannelEp. 35 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Spoils of War" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey KernTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 7.4 "Spoil of War" #ArmorVsSpeed #MeltingFaces #fanservice
Dickon Jokes and hey Bronn welcome back?! LittleFinger as a modern day redditer. Baltimore vs Tuna Salad. LONG GAME???!!! Bran...wonder kid...just like accept this is how fantasy works. Sansa vs Arya, Sansa + Arya, Sansa ???? Arya. #Fanservice #UglyAmericans Tangent? Locker Room Talk, Locker Room Talk, everyone just #listen to Davos. #soft MORE FUCK THE BANK Bye Meera... #dagobah #puppets #subclasses #AlfiesGettingHis$$$ Battles #airforce Final points and #predictions #predictions, #prediction and, #predictions. #darkstar Iwan Rheon on #Vicious...
2017-08-091h 00LuckSwing ChannelEp. 34 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "The Queen's Justice" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey KernTalk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 7.3 "The Queen's Justice" #MosterQueen #MeetingOfIce&Fire
Jon + Dany. Davos and Tyrion should do all the talking. BYE BYE Melisandre Sansa #BornToRule Bran #JaydenSmith Euron Greyjoy #newbestvillian #fingerinthebum Issues with the Iron Bank #fuckslavery #NoInterestInHBOSConfederate Comments on clothing. HBO viewing habits. House Tyrell #nowtheRains SiegeOfCasterly Rock #impregnated. Classic what will happen next wrap up.
Notes:
Dujie is working hard on this upcoming Seattle mayoral election, but we hope to have him back on soon!!
As always a big thank you to our new sound...
2017-08-021h 05LuckSwing ChannelEp. 33 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Stormborn" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey Kern'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 7.2 "Stormborn aka The Return of Hot Pie" #BadFanService #GoodFanService
Benioff and Weiss's war council of women. Varys being Varys...Olenna Tyrell foreshadowing? Finally a villain to love #Euron #TongueGoesOutToYou Arya heads home. The only safe Inn in Westeros #ReturnOfHotPie #BrownThatButter Dany vs. Jon vs. Sansa. Good bye big wolf #NymeriaFanService The difference between a Scorpion and a Ballista. Saying good bye to the sand snakes. Longships vs. Galleys. Greyworm + Missandei...#stopruiningperfectlyfinesceneswithnudity EURON EURON EURON THE OVER ALL PACING OF THIS SERIES And finally...
2017-07-2856 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 32 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Dragonstone" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey Kern'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 7.1 "Dragonstone" #FINALLY #FANSERVICE
#FreyPreminitions, #MurderChild, Jon vs Sansa, Ice ages, and playing the game of thrones, Little finger... Cersei #QUEENMONSTER, Jamie vs Cersei, classic mocking of the Benioff and Weiss, Euron #crazyman, Ed Sheeran..., A quick history lesson...Citadel and Dragonstone and just some #weirdtheories
Notes:
Apologies for some of the choppiness, this recording was done over Skype and my internet down here in Hawaii is not the strongest.
As always a big thank you to our new sound editor Harry Pepe! You...
2017-07-1958 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 31 'Talk Sex with Podrick Payne' Season 6 Recap/ Season 7 ExcitementI know it been a long 12 months, maybe even more. Luckswing (again...) is back, and we will walk you through the wildest and strangest Game of Thrones discussions!
As usual, there is a Maester segment near the end of the episode.
Special thanks to Harry Pepe for editing!
2017-07-1651 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 29 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Winds of Winter" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and special guest Clare Sobetski'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.10 "Winds of Winter" #TROY!!!!!
(00:52) #CelloPianoMusic + #CreepyChildren, The Mountain and The Septa, Sweet Outfits, and terrorism in Kings Landing. Tommen, sigh T_T. The Citadel #OldTown, Life is irregular... #ChekhovsBook #WhiteRavens are expensive. Jon vs Sansa, Little Finger vs Jon? #WinterisComing Sansa > Jon. Daario is gone, eh. #TOWEROFJOY pt. 2 #R+#L=#J and #ChekhovsNurse Arya the smiling Murderer. Joey called it #FireandBlood, also Olenna > Sand Snakes #UltimateFanService and finally Margery played the game well. #RIPTyrells #Troy! #Troy!
(51:04) #RogueMaesterNation Joey, Stephen, and Clare are huge...
2016-06-301h 30LuckSwing ChannelEp. 28 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Battle of the Bastards" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern. and Dujie Tahat'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.09 "Battle of the Bastards" #BattlesofIceandFire
(00:52) Joey, Dujie, and Stephen attempt to recap this week's episode! HOLY SHIT. Dany used some Rare Candies to level up. #dragonrage Grey Worm's sweet moves, and Tyrion sweet words... The progeny get a chance to redeem their predecessors #DanyTyrion2016. Fur looks bad ass. Rickon, one word #SERPENTINE!! Cold Winds up North. Did Sansa fuck up? John is the luckiest man alive, #CreatorsOwnWords Medieval Warfare is crazy, but highly entertaining. BraveHeart Yara + Dany #QueensFTW Ending with fun theories for...
2016-06-2357 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 27 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "No One" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey Kern'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.08 "No One"
(00:52) Joey and Stephen attempt to recap this week's episode! Arya is not dead to Joey's minor disappointment. Kings landing is still meh, at least a sparrow died #melon, Tommen just ruined Clegane bowl, and Cersei is planning a #micdrop. Telling jokes with Tyrion, Greyworm, and Missandei...thank god Daeny is back. #slaveryisstillawful Varys where you going bra? Proposals for Dorne with fulfillment #milktoast. WATCH #WhaleRider!!! Is Varys a mermaid? #swish Brienne + Jaimie, Pod + Bronn = best part of this episode. Jaime is...
2016-06-151h 17LuckSwing ChannelEp. 26 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "The Broken Man" w/ Stephen Toyofuku, Joey Kern, and Dujie Tahat'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.07 "The Broken Man"
(00:52) Joey, Stephen, and DUJIE reunite to recap this weeks episode, book spoiler free! THE HOUND IS BACK #FUCKYES ARYA HOUND MUST REUNITE. Margery Tyrell long gaame, #queen. Politics in Kings Landing. Canvasing in the cold with Sansa Stark and Jon Snow. BELLA RAMSAY is Lyanna Mormont! Jon speaks simply, Sansa writes an ominous letter. Kingslayer vs Blackfish. Thank GOD BRONN IS BACK. Arya is just dead, good by Braavos!! #2yearslost THE WORST THERAPY EVER, THEON + YARA #FRATFRATFRATFRATFRATFRAT Redemption, destiny, fuck...
2016-06-071h 16LuckSwing ChannelEp. 25 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "Blood of My Blood" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey Kern'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.06 "Blood of My Blood"
(00:52) Joey and Stephen do a post-dim sum recap of this weeks episode, book spoiler free! Arya, the worlds worst assassin, plays with in plays #avatarthelastairbender, and a simpler House of Black and White. #fuckthewildlings at Horn Hill, WTF ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT SWORD SAM? Dany gives the classic "CLEAR EYES FULL HEARTS CAN'T LOSE" in flawless Dothraki. #GoPanthers! FUCKING UNCLE BENJEN IS BACK FINALLY!! #NOELKTHOUGH Lastly RIVERLANDS RIVERLANDS, AND Margery's long game. Efficiency has come, but plot-lines thought...
2016-05-311h 14LuckSwing ChannelEp. 24 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' "The Door" w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey Kern'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.05 "The Door" T_T
(00:52) Joey and Stephen do a recap of this weeks episode, book spoiler free! LittleFinger's plan always = Teferi's puzzle box? Episode titles are important? HOLY CRAP TIME TRAVEL?! MANDERLYS!! Pissing contest on the Iron Islands, F**k R'hllor, WESTEROSI BARBARIANS, children vs men, playing tag...and more!!!
(1:00:44) Here is Rogue Maester land: TIME TRAVEL WTF CONTINUES, Jorah to Asshai? Victarion Greyjoy, COLDHANDS AND MORE!!!
Notes:
On-time two weeks in a row!! Happy Tuesday Everyone!
Apologies Stephen is recovering from bronchitis...
2016-05-241h 21LuckSwing ChannelEp. 23 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey Kern'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.04 "Book of the Stranger"
(00:52) Joey and Stephen do a recap of this weeks episode, book spoiler free! Jon and Sansa's reunion, budding romance between Tormund and Brienne, #fuckthewildings = #Trump2016, Dany's #throughthefireandflames,GOOD SOUP and, more!
(102:44) Not a ton of book nerdiness this week: more chain jokes, clegane bowl?, fuck dorne, and the Seige of Meereen
Notes:
We were actually on time this week!! Happy Tuesday Everyone!
Hopefully we won't be as brain dead next week. #birthdays
Shout out to Dujie Tahat, as he...
2016-05-171h 18LuckSwing ChannelEp. 22 'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' w/ Stephen Toyofuku and Joey Kern'Talk Sex w/ Podrick Payne' - your one-stop Luckswing destination for everything Game of Thrones.
Season 6.03 "Oathbreaker"
(00:52) Joey and Stephen do a recap of this weeks episode, book spoiler free!
(45:08) Putting on dem heavy Maester chains and going into book details on Dawn, House Dayne Legendary Sword, House Umber being sneaky?, Ned's homies who died at the tower, Maester Marwyn, and more??
Notes:
Like the Dragon's doing shit...it might be a while but, hopefully soon: Efficiency is coming.
Still expect these normally on Tuesdays...mebe..one day...when Bran finds out whats in the tower...
Sorry for tardiness...
2016-05-151h 09LuckSwing ChannelEp. 19 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku'Welcome to LuckSwing' - Our Flagship Program
This week:
2016 NFL Draft (01:20), Harriet Tubman replacing Andrew Jackson on the FRONT of the American $20 Bill (11:21), the New York primaries (20:45), and [insert theme music] Sunday's return of "Game of Thrones!" (34:00)
Notes:
It is very obviously 420...
We are still working out audio kinks...sorry Clare...and everyone else.
Tarzan can heard making a smoothie around the 22 min mark, #themysterioushum
Stay tuned for our new Game of Thrones podcast starting next week!
Here are the links to the promised "History and Lore of Westeros" aka the "Game of Thrones" Blue Ray special features:
Season 1...
2016-04-2249 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 18 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku'Welcome to LuckSwing' - Our Flagship Program
This week: "Star Wars: Rogue One" Trailer (00:30), The Golden State Warrior's season and their record attempt on 4/13 (21:07), and the notorious Panama Papers (33:20)!
Notes:
We are actively working to improve sound quality, that you for putting up with us.
If you want to listen to just the audio of the Rogue One Trailer it is at the end of the episode.
Shout out to the International Consortium of Journalism
"I AM NOT A VOYEUR" - Stephen Toyofuku
2016-04-1358 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 15 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku'Welcome to LuckSwing' the flagship program of the Luckswing Channel.
This episode the boys talk about (2:00) The 2016 James Beard Award Nominees/ Netflix cooking programming, (13:55) Superman vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice and Superheroes in general, (31:21) Election Update!, (38:22) The removal of the statutes protecting special groups in North Carolina.
Notes:
The sounds of cocktails can be heard in the background.
Joey spent a lot of time commenting on Stephen's in studio physical gestures.
We love you Clare
2016-04-0454 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 12 - 'Storytime with Tofu' w/ Kayla Bowers, Dana Sumner-Pritchard, Lee Anne Hoover, and Kathryn Funkhouser'Storytime w/ Tofu' - potentially a temporary name - is your LuckSwing Channel interview podcast. There are always stories behind any creative endeavor; we want to hear them all.
This week, for our first podcast, I speak with co-producers and creators of "Wonder" - an upcoming Sci-Fi web-series - Kayla Bowers, Dana Sumner-Pritchard, Lee Ann Hoover, and Kathryn Funkhouser.
Kat's quick pitch "Liz Lemon goes to S.H.I.E.L.D."
Topics Include:
Crowd-funding, blizzards, cheese (holy cheese!), "10 CloverField Lane" (no spoilers), the challenges and rewards of small budgets, world building, casting, and much more!
Check out "Wonder"...
2016-03-161h 12LuckSwing ChannelEp. 09 'Lazy Hangover' w/ Joey Kern and Stephen ToyofukuThis week on the 'Lazy Hangover' Joey and Stephen expound upon a photo attached to an article about a Bear Sanctuary (Joey's idea...), talk about Louie C.K. P.S. message concerning Donald Trump, and get slightly post-modern in our discussion of episode one of 'FLCL' (フリクリ) and the no-spoken-dialogue-animated short-film 'NekoJiru-Sou' (ねこぢる草), translated to Cat-Soup.
Notes:
Bonus points for listening to this entire podcast, you can skip the first 5 mins....
Here are links so you can read the letter, watch the anime, and the short film!
(we can't find the bear pic)
Louie C.K.: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/louis-c-k-donald-t...
2016-03-0945 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 08 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku'Welcome to LuckSwing' - the flagship program of our channel.
In this episode the gang discuss Chris Rock at the 2015 #OscarsSoWhite, and what exactly went down with "Super Tuesday" March 1, 2016 Democratic and Republican primaries and caucuses.
P.S. We promise to be more diligent about posting in timely fashion...#LuckSwingForever #LuckSwing1000years #MILKTOAST
P.S.S. Bonus points if you actually find the "best cabbage farms in the middle east," and where "the green belt of America is".
2016-03-0645 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 03 'Lazy Hangover' w/ Joey Kern and Stephen Toyofuku'Lazy Hangover' your LuckSwing Channel Podcast for when our team is too hungover to create a real list of items to discuss. Loose format and silly; we won't be mad if you listen for five minutes and stop.
This episode we get nostalgic with Pokemon (20th Anniversary), discuss Kanye's "brown-eye" on twitter, FAIL at making a list of movies and series for being hangover, and some brief, but real commentary about 2016 Oscar-Nominated short animated film: "World of Tomorrow" directed by Don Hertzfeldt.
Intro Credit: Flatbush Zombies - 'Inf Beams'
Ep. Notes:
"World of Tomorrow" is only 16 minutes and available...
2016-02-0952 minLuckSwing ChannelEp. 01 - Welcome to LuckSwingWelcome to LuckSwing Channel with your hosts Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku. This week we attempt to discuss and predict Oscar winners, the relevance of this Super Bowl, and The 2016 Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary.
2016-02-0347 min
Storytime with TofuStorytime with Tofu - Moving to Luckswing - The Revenant < Carol, Superhero CW, AND THE 100Hey guys, so it is official! This weekend we begin recording for the new podcast channel called Luckswing! Just some thoughts on The Revenant and Carol, the oscars, Superhero CW Premiers, and MY LOVE FOR THE 100.
More info to come, go to luckswing.com
2016-01-2952 min