The Culture Quest

Our humble adventurers are still trying to find the video game that would win their love, as they play Gris - a very charming, artistic indie video game about a girl that is dealing with grief.

Episode Breakdown:

• On Tavern Talk, we discuss movies that we like but don’t fully understand. (00:02:07)
• Peter introduces today’s subject - Gris. (00:16:14)
• We talk about how long it took us to play the game, and our general thoughts about it. (00:19:33)
• We break down the story of the game. (00:29:02)
• We talk about the gameplay. (00:40:11)
• We talk about the visual presentation of the game. (00:46:53)
• We talk about the soundtrack of the game. (00:50:24)
• We talk about the colors some more. (00:52:09)
• We mention the logo of the game and ponder about its meaning. (00:55:05)
• We briefly summarise our thoughts. (00:57:05)
• We then take a vote and see whether or not Gris belongs in our CQEG or not! (00:58:25)
• Baryo introduces the topic of our next episode - Enter the Dragon (IMDb). (01:01:53)
• Stick around and enjoy a promo for ‘That Song from That Movie’ podcast (@tsftmpod). (01:06:24)

The discussion about the logo on the Gris subreddit.

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

‘Gris, Part 1’ by Berlinist, covered by Ynon Hermon.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The episode was recorded on Dec. 4th, and originally released on Dec 27th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers take a trip back in time to discuss the story of Swordquest - a 1983 video-game series by Atari, that had some ambition and a bunch of charm to it.

This side-quest’s accompanying presentation is available at:

• YouTube.
• Google Slides.

Episode Breakdown:

• We kick things off by introducing the subject and explaining the side-quest format.
• We then start the side-quest itself by going over the subjects we’re going to discuss (00:03:19):
• A history of the video-game industry. (00:05:49)
• Swordquest! (00:17:28)
• The North-American Video-Game Crash of 1983. (00:34:44)
• Swordquest after the Video-Game Crash. (00:44:57)
• Swordquest - today. (00:49:46)
• We then have a discussion about some conclusions and thoughts. (00:54:09)
• Stick around and listen to a promo for the Play Comics podcast! (@playcomicscast) (01:05:09)

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The episode was recorded on November 21st, and originally released on December 13th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers find new ways to stretch the limits of their comfort zones - this time, they’re listening to War by U2, a band that they never really liked, despite never really getting to know them. Will they be able to keep an open mind throughout these two weeks? Will they end up falling in love with the album? Will they change their mind about U2? Will they be able to think of a fourth clickbaity line for the show-notes? All that and some more, on today’s Culture Quest episode!

Episode Breakdown:

• In today’s Tavern Talk, we’re talking about our favorite bits of acting performance. (00:02:20)
• Ynon introduces the band U2 and the album War. (00:17:59)
• We talk about our general thoughts and feelings towards the album. (00:20:27)
• We discuss our favorite and least favorite songs from the album. (00:34:56)
• We dig a bit deeper into Sunday Bloody Sunday. (00:43:54)
• We talk about how memorable the songs on the album were. (00:49:05)
• We consider U2 as a live band. (00:54:14)
• We then summarize our thoughts. (00:56:36)
• Baryo poses an interesting question. (01:00:36)
• We then take a vote and see whether or not U2’s War belongs in our CQEG or not! (01:03:28)
• We introduce the topic of two of our upcoming episodes - a Swordquest Side quest and Gris (Steam). (01:07:59)
• We play a quick message about the Givewell Organization. (01:13:54)
• And lastly, we have a promo for Space Oddities, a comic book created by our friends at the Geeksploration Podcast (@geeksplorepod).

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

‘Change My Mind’ intro bit - written and performed by Ynon Hermon.

The episode was recorded on Nov. 6th, and originally released on Nov. 29th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers run from their troubles, only to find themselves alone in the forest with nothing but a walkie-talkie in their pockets and a conspiracy on their hands. 

Episode Breakdown:

• In today’s episode, we answer the question: What’s the dumbest thing you’ve spent money on? (Link and Link) (00:02:46)
• We Introduce Firewatch (Steam) - the story, the characters, the gameplay. (00:14:19)
• We discuss our experience with the game and share our general thoughts. (00:20:19)
• We then discuss our interpretation of the meaning of the game and we compare Henry, the protagonist, with the other characters. (00:36:38)
• We mention the 'alternate endings' to the story and we talk about our opinions of the ending. (00:40:19)
• We dig a bit deeper into Delilah's character and her side of the story. (00:47:59)
• We talk about the location in which the story takes place, the Shoshone national forest and whether we think we could enjoy taking a job like this. (00:59:01)
• We summarize our thoughts about the game. (01:08:00)
• We then take a vote and see whether Firewatch belongs in our CQEG or not! (01:09:45)
• We close the episode by introducing the subject of our next episode - U2’s War (Allmusic). (01:18:54)
• We have a quick message to the listener about the Givewell Organization. This message will be added at the end of each of our future episodes. (01:25:52)
• Today’s promo is for the Cold Callers Comedy podcast (@coldcallers), check it out! (01:27:43)

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

This episode’s intro bit features our good friend, the very talented Cassie from the Happy Hour Gets Weird podcast (@HHGetsWeird), as Delilah, alongside our very own Baryo, as himself.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The episode was recorded on Oct. 23rd, and originally released on Nov. 15th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers stumble upon a calendar and notice that it’s been one year since they’ve set on their quest! We take off our top hats and put on our party hats, as we sit down and discuss everything we’ve done so far, including naming our first yearly MVP!

Episode Breakdown:

• We begin by summarising everything we’ve done so far and seeing how it all breaks down - we talk about the fact that we’ve done more movies than anything else, and we bring up stuff we would like to do in the future. (00:02:52)
• We then look at the subjects that each of us tends to choose for the podcast. (00:17:14)
• We go over all of the subjects that were selected for the CQEG and who has chosen the most CQEG-worthy subjects. (00:21:44)
• We mention subjects that we’ve talked about throughout the quest that we still enjoy today. (00:23:05)
• We think about subjects that we’ve talked about and later wanted to add to or rephrase what we said, which also leads us to discussing a bit of the editing process. (00:26:14)
• We talk about which episodes made us feel the most outside of our comfort zones. (00:30:09)
• We discuss Tavern Talk segment topics that we’ve maybe changed our minds on. (00:35:05)
• We each bring up our favorite episode so far (00:39:47).
• We then talk about whether or not we’ve learned something about ourselves by doing this podcast and if it changed the way we approach things. (00:43:06)
• We discuss our goals for the future of this podcast. (00:59:32)
• We summarize our thoughts about everything. (01:05:15)
• We introduce our Culture Quest Podcast Year 1 MVP! (01:08:26)
• Baryo introduces the subject of our next episode - Firewatch (Steam). (01:17:01)
• Bonus! A ~5 minutes clip of Shocked & Applaud podcast (@ShockedApplaud). Stick around and give it a listen!

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The episode was recorded on Oct. 2nd, and originally released on Nov. 1st, 2020.

Our humble adventurers learn to embrace their destinies, to run their own races, and to appreciate carrots, peas and onions. It’s a whole journey.

Episode Breakdown:

• In today’s Taver Talk, we’re discussing our favorite album closers. (00:02:14)
• The songs from this segment:
• The Beatles - A Day in the Life - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
• Damien Rice - Eskimo - O.
• Tom Waits - Closing Time - Closing Time.
• Radiohead - True Love Waits - A Moon Shaped Pool.
• Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - Hidden Track - Poor Boy / Lucky Man.
• Whitey Morgan & the 78’s - Long Road Home - White Morgan & the 78’s.
• Bob Dylan - Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Blonde on Blonde.
• Hugh Jackman - From Now On - The Greatest Showman.
• Deep Purple - April - Deep Purple.
• We then move on to discuss Forrest Gump - Peter introduces the movie. (00:34:56)
• We talk about our personal experiences with this movie. (00:42:48)
• We discuss interpretations of the story of Forrest Gump and other things we’ve taken from it. (00:45:46)
• We get a bit deeper into the character of Jenny. (01:01:45)
• We briefly touch the storytelling techniques in the movie. (01:08:40)
• We bring up our favorite parts in the movie. (01:12:24)
• We compare a few points between the movie and the book it’s based on (Goodreads). (01:21:03)
• We mention Michael Conner Humphreys, the actor who plays the young Forrest. (01:25:32)
• We summarize our thoughts about the movie and the experience we had watching it and discussing it (01:26:16).
• We then take a vote and see whether Forrest Gump belongs in our CQEG or not! (01:32:55)
• Before we close this episode, we’re introducing the subject of our next episode - the Culture Quest Podcast 1-Year Party Episode. (01:35:42)
• Stick around and check out a promo clip for the SpyHards podcast (@SpyHards). (01:38:18)

The Culture Quest Radio playlist is on Apple Music and Spotify! It includes all of the songs that we’ve discussed on Tavern Talk and the CQ Radio special episode.

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The Feather theme, by Alan Silvestri, played by Ynon Hermon.

The episode was recorded on Sep. 26th, and originally released on Oct. 18th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers enjoy a considerable dose of anarchism as they compare one of their favorite movies to the book it is based on.

Episode Breakdown:

• For Tavern Talk, we’re discussing fictional places that we would have loved to go and visit. (00:02:32)
• We move on and discuss Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. (00:16:44)
• A fairly quick synopsis of the book. (00:18:15)
• We each share what our experience with the book was like. (00:23:48)
• We discuss our favorite parts in the book. (00:38:58).
• We go over the different endings in the book and Fight Club movie, and pick our favorites. (00:53:29)
• We summarize our thoughts about the book and discuss whether we liked the book or the movie better. (01:03:07)
• We take a vote to see whether or not Fight Club has a place in the CQEG! (01:10:51)
• Peter introduces the subject of our next episode - Forrest Gump! (01:14:40)
• Stick around and catch a promo clip for the Drink Drunk Dead Podcast (@drinkdrunkdead)

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The intro bit was done by our good friends, Dan Felton from the Assorted Goods Podcast (@AssortedGoodsPC) and Leon Davis from the One Good Question Podcast (@givegoodq) - both are our network mates at All the People network:

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The episode was recorded on Sept. 11th, and originally released on Oct. 4th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers learn about the philosophy of a master craftsman, and realize that they were born to be just above average, at the very best.

Episode Breakdown:

• In this episode’s Tavern Talk segment, we’re talking about a few of our favorite album openers. (00:02:50)
• The songs from the segment:
• Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels - Killer, 1971.
• John Lennon - Mother - Plastic Ono Band, 1970.
• LP - Muddy Waters - Lost on You, 2016.
• B.B. King - Every Day I Have the Blues - Live at the Regal, 1965.
• Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Bartender - Live at Radio City Music Hall, 2007.
• System of a Down - Soldier Side - Mezmerize and Hypnotize, 2005.
• AC/DC - It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ’n’ Roll) - High Voltage, 1976.
• Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand - Presence, 1976.
• Hadorbanim (The Porcupines) - Lo Pogea - Ehad Ahrei Hasheni, 2009.
• Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone - Highway 61 Revisited, 1965.
• We then move on and discuss Jiro Dreams of Sushi. We introduce the movie and share our general thoughts about it. (00:35:28).
• We talk about the food that was shown in the movie. (00:50:01)
• We talk about how Jiro’s place used to have a 3 Michelin Stars ranking and why it lost it, which leads us to talking about how much eating at Jiro’s cost. (00:52:49)
• We then discuss the restaurant’s website and how well it portrays Jiro’s attitude through text and pictures. (00:56:21)
• We then break down Jiro’s life philosophy and ask ourselves if we can apply it in our lives. (01:01:06)
• We bring up a few things that we felt were missing from the movie. (01:09:49)
• We summarize our thoughts. (01:21:39)
• We take a vote and see whether Jiro Dreams of Sushi has a place in our CQEG or not! (01:24:47)
• We introduce the subject of our next episode - Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk. (01:33:18)
• Stick around and catch a promo clip for the Petri Dish: A Science Comedy Podcast (@DishPodcast).

The Culture Quest Radio playlist is on Apple Music and Spotify! It includes all of the songs that we’ve discussed on Tavern Talk and the CQ Radio special episode.

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The episode was recorded on August 21st, and originally released on September 20th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers stumble upon an album that marks a change in the style of one of the biggest bands of the 90s, a period that they are not too familiar with. 

We've encountered a few technical difficulties during the recording of this episode, so please forgive any faults in the sound near the end of the episode.

Episode Breakdown:

•  In this episode’s Tavern Talk segment, we’re playing a game called ‘Missing in Translation’! (00:01:46).
• We then head into the main discussion, which is all about Radiohead’s Kid A. Peter introduces the band and the album. (00:22:46)
• We talk about each of our experiences listening to this album, our knowledge of Radiohead in the past and how Peter chose this album for the podcast (00:28:18).
• We go through the album song by song:
• Everything In Its Right Place. (00:38:22).
• Kid A. (00:40:29)
• The National Anthem. (00:42:59)
• How to Disappear completely. (00:46:43)
• Treefingers. (00:51:47)
• Optimistic. (00:52:17)
•  In Limbo. (00:54:33)
• Idioteque. (00:56:36)
• Morning Bell. (01:02:46)
• Motion Picture Soundtrack (01:04:48).
• We then move on and discuss the lyrics in the album, the writing and recording process and the perfect time and place for this album. (01:08:58).
• Peter ranks the Radiohead albums that he got to know and tells us a bit about each one. (01:17:43)
• We summarize our thoughts about this experience. (01:25:04).
• We take a vote to see whether or not Kid A will be included in the CQEG! (01:26:44)
• Baryo introduces the subject of our next episode - Jiro Dreams of Sushi (IMDb).
• Stick around and check out a promo clip for the Cheers to Comics podcast! (@CheerstoComics)

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com, follow on Twitter - @allthenetwork or on Instagram - all_the_people_network.

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

Intro bit: Everything In Its Right Place by Radiohead, played by Ynon Hermon.

The episode was recorded on Aug. 7th, and originally released on Sept. 6th, 2020.

Our humble adventurers learn not to judge a book by its cover, or by the Michael Bay movies that are based on it.

Episode Breakdown:

• In today’s Tavern Talk segment - toys from our childhood and collecting toys! (00:02:27).
• Introducing some of the Transformers’ franchise history and Last Stand of the Wreckers (00:21:40).
• We discuss our experience with this comic series and our general thoughts about it (00:25:18).
• We turn our attention to the art and drawings in this series  (00:34:31).
• We talk about the different storylines in the book (00:40:14) and we go on a quick tangent about Star Wars (00:49:13).
• We discuss what we know about Nick Roche, the author (00:50:22).
• We bring up basically all the transforming that goes on in the series (00:53:59).
• Ynon compares LSW to other Transformer stuff he’s read about (00:56:09).
• We summarize our feelings (00:58:01).
• We take a vote to see whether or not LSW will be included in the CQEG! (01:00:43)
• Peter introduces the subject of our next episode - Radiohead’s Kid A (01:06:15).
• Stick around and check out a promo clip for the Too Many Captains podcast (@itsafilmpodcast) (01:12:57).

Contact us! Send us questions, ideas, voice mail, criticism!

Email: [email protected]

Visit us: CultureQuestPodcast.com

Twitter: @CQ_Podcast.

The Culture Quest Essentials Guide: CQEG.

Shirts and merchandise on Teespring.

The Culture Quest Podcast is part of the All the People Podcast Network! For more independent podcasts, visit AllThePeopleNetwork.com

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

‘Journeyman’ by Aakash Gandhi.

The episode was recorded on July 31st, and originally released on Aug. 23, 2020.