Small Beans

Dec 08 2024 500 ep. 71 mins 4.9k
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Small Beans Podcasting is a place for beans of every sort to come bean it up. Free your soul, eh? Be a frijole.

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801. Tales from the Pit: The Weight is a Gift (Feat. Anny and John)

Dec 08 2024 139 mins  
Anny and John Liot graciously share their miscarriage story with Michael to complete his series on childbirth and childrearing. Losing a baby during pregnancy is one of the more common nightmare scenarios modern humans undergo, so we may as well talk about it and see if that helps. This is a rough one - features asshole doctors and systemic failures throughout. https://podcasts.app

799. Escape from the Multicurse: Turtles Forever

Dec 01 2024 51 mins  
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who wi

795. See You Space Podboys - Session #3: Honky Tonk Women

Nov 24 2024 46 mins  
Adam Ganser and Abe Epperson discuss the 1998 anime Cowboy Bebop. This time, we talk about Faye Valentine and session #3, Honky Tonk Women. 3, 2, 1. Let’s jam. Features: Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Bea

794. Frame Rate: Kill Me Now (2012)

Nov 20 2024 64 mins  
We want to thank Ken M. for donating to our movie Papa Bear! At his request, we recorded a Frame Rate discussing our first attempt at indie filmmaking some 15 years ago. If you haven’t seen it, it’s available on Plex (for free), as well as Youtube and Amazon Prime. We talk about the struggles and blessings of making a movie with an ultra-micro budget as well as what it was li

796. Tools of the Tirade. by MS Wərd

Nov 18 2024 15 mins  
Full album available at https://www.patreon.com/c/smallbeans/shop.

793. Costumes & Cretins - Episode 3: Two Ghostfaces & A Pennywise

Nov 11 2024 77 mins  
Michael Swaim wrote a short Dungeons & Dragons campaign for his buds Starline Hodge, Abe Epperson, and David Bell. They basically know as much as you do, so we recorded it and here it is. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Starline Hodge: https://twitter.com/starlinex Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty David Bell: https://twitter.com/MovieHooligan

786. Ander’s Sons: The French Dispatch

Nov 10 2024 87 mins  
Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2021 film The French Dispatch which details the last days of a dead magazine editor. Michael and Abe discuss Wes Anderson’s distinctive style, themes, and characters. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and ac

788. Tales from the Pit: Codystic Fibranksis (Feat. Cody Franks)

Nov 09 2024 75 mins  
Michael meets with Cody Franks of the Least Haunted pod and Seqoidea to discuss life through the lens of his Cystic Fibrosis. Opens with the short story "run|time" voiced by Michael and Hana Michels of Spark Creative Coaching. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Cody Franks: https://www.leasthaunted.com/ Hana Michels: https://twitter.com/hanamichels Support Sm

789. Costumes & Cretins - Episode 2: A Goblin Fight & A Shop

Nov 07 2024 67 mins  
Michael Swaim wrote a short Dungeons & Dragons campaign for his buds Starline Hodge, Abe Epperson, and David Bell. They basically know as much as you do, so we recorded it and here it is. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Starline Hodge: https://twitter.com/starlinex Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty David Bell: https://twitter.com/MovieHooligan

783. Escape from the Multicurse: 12 Monkeys

Nov 06 2024 60 mins  
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who wi