The Weekly Substandard Expanded Universe

Episode 109: The SSEU Draft III

February 9th, 2021  |  1 hr 23 mins

1998, armageddon, blade, movie draft, tom brady, whit stillman

The third biannual SSEU Draft took place with Thomas and Chris at the helm together with guests Adam and Steven. Adam also eats crow about his NFL predictions while Chris is quizzing the youngster Steven on ancient methods of telecommunication.

Episode 108: Moving to Georgetown

January 29th, 2021  |  56 mins 45 secs

How many kids can Ryan fit into a three bedroom condo? We might be about to find out. Chris has been immersing himself in Swedish culture. Thomas has a crush on an epidemiologist.

Episode 107: Tim Miller on Hilaria Baldwin, Twitter, and 2020

January 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 15 mins

denver nuggets, hugh grant, reggie miller, the undoing

In the second (or so) hour of our chat with Tim Miller we address the really hot topics. What does Tim actually know about the Denver Nuggets? Does he think Hilaria Baldwin is Spanish? And Ryan informs Tim (for no reason) about how well equipped the gentlemen of the 90s Indiana Pacers were.

Episode 106: Flaggie Boy - No Shame In Counting

January 13th, 2021  |  4 mins 8 secs

Transition! It is important to remember that we are a podcast of culture. From our own SSEU Music Group comes the hit single "No Shame in Counting" by Flaggie Boy.

Tim Miller returns in the next episode.

Episode 105: Tim Miller on The Bee Gees, Scott Erickson, and CoronaChristmas

January 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min

christmas, corey lewandowski, greg gianforte, scott erickson, the bee gees

Tim Miller joins the boys to chat about, well, everything! In the first of two episodes we chat a little bit about Tim's run-in with Corey Lewandowski, his favorite type of ice cream, his verbal abuse of Scott Erickson, the Bee Gees, and the fact that he doesn't know what prAna is.

Episode 104: The 2020 Christmas Episode

December 25th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

home alone, the christmas chronicles

The boys are joined by Jason (and Huxley) to chat about Home Alone and The Christmas Chronicles.

Episode 103: Disc Golf, Mark Zuckerberg, and Playstations

December 17th, 2020  |  50 mins 21 secs

amazon, bezos, draft day, jennifer garner, playstation, zuckerberg

There's no consistent theme to this episode. We find out that Ryan doesn't know how to use Facebook, discuss the latest advances in console technology, got a new sponsor, and complain about the weather.

Episode 102: Sex With Alligators

December 7th, 2020  |  57 mins 29 secs

france, kelsey grammer, kristi noem, money plane, tulsi gabbard, vanessa hudgens

We dug deep in our archives and finally prepared a pre-Thanksgiving episode for release. Vanessa Hudgens, Kristi Noem, and Tulsi Gabbard on the same podcast? Unclear what else one could want. Chris and Thomas has news from France, pigeons are expensive, and what's up with the alligator sex?

Episode 101: The Navy Seal watch and spicy poop

November 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

alaska, doxa, honda, kia, nebraska, openbible church, toyota, watch talk

We are once again joined by Mrs. Last to chat about her husband's eccentricities, what went wildly wrong when she tried to buy him a watch, spicy poop, minivan problems, and their upcoming move to N. Alaska.

Episode 100: Stop the Count

November 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

Episode? 100. We've made it.

Episode 99: Halfway down a chimney

November 8th, 2020  |  1 hr 1 min

dust, jeffrey toobin, other space, pepsi center

The Pepsi Center gets a new name, chimneys cause problems, Ryan gives Thomas advice on which apartment to pick, and Chris has discovered a new streaming service.

Episode 98: Three Strikes and Bone

October 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 18 mins

anne hathaway, passengers, patrick wilson

On this week's episode, we dive into a discussion of the movie PASSENGERS from 2008. At Ryan's behest, we sat down to enjoy what we all expected to be an epic movie. It was...interesting. Anne Hathaway, call your office.

Episode 97: PJ Masks, More Ted Lasso, and South Dakota Fajitas

October 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins

jason sudeikis, pj masks, south dakota, ted lasso, tosh.o

Ryan has a new favorite kids show. Chris discovered space toilets. More Ted Lasso. If you thought the food choices on the last episode were disgusting, wait until you hear about South Dakota cuisine.

Episode 96: The SSEU Food Network

September 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 19 mins

downton abbey, jason sudeikis, ted lasso, the bridge

Can anything be a pizza topping? What are all of these strange dishes? On this this week's episode, Ming joins us to (mainly) chat about delicious food items. We also discuss the recent comedy, Ted Lasso, from Apple TV.

Episode 95: Our Worst Fear is Feet

September 23rd, 2020  |  59 mins 17 secs

attack on titan, feet, hurricanes, lady lawyer, texas, the new mutans

Lara returns to the podcast! Together with our beloved hosts, she tackles airplane food, feet, hurricanes, and animal movies. Lara has also been to the movie theater since it opened back up and has a report on the new The New Mutants movie.

Episode 94: Vacations, Fast and Furious, and Tiktok

September 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

austin, bluebell, fast and furious, vin diesel

Flagg Taylor returns to the podcast after his sabbatical to chat about his vacation, surfing, and ice cream. Thomas wants to talk about TikTok while Ryan is trying to survive in the harsh Austin-weather.