Talk Over Me: Recent Episodes
Isaac Michael
A variety podcast where we tackle a different question every week. Amidst a cloud of pop culture references we endeavor to share perspectives and expand our understanding. Our topics cover a range from video games, to psychology, to culture.
Every episode we also include some music recommendations and icebreakers so you can get to know us better.
We play a social game for youngsters and talk about the good and not so good when it comes to comic books.
full shownotes with fun links here: (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yGooanb5Pjm_JAeKvgeXFep3-tAB_XXRFsdMMJU59mY/edit?usp=sharing)
We talk about our nerdy collections (except Carter). We also whine about YouTuber, TurboButton, and his take on cover shooters being an agent of the Devil.
Full show notes can be found here (fun links included): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_cHoOTL7mCVIc9zicq7y2Z3deWwscftwMB0yWFOAed4/edit?usp=sharing
We are pretty lame when it comes to leaving the house and concerts aren't any exception. Also, we are pretty tired of fantasy race tropes. They've got some deep issues and deserve to be revisited.
You can find full shownotes with some fun links here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_cHoOTL7mCVIc9zicq7y2Z3deWwscftwMB0yWFOAed4/edit?usp=sharing
- Topics
- Favorite and Least Favorite Fighting Games?
- Nathaniel’s fav: Tekken 7; least fav: Marvel vs Capcom
- Isaac’s fav: Guilty Gear; least fav: Injustice
- Carter’s fav: King of Fighters ‘98; least fav: Street Fighter
- Seth’s fav: Soul Calibur 3; least fav: Super Smash Bros Melee
- What are your favorites? Which ones have you always hated?
- Black Mirror: We discuss the episodes in Season 1
- “National Anthem” underrated episode. It’s easy to discredit this episode because it was shocking, but we think it is important to appreciate it despite the discomfort. We found lots to love in this episode.
- “15 Million Merits” another amazing episode. An incredibly in-depth dystopia with broad implications and many layers of meaning. There is social, relational, moral, and political meanings and each is a penetrating discourse.
- “The Entire History of You” A fantastic ending to season 1. More of a character drama exploring obsession, narrative bias, and depression.
- References
- We can’t do an intro
- Dinosaur farts began global warming. Not in the episode, just a fun fact.
- top-to-bottom™
- When tall dark and handsome men like Nathaniel get diabetes
- Carter makes a great remark and everyone ignores it #1: “black lung in his fingers”
- In case you have had a nightmare about your teeth falling out: here’s some help
- Nathaniel: “I’m doing a lot of experimentation”
- Blazblue
- “Uh, English Please?!” classic cliche
- Event Horizon: a movie with some obvious flaws but a pretty strong and disturbing core
- Carter make a great remark and everyone ignores it #2: Unbreakable
- Injustice: The Michael Bay of Fighting Games™
- Power Stone: This one is very nostalgic for the Michael boys
- N64 controller: made for a more evolved human being.
- Pork benefits
- Meritocracy
- Robert Downey Jr.’s “Team Downey”
- Topic
- What Seth is excited about: Ghost of Tsushima
- What Nathaniel is excited about: The Division 2
- What Isaac is excited about: Cyberpunk 2077
- What Carter is excited about: Sekiro, Death Stranding
- What recent video game announcements have got you in a tizzy? What do you think of video game hype in general?
- References
- The in-between of that™
- Happy Death Day
- Hereditary: Seriously, it was amazing.
- Ari Aster Interview
- A24 Marketing Plan
- Man of Steel: We’ll talk about this movie someday
- Gotta Love the Theatre
- Room vs The Room
- Cinephiles
- Actual footage of Isaac punching someone in a theatre
- Carter: “What listeners?™”
- Ready Player One
- Brink… just kidding we were talking about this Brink
- Android: Netrunner
- A decent analysis of death stranding theory based on trailers
- Elder Scrolls VI. Prescription.
- References from the Music Section
- Sonic Youth
- Noise Rock
- Roots Revival
- Feist vs A Fine Frenzy
- Carter’s prediction of Isaac’s choice: Bullet for My Valentine. Classic.
- Music
- “Monkey 23” by The Kills (“Like a bluesier version of Sonic Youth, but not as New York noise rocky”)
- “Oom Sha La La” by Haley Heynderickx
- “Exhumed” by Zola Jesus (Neo-Gregorian™)
- “Curse the Weather” by Mo Lowda and the Humble
Topics:
For the first topic we talk about Kickstarter.
Have you kickstarted anything? What were your experiences? What is your impression of the trend?
Next is “Crime Dramas: What the Crap is up with Those Guys?”
What are your favorites? What do you think of the genre at large?
References:
BattleCon: Fate of the Indines
Ellen Page
X-Men: Last Stand. Also, I feel compelled to explain that when Carter said X-Men: Origins, I was thinking of X-Men: First Class, hence my eager defense of the film. Don’t think less of me.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
“Iceman”
Piccolo fusing with Nail: what a horrible scene. It makes the reference all the better though.
Firefly playing cards: back front
Firefly: the tv show
Fireflies: the “music”
Teen Titans
Mighty No. 9
Zombicide
Despacito
Ice-T: Constant New Guy on the Job
NCIS: oh how we hate thee. Reason 1. Reason 2. Reason 3. Reason 4. We could keep going.
“The Perfect Crime” by The Decemberists
Idris Elba
Criminal Minds Bad episode (About Face; s03 e06). It was probably bad because of the money they blew on this daughtry song for the ending.
Psych referencing the Mentalist
Crime Drama Recommendations:
The Wire
Luther
The Fall
Criminal Minds
Psych
Lie to Me
Blindspot
Music Recommendations:
“Through & Through & Through” by Joel Plaskett
“Defining Me” by Motherfolk