Time Pals Podcast
The Time Pals are four geeky dads squandering their mid-life crises by diving headfirst into the best, worst, and weirdest corners of geek culture. Twice a month show hosts, Mike Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Nickell, and Jon Powell dust off old VHS tapes, blow into vintage game cartridges, and try to out-“Well, actually…” each other over the nerdy media they all pretend to love.If you're into pixelated graphics, ridiculous plot holes, AI-fueled adventures, and a hearty dose of chaotic humor—congratulations, you’ve just found your new Pals.
Episodes
37 episodes
Time Pals Summer Rewind
This week, the Time Pals celebrate our first year as a geek dad team—just in time for our month-long summer break (and, regrettably, to give Underscore a reprieve from producing our unique brand of chaos).From questions born of an ADHD mind...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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48:57
Time Pals X Black Curtain Club Podcast: Saturday Morning Nightmares
This week, the Time Pals bring their flashlights and emotional support wine as they dig up the creepiest, weirdest, and most nightmare-inducing moments from the kids' shows we grew up with.Too scared to face it alone, hosts Mike ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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56:51
A Time Pals Adventure 002: A Long Time Ago, in a Podcast Far, Far Away
The Time Pals celebrate Star Wars Day and the re-release of “Revenge of the Sith” by going on a dungeon adventure set in the Star Wars universe. This time your Pals attempt to break the artificial intelligence storyteller with a lightsaber to t...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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51:45
The Time Pals of Us (Feat. Britt McKay of "Something Offensive Podcast"
This week, the Time Pals get into a roundtable discussion and delve into Naughty Dog's acclaimed game, The Last of Us, and its recent adaptation into a television series.Joining us is author/writer, film school student, and host of the u...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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50:21
Time Pals FINISH the Oscars Worst (2010-2020 Wrap Up)
This week the Time Pals finally did it—We finished fixing the rest of the Academy’s gross mistakes—and for the surprisingly competitive decade of 2010 to 2020. We discuss the films that deservedly had a chance at greatness and remove the ones t...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:16:17
Time Pals Do the Oscars Worst 2006-2010 Edition (Feat. "Hollywood Fringe Legend" Veronica Matthews)
The Time Pals wrap up their retrospective on the early 2000’s Best Picture winners and should-have-won-ers with special guest “Hollywood Fringe Legend” Veronica Matthews. The fight to correct past Academy mistakes continues! Sould Talladega Nig...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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39:23
Time Pals Do the Oscars Worst 2001-2005 Edition (Feat. "Hollywood Fringe Legend" Veronica Matthews)
Time Pals begin their peer-reviewed and meticulously researched version of “Marry, Eff, Kill” for the Best Picture Winners and nominees of 2001 through 2005.Join co-hosts Mike Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Jon Powell, and Nickell ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:05:07
Time Pals: Do the Oscars Worst
This week the Time Pals are going to the movies, only thistime they’re playing their version of “Eff, Marry, Kill” with some the most questionable Best Picture winners from the 1990’s. From bloated epics to forgettable dramas, join your pals as...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:07:22
AWP or Cringe? The Time Pals Headshot Controversy in Counter-Strike (Feat. Honest Comrade)
This week, the Time Pals very own ShadoSpartan will take a deep dive into legendary FPS, Counter-Strike, and how it shaped a generation of gamers. Join your Pals and our special guest Honest Comrade, as we reminisce about internet café LAN part...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:17:04
Time Pals and the Shows That Deserved More—But Won’t Get It
This week the Pals talk about the TV shows that were cancelled too soon. Shows that didn't get the following from fans, or the treatment from the network execs that they deserved. From 1 season wonders like Terriers to shows that had...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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59:58
Time Pals and Gregory Scott Cummins (IASIP, Cliffhanger, Stone Cold, Bosch and many more!)
This week the Time Pals welcome a special guest: renowned character actor, former NFL player, and just generally awesome guy, Gregory Scott Cummins. Cummins dives into fighting Sylvester Stallone on hill of coarse salt, getting kicked in the fa...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:10:45
Breakfast With Time Pals: The Most Important Geekcast of the Day
See what happens when the Time Pals get together to discuss the best and worst breakfast foods on the planet: Complete and utter chaos.Start with an appetizer of some of your favorite Mayday Network podcasts (In a Pickle Podcast, Kindness M...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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58:09
The Nickell Velocity: 2 Nickell 2 Furious
The Time Pals return for Season 4 by handing the reins over to future dystopian senator, hyperactive philosopher,and psychosis pop culture connoisseur, Nickell, for a second round of questions from an ADHD mind. How would you answer the questio...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:02:32
Time Pals vs Time Pals: Die Hard Is/Not a Christmas Movie (w/ Phineas J. Poon,Esq)
The last Minisode of 2024 aims for a definitive answer to adecades old holiday question: “Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?” The pure nerd rage team of Underscore and Nickell go against the squad of ShadoSpartan, Jon Powell, and a special g...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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36:57
Time Pals and Geek Holiday Traditions
It's Christmas time for your pals, and this week, we take a lighthearted, maybe slightly too in our cups, look at our geekiest holiday traditions. We talk about firework wars, relatives that purposely give our children the most annoying toys, a...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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57:03
A Surprise Inside: Time Pals and a Happy Meal History
This week the Time Pals take a fast and greasy look at thehistory of the Happy Meal, reminisce about the best and worst surprise toys, and play a round of “Real or Fake?” with Underscore. Do you remember your disappointmentcollecting a Michael ...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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1:00:02
Jon's Genre Smash: Final Fight vs Streets of Rage, Time Crisis vs Area 51, and more!
This week Jon Powell attempts to rip friendships apart the only way he can: By asking a barrage of retro game questions making them pick a side. Mario or Sonic? Time Crisis or Area 51? Madden or NFL Quarterback Club? Nothing is safe from his Ge...
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59:54
Gamer Cheating Psychos! (feat, ShadoSpartan and His Loose Ethics)
When is cheating at a video game actually cheating? AIM assist? Mods? Paying someone in a foreign country pennies on the dollar to uber you up? Whatever the heck a XIM Matrix is? When is it evening up the playing field, and when is it playing c...
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48:00
Time Pals Versus The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror (w/Brandon Turner)
The Time Pals spooky season closes out with Episode #13 (on the 13th day of the 13th month) with a special guest and part-time Pal, Brandon "B-Train" Turner, to take a deep dive into our favorite The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror episodes. Bran...
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1:04:20
Time Pals Minisode: Graveyard Showdown!
This week’s minisode is hosted by Jon and Underscore and documents their earnest attempt at a spooky-themed episode for October. Unfortunately, due to Jon being terrified of horror movies and Underscore only speaking in Macho Man Randy Savage q...
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41:08
A Time Pals Adventure 001: Detective Franklin and the Ghost Cave
The Time Pals embark on a new journey as ShadoSpartan narrates an AI crafted adventure! Listen as your Pals try to break the system, beat the AI at its own game, and solve a murder most foul. Powered almost entirely by
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45:14
Time Pals Have a Geek Dad Kickback
This week Underscore, Nickell, and Jobn, are taking a podcast version of a kickback and discussing renaissance fairs, the Scottish Games, finally becoming the "old guy" at the rock show, and a shallow dive into our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ...
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1:01:54
Time Pals Minisode: Horrors of the Mushroom Kingdom
Underscore and Jobn of the Time Pals take a quick trip through the Mushroom Kingdom and open up the nightmare fuel that exists within Pricess Peach's castle walls. From the matriarchy of despair, dying in dreams means dying for real, and other ...
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32:30
Jobn’s Movie Roulette: Charley Varrick, Moon, State of Grace, Grosse Point Blank, Murder by Death and Blast from the Past
This week, Jobn takes his encyclopedic knowledge of quirky cinema, and shares a few of his favorite forgotten gems with Underscore and ShadoSpartan. Hear about Walter Matthau as a Clint Eastwood replacement, a film that almost out Scorsese’d Sc...
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1:03:24
Minisode: Time Pals Go for the Not to Suck (Olympics Episode)
Welcome to the Time Pals with their first Mini-Episode!Coming in at an Olympic-level sprint of...forty-five minutes...join the Time Pals as Jobn, Nickell, and ShadoSpartan, reminisce about weird events, big moments, and gold medal failur...
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