It’s finally Part 3 of 3 in our reunion episode, and we close out our incredibly long beer-and-scotch-and-soliloquy-addled night with stories of linkrot, homeownership, and car keys.Music: So What by K.Flay

Episode 44: Reunion Pt. 2 – You’re Definitely In A Plato’s Fetish Situation

Jul 14th, 2018 38m 56s

In Part 2 of 3, continuing to plow through both a heap of booze and their overdue backlog of post-hiatus topics, Josh and Jesse cover grilled cheese, canine ardor, bumming cigarettes, Pixar’s “Cars”, Plato’s parable of the cave, and lint trap d

Episode 43: Reunion Pt. 1 – Remember When We Had Weeks

May 9th, 2018 39m 13s

Back from hiatus, Josh and Jesse have a long backlog of topics to work through. In part one, we put Jesse in a carwash, Josh in charge of Twitter, and 2017 in the dumpster where it belongs.Music: Come In From The Rain by LKN

Episode 42: Season 2 Teaser

Nov 23rd, 2017 10m 11s

We’re getting the band back together. Let me tell you a story.

Episode 41: Branches in my Mind Tree

Jul 18th, 2016 41m 1s

We welcome one-time pinch-hitter co-host Jessamyn West back for a strange format-breaking mash-up episode. Scramble to keep the conversational branches straight in your Mind Tree as we blur the lines between podcast and mixtape, featuring such

Episode 40: Release the Dongle, Josh Boykin

May 20th, 2016 1h 17m

Josh Boykin of Intelligame.us and fellow Outpost cohabitant bikes on over to the Crapshoot basement for a spirited chat about video games and tangentially related topics (including shitheadconomics, Maslow’s hierarchy of problems, government ch

Episode 39: The Cold November Rain On Stardew Valley

Mar 18th, 2016 1h 58m

We’re thrilled to welcome Brad back to the show for a deep dive on Stardew Valley. On the way, we also touch on Moshow the Cat Rapper, Stovokor, Axl Rose, Bee and Puppycat, Kickstarter entitlement syndrome, Undertale disruption, Josh’s impendin

Episode 38: Johnathan Korn Is My Father

Feb 24th, 2016 1h 34m

Punctuality, nicknames, buying beer, parking lot favors, panhandling strategy, falling off the wagon, carbs, ghee, legalizing weed, MMOs, the metafilter gopher server (Jesse’s memory was right!) and the brand-new XOXO Outpost creative space. Ou

Episode 37: Crapshoot NA (Ride the Dragon, Fuck the Wagon)

Jan 21st, 2016 1h 23m

Topics today include Jesse’s guest spot on the Metafilter Podcast, non-alcoholic beer, meager money management skills, Star Wars Merchandising, the Cereal King, wasting a melody, “padcasts,” show etiquette, Lost, and Skinner boxes. Video games

Episode 36: Kind of a Mandelbrot Western

Dec 27th, 2015 1h 26m

Another episode recorded next to a loud furnace, this time you can find us hollering about hug dynamics, vocal fry, bad recording technique, the “that’s my new band name” joke, statistically unlikely colocations, Hawaiian vacation, solemnizing

Episode 35: Sometimes You Salt the Wound

Oct 29th, 2015 1h 44m

Jesse rambles about WebTV and CueCats, and Josh forgets his sister’s birthday, but GJ comes from nowhere to save the show when he’s spontaneously summoned to regale us with stories of undertaking, including how to ignobly bury a horse while the

Episode 34: Fapstar and Other Electromechanical Games

Oct 6th, 2015 1h 39m

We open a wormhole between The Crapshoot and We Have Such Films to Show You, stealing Pastor Yakov to talk about lightsabers, rats, New York and Russia, snowclones, Twitter bots, loanwords, the complicated Tengen / Atari / Nintendo relationshi

Episode 33: The Class of Earlike Things/Disneyverse/The Facts of Dogs

Sep 23rd, 2015 1h 3m

Josh returns from distant North Albertsons for our basement reunion episode, and we settle gradually into our normal, ridiculous routine. Topics include XOXO 2015, whether the ears are a part of the face, salt lakes, the gentle difference betwe

Episode 32: As If the One Rules Out the Other

Aug 15th, 2015 1h 17m

Today we weigh the merits of ‘a Yelp for Drivers’ against ‘an Omnipresent Police State’, discuss the mighty Barbed Carpoon, and chat about Pico 8. With those topics settled, we really tuck in for a deep dive into Josh’s Ennuigi, the underbelly

Episode 31: I’m Pretty Good, You’re Pretty Good, Hope the Sun Doesn’t Explode

Jul 26th, 2015 1h 13m

Jesse and Josh disagree: How good is pretty good? Was Rip Van Winkle metabolizing squirrel food, or was he in magic-stasis? But with these critical issues resolved, we allow ourselves to settle into a nice lengthy real-bro-time conversation abo

Episode 30: The Jesse and Josh Teenage Episode

Jul 9th, 2015 1h 22m

After “Whatcha Gamin’, Bro?”, join us for a romp through our miserable teen years, largely boiling down to bullying and social dynamics, Calvin and Hobbes (see Josh’s new project Calvin and Markov (more info)), and video games. Games briefly re

Episode 29: North Albertsons, Alaska

Jun 26th, 2015 1h 21m

After game 3 of the 27th Annual Tic Tac Toe World Championships, Josh and Jesse shoot crap about the Skype dynamic, washing machines, free cocaine, road stories, dreams, the various purposes of human communication, and Fallout Shelter. Jesse go

Episode 28: They Took All Your Numbers

Jun 13th, 2015 1h 22m

Surprise co-host Jessamyn joins Jesse to talk about birthdays, traveling, California, roller derby, audio editing, phone scams, tech support, meetups, weddings, Jessamyn’s most recent wedding ceremony (metatalk), Gilligan’s Island, your town be

Episode 27: Pay a Little Attention to Your Scenario

May 28th, 2015 1h 29m

After a post-game interview with Darmok runs over a little into our time slot, join your hosts for a couple Modelos Especial and a chat about suddenly-appearing piles of foam, knee reversal surgery, body dysmorphia and horror, lucid dreaming, b

Episode 26: Google Horse Butt Funny Puppet

May 13th, 2015 1h 24m

After the thrilling “Freezing Your Assets” episode of Roommates of Catan, join your Crapshoot hosts Josh and Jesse for a special, slightly-more-rapid-fire-than-usual episode that powers through such topics as: Locating Matt Haughey, iPhone upgr

Episode 25: Josh Popped a Squat at my Sister’s Wedding

Apr 28th, 2015 1h 46m

An inaugural episode for our new recording venue, this episode finds us talking for quite some time about genetic algorithms and Josh’s Genetic Football project, and also Josh’s role transition at Metafilter. Along the way, we touch on genetic

Episode 24: D & D is Someone Breaking Your Heart

Apr 9th, 2015 1h 20m

After the Scat Hour, join our intrepid hosts to learn (??) about lent, creative obligations, boxes of moldy skulls and spines, Josh’s twitter D & D character and D & D memories in general, naming podcast networks, whether Jesse has read Dune, a

Episode 23: Ghosts on the E.T. Ride

Mar 26th, 2015 1h 23m

Skip Worthington returns to attempt another Dungeons & Dragons Adventure, this time with a first-time adventurer. Afterward, it’s part 2 of our Crapshoot double episode, aka Episode 22B, aka Hellbanned from Podcasting, wherein we discuss hallow

Episode 22: Hellbanned

Feb 23rd, 2015 1h 31m

Airing this time after Dungeons & Dragons Adventures, The Crapshoot returns for our 2015 debut. In part 1, Josh and Jesse reconvene to talk about audience feedback, The Harvey Girls, geologist humor, the Xs do it Y joke format, Paul Ford and Ti

Episode 21: XOXO 2014

Dec 1st, 2014 1h 22m

The long-overdue, field-recorded episode from XOXO Fest 2014, episode 21 finds Josh and Jesse mostly in drunken snippets as we are subsumed into @xoxo, along the way joined variously by Matthew Bogart ( @matthewbogart ), Brad Sucks ( @bradsucks