A weekly dive into the seriously silly world of Sonic the Hedgehog. Indie game developer Nick Splendorr and author Caleb Zane Huett study everyone's favorite blue guy to learn about games, stories, and maybe even ourselves. There's also a lot of goofing.
24-07-2017
Rather than just talk about one shot from one scene from one episode today, we’re GOING BIG and talking about an entire cartoon! Lest our ambitions get the best of us, Sonic reminds us that all empires come to ruin, especially ones without compassion.
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17-07-2017
Join us as things really heat up in SatAM. We dig into why Sonic stories can feel genuine or forced, the different configurations of Sonic’s crew, and then we get super real about the correlation between Energon, the Zeo Crystal, and global politics.
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10-07-2017
Hello and welcome to NPR's newest pop culture podcast, You're Too Show. This week we recap episode two of Sonic SatAM, discuss a Golden Girls adaptation of the Terminator, and finally get Nick those acting awards he deserves in SPEED READING!
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26-06-2017
It's Sonic's 25th birthday, and we take the opportunity to review the first quarter of SEGA's ultimate plan. SatAM is gritty, silly, and Sonic almost commits actual murder.
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19-06-2017
We're live from the E3 show floor doing some hard hitting journalism for you, listeners, because you deserve it. No stone is left unturned in our moment-to-moment press coverage. Also we watched the pilot of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
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13-06-2017
Take us out to the game grass, in this sports-oriented episode. See if you can “Mitt” all the SportsFacts, including: What is Turf; What shape ~is~ a baseball field, really; and why do grandpas love Humanity’s Worst Creation so much?
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06-06-2017
We’ve reached the final act of our Sonic 06 extravaganza with Zolani Stewart. We talk about why Rouge is the best, learn which character is the Waluigi of Sonic, and realize why we believe in the dream of Sonic.
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31-05-2017
Join us behind the emotional curtain as we explore the topic… of love. Feel the rigid metal of your heart transform into Eggman’s new Soft Alloy, and wrap your tentacles around our new favorite ship: SonAmy.
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23-05-2017
Y’all, we did some stuff in this episode, but at the end: we came up with the best Sonic game ever, so that’s all I can remember.
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15-05-2017
Join your two hosts for another episode of what Caleb has dubbed "the Last Airbender of Sonic." Sonic X leaves everyone an emotional mess, including us.
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