The Unboxening

The Unboxening


Latest Episodes

Episode 17: One Hundred Percent Yellow
November 23, 2016

Facing an unprecedented surge in worldwide ant populations, Rob & Jim are dispatched to the latest incident site and given full access to the resources of the Technodrome... but only for 48 hours. After spending two weeks knocking over...

Episode 16: Lord of the Flies
November 15, 2016

Emerging from their podcast bunker, Rob & Jim find themselves in a changed world. A world where right is wrong, where truth is falsehood, and where a movie called Phenomena contains few phenomena and a whole lot of nothing. Discussions...

Episode 15: The Garden of Love
October 31, 2016

Having been fans of the theatre for some time, Rob & Jim finally get a chance to Meet the Feebles, and what they discover backstage is truly shocking. Topics discussed include the mechanics of walrus sex, the exact value of a puppet's life,...

Episode 14: A Bounty of Pain
October 23, 2016

Having sought out the legendary artifact, Rob & Jim open the Lament Configuration and experience a whole new dimension of suffering: the final theatrically-released Hellraiser movie, Hellraiser: Bloodline! Topics carved into their...

Minisode 13.5: Our Pal Foot Foot
October 18, 2016

Rob & Jim run afoul of the Gummo Curse, which is to say they've had a very strange week and are also having trouble talking about Gummo. Are these things related? Maybe. Topics briefly touched upon include nihilism, simulated animal...

Episode 13: My Uncle the Apologist
October 12, 2016

Rob & Jim have a very special friend they would like to introduce you to. He's... kind of a Santa Claus, but also kind of an uncle? He's My Uncle: The Alien, and he has an important message for you kids about classism. Topics awkwardly raised over...

Episode 12: Reverend Meekers Has a Bad Day
October 05, 2016

Rob & Jim are dispatched to contain The Blob, a movie that is criminally under-evangelized compared to its contemporaries, The Thing and The Fly. The boys have a theory as to why, but they spend most of the episode gushing about the...

Episode 11: Grundles Good!
September 29, 2016

Rob & Jim take flight on a magical pegasus to visit My Little Pony: The Movie, a film that vacillates between 'colorful fun' and 'hypercapitalist nightmare' at the drop of a hat. Topics discussed include the 1980s Hasbro monomyth, when it's okay...

Episode 10: A Carnage of Murder
September 21, 2016

Having been found guilty of nondescript space crimes, Rob & Jim are sentenced to watch The Borrower, a movie that must continually swap heads with other movies in order to limp across the 86-minute finish line. Topics of discussion include...

Episode 9: Mark Markary and the Funky Bunch
September 12, 2016

Rob & Jim crash land on the Planet of the Vampires and immediately split into two opposing factions. Hotly debated topics include whether the uniforms are really that goofy, the quiet brilliance of otherwise mundane production choices, and a...