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 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.  

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    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.

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    Episode 25: Short: Bracket Eve

    March 3rd, 2019  |  31 mins 17 secs

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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).

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    Episode 14: Episode 16: MegaChristmas

    December 21st, 2018  |  50 mins 3 secs

    The most popular segment in podcast history, the Poetry Corner, makes its return in the last episode before Christmas. In the rest of the podcast, our hosts trash a new electronic device, discuss Oscar's nominees without having seen any of them, and go James Bonding.

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    Episode 13: Episode 15: Wreck-It Anschutz

    December 15th, 2018  |  59 mins 58 secs

    On this week's episode, our hosts are joined by a Lady Lawyer to discuss the murder of the Weekly Standard, Wreck-It Ralph, and strange movies that primarily involve sharks.  

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    Episode 12: Episode 14: Haberinterruptor

    December 10th, 2018  |  50 mins 53 secs

    Chris is back from Disney with stories to tell. Don't worry, his movie opinions are still as garbage as ever. Ryan decides to watch a movie in the middle of the podcast and Thomas is not going to stop talking. This, and more, on this week's episode.