The Weekly Substandard Expanded Universe

Episode 141: Gilded Ben

March 18th, 2022  |  52 mins 14 secs

ben parker, downton abbey, hannah, julian fellowes, the gilded age

The boys are briefly joined by the fourth Beatle, Ben Parker at the beginning of the show before they descend into discussing the new, hot show that everyone is talking about: Downton Abbey. They also discuss its American twin, The Gilded Age.

Episode 140: Tim Miler on Euphoria and a ton of other things

March 3rd, 2022  |  2 hrs 21 mins

Tim joined the episode to chat about Station 11, Euphoria, and a bunch of other things. Honestly, it is a must list listen.

Episode 139: Encanto Fest

February 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 32 mins

encanto, lin-manuel miranda

This episode has two signature features. The first is the longest quiz ever produced by a human podcast. The second is Shannon Last's EXTENSIVE thoughts on the movie Encanto.

Episode 138: Jumbo Jim

January 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 8 mins

denver broncos, grilling, jim swift, minnesota

Chris and Thomas are joined by (now) frequent guest Jim Swift! They chat about grilling, take a sports quiz, and Chris' experience meeting working man America for the first time.

Episode 137: Ryan, What Is This? (S04E37)

January 17th, 2022  |  14 mins 12 secs

airplanes, civil war, scandinavia

Ben and Ryan are back with another episode of Ryan, What Is This? Is this the episode where Ryan finally scores a point? Listen and find out!

Episode 136: Christmas in September

December 28th, 2021  |  1 hr 20 mins

christmas, dubai, hallmark, holiday in the wild, kristin davis, lifetime, netflix, rob lowe

The boys gathered around the microphones to celebrate Christmas with a game, apartment hunting in Dubai, hated actors and lady actors, Holiday in the Wild, Rob Lowe, and more!

Episode 135: Did That Make Money?

December 20th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

brian cox, eternals, jeremy strong, kieran culkin, logan roy, succession

The Beatles are reunited when Ben joins the boys to chat about Swedish Christmas traditions, Chinese Christmas restaurants, Succession, and to play a quizgame!

Episode 134: The Last Duel

December 10th, 2021  |  1 hr 20 mins

kylo ren, matt damon, ridley scott, skiing, star wars, the last duel

Two episodes in a week? Yes, we do believe in miracles here at the Standard Podcast. Some miracles happen while you are flat skiing and others when you are getting raped by a beast of a horse. That (and much more) on this week's episode.

Episode 133: No Sequel Required

December 6th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins

between two ferns, bradley cooper, hangover, joel osteen, rockettes, zach the greek

The lads get together to chat about a bunch of movies they have recently watched (including the Hangover and Stillwater) as well as escape rooms, self-checkout (who would have guessed), and shoplifters!

Episode 132: The Haunted Carwash

November 18th, 2021  |  1 hr 17 mins

denis villeneuve, dune, timothee chalamet

Ryan has picked out Halloween costumes for his kids. Chris went to a car wash. Thomas went drinking with a Dame? Dane? We also chat about the new season of Succession and DUNE.

Episode 131: No Time To Podcast

November 2nd, 2021  |  1 hr 19 mins

ana de armas, daniel craig, james bond, newcastle united, no time to die, roman abramovich, saudi arabia

On this episode, Ryan and Thomas chat with Ben Parker (again), Matt Robarts, and Jason Cooper about the latest instalment in the Bond Universe. There is disagreement. We also get more rankings than we have ever had in a single episode. And who is going to be the next Bond?

Episode 130: Ben Parker

October 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 10 mins

bridges, brown, counting, dirty work, ferrari, horses, philadelphia

We invite a Russian expert on the show to chat about cars, Seinfeld, and the Ivy League.

Episode 129: DUMP MATTHEWS BAND DUMPS ON CHICAGO

October 2nd, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins

bigfoot, cats, geeks, politics

In this episode the boys answer the question "Is Matthew Perry Dead? And if so did he die in a fiery car crash?" Press play for the answer. In other minutes the boys learn how to glue their dickholes closed. For sex.

Episode 128: Drive to Survive

September 24th, 2021  |  53 mins 54 secs

drive to survive, formula one, ted lasso, williams

With Thomas gone, Chris and Ryan take the opportunity to talk about their favourite sport: Formula One. Ryan also has some vivid dreams and Chris can't quite figure out how Hulu works.

Episode 127: Primer

September 10th, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins

all of the carruths, electrolux, frigidaire, lg, little league world series, primer, shane carruth

Thomas wants to be the next host of Jeopardy. Chris is (again) buying appliances. Ryan is moving into the Kinney Palace. And we have all watched Primer, the masterpiece from the genius Shane Carruth. (this is not like a PBS Masterpiece garbage. I actually mean it is a masterpiece.)

Episode 126: The New York Athletic Club

August 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 55 secs

buc-ee's, florida, new york city, the suicide squad

The gang's back together! We chat about Chris and Ryan's holiday trips throughout the US. Thomas wonders whether Chris is actually white trash. Ryan questions his brother's choices and chats about his appeareance on the Subbeacon Podcast. If you want all the juicy behind-the-curtain stuff, we've got it. Chris and Ryan have also seen The Suicide Squad.