Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 195: Holiday Special 2017

Holiday Special 2017

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Description: Holiday Special 2017 with guests Brian Lewis and Erin Weathers.


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0:00:00. Kickass Stranger Things Intro

** Times are for the YouTube video. Subtract 22 seconds for the podcast **

0:01:50. Weeks in Review
+ A Christmas Story Live (Fox)

0:10:06: How do you feel about Disney buying 20th Century Fox?

0:15:05. Livestream comments/questions
+ Lord of the Rings TV Series Coming to Amazon (NYTimes)

+ Legion (IMDB)
+ Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien (Amazon)

0:34:00. Holiday Traditions?

0:48:38. Baby It's Cold Outside

0:52:00. Good King Wenceslas

0:56:24. Erin Weathers joins in

0:56:24. Erin Weathers joins in

0:59:00. Bardic Question(s) of the Week

+ Two Bards on Discord
BQotW #194: Bardcast length, is it: a) Just right as it is, 2 hours + is fine; b) Please divide into parts, no longer than 60 min; or c) Never make it much more than 60 minutes? Also, preferred listening format: a) Stereo or b) Mono?
+ gog.com

1:13:05. What gift(s) do you want for this holiday?

1:21:08. Are you going to stay with Patreon?

Questions and Answers 
+ To submit via DISCORD post your question in the #podcast-q-and-a channel

1:31:44. Rob MacLennan. What is your best mentoring experience from either side of the equation?

1:38:50. Casey Lee. Can we just let Drew Karpyshyn and Timothy Zhan write all the Star Wars films from now on?

Post questions in Discord #ask-the-bards for new questions and  #bqotw-answers to answer Bardic Questions of the Week.

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...

Rival Guy, Jenifer Rifenbery, Brad Robert, Paula Moran, Tim Martin, Beau Prichard, James Herbert, Laura Adams, Tom Brophy, Lotta Djerf, Amanda Cook, Todd McKimmey, Douggie Sharp, Jay Blancken, DigbyDavis LLC, Gordon D. Duke, James Peters, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Rob MacLennan, Leslie Sedlak, and Hawke Robinson.

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 194: Patreon-izing

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Description: Patreon Rage; YouTubeRed Monetization Rant; Weeks in Review; Fun and Hawaii 5-0, Thimbleweed Park; BQotW: Holiday Song faves and hates, Questions and Answers: Baby There's Dead Outside, Favorite class/archetype/personality, Roll-up Characters Old-School, Orville season thoughts.

0:00:30. Patreon Rage.

0:16:20. YouTubeRed Demonetization Rant.

0:26:30. Weeks in Review.

0:41:32. Andy reminisces about Lucas Arts games and raves about the new Thimbleweed Park.
+ Thimbleweed Park (web)

+ Thimbleweed Park on Kickstarter.

+ Moonman on Kickstarter.

1:12:15. Ready Player One Trailer Rant

1:16:35. Bardic Question of the Week

+ Two Bards on Discord
BQotW #193: Submitted by James Peters: What are your favorite and least favorite Holiday Songs?

BQotW #194: Bardcast length, is it: a) Just right as it is, 2 hours + is fine; b) Please divide into parts, no longer than 60 min; or c) Never make it much more than 60 minutes? Also, preferred listening format: a) Stereo or b) Mono?

Questions and Answers 
+ To submit via DISCORD post your question in the #podcast-q-and-a channel

1:23:38. Paula Moran. Do you know if there is any way to get part of a Dead.FM episode as an audio file or on YouTube? Checking on Baby There's Dead Outside (Ep 19). 

1:26:45. Rob MacLennan. Other than the obvious is there a specific class/archetype/personality you like to play in RPGs? 

1:28:39. Hawke Robinson. Have you ever played a character that you created using completely random generation options?

1:33:21. Seth Davis. With the first season of The Orville now complete, how do you think they did? Disappointed they didn't end with a jar of pickles?
+ The Orville (IMDB)

Post questions in Discord #ask-the-bards for new questions and  #bqotw-answers to answer Bardic Questions of the Week.

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...

Rival Guy, Jenifer Rifenbery, Brad Robert, Paula Moran, Tim Martin, Beau Prichard, James Herbert, Laura Adams, Tom Brophy, Lotta Djerf, Amanda Cook, Todd McKimmey, Douggie Sharp, Jay Blancken, DigbyDavis LLC, Gordon D. Duke, James Peters, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Rob MacLennan, Leslie Sedlak, and Hawke Robinson.

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 193: This One is Intents

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Description: Weeks in Review: NAS, Cameras, One+5T; BQotW: Tech Gripes - Phone Zombies, Beeping, Nag Screens; Questions and Answers: Cancelled TV Shows, Intense RPGing, Fav/Least Fav Holiday Songs

0:00:37. Weeks in Review

+ @OccamsMonkey (Twitter)
+ Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (IMDB)
+ AJA System Test (AJA)
+ One+5T Android Phone (oneplus)

0:34:36. Andy Rants on Razer and Razer Phone
+ Razer Phone (razerzone)

0:38:25. More on the One+ 5T charging, pros and cons
1:00:22. Bardic Question of the Week

+ Two Bards on Discord
BQotW #192: What is your biggest technological gripe? Any technology is up for discussion here, computer, phone, car, transit, toasters, whatever.
+ White Rabbit Project (IMDB)
 
BQotW #193: Submitted by James Peters: What are your favorite and least favorite Holiday Songs?
+ Listening While Feminist: In Defense of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (persephonemagazine)

Questions and Answers 
+ To submit via DISCORD post your question in the #podcast-q-and-a channel

1:52:40. Rob MacLennan. Can you think of a TV series, other than the one in Lodge's rant, that ended too soon and deserved another season?
+ Deadwood (IMDB)
+ Carnivale (IMDB)
+ Family Tree (IMDB)
+ Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (IMDB)

1:52:40. Hawke Robinson. In episode 152, Scott C. Brown talked about acting and that it is  sometimes tough to not get upset by characters treatment of your character and to remind yourself that it's just a play. Have you ever played an intense enough RPG game to have similar experiences? If you, how have either of you addressed it? Has it ever been serious enough that you couldn't resolve it?

2:10:10. Net Neutrality.

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...

Rival Guy, Jenifer Rifenbery, Brad Robert, Paula Moran, Tim Martin, Beau Prichard, James Herbert, Laura Adams, Tom Brophy, Lotta Djerf, Amanda Cook, Todd McKimmey, Douggie Sharp, Jay Blancken, DigbyDavis LLC, Gordon D. Duke, James Peters, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment, Rob MacLennan, Leslie Sedlak, and Hawke Robinson.