The Talk Shoppe

Once again, and for the last time, the boys got together in person to record our favorite style of episode, The Megasode. In this bittersweet edition, we tackle the same categories for the year of 2024, knowing that it will be our final time getting together for this purpose. As always, thank you to everyone who stuck around the past 8 or so years. We had a fun time doing this, and given the state of our current lives decided it was probably time to hang it up. Stay tuned on our website (thetalkshoppe.com) for a more permanent archival solution. We'll keep this podcast available for as long as we can! Thank you all once again, and thank you to my dear friends and co-hosts for 8 great years of goofing around.

Well, we're back to where it all started. Pushing ten years of doing this thing. What a wild ride it has been. Thanks to all of you out there who have been loyal listeners (for some reason) for all these years. We still have one last ride in us, and we'll be doing it in style with the final MEGASODE of all time. For now, please find enclosed a regurgitated theme from 9+ years ago, for your listening pleasure. Thanks!

Welcome back everybody! On today's episode, the boys chat about Tom's recent trip to Northern Europe. As is tradition, there are a myriad of rabbit trails, non sequitur, and general tomfoolery as well. Note from the editor: "I forgot to mention that apparently everyone in Northern Europe has a sever allergic reaction whenever a fan or AC unit is around, so they were, at least in the places we stayed, nowhere to be found. Also Stockholm was having a RECORD heatwave. And we all had traveler's colds. It was quite miserable." ~Tom Oh and here's the blog if you are interested: https://krownbakeryandeatery.com/nordic-trip-2024

Hey y'all, we're still alive! Not for long though. You may have noticed that our release schedule is non-existent. It has become increasingly difficult to find time to do these episodes, and a lot of the time, we all kind of wish we were just hanging out, not recording. So, with that in mind, we will officially be ending this podcast by this next February. It's been real, but it's time to move on to greener pastures. At any rate, here's another episode, and there are more to come before we're done.   Cheers, The Talk Shoppe Gang

Just when you thought we were gone...   We are BACK with a much delayed Megasode to summarize the year of 2023. You all know the drill: we meander through music, television, movies, video games, and disappointments in typical scatterbrained and raucous fashion. If it can be a joke, it will be a joke. So join us, if you will, in our continuing journey to bring laughter and entertainment to up to 10 people! WE'RE NOT DONE YET! Timestamps: Music - 00:36:08 Television - 02:13:51 Movies - 02:50:44 Video Games - 03:30:07 Disappointments - 04:37:10  

Welcome back everybody, lobster-back jerks, Hitler is funny (he just is), state of our jobs address, Cory's car update and US Customs shenanigans, Cory's done getting out of the way, Sam's going to Dizz Knee World, Five Guys is out of control, the truth about the Kaiju, Mexican alien, Sam's workin' on the night shift, getting loaded on caffeine, Baldur's Gate 3 is a horny game, some Starfield chatter, revisiting Game of Thrones, somehow talking about Breaking Bad again, Jesse Plemons is an enigma, reviewing The Eminem Show by Eminem, light discussion of The Forever War, fantasy novel recommendations, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, the podcast is an animated corpse, IGN's 10 out of 10 list, Baldur's Gate 3, DJ Khaled, Sam's jet ski adventure, Sam's DMV experience, Sam's daughter drops the F-Bomb and talks Koreans, Amy Klobuchar sends glass to Tom's bakery, and aliens. What did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, it's been a while, podcast reflection, repeating jokes, streamers kinda suck, new content, getting older, Cory moved, Cory's new desk chair destroyed his back, Sam's bowling shoes, what's better about the Twin Cities (compared to Superior), revisiting ghost kitchens, library anime, anime is cool and kids hang out in minecraft and roblox, internet culture bleeding into reality, Diablo IV, Jury Duty, tell us about the aliens already, reviewing Forget and Not Slow Down by Relient K, Owl City, what did we learn today?

Cold open featuring the Bible by Seinfeld, Welcome Back Everybody, ghosts are old Jewish men, Tom's absolute circus show of buying a house, old houses and housing for workers, a tangent about Netflix and legacy media, SEALs are roidin', doing roids, Chinese propaganda regarding the US, more gym talk, Venmo is really weird, the origin of pimps, the Superior UPS store, The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot review, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, The World Baseball Classic, Xi loves KFC, talkin' baseball, old guys talking about video games, Sam's nemesis professor, staring at strangers, Tom rambles about INDYCAR and getting into motorsports, Superior people, AFI - Sing The Sorrow review, most disappointing shows, talkin' Taylor Swift, ChatGPT vs. Limp Bizkit, Spotify keeps getting worse, 311: are they good?, Mr. Beast, Mint Mobile, Sam's addicted to social media, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, Episode 100, Sam's uber-motivated ex-army roommate, take THAT Kentucky, Sam's bet / life hack, the Halloween Capital of The World, Altoids are weaker now, Sam's reality TV show pitch, The Oxford Test, Bible "stines", the ultimate "Welcome to Diverse City" review, Sam traumatizes a Sunday School class, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, Alec Baldwin, nearing episode 100, being creative, this modern era of internet and information, the 'Conspiracy Brain', your average person just doesn't care, Sam's deck exploded, video games we might have missed, Sam's dreams, Beanie Babies, Cory discovers Tom Clancy, Sam talks Jurassic Park, what did we learn today?

Welcome back once again to The Talk Shoppe Megasode, for the year 2022. Join the bois as we wrap the year and burn our way through our arbitrary lists. Packed with rabbit trails and non-sequitur, there's sure to be something to tickle your fancy at some point in this almost 6 hour endeavor. As a bonus, this is probably our most comprehensible Megasode yet! Here's some handy time codes for those of you who want to skip around: 00:02:31 - Music 01:40:22 - Television 02:46:16 - Movies 03:51:20 - Video Games 04:34:35 - Disappointments

Welcome back everybody, we all play a game you can't see or hear, Tony Hawk is the man, famous people are more likely to be rapists (probably), Cory is back home, Sam catches Cory in his driveway, Cory's car woes, hot babes in the military for recruiting, Kanye Watch 2K22, YouTube TV is hot garbage, MLB TV is bonkers, gym crack pots, people are becoming crazier, social media was a mistake, Gym markers/influencers/other jerks, a rumor about Sam, lots of talk about adult films, Skillet - Comatose Album Review, talkin' childhood schools, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, age of consent in Iran (we all knew you wanted to know), Cory's new wheels, manual transmission, the Nissan Cube, the Halloween Capital of the World, gym talk, Adam Levine cheating, Kanye is apparently losing his marbles, cheating in professional chess, cheating in professional fishing, Tom tries to find the origin of a potentially stolen joke, things you hear as a kid and believe without questioning, wild Christianity, Slime Rancher 2, new Pokemon, some game recommendations, blink-182's Take Off Your Pants and Jacket review, the evangelical gym, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, cut jokes, talking about Veggie Tales for some reason, moving on to Adventures in Odyssey, musings on Christian philosophy, Sam is beginning to enjoy the more wholesome things in life, revisiting The Rehearsal, Tom blathers on endlessly about Star Trek (feel free to skip), Tom went to Rocky Mountain National Park, Nebraska, Cory went to Austin, reviewing Relient K's MMHMM, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, Cory's fridge is a crime against humanity, genetic lineage testing, let's talk about Tom, Time Warner / Discovery Merger, Tom goes on about Blender, Metal Gear Solid's plot is wacky, Hideo Kojima, Mission Impossible 1 and 2 are the same movie, green ooze, the Death Stranding reveal, ad read #1, Vegetarians/Vegans and lab grown meat, Sam's ice breaker question, the 'Hipster' movement and doing things the old way, Sam's cat died, ad read #2, The Rehearsal, Thousand Foot Krutch - Phenomenon, The Dove Awards, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, listener analysis, preferred names, Sam's cherished Pepsi Blue, Cory talks Amazon, two types of workers, Vince McMahon retires, talkin' suicide, licking baby heads, Cory hasn't seen Starship Troopers, the Military-Industrial Complex seems pretty small, ad read #1, specialty orders, Cory is forced from his home (on his first day), ad read #2, Tom's sketch idea, ad read #3, The Circle Episode 2, reviewing John Reuben - Are We There Yet?, what did we learn today?

Welcome back everybody, The Talk Shoppe: One Last Ride, playing off falling asleep, DOTA poisons Cory's brain, Sony attempts to compete with Microsoft's Game Pass, stupid Starbuck's size names, the worst poop Sam has ever taken, Twisted Metal, Overwatch 2, ad read #1, Detroit Become Human, Elliot Page, prostate bot, spooky things, Sam participates in a sleep study, getting fat, hair growth systems, ad read #2, being too nerdy for even other nerds, trying to promote The Talk Shoppe to people, #stopwarrape, ad read #3, watching The Circle S1E1, Revisiting The Ass - Episode 2 - Hawk Nelson's Letters to the President, purchasing exotic cars, what did we learn today?

The Talk Shoppe is proud to present something a little different! Sam has completed work on his next book and invites all of you, dear listeners, to join in. In this fourth episode, Sam reads Chapters 8 through 10 of The War Cleric. Enjoy! And as always, your feedback is much appreciated.