The Weekly Substandard Expanded Universe

On his first appearance on the podcast, Ming talked with the boys about Comic-Con and how it actually works. He joins the podcast again to chat about the conventions that he has recently visited and, perhaps most importantly, his Woody. Jon Gruden phones in to the podcast and counts while Chris has become obsessed with space poop. Also, more of Judge Jeanine.

The boys are joined by The Bulwark's Jim Swift to chat about life in Woodbridge, D.C., politics, and the Free Beacon. They have also watched Mortal Engines so that you won't have to.

Ryan, a Hoosier born and raised, has feelings about Andrew Luck's retirement. Chris tries to remember things again. Piper makes a guest appearance. Thomas is in favor of background checks. Is Ron Howard trash?

Bonus: Prison Basketball.

The gang's all here! They talk about the Blank Check Podcast, the SSEU Fantasy Draft, The Boys, Archer, bears, Costco, and have some bracket thoughts.

In this episode, Thomas and Chris are joined by Jason to discuss the upcoming bracket. They also have time to revisit the question of what a movie star actually is, talk about how old Chris' wife is, and the trip that Thomas recently took to the Grand Canyon. Perhaps more importantly though, there's a poop story.

Everyone, all four boys on the podcast this week, has been to see Tarantino's new movie. They talk about it, Tarantino's filmography, and more on this week's pirate episode.

We can once again expect long monologues with Chris back on the podcast. Chris talks about having been on the podcast injured reserve, Thomas has visited a quintessential American establishment, and there is more baseball talk than anyone could possibly ask for.

Ryan and Thomas hit the airwaves to discuss American Carnage, the Emmy Nominations, Ryan's incident with Matty, and Ian McShane.

Ryan and Thomas are joined by longtime SSEU and Megathread participant Matt Roberts, filling in for an ill Chris, in this week's episode.

Chris is on vacation, Thomas hates gutters, and Ryan is out driving. Our hosts also talk about a NYT article summarizing the top 20 dramas since The Sopranos and give their own rankings.