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MULTIMEDIOCRITY
by Shawn Talley and Matthew Hevey
'MULTIMEDIOCRITY' is a show about everything, something, and occasionally, nothing at all! Hosts Shawn Talley and Matthew Hevey share their unique perspectives on current events and all things pop culture -- including, but not limited to movies, music, television, comic books, sports, and politics. New episodes release every other Monday!
Episodes
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50 - Coughs and Prayers
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin discuss some bad foods they've eaten way too much of, the lack of real tearjerker endings in Disney's modern catalog, ways theyre staying sane during this time of social distancing, a few alarming stats about COVID-19, and...
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49 - The Clarion and the Contrarian
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley are back from yet another long hiatus to show their empathy, their crassness, and their rust. Talley (the Clarion) and Doofin (the Contrarian) touch on everything from NBC's 'The Good Place' to a bus crash almost sending...
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48 - Non(Disney)plussed by Maclunkey
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin talk babies, Baby Boomers, and Baby Yoda! This episode might as well be sponsored by Disney, considering how much the gents talk up the company's new streaming service, and a particular program on it. They discuss the first...
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47 - To Sleep, Perchance to Pee
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin finds joy in, uh, relieving himself, while finding ire in an upcoming holiday, and at least on one Nightmarish Halloween movie. The guys discuss the goodness of Neil Gaiman adaptations, the overexposure of Disney's FROZEN, and the...
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46 - Spidey, Woody, and the Best Chicken Sammie
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin weigh in on the great chicken sandwich debate that, like many things, only seems to exist on Twitter. They discuss whether Popeye's fried chicken between a bun bests Chick-fil-A's, people's extreme loyalty to restaurant and...
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45 - Once Upon a Tarantino Fairy Tale
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley is joined by friend of the program Nick Pratt, co-host of fellow State-Lines Network podcast Films We've Watched, to talk all things ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD, the latest feature from director Quentin Tarantino! This is a...
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#44 - James Dory and the Swamp of Sadness
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin return from an extended summer hiatus a little older, a little slower, and clearly, no less serious… or professional, as Talley's mic cord fell out a few minutes in and he didn't notice (apologies for his poor audio from...
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#43 - We're in the Endgame of Thrones Now
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin is away on assignment doing some classified business, or washing his hair, or rearing a living thing... or something weird. He'll explain his absence upon his return on the next one, but in the meantime, Talley is joined in-person by...
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#42 - Joanna Rosanna D'Anna
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley, fresh off of their previous recording, come in a little hot, a little punchy, and a little sappy. They discuss a litany of topics, including director Nicholas Stoller's three movie run out of the gate, some...
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#20 - Last Jedi, I Gave You My Heart
On this week's episode of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley run through some television goodness, like Stranger Things 2 and Mad About You, and some television badness, like the many swing-and-miss attempts at live television musicals. The Lord of the Rings comes up because of...
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#21 - Our Favorite Stuff from 2017
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley are joined by a mutual friend who gets referenced on the show almost as often as The Lord of the Rings, the giant breaded chicken wing himself, Cameron Burns! Cammo and the guys start the new year by offering up a handful…
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#22 - Delroy Lin-Dos & Don'ts with Chud & the Beast
Atop their respective stacks of moving boxes, Doofin and Talley return with an installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! that is heavy on reggaeton air horn drops and Delroy Lindo name drops. Running on fumes, the punchy gents discuss their highs and lows at bar trivia, the recent SpaceX...
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#23 - Wakanda: Dawn. Guns: Drawn.
This scattershot installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! picks up mid-conversation, and sees your trusty co-hosts run the gamut of pop culture, covering topics like Hamilton, the musical and the man; the Parkland, Florida shooting and its ongoing fallout; BLACK PANTHER and the future of…
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#24 - Getting Woke with Dad Jokes
"DO NOT CONGRATULATE" Doofin and Talley on this goofier-than-usual installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! in which, the guys fondly remember being Toys "R" Us kids, Eddie Murphy's R-rated films, and a pre-puffy Vince Vaughn. After expressing their general indifference toward massive data...
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#25 - Keeping it Ready Player One Hundred
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin (who's doped up and down a finger) discuss the mostly-good nostalgic escapism that is Steven Spielberg's big screen adaptation of Ernest Cline's READY PLAYER ONE, as well as the greatness of both a Spielberg chase sequence...
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#26 - Infinity Stones in the Stream
After a few weeks away, MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! is back! On this brisk episode, Doofin and Talley take to the microphones to discuss, in spoilery detail, AVENGERS: Infinity War! They talk about the audience reactions at their respective theaters, some of the finer action and character...
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#27 - Solo, and Thanks for Phoebe Cates
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin are talking SOLO: A Star Wars Story — the movie's highs and lows, its canonizing connections to the Expanded Universe, and the franchise's ever-worsening fandom (*there are minor SPOILERS, but they manage to avoid spilling...
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#28 - How Frequent Their Misunderstandings
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley are... well, frustrated — at the world, at their fellow man, at the current administration. The usual attempt to dive right into pop culture topics is eschewed for a step onto the ol' soapbox, where they express their...
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#29 - Ant-Man's Got Nards
Talley and Doofin are SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, but on this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, the gents discuss some films currently in theaters, including ANT-MAN AND THE WASP and JURASSIC WORLD: Fallen Kingdom; the masterpiece-iness of some masterpieces, like THE DARK KNIGHT and BLADE...
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#30 - Coexisting in the Fallout
This installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, should you choose to accept it, finds Doofin and Talley discussing the latest entry of one of cinema's best ever franchises (seriously, 5 out of the 6 have been very good-to-great), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Fallout — the crazy stunts; its…
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#41 - We Got 5 on US
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin are joined by their pal Aaron Koontz, back with a vengeance... and a clear head, to discuss all things US, the new film from GET OUT writer/director Jordan Peele! This is a single-topic episode that should only be listened…
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#40 - Higher, Further, Faster, Flerken
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley talk—in a spoiler-free manner—about the latest MCU entry, CAPTAIN MARVEL, discussing the film's merits (Ben Mendelsohn), shortcomings (Matthew's expectations), and its charming "feline" co-star, as well as the...
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#31 - Peener, Pumper, Gerbil, Spy
This installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! finds the Two Musketeers (who, in this case, are both Porthos) discussing films they didn't see, like CHRISTOPHER ROBIN and CRAZY RICH ASIANS, and one Doofin regrettably did, THE MEG (more like THE 'Meh'G, amirite?). He and Talley also reflect…
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#32 - Tandy and the Bandit
"Holy forking shirt balls," this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! finds Talley and Doofin discussing the recent passings of John McCain and Burt Reynolds; the greatness of Adam Scott and director Alfonso Cuarón, and 1989. No, not the T-Swift album — a few big movies of that year…
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#33 - Third Eye Blinded by the William Ficht-nerds
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley cover a number of pop culture topics: from JK Rowling and the endless retconning of I.P.s past, to Bert and Ernie's perceived relationship and if it matters; from recognizable, but unsung character actors like Bruce...
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#34 - A Very Hal Holbrook Halloween
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin (a.k.a. "the supinators") go soup to nuts on all things Halloween... well, most things. Before the guys get to the hallowed holiday at hand, they manage to bounce between topics, including 80s bands and 80s covers…
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#39 - Shakespearing Private Ryan
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin find themselves discussing everything from the bad and worse of SPIDER-MAN soundtrack songs to the great and greater of R.E.M.'s run of 90s albums. The gents then dive deep into some Oscar history, examining 1998's Best...
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#19 - I've Seen Fires and I've Seen Tears in Rain
This installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! finds the hosts in various states of sickness, but they're game enough to give... well, an average amount of effort. Still high on Marvel's AVENGERS: Infinity War trailer, they discuss the MCU's bright future, the ramifications of Disney's...
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#18 - For Those About to Ragnarok
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin takes back his co-host chair, but is magnanimous and gives way for State-Lines' own Daniel Cura to join the program once again. They and Talley can't help but begin with the litany of new names, some breaking as they recorded, being...
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#17 - Killing Napkins and Saving the DCEU
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley braves the rocky podcast waters with a fill-in first mate. Don't worry; the Doofin isn't going anywhere. A series of miscommunications on all fronts led Shawn to doing an impromptu episode with fellow State Lines contributor and...
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#16 - Sad Songs, Sad Men, and Sad Cheese
On this week's installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, your trusty hosts swoon over some melancholy music before Shawn's wifi drops out, wherein hilarity does not ensue. Once they regroup, the guys fall into the familiar pits of separating the art and the artist, searching for context and...
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#15 - The Treacherous Path of Reasonable
Only a few days removed from the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, Talley and Doofin don't have all the answers, but lament so many shutting down even asking questions pertaining to the possible prevention of future massacres. Choosing the "treacherous path of reasonable," they...
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#14 - All Your Hot Takes Float Down Here
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley discuss the fallout from Hurricane Irma, the impending Hurricane Maria, and the perfect storm of name calling and word salad that is Hurricane Trump. Trying not to fall into the bog of eternal stench that is political talk,...
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#13 - Fiery Mountains and Rocky Waters
Hosts Shawn Talley and Matthew Hevey are coming to you this week from a world that's equal parts flooding and on fire. The former survived the city of Los Angeles' largest recorded blaze (not that he was ever that close to it), while the latter recorded this shortly before final prep for…
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#12 - Take Me to the Pilate
On this hodgepodge installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley & Doofin discuss Game of Thrones' sixth episode of its seventh season: the divisive, timeline-fudging "Beyond the Wall" and its major fallout (RIP Visy… well, sort of). The gents also touch on the state of our nation's...
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#11 - Getting Azor Ahai on Kickain
On this week's episode of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley double down ('cause you always double down on 11), fawning over the first half of Game of Thrones' exhilarating seventh season and looking forward to what prophecies have yet to be fulfilled... and by whom. Their…
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#10 - In Praise of Dunkirk and Damn, Dirty Apes
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Talley and Doofin are joined by film critic and film lover Blake Stubbs to discuss, dissect, and dispute the masterpiece-iness of two of this month's most evocative theatrical releases, Matt Reeves' powerful trilogy-closer WAR FOR THE PLANET...
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#9 - A Spider-Sort of Homecoming
On this largely single-topic installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley deep dive into the latest entry to Marvel's shared cinematic universe, SPIDER-MAN: Homecoming. They gush over the great many things the picture got right, look back to the previous Spidey franchises and...
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#8 - Multicultural Misappropriations
On this eighth installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley continue their never-ending quest to find the mythical middle ground on topics like politics, outrage culture, and cultural appropriation. The guys apologize for several things, but refuse to apologize for much more,...
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#7 - The Green Flash Rises
Doofin and Talley are back to talk Silicon Valley (the previous week's episode, anyway) and its lead character, complement millennials' preferred toast toppings, and strap on the nostalgia goggles to defend some lesser '80s movies. From Josh Hartnett to Jeff Goldblum, Tim Burton to Christopher...
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#6 - Wonder Wo-- Wo-- Whoa, What Happened?
Talley and Doofin hit a technical snag recording this week's episode of MULTIMEDIOCRITY and lost a good chunk of the show. That's the bad news. The good news is that the last leg of it was salvaged, and is here for your earhole pleasure! While you won't get their rather positive review of WONDER...
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#5 - Much a DOOFIN About Nothing
On this latest installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY, Shawn welcomes awesome gent Matthew Hevey (a.k.a. "The Doofin") into the State Lines fold as a regular co-host of the program. They run the gamut of topics — from strong women to cowardly men, from psychedelic rock to grunge, from political talk to…...
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#38 - Our Favorite Stuff from 2018
After a longer hiatus than usual, MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! returns in the new year... with a look back at last year! Unlike their 'Favorite Stuff from 2017' episode, the guys play a little looser with the format this go-round. While they do touch on several of their top films, television...
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#37 - It's Not a Lie if You Baby, Baby-lieve It
On this "very special" episode of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast! – an ABK Production, Talley and Doofin are recording in the same room for the first time (and likely last time) ever, and they're joined by a special guest, filmmaker and longtime mutual friend Aaron Koontz. Tired, punchy, and...
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#36 - My Name is Adam Sandler Hamilton
On this 36th installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin tells two different tales of being stuck in waiting pools, each with a different result. First, he recounts a long day of jury duty selection, but not without Talley tangenting into hot takes on DIE HARD sequels and The Walking...
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MULTIMEDIOCRITY #4 - "What's So Civil About War Anyway?"
On this installment of "MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!", Shawn, back from a sticky sojourn in the Bayou, shares his thoughts on some comic book movies, comic book TV shows, and comic book continuity… or their lack thereof. Listen to him gush over recent Marvel fare like Daredevil season 2 and...
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MULTIMEDIOCRITY #3 - "My 15 Favorite Films from 2015"
On this week's episode of "MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!", Shawn counts down his fifteen favorite films from 2015, and surprisingly, the Entourage movie is nowhere to be found. Terminator: Genisys didn't make the cut either, but there is a movie about robots. Jurassic World is also noticeably...
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MULTIMEDIOCRITY #2 - "Let's Begin Again"
It's the return of the show that barely began, "MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!" After a few months away tending to a newborn, host Shawn Talley is back… (*in our best trailer guy voice*) and this time, it's personal! He's joined on this his full-length episode by State Lines' own Jarrett Haas…
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MULTIMEDIOCRITY #1 - "The Train Job"
Hey now, gang! Shawn Talley here. When State-Lines co-founder Jarrett first talked with me about re-launching this here site of and podcasts and blog, I said I would be glad to contribute some of the latter, and had been intending to re-up my own of the former. The initial recording of said 'cast...
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#35 - Stan Lee, Rudy, and AC Top 40
On this installment of MULTIMEDIOCRITY: The Broadcast!, Doofin and Talley break into song... like, more than usual, in between discussions about everything from the best movie musical numbers and worst comedy sequels to ROAD TO PERDITION and Hamilton. Your trusty hosts also discuss the…
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'MULTIMEDIOCRITY' is a show about everything, something, and occasionally, nothing at all! Hosts Shawn Talley and Matthew Hevey share their unique perspectives on current events and all things pop culture -- including, but not limited to movies, music, television, comic books, sports, and politics. New episodes release every other Monday!
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'MULTIMEDIOCRITY' is a show about everything, something, and occasionally, nothing at all! Hosts Shawn Talley and Matthew Hevey share their unique perspectives on current events and all things pop culture -- including, but not limited to movies, music, television, comic books, sports, and politics....
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