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On this weekly podcast, overeducated nerd codependent friends, Andrew and Dan, discuss things nerdy and geeky for all intents and purposes.

A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes Andrew Asplund & D. Bethel

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    • 5.0 • 14 Ratings

On this weekly podcast, overeducated nerd codependent friends, Andrew and Dan, discuss things nerdy and geeky for all intents and purposes.

    The Pain Box

    The Pain Box

    THE LENGTH PROBLEM: Our hosts spend a little time up top discussing the question, "What's with all the long movies?"
    MARVEL SPOTLIGHT: After finally having caught up on Marvel's Echo mini-series and The Marvels, our hosts share their thoughts about the ups, downs, and innovations of these two rather under-the-radar entries in the MCU.

    TOPICS:
    (00:00) Intro - Old men complain about long movies
    (04:58) Marvel Studios' Echo
    (23:45) Thoughts on The Marvels
    (37:54) Where Andrew and D. Bethel stand on Dune
    (40:16) Outtakes
    RELEVANT EPISODES:

    "The Black Arts of Algorithms" (5 August 2016): Where our hosts discuss the similarly shameful discourse around Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.
    INFO:

    Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page Social: Andrew - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    FEATURED MUSIC:

    "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae "District Four" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 41 min
    Private Scientists

    Private Scientists

    THE AHSOKA PROBLEM: D. tries to watch the most recent Disney+ Star Wars show, Ahsoka, and while he enjoys it he can't help feeling like he's missing a lot of important context and information.

    TOPICS:

    (00:00) Intro - Dan really wants to like Ahsoka.
    (21:35) A brief sojourn into discussing episodic vs. serialized television
    (32:14) Star Wars homework vs. Marvel homework
    (43:05) Outro - "Say Something Nice" and Highlander 2: The Quickening
    (46:28) Outtakes


    "SAY SOMETHING NICE": D. Bethel proposes a new idea for a podcast or a segment on the show.

    RELEVANT EPISODES:

    "Of Underwear Models & Wayward Sons" (11 September 2014): Where our hosts discuss the benefits and deficits between serialized and episodic televised storytelling.
    RELEVANT LINKS:

    A More Civilized Age, "Knights of the Old Republic 01" - the Star Wars: Rebels podcast that paused on their discussion of the show (due to the onset of the writer's strike) and instead played through Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
    INFO:

    Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page Social: Andrew - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel.

    FEATURED MUSIC:

    "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae "District Four" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 47 min
    Ear Covid

    Ear Covid

    AD&D (ANDREW, DUNGEONS, & DRAGONS): Andrew, after years away, gets drawn into a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Planescape adventure and shares his thoughts on how the game looks after having avoided it for so long.

    TOPICS:

    (00:00) Intro - The dangers of COVID broadcasting
    (01:35) Andrew's new D&D adventure adventure
    (51:02) Outro - Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show
    (55:16) Outtakes

    RELEVANT EPISODES:

    "The Space Dog and Bacchus Show" (21 August 2014): Where Andrew first experiments with Dungeons & Dragons' 5th Edition open beta, DnDNext. "Some Solid Copy" (31 July 2015): Where our hosts discuss Jon Stewart's departure from The Daily Show. "Choose Your Weapon" (31 July 2020): Where Andrew discusses the documentary, Secret of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons.
    INFO:

    Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page Social: Andrew - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel. FEATURED MUSIC:
    “Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae “District Four” by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 57 min
    Attachment Point

    Attachment Point

    WEEK IN SICK: Andrew's back after being ill and he has some stuff to share! This week, he talks about watching five seasons of the CBS reboot of Magnum, P.I. and how it not only connects with the original show, but how it connects to all of CBS' reboot shows (Hawaii Five-O, and Macgyver). D. Bethel, who was not sick, talks briefly about starting the throwback JRPG, Sea of Stars, by Sabotage Studio. (Thank you to Kyrun Silva for helping out at the beginning of the episode!)

    TOPICS:
    (00:00) Intro - Andrew returns and talks about having COVID again.
    (05:35) Andrew's Week in Sick: Magnum, P.I.
    (27:12) D. Bethel's Week in Not-Sick: Sea of Stars
    (34:52) Outro - Sausage Update
    (39:09) Outtakes

    RELEVANT EPISODES:

    "Mr. Moustache" (21 September 2018): Where Andrew first discusses the Magnum, P.I. reboot. "Wet Shirt Feels" (16 August 2019): Where D. Bethel shares his thoughts about Sabotage Studio's previous––and very different––game, The Messenger. "Sad News Theme" (28 February 2020): Where Andrew talks about the Macgyver reboot.
    INFO:

    Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page Social: Andrew - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram Find Kyrun Silva and his work at TaurusComics.com and on Instagram and Twitter and listen to his podcast, The 4 Tales Podcast. Like, subscribe, and bell-ring to our YouTube channel.

    FEATURED MUSIC:

    "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae "District Four" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Hot Pausin'" Written and performed by Glenn & D. Bethel

    • 41 min
    The Full Kyrun

    The Full Kyrun

    THE STROMAN ARGUMENT: Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics and the 4 Tales Podcast joins D. Bethel for this week's show and they talk a bit about some recent guests Kyrun has had on his podcast.

    WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Kyrun dives into Alan Moore's celebrated run on DC Comics' Swamp Thing while D. Bethel is awestruck by Godzilla Minus One (though, technically, he watched Godzilla Minus One Minus Color).

    Follow Kyrun on the following services:

    Taurus Comics on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok 4 Tales Podcast on YouTube, and Facebook
    TOPICS:

    (00:00) Intro - Welcome, Kyrun Silva!
    (11:20) Kyrun's Week in Geek: Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
    (21:10) D. Bethel's Week in Geek: Godzilla Minus One Minus Color
    (42:46) Outro - A Mini Con Artists
    (46:25) Outtakes

    RELEVANT LINKS:

    4 Tales Podcast Live from Crocker Con 2023 (featuring D. Bethel and Robert Love). "Godzilla Fhtagn": an essay about the 2014 American production, Godzilla, and its Lovecraftian overtones by D. Bethel.
    INFO:

    Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page Social: Andrew - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    FEATURED MUSIC:

    "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae "District Four" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 47 min
    Lunch Tal

    Lunch Tal

    PROOF OF LIFE: Our hosts have been absent for a few weeks and wanted to check in and discuss why. They also provide a short Week in Geek with Andrew talking about playing Dungeons & Dragons again for the first time in years while D. Bethel was quite impressed with Max's animated sci-fi series, Scavengers Reign.

    INFO:

    Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page Social: Andrew - Mastodon, D. Bethel - Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel.
    FEATURED MUSIC:

    "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae "District Four" by Kevin McLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    • 5 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Arconna ,

Super Geeks with Commas

For All Intents is a solid geek commentary show featuring two folks who really bring their A Game to every episode. I'm actually surprised that they can pack so much content and high level commentary into each episode. What's their secret? Probably mutant superpowers of some kind. Or maybe they just have great chemistry and have a lot of interesting things to say about the world of geekery, whether it's film, games, comics, etc.

If what you want is a really solid geek show, this one should do the trick. Give it your earholes.

Kyrun49 ,

Kyrun49

Amazing Podcast. I try not to miss an episode. These two guys are always fun and insightful. Keep up the great work

Rip Tearington ,

Great podcast covering nerd topics

I love this show. The hosts have great insight into all things nerdy and have great rapport and banter. Definitely worth a listen!

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