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   Kwik-E-Pod 043: When Flanders Failed Part 2 is finally live for your enjoyment. Our epic conversation with Waldo Yuen covers the practicality of a Leftorium, the jerkwadness of Homer, the dynamics of brotherhood, the pros and cons of spirituality, the influences of dexterity, and the QA-ness of video game development.

  It's time for Kwik-E-Pod 042: When Flanders Failed Part 1 with returning guest, Waldo Yuen. Waldo and I get excited for the fall tv season by talking about Arrow, Flash, Gotham, Agents of SHIELD, Constantine, and Agent Carter.

 Kwik-E-Pod 041: Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington is here with a double-dose of special guests, Kristy Ellington and Sabrina Eldredge of Nerd Friday Show.   The ladies sit down with Chris to discuss Gotham, Simpsons make-up, the age of Readers Digest, Harry Potter schools, Washington DC, '90s fashion, Goonies, Jingoism all the way, the moral of the story, and quiz-e-pod.

Kwik-E-Pod 040: Stark Raving Dad is here to kick off SEASON 3 of The Simpsons and the podcast. Joining the show via Skype is musician and actor Goh Nakamura.   This week's conversation covers the brand new Kwik-E-Pod theme, Harry Shearer wins an Emmy, Michael Jackson, siblings, Patsy Cline, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Moonwalker, the creative process, The Simpsons theme, Prince, Goh's influences, the youtube generation of music, Walkman days, mixtapes, format wars, sandwich wars, and the moral of the story. Kwik-E-Pod Theme: (Music written by Goh Nakamura, Guitar by Goh Nakamura, Drums by Tim Bulkley, Keyboards by Art Hirahara, Bass by Gary Wong, Lyrics written and performed by Chris Hollstein)

 Season 2 is wrapped up so here's the best way to remember it...with a clip show. Kwik-E-Pod 039: Best Of The Worst is a supercut of B-Roll audio that didn't make the final cut. Conversation snippets that were cut from the final episode. Featuring the voices of some old friends. From Kwik-E-Pod 015: Bart Gets an F from August 2013 is a conversation between Chris and Nikki about summer travel then an extended talk about Nikki's music taste. From Kwik-E-Pod 016: Simpson and Delilah from August 2013 is a converation between Chris and Nikki about Zero Dark Thirty. From Kwik-E-Pod 017: Treehouse of Horror from September 2013 is a pre-roll of Paul T. Layland's Kwik-E-Pod theme song before we cover Paul's obsession with Jason Sudeikis. From Kwik-E-Pod 030: O Brother Where Art Thou? from January 2014 is a tiny morsel of Christian Cagigal. From Kwik-E-Pod 035: Lisa's Substitute from July 2014 is an extended conversation with Seng Chen about Abbas Kiarostami, X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Avengers, and Star Wars: Epi

   It's the season 2 finale of Kwik-E-Pod and we're watching Blood Feud with Waldemar "Waldo" Yuen.  We immediately get Medieval...Sims Medieval that is, before discussing the behemoth of Guardians of the Galaxy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman and the New 52, the moral of the story, Legos, motorcycle talk, there will be blood, the body image issue, superhero costumes, the near-resurrection of the Brett Ratner hate club, and the dream of the '90s.

   It's Kwik-E-Pod 037: Three Men And A Comic Book. Returning guest, Masashi Niwano is here to talk about his obsession with Milhouse.  Not only do we share our favorite Milhouse Van Houten moments but we get down and dirty with representations of race, the anthropomorphism of Beast's furniture, memories of comic book stores, the X-Men problem, is Martin gay?, what's the deal with pajamas?, GALI MA, Chris rants against found footage films, and the moral of the story. 

   Kwik-E-Pod 036: War of The Simpsons is here with returning guest, Seng Chen. The conversation starts immediately with Homestar Runner, Elysium, names and faces, fishing, house parties (minus Kid & Play), the domestication of Seng and Chris, eating all the food, and the moral of the story.

Kwik-E-Pod 035: Lisa's Substitute is here to make your Monday slightly more bearable. Our guest this week is musician and filmmaker, Seng Chen, and we got down and dirty talking about: World Cup Afterthoughts The Art of Seng Elementary School Separate but equal sleeping arrangements Passing Notes Extra Curricular Activities Old School Computers Band Student-Teacher Relations Buffy the Vampire Slayer The message minus the meaning   and finally, The moral of the story

  Kwik-E-Pod 034: Brush With Greatness is here. Our returning guest this week is Christine Kwon.  Join us in discussing clowns, water parks, carny food, Pinochurros, amusement parks, the artist within, on being a tracer, the routine of writing, the family show, health food vs. junk food, and Asians on TV.

  Kwik-E-Pod 033: Old Money is here with our guest, Masashi Niwano. Join the discussion as we talk about World Cup 2014, quoting the Simpsons, Austin-Texas, the geriatric connection, The Honeymooners and Korean soaps, we swap grampa stories, volunteer work, Tim Burton's Batman, video games, wrestling, horror films, American Dad, the moral of the story, and Jurassic Park.

  Kwik-E-Pod is back with Bart's Dog Gets An F. Chris sits down with filmmaker, Christine Kwon to discuss Nice Girls Crew, Fringe and Firefly, South Korea and the World Cup, Kwonzilla vs. Mangy Asian Man, Doogie, pets, Judge Christine, mad about shoe, family meetings, cooking with Chris, more Nice Girls Crew and memories of Eli Wallach.

Kwik-E-Pod is back with some news that will make you all very frightened and horny. Then Chris talks about the Lego Simpsons house, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, The Place Beyond The Pines, Now You See Me, Almost Human, and the Oscars.

 It's another solo episode in which Chris talks to himself. Chris injects some Futurama into the show by talking about the series finale, crossover comics, and live panels. Then Chris gets on his soapbox and talks about Batman and Bill Finger. Chris wraps it up by talking about another podcast, The Sound and Fury from Angry Asian Man.

It's Kwik-E-Pod 030: O Brother Where Art Thou? and we invited Christian Cagigal to join us in talking about brotherly love. This trio of weirdos makes conversation about Chris' wardrobe faux pas, Tom Waits = Batman, busdriver love, dancing ghosts, old lady Nikki, McBain, old man Chris rants against movie theaters, the Japanese connection, the ist of it all, car talk, drive angry, Benedict Cumberbatch is ugly, dragons, the moral of the story, and tales of old San Francisco.

Let's start 2014 with Kwik-E-Pod 029: Principal Charming. The kids are back with a conversation about Christmas, Starbucks gift cards, too many posters, Nikki jams with a slide whistle, talkin' Tolkein, the Patty and Selma paradox, the introduction of Hans Moleman, beloved Aunt, The Terminator, vandalism, 3 minutes of fart jokes, old racist toys, taboo words, lip wax, nothing pun puns, Dr. Who's Hoo-Ha, Haterade, the Woody Allen porn movie game is still on, the lack of a moral of the story, youtube culture, Catch 22, and World Wide Kwik-E-Pod.

This is Kwik-E-Pod 028: Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment and we brought Paul T. Layland out of forced retirement to talk to us about bible times, Phil Hartman, the Coaxial Connection, Woody Allen porn parodies, the moral of the moral, cat talk, the debut and legacy of Troy McClure, orange lemons, the adult channels, format wars, the debut of Drederick Tatum, Paul spills a few beans from his time working on the Fox lot, and the actual moral of the story.

Welcome to Kwik-E-Pod 027: The Way We Was with returning guest, Paul T. Layland. The thrilling threesome shares tales of Batkid, the debut of McBain, high school romance for Nikki’s parents, San Francisco’s Crime Alley, members of the debate team and debate team groupies, how Chris met his wife, feminism wow, meet the burnout guidance counselor, desperate teenage tales, sitcoms and zero chemistry, Even Stevens and NSFW trailers, the debut of Sarcastic Guy, Nikki adds another handicap notch to her profile: sound blindness, the Ultimate Morgan Freeman Off, stabbing promward, Paul ups the creepy factor, and the moral of the story.

It's a bonus episode in which Chris talks to himself for an hour. Chris talks about his other obsessions: video games and movies. Chris discusses: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Super Mario 3D World Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies Animal Crossing: New Leaf Batman Arkham Origins Diablo III and Deckard Cain PS4 and Knack Ender's Game Life of Pi Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry Europa Report Oz: The Great and Powerful The Lumpia movie 10th Anniversary DVD party and Brave The Bay Other notes: Chris' Animal Crossing: New Leaf town name is *star Sushi *star and the mayor is Samantha. Chris' 3DS Friend Code is 0946-3524-8754

Kwik-E-Pod 026: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish is here to make us all consider our own mortality.  We sit down with friend, fellow podcaster, and Chris' sister-in-law, Sabrina Eldredge to discuss Jills of all Trades, Sushi in the '90s, a debate about mayonnaise, hooking up with chefs, Nikki's sad dinners, the Japanese Connection, Karaoke hits, postcards from the future, 1st Rain, our bucket lists, nobody's home, Lisa is not a vegetarian yet, Chris is a cinephile, YA movies, Any which Maya but Rudolph, Bible stories, Lorem ipsem, and the moral of the story.