Taverncast - Happy Hour in Your Head - Since 2005: Recent Episodes
Bryce Erwin, Bill Ticknor, Michelle O'Neill, Mike Monan, Aric Watson, Jennifer Albrecht, Lauren Hoban and Derek Chew
Order a beer, pull up a seat and join your friends at Taverncast for our patented un-scripted roundtable discussions, covering a wide range of topics with a unique wit and inviting style - all blended together, it's Happy Hour in Your Head!
Taverncast tosses around the age old topic: time travel! Where would you go? Why would you go? Also, Bryce has customer service issues, and Mike buys a dog.
Our 10th Anniversary! Life for the TC cast, being 40-something, League of Legends, Mike goes dark.
Special 2 hour episode of The Screen looks at all things Star Wars! With special guests Definitive Geek!
Alternate universe Taverncast from 12/21/12, where the world has ended and space god Kulkulkhan rains his death rays upon the world - gust starring Beerbot and Don Jose!
2012 Taverncast Christmas Party! You're invited for an egg nog super taste-test, our favorite holiday songs and movies, and more!
High Strangeness is back! We take a comprehensive look at the ancient prophecies and current events that surround the times we live in - will the world end on December 21st, 2012 - or is something else going on? Plus: apocalyptic beer, and a special extended outtakes reel!
Unreleased Season 4 Finale (11/2011)! Wow, Minecraft, Twilight flicks, vajazzling and a special set of outtakes from the archives!
It's a Taverncast Special! Collecting every outtake, blooper and gaffe from seasons 3 and 4 of Taverncast (2007-2001). It's an hour of TC gone waaaaaay off the rails!
Deck the Halls with Taverncast! Hang the lights, pour the eggnog, and join Eloy, Bill, Cromley, Kirn and Hawkeye for some holiday cheer!
Join Eloysius, Infernal Bill and Roxilox as they return to classic Taverncast and the World of Warcraft!
Miniseries Conclusion! Special Guest: Tech TV's Jessica Corbin! Siri wants to kill you! Logan's Run! The Legacy of Steve Jobs and more!
The DC Comics Reboot! Geekiversary: Highlander and Star Trek! The Future of the US Space Program and more!
Geekiversary: MTV! The Top Ten Movie Soundtracks of the Past Decade! Home Theater 3D, Superman's new look, Water on Mars and more!
Geekistry continues! Sponsored by Benthic Petroleum! DC vs Marvel! Geekiversry of T2 and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within…and much more!
Mini-Series Premiere! Bryce and Michael Gaines talk what makes geeks excited, the geekiversary of Aliens, The Ring - we match up the classic Star Wars vs. Star Trek, the best way to view the Star Wars films, and more!
The original cast all together again! George Lucas rapes our childhood again! May 21 Death Cult! TC Drinking Game - Category Madness! Superheroes Gone Wild, and more!
Comedy! Action! Drama! Mike shows up late to work! Bill abuses our voicemail! Our first cars and the stories that went with them! Taverncast drinking game! Beards and Mustaches...really? TC goes NPR, and much, much more!
With real news going on all over the world, we chat about our 24-7 news culture and how the media is handling the fighting in Libya and the horrible tsunami in Japan.
Now, with even more estrogen! The boys take the night off and Jen, Nicole, Claire and Rebecca discuss the awesome cream liquor Amarula! Celebrity crushes! A female perspective on video gaming! Do girls really live to shop? and more...
Get ready for: The return of a Taverncast favorite! Roxi makes level 85 in WoW! Questing in the Cataclysm: New Hotness or Same Old? The Style of World of Warcraft and more!
Today we enter the Pale Ale category with Founders Pale Ale... and then chat about what makes for a great bar!
It's Taverncast's Way Too Merry Christmas! We drink some fruity French beer and discuss Crazy travel stories, Proper Gift Giving Tips, Pilot Bob's Christmas Carol and more!
The Cataclysm is here! Bill loves the Gnome starting area, Roxi VS Sindragosa, The gang talks about archaeology, Goblins VS Worgen VS Twilight and much more!
Roxilox joins the crew for the second show of our reborn WoW show. Cairne Bloodhoof makes her cry, Eloy get's all Lore crazy, the crew talks about healing for casuals - and then get all nostalgic about the old world.
On the menu today is Arbor Brewing Company's Jackhammer Old Ale - and we ask do you have a beer cellar? Do you store beers for later use?
We discuss the dark side of the TSA, struggles with weight loss, and prank phone calls - this show's got it all!!
TC focuses on gaming! Bryce and Bill are sucked back into the WoW vortex just into time to experience the Cataclysm. Plus a review of the new WoW book by Christie Golden.
This week we check out the latest in the long-running Harry Potter series - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
Continuing in the old ale style, this week we sample JW Lee's Harvest Ale - which turns into an On Tap favorite! And we discuss the all important topic of drinking games, and try a few!
The screen returns with the new movie "Skyline" - will an independently funded movie produced by a visual effects house be better than the usual studio-produced fare? Or is Skyline just another alien invasion movie regardless of who made it?
Today we try an Old Ale style from Bell's in Kalamazoo, MI - then head to Original Gravity in Milan, MI to talk beer with owner and brewmaster Brad Sancho.
To cap off Halloweekend 2010, we interview paranormal researcher Matt Laura, and go on a night-time investigation of an storied graveyard - with some unexpected results!
Tavernast Halloweekend continues with a halloween special in which we convert the essentials- what's the best candy, costumes, haunted house, and more!
Halloweekend 2010 starts with a very special episode of On Tap - in which we sample a bunch of beers in the Oktoberfest style!
Get ready for a different great show each night, starting Friday and leading to a very special (and very creepy) "ghostcast" halloween night!
This week we continue in the "bitters" category with Ruddles County Ale, from Merry Old England, and we ask what temperature beer should be served?
We take on the important topics, like sh*t on the back of cars, how TV was better in the "old" days, and how old, ugly, fat guys get hot women!
The beer tour continues! This week we sample Boddington's Pub Ale, and discuss whether or not our tastes in beer change with the seasons.
Another week, another beer! This week we continue in the bitter category with Rogue's "Brutal Bitter", and is there a place for mass produced, commercial beer?
TC focuses on the wonderful world of beer! In the premier episode we try Arcadia ESB, from the Arcadia Brewing company in Battle Creek MI. and we discuss our first times drinking beer!
Bill plays with Warhammer toys, we talk about the Mayan 2012 prophecies, and an epic live roleplaying game!
Join Bryce, Aric, Mike and an old TC favorite for some crazy fun with Aussie food, a trip down television memory lane, Alf makes Mike feel "safe", a bunch of girls set us straight about Twilight, and much more...
Season 4 continues with the horror of the vuvuzela, Starcraft 2, and we hate on the Twilight movies
Season 4 Begins - Welcome back to the bar for a brand new Taverncast - 4 geeks, a tavern, and some crazy conversation! We talk about the BP Oil Spill, Adult Video Games, Deadliest Catch Basement Edition and more!
In this special edition of Taverncast, we take a look back at the first five years of making the podcast - a behind the scenes look at how we made the show, in-depth interviews with each of the cast, and much more!
A one hour special covering the forthcoming World of Warcraft expansion, "Cataclysm" and Blizzcon 2009
Season 3 Finale: Presenting the show that almost never was, but then Bill came up with a creative way to save it...
This will probably be the ONLY podcast you EVER listen to where the following topics will be covered in under 22 minutes: Russia's President Putin, Oysters, Bill's mojo and the large hadron collider.
For millennia man has questioned the reality of ghosts, spirits and life after death. Don't worry, we'll figure it out - should take about an hour :)
Taverncast celebrates Oktoberfest with an entire show celebrating the greatness that is beer! With special guest Grant Wood, Brewmaster at Sam Adams!
The most hated of all Taverncast shows - we talk about politics, circa the U.S. presidential campaigns of 2008
What happens when all hell breaks loose? How do you survive when survival is the only option? Author Matthew Stein guests as we talk about the end of the world as we know it.
After a couple of rounds we start chatting about cannibalism and vampires. Gotta love booze!
Taverncast sends off the summer of '08 with a twist! What happens when Michelle leaves the guys to their own devices? Mayhem ensures, and Karg returns in a show dedicated to meat, Flirtinis and bikinis.
Where the #@!! is Sporeggar? Fred the Naaru needs to such more magic? The mob moves in on Blizzard? We go back to WoW?
Lock your doors! Bar the windows! Adjust your tinfoil hat! It's a special double-length Taverncast as we take on weird drinks, crop circles, strange signals and cow-lovin' aliens.
The TC crew talks about our favorite films, the classic martini and Battlestar Galactica: The Musical…no, really.
Another minisode with moments that ended up on the cutting room floor: This time - Captain Pike and his amazing beeping chair
Another minisode with moments that ended up on the cutting room floor: This time - Bryce experiences an earthquake
Mini episodes collecting several moments that ended up on the cutting room floor: This time - Asahi beer smells like Tuna, Bill and Bryce make fun of Michelle
Taverncast devotes an entire show to scary stuff! Bad beer, blending an Oktoberfest feast, ghost stories, scary movies and more! Listen if you dare!
Lay back, pour some wine from that box in the fridge and cuddle in for Season 3! Coming from our new Satellite of Love, it's Taverncast 33! Featuring high school reunion shenanigans, washing machine monsters - and Don Jose and his super-burro. Don't ask, just listen.
It's the end of an era as we take on the Canadians, look back at our favorite and least favorite WoW moments - and bid a fond farewell to the World of Warcraft!
Take a trip back with us as we collect nearly every Taverncast guffaw, out-take and blooper from seasons 1 and 2 of Taverncast (2005-2007). It's an hour of TC gone waaaaaay off the rails!
Eloysius attempts 30 straight days of WoW gaming to his detriment, and as a result, the TC crew takes a hard look at gaming addiction.
TC VIP brings you a behind the scenes look at Bill's original recording session on TC31's mini-lore episode - it's a fun peek at the many characters of Infernal Bill
Season 2 Finale: Playing Burning Crusade, Hellfire Peninsula, The Blood Elves, and Eloy propositions Fred the Naaru…
The expansion is finally out and to mark its arrival we document everything from picking up the box the night it goes live to our first trip into the Dark Portal!
The gang talks about the best and worst moments playing WoW, flirting with the barmaid, and Battlestar Galactica
Happy Holidays! Just in time for Christmas it's show #30 - including special guest; composer Jason Hayes, a discussion of the new honor system, Bill breaks the time barrier, and more!
Taverncast un-plugged! Unedited, casual roundtable chats about what TBC means to raiding, and how to explain WoW to non-gamers.
Thanksgiving 2006: TC Australia, What We're Thankful For, TC Field Trip: Dire Maul North and more!
Back by demand - our second set of collected lore segments - from the Invasion of the Burning Crusade to the Sundering.
Bill flies Taverncast Air, Burning Crusade roundtable, TC Field Trip: Dire Maul West, The Lore of Warcraft Finale and more!
Kirnkaterre turns 60, Pod People in Molten Core, Lore of Warcraft, TC Field Trip: Dire Maul East and more!
We announce the winners to our "If I had a Murloc" contest - congratulations to the lucky winners!
News for the week of July 4th - a look at the World of Warcraft board game and a peek at Warhammer online...
OOC, a new Quest Log, TC Super Mega Manga Murloc Contest, TC Australia and more! Schnell!
Patch 1.11 is finally here! We discuss some of the interesting changes and fixes to the game.
Karg ruins the show, we review "The Omen" remake, The Score tackles the original "Omen" music, and Aric watches "Donnie Darko"
Karg guest hosts! We review "The DaVinci Code", Netflix, and Bryce explains "leitmotif" in film scoring!
Taverncast goes to the movies! We review "Poseidon", the 1st installment of "The Score" reviewing John William's "Poseidon Adventure" music and more!
Farewell to Asros, Lore of Warcraft, End-Game Raiding part 2 with Starman and Alachia, and more!
Fury of Love goes on the road, TC translated worldwide, comprehensive overview of WoW zones, Lore of WoW and April Fools!
Guest Starring Starman from World of Warcast and Alachia from WoWCast - News, Arathi Basin segment, End-Game Raiding and more!
Celebrating 20 episodes! Guest Starring Michael Zenke from Slashdot.com, and Renata of World of Warcast, OOC, Arathi Basin and our new TC music album!
Chapter 1 of our collected Lore of Warcraft episodes - from the creation of Azeroth to the rise of the Night Elves
Finally it's out! After severe technical issues, it's here with a new fishing segment, a new lore, and the return of Beerbot Eloy (sorry.)
A very special behind the scenes episode covering the making of Taverncast - join Cromley, Eloysius and Kirkaterre as they walk through how the show is made, their favorite moments and some fun stories about the first season of TC.
The An'Quiraj gates open, Eloy plays with his Mommy, our greatest n00b moments, Lore of Warcraft and an overview of attributes and what they mean
Happy Holidays! Holiday drinks, New OOC, First Aid, listener questions, a TC Night Before Christmas - and more!
Originally recorded 12/16/05, this episode was lost due to hard-drive failure. What was salvageable is notable for the very first attempt at a Lore of Warcraft segment and one of Asros's first appearances as a member of the cast!
Special Guest Starman from World of Warcast talks about Druids, KargLuVR calls the show, RP Scavenger Hunts and more!
It's our thanksgiving show! Karg's final show, Special segments on PvP, Shamans, and what we're thankful for... Now with 80% less of Eloy's singing!
A special, unreleased pilot episode for what was to be Taverncast's original non-World of Warcraft spin-off, originally called "On Tap" - with Asros, Eloy and Cromley and a special making of interview with Brian Waggoner.
Asros joins the show, A look back a Blizzcon, a segment on hunters, an update on the Pod People and ... spotted dick?
A special show with a "behind the scenes" look at the creation of War of the Murlocs, with deleted segments, bloopers and more!
Taverncast 2005 Halloween Special - Creepy recipes, Childhood costumes, scariest zones in WoW, and War of the Murlocs - a fan favorite!
The first of our special reports from Blizzcon, with our buddy Barbillus - learn all about the new expansion pack, and where WoW is going!
This Hallo-weekend on Taverncast we have "live" coverage of Blizzcon, and a SPECIAL HALLOWEEN SHOW that has been in the works for a long, long time!
We introduce the new TC Studio, rogue poisons, best/worst classes for PvE and PvP, smurfs, Murlocs, soloing, etc. Guest starring Asros from Gamecast Online.
At last! Finally released from the archives! KargLuVR's musical ode to our very own Karg!
Finally the truth will be known, as TC VIP takes you behind the scenes with a special interview with Karg, as he lays out the hard reality about KargLuVR, the magical date in Alaska, and their future!
Show #8 - 9/25/05 - Karg is back - and he brought pork rinds... A new segment on Warlocks, RP etiquette, best/worst zones, and a new contest!
Show #7 - 9/18/05 - We chat about news, Alterac Valleys, tips on finding a guild, more ways to make money in WoW, and a new Paladin segment!
Show #6 - New OOC from Kirn, pt 2 of Alterac valley, pt. 3 of making sweet moola, Karg loses it, and MORE!
Show #5 - This week we cover the Alterac Valley Battleground (pt 1), girls in gaming -- and a very special story from Karg...
Show #4 - This week we have segments on news (Arathi Basin, Stranglethorn fishing, Zul Gurub, Warlock/Druid/Pally updates), grouping basics, Rogue specs, Emotes for RP, Warlock shards. Oh, and ANIMAL CRACKERS!
Eloy loves Cows, New OOC (macros), new Dark Corner (abilities and equipment), new Level Up, and a part 1 of making money in WoW