Never Say Die!

Never Say Die! episodes:

• 05.15.2024

  Inter-MISSION: Fast Five

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe are back to look at Fast Five and things they might have missed the first time around (which isn't much). They discuss the new Doctor Who, respond to listener feedback, stat their Fast Five characters,...

  
• 05.06.2024

  3. Fast Five (2011)

  Next up in our Heist season is the fast cars and physics-free Fast Five, which marks the first time one of our movie selections may have actually broken one of our heists. Listen as Rafe and Drew discuss what makes a...

  
• 04.15.2024

  Inter-MISSION: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe are back to look at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and things they might have missed the first time around. They discuss some of Rafe's Star Wars inspired ideas for D&D, stat their Rogue One...

  
• 04.01.2024

  2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

  We started our season at the apex of the Heist movie genre, so now we're trying something a little less traditional: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We talk about the benefits of less-traditional heist films like this one, discuss the...

  
• 03.18.2024

  Inter-MISSION: Ocean's Eleven

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe are back to look at Ocean's Eleven and things they might have missed the first time around. They discuss the recent Oscars, outlining the story in-game for the players, alternate casting for the movie,...

  
• 03.04.2024

  Special: Oscar Predictions 2024

  Rafe and Drew are still overdue on our next episode (it's coming! we promise!) but we wanted to get something on the feed for those of you waiting. Rafe does an annual Oscars prediction episode on his other podcast, so...

  
• 12.24.2023

  Special: Welcome to the Party

  With all that's been going on thanks to the holiday season, real life, and more, we are overdue with our regularly scheduled episode, but Drew and Rafe sat down to record a special holiday special that we're calling "Never Say...

  
• 11.23.2023

  1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

  We're getting the band back together and kicking off our Heist season with 2001's Ocean's Eleven, one of the best contemporary heist movies we could find. We gush over Danny and Rusty's chemistry and the way the movie allows each...

  
• 11.06.2023

  Season Two: The Zero Session

  We're back! Drew and Rafe sit down and outline expectations for our second season of Never Say Die! as we dive into the Heist film genre. What makes a heist film? What specifically makes up our definition of a heist...

  
• 09.19.2023

  Season One Finale

  It's time to wrap up our Kids on Bikes season so Drew and Rafe return to rank the movies they've watched over the season, both as films and as Kids on Bikes movies. Then, it's time for the final episode...

  
• 08.21.2023

  Special: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

  We're getting one more movie discussion in before we call it a total wrap on our Kids on Bikes season, mostly because we've been called out for calling The Goonies the movie that started the Kids on Bikes movement. Watching E.T. the...

  
• 07.31.2023

  Inter-MISSION: Vampires vs. the Bronx

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe are back to look at Vampires vs. the Bronx and things they might have missed the first time around. Even bigger, however, is the release of the Kids on Bikes: Second Edition rules to Kickstarter...

  
• 07.10.2023

  12. Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)

  It's time for our last movie selection of this season: 2020's Vampires vs. the Bronx. Given the film's references (both intentional and unintentional) to other Kids on Bikes movies, it turns out this is the perfect film to wrap up our...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Inter-MISSION: The Gate

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe are back to look at The Gate and things they might have missed the first time around. They dive into listener feedback, give their answers for Podcast Homework, and chat about Crowd-Funded projects that...

  
• 06.05.2023

  11. The Gate (1987)

  We return to the '80s for Rafe's last pick of our first season: 1987's The Gate. This is a movie that Rafe chose blindly. Did this go as well as his first blind pick, The Kid Who Would Be King? Rafe and...

  
• 05.22.2023

  Inter-MISSION: It: Chapter One

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their lengthy conversation about It: Chapter One with things they might have missed the first time around. They dive into listener feedback, give their answers for Podcast Homework, and chat about Crowd-Funded...

  
• 05.01.2023

  10. It: Chapter One (2017)

  Buckle up, folks, because there's a lot to talk about with this month's selection, It: Chapter One, making for one of our longest episodes to date. Not only do Drew and Rafe talk about this 2017 film, but they also...

  
• 04.17.2023

  Inter-MISSION: Stand By Me

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their conversation about Stand By Me with ideas they might have missed the first time around. They dive into listener feedback, which includes the birth of a new segment for the future: Podcast...

  
• 04.03.2023

  9. Stand By Me (1986)

  It's Rafe's turn to have a nostalgia pick with this month's selection, Stand By Me. Despite Rafe's skepticism about whether this would make a good pick or not (including an early apology), Rafe and Drew really dig in and find quite...

  
• 02.13.2023

  Inter-MISSION: The Quest aka Frog Dreaming

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their conversation about The Quest (aka Frog Dreaming) with ideas they might have missed the first time around, including their usual forgetfulness regarding the score and several other sources of information Drew...

  
• 01.23.2023

  8. The Quest aka Frog Dreaming (1986)

  After watching BMX Bandits and talking with filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith, it only makes sense to look at his other "kids on bikes" movie, The Quest (aka Frog Dreaming, aka Go Kids!). While this is a movie Drew grew up loving, we weren't exactly sure...

  
• 01.09.2023

  Inter-MISSION: BMX Bandits

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe (finally) follow up their conversation about BMX Bandits with ideas they might have missed the first time around, mostly involving how talking with filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith impacted their appreciation of the film. They discuss...

  
• 12.26.2022

  Special: Never Say Die! interviews Brian Trenchard-Smith

  We've been gone for a while but we're making our way back into the Kids on Bikes spotlight, returning with a long overdue interview with Brian Trenchard-Smith, the director of our most recent movie (BMX Bandits) and another Kids on...

  
• 08.02.2022

  7. BMX Bandits (1983)

  Sorry for the delay in between episodes, but we're back with what is probably our most divisive movie to date: BMX Bandits. One of us likes the movie and one of us is a Grumpy Sour McGrumpy-pants about it. Who...

  
• 05.24.2022

  Inter-MISSION: The Kid Who Would Be King

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their conversation about The Kid Who Would Be King with ideas they might have missed the first time around, which isn't much this time. They trope the new characters they've picked in the...

  
• 04.28.2022

  6. The Kid Who Would Be King (2018)

  This month brings a movie that Drew and Rafe went into blind on: The Kid Who Would Be King. We have a lot to say as we visit a second Joe Cornish film for the podcast, including a focus on Joseph...

  
• 03.31.2022

  Inter-MISSION: Super 8

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their conversation about Super 8 with ideas they might have missed the first time around, including several ideas we pushed to the Inter-MISSION including key locations and how to stat a town. They...

  
• 03.17.2022

  5. Super 8 (2011) with Jonathan Gilmour and Doug Levandowski

  We are so excited about this month's movie/game discussion we can't even put it into words. Joining us to dissect and analyze J.J. Abrams' Super 8 are the creators of the Kids on Bikes RPG: Jonathan Gilmour and Doug Levandowski! We tear into...

  
• 02.18.2022

  Inter-MISSION: Now and Then

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their conversation about Now and Then with ideas they might have missed the first time around, although they find they did a pretty cohesive job of discussing the movie in the main episode....

  
• 02.03.2022

  4. Now and Then (1995)

  This month we are changing gears again with a uniquely different "kids on bikes" film: Now and Then. Not only is the movie one of the rare kids on bikes films to feature an all-female cast of protagonists, but we are...

  
• 01.18.2022

  Inter-MISSION: The Lost Boys

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their conversation about The Lost Boys with ideas they might have missed the first time around, including some weird ideas like a Lost Boys/Mad Max crossover and vampire bears. We also dive deep into...

  
• 12.30.2021

  3. The Lost Boys (1987)

  This month we're tackling one of the best vampire movies to ever target kids on bikes: The Lost Boys! Drew brings up childhood trauma caused by trying to emulate one of the movie's characters, Rafe talks about establishing vampire mythology,...

  
• 12.15.2021

  Inter-MISSION: Attack the Block

  It's Inter-MISSION time! Drew and Rafe follow up their conversation about Attack the Block with ideas they might have missed the first time around, including an additional RPG you might try using for your game system and several pieces of related...

  
• 11.30.2021

  2. Attack the Block (2011)

  After starting last month with The Goonies, Drew picked a movie for our second episode that swings almost to the other end of the Kids on Bikes spectrum: 2011's Attack the Block. Join us as we discuss this underappreciated first film from...

  
• 11.16.2021

  Inter-MISSION: The Goonies

  We're back with our first Inter-MISSION! Since we're only looking at one movie each month, our Inter-MISSION episodes will help bridge the gap between episodes as we look at listener feedback, revisit any thoughts we had on the movie, talk...

  
• 10.26.2021

  1. The Goonies (1985)

  What other movie would a podcast called "Never Say Die!" pick for its first movie discussion? Drew and Rafe talk about Richard Donner's 1985 picture - a film both of them give a lot of credit to for laying the...

  
• 10.11.2021

  The Zero Session

  Drew Meyer (Doctor Who: Who & Company) and Rafe Telsch (Have Not Seen This) sit down to discuss their new podcast: Never Say Die! From the Silver Screen to the GM's screen, "Never Say Die!" looks at movies and asks,...