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The DeadEndRoad ShowDid You Just Yada Yada 9/11?As promised here's a little Spring 2024 movie and tv roundup. Basically everything Bill watched while he couldn't record for three months. Consider this our Beautiful Cinema catch up episode. We discuss Baby Reindeer, Fallout, Godzilla Minus One, and Civil War.Have thoughts about any of these that you need to get off your chest? Think we said something really stupid? Send us an email: podcast@deadendroad.media(00:00) - Intro
(00:41) - Mountains of Madness: Kicking Adobe To The Curb
(16:05) - Digital Hoarding & Internet Impermanence.
(29:57) - Shelved: Goodreads Competitor & Odd Review
(54:47) - Beautifl Cinema: Everything that...2024-07-2446 min
The DeadEndRoad ShowGet Adobe Out of My HouseSometimes the madness really hits. This episode's Mountains of Madness explores what it's like to be a digital hoarder when it feels like the infrastructure of the internet is crumbling a bit more each day. Also, Adobe's awful practices have led creatives (and the federal government) to take action, even if Adobe makes it as difficult as possible.Later, Shelved brings us a host of book-related discussions, including books (and ebooks) supposedly being terrible for the environment, a review of a strange book Bill wrote, and a Goodreads alternative that shows promise.Join us next t...2024-07-0856 min
The DeadEndRoad ShowDo Kids Still Flash ROMs?It's the first episode of Season 4. Don't worry, you haven't missed a thing.Feel like the end of days for anyone else? No? Just us? Well, anyway that's got us feeling a little nostalgic for simpler times. Like 2016. Bill found an old phone that's now a time-capsule. Or it was, until he wiped it clean. Later, the current media landscape has us actually miss paying out the ass for cable. Strange times.Then we try to figure out just what the hell is going on with this new Say Anything album. Check out our episode...2024-06-201h 23
The DeadEndRoad ShowFintech For TruckersThe DeadEndRoad Show celebrates 100 episodes the only way we know how: by getting really confused and then really sad.We've brought back Dating is Dead, and we already wish we didn't. We found the new way to post personal ads online, and calling them unhinged would be an understatement. Where does one find clip art of a uterus in the first place?Later in Shelved, Bill solves a personal publishing mystery. The culprit behind a bootlegging operation is unmasked. You get three guesses who you think it is, but the first two don't count. 2024-04-052h 12
The DeadEndRoad ShowLess of A BummerIt's episode 99, which we have decided is the arbitrary penultimate episode of the season. What does that mean? Not much, it turns out. Ian really needed to explain how Love is Blind works though.Our big story is an update and conclusion to last episode's Hugo Awards fiasco. We have answers, and they're not pleasant. Main source for this section comes from here.Then we decided on our next pick for our Book Club. For next month we'll be reading This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno if you would like to read along for...2024-03-061h 10
The DeadEndRoad ShowAnd The Award Goes To...We've got some more publishing industry drama on deck this week, where we dare to ask the question: what the hell happened at the Hugo Awards? TL;DR: stop asking questions it's all fine, and if it wasn't fine, yes it was. Suspicious votes, censorship, good old xenophobia, this story has it all.In Mountains of Madness, Bill flew too close to the keyboard sun and his wings of PE foam melted before he could reach perfection. He has truly lost it. Do not get into keyboards, there is no going back.Later in Artificial...2024-02-151h 21
The DeadEndRoad ShowDigital HomunculiNew year, new reasons to realize the internet was a mistake.In Dead Letters, this dude keeps emailing me his book. So I decided to finally take Levar Burton's advice. I took a look.Mountains of Madness has us discuss the doomed virtual reality dreams of Facebook/Meta, pivoting nicely into Artificial Insanity, which has perhaps our most disturbing story ever. It's an unfortunately high bar to clear. True crime TikTok and YouTube channels are using the likenesses of victims actual, real crimes to narrate their own tragedies. Yes, it is insane. Yes, it somehow...2024-01-241h 38
The DeadEndRoad ShowWalking A TightropeThis is the back half of our final recording session of the year, which is now our final episode of 2023.We discuss David Fincher's The Killer, Oppenheimer, and Sam Esmail's Leave the World Behind in that order.Apologies for the weird breathy audio in certain parts. The first half edit didn't have it, so I blame an Adobe Audition update.Socials: Bluesky – https://bsky.app/profile/deadendroad.bsky.socialFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@deadendroadEmail – podcast@deadendroad.mediaSupport our work: Ko-Fi – htt...2023-12-2845 min
The DeadEndRoad ShowLiterally Going to Be SickWe've got a publishing industry-focused episode this week, as we take a look at the YA author who tanked their career over Goodreads sock-puppet accounts and attempted to cover for it in the goofiest manner possible.But before that, can anyone help explain this strange email? It's the weirdest Dead Letters yet.Then we cover the Internet Archive's ongoing fight against the large publishers over the rights of digital books and the digitization of books.This episode needed to be split in two, so join us next week as we talk about The...2023-12-201h 13
The DeadEndRoad ShowPodcast HulkWe are in fact alive and back with another helping of watching the internet crumble all around us. Ian's down in the dumps and I don't think this week's topics will help him out much.Our main story concerns the tragic passing of hockey player Adam Johnson, who lost his life after a freak on-ice accident. We talk about the bizarre circumstances of the footage of the incident, wondering why it spread in this fashion, and the outright insane conspiracies the worst people on the internet concocted, using a young man's death for their own vile purposes...2023-12-071h 37
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #93: A Man of Infinite JestYou've heard of the classic "red flags" for dudes: the Pulp Fiction dorm room poster, liking Fight Club a little too much, an unopened copy of Infinite Jest on the nightstand. But what about anime red flags? Is something as hyper-specific as Ergo Proxy really a red flag? We discuss in this week's Did It All For the Moogle.Later, the bulk of this episode has us discuss our latest book club pick. That's right, we finally got around to finishing RF Kuang's Yellowface, and we're glad we did. We have a lot to say about this...2023-10-251h 41
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #92: 5g ZombificationWe’ve got a particularly mad Mountains of Madness for you this week, as we talk about a brave landlord protecting his tenants from turning into zombies from that scary emergency alert that came and went.
Then we get into why Google search is so awful now, straight from Google’s mouth. Luv 2 watch the internet crumble all around us.
In Artificial Insanity, our good friends from Replika AI fed into a UK man’s delusions about killing the Queen. He had a Bane mask and thought he was a Sith lord, it’s a whole th...2023-10-181h 11
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #91: Real Life Anime WomanIt’s spooky season, and that means our Horror Harvest is back again to bring you the scares and movie takes you’ve come to know. Which are worse for your health? This time we’ve got Evil Dead (2013), and it’s hard not to compare it to the original The Evil Dead, especially if you watch them back to back.
Later we have a Dead Letter that makes Bill question everything he’s ever done in his life, some Dating is Dead picks that make him spiral further, and some Worst Beats in the World that make him w...2023-10-041h 17
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #90: Krack My BackWe’ve got some bookish stories for you in this one.
First up, what the hell is going on with these scammy ebook apps on the Google Play Store? Our SEO/AI-driven hellscape continues unabated.
Then we discuss the Seattle Kraken BookTok incident. When fandom becomes harassment in an arena of overlapping niche interests.
TimestampsBootleg eBooks 0:00-7:06Kraken BookTok 7:07-26:18Outro 26:19-28:25Use our Bookshop link and support indie bookstores:https://bookshop.org/shop/deadendroad
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #89: 9/11 MusicIn the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) circulated a list of songs to all of its radio stations that were suggested to not be broadcast. Some of the picks make sense, others absolutely do not. We go through the list, a time capsule of the thought process following a national tragedy whose consequences are still being felt. Alien Ant Farm is also here.
Timestamps:Pickleball Purgatory 0:00-6:50Pixel Fold impressions 6:51-16:58JFK Cult & Tiny Teflon 16:59-27:509/11 Music 27:51-46-40Covers & Spongebob AI 46:41-1:02:26Outro 1:02:27-1:03:48
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #88: The Pallbearers ClubIn our first Book Club episode we discuss Paul Tremblay’s The Pallbearers Club, the pseudo-memoir novel filled with New England dread, medical anxiety, vampire orbs, and 80s punk.
What did we think of the unique formatting and hyper-focused interiority of the narration? Give it a listen to find out.
Check out The Pallbearers Club at an indie bookshop near you:https://bookshop.org/a/96206/9780063069909
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #87: Numbers Go UpHere with a solo pod, because I have some stuff I want to talk about.
Like the new Ari Aster movie, Beau is Afraid, and how it’s a 3 hour long nightmare for the paranoid among us. Specifically me.
Later I’ve got an anime check in, as a bout of insomnia created the perfect conditions to check out a couple newer shows in Oshi no Ko and fittingly, Insomniacs After School. I round out with some assorted JRPG updates and musings.
Time Stamps:Intro 0:00-1:37Beau is Afraid 1:38-9:05Came...2023-08-0236 min
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #86: Final Fantasy-A** Final FantasyWe’ve got a packed show for you this week. In Mountains of Madness we talk about Twitter clones and where we’re all supposed to go now that our 20s are over. We can’t keep making accounts forever.
In Worst Beats in the World we discover the song of the summer.
And in the latter half of the show we’ve got a spoiler-free discussion of Final Fantasy XVI. We talk about the context of the game, its place in the series, its juxtaposition next to Final Fantasy XIV, and the larger discussions surround...2023-07-152h 47The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #85: ShelvedSometimes we just shouldn’t record. But once we press that shiny red button, all bets are off, for better or worse.
In any event we’ve got the latest Persona 3 Reloaded updates after the game’s official unveiling. And Atlus had still had one more trick up their sleeves that the leaks couldn’t let slip. We discuss the surprise reveal.
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #84: Burn My DreadAll the rumors and leaks were true. The Persona 3 remake is real, and in this episode I give my first impressions and reactions to the news, as well as some in-depth analysis of the trailer and what we know so far about Persona 3: Reloaded. I have some concerns.
But before that I do get a little personal and talk about my current creative process, what my writing routine has been, and where I am trying to take my current projects in a monologue-esque Mountains of Madness.
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #83: King of WandsSometimes we never learn from our mistakes. Toddlers learn not to touch the hot stove, but we didn’t remember why we stopped doing tarot readings in the opening of the show. Oops.
Later, we discuss the children’s author who sought a little too much real world experience, the “hallucinations” of AI, and dive back into the dating apps to find some very unfortunate syntax.
We round out with some updates to the shows schedule along with some other DeadEndRoad-related announcements.
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #82: The PileThe AI storm rages on, and we hear a lot about these large datasets these large language models and supposedly advanced AIs are trained with. But what exactly is in those datasets, and why are these “open” AI companies not exactly forthright with the data they’re using? We uncover the reality in Artificial Insanity. Later, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #81: In Defense of the BemisWe’ve got a deep dive for you this week, and I needed to call in some backup. We’re taking a look at some controversy surrounding emo/punk band Say Anything, its lead Max Bemis, and his and his family’s patterns of behavior over the last several years. From Kanye to grifting, has this been a downward […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #80: Bare BonesI’ve got a short one for you as I recover from another wisdom tooth surgery. It’s just been so much fun behind the scenes. Sunshine and rainbows. So let me tell you about some anime I’ve seen lately. As usual we’ve got some good, some bad, and some weird. Thanks for putting up with a […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #79: Loose LipsCan we talk about the Persona 3 Remake leaks? I need to talk about the Persona 3 Remake leaks. I’ve been dying to talk to you about the Persona Remake 3 leaks. But first: a new Dating is Dead has me joining a new dating site, but I don’t think I’m supposed to be there. […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #78: The Great FFXIV RantIt’s been a minute. But there’s a very good reason for that. Allow me to explain, in graphic detail. Afterwards, in an extended Moogle, it’s time. This has been brewing for far too long and I need to get it off my chest. Final Fantasy XIV is not in a good place. Let me count […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #77: Anti-AntonoffThis guy’s gotta be stopped. His head’s so enormous it can fill a bus. Find out what has Bill so heated in a new Worst Beats In The World. Later, they’re really trying to make AI happen. In the dumbest ways possible. Let’s discuss in our new segment: Artificial Insanity. Flooding fiction magazines, erotic roleplay, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #76: Like A Lead BalloonAI is rising and feeling a little omnipresent. And so too is AI anxiety. But AI is dumb and bad, especially in its current state and in the ways it is being implemented to replace what we already have. This is unfortunately only the beginning. Later, Bill talks about FFXIV third party plugin scandals, from […]
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2023-02-151h 02The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #75: Once More, With FeelingLet’s call it Season 3, shall we? Bill is back with a tweaked format to tell you all about the things that annoy him. It’s an exhaustive list. From mob-mentality NFL conspiracy theorists, to anti-vaxxers, to people that don’t like the Persona 3 Portable port. Yes, Did It All For the Moogle made the cut. […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #74: My Empire of DirtThey all leave in the end. Ian’s time on the show has come to a close, for now. Bill sends him off with a little fanfare, courtesy of Fred Durst and a disgraced Pennsylvania politician from the 80s. Other topics: the lightspeed collapse of Twitter, Barbarian discussion, TSwift’s baby eras, pregnant mannequins, and more. What […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #73: The SecretIan has some very important questions, and the only way to find answers is to consult the cards. In a new Not In The Cards, we consult the collective unconscious to see whether or not the New York Jets are for real. Later, Worst Beats In The World has us pining for the soothing tones […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowBeautiful Cinema: Hellraiser (2022)Quick mini-pod discussing the new Hellraiser reboot. We discuss its issues and whether it’s worth your 2 hours this Halloween season. Full episodes of The DeadEndRoad Show: https://video.deadendroad.co/?cat=5 Socials:Twitter – https://twitter.com/DeadEndRoadFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/DeadEndRoadTV/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjZH…Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/deadendroadtv/Email – video@deadendroad.coBuy us a coffee: Ko-Fi – https://ko-fi.com/deadendroad
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #72: WonderlandBill is seeing connections everywhere. Ian isn’t convinced. We’re all mad here. A new Dating is Dead teaches us how to steal someone’s boyfriend. Informative information all around that definitely isn’t thought up by the utterly deranged. Later, Bill isn’t impressed by The World Ends With You, or the end of the 25th Persona anniversary. […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #71: Business!!!!!Our stock continues to rise, and the business opportunities are flooding our inbox. Get in on the ground-floor while you can, there are only so many euros to go around… Dead Wrong brings us an update on the chess cheating scandal with some answers, some more questions, and a conclusion for now. Moogle sees Bill […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #70: Beat CarolineIf there’s one thing you know about The DeadEndRoad Show, you know it’s the place you can turn to for the freshest, hottest beats out there. You’ve been looking for that new sound, well get a load of this. Later, our deep dive this week covers the systemic rot within the NFL, from Brett Favre […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #69: SteamedWe’ve got a big gaming-focused show on deck this week, as Bill’s Steam Deck came in and he’s got some early impressions about the seemingly limitless potential of the device he will use to play almost only Shin Megami Tensei games. Moogle brings us more FFXIV balance woes, and then we talk about how Overwatch […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #68: Spit TakesWe can’t please everybody. And we definitely can’t please Dale. We heard from our hate listener again, and he seems to be under a little bit of stress. Perhaps a fresh DeadEndRoad Show is just what he needs. Later we jump into the world of conspiracy to try to make sense of the various message […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #67: Swiftie NumerologyIt’s Soul Hackers 2 season, and nothing else matters. Well, maybe except for a new cult that might be behind a string of murders in Alabama, with an enigmatic guru/rapper as its leader. Ian is on the hunt for new pants. Taylor Swift’s numerical marketing is discussed. Other topics: US open smells, new FX TV, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #66: Six Ways From SundayThings that make Bill angry, in order of importance: the state of Astrologian in Final Fantasy 14, and Boe Jiden doing the bare minimum when it comes to student debt. See us in January, Joe, we’ll be looking for the rest of it. You still owe us $2k. Other talking points: The finale of The […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowDeadEndRoad’s Beautiful Cinema: Irma Vep (2022)As mentioned on the main show, we’re breaking out Beautiful Cinema into its own episodes as a little experiment. And it’s a good thing too, because we had a lot to say about HBO’s miniseries Irma Vep. The series that’s a quasi-remake of the 1997 film of the same name. We cover the timeliness of […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #65: Mr. EyesightWe 2022-08-151h 23
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #64: The Gender KnobA fresh Mountains of Madness has us talk about the specificity of dream spaces, and whether their physical dimensions and shapes are something we can return to, and whether this recurring nature means anything at all. Nonsense? Probably. Bill has JRPG problems in Did It All For the Moogle but what else is new. We […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #63: The GauntletCan you survive the perilous set of traps we have lain before you? Who could possibly make it through an onslaught of in-depth Persona port fan translation drama only to be followed up by Big Brother updates? Will anyone make it to the end… of the gauntlet? Also we discuss the continued strange behavior of […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 62: NostradadmusBill’s dad thinks he can control the future. Ian’s future to be specific. He was on one and it was very strange. We talk about it. In a quick Did It All For the Moogle, Bill talks about Akudama Drive, the recent cyberpunk crime thriller anime from the creator of Danganronpa. Later in Beautiful Cinema, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Live #1: Hashtag ItalianoHeads up: this was our very first livestreamed episode over at twitch.tv/deadendroadtv and by all accounts it works best via video. So if you feel like you’re missing something, you probably are! Check out the VOD over on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjZHpCS_oMyBvig7qdBRg2w We watch a lot of videos in this one. We track down an […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #61: Replican’tWe’ve entered the Matrix, gone undercover to see just how advanced AI has become. Apparently they like to make up Phoebe Bridgers songs. Our deep dive this week is all about Replika AI, an app that promises to be a virtual companion, life coach, therapist, friend, and lover. It’s weird. Later, we have a fresh […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #60: Doop SnoggA Persona fanzine made off with almost $30k in sales without shipping books, Bill confuses Ian with the new Drake, and we check in with the one and only Doop Snogg in this episode. Other discussions: Bill’s TikTok conspiracy paranoia is vindicated, keeping Jesus in VeggieTales, how bodies decompose, JK Rowling gets duped and other […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #59: Six of CupsWelcome The DeadEndRoad Show’s first ever guest host: Tori from It Doesn’t Add Up. We do everything in our power to get her to never want to join us again in a supersized episode, including delving deep into her psychology in a new Not in the Cards. Later, out Internet deep dive of the week […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #58: Slipknot TeesIt finally happened. Bill was forced to download TikTok. He had no choice! Find out why, and find out the horrors he’s seen. The terror of the algorithm at work. In a packed Beautiful Cinema, we discuss HBO’s Euphoria; the task of turning CW-like teen melodrama into prestige TV, the line between provocation and glorification, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #57: Podcasters Posting Their LsYou’ve heard the classics like “Did it hurt… when you fell from heaven?” But what do pickup-lines look like in 2022? Apparently they’re oddly religious, and they involve your parents. Join us for a new spin on Dating is Dead. Later, talking about the film Shithouse calls to mind stories from our own college experience. […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #56: Serial Experiments LameWe have a weird definition of “fun.” Fun apparently for us means talking about an anime death cult and the omnipresence of a celebrity civil suit. Content warning: this episode features discussion of suicide, extreme racism, child grooming, domestic violence, and J*hnny D*pp. The heavy stuff is about the first portion of the show and […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #55: The WheelmasterBill tries his hand at community outreach to spread the word about the show, to interesting results. Later, Ian imposes the sanctity of the JRPG Roulette wheel as Bill is having some issues with last week’s winner. That sure is a welcoming sentence for any potential listeners. And Beautiful Cinema has us look at some […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #54: DaleA fresh Dead Letter forces us to look inward at our moral and societal failings and introduces the podcast’s first true villain: Dale. Later Ian shows us a parallel dimension in which Michael Cera is Robert Pattinson in The Batman. It’s a Mad Watch, people. Lookout. We’re also discussing Censor, a horror film with the […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #53: What Is Plant Mom?I’m going to say it. We’re too old. A mysterious Dead Letter sent us spiraling into a wormhole of eldritch research all in search of a simple query: “what is an e-girl?” We are unworthy to obtain the secret knowledge. We are shuffling off this mortal coil. In Beautiful Cinema, we discuss We’re All Going […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #52: She Might Have Acid RefluxBill logged into his Tumblr account for the first time since 2015, like many others, longing for a platform that actually allows for discoverability of created content. Because what we have now isn’t cutting it. Is the world ready for 2010s nostalgia? In Mad Watch, we may be able to early diagnose someone’s tummy troubles, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #51: Shootin’ The Sh*t, Shootin’ Their HusbandsIt’s the start of Season 2 of The DeadEndRoad Show. What does that mean exactly? No idea, but we’re doing it. What we do know is that #51 features homicidal romance authors, losing your job over pizza, philosophical trashcans, and more. Beautiful Cinema has us wrap up The Souvenir duology. Could Bill follow the dialog […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #50: 12 Inches50 whole episodes of weird web nonsense, weeb trash, passable criticism, and references to things from 20 years ago. Do we have another 50 in us? Who knows, let’s keep it rolling. Bill is proud of his meme exactly zero people understood, which you can view here: https://twitter.com/DeadEndRoad/status/1511216506968977410 Did It All For the Moogle also […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #49: I Can’t Believe You Don’t Know Scatman JohnOh no, now Bill’s watched an anime named after acidic fruit. Did It All For the Moogle brings us his report, plus miserably failing to explain Kingdom Hearts, the FFXIV raid team’s latest woes, and more. In other topics, a Dead Wrong reminds us of our blissful celebrity ignorance, Beautiful Cinema has us review 1917, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #48: Licorice MorbiusWouldn’t you believe it, but Bill’s having subtitle problems yet again. This time he’s struggling to watch the newest season of Higurashi, the long-running horror anime that might be more trouble than it’s worth. This, the issues with FFXIV’s patch cycle disappointing expansion, plus a game of JRPG roulette in the new and improved Did […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #47: Flash Enters the SpeedforceWithout realizing it, we became backed up on Dead Letters. And honestly? These ones were really flirty. A Dating is Dead sees Bill try to grapple with OKCupid’s live-streaming video platform. Video speed dating while hundreds of strangers watch and comment. What could go wrong? Ian brings us an Oscars recap that is 99.9% “The […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #46: Touch of Gray-cePeople cope with stress in all sorts of different ways. Some take up new hobbies, others exercise. Those are probably much healthier options than what we do: take it out on phony Irish bands. We’ve got updates on Ian’s anime journey, Bono’s poetry stylings, a new segment listening to “the worst beats ever created,” Tunic, […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #45: Five People Calling Me DelusionalPodcast title or Elden Ring message? It’s all lost in the ether anyway. Try hole. Eat Arby’s. Ian is reaping what he sowed last week, the Citrus chickens have come home to roost, the metaphors are deeply mixed. What he thought was a normal coming of age show involving incest turned into something weird. Who […]
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The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #44: Full Gamin’Bill keeps having issues with subtitles, and he keeps finding ways to delude himself into thinking broken subtitles somehow enhance the movie-watching experience. It happened again with Drive My Car, the film for this week’s discussion. Later, Bill goes crazy jailbreaking every device he owns, all for marginal gain in a new Mountains of Madness. […]
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2022-03-091h 59
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #43: Bombs Are Dropping But We Gotta Sell These Chicken FrittersIt could be argued that this podcast, as a project, is a public charting of Bill’s (rapid) descent into madness. What better way to formalize this downfall than with our updated segment Mountains of Madness. This week, Bill may have found a kindred spirit on Twitter, who is touting some strange philosophic claims about a […]
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2022-03-021h 47The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #42: That’s Some AnimeOscar contenders. Sketchy romance anime. The duality of humanity, or just this episode? Featuring: Bill losing his mind at the flagrant class warfare on display during the Super Bowl, Canadian truckers getting trolled by gay cowboys, celebrities drinking paint thinner, and more. In the back half we discuss Coda, to drastically differing opinions. And Bill […]
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2022-02-231h 47
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #41: Riding Like BullwinkleWe really weren’t going to do another No Fucking Thanks this week. But then the perpetrators of the world’s biggest money laundering ever operation were caught. And they rap. How can we not talk about this? Later in this supersized episode, we have a Dating is Dead where we need to use all our detective […]
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2022-02-181h 53
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #40: The Shrek FactorDudes are trying to claim ownership over colors now. Remember what they took from you. Hold your hexcodes tight, the cryptobros are coming to commodify literally everything. Later, a Dating is Dead with some choice word choice and confusing decisions. And we discuss Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter. Bill compares it to Rachel […]
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2022-02-141h 20
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show #39: Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And TomorrowA podcast is but a walking shadow, a poor playerthat struts and frets his hour and a half upon the stageAnd then is heard no more: it is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound a fury,Signifying nothing. We are reaching a singularity in the NFT space, an inflection point where these schemes are […]
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2022-02-021h 30
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 38: Piss MatrixIt hasn’t been a month into the new year. Crypto somehow finds a way, day by day, to get stupider and scammier. It boggles the mind. We’d like to tell you about some of them, as we dunk on these DOA “projects” in No Fucking Thanks. Voice actor AI grifts, Dune IP theft, Norton ethereum […]
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2022-01-281h 40
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 37: Cultic DanceYou’ve seen the ads on every billboard in town, in your favorite restaurant, but you still don’t know what it is. You might even know someone that has seen it, and they still don’t know what to make of it. It’s Shen Yun, a bizarre dance performance that promises a glimpse of “China before communism” […]
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2022-01-241h 19
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 36: For Sale: Fart Jar NFT, Never OpenedNew years bring new opportunities, right? What does the collective unconscious have in store? Is ruin imminent? We find out in the latest Not in The Cards. In a new segment, we cover the latest in celebrity bullshittery, crypto-bro nonsense, gaming scams and the like in No Fucking Thanks. This week: Al Borland NFTs and […]
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2022-01-191h 19
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 35: Mental Health DayIt’s rough out there to start 2022. Bill is coming in with a firsthand report of the crumbling status of our healthcare system. In the form of having a manic episode at an urgent care. Later, we discuss Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, and wonder if it’s attempt at unique structure helps or hinders the […]
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2022-01-131h 20
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 34: Dog of The Year(Let’s all pretend this came out four days ago. Cool? Cool.) In our final show of 2021 we have Benedict Cumberbatch and his American accent from Power of the Dog, our favorite albums of the year, and some truly out-there conspiracies involving Antarctica and the Greek alphabet, as well as a group of conspiracy theorists […]
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2022-01-031h 49
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 33: Some PigNic Cage is a busy guy. In between being crazy, he somehow finds the time to be a mountain man living it up with a piggie best friend. We watched Pig, and we’re going to tell you all about it. Also, Ian saw Spielberg’s West Side Story and gives his thoughts. Later we have a […]
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2021-12-281h 21
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 32: Wizards (Wise men or Magicians)We’re baaaack. During our short hiatus the Dead Letters really started to pile up, so let’s sort through some spam and even some bad faith criticism. Elsewhere, we have updates to the JFKs (that’s plural now) conspiracy, which feels like it’s now moving at a rapid clip. Some new It Doesn’t Add Up Minis bring […]
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2021-12-161h 25
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 31: Have You Seen This Ape?JRPGs happen so much, and they consume a lot of Bill’s life. Did It All For The Moogle brings us the latest from the world of Final Fantasy 14 and the upcoming Endwalker expansion delay. SMT Power Hour gets into the Persona/SMT dichotomy discourse and regales us with the story of Bill’s struggles in securing […]
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2021-11-171h 49
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 30: Dream A Little DreamBill is going to talk about his dreams. Wait, wait, before you go. What if we told you that his dreams predict the future? Bill gives us some background on oneiromancy before diving into his experiences peering into the future through dreams. We’ve also got a JFK Jr. update, all the way from the Grassy […]
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2021-11-101h 25
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 29: Mirror, Mirror On The WallSpooky season doesn’t have to end if we don’t let it end, you know? So let’s get uncomfortable. Bill is afraid of mirrors. Make your jokes, but he’s seen some stuff. We get into the phobia of mirrors and some of Bill’s experiences in this new segment without a name. In our other new segment, […]
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2021-11-031h 33
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 28A minor illness can’t stop this train. We’ve got nonsense to talk about. It’s the last of our Horror Harvest, and it kind of snuck up on us. Thankfully it’s a good one. We discuss the masterful work of Bong Joon-ho’s The Host. We also have a quick Dead Wrong, though something is a little […]
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2021-10-291h 54
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 27: Smash Mouth Steve Gave Me COVIDThe podcast game is all about efficiency you see. We’re experts after all. We managed to cram virtually all of our segments into a brisk hour and a half. Now that’s efficient. We have a Dead Wrong, Bill may have found the one in Dating is Dead, and Horror Harvest brings us the excellent Cure […]
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2021-10-201h 32
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 26: Did It All For The MoogleWe like to have fun around here. But it’s time to get serious. There is major Final Fantasy news coming from all sides. FFXIV media tour updates, new demos. Fred Durst. We have to dig into the truth in our latest segment. A new Horror Harvest has us talk about Under the Shadow, a horror […]
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2021-10-131h 58
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 25: Do You Eat Food?New segment alert! Dead Wrong has us correcting some of the stupid things we’ve said in past episodes. How many times can we use “dead” in a segment name? We’re going for the record. This week’s Horror Harvest is She Dies Tomorrow from Amy Seimetz, a portrait of anxiety that might work best in the […]
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2021-10-061h 44
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 24: Threatening T-ShirtsIn Dead Letters, someone emailed t-shirts that are a little too… personal. At least they sent a coupon though. Horror Harvest brings us I Am Not A Witch from Rungano Nyoni, a modern day witch trial with striking visuals and bleak comedy. Our big bizarre internet stories are about the MAGA-lovers streaming box named after […]
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2021-09-291h 29
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 23: Dear Kevin SpaceyJames Wan’s Malignant? Not very scary. Dear Evan Hanson? Now that’s a horror movie if we’ve ever seen one. You have to try the De-aged Ben Platt, it’s wonderfully in-season, slight notes of apricot. Horror Harvest has us pore over Wan’s misstep, as we discuss how the film doesn’t commit to what works. Later, Ian […]
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2021-09-271h 51
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 22: This School Doesn’t ExistThis week’s Horror Harvest pick has Bill reaching for some kind of deeper political theming. Does Gaspar Noe’s Climax convey an anti-drug message, or is it nothing more than nightmare nihilism? For our main story: this high school football program doesn’t exist, so how did they end up in a marquee game on ESPN? Later, […]
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2021-09-171h 48
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 21: Amazon CatfishOkCupid is really out here allowing spon-con. Are people getting weirder or is Bill just finding all of them for Dating is Dead? We also briefly discuss the Texas abortion ban & bounty, and vent our frustrations with our evermore fascist state. Our first edition of Horror Harvest has us talk about David Lowery’s A […]
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2021-09-101h 58
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 20: Airplane, Airplane Sorry I’m LateOn his mad quest for precognition and self-actualization Bill has realized he read the cards wrong last week. So this time around his Jungian archetype spread has to be accurate right? Well what about Ian’s hopes for the New York Jets season? A Winning season might be Not In The Cards. Next we’re introducing another […]
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2021-09-011h 47
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 19: You Can (Not) Go To AfghanistanAn intrepid 4chan loser went to Afghanistan the week it fell to the Taliban. We talk about his “adventures” and rip on him having diarrhea every half hour. Will Ian stay on the show? Will the show even continue? We search for answers in the cards in our new tarot reading segment. Perhaps the collective […]
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2021-08-251h 56
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 18: Latin CatAnother round of Dating is Dead introduces us to the Latin Cat, and Bill obsesses over the idea. We also get into the Audacity stabbing incident, and try to get to the bottom of this 4chan harassment campaign to see what really went down. Ian brings the latest updates from Fortnite and NHL to round […]
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2021-08-201h 52
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 17: Dating is DeadWe return from the archives with a few oddities found on dating sites. Buckle up, it gets uncomfortable in a hurry. Also, the collective unconscious graced us with another update from everyone’s favorite author assistant, who was on one on Twitter in the wee hours of the morning. Bill is annoyed at Funimation, and in […]
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2021-08-111h 17
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 16: The Worst Magic TrickWhen you stare into the abyss, sometimes the abyss stares back. We thought it was over, but the siren song episode preview drew Ian back to Sexy Beasts. We might never be the same. In more important discussions, we go over the awesome Japanese Breakfast show, rundown some recent music recommendations, and attempt to figure […]
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2021-08-041h 30
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 15: Sexy Beasts at The Nexus of The UniverseWe did it. For you. We watched the first episode of Sexy Beasts. And despite Bill wanting to axe the segment, we press on. It was so much weirder than we imagined, but for very different reasons. We also get into John Mayer’s “shitposts” or rather, what he thinks shitposts are, and his history of […]
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2021-07-291h 33
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 14: Non-Frenchable TokenCrypto keeps on happening and it is very bad and dumb. We discuss three cryptocurrency stories, from a famous author’s descent, to Space Jam. Ian finally manages to talk about Big Brother. Bill finally manages to talk about French Stewart. The other main topic is Fear Street on Netflix, specifically the first installment. 90s nostalgia […]
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2021-07-211h 54
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 13: Catherine Zeta-Jones in ZorroAnother packed DeadEndRoad Show for you, and we’ve learned absolutely nothing about audience retention. Bill introduces Dead Letters, a new submissions segment. Bill decides to open it by reading out spam email. Please send real email to video@deadendroad.co so he doesn’t do this again. Other, more meaningful topics: Evil on Paramount+, synchronicity, Apex Legends Hacks, […]
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2021-07-141h 46
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 12 – Runescape TradwifeIan wasn’t scared away just yet and he’s coming back prepared with a laundry list of new segment ideas. Bill introduces him, and by extension the dear listener, to the frightening concept of the Runescape Tradwife. We’ve got another Vtuber update, and open the show in a way that’s sure to bring in a new […]
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2021-07-071h 47
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 11: SMT Power HourIt’s a full show on deck for you, and Bill is really going through it. He’s fallen down a Vtuber YouTube spiral, and his recommendations have no hope of recovering. We talk about the truly fascinating culture and logistics surrounding Vtubers, before diving into the SMT Power Hour. Nocturne, Shin Megami Tensei V. You’d think […]
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2021-06-291h 32The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 10: Legos and LethargyThe snow is slowly starting to melt, and we’re crawling towards a year of quarantine. How are we coping? By reminiscing about old ass computer games and how the Lego Store was the coolest shit in the mall. And also by spilling our guts about the creative process, insecurities, and why we make shit in […]
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2021-03-021h 14The DeadEndRoad ShowDeadEndRoad’s Creature Feature: The MothmanIn our first Creature Feature episode of The DeadEndRoad Show, we talk all about everyone’s favorite cryptid: The Mothman. We go over the origins of the winged creature, his humble beginnings in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and get into why everyone just can’t get enough of the guy/winged beast. Roget wraps things up with some […]
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2020-05-0857 min
The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show Episode 2:In this episode Bill and Roget quickly go over some DeadEndRoad updates before getting into the stuff you really care about: tearing apart a TV show that last aired 7 years ago. They get into a spoiler-riffic discussion of Dexter‘s final seasons before talking a bit about how the coronavirus is impacting absolutely every piece […]
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2020-03-201h 16The DeadEndRoad ShowThe DeadEndRoad Show: Episode 1 – What Are We Doing?In this first episode of The DeadEndRoad Show, your hosts Bill and Roget introduce just what the hell DeadEndRoad TV will be about, including what kinds of topics they’ll cover, the style the videos will take, and what shape this very show will have in the future. After the business is over they briefly cover […]
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2020-03-0925 min