Episode [497] - Pop Princesses- June 25, 2026

The podcast that's freaky-freaky-fresh. 

Participants

• Ian Karmel: plugging the AFE 10 year anniversary show at the Aladdin Theater in Portland on September 26th, also teased a new World Cup show he's doing with James Corden and Rio Ferdinand
• Sean Jordan: playing Sports Drink in New Orleans in August (exact date TBD) and headlining the Motor City Comedy Festival in Detroit on September 16th, though he'll be missing part of it since he's honeymooning in Tahiti
• David Gborie: no stand up dates, said he's lying low ahead of his upcoming wedding
• Sophie Buddle (guest, @sophbuds): playing Portland August 7th and 8th (her birthday weekend) and Indianapolis August 14th and 15th, joked that getting a nose job in June is really what she should be plugging

Draft Order: David, Sophie, Ian, Sean

Serpentine Explanation: "Catan style." 

Round 1

Pick 1.1 | David | Madonna

Pick 1.2 | Sophie Buddle | Mariah Carey

Pick 1.3 | Ian Karmel |  Britney Spears

Pick 1.4 | Sean Jordan | Christina Aguilera

Round 2

Pick 2.1 | Sean Jordan | Sabrina Carpenter

Pick 2.2 | Ian Karmel | Ariana Grande

Pick 2.3 | Sophie Buddle | Beyoncé

Pick 2.4 | David | Selena

Round 3

Pick 3.1 | David | Brandy

Pick 3.2 | Sophie Buddle | Rihanna

Pick 3.3 | Ian Karmel | Taylor Swift

Pick 3.4 | Sean Jordan | Selena Gomez

Round 4

Pick 4.1 | Sean Jordan | Avril Lavigne

Pick 4.2 | Ian Karmel | Katy Perry

Pick 4.3 | Sophie Buddle | Billie Eilish

Pick 4.4 | David | Whitney Houston

Round 5

Pick 5.1 | David | Shirley Temple

Pick 5.2 | Sophie Buddle | Hilary Duff

Pick 5.3 | Ian Karmel | Chappell Roan (after floating Ella Fitzgerald, which the group ruled out)

Pick 5.4 | Sean Jordan | Dua Lipa (after floating Haley Williams, which the group ruled out since she's in a band, not a solo pop princess)

Producer's Pick

Isaac | Olivia Rodrigo

Honorable Mentions: Adele came up explicitly as an "honorable mention," with the group debating whether her lack of dancing makes her more of a balladeer than a true pop princess. In the closing rundown of names people were surprised didn't get drafted: Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX (raised as a maybe), Shakira, and Kelly Clarkson.

Quotes From This Episode

• "I'm about 20 years clean of vacation braids." - Sean Jordan, on copying Christina Aguilera's look as a kid
• "My blood pressure is going up over here." - David, on learning new Selena trivia mid-draft
• "I'm thinking of Betty Boop." - Ian Karmel, mixing up Shirley Temple with a cartoon character
• "It's provocative, and that's all that matters." - Sophie Buddle, on Rihanna stealing wine glasses from restaurants

Episode [496]- Food Scenes in Movies- June 18, 2026

The podcast if you know about it, you know about it. If you don't, look it up and then prepare to eat a sandwich.

Participants

• Ian Karmel: hosting Fox World Cup postgame shows with Rio Ferdinand and James Corden, spilled a club soda on his laptop on a flight, still hasn't bought a grill after eight years of promising he will
• Sean Jordan: playing Sports Drink in August, performing at the Aladdin Theater September 26th for the AFE 10-year anniversary show, still no grill, but a leather apron.
• David Gborie: getting married this summer, laying low, wearing orange shoes and matching hat, new to driving and already road raging
• Noah Galutin: chef, author, cookbook author, co-founder of Blood's Barbecue, new grilling cookbook Grill Time out now, father of children whose palates he is about to abandon to Dorito nachos for the summer

Draft Order David wins Rock, Paper, Scissors. Sean and Ian both threw a potato, which David cut. \

Seprtine Explaination: it's like when you had Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl and you just ran up and down the screen because nobody could catch you. 

Draft Order: David, Sean, Ian, Noah.

Round 1

Pick 1.1 | David Gborie | The imagination food scene, Hook 

Pick 1.2 | Sean Jordan | The Billy Bats late-night dinner at Scorsese's mom's house, Goodfellas 

Pick 1.3 | Ian Karmel | The fried egg sandwich, Spanglish 

Pick 1.4 | Noah Galutin | The Big Kahuna Burger scene, Pulp Fiction

Round 2

Pick 2.1 | Noah Galutin | The poison mushroom omelette, Phantom Thread 

Pick 2.2 | Ian Karmel | The entire candy room, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 

Pick 2.3 | Sean Jordan | The What About Bob patio dinner scene, What About Bob 

Pick 2.4 | David Gborie | Rocky drinking raw eggs, Rocky

Round 3

Pick 3.1 | David Gborie | The Chinese dinner, A Christmas Story 

Pick 3.2 | Sean Jordan | The Wedding Crashers breakfast spread, Wedding Crashers 

Pick 3.3 | Ian Karmel | The fake orgasm at Katz's Delicatessen, When Harry Met Sally 

Pick 3.4 | Noah Galutin | Travis Bickle's white bread, milk, sugar, and peach brandy, Taxi Driver

Round 4

Pick 4.1 | Noah Galutin | Julie Christie's four fried eggs, stew, and strong tea / Warren Beatty's whiskey and raw egg, McCabe and Mrs. Miller 

Pick 4.2 | Ian Karmel | The Great Hall feasts, Harry Potter 

Pick 4.3 | Sean Jordan | Kevin McAllister's ice cream sundae spread, Home Alone 

Pick 4.4 | David Gborie | The Klump family dinner, The Nutty Professor

Round 5

Pick 5.1 | David Gborie | The Chinese food and champagne opening scene, Paid in Full 

Pick 5.2 | Sean Jordan | The prison toast and cornbread scene, Life 

Pick 5.3 | Ian Karmel | The silent frittata scene, Big Night 

Pick 5.4 | Noah Galutin | The ham ramen scene, Ponyo

Producer's Pick Isaac Lee | The Fool's Gold sandwich finale, The F-Word (What If)

Quotes From This Episode

• "I put my list together based on how delicious the food looked. I'm just throwing that gauntlet right now." — Ian Karmel
• "That exact meal got me through some tough times. Absolutely. Fried egg sandwiches hit so hard." — Noah Galutin
• "I eat food, but I'm not like a food guy. It's all good unless it's seafood. My man likes to stay dry and hungry." — David Gborie, on Sean
• "When a Jew loudly disagrees with you, that's not bullying. That's me sharing my culture with you. Ten years in, I need to lay that out." — Ian Karmel
• "That scene in the Nutty Professor, I was like, I don't think anything funnier than this will ever happen again. But as a fat kid, it was like watching a shark swim towards you and you can't help but laugh at the shark." — David Gborie
• "Don't buy my book. Have my wife leave me with the kids. Book me an apartment in New York. Within three weeks, the Travis Bickle version might be on the table." — Noah Galutin

Episode [495] - Little Guys - June 11, 2026

The podcast that supports guys of all sizes.

Episode Tagline: The podcast that fantasy drafts anything and everything from the world of popular culture.

Participants

• Ian Karmel: catch him on Fox on the World Cup after show alongside James Corden and Rio Ferdinand, AFE ten year anniversary at the Aladdin Theater in Portland on September 26 (second late show added)
• Sean Jordan: playing the Sports Drink in New Orleans in August, AFE ten year anniversary show in Portland
• David Gborie:  check the video feed for his outfits, recently survived an alligator reserve in New Orleans run by a guy missing part of a finger
• Jamie Loftus (guest): Jamie Cries Superstar on socials, author of "Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs" (out now), a new novel about an objectum sexual architect who falls for her own blueprint (potentially available for pre-order), co-host of the Bechdel Cast every Tuesday, also hitting ten years with a tour at the end of the year

Draft Order

This week's winner of Rock, Paper, Scissors is David, paper against two scissors, an odd man out victory in the three way throw.

David sets the serpentine order as David, Jamie, Ian, Sean, after the traditional and completely doomed attempt to explain what serpentine means by way of a menorah.

Round 1

Pick 1.1 | David Gborie | Punch (the bullied Japanese macaque with the stuffed orangutan, Chikawa City Zoo, Japan)

Pick 1.2 | Jamie Loftus | The Minions, specifically Kevin, but all of them (Despicable Me)

Pick 1.3 | Ian Karmel | Arthur Karmel (his 16 month old son, a certified little guy who knows the word "purple")

Pick 1.4 | Sean Jordan | The lone onion ring hiding in the fries

Round 2

Pick 2.1 | Sean Jordan | The pinky toenail

Pick 2.2 | Ian Karmel | Prince

Pick 2.3 | Jamie Loftus | Pee-Wee Herman

Pick 2.4 | David Gborie | Danny DeVito

Round 3

Pick 3.1 | David Gborie | Jerry (Tom and Jerry)

Pick 3.2 | Jamie Loftus | Babu Frik (Star Wars)

Pick 3.3 | Ian Karmel | Mini corn dogs

Pick 3.4 | Sean Jordan | Woolly Bear Caterpillars

Round 4

Pick 4.1 | Sean Jordan | Cotton Hill (King of the Hill)

Pick 4.2 | Ian Karmel | Martin Scorsese

Pick 4.3 | Jamie Loftus | Michigan J. Frog (Looney Tunes)

Pick 4.4 | David Gborie | Michelle Tanner (Full House)

Round 5

Pick 5.1 | David Gborie | The Bill (Schoolhouse Rock)

Pick 5.2 | Jamie Loftus | The Purple M&M

Pick 5.3 | Ian Karmel | Muggsy Bogues

Pick 5.4 | Sean Jordan | Meerkats

Producer's Pick

Isaac Lee | Lionel Messi

Quotes From This Episode

• "A little guy doesn't even need to necessarily be human." Ian Karmel (arriving at the thesis that opens the whole draft)
• "I don't read a lot, never been much of a reader." Sean Jordan 
• "I made it sound like we had made a lot of money on Twitch." Jamie Loftus (on the cover story she used to tour Pee-Wee Herman's house)
• "Flawless. How about Flawmore?" Jamie Loftus (on the purple M&M's catchphrase)
• "I don't get tired of his Jersey Mike's commercials." David Gborie (making the case for Danny DeVito)

Episode [494]- Movies to Remake, Muppet Style - June 4, 2026

"It's like there's one main human and then a lot of Muppets in it."

Participants

• Ian Karmel: just got done hosting Fox World Cup postgame, treadmill runner doing two and a half miles without stopping, lifelong Muppet Christmas Carol devotee, has strong opinions about Good Night Moon ("it stinks")
• Sean Jordan: Aladdin Theater Portland September 26th for the AFE 10-year anniversary show, headlining Motor City Comedy Festival September 16th, watched all three extended edition Lord of the Rings on a cruise ship in a windowless room
• David Gborie: getting married this summer, 70-something million views on his Don't Tell special, new to driving and already doing California stops

Draft Order
David wins Rock, Paper, Scissors. 

Serpentine Explanation:  It's like hip-hop horray, hey, hoe. 

 David sets the order as David, Ian, Sean.

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Round 1

Pick 1.1 | David Gborie | Training Day (Denzel as himself, everyone else Muppets)
Pick 1.2 | Ian Karmel | Space Jam (Michael Jordan as himself, Looney Tunes swapped for Muppets)
Pick 1.3 | Sean Jordan | The Matrix (Keanu Reeves as Neo, Kermit as Morpheus, everyone else Muppets)

Round 2

Pick 2.1 | Sean Jordan | Rocky IV (Rocky as a Muppet, Ivan Drago as the human)
Pick 2.2 | Ian Karmel | The Princess Bride (Princess Buttercup as the lone human, everyone else Muppets)
Pick 2.3 | David Gborie | The Master (Joaquin Phoenix as himself, Philip Seymour Hoffman and everyone else as Muppets)

Round 3

Pick 3.1 | David Gborie | A League of Their Own (Tom Hanks as himself, everyone else Muppets including two Miss Piggys as Dottie and Kit)
Pick 3.2 | Ian Karmel | Die Hard (Bruce Willis as John McClane, terrorist Muppets, Animal doing the cocaine)
Pick 3.3 | Sean Jordan | Titanic (Jack and Rose as humans, Billy Zane as a tiny Muppet husband, all the Irish steerage Muppets dancing below deck)

Round 4

Pick 4.1 | Sean Jordan | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, everyone else Muppets including Army of the Dead Muppets and Uruk-hai Muppets)
Pick 4.2 | Ian Karmel | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Kevin as the lone human, Wet Bandits as Muppets, Muppet Tim Curry, Muppet Donald Trump)
Pick 4.3 | David Gborie | Talladega Nights (Will Ferrell as himself, Sacha Baron Cohen's character as a Muppet, John C. Riley as a Muppet)

Round 5

Pick 5.1 | David Gborie | Paid in Full (Wood Harris as himself, Cameron as a Muppet)
Pick 5.2 | Ian Karmel | Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly as himself, everyone else Muppets)
Pick 5.3 | Sean Jordan | Tombstone (Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday, everyone else Muppets including six Muppets standing in the woods)

Producer's Pick
Isaac Lee | Fast Five (Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs hunting down a crew of Muppets, Vin Diesel as a Muppet)

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Quotes From This Episode

• "I wanted to separate the whites in this room. That's what happened." -- Isaac Lee
• "Just a tense game of Muppet poker. They can't say 'shit-pushed.' It has to be something else because it's the Muppets." -- David Gborie
• "When Morpheus is like, 'These machines!' it's just a tiny Muppet and then a bunch of little raver Muppets all sweating." -- Sean Jordan
• "You can't see any of our beloved Muppets get shot in the head." -- Ian Karmel
• "Doc was the most interesting part of the movie. Everyone else can kind of go and do a Muppet." -- Sean Jordan
• "When they're having that gigantic rave and all the Muppets are there -- I'd be tight." -- Sean Jordan