Time Pals Podcast

By: Michael Underscore ShadoSpartan Nickell and Jon Powell
  • Summary

  • Time Pals are a podcast of geek dads using their mid-life years to talk about nerd culture instead of learning to brew IPAs or lifting weights. Two times a month they get together to overanalyze the media they pretend to enjoy. We didn't amass true wisdom, but we do know comic books, retro video games, and so much television.

    IG: @TimePalsPodcast

    TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@officialtimepalspodcast

    https://beacons.ai/timepalspodcast

    Contact us at: timepalspodcast@gmail.com

    Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Nickell, and Jon Powell
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Episodes
  • Time Pals Do the Oscars Worst 2006-2010 Edition (Feat. "Hollywood Fringe Legend" Veronica Matthews)
    Apr 4 2025

    The Time Pals wrap up their retrospective on the early 2000’s Best Picture winners and should-have-won-ers with special guest “Hollywood Fringe Legend” Veronica Matthews. The fight to correct past Academy mistakes continues! Sould Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby be acknowledged for its comedic impact or is Jon Powell so woefully wrong? Where the eff is The Last King of Scotland or The Dark Knight? And how the heck did Nickell end up with twenty nominees?

    Find all our links and episodes at:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/timepalspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/timepalspodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TimePalsPodcast/videos⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Contact Us at:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Timepalspodcast@gmail.com

    Join us at our new home on the ⁠⁠MaydayMedia Network⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠https://maydaymedianetwork.com/⁠⁠⁠) and be sure to check out all our new Pals everywhere you get your podcasts

    ShadoSpartan's newest retro deep dives can be found here:⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44⁠

    Veronica Matthews work from StageCrafts and Theatre Unleased can be found here:⁠https://www.youtube.com/live/scsWC1Q02II?si=jC3gAwwkyy1QkCkr⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/live/17pzC6uVr7k?si=vPSVL7k90vaUXOcZ⁠

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    Chapters

    00:00 Late Nights and Cheap Wine

    03:12 The Impact of Nickell on Jon Powell

    05:57 Exploring Other Nominees: Capote and Walk the Line

    09:00 Animated Films and Comedy Classics

    12:03 Best Picture Nominees: The Departed and More

    14:57 The 2008 Academy Awards: No Country for Old Men

    17:46 2009 Academy Awards: Slumdog Millionaire and the Dark Knight

    22:03 2010 Academy Awards: The Hurt Locker vs. Avatar

    26:47 The Best of the 2010s: A Look Ahead


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    39 mins
  • Time Pals Do the Oscars Worst 2001-2005 Edition (Feat. "Hollywood Fringe Legend" Veronica Matthews)
    Mar 28 2025

    Time Pals begin their peer-reviewed and meticulously researched version of “Marry, Eff, Kill” for the Best Picture Winners and nominees of 2001 through 2005.


    Join co-hosts Mike Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Jon Powell, and Nickell as they venture through a special two-part episode through the Academy’s most dubious decisions, fixes film history’s wrongs, and hands the gold statues to the movies that truly deserved them.


    Joining the Time Pals is special guest and close friend of Nickell, “Hollywood Fringe Legend” Veronica Matthews. Matthews credits include writing, directing, and performing in multiple stage and theater shows, and her work in the transgender community has been highly praised and brings a much-needed extra voice to keep Jon Powell in line.


    Find all our links and episodes at:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/timepalspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/timepalspodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TimePalsPodcast/videos⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Contact Us at:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Timepalspodcast@gmail.com

    Join us at our new home on the ⁠⁠MaydayMedia Network⁠⁠ (⁠⁠https://maydaymedianetwork.com/⁠⁠) and be sure to check out all our new Pals everywhere you get your podcasts

    ShadoSpartan's newest retro deep dives can be found here:
    https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44

    Veronica Matthews work from StageCrafts and Theatre Unleased can be found here:
    https://www.youtube.com/live/scsWC1Q02II?si=jC3gAwwkyy1QkCkr
    https://www.youtube.com/live/17pzC6uVr7k?si=vPSVL7k90vaUXOcZ

    #podcasts #nerdculture #timepals #timepalspodcast#maydaymedianetwork #legendarysupplements #gamers #nostalgia #throwback #podcast #Academy Awards #Oscars #Best Picture #2000s films #filmanalysis #cinematic debates #Hollywood Fringe #Veronica Matthews


    Chapters


    00:00 Late Nights and Cheap Wine

    02:20 Introducing Veronica Matthews: A Hollywood Fringe Legend

    08:20 Diving into the Oscars: 2001 Best Picture Discussion

    17:47 Exploring 2002 Best Picture Nominees

    25:32 The Subjectivity of Film and Oscar Nominations

    32:04 The Value of Comedy in Filmmaking

    35:26 Animated Films and Their Impact and 2003

    37:50 Best Picture Nominees: A Year in Review

    46:01 Controversial Choices in Best Picture Nominations

    55:00 Debating the Best Films of 2004

    01:02:43 Nickell's 2005 winner is a Southern dandy


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Time Pals: Do the Oscars Worst
    Mar 14 2025

    This week the Time Pals are going to the movies, only thistime they’re playing their version of “Eff, Marry, Kill” with some the most questionable Best Picture winners from the 1990’s. From bloated epics to forgettable dramas, join your pals as they break down which films didn’t deserve their golden statues and, more importantly, find the films that truly needed some Oscar glory.

    Would you replace American Beauty with Man on theMoon? Are you the kind of person to dropkick Driving Miss Daisy for Batman? Are you a Thin Red Line apologist or are you wrong?

    Join us as we re-write Oscar history and do what our parents’generation didn’t have the guts to do: Nominate Natural Born Killers.

    Got a movie you think deserved the gold? Let us know! And don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and time pal responsibly.


    Find all our links and episodes at:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/timepalspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/timepalspodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TimePalsPodcast/videos⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Contact Us at:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Timepalspodcast@gmail.com

    Join us at our new home on the ⁠⁠Mayday Media Network⁠⁠ (⁠https://maydaymedianetwork.com/⁠) and be sure to check out all our new Pals everywhere you get your podcasts


    ShadoSpartan's newest retro deep dives can be found here:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44


    #podcasts #nerdculture #timepals #timepalspodcast #maydaymedianetwork #legendarysupplements #gamers #nostalgia #throwback #podcast #Academy Awards #Oscars #Best Picture #1990s films #film analysis #cinematic debates


    Chapters

    00:00 Late Nights and Cheap Wine

    02:52 Revisiting the 1990 Best Picture Nominees

    06:12 Controversial Choices: What Should Have Been Nominated?

    08:49 The 1991 Academy Awards: A Battle of Classics

    11:45 1992: Animated vs. Live Action in Best Picture

    14:58 1993: Unforgiven and Its Competition

    17:56 1994: Jon Tries to Beat Schindler's List

    33:49 Exploring Iconic Films: Kingdom Hearts and Tombstone

    34:18 Best Picture Nominees of 1995: A Deep Dive

    35:45 Pulp Fiction vs. Shawshank Redemption: A Cinematic Debate

    37:38 1995: Jon Defends Clerks

    39:31 1996: Babe to Slaughter

    41:28 1997: Replacing The English Patient

    43:20 1998: Nickell Sinks the Titanic

    45:13 The Birdcage or Trainspotting?

    48:24 1999: The Battle of Saving Private Ryan vs The Thin Red Line

    58:10 2000 Academy Awards: American Beauty and The Green Mile

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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