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Behind The Couch

by Restarter Lodge

Grab a virtual coffee. Kick back. And join Katie Hagaman & Sean McMahon as they dive behind the couch, digging for the spare change of life and depositing it into your ears via the medium of audio.

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Episodes

  1. Behind The Couch - Episode Twenty-Eight: Intergalactic Ambassadors

    This week your favourite unlicensed archaeologists discuss the CIA 'fessing up about their extraterrestrial collector's items and why we'd be the perfect choice for a first contact scenario. Featuring music by the soundscape magician Taylor Wheeler!

  2. Behind The Couch - Episode Twenty-Seven: Birdboy and Millipede Girl

    This week your favorite unlicensed zoologists build a fort behind the couch to dicuss a topic close to their hearts; animals! With music by the cool as biscuits Violet!

  3. Behind The Couch - Episode Twenty-Six: Wizard Cops

    This week your favourite unlicensed archeologists theorise what a post Voldemort Wizarding world would look like. Featuring music by the super fly Mirages! Follow them on YouTube with a magical click at https://youtu.be/JxPh2EnHzgI

  4. Behind The Couch- Episode Twenty-Four: The Katie Season

    This week, your hosts discuss just how much Katie is paid to be friends with Sean, and what skill we would most like to learn via Matrix upload. Plus! The name of Sean's local ice cream truck driver is revealed! Featuring music by...Katie Hagaman?!

  5. Behind The Couch - Episode Twenty-Three: Spoons, By Neo.

    This week, we're joined by special guest Callum Hurley, who is changing the digital landscape in very exciting ways. We also share our thoughts on what role Neo will play in the next Matrix movie. Featuring music by The Baskervilles! https://youtu.be/8VV8JDKEMSs

  6. Behind The Couch - Episode Twenty-Two: Shredded Centaurs.

    This week your favourite unlicensed archeologists tackle a round of Would You Rather and learn just how shredded Katie would be if she were a centaur. Featuring music by....Elvis Presley?!

  7. Behind The Couch - Episode Twenty-One: Leaves on The Wind

    This week we review some Locke and Key swag sent to the show from the awesome folks at Skelton Crew Studios! We also prepare (in retrospect, unnecessarily) for the launch of The Falcon 9 Crew Dragon lift off. Featuring another great track we think you'll love! Check out the video here!...

  8. Behind The Couch - Episode Twenty: Bards and Sorcery

    This week your favourite unlicensed archeologists dive into the realm of audiobooks with the Audio Sorceress herself, Marnye Young! Featuring music by Lucy Blu!

  9. Behind The Couch - Episode Nineteen: Helicopter Autobots

    This week your favourite unlicensed archeologists are joined by Canadian Cannonball David Gane; co-author of the Shepherd and Wolfe mystery series! Join us, as we spend 30 seconds exploring our knowledge about golf, the storage unit where movie scripts go to die, and determine which of us is...

  10. Behind The Couch - Episode Eighteen: Buttercup Renegades

    This week, your favourite unlicensed archeologists discuss just how well we might get on with some of our heroes, whether buttercups exist within the distant realm of the United Kingdom, and why the post office staff hate Sean. PLUS Just what happened during the fateful pilot of Episode 1 you…

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  11. Behind The Couch - Episode Seventeen: Mission Unpossible

    This week we dust off our exploding chewing gum (making sure to keep the red and green ends well and truly separate) and discuss just what happens when an IMF agent gets very upset. Featuring music by the remarkable Taylor Davis! https://youtu.be/8eXzKuRsmrI

  12. Behind The Couch - Episode Sixteen: A Podcast For Those Who Seek To Find...

    This week, your hosts pry open a piece of driftwood Sean's dog found and dug up at the beach. The consequences are predictably disastrous.

  13. Behind The Couch - Episode Fifteen: The One where Katie gets bitten by a Dolphin

    This week, there's a dance off in Sean's garden, Katie gets bitten by a murder of dolphins, and Sean's streak of rubbish superpowers continues. Featuring music by the legend that is Chris "Amontiok" Bramante! https://youtu.be/8KGOZ3fiG9s

  14. Behind The Couch - Episode Fourteen: Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!

    This week we rank as many superpowers as we can cram in, exploring the real-world implications of what possessing them would really mean. With music by the spectacular Zoee! https://youtu.be/J2KYFDfM5Ws

  15. Behind The Couch - Episode Thirteen: Locke and Key!

    This week, it’s time to grab your Anywhere Key and think of Matheson, as we head into the heart…of Key House! Also! We play our first ever game of “Did I make up that key, tho?” Can Katie win? With music by the sensational Lauren Fairweather!

  16. Behind The Couch - Episode Twelve: A Tale of Two Witchers

    This week, two retired Witchers pick up their swords, tossing a coin into the valley o' plenty and through the window of the studio apartment where destiny hangs its hat. Join us, as we tackle...The Witcher! Figuratively. Neither of us have the body strength to actually tackle Geralt of Rivia.…

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  17. Behind The Couch - Episode Eleven: Guns for show, Garden Hoes for a Pro

    This week, your favourite unlicensed archaeologists tackle the biggest threat to the infrastructure of our planet since Tik Tok. What happens when the laws of society snap, and a quick milk run turns into a battle for survival? What would you do when Mother Nature unleashes a can of whoop ass and...

  18. Behind The Couch - Episode Eight: Nothing Rhymes With "Last Jedi"

    This week, we open the pod bay doors of the hypothetical, and thrash it out over what's cooler; the undiscovered horrors of the deep, or the equally murderous attributes of life among the stars. A question that results in a gruelling tale of how one of your hosts narrowly escaped the eager…

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  19. Behind The Couch – Episode Seven: The Couch Awakens

    We’re back! Join us as we discuss what we’ve been up to over the holidays, a new friendship no one saw coming, and what to look forward to as Behind The Couch explodes through the saloon doors of 2020 like a surly gunslinger with a penchant for over dramatic entrances and a thirst for superfluous...

  20. Behind The Couch - Episode Six: Return of a Third Guy

    This week, we're joined by Jedi Master M B Davis for a Star Wars special! So hop in our Landspeeder, it seats about twenny, hurry up and bring your jukebox money!

  21. Behind The Couch - Episode Five: The Goblet of Fire Strikes Back

    This week, grab a pitcher of butterbeer and join us as we fly our Nimbus 2000's into the heart of an awkward freeze frame to discuss a series close to both of our hearts. A little indie story you may have heard of about a boy...who lived.

  22. Behind The Couch - Episode Four: A New Bloke

    This week we go intergalactic, discussing our thoughts on Aliens! Only…Shia Surprise! We are not alone! Having resolved the conflict in District 9, and beaming in all the way from Johannesburg, South Africa, we’re joined by Eaton Crone, author of A Life Spectacular, as we probe (sorry) each…

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  23. Behind The Couch - Episode Three: Revenge of The Gifs

    This week we discuss what games we've been smashing with our legit gamer skillz, Katie experiences a bout of textbook ambivalence live on air, Sean still can't answer questions when put on the spot, and the winner of the Restarter competition is revealed! Can we secure a killer track at the end?...

  24. Behind The Couch - Episode Two: Attack of The Scones

    This week, countries collide as we discuss the big topics in a double-length episode! Katie finds out exactly what the deal is with Come Dine With Me, Sean finally discovers what scones are called in the States, and we answer all of the burning questions you've submitted over the past week! Can...

  25. Behind The Couch - Episode One: The Futon Menace

    Episode One is here! Join your hosts Katie Hagaman and Sean McMahon for Phase 1 of their 24 movie shared universe plan. With an EXCLUSIVE prize up for grabs you don't want to miss, as well as a second surprise for every listener that, honestly, we still can't believe happened.

  26. Behind The Couch: Episode Zero.

    What IS Behind The Couch? Your hosts Katie Hagaman & Sean McMahon have bridged the fault in their timezones to tell you what's up, as well as revealing the winner of the "Double up on Darkness" book giveaway!

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Grab a virtual coffee. Kick back. And join Katie Hagaman & Sean McMahon as they dive behind the couch, digging for the spare change of life and depositing it into your ears via the medium of audio.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Behind The Couch have?

Behind The Couch currently has 26 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Behind The Couch about?

Grab a virtual coffee. Kick back. And join Katie Hagaman & Sean McMahon as they dive behind the couch, digging for the spare change of life and depositing it into your ears via the medium of audio.

How often does Behind The Couch release new episodes?

Behind The Couch has 26 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Who hosts Behind The Couch?

Behind The Couch is created and hosted by Restarter Lodge.
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