Is That Something?: Recent Episodes
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In the course of its daily operation, the human brain forms many partial ideas and observations. We put them under scrutiny and ask, of each, the crucial question, "Is that something?"
We've done a lot of talking ... Now it's time for us to do some listening, as well as a great deal of talking. In this Neighborhood Hall, members of our community sound off on issues that affect them.
This show was recorded at the Hideout Theatre 48-Hour Improv Marathon, featuring the 2024 Marathon cast: Symply Courtney, Aspen Webster, Mickey May, Allie Maldonado, Kenny Madison, Norman Scott, and Yichao. And Courtney Hopkin. But she's already on the podcast. So.
This episode features:
* mouth sounds
* movie trivia, esp. re: "Hard Target" (1993)
* Aunt Cathy voicemails
Courtney and Curtis once again have announcements, games, and goofs to share with you. LET THEM DO IT.
Henry Collins (a.k.a. Henry Call-Ins) drops in to tell us about his multifaceted life of hustling, getting paid, getting paper, but most importantly: Making a Difference.
Courtney and Curtis run it down, then run it back up again. Announcements, voicemails, and fun await.
We meet Freddie, a real prince of the neighborhood.
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Our neighbor Cami (Camera for long) joins us to discuss the origins of her deep aquarium. Special appearance from Pitbull the pit bull.
We pay tribute to the late Austin public radio titan John Aielli with a series of adventurous speculations.
Courtney has questions about the specific nature of the time travel in that popular movie about the young rock-n-roll skateboard man who is trying not to Do Stuff with his mom.
Sometimes there's that moment in a movie, usually during a montage, where they say, "We thought the good times would never end," and it means that the good times are about to end, but what if they didn't?
Lots of topics, lots of topics, but eventually we get around to the main one, the titular one, and then Courtney figures out an answer to her satisfaction very quickly, but then we keep talking about things.
Courtney waylaid the podcast with a ton of BIG IDEAS, which necessitated some Big Talk and Big Thinking.
Spielberg's "Hook" (1991) vs. Blues Traveler's "Hook" (1994) ... Is the conversation even worth having?
Parents' TVs are a damn mess. Why won't they fix the settings? Why don't we get some special glasses to undo them?
A discussion of Bond songs leads to speculation about how to teach our kids about the many crimes of the English.
Our dear friend Joel joins us once again to discuss bone whitening as a new cosmetic craze.
We goofed and forgot to do the premise of the show and just complained about Jerry Seinfeld, cars, and "Cars" instead.
DAMN!! A full-blown ITS smackdown ensues when Curtis makes a provocative proposal about food nomenclature.
There's so many different ways to be a cousin, and there are too many confusing terms used to distinguish them.
Public apologies have become meaningless; we need a new way of making it right. (Please note that this was recorded before certain significant recent events occurred.)
A new year calls for a new letter in the alphabet. (The editing on this one isn't as tight as usual because I have shingles. - Curtis)
For the holidays, we're doing only the easy part of the podcast. So here's part two of an unedited summary of the plot of "The DaVinci Code."
For the holidays, we're doing only the easy part of the podcast. So here's part one of an unedited summary of the plot of "The DaVinci Code."
Breadmakers make it easy to make bread, but you still gotta use the breadmaker ... unless you had a robot to do it. Joel takes a big swing at something here; listen for the results!
Put on your short pants, because we think there ought to be a show called "Who Will Be the Finest Lad?" The trifle could be yours!
Should we have "guests" on this podcast? Our discussion leads to a robust consideration of various ways one may be a guest.
Courtney would like to help you quickly find your way to female conversations about things that come out of butts.
Go through your possessions one by one and get rid of anything that doesn't spark abject misery.
Courtney sketches a better method of getting timely information than looking at your dang phone, like you're probably doing right now!
Look, it's been a crazy week for various human, relatable reasons. So we had to record some episodes in a hurry. Please enjoy this RAW, HARDLY EDITED audio ripped straight off the Zoom.
Look, it's been a crazy week for various human, relatable reasons. So we had to record some episodes in a hurry. Please enjoy this RAW, HARDLY EDITED audio ripped straight off the Zoom.
Would you pay top dollar to let a panel of experts decide what information goes in your head?
Courtney's tries to catch all the megafauna, leading us to a learned discussion about the island nation of Australia.
After some chatter re: tech and lifehacks and generational musical icons, Courtney and Curtis posit a counterfactual about a seminal blockbuster.
Holy cow!! In this wildly anticipated follow-up, we proved that "Modcast" is indeed something by doing it.
We bat around another nouveau-retro idea and come to an exciting conclusion about making it something.
We got distracted by a bunch of other things and didn't get to the main thing until the end! Thus, we are proud to present PART ONE of our very first TWO-PART EPISODE. Get ready for thrills, spills, and chills inside your ears.
I know, I know, I know; a tintype is technically different from a daguerrotype. But you try titling this thing week after week!!
What if that person that you remember from doing a certain thing on television did a different thing? Folks, it's fun to imagine.
Who's the boss? That was the name of a TV show, but that doesn't preclude it from also being a real question that Courtney and Curtis will grapple with.