HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood

Apr 02 2023 99 ep. 132 mins 204
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HoopleCast is an IntroCast-style podcast for HBO's Deadwood. The host has seen Deadwood previously. His cohosts have not. Each installment we discuss characters, plots, themes, and the true history of the infamous 19th century mining camp. Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

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Welcome to Fucking Deadwood

Jan 22 2015 51 mins  
Episode Zero. Host Matt takes newbie cohosts Carol (of McKinleycast: A Freaks & Geeks Podcast) and Matt & Mel (of The Twin Peaks Podcast, CarnyCast and Intro To Brisco) on an introductory tour of Deadwood. We talk about our podcast format... the show's background, including its infamous use of profanity... some brief late 19th century history... predictions by the newbies on what's

Deadwood 1x01 "Deadwood"

Feb 13 2015 171 mins  
Episode One. It's finally here. The pilot episode of Deadwood. Carol, Matt H & Mel are escorted through the outlaw camp by veteran viewer Matt A. We meet ex-Marshall Seth Bullock and his business partner, Sol Star... legends Calamity Jane & Wild Bill Hickok... nefarious saloon proprietor Al Swearengen, plus his various whores and goons... There's also a dandy, an addict, a too-earn

Deadwood 1x02 "Deep Water"

Feb 25 2015 153 mins  
Episode Two. Stephanie of PotentialCast joins us to discuss "Deep Water" an episode featuring gross people doing gross things, like urinating in chamber pots, urinating in chaps, urinating on the sides of buildings... It's altogether disgusting. So, naturally our podcast devolves into a discussion of condoms (informative!) and colonoscopies (not informative), but not before we addr

Deadwood 1x03 "Reconnoitering the Rim"

Mar 12 2015 183 mins  
Episode Three. Nuchtchas, our Lord and Savior from The Nutty Bites Podcast, assists us in reconnoitering a particularly perilous rim. There's a traitor in Al's midst... Jane is a total Tina Belcher and writes erotic friend fiction... Seth is a premature lumberer... Bill meets his number one fan (psst! he's craaazy!)... Brom takes a tumble... And the great Woodchuck-Beaver War of 18

Deadwood 1x04 "Here Was a Man"

Mar 25 2015 160 mins  
Episode Four. Harold is our guest for this game-changing episode in which an act of kindness leads to a dark result. Alma is reunited with Brom and monologues her backstory... Ellsworth tells Dan the secret to long life... Wild Bill writes a letter to his darling Agnes... Noodle Girl and The Man-Eating Chicken are Alive! Alive! Alive!... The drama comes to a head and hereafter, Dea

Deadwood 1x05 "The Trial of Jack McCall"

Apr 07 2015 125 mins  
Episode Five. What's better than an envelope of human hair? A new installment of HoopleCast! Technology was a cocksucker this week, so emergency guest Cory stops by to participate in some riveting courtroom drama. A rage-filled Seth Bullock delights our Mel... Al and Dan perfect their Statler and Waldorf impersonations... Soapy is way inappropriate... Jane becomes an ornithologist.

Deadwood 1x06 "Plague"

Apr 23 2015 153 mins  
Episode Six. Help yourselves to some canned peaches and another installment of HoopleCast, brought to you free gratis. Doctor Moira brings all the Pox Facts as we discuss "Plague." (Moira claims smallpox is not spread by genetically modified bees. Is she part of the conspiracy?!) Seth gets in a wee bit of a tussle with a native... Alma acts the widow randy, but fails to seduce the

Deadwood 1x07 "Bullock Returns to the Camp"

May 08 2015 156 mins  
Episode Seven. With the Jack McCall business settled, Bullock returns to the camp in an aptly titled episode. Emily of the Yes, Mother podcast stops by and teaches us her jive-talkin forehead-related street slang. ... Veronica Mars beguiles a creepy Dan Dorrity. ... The reverend presides over a long anticipated funeral. ... We get our first event of the Deadwood Olympics. (Hint: It

Deadwood 1x08 "Suffer the Little Children"

May 19 2015 147 mins  
Episode Eight. Robin of The iZombie Podcast and The Defenders Podcast lends much needed levity to this brutal episode in which a beady-eyed ferret becomes late night vittles for Mister Wu's pigs. ... Trixie goes missing, and a hoarse Johnny teaches us the geometry of her snatch... Flora moves the dyke... The orphan squarehead finally reveals her name... Cy offers Joanie a longer le

Deadwood 1x09 "No Other Sons or Daughters"

Jun 03 2015 141 mins  
Episode Nine. The "Salma" shipping train is leaving the station, but is the legendary Nuchtchas of Long Island on board?? Johnny impresses with his initiative... Charlie feels self-conscious about his attire... Al rejects the beverages of the Bella Union... The reverend's eyes play tug of war... Jane holds up a building... An ad hoc municipal organization is created--but, STOP EVER