Assistant Directed: Recent Episodes
Matt and Bones
Seasons 1-2: Two Assistant Directors explore culture and hijinks at a normal summer camp. Season 3: Bones explores culture and hijinks volunteering for a Peaceful yet Unspecified Government Agency in Indonesia.
On this podisode, we take a stab at true crime. Bones and Kayla discuss two murderous shaman from the island of Java.
Bones and Nora discuss Indonesia's national language, Bahasa Indonesia. Find out what makes it such a WONDERFUL lingua franca, dong!
Nelly and Bones discuss the different ways their countries are coping with COVID-19. Find out why Nelly can get hand sanitizer but Bones can't.
Bones and Nelly talk about their trip to the United States to celebrate Christmas in Mississippi.
Bones rides his bike back to his village, surrounded by the sounds of rural Java. He almost hits a chicken. He talks about the coronavirus pandemic. He doesn't know if he is going to be evacuated or not.
Bones, Matt, and Caka discuss sports in Indonesia. Learn about basketball, badminton, futsal, and ping-pong. Can Bones compete with the Bapaks in ping-pong? Not really.
Bones and Chelsea discuss garbage in Indonesia- where did it come from? Where is it going? Bones tells the story of how he started a club to pick up litter in middle school. Chelsea asks some big, important questions.
Bones, Carol, and Chelsea are back to reminisce about their study tour to Borobudur temple and the beach (beach). Find out what it's like to go on a loooooooooooooong field trip to another city. Bonus information about tattoos and turtles.
Bones and Jason discuss health, illness, and medicine on the island of Java. Learn about masuk angin (the evil entering wind), making friends with germs, and why you should keep your stomach warm,
Bones, Carol(ine), and Chelsea discuss Jombang hometown hero, Gus Dur, political leaders, blasphemy laws, and TV commercials in Indonesia.
Bones continues intense breakfast discussions with Pak Arib, Chelsea, and Carol. Learn about elep (pronounced "elf"), krupuk, AND kripik in one convenient podisode.
Bones, Carol(ine), and Chelsea discuss television shows in Indonesia. Later, they are joined by Pak Arib, an English teacher from Nganjuk, who offers a local perspective. Bones describes the Indonesian flag ceremony and tries to pronounce the word "mug."
Ben, Christian, and Troy recap events, antics, and hijinks from Normal Summer Camp 2019.
Bones and Nora discuss fasting, banners, breakfast, calendars, and other exciting elements of cultural exchange.
Bones and Nelly discuss relationships in the United States and Indonesia, then go on a vacation.
Matt and Bones (but mostly Matt) pass on their sage wisdom to the new assistant directors at Normal Summer Camp.
Bones explains how everything he has told you about Indonesia might be wrong. Sorry about that.
Matt and Bones reconnect after six months. They aren't at camp this year, and they are kind of sad about it. They discuss camp songs, antics, and hijinks from afar, until Bones mysteriously disconnects. Is he ok? (Yes, he is).
Bones and Kelly try to navigate the new gestures they encounter in Indonesian daily life.
Bones and Trum discuss Indonesian cuisine. There is a lot to talk about on this episode. Ayo, makan!
Bones and MJ discuss commerce in Indonesia. Learn about tokos, penjuals, and warungs from our villages.
Bones and Chelsea discuss cigarettes in Indonesia. It's very unhealthy, but its pretty sweet.
Matt checks up on Bones in Indonesia. Season three of assistant directed will focus on Bones' experience serving with a Peaceful yet Unnamed Government Organization in Indonesia. See what hijinks transpire!
Matt and Bones pack up the ping pong tables for the summer. It's the end of season two, and it's time to say goodbye to Normal Summer Camp.
Matt and Bones interview special guests Steph and Amy about the Olympics, Chuck e Cheese, and so much more!
This podisode is a little different- it's just a morning lineup at Normal Summer Camp. You will hear Foreign Corespondent Ben make poop "jokes," Matt Van Ham say some stuff, Bones lead lineup "exercises" and Director Dane announce the daily events. It's a candid look at what we do every morning at 6:30 am!
Matt has a day off with an anonymous Uber driver, Bones has to work, and producer Kody makes some questionable editing choices.
Bones and Matt make their longest podisode yet, talking about bats, rakes, and of course...the bubbler.
Bones and Matt give an update on the Bubbler as the 2018 camp season begins. Will this summer bring hydration? Listen to find out!
Bones is back home, teaching in Mississippi. In today's podisode, he shares memories of the beloved Trashius with his students. Today's podisode is sponsored by the Fabulous Sea Panthers.
http://fabulousseapanthers.bandcamp.com/album/listen-all-ye-children
In Piam Memoriam Trashius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3zEWOA2sU0
We're still on the river. This time, Matt interviews Bones about the origin story of his marvelous fish, Trashius.
It's the staff outing! Bones and Matt try to record a podisode while tubing down the river. Will they run aground?