Episode 141: Live from the Zero Credit(s) New(s) De(s)k

Zero Credit(s), , , ,

You’re going about your day, perhaps you’re walking down a busy street on your way to work or to a local ball game. The sun hangs high in the sky, peaking from behind a cloud and everything seems like it’s going to be okay. That’s when you hear it. The news jingle. It creeps into your ears and lays its eggs. The sun is gone. It’s 6 pm Central Time. The street is gone. Nothing remains save a lone television set in front of you blasting the news jingle straight into your brain. The news is here. There is no escape. Learn about things you read on the internet hours ago as though they are happening right now. The news is here. There is no escape. I am your news host and this, breaking news, is your death.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 140: Sports Corner

Zero Credit(s), , , , , , , , , , , ,

That’s right, it’s time for your weekly Sports Corner. We’ve got all the sports here, Rasslin’, Soccer, Other Sports, Anime, Video Games, Politics. Sports Corner. Waiting in the wings, we’ve got analyst after analyst wearing their best Sports coat and tie combos for absolutely no reason. Let’s talk numbers. Math? No. Stats? Yes. The last time these two teams met, they shook hands for 4.5 seconds. Will we see a longer or shorter handshake today? Who can say. It’s Sports Corner and we’ve got the Sports for your Corners. Need more Corners? Check out our sponsor Corner Corner. There’s so many Sports here, we can’t even hold them all in the Corner. Might need like some kind of four Corner-ed space. Like a room. So we can have more Corners for our Sports. Sporrrrrrttttssssssssssssssssssss. It’s Sports Corner, ya’ll. Giddy them Sports on up.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 139: E3: Electric kEanu rEEvEs

Zero Credit(s), , , ,

Every year, a niche group of enthused hobbyists get together and share delight in news and upcoming greatness. Those people…are Women’s National Team fans. It’s the Women’s World Cup everyone, and it’s time to cheer on USA to the gold winner’s circle of greatness. In other news, every year, a niche group of enthused hobbyists get together and share delight in news and upcoming greatness. Those people…are Godzilla fans. It’s a celebration of the latest Godzilla film everyone, and it’s time to cheer on Godzilla to the gold winner’s circle of greatness. Moving on, every year a niche group of enthused hobbyists get together and share delight in news and upcoming greatness. Those people…are Keanu Reeves fans. It’s Keanu Reeves everyone, and it’s time to cheer Keanu Reeves on to the gold winner’s circle of greatness. But that’s not all. You see, every year a niche group of hobbyists…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 138: John Did It with Two Limes

Zero Credit(s), , , , , ,
Hatsune Miku (Japanese: 初音 ミク) is the name of a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official moe anthropomorph, a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails. Hatsune Miku is also the inventor of Minecraft, a sandbox video game. The game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D procedurally generated world, requiring creativity from players. Hatsune Miku was 39 years old when she founded the Ford Motor Company, which would go on to become one of the world’s largest and most profitable companies. It has been in continuous family control for over 100 years and is one of the largest family-controlled companies in the world. Hatsune Miku’s best known roles are Videodrome (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Casino(1995), Nixon (1995), Contact (1997) and as the voice of Hades in Disney’s animated classic Hercules (1997). Additionally, Miku has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, one in the Best Actor category for Salvador (1986) and the other in the Best Supporting Actor category for Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).

 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 137: Not So Rotten Tomatoes

Zero Credit(s), ,

The Dog Days of Summer are here and with all that slobbery heat comes the doldrums of slow news. Everyone’s taking off work and producing nothing noteworthy in the cultural Zeitgeist, so it’s up to the Boys to find some meaning in their every day interactions with old people. Why old people, you ask. You’d have to ask them, since they started it. What is it about the increasing passing of time that makes one inclined to start conversations with strangers, especially in this age of knives and guns and YouTube? Henry and John hope to find out. And if you want to rate this episode on Rotten Tomatoes, well, I hope you bought a ticket. Cause that’s their new policy. We’ll talk about it. IT’S THE SUMMER OF DOGS!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 136: John Wick 5: Gladiator 2: Untitled A Dog’s Purpose Project: Ragnarok

Zero Credit(s), , , , ,
In 20FIGHTEEN, every major story that has lived in our cultural consciousness is coming to an end, and this week is no different. That’s right: the Zero Credit(s) Name That Spider, You Cowards contest has reached its conclusion, and you won’t believe who dies. In much less important/relevant news, The Boys take off the kid gloves and wade knee-deep into the final installment of the newly-named Vague of Thrones. Have you ever wondered what it would take to join the cinematic powerhouses of John Wick and Romulus Maximus Decimus Maximus Decimal Remus Maximus AKA Russell Crowe’s Gladiator? Well WONDER NO MORE. The Boys have cooked up a spicy pot of Speculation Gumbo and I gua-ran-tee it’ll stick to your ribs. We also maybe spoil 3-4 movies in which dogs die, but that’s more of a public service. Stay safe, listening dogs! It’s Zero Credit(s)!

 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 135: Game of Groans

Zero Credit(s), ,

It’s a weird week. There’s a lot of weird feelings going around. This episode is weird. There’s a lot happening in the world that makes us feel helpless and hopeless and in these dark, dark times we turn to the crisp, refreshing taste of Coke Zero Sugar™. And maybe it’s the caffeine, but the ZC boys are punchy and fast-talkin’. They blaze through all their prepared content in mere minutes and then flounder for the rest of the episode. Also they sing more than once. So. Be warned. This one is for you, unnamed podcast spider. #NameThatSpider. IT’S ZERO CREDIT(S)!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 134: Barely Medieval

Zero Credit(s), , , , , ,
The rains in Austin continue unabated, so you know what that means: another drizzly, weird episode. Fams of the show will recall that rainy weather, for one reason or another, always results in The Boys getting a little loopy, and this week is no different. John’s drinking again, so that in itself bodes poorly for your listening experience. As an amuse bouche, Henry and John give their EXCORIATING semi-spoiler-free review of the last two week’s episodes of the Bad Dragon Show, along with some Hotted Takes about spoiler culture (for short, spoitlure). You know, the books had so many more elements that the show just can’t portray. Circuitous backroom dealings, backstabbing, horrible exploitation of inherent power dynamics, characters of questionable age. Thankfully, all of those elements can be found in Borderlands 3’s most recent news (ALLEGEDLY), which The Boys spend the remainder of the episode discussing. Buckle up your pilgrim helmet, it’s Zero Credit(s)!

 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Supplemental Reading: Avengers Endgame

Supplemental Reading, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

THE FOLLOWING EPISODE IS NOTHING BUT SPOILERS FOR THE HIT MOVIE AVENGERS ENDGAME. DON’T EVEN START PLAYING IT UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN SAID MOVIE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

11 years. 22 movies. It all comes down to this. The culmination of the grand Marvel Cinematic Universe experiment arrives like destiny and, surprising no one, the boys have a lot to say about it. In this surprisingly divisive Supplemental Reading, John and Henry duke it out over the deeper themes of the movie. We can’t get into it here, on the off chance that someone seems this before they see the movie somehow, but let’s just say after all this time, it’s finally here. The Andgame. Good job, Endvengers. You really Anded it.

Music:

River Flute Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More

Episode 133: INT. A 1960’S NEW ORLEANS SPEAKEASY – TITAN

Zero Credit(s), , , , ,
It’s a root(beer)in’ toot(beer)in’ good time in the Podcrypt this week. In the most non-alcoholic episode in months (years?), John finally tips his hand and reveals that he knows entirely too much about the crowded Democratic presidential candidate field, horrifying Henry and any potential listeners. Henry and John flex their no-credentials muscles by discussing TAX LAW because this show was too listenable apparently. But just you wait little piggies, because it’s all worth it for the end. A journey a decade in the making is coming to an end, and The Boys are going to use their combined years of high level narrative meta-analysis to totally unravel the PATHETICALLY THIN plot of Marble’s Envengers: Andgame. Strap on your Infinity Things, idiots, because this week we’re going to the Universe of Bugs ON ZERO CREDIT(S)!

 

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS | More