
*** *** *** *** A few days before recording Steve texted Michael, "I've been a little obsessed with Evangelion lately." Although this might be hoped to be baseline for hosts covering a very niche topic, here it represents a nice window of opportunity to record during a spike in the general level of knowledge available. As promised the first comment received on Apple Podcasts is read on the show. More oblique discussion of Kaji's height as well. Listen for another reference to a "tall handsome dude" slipped in, calling out a random background character. The best name they can come up with for fans of the show is "Avid Listeners." This phrase gets a lot of play. So you can follow along instead of wondering why they are using screenshots in audio media! - Special guest for this episode is shrimp chips! After a little treat at the start, Mouth noise fans will want to tune in around 34:00. Highlights: - New feature! The screenshot coverage is cross posted on YouTube. After their takes on the grand finale of their project's reason for being, where to take the show but a lengthy discussion of healthy perspectives on teen sexuality in media! Yep, from forty-something male cousins recording alone in a shed at 10pm.

Come ready to judge! The release of 3.0 + 1.0 has overshadowed everything in the Evangelion world. This plugcast also features some material stretching the hosts' ability manage the big topics swirling around Evangelion. A banger of an episode, featuring foundational Asuka character work. *** *** *** *** Too lengthy to be a hiatus, but too long to have remained on the subscribed list of most listeners. The untapped dozens! - Michael reveal some dangerously close-to-home similarities between his less healthy tendencies and the lowest forms of obsessive otakuism discussed in the last episode.

Imagine the Venn diagram sliver of interested audience. Without thinking it through Michael tries to find NSFW pics for his cousin on the Evangelion subreddit. Struggle to hear us over it! - Overconfidence from mouth sounds not being picked up during the last few sessions come back to bite us here. Highlights: - Thrill to the pounding drums and horns of “Decisive Battle” due to our new capability to line-in to our recording.

It is agreed in whispers that train stations are romantic places. Our fellas really dig deep trying to get at the souls of the protagonists, and it must be said, get damn wistful at the romance of the ending. This being an "episode plugcast", the proverbial thousand words are used to describe an episode of beautiful pictures in frugally efficient animation. Our hosts swell gratitude like Shinji hearing about someone's dead mother. Some self-doubt and impostor syndrome emerges once solid evidence of an actual damn listener with positive feedback is found. An overall feeling that we are meant to take these presenters as podcasters of their own merit pervades. *** *** *** *** This episode may be most notable as the first that doesn't feature an extended period of ennui regarding the purpose and value of the project.
