The Draft Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Draft
The Draft Podcast pits Jim Cartwright and Mike Citera against various guests in a fantasy draft of many pop culture and abstract topics.
Each team selects 6 "players" before entering "The Game," a best of 5 debate that sends one drafter to the showers and one to first place glory.
Special Guest: Joe BIlog
In an episode from the vaults, (count how many times things from 6 months ago are referenced) Joe joins the gang to draft up the greatest fruits/vegetables.
Vitamin C wards off zombie attacks. Lettuce is the greatest wingman hamburgers have every had. Bananas in Pajamas are better enjoyed on mushrooms and honeydew's the lame fruit hot girls hang out with to look better by comparison.
Special Guest: Emily Krauser
In contrast to the episode "Manly things," the gang tries to draft up the girliest things imaginable. Weir
Everyone discusses their first stuffed animals and albums purchased. No one understands how the Bear in the Big Blue House inherited his house. Barbie may or may not be an orphan and the gang tries to decipher the "Tranny Mission Statement," while dodging "Bookie Uncles."
Special Guest: Agostino Zoida (Laugh Kommander)
Agostino joins the gang to yell about various movie sequels.
Jim moderates. Mike praises the story of arc of Mighty Ducks.
Return to Oz takes a dark turn. Russians are really bad at rooting for only one person in a boxing match during the height of Communism and Christian Bale knows how to casually enter submarines under water.
Special Guest: Derek Jones (Tonight Show)
Derek and Jim battle it out to see who can draft the best team of fairy tale characters.
Mike moderates.
Derek channels Rain Main to remember every celebrity cast from "Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater."
Nice fat guys get put in the Disneyland friend zone. Cinderella needs better time management skills. "Follow that Bird" Was the most disturbing thing Jim Henson ever made and Goldilocks was a bitch.
Special Guest: Chris Kershaw
Mike and Chris go head to head in a schoolyard battle to draft the best movie bullies.
Jim moderates. O'Doyle rules. Ben Affleck and Ben Stiller play the same character a lot. Every 80's college movie for some reason has a courtroom scene. And no one but Chris remembers "The Wizard."
Special Guest: Jon Don Myers (Garage Talk Show)
This week, the gang drafts a topic Mike IS familiar with:
The most love-able and/or tragic child stars of yesteryear.
Along the way, they take a trip through Nickelodeon memory-lane and a record is set for most 90's references in an episode.
No one knows the name of the chubby red-haired kid from sandlot. The Olsen twins are always somehow older than you. Kevin Mcallister's bullies try to literally murder him. And also TOPANGA.