Midwest Shitfest

Hamblin starts things by with A Very Punchable Face:A Memoir by Colin Jost and the movie Bad Trip by Eric Andre. McLean shares his thoughts on Wild Rift, the new mobile game by Riot Games, and the Amazon Prime adaptation of the comic series Invincible. Ethan speaks on the classic board game Betrayal: House on the Hill, and wraps things up explaining the YouTube channel Let's Game It Out. 

McLean brings a question to the table inspired by Star Wars. All three answer their top battle song choices, while also bringing up quite a few honorable mentions. 

Ethan asks McLean to share his life story while we learn the events that brought Midwest Shitfest together. 

Hamblin kicks things off with Dororo a classic manga series and invites us into the mobile gaming world with Marvel Collect! Ethan brings up Steven Levitan's creations Modern Family and Just Shoot Me, while paying tribute to George Segal. McLean interprets the spirits with the board game Mysterium and gives us his opinion on Nintendo's "brand new" system. 

Family road trips in the Midwest are one of a kind! McLean and Hamblin tell us which one was the most memorable, for better or worse. 

On this episode Hamblin tackles The American Splendor Comic and saves you a bunch of time with The Last Blockbuster documentary on Netflix.  McLean spouts on about Matt LeBlanc's show Episodes, and a game with a perfect rating on Steam called Hades. Ethan blabbers on about turning Red Dragon Inn into a drinking game and wraps things up with the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Everyone had a memorable teacher, but which one had the biggest impact on you? Hamblin and McLean reminisce about their education and discuss the most influential teacher they ever had. 

Hamblin gets the ball rolling with Hack/Slash, a horror comic book from Image Comics, then turns the podcast into a love letter to Jonah Hill in true Hamblin fashion. McLean shares his taste in music with Sub Radio, a band all over Reddit, and Cold Kingdom, a hard rock band from the Midwest. Ethan talks about working with Lake Street Dive, and urges you to stop listening to the episode to go watch one of the best films of 2020.

McLean and Hamblin learn about The Ring of Gyges from Plato! Then they answer, with some shady stuff, what they would do with the power of invisibility! 

***McLean loves The United States of America***

Ethan, Austin, and McLean take a look at this year March Madness tournament and debate which mascot from the "Midwest" would win if NCAA basketball games were settled by mascots fighting each other in a cage match.