Egad! The Podcast

Download | Subscribe | iTunes After a much-too-long hiatus, Egad! returns wth a new episode. In it, we discuss the grim dystopia we’ve found ourselves in, the indie publishing business, improv classes and whether comedy has a place in the Trump regime, and what we’ve been watching and reading, including The OA, The Good Place, […]

EGAD! makes a semi-triumphant comeback with talk about the current state of TV, the desire to retreat into familiar entertainment, belated Mad Men and Orphan Black post-mortems, video game and film chat, plus Paul's plan to increase listenership as well as his flawless David Lynch impression.

Download | Subscribe | iTunes In episode 11, recorded before Paul’s dental surgery, Leland and Paul discuss why no one cares about NSA surveillance, “adventure capitalism,” whether MFA writing programs are a pyramid scheme, the backlash against Miranda July, Birdman, and what they’ve been reading and watching. Citizenfour Birdman Things I Can Say About MFA Writing […]

Download | Subscribe | iTunes In this tenth episode/one year anniversary celebration, Leland and Paul take on Transparent, what defines “serious” or “adult” fiction, and whether literary types take themselves too damned seriously. (Spoiler alert: they do.) Links Transparent Death by China Lucy Emily St. John Mandell – Station Eleven Ruth Ozeki – A Tale for […]

Download | Subscribe | iTunes Leland and Paul discuss the potential X-Files revival, Oscar nominations, Leland’s disappointment with Boyhood, and their shared disinterest in historical biopics. They also pitch an Expendables spin-off starring badass aging women stars, make predictions on how Mad Men will end, and chat about what they’ve been reading and playing. Links How Books […]

Leland and Paul stare into their scrying orbs and offer their cultural predictions for the New Year. They also talk shop about fiction writing, heap praise upon Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven, express apocalypse fatigue, chat more about race and Hollywood, discuss forgotten-yet-classic episodes of the Twilight Zone, and much more.

Download | Subscribe | iTunes In this impromptu, off-the-cuff, and lightly edited holiday episode of EGAD!, Leland and Paul ostensibly discuss our favorite comfort media that we turn to in times of sickness or year end. Including: Mystery Science Theater 3000, Airplane!, comedy specials and albums new and old (Chris Rock, Maria Bamford, Wyatt Cenac, David […]

Download | Subscribe | iTunes Video games!!! After months of health issues and various maladies, Leland and Paul emerge from the valley of the shadow of death for a long-overdue return to podcasting. We chat about how we’ve been convalescing: lots of video games, reading, and movies and TV. We discuss the totally awesome ’90s video […]

Back in our day, coders were either tinkering nebbishes, family members incapable of human connection, or methed-out goths wearing unfortunate facial hair and flowing trenchcoats. With the popularity of Watch Dogs, Halt and Catch Fire, Silicon Valley, and their ilk, Leland and Paul discuss the rise of the coder as a hip cultural figure — rebel hackers, iconoclastic visionaries, and brogrammer entrepreneurs.

Direct download link | Subscribe | iTunes Books! Paul and Leland chat about the legacy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as well as what they’ve been reading, including Lawrence Wright’s Scientology expose and the Pulitzer-winning novel The Goldfinch. Also covered: devil-worshipping rocket engineer Jack Parsons, character-driven science fiction, and why the web browser fails as a […]