No Story Is Sacred

In this episode we discuss the 1984 film Streets of Fire. You can watch it on Netflix, or rent it from Youtube, or Apple TV. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of misogyny, quick rape mention, and our strange obsession with Willem DeFoe.

We reference or spoil: Fire Inc’s “Nowhere Fast”, “I was studying the blade” meme, Fire Inc’s “Tonight Is What It Means to be Young”, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, the fair folk, Batman: The Animated Series, Jim Steinman, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes radio series, Meat Loaf, Road to Hell, The Lighthouse, Willem DeFoe’s general existence, Ghostbusters, Lucifer tv show, In the Heights, Mad Max: Fury Road, Indiana Jones, Labyrinth, Tam Lin, The Witcher, Bonnie and Clyde, Thelma & Louise, The Iliad, The Warriors, Glee, El Mariachi, Six-String Samurai, West Side Story, Taken, “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Star Trek, The Star Trek Comedy Album, Banned from Argo by Leslie Fish, Cowboy Bebop, “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meat Loaf, Cowboy Bebop “Anything for Love” AMV, Redline, Jeremy Jordan’s cover of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater.

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The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss the classic Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. You can read it online from the Folger Shakespeare Library. 

Content warnings for strong language, Shakespeare-level misogyny, terrible Boston accents, and Boston-memes

We reference or spoil: Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Great Food Truck Race, Project Runway “it’s fucking red” meme, Kenneth Branaugh and Emma Thompson’s 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing, David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s 2011 production of Much Ado About Nothing, Joss Whedon’s 2011 film Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, House (TV), Frozen, Kit Marlowe‘s Faust, Shakespeare in Love, Family Guy, No Story Is Sacred “Playing It Cool” episode, What’s Your Number, Not Another Teen Movie, 2007-2008 Writers’ Strike, WandaVision, The Bachelor (2018-19 season), Weekend at Bernie’s, Titus Andronicus, Readercon, Mean Girls, Scott Pilgrim vs the World (film), and SNL the couple that should get divorced sketch

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. 

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In this episode Brendan, Pippin, and Alex play the tabletop role-playing game Honey Heist, created by Grant Howitt. You can obtain the game directly from the creator. 

Content warnings for strong language, bear violence, too many puns, and wandering accents

We reference or spoil: Honey Heist, Noreascon, Worldcon, Leverage, Fast and the Furious cinematic universe, the origin of the name Artur, Get Carter (1971), The Trip (2011), Inception, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Doctor Who, Paddington, Brother Bear, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, “Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions” by The Lonely Island

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. Kat will also be attending Readercon 31 on August 13th.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

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In this episode we discuss the 1996 film Space Jam. You can watch it on YouTube, Amazon Prime, or HBO Max. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussion of pandemics and vaccinations, general 90s awfulness (including misogyny and use of outdated terms for those with intellectual disabilities), references to R. Kelly, references to Nazis, and live demonstrations of Punnett squares.

We reference or spoil: Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies multiverse, Sesame Street/The Muppet Show, Community episode “Regional Holiday Music“, Glee, Parks and Recreation, “Gotta Get Thru This” by Daniel Bedingfield, Bo Burnham‘s Inside, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ted Lasso, Loki (television show), It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Nike shoe commercials with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, the Batman multiverse, Jurassic Park, Caddyshack, The Muppets (2011), Flight of the Conchords‘ “Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor“, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the Bechdel Test, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, John Mulaney‘s “Kid Gorgeous“, Teen Titans Go! (television show), Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam, Robin Hood (1973), Great Mouse Detective (1986), Zootopia (2016), Saturday Night Live Season 46 Episode 16, Thor: Ragnarok, Detective Pikachu, Police Squad!, Betty Boop, Lewis Carroll‘s Alice in Wonderland, and Magic Mike XXL

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. Kat will also be attending Readercon 31 in August.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

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In this episode we discuss an original story idea by Brendan!

Content warnings for strong language, discussion of climate change, bugs, bug horror, body horror, Covid talk, and the destruction of Lyntton, British Columbia.

We reference or spoil: “In the Navy” by The Village People, Margaritaville restaurant, Animaniacs, No Story is Sacred episode “Writ of Attachment“, Wachowski sisters, Kevin Feige, A Quiet Place 1 & 2, The War of the Worlds, Waterworld, Jurassic Park, The Martian, Ursula Vernon’s Potato Rant, Signs, cicadas, Seth Meyer’s “Cicada, Cicada” bit, Mythic Quest, “I’m On a Boat” by The Lonely Island, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Last Cruise, 1632 by Eric Flint, Baen Free Library, Apollo 13, Community, Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Princess Bride, The Thing, Loki, “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry, Captain Phillips, Star Trek, Hero’s Journey, enemies to lovers trope, the curtain is blue, Esther Friesner’s Wishing Season, Galaxy Quest, NSIS: “My Best Frenemy”, NSIS: “A Body in the Void”, NSIS: “Spaceman 2: Electric Boogaloo”, The Mummy, Gravity Falls, Ruth from the Bible, and Mortal Kombat

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. Kat will also be attending Readercon 31 in August.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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It’s the fifth Wednesday minisode! In this shorter episode we talk about the Apple TV show Mythic Quest

Content warnings for strong language, discussions about the relationship between art and commerce, and Kat’s complete inability to understand the very basics of video games 

We reference or spoil: Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, MMORPGs, World of Warcraft, The Nebula Awards, Questie Besties podcast, How I Met Your Mother, Black Mirror, Palm Springs, early science fiction publishing, Carnegie Mellon’s Electronic Technology Center, Rob McElhenny’s Seth Myers interview, Ubisoft, video game “crunch”, how traditional publishing works, how copyright works, how contracts work, #DisneyMustPay, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Rick and Morty, Ted Lasso, GGL, and GDC

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In this episode we discuss the 1999 film Wing Commander. You can watch it on YouTube, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of women killed to promote a man’s story, misogyny and “future” racism in the text, sex jokes, several minutes’ worth of trying to remember New Hampshire movie theatres from the 90s, bad French accents, and terrible Reformation jokes

We reference or spoil: Wing Commander video game, Rent, Tick, Tick… Boom!, NSIS Ep 90: “Writ of Attachment”, The Matrix, Mortal Kombat, Top Gun, Hunt for Red October, Gattaca, Galaxy Quest, Star Citizen, Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Star Wars cinematic universe, Mitchell and Webb “Are We the Baddies?“, Star Trek Comedy Album, Wellerman shanty, The Iliad and The Odyssey, Starship Troopers, The Mitchells vs The Machines, Hercule Poirot television series, She’s All That, Down Periscope, Doyle and Macdonald Mageworlds universe, NSIS Ep: 70: “Shenangineers to the Rescue”, Hot Shots!, The Princess Bride, Loki television series, Dark City, Lord of the Rings, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, NSIS Ep: 03 “Macbeth”, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Hackers, Up, and Hot Fuzz

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. Kat also has a new short story in Apex Magazine, “DEMON FIGHTER SUCKS”.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

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In this episode we discuss an original story idea by Pippin.

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of inappropriate work relationships, misunderstandings of how the law works, and bad lawyer puns.

We reference or spoil: various legal terms, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, She’s All That, Legal Eagle youtube channel, John Grisham, Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance”, Daredevil, Gail Carriger, Grey’s Anatomy, Enchanted, Invincible cartoon, Pride and Prejudice, Private Practice, Chuck Tingle’s oeuvre, Legally Blonde, Fifty Shades of Grey, Darcy Lewis from MCU, She-Hulk, NSIS episode: My Best Frenemy, Clueless, Paul Rudd’s general existence, Mac and Me, Much Ado About Nothing, The Apostles, The Beatles, Spotify’s not truly random randomizer, Bridgerton, NSIS episode: Body in the Void, NSIS episode: The Orphaned Light, NSIS episode: Escape from Flavortown, Sherlock Holmes Reichenbach Falls, and The Witcher,

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. Kat also has a new short story in Apex Magazine, “DEMON FIGHTER SUCKS”.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss the 2021 film Mortal Kombat. You can watch it in theaters or on HBO Max. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of extreme violence, misogyny, and fridging, and more bad jokes than usual.

We reference or spoil:  The Mortal Kombat extended universe, Cole Younger of the James-Younger Gang, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, “MORTAL KOMBAT BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed!” from New Rockstars, Stefon meme, The Bechdel Test, Tuxedo Mask meme, Coldplay’s “Fix You”, The Hobbit, Billy Madison, Teen Wolf, and Fyre Fest 

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater. Kat also has a new short story in Apex Magazine, “DEMON FIGHTER SUCKS”.

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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In this episode we discuss the 2001 film The Fast and the Furious. You can watch it online on Amazon, YouTube, or HBO Max. 

Content warnings for strong language, discussions of homophobic slurs, police brutality, Asian-American violence, and real-life death.

We reference or spoil:  Guys & Dolls, The Simpsons, Oh, Hello, the Fast & Furious cinematic universe, Hello from the Magic Tavern, Point Break, Ford v Ferrari, Back to the Future, the Marvel cinematic universe, The Room, DragonBall Z, New Girl, and Ghost.

Also check out Kat’s The Minor Hours and Small Thoughts Magazine and Bren’s Select Start improv shows benefiting Arcade Comedy Theater .

Don’t forget to rate and review us on iTunes, and, if you’re so inclined, contribute to our Patreon.  

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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