Watching Dead - A Walking Dead Podcast - The Walking Dead Mid-Season 4 Preview

Aaaaaand we’re back!  Ready for action as season four of The Walking Dead resumes this Sunday, Jim and A.Ron talk previews, predictions, and give updates on their Death Olympics odds.  Will Beth go out Singing?  Will Glen and the electric koolaid bus make it back to the group?  Will Tara and Lily return?  Will Lizzie and Mika go crazy and butcher everyone in the group?  We discuss all this, your feedback, and a bit of light comic spoilers for the season in our custom, patent pending Spoiler Section!

House of Cards - 101 – “Chapter One” Instant Take

In this episode, we’re introduced to the world of the ambitious U.S. Representative Francis “Frank” Underwood. Quick thinking, scheming, ever shifting loyalties and strategies are the hallmarks of what makes “House of Cards” great. Join Jim and A.Ron as we break down the action and principle characters as the embark on their Season One marathon.…

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The Wickham of Podcasts

Kelly & Tom wax cautiously optimistic for the rest of the season in this recap of Downton Abbey S4E5 as they talk refrigerators and the wacky adventures of Lord Byron. They also talk Branson’s upbringing, the proper way to mail a baby, shipping Daisy and the sewing machine, disgusting Top Chef fanfic, Baron Julian’s sudden recollection of everything that’s…

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God Is Carl Winslow

Kelly & Tom take on Downton Abbey S4E4 and try not to talk about how things were before the war, with mixed results. They permit Edith’s use of the word “whilst,” wonder where have all the babies gone, puzzle over LG’s sudden emergence as the voice of reason, dispute whether anything should be allowed to be jellied,…

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Two Parts Whiskey, One Part Eye of Newt

Kelly & Tom finally get down to making jokes about Downton Abbey S4E3, and they want to be very clear that they aren’t interested in helping rapists. However, they do address Anna’s assault, try to cast Futurama characters in Downton Abbey, recount a 1922 hipster conversation, speculate about Lady Raven’s subjects, decide once and for all whether Alfred is dumber…

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Leave Mrs. Tiggywinkle Alone!

Kelly & Tom recap Downton Abbey S4E2 and are surprised by how so little happens so conveniently in this installment.  Otherwise, they wax rhetorical about Bates’s toilet leg, how blue one needs to be to move to Belfast, Gregson’s butler Tony Shalhoub, porking in York, a documentary about Molesley’s life, the head-eating powers of the mega-cloche, the…

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Look At All Those Eggs!

Rejoice, Cousins new and old! It’s time to recap Downton Abbey S4E1 with Kelly & Tom and reveal a new UYDS! theme song.  This ukulele/guitar arrangement is by Cousin Matthew Lister and he is accompanied by Cousin Nick Lanzer.  Otherwise, Kelly & Tom are beyond excited to meet the new Breakfast Club, say farewell to O’Brien’s bangs, malign the Skank Braithwaites,…

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From the Makers of “Unpopular Student”

UYDS! favorite Natasha Muse joins Kelly & Tom for this special holiday recap of Doctor Who Series 4, Episode 7, “The Unicorn & the Wasp.”  The trio goes back in time to discover the smell of the 1920s, speculate about the origin of the record scratch, chat about hipster Christians, and wonder if Agatha Christie ever wrote a Choose Your Own…