The Crapshoot

The Crapshoot


Latest Episodes

Episode 45: Reunion Pt. 3 – Solamente Plasticos
August 04, 2018

It’s finally Part 3 of 3 in our reunion episode, and we close out our incredibly long beer-and-scotch-and-soliloquy-addled night with stories of linkrot, homeownership, and car keys. Music: So What by K.Flay

Episode 44: Reunion Pt. 2 – You’re Definitely In A Plato’s Fetish Situation
July 14, 2018

In Part 2 of 3, continuing to plow through both a heap of booze and their overdue backlog of post-hiatus topics, Josh and Jesse cover grilled cheese, canine ardor, bumming cigarettes, Pixar’s “Cars”, Plato’s parable of the cave,

Episode 43: Reunion Pt. 1 – Remember When We Had Weeks
May 08, 2018

Back from hiatus, Josh and Jesse have a long backlog of topics to work through. In part one, we put Jesse in a carwash, Josh in charge of Twitter, and 2017 in the dumpster where it belongs. Music: Come In From The Rain by LKN

Episode 42: Season 2 Teaser
November 23, 2017

We’re getting the band back together. Let me tell you a story.  

Episode 41: Branches in my Mind Tree
July 18, 2016

We welcome one-time pinch-hitter co-host Jessamyn West back for a strange format-breaking mash-up episode. Scramble to keep the conversational branches straight in your Mind Tree as we blur the lines between podcast and mixtape,

Episode 40: Release the Dongle, Josh Boykin
May 20, 2016

Josh Boykin of Intelligame.us and fellow Outpost cohabitant bikes on over to the Crapshoot basement for a spirited chat about video games and tangentially related topics (including shitheadconomics, Maslow’s hierarchy of problems, government cheese,

Episode 39: The Cold November Rain On Stardew Valley
March 17, 2016

We’re thrilled to welcome Brad back to the show for a deep dive on Stardew Valley. On the way, we also touch on Moshow the Cat Rapper, Stovokor, Axl Rose, Bee and Puppycat, Kickstarter entitlement syndrome, Undertale disruption,

Episode 38: Johnathan Korn Is My Father
February 23, 2016

Punctuality, nicknames, buying beer, parking lot favors, panhandling strategy, falling off the wagon, carbs, ghee, legalizing weed, MMOs, the metafilter gopher server (Jesse’s memory was right!) and the brand-new XOXO Outpost creative space.

Episode 37: Crapshoot NA (Ride the Dragon, Fuck the Wagon)
January 21, 2016

Topics today include Jesse’s guest spot on the Metafilter Podcast, non-alcoholic beer, meager money management skills, Star Wars Merchandising, the Cereal King, wasting a melody, “padcasts,” show etiquette, Lost, and Skinner boxes.

Episode 36: Kind of a Mandelbrot Western
December 27, 2015

Another episode recorded next to a loud furnace, this time you can find us hollering about hug dynamics, vocal fry, bad recording technique, the “that’s my new band name” joke, statistically unlikely colocations, Hawaiian vacation,