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273. The Cast and the Curious: 2 Fast 2 Furious

Ah yes, we're here. The second installment of the series. Sarah learns that one of the tropes of this f...

272. Frame Rate: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Free Will? More like free William Shakespeare! I'd say it's 50/50 whether you liked that joke. If you d...

270. Rough Stuff: The Erotic Awakening of Swaim (Feat. Michael Swaim)

Michael Swaim looked in the mirror for 7 hours, called Sarah and Bridgett and demanded a second appeara...

269: Directorpiece Theatre: The Dredd of Making a 40 Million Dollar Movie

In 2020, making a mid-range budget film is nearly impossible. Unfortunately, Abe has brought his spread...

268. Rough Stuff: Alex Shifman

We are joined by Alex Shifman, host of the science show "Science: The Show," once again. This time he g...

267. Frame Rate: Snowpiercer (Feat. David Bell)

Michael and Abe are joined in this early access Frame Rate by David Bell! Remember when Chri...

266. The Cast and the Curious: Episode 1

It's all about family in The Fast & Furious franchise. Bridgett, a long-time admirer of the saga, w...

265. Kings of King: The Shining

Death to the Coen Brothers Brothers! Long live the Kings of King! The first episode of our new deep-div...

263. Bean Town, A 23 Minute Radio Play (Early Access)

Good news, everyone! We've had a super secret project we've been working on and many of you didn't even guess it. And you, our beany little beans get early access to our 23 minute sketch comedy ext...

262. Frame Rate - Three Colors: Red (Feat. Adam Ganser)

Adam is here?! Adam is here! How has this not happened before? Ganser joins Michael and Abe to talk abo...

261. Small Beautiful Things: How To Shoot Fight Scenes

Abe's back with his opinion on fight scenes and how directors succeed and fail at keeping our attention. He inspects the tempered approach of Ip Man 2 and how it crafts a spectacular and memorable ...

260. BOLD: Meet Your Hosts! An Introduction to Activism & Organizing

BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial...

Get Your Hot, Beany MERCH Now!

In the next week and a half, we will be off-lining the Small beans store for a while. Not making enough...

[IGN] 5 Embarrassing Moments Only Gamers Understand

Behold, Swaim, the gate-keeper of gaming who dictates who is a real gamer and the special knowledge they alone are therefore privy to! Art is only for the chosen!!!!!

259. Directorpiece Theatre: The Story On Top of Basic Instinct

Adam brings a new angle to the Paul Verhoeven's 1992 erotic thriller Basic Instinct, and it is indeed e...

258. Frame Rate: Brazil (Feat. Cody Johnston)

This time Cody Johnston of Some Mo...

257. Rough Stuff: David Bell

Well, the Rough Stuffers have done it again! In this episode, they cast their spell and dispel the shel...

255. Frame Rate: Captain Fantastic (Feat. Billy Wayne Davis)

Get your parenting tips from three comedians, two of which do not have children! Fortunately, Billy Way...

[IGN] 9 Facts, 1 Lie: DOOM

I'm in the mood. The mood for DOOM.

254. Directorpiece Theatre: Is A Knight's Tale The Best Anachronistic Film?

Abe takes the reigns this time to make the case that this jaunty, joust-y film is the jam. Why do we ta...

Man vs. Nature: A Failed Book Proposal

As some of the concepts we at one time kicked around inevitably age to the point of being not a thing anymore, we here at the Small Beans Beanateria & Beanporium like to share our failed pitche...

253. The Coen Brothers Brothers: Hail, Caesar!

Michael and Abe conclude their examination of the Coen Brothers' films. They also rank them. They annou...

Let's Do Sex ('Til Our Butts Fall Off)

I could only resist turning into a purely novelty rapper for so long. NSFW*

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E.L.B. (The D&D One)

Pretty elf-explanatory. Just a demo, over the classic track "Ghostwriter" by RJD2.

253. Frame Rate: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (Feat. Tom Reimann)

It's Tom Week! Another one with Tom! This patreon-only early access release gives you Michael, Abe, and...

26 (The Alphabet Song)

Music by Chris Corlew.

LifeHax: Dealing With Being Anxious

Improvised by Abe Epperson and Michael Swaim.

[IGN] What Sonic Says About 'Cool:' A Pop Culture Sociology Video-Essay

Although that title was too long, so Swaim titled it something about 'Gen Z' instead, and is now getting savaged in the comments for being an old dude trying to Poochie his way into a Gen Z space a...

251. Small Beautiful Things: How Spielberg Frames Fear

Suspense and Surprise have always gone hand in hand for directors. For the most part, Spielberg isn't a horror or thriller director, but that's all in how you frame it.

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250. Frame Rate: Waltz With Bashir

Abe and Michael do their dance with the 2008 Israeli animated documentary film, its inspection of how w...