Contrivance

Contrivance

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Contrivance episodes

  • Episode 070 - The Effervescence of Life, Yadda Yadda

    The Olympics may have come and gone, but Olympics robots are forever. Yes, you heard us right. Olympics and robots -- name a better pair.

    Join Britt and Drew for Tony "Methuselah" Hawk, Robot Shoot Basketball, and direct segues between advanced social applications of AI and drawing the word "butthole" in the sand.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:43 - Intro, Invention Q&A
    • 07:23 - Trash Begets Trash 1
    • 19:58 - Trash Begets Trash 2
    • 30:20 - Untitled Segment 1
    • 38:58 - Untitled Segment 2
    • 43:57 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 55:39 - Wrap-Up

    Inventions:

    • Sand Art Robots 
    • Toyota Q4 

    Other Stuff:

    • H.Y.C.Y.BH? 
    • Psychedelic Water 
    1 hr
  • Episode 069 - Hole To Hole, Feeling Satisfied

    We're finally here. Episode 69. Nice. 

    Join Britt, Drew, and guest host Juliet Tango for discussions of butt plug power suits, Bob/Earl Pleasure Objects, vaginal Etch-a-Sketches, and The Cummies Council.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:54 - Intro, Invention Q&A
    • 03:33 - Trash Begets Trash 1
    • 17:45 - Trash Begets Trash 2
    • 28:38 - Trash Begets Trash 3
    • 50:33 - Untitled Segment
    • 57:09 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 59:31 - Wrap-Up

    Inventions:

    • EARL™
    • Doll Hand Nipple Clamps
    • Dripstick

    Other Stuff:

    • Juliet's Twitter
    • Britt's Gothic Cyberpunk light-up phone case 
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 068 - The Vampire Machine

    After just 18 short months, we're finally doing an episode on COVID inventions. Well, vaguely COVID-related inventions, anyway. Even we have standards.

    Join Britt and Drew for discussions of Europe's Next Top Singer People, how much capitalism sucks, how to use Drew's Snack Corner for evil, and The Fruit Crusades.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:37 - Intro, Invention Q&A
    • 04:53 - Trash Begets Trash 1
    • 15:39 - Trash Begets Trash 2
    • 25:55 - Untitled Segment
    • 38:26 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 48:25 - Wrap-Up

    Links:

    • SpiroNose
    • Veebot

    Other Stuff:

    • Britt's Lapel Mic
    54 min
  • Episode 067 - Contrivance Live: After Dark, Probably

    We've finally made it big! And by big, I mean we performed to a very small audience at Portland's Rose City Comic-Con. It was so much fun! Almost as fun as the ridiculous superhero gadgets we discuss in this episode.

    Join Britt, Andy, and returning guest hosts Zee and Ian for Bitch-Ass Earth Peppers, extreme libel of Bruce Wayne, "Peter Parkedcar", and a treadmill that does things Treadmills Should Not Do.

    Timestamps:

    • 01:05 - Intro, Invention Q&A
    • 08:00 - Trash Begets Trash 1
    • 15:55 - Trash Begets Trash 2
    • 24:38 - Trash Begets Trash 3
    • 33:50 - Trash Begets Trash 4
    • 43:53 - Wrap-Up

    Links:

    • Green Arrow's Spicy Chili
    • Bat-Female-Villain-Repellent
    • The Spider-Mobile
    • The Cosmic Treadmill

    Other stuff:

    • Check out Zee's podcast Ghosts-n-Heauxs!
    • Find more of Ian's work at iandurias.com!
    47 min
  • Episode 066 - Goofus-Level Handwriting

    Oh boy, Candide, do I have a modest proposal for you! Won't you listen to this episode about satirical publications? It's literally like 1984.

    Join Britt, Drew, and special guest Glen Tickle for The Timeliness of Mrs. Swan, a flash of Womanspiration, Ol' Spicey, A Confluence of Danzigs, and a magazine about how much of a jerk you are.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:43 - Intro, Invention Q&A
    • 08:18 - Trash Begets Trash 1
    • 18:10 - Trash Begets Trash 2
    • 23:20 - Trash Begets Trash 3 (ft. Glen Tickle)
    • 44:47 - Untitled Segment
    • 50:41 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 57:11 - Wrap-Up

    Links:

    • Reductress 
    • The Hard Times 
    • Jerk! The Magazine 

    Other stuff:

    • A Stupid and Futile Gesture (the National Lampoon movie)
    • The "children's bitch hat" was, in fact, from episode 11
    1 hr
  • Episode 065 - Ballista Chutzpah

    One man's thirst for blood could not be quenched by any mortal force. Monarchs feared and respected him. He could deliver death in 15 minutes or your money back. We are, of course, talking about Leonardo Da Vinci.

    Join Britt and Drew for lethal circus tents, Blades Go Spinny, catapult curiosity, and a treatise on cereal marshmallows.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:24 - Intro
    • 01:02 - Trash Begets Trash
    • 22:15 - Untitled Segment
    • 25:16 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 31:46 - Wrap-Up
    37 min
  • Episode 064 - Continually Reconstituting Pool of Josta

    It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's...a horrible gaping maw on a smooth silver face? Fear not, citizens, for our Pepsiman episode has arrived to quench your thirst! ...for dumb jokes!

    Join Britt and Drew for SCP mascots, Thirst-Homing, lemon balaclavas, and a fast food battle royale.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:25 - Intro
    • 00:50 - Trash Begets Trash
    • 36:37 - Untitled Segment
    • 40:37 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 45:52 - Wrap-Up
    50 min
  • Episode 063 - A Non-Euclidean Movie

    We've finally done it. A creation of humanity so deep and complex that it needed an entire episode to itself. That's right -- it's time to talk about the 1988 masterpiece Mac and Me.

    Join Britt, Drew, and guest host Alex for Too Many Vacuums, delicious Coca-Cola, and intellectual property theft.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:26 - Intro
    • 01:00 - Trash Begets Trash
    • 38:17 - Untitled Segment
    • 42:39 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 47:09 - Wrap-Up

    Links:

    • King Me! 
    • My Chemical Romance - "Helena" 
    50 min
  • Episode 062 - Little Caesars Dress Code

    Welcome to King Burger, where you can have it your way, but don't get crazy and jump out of leaf piles at innocent people! The Burger King decided to ignore this advice in his hit 2006 video game Sneak King, and we're here to give you all the unsettling deets. Followed by the surprise TBT appearance of a mysterious merch site!

    Join Britt and Drew for bad McDonald's songs, highly specific Burger King IP guidelines, mascot chest hair, and Britt's darkest secret.

    Timestamps:

    • 00:25 - Intro, Invention Q&A
    • 09:08 - Trash Begets Trash 1
    • 34:17 - Trash Begets Trash 2
    • 45:32 - Untitled Segment
    • 51:50 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 58:20 - Wrap-Up

    Trash Begets Trash:

    1. Sneak King
    2. The Taco Bell Taco Shop

    Links:

    • The Noid on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
    • Sneak King Sawmill Any% WR Speedrun
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 061 - Eating Mr. Bean

    Do you like to tickle the ivories, lay down beats, or slappa de bass? Well, what if your instrument was made of rock, fire, or the eldritch moans of the damned? Live your specific symphonic fantasies on this week's episode of Contrivance!

    Join Britt, Drew, and guest host Camron Clawson of WWFL and Players Guild for an ARG about finding our old a capella group, cave murder, and Dylan's Subaru.

    Timestamps

    • 00:52 - Intro, Invention Q&A
    • 04:30 - Trash Begets Trash 1
    • 18:21 - Trash Begets Trash 2
    • 26:14 - Trash Begets Trash 3 (ft. Camron Clawson)
    • 44:05 - Untitled Segment
    • 49:36 - Drew's Snack Corner
    • 56:11 - Wrap-Up

    Inventions

    1. Great Stalacpipe Organ (video)
    2. Pyrophone (video)
    3. Hyperbass Flute

    Other Cool Stuff

    • Cam's podcast WWFL
    • Bassbuzz
    • Ted the Caver
    59 min

About Contrivance

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Co-hosts Drew and Britt will deliver bizarre inventions, lots of goofs, and a little dash of sincerity to your ears every other week.