Episode 141. Welcome to our IPTBE, an Indoor Podcasting and Team-Building Episode. We discuss how the show advances farther in these episodes than you would've guessed, imagery borrowed straight from Lost, themes of doubles, if Natalie ever gets to be herself, and whether The Board is a literal board, like a piece of wood.Click here to watch a video of this episode.
(00:00) - Intro
(00:02) - Welcome and banter
(01:00) - General thoughts on Severance s2 ep1-5
(06:09) - Spoilers for Severance s2 start here
(06:31) - The new MDR team
(11:03) - Doubles, doppelgangers, and diptychs
(16:48) - Mr. Milchick is a standout this season so far
(22:52) - Who the hell is Ms. Huang?
(27:34) - Dylan seeing his wife
(34:37) - Irving figured it all out
(38:26) - Helly R. and Helena
(47:46) - Lumon is no fun
(51:00) - Episode 4 is WILD
(01:01:05) - The funeral and the melon head
(01:03:32) - What can we expect in the second half of season 2?
(01:09:50) - Outro
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1:10:43
The Whatnauts Grand Prix 09
Kyle and Melissa are here for a chill end-of-year celebration, looking back on our year in podcasting and looking ahead to our 2025 goals. We give out our Review Show awards, play a game of "What the Hell Were We Talking About?", run through our recent cinema experiences, talk about fancy cocktails and fancy mansions, and finally share our thoughts on the weird twist in the otherwise conventional neo-noir show Sugar.Click here to watch a video of this episode.
(00:00) - Intro
(00:03) - Welcome
(02:17) - Cheers to nine years of The Whatnauts
(04:59) - Melissa's holiday parties
(09:04) - Have we done anything else for nine years?
(13:02) - Break number 1
(13:04) - Kyle's got his pizza
(17:36) - Alcoholic slushies and other drinks
(27:03) - The mansion tour
(37:07) - The Review Show awards
(01:21:43) - Break number 2
(01:21:45) - Kyle's got his Old Fashioned
(01:24:08) - What the hell were we talking about?
(01:42:25) - A quick check in on our fantasy movie draft
(01:47:53) - The Cinema Corner
(01:55:54) - Spoilers for Sugar
(01:57:46) - The Cinema Corner round 2
(02:07:42) - Out of Alcatraz
(02:13:41) - Outro
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2:14:34
The Penguin Spoilercast
Episode 140. Kyle and Melissa are here to talk about The Penguin, the Max limited series tied into The Batman films. We discuss characters with speech impediments, a city in need of the healing power of live theater, Mark Strong's history in DC adaptations, and times we've seen actual penguins in real life.Click here to watch a video of this episode.
(00:00) - Intro
(00:02) - Welcome and banter
(01:19) - General thoughts on The Penguin
(07:07) - Shout out to Rhenzy Feliz
(08:51) - Award worthy performances and makeup
(10:48) - Spoilers for The Penguin begin here
(11:18) - The Penguin's relationship with his mother
(15:00) - Sophia's relationship with her family
(18:06) - What is next for The Batman universe?
(23:21) - More on Victor
(25:42) - The penguin didn't focus on easter eggs
(31:03) - Consistent geography between The Batman and The Penguin
(32:35) - So no Batman??
(35:30) - What a stacked cast, ya know?
(37:19) - Fake Anna Torv
(39:02) - Outro
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Agatha All Along Spoilercast
Episode 139. We summon a coven true of coven two as Kyle and Melissa talk about Agatha All Along. We discuss its pop culture influences, if the show can reach audiences outside of MCU followers, what a second season might look like, and Ralph Bohner as an important representation of the everyman struggling to cope in this superhero wold.Click here to watch a video of this episode.
(00:00) - Intro
(00:02) - Welcome and banter
(00:39) - General thoughts on Agatha All Along
(05:21) - A great mystery to get us hooked
(10:28) - The characters and the coven
(21:39) - The trials
(29:50) - Will there be a season 2?
(36:04) - Agatha, Billy, and Nicholas Scratch
(43:04) - The set design of Agatha All Along
(44:57) - Final thoughts on Agatha All Along
(49:05) - Outro
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49:59
Deadpool & Wolverine Spoilercast
Episode 138. Kyle and Melissa are here to talk about the Marvel smash hit Deadpool & Wolverine! We discuss the surprisingly emotional farewell to the 20th Century Fox era of superhero movies, the difference between anchor beings and nexus beings, going full Boomhauer, and a possible allusion to M&Ms lore.(00:00) - - Intro
(00:02) - Welcome and banter
(00:39) - General thoughts on Deadpool and Wolverine
(05:30) - A love letter to the Fox Marvel movies
(10:19) - Comic accurate Wolverine and other Canadians
(13:20) - Light on plot, but that's okay
(16:02) - Let the cameo's begin
(21:43) - Not important, but it's silly
(24:50) - But wait, there's more cameos!
(33:32) - Playing with expectations
(35:52) - Spoilers from Comic-con
(41:00) - Outro
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The Reactor Corps is a podcast from The Whatnauts filled with all our thoughts, reactions, and spoiler filled discussions about some of the latest movie blockbusters and the hottest new TV shows. We even do trailer reactions that are exclusive to our YouTube channel.