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Is This Pinball?
by Willie Caldwell, Amy Langer, & Dylan Waite
A podcast discussing the issues of today, namely: Is this pinball? Is this not pinball? How pinball is it?Each episode, hosts Amy, Dylan, and Willie bring in a "pinball table" to rate. Is what they brought in actually pinball? Well, we're here to find out.
Episodes
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71: It's like we never even left
HELLO??? HELLO???????????? No, you're not hallucinating. It's been four years and we're "back," baybeeee. In these past four years, the podcast market reached an apex and then crashed down directly onto a Casper mattress in a ball of Squarespace-sponsored flames. But we're still here! And Dylan's...
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70: Sad Boi Meal Club
HEY THERE, KIDDOS. We're back! For our un-regular, chaos schedule for these un-regular chaos times. This week, we discuss eating one food group at a time, if the book in the living room is yours, Christian rock opera versions of popular IPs, the return to universal subjectivism, and our quickly...
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69: Elden Ring & George's tiny hat
We can't avoid the discourse! We're talking about what everyone else is! And that thing is Elden Ring! That's right, we're diving into the saddest monsters, the deep lore, and George RR Martin's tiny lil' hat.
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68: The Pinocchio Triptych
Did you know that three Pinocchio movies coming out this year? There are. There are three. That sounds, like us, like three too many. In addition, we ask what the best century is, what exactly are sports, and should someone watch all 13 X-Men movies? All good questions, we think. Oh, and how...
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67: Accidentally watching smut with friends
Hey friends! Your favorite intermittently-released podcast is back! We start of with the tried-and-true Discussion of Ol' Dusty Tomes with Dylan Waite and, uh, things kind of veer off-course from there. I mean, what did you expect? That's kind of what we do.
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66: Surfing cat cover art
Willie says "it's objectively an episode!" And an episode it is! Tune in to listen to us lose our minds over ska jazz cover art, berate Dylan his old dusty tomes, some obligatory Sondheim opinions, and other super accessible and broad topics that are sure to appeal to everyone and everything. Oh,...
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65: That gauged ear stink
Did you think we left?? Did you??? You dummy, did you think we'd leave YOU???? Never. We'd never. That's right: we're back and committing to being entirely uncommitted to any sort of schedule. But here we are: letting you know what's pinball and what isn't. And we missed you. This week, we…
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64: Hot Ball of Wax
WE'RE BACK BAYBEEEEEEE. That's right: your three hosts are fresh off summer vacation and are back to talk about... wax museums. Yes, that's right: Dylan spent some time in Salem, MA, which is positively overflowing with wax facsimiles. Come for the wax chat, stay for word history, witch talk, and...
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*~*SUMMER BREAK ANNOUNCEMENT*~*
Hey fronds! "Is This Pinball" is going on summer break! As you may have noticed the past couple of weeks, we've been wrestling with our own personal life schedules in this era of reopening. So, we're going to take the summer to get our feet back under us. Until then: Stay safe! H.A.G.S.!
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63: Thick Keanu
This week, Dylan brings in some French literature with a priest who can't help but love the ladies, Amy loses her mind over Speed, and Willie remains haunted by Resident Evil. Tune in for the allegorical truth of pinball, Point Break, Gary Bussy, a confusion of Jeffs, and some actual real...
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62: Willie's big adventure
Last week, Willie (for reasons known only to him) decided to watch all the Resident Evil movies. Did you know that there are a lot of them? Like, a LOT of them? I didn't. But there are. And now Willie is gonna tell us about them, because otherwise they'll haunt him forever. How pinball is Milla...
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61: That's what we call a little sumthin' sumthin'
OK, sure: Amy might have recorded this hunched over her computer in her parents' den. And, yeah, Dylan's audio is haunted by his ever-rumbling air conditioning. BUT YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THE SOUND QUALITY (probably), you're here for the GOOD GOOD GOOFS. And this episode sure has a lot of those good...
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60: Knit bullsh*t and sick songs ft. Sam Trillo
Uh oh Amy has gone to Connecticut to do New England type things and left the boys all alone! They sat in the dark for a long time and then Sam Trillo (a.k.a. Poochy) walked in and turned the lights on to chat about music and comedy and just how pinball singing pee pee poo poo quietly to yourself is!
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59: Lin Manuel MirMordor
We have a whole smorgasbord for you this week! Wanna know what Dylan thought about In the Heights? (The answer might surprise you!) Wanna know about what fantasy series Willie knows a lot about? (The answer might surprise you!) Wanna know if a game called New World is possibly a minefield of BAD...
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58: Can't not talk about Snyder
Willie starts the pod by saying that we "might not have that many things" to say about the movie we all watched, Zach Snyder's Army of the Dead. Turns out we have LOTS of things to say about it: why something that sounds good on paper could be so boring, why it might not actually sound good on...
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A Hot Summer Jam
With Willie and Dylan returning to work, and Amy on some theatre panel or another, scheduling got away from us this week. BUT don't worry, we'll be back next week AND, in the meantime, we have a new song from Dylan and Willie's band, The Pile! Amy thinks it's a jam! (And maybe you will too.)
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57: Hot pixel on pixel action
This week, we're talking about video games that allow your characters to *~*do the nasty*~* Awwww yeah, baybeeee. Where do they success? Where do they fail? Why do they usually fail much more often than they succeed? WE'RE HERE TO FIND OUT. Tune in for discussion of GTA: San Andreas, Dragon Age...
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56: Signs and symbols and also pinball
It's been too long since we've really tried to figure out what pinball is, but we're here to rectify that today, through the use of Dylan's dictionary on symbols. Can we finally get to the true essence of pinball, looking at the meaning behind orbs, silver, and ramps? And what does it have to do...
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Resident Evil Village: Our Big Mom
In this episode, we return to Resident Evil, just in time for the release of Resident Evil Village: Giant Lady Dating Sim. We're here to discuss why this is Dylan's favorite (ever) Resident Evil, the internet's unending horniness, why Capcom hates hands, and also why Capcom seems to be one of the...
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54: God vs. Caterpie (reupload)
Hey! We got a lovely, meaty email in the inbox, courtesy of listener Sam. Sam asks us some questions. And we give them some answers. This is why you should write us. Think of us as your crotchety grandparents, and we just wanna hear how you're doing. SO WRITE US, OK? (psst…
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53: FATALITY, A Mortal Kombat discussion
With the new Mortal Kombat movie out, we're here to talk about the game that scared your grandma and has birthed at least three live-action movies. Tune in to hear a discussion of the best things about the 1995 and 2021 movies, and the worst of both, and how if we could only just smash them...
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52: A Series of Conversations We Have With Each Other
It's been a year! A full year of this! Whatever this is! Thanks for being here. We may not have figured out what pinball is just yet, but, honestly, who has? In this episode, we discuss Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, dentists, and whether or not this is the very last episode of Is This…
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51: St. Brisket Day, ft. Justin Keim
This week we talk about the most pinball thing of all time (yes? yes.): Theatre! Our special guest Justin Keim recently directed one of Dylan's plays for radio, and we're here to discuss theater in the era of closed stages, Millennials, the transcendent nature of brisket, and the Sisyphean task…
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50: We called dibs on the moon
This week, we're talking about the best movies of the decade. But we're not talking about the best movies of the past decade, but the best movies of the next decade. We have our eyes firmly locked on our movie-prediction crystal ball and, believe it or not, saw a Na'vi multipurpose psychic cloaca...
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49: OH THE PLACES WE'LL GO (or not. or won't.)
Willie said he had a topic for us this week, and that topic is "places." What does that mean? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, WILLIE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN????? Turns out, it's mostly a chance to talk about New York, Chicago, and San Francisco, places we have opinions about (unfounded, particular, *hot takes*)...
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48: No thoughts, only Ga'Hoole
Our brains are broken. Dylan is wondering if anyone should have opinions about anything, Willie is out here practicing the Way of Nonchalance, and Amy tried to watch Zack Snyder's "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" and has lots of questions about why owls need to wear armor. Join us,...
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47: Zack Snyder's Bustus Friends
Two things: #SnyderCut #SnyderCut #SnyderCut Dylan has an opinion and we are all SURPRISED by what it is What's with out current cultural superhero zeitgeist? Is WandaVision worth it? Will Amy be able to explain what Mob Psycho 100 is ("No. I won't"- Amy)? Why is there so much dust? How pinball…
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46: "Ehgg" and sexy Brighton werewolves
After being (let's be honest) ASTOUNDINGLY on-topic re: video games and pinball the past couple of weeks, we return to the freewheeling conversation you know (yes) and love (maybe?). This week, we talk about the following: the perfect pinball, how Dylan hits his vowels, Linger Longer with Langer,...
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45: Drifloon's coming to steal your children
This week, your hosts tackle that eternal series of making little animals fight each other for your amusement & edification. That's right: we're talking Pokémon! Tune in to hear us talk about our histories with the game, unnecessarily deep Pokémon lore, getting the opportunity to punch a Pokémon,...
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44: Platonic Pinball & Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons
Can it be? TWO actual pinball-related episodes in a row?? I can't believe it. You can't believe it. WE can't believe it. This week, we dive further in to what makes pinball pinball, centered around a game called "Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons." Though, to be fair, we also discuss tort law, bean...
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43: Pinball Facts & the Roast of Willie Caldwell
HEYA PINBALL HEADS. As our divine contract with the pinball gods demands, we're literally talking about pinball this week! Tune in to hear guest host Shaina Wagner grill Amy, Willie, and Dylan about pinball history, slang, and ramps. We also have a whole interlude about whether or not Humpty…
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42: The Teenage Magic Dragon Sealed Sword Hour
After weeks of dancing around it, we're doing it: a deep dive into one of Willie's favorite video game series, Fire Emblem. Whether you're only familiar with these blue-haired teens from Smash Bros. (like Amy) or are a tried and true min-maxing turn-based battlefield genius, we've got you…
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41: Viva Puerto Rico libre
This week, we welcome back guest host Bea Miranda for a discussion on Puerto Rico centered around her experience growing up on the island and as a Puerto Rican artist working in the States. Listen in to hear about the work of Rita Moreno, our collective love of Raul Julia, why it might be a…
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40: Our giant vampire mom
To say we had a good time recording this week's episode would be an understatement. Listen in to hear us lose our minds over the stonk market, plan for our new art movement based around 80-year-olds, talk about the giant vampire woman from the Resident Evil VIII trailer, argue about angles, and...
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39: Egg-fueled art
We're back to basics this week, and by "basics" I mean BOOKS. Not only are we talking about some classic lit (and how pinball it is or is not) but we're also diving into the cursed world of Latin Duolingo, the importance of egg consumption in art-making, the wrong Last Samurai, and the beauty and...
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38: CruciFit: get swole, die for sins
After recording this episode of Is This Pinball?, Dylan posted the following to Twitter: "On this week's show, due to an error in interpreting IMDB, I incorrectly identify who sucks and how and when and why. But it should be enough to know that someone does in fact suck in the ways enumerated and...
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37: Tom Stoppard wants you to know that he read a book
NOTE: this episode has content advisories. See below the description for time stamps. We've got the whole kit and caboodle for you this week, wherein both the kit and the caboodle are largely about *~*the theatre*~* That's right: tune in for discussions about Angels in America, how much Amy and...
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36: Chill Penguin hot takes
Remember when we said we didn't have an episode this week? Well, Dylan recovered his audio and we're BACK, baby! And this time we actually remember to rate things on how pinball they are. Tune in this week to hear a deep dive into Mega Man X. That's right: we're talkin' robot morality, robot...
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A very special New Year's mixtape!
We're taking the week off to build up our screamin' juices for 2021 (read: we recorded an episode but had some, uh, audio trouble), but we wouldn't leave you high & dry! Enjoy this New Year's mixtape, featuring music by friends of the show. Track list: Dance Like Kids - Poochy Losin' Myself -...
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35: STARS WAR, WAR OF THE STARS
Content advisory: brief discussion of suicide from 2:30 to 3:25 This week, your hosts dive into a topic in which no one has ever had any opinions at any point: Star Wars. That's right: we're talking all things related to that good ol' space western. And, uh, if you've thought you'd heard us yell...
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"Is This Pinball?" special holiday bonus!
As you cozy up with a cup of nog and deck yourself out in twinkle lights, we have just the music to keep you company, featuring music by friends of the show. Songs featured: Rockin' Around The Christmas Herb - Poochy Jingle Bell Rock - Poochy Christmas is Coming - Corsick/Pontac
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34: Game of the Year, available wherever podcasts are whatever
This week, join your regular hosts and special guest Hannah Keihl as they discuss their 2020 games of the year. In true Is This Pinball fashion, the games of the year might not be from this year (nor might they actually be games) BUT they are our favorites, and they are some level of pinball.…
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33: You don't have to be an idiot to be hypocritical: an actual video game discussion
Oh my god can it be true? Are we actually talking about video games again? HELL YEAH WE ARE. Who would have thought?? No Greek philosophers this week, buddies. We're talking about those pixels and how they make us feel. Specifically: we're talking about reality in video games. But actually, this...
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32: The haunting of Scrooged & Teenage Werewolf
In the week after Thanksgiving, Dylan and Bea watched nineteen (NINETEEN) horror movies, and now Dylan is here to talk about them. What happens next is a discussion of horror movies, sure, but also: what ghost would win in a ghost fight, haunted house hunters, Wes Anderson, Dark Goop Energy,...
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31: The pinball at the center of the pinball's pinball ft. Myq Kaplan
Comedian and raconteur extraordinaire Myq Kaplan joins the crew this week to tackle our most ambitious (or at least, most meta) topic to date: how pinball is the concept of pinball. Tune in for a discussion of how much ayahuasca is too much ayahuasca (and if it brings us closer to our True…
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30: Dungeons & Dragons, ft. the legend of Rob Boss
This week, we have special guest Teddy Hulsker on to discuss that favorite bogeyman of 70s pearl-clutchers: Dungeons & Dragons! All three of your hosts are, believe it or not, nerds and theater kids and so have definite opinions about the classic tabletop role-playing game. So grab your bag of...
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29: WE'RE TALKING THE MOON, BAYBEEEEEE
Every night, we get stared down by that goddamn great silver pinball in the sky and WE HAVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT (apparently). Take a journey with us as Dylan starts the show with a throwaway bit that becomes the Whole Thing, and strap in for a discussion of how pinball the literal moon, Moon...
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28: O Canada and all that jazz
BonjourHi, my dudes. This episode, we have special guest Jon Robin on to talk about what we've been dancing around for weeks: music from the Great White North. Specifically, we're talking about all the indie music from Canada that we can't get out of our heads. There's a whole bunch of music...
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27: Is This Pinball Election Special ft. Thomas Thomas Thomas & co.
That's right, chickadees: everyone else WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT IT, so here's our election special! And by "election special," we mean that we talk about how pinball the candidates (spoilers: very) are for like ten minutes, and then spend the rest of the time screaming about Catholicism, d*ck...
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BONUS: Schitt's Creek sh*t talk
After last week's show, Willie went to use the bathroom while Amy and Dylan kept chatting (and Amy ate a bunch of clementines directly into the mic). Tune in for some ramble-y fun-time discussions of our burgeoning ASMR careers, the downsides of keeping television shows running forever, the...
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A podcast discussing the issues of today, namely: Is this pinball? Is this not pinball? How pinball is it?Each episode, hosts Amy, Dylan, and Willie bring in a "pinball table" to rate. Is what they brought in actually pinball? Well, we're here to find out.
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Willie Caldwell, Amy Langer, & Dylan Waite
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A podcast discussing the issues of today, namely: Is this pinball? Is this not pinball? How pinball is it?Each episode, hosts Amy, Dylan, and Willie bring in a "pinball table" to rate. Is what they brought in actually pinball? Well, we're here to find out.
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Is This Pinball? is created and hosted by Willie Caldwell, Amy Langer, & Dylan Waite.
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