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Small Beans Podcasting is a place for beans of every sort to come bean it up. Free your soul, eh? Be a frijole.
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This is a Richard Jenkins zone. Please enter the Richard Jenkins zone if you would like more Richard Jenkins. His first main role in a feature is a film about an old Scrooge letting some illegal immigrants into his life. Michael and Abe talk about how the film navigates the white savior complex, how chill the ensemble is, and how Jenkins probably has a premium hog.
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Sarah and Bridgett discuss the rite of passage that is bad teenage skin. The moisturizers, the serums, the crippling fear. It’s another shiny Rough Stuff.
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This episode covers the second installment of It, the famous story about a clown and some children. Michael and Abe discuss the updated cast, the structure of the story, the spooks, and of course, the sexiest clown in the biz.
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Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social
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Michael and Abe discuss one of the late 90s films about unreality. But this one has a bone gun. And Bilbo holds it at one point. Does that make it better than The Matrix? No. But it does make for a fun conversation brought to you by Pick the Flick’s Doctor Slaphammer! Thanks, Doc!
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Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social
Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social
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Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson discuss the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop. This time, we talk about the one with the senile chessmaster.
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Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social
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Bridgett and Sarah start their coverage of one of the biggest trilogies in film history. That’s right. The one with the hobbits. Join us for the first installment of the three-part LOTR podcast.
Also, apologies about the last 5 minutes. Sarah’s microphone cut out.
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Seanbaby joins the pod to discuss the ancient FPS and trailblazer Halo 2. They discuss legacy, mechanics, and the Golden Triangle (Swaim’s taint).
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Adam Ganser: https://bsky.app/profile/ganz.bsky.social
Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social
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Michael and Abe discuss the recent Ice Cube vehicle, War of the Worlds. A screenlife movie where Cube saves the planet from the safety of his Amazon-brand life pod, using corporations to save humanity. It’s recently gone viral for being terrible, so we figured we’d go for that sweet viral money.
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Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social
Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social
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Michael and Abe, very white dudes, discuss the themes, execution, and techniques of Ryan Coogler’s Sinners. Movie’s pretty good.
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Sarah and Bridgett discuss how the fears of adults and the fears of children are different (and the same). How we can reason our ways out of things and how irrational fears persist. Also, how children do not fear death and that means we should fear them.
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This episode covers 2017’s It, the famous fun clown story. Michael and Abe discuss why they made the clown SO sexy and discuss the Kingiverse at large.
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1Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson discuss the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop. This time, we talk about session #12, the second part of the mid-Pefect Session doubleheader, Jupiter Jazz. 3, 2, 1. Let’s jam.
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Just so ya know, our Pick the Flick tier is back on so you can give us some scratch to choose our Frame Rate topics. We’d like to thank Doctor Slaphammer for suggesting Videodrome for our epic return.
Also, Tom Reimann joins the pod to discuss all things Cronenberg and to remind us all to long live the new flesh.
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Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social
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Mike checks in with his Mom about the book she's writing, surviving an early life filled with cosmic horror-levels of trauma, finally finding help, and how grateful they both are to still be here.
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Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social
And his Mom.
Music by Abe Epperson.
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Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson discuss the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop. This time, we talk about session #12, the first part of the mid-Pefect Session doubleheader, Jupiter Jazz. It’s another Vicious one. 3, 2, 1. Let’s jam.
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Adam Ganser: https://bsky.app/profile/ganz.bsky.social
Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social
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This episode was recorded along with the Little Mermaid episode so there’s a bit of flutter in Abe’s track but it’s not so bad. We swear it won’t happen again.
(Randy Marsh impression) Oh… Aaah! A dive into Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s first feature film. It surprisingly holds up for a film made in 1993. It’s an examination of the South Park guys’ first public attempt at comedy in a storied career.
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David Bell: https://bsky.app/profile/moviehooligan.bsky.social
Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social
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This episode covers 2025’s The Life of Chuck, a short story told in 3 acts chronicling the life and choices of Chuck, a man on his deathbed. Michael and Abe slightly disagree about the film, but you’ll never see the twist coming.
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Bridgett and Sarah complete their dive into the Paddington trilogy. They discuss the internet hype, the feel-goodery-ness of it all, and what releasing a bear into the wild might do to the great country of Peru. Spread it onto your ears like so much marmalade.
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Our limited series with co-hosts Abe Epperson and David Bell digs deep into the internet meme of the “dad movie.” We can all probably name a dad movie, but can we isolate the tropes that really make this a bona fide film genre? Let’s find out!
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Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson discuss the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop. This time, we talk about session #11, Toys in the Attic. It’s the slime monster one. 3, 2, 1. Let’s jam.
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Fun fact about Michael Swain, you can't spell his name without the letters m i c h a e l s w a i n. Thanks for the laughs sir, or guy my same age.
This episode is like hanging out with a couple of college stoners while you're stone cold sober as they talk about a topic they /almost/ know. They have no idea how badly they are communicating their ideas, but bless them they're having fun and they won't remember it after a nap anyway.
Pretty impressed by Abe's rhyme up top.
It takes them ten minutes to confirm that the film under discussion is "Full Frontal", but I could feel it coming from the jump.
Definitely one of the best! In high school my friends and I dressed up as the characters for a drama awards party. I got to be Mrs. White. 😊
is this supposed to be funny or...?
your episodes won't download for some reason. it's been happening for a few weeks now.
I love almost all you content deeply and this was my favorite frame rate as of yet by far. you talented folks are so much fun to listen to. especially you Swaim.
Joaquin Phoenix is haunted because he watched his brother OD outside the Viper Room as a teen.
Are those reasons John Cheese reasons? Because that opening banter has not aged well at all.
This movie is great but it's a worse version of The Raid.
I know I'm late but Ryan Reynolds would be fun to watch in this role
please do undertale
started playing Blasphemous because of this episode. it's really good
OMG I just found out this is Micheal Swaims newest project since leaving cracked. I've got so much content to dig Into.
This is my favorite movie. So glad to hear this.
Katy, you are loved!
undertale! yes, please. i agree with this man, you both are doing great work.
I don´t know about everyone else, but I definetly tune in to hear your discussions whether I have heard of the game in question or not. That said, since you are taking sugestions, I´d love you covered Undertale, Divinity: Original Sin (1 & 2), and perhaps some of the Witcher games.