The Weekly Substandard Expanded Universe

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

173 episodes of The Weekly Substandard Expanded Universe since the first episode, which aired on October 10th, 2018.

  • Episode 30: Episode 30: Dragged Across A Baseball Field

    April 2nd, 2019  |  47 mins 56 secs

    Thomas has discovered the best movie of the year (so far) while he laments the quality of movies released in 2019 so far. Chris watches Inception during the podcast and Ryan has a different definition of a heist movie from the rest of us.

  • Episode 29: Episode 29: Quadruple Frontier

    March 26th, 2019  |  1 hr 3 mins

    The guys are not alone on today's podcast! They're joined by the podcast's executive producer and poet-in-residence for two (2!) new poems. Our four hosts of the week also talk about Triple Frontier, high school sports, Skidmore's Quidditch team, and much more!

  • Episode 28: Episode 28: Aggressively Stupid

    March 19th, 2019  |  56 mins 17 secs

    At least one of the hosts have been to see Captain Marvel and made sure to get two guest reviews. Thomas has never heard of a mud room (but praises kitchen couches) while Ryan is still recovering from the plague. This episode is very online.

  • Episode 27: Episode 27: Skyscraper and 2017 in Review

    March 13th, 2019  |  1 hr 8 mins

    International Women's Day, SXSW, Skyscraper, 2017 (ranked!), and a brief note on the ongoing Con Wars.  

  • Episode 26: Episode 26: Clerically Ranking

    March 6th, 2019  |  1 hr 3 mins

    The podcast gets a holy guest from north of the border (where's that wall?) and have him rank movies. Thomas is happy that there's finally a priest on the podcast, Chris feels vindicated after the most recent Sub-Beacon episode, and Ryan is yelling about baseball.

  • Episode 25: Short: Bracket Eve

    March 3rd, 2019  |  31 mins 17 secs

    Jason joins the crew to discuss the upcoming Munch Madness Bracket.

  • Episode 24: Episode 25: The Noodling

    February 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 56 secs

    Ryan has been out with his neighbors, Chris wants to talk about favorite actors and lady actors, and Thomas brings the counting.

  • Episode 23: Episode 24: Fluttershy, Exploding Mental Hospitals, and Etsy

    February 18th, 2019  |  50 mins 13 secs

    On this episode, the esteemed guest shares stories from family lore and discusses the conditions in the SSEU prison. Meanwhile, Ryan ordered something from Etsy and had an interesting customer service experience while Thomas is settling into Arizona.

  • Episode 22: Episode 23: Batecast

    February 13th, 2019  |  59 mins 27 secs

    Our hosts address hot button issues such as The Big Game, Konmari, and discuss Jason Bateman's career.

  • Episode 21: Episode 22: MediaDC, in the Swamp, With Arsenic

    February 2nd, 2019  |  1 hr 10 mins

    No one on this podcast signed a non-disparagement clause.

  • Episode 20: Episode 21: Fyre the Hosts

    January 27th, 2019  |  51 mins 5 secs

    Our three beloved idiots are back again. They'll talk about the Fyre festival (just like everyone else these days), the official Oscar nominations, have a quiz, and Thomas gets in character for this week's movie quote.

  • Episode 19: Episode 20: Punching Dogs and Turing Tests

    January 23rd, 2019  |  1 hr 11 mins

    Left to their own devices without a guest, our award-winning hosts revisit the dog punching story from the New Year's episode. What actually happened between Ryan and the dog? Meanwhile, Chris is doing his part for the environment and Thomas has been to IKEA.

  • Episode 18: Episode 19: All Things West Coast

    January 15th, 2019  |  57 mins 4 secs

    How's the Subbeacon crew doing in the awards season? Is Sonny really going to win? The SSEU podcast recruits outside help to provide answers. Also in this episode: everything you didn't know that you need to know about Comic-Con, another quiz, and a trip to a car dealership.

  • Episode 17: Episode 18: Lady Lawyers

    January 6th, 2019  |  58 mins 16 secs

    Chris goes on a rant, Ryan has prepared a quiz, Thomas ranks food, and the guys are joined by a Lady Lawyer. This episode is brought to you by WeeHarmony.

  • Episode 16: Short: Previewing 2019

    January 3rd, 2019  |  18 mins 31 secs

    Ryan practices his reading skills, Chris and Thomas are excited about John Wick 3, and no one wants to go see the Disney remakes.

  • Episode 15: Episode 17: The Year in Review

    December 31st, 2018  |  1 hr

    In the last episode of 2018, our lovely hosts opine on the best movies of 2018 (spoiler: they do not agree). Ryan and Thomas have also made sure to go see Vice so that you don't have to (spoiler: Cheney is evil).