241: The Sickos Get Priced Out of Micro Center
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Uh oh! Computer parts cost a million dollars now and Crucial is just straight up not making products for consumers anymore! Of course we all know the world is pivoting away from live humans/having a society and toward a centralized class of immortal Wealth-Lords, but now it's actually hitting us where it hurts. Plus, Tom goes nuts about how he set up a household media server (and you can, too!)
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240: The Podcaster's Bill of Rights
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For too long the noble podcaster, the last moral profession left on earth, has been subject to countless indignities and hateful vexations. Tom and guest co-Sicko Riley Hopkins thus present The Podcaster's Bill of Rights, a list of 19 inalienable rights that restores dignity and respect to the honorable "podcaster." This shit is the law now. The Second Amendment is we get to have a gun
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239: Condiment Kids 2: Mustard Monarchs
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It's complete condiment chaos as Colin Padgett Arnold joins Tom for CONDIMENT KIDS 2, the long-awaited sequel to the smash hit podcast pilot CONDIMENT KIDS, originally released as the 100th episode of The Podcast Mines. We are back to taste six award-winning gourmet mustards and four mysterious wild-card condiments. Get ready to hear a lot of slurping and chewing right into the mic baby!! Check out the first Condiment Kids here: https://the-podcast-mines.pinecast.co/episode/ef36af24/episode-100-condiment-kids-starring-colin-padgett-arnold-and-tom-harrison- Mustards tasted include:...
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Tom's Record Club: Bergtatt by Ulver
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UNLOCKED FOR NON-PATRONS: We get lost and die in the pitiless troll-infested woods of ancient Norway as we discuss the black metal classic Bergtatt: Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler by Ulver. This band was a group of fuckin teens trying to recreate the otherworldly, ice-cold brutality of their country's folk traditions and somehow they kinda got there. Tom is famously a metal disliker, but Josh's passion for the stuff paired with his endless metal fun facts made this a worthwhile listen! Check it out!
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238: The Sickos Become Poverty Chefs
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The Sickos have always been trendsetters, and as more and more people follow their lead into the ever-fashionable "unemployment," we share our tips for cooking yummy meals that kick ass on a tight budget. Plus, Joe shares an in-depth "Joe Update" on his physical and mental health, and we yap about games we're playing (He is Coming and Hades 2). Also there's a sketch.
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237: The One Piece Episode - Part 2
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It's been four years since the Sickos covered One Piece, and a lot has happened since then. Tom and Guest co-Sicko Marquez are current on One Piece and ready to yap about all the latest developments in this incredible comic book. A lot of it stupid. A lot of it is goofy. But mostly? It kick ass and make us cry. We know this may hold little appeal to non-One Piece fans, but for the fellow freaks this episode is a rip-roarin delight
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236: Ed Zitron Goes Guesto Mode
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Ed Zitron, the guy on the internet who is always saying that this AI shit is a stupid grift that makes no financial sense, goes guesto mode. Turns out this AI shit is a stupid grift that makes no financial sense! Plus, we talk about the fraught psychosexual politics of a world made up of living cars, and gasp over Ed's very passionate opinions about Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It was a blast yapping with Ed, check it out!
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235: The Tatami Galaxy Episode
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Tom and guest co-Sicko MinovskyArticle sing the praises of the incredible 2010 anime The Tatami Galaxy. If you watch one anime in your life, I recommend this one. This is an anime that feels like a novel, that revels in the richness of language, that understands the abyss of anxiety, and that will make you a genius to watch. This is the kind of show that tricks you into thinking anime is good
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234: The Sickos Review Silksong Perfectly
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These days everyone has a hot take about Hollow Knight: Silksong. Folks get heated and tilted and let their feelings cloud their judgment. The world calls out for the Sickos to put the discourse to an end by doing the perfect, fully objective review of the game via the ultimate game design analysis technique: ranking mechanics on a tier list.
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233: Anime Health Nuts
Anime Sickos
Tom and guest co-Sicko KC Green are tired of being "sickos" and wish instead to develop positive habits. Thus begins "Anime Health Nuts," the new long-term plan for the show and not just a bit we are doing for this episode only. We talk about doing little tasks, watching the incredible skateboarding obstacle course show KASSO, drinking little bottles of Fireball, and more. Check it out!!
info_outlineThe Sickos do a special unemployed version of Cog Talk where they do the unthinkable and wish they had an evil computer that took up half their time with awful job tasks. As bad as it is, just sitting around all day is worse! Plus, Tom yammers and yaps about The Bee Sting, a great novel by Paul Murray.