The Weekly Substandard Expanded Universe

A Division of the Subbeacon Expanded Universe

About the show

Weekly podcast in tribute to The Subbeacon podcast, formerly known as the Substandard podcast, full of garbage opinions, star war arguments, and pioneers of the podcast genre Dudes Counting. Described as "mediocre terrible" by Flagg Taylor.

Episodes

  • Episode 173: Shiny Hiney

    June 25th, 2024  |  52 mins 8 secs

    How is your personal hygiene? Chris has discovered a new tool to help you look your best for everyone you meet. We also discuss the key components of a trip to Austin and Thomas is celebrating (for no apparent reason) with a bottle of bubbly).

  • Episode 172: National Haberman Vacation (in Texas)

    May 24th, 2024  |  36 mins 52 secs
    buc-ee's, child allowance fraud, dodge journey, doug gottlieb, pacers, swat, texas, timberwolves

    The Habermans have visited the Kinneys in Texas! That's worth an episode or five.

  • Episode 171: #SuccessionFinale #BREAKING #First

    April 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 21 mins

    “Backup Ben” Parker and The Succession Finale.

  • Episode 170: Brown Cheese Christmas in Norway

    April 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 13 mins
    brown cheese, christmas, festivus, holiday cheer, norway

    Whoever said that you cannot release a Christmas episode in April, well, maybe you are right. But we are doing it anyway. In this episode you fin unique insights into Norwegian cuisine and the Austin real estate market. We can almost guarantee you that is a first for any podcast.

  • Episode 169: Bullet Train

    March 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins

    You remember the movie Se7en? Well, Bullet Train is nothing like that. Also in this episode: Thomas teaches us about schnapps, there is a frozen wife, and a discussion of Reddit's finest subreddit.

  • Episode 168: What if, Train?

    December 12th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins
    armie hammer, johnny depp, plumbing, the lone ranger, tonto, trains

    Two things. First, this is released a week after the last episode and seems way too predictable for a weekly podcast and makes me uncomfortable. Second, that The Lone Ranger got a greenlight for production raises so many questions. But we are glad its exists or otherwise this episode would not have content. Third, Chris is going to attempt some plumbing. What could possibly go wrong? Fourth, enjoy the counting podcast, kemosabe. Fifth, we are a counting podcast.

  • Episode 167: Chris solves Disney

    December 5th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins

    Chris wants to take on Disney, Ryan has a new coaching career, and Thomas is suddenly interested in going to back to college in Germany.

  • Episode 166: Only in Chicago

    October 31st, 2023  |  51 mins 13 secs

    Happy Halloween! Chris takes a trip to (through) the promised land, the boys talk Deion Sanders, and what is up with Ohio football?

  • Episode 165: The Uber Ride

    September 12th, 2023  |  54 mins 29 secs

    Ryan takes the elderly on their first uber-ride, Chris does Oregon, and Thomas is upset about the quality of a certain genre of movies.

  • Episode 164: Kandahar

    July 16th, 2023  |  1 hr 20 mins
    gerard butler, kandahar

    The boys chat about Gerard Butler's jousting movie.

  • Episode 163: You Can Cut All That

    July 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

    Thomas is on a roll with the jokes (not favoured by Chris and Ryan), Thomas has watched Bridgerton, Chris has a story from the WSJ about sex symbols, and Ryan exposes himself as a mobile phone pocket barbarian.

  • Episode 162: Ryan's Singular Focus

    June 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins
    highway pedestrians, indiana, james marsden, jury duty, memphis

    Ryan recently went on a roadtrip with a singular focus, the boys have watched James Marsden's vanity project, Thomas is excited about cruising in parks, and Chris thinks he is playing the Price is Right.

  • Episode 161: Red Flags

    May 17th, 2023  |  54 mins 6 secs
    bud grant, red flags

    Chris attempts to make the entire episode about some unknown Minnesotan that no one has ever heard of. Now that\s a red flag. Also, Thomas brought 48 more.

  • Episode 160: Gelatina Nigra

    April 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 32 secs
    amazon, call girls, chris pratt, the oscars

    Do you know what is in your nutritional supplements? We discuss this while Ryan is recording from his new studio. Chris has discovered that there are Swedish hockey players and Thomas previews the movie calendar for the rest of the year. And what do you know about call girl research and dick sizes? All this, and more in this packed episode!

  • Episode 159: Escape rooms, spare wire, and sandwich cakes

    March 5th, 2023  |  56 mins 20 secs
    smörgåstårta, the white lotus

    After some digging in the archives an unreleased episode has been unearthed. Thomas introduces a new swedish word and a new swedish food, Ryan struggles, and Chris has had a visit from his in-laws.

  • Episode 158: The Recruit and con(gress) men

    February 26th, 2023  |  52 mins 39 secs

    Friend of the show, Jim with the Twins, joins the show to talk about The Recruit. Before they get to the show, they also discuss Congress' own Anna Delvey, Ohio sports teams, and (of course) cruises. Ahoy!