Up For Discussion

A collection of clips from episodes 41-50 of the Up For Discussion podcast! With special guests Sam Haughton, Hank Green, Andrew McPherson, Victoria Cheng, and Angie Empleo! SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Buy Benson! https://crackersandjam.bandcamp.com @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon @acapellascience

Tom, Simon, and Kate sat down with special guest Anthony Assaf (@scarychips) to riff on fish-based skin care, bidets, weddings, funerals, and whether or not offensive comedy is ever actually good. SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Buy Benson! https://crackersandjam.bandcamp.com See Kate & Adrianne at Triple Threat Tuesday TONIGHT! https://www.facebook.com/events/1921316661448340/ Catch Down With Talking Wednesday night! https://www.facebook.com/events/1275379325899516/ @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon @redrandom featuring David Hall as the voice of The Good Book.

Tom and Simon sat down with Montreal Improv founder Vinny Francois (@VinnyFrancois) to talk about the work of George Carlin, things in pop culture that make their way into everything, and a long list of people named George. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Buy Benson! https://crackersandjam.bandcamp.com @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon featuring David Hall as the voice of Dave.

The gang (minus Simon, who is still out West) share their preferred cauliflower recipes, talk about their rules for engaging with social media, and talk about why Gambit and Jubilee deserve more dedicated screen time. Also, in chapter 4 of Tumbledown Ranch, we see what happens after Simon catches Calendar and Tom making out in the stable! Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Buy Benson! https://crackersandjam.bandcamp.com Catch Down With Talking TONIGHT at La Belle Improv! https://www.facebook.com/events/155474841665333/ @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @redrandom @boxlessthoughts @johandenora featuring David Hall as the voice of TravelDirect.

Tom & Kate sat down with special guest Vance Gillis (@ohyeahnokidding) to talk about his upcoming show 50/50- half scripted, half improvised, entirely hilarious. We also get into Facebook ads and things we'd like to see have a comeback! Go tweet @thesheertruth and tell her she can catch 50/50 for free at Off-JFL! Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Buy Benson! https://crackersandjam.bandcamp.com Go see 50/50 July 23rd! https://www.facebook.com/events/257090614768766/ Catch Down With Talking at La Belle Improv July 18th! https://www.facebook.com/events/155474841665333/ @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @redrandom featuring David Hall as the voice of Beards.

Tom & Johan have a deep conversation about families, love, and self-care, intercut with a record-breaking number of goofs & gags and another chapter of Tumbledown Ranch. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Buy Benson! https://crackersandjam.bandcamp.com @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @johandenora featuring David Hall as the voice of Sleep Deprivation!

For this month's bonus content, Tom & Simon recorded a live commentary track for the 2016 Luke Perry ghost-dad horse movie 'Race to Win'- available on Canadian Netflix and probably some other places also. If you wanna watch along with us, load up the movie and wait til we tell you to hit play! To get early access to bonus content, as well as lots of other cool perks, support us on Patreon! Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon

We experienced a WATER CATASTROPHE during this episode which maybe sorta threw us off for most of the rest of the episode. But also we told lots of fun stories about pooping ourselves, read another chapter of Tumbledown Ranch, and made a bunch of portmanteaus! Portmanteaux? Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Buy Benson! crackersandjam.bandcamp.com @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @johandenora @redrandom @boxlessthoughts featuring David Hall as the voice of Mud!

Tom and Tim sit down for one final two-hander, reflecting on the past two years and talking about their plans for the future. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @acapellascience featuring David Hall as the voice of Denny's

The gang talks about insecurities and meltdowns, and also reads the first chapter of Tumbledown Ranch: a new horse-themed romance novel starring the hosts of our show. Other talking points include: Instagram Models, VidCon, Office Supplies, ComicCon, and Wonder Woman. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Stuffed animals! https://www.etsy.com/shop/waddleflit Check out Troubadour on June 30th! https://www.facebook.com/events/754383868056134 @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @johandenora @redrandom @boxlessthoughts featuring David Hall as the voice of Boogers

Paul Blart is so chubby but so good at saving the day, and I think we can all learn a little lesson from that. We can also learn lessons from musical guest Mark Jumper, who joined us in the studio this week to go deep into how he uses music to tell stories, his musical influences, and the importance of just continuing to practice your craft until something good happens. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Check out Troubadour on June 30th! https://www.facebook.com/events/754383868056134 @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @johandenora @redrandom ft. David Hall as the voice of Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 Find Mark on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/bdtem And Bandcamp! https://bobdeyman.bandcamp.com/ And his cool site that Kate mentioned: bdtem.co.in

Sometimes The Walking Dead is boring, and that's okay. You're allowed to be boring sometimes if it's important to your character development. Sometimes our podcast includes a 20 minute discussion about narrative techniques in dramatic television, and that's also okay. Other talking points include how to stay cool in the summer, why we lie about liking things we don't like, Tim Allen's egg preferences, Frasier Vs. Capcom, and Morning Dips. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon @redrandom ft. David Hall as the voice of Good Good Food Boys

Welcome to Expanded Horizons, a new Marketing podcast from the people who brought you Up For Discussion. This week, Tom, Johan, and Adrianne discuss the financial ramifications of a petition to retire the phrase "to completion" forever. Talking points include murder hotels, swing dancing, fear of spiders, video games, garbage politicians, religious upbringings, high school diversity, and EXCITING CHANGES. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @JohanDeNora @boxlessthoughts

Tom & Simon talk about their best and worst Summer camp experiences, all the different fun names for grandparents, and a fictional universe where Hitler owns a coffee shop. Go see Simon's Fringe show! https://www.facebook.com/events/674147932787507/ Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 ft. David Hall as the voice of Bricks, I Guess. @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon @JohanDeNora @acapellascience

For May's bonus content, Tom and Simon sat down to record a live commentary track for a terrible horse movie on Netflix. The movie is the 2015 release "Rodeo & Juliet"- a thinly veiled Romeo & Juliet adaptation about a girl and a horse. We drank a bunch of booze while watching it and highly recommend you do the same, because oh boy is this movie just a big stinker. SUPPORT THE SHOW! By pledging as little as a dollar a month to our Patreon you get access to bonus content two weeks early, as well as a bunch of other cool perks! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon @JohanDeNora @acapellascience

Tim & Tom had an awesome last-minute Skype call with Katy Warren (@KatyWarren_), winner of season 2 of Canada's Smartest Person! We learn all about roller derby, the fun of a shared failure, and imposter syndrome. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @acapellascience @notheothersimon @JohanDeNora

Johan and Julian hadn't seen each other in like three years, so like half this episode is them catching up and reflecting on high school crew culture, theatre troupes, and sad people who peaked in high school. Simon wants to start listening to hip hop and asks us where to start. Tom is broke and misses his chicken place. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @notheothersimon @JohanDeNora @jkamckenzie

What would you do if you had a day with no consequences? And what even is a consequence? How can something have no consequences and still happen? Every action has its equal, opposite reaction or whatever. Tom sat down with Kate Bradley & Paul Piro from Topics Of High Importance for a fun talk about weird animal things, recorded media vs. live performance, and the struggles & joys of doing a heck of a lot of improv. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 May 25- COME SEE ALL THREE OF US at Too Many Cooks! https://www.facebook.com/events/137945600081329/ May 25- AND STICK AROUND AFTER FOR TRIPLE THREAT THURSDAY! https://www.facebook.com/events/1895692193978256/ May 26- Triple Threat Presents Orson Whales! https://www.facebook.com/events/288357551615955/ @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @acapellascience @notheothersimon

There's this wall in Seattle where people put their chewed gum, and we talked way too much about it this week. Other talking points include Frasier, religion, politics, Frasier, Fidget Spinners, and breaking bad habits. That is, bad habits that you break, not habits based around Breaking Bad, just to be clear. Also, Jaymie throws some serious shade at Michael Bay! Follow Blood & Thunder on Twitter @BloodThunderAnd and tell Jaymie & Stefan that they're good boys! Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 May 26- Triple Threat Presents Orson Whales! https://www.facebook.com/events/288357551615955/ May 25- Too Many Cooks! https://www.facebook.com/events/137945600081329/ @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @acapellascience @notheothersimon

Tom sat down for a fun hour-long chat with a few other members of the upcoming Hipster Café at Montreal Improv! Listen in as director Andy entertains with rants about evil screenwriters, and performers Kiri & Gabe talk bad old movies! We also talk New Years Eve parties, songs that make us feel good, and how Canada is low-key pretty racist. Leave us a VOICEMAIL! https://www.speakpipe.com/upfordpodcast SUPPORT THE SHOW! patreon.com/upfordiscussion Get MERCH from TeePublic! shrsl.com/?dc69 Check out the Hipster Café May 14th at Montreal Improv! https://www.facebook.com/events/1485370341535741/ @DownWithTalking @tomzalatnai @acapellascience @notheothersimon