The IdiotCast
The IdiotCast
Keith Miller, Kurt Miller and Mike Savignano
Ordinary people attempting to explain complicated things from philosophy and politics to books and video games, welcome to the IdiotCast!
Reads… Exhalation (Part 1)
Mike and Keith discuss the short story compilation "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang.
Sep 1, 2021
26 min
Says… Lunch Break Episode 06
This week we narrowly escape “A very fatal murder” podcast from trying to kill us. A new email [email protected] is out there for anyone to ignore. Flinthook swings into the conversation, while Henry V encourages us to play “Into the Breach” once more. We revisit the Paradox of the universe and how Chinese space stations […]
Mar 9, 2018
Says… Lunch Break Episode 05
This week’s comin’ in hot – and what I mean by that is we only recorded one segment. We are hopeful, however, that it will make up for what it lacks in length by impressing with its girth.  Topics discussed include dinner preparation, the origins and varied contested meanings of rochambeau, and digestive enzymes as a […]
Feb 19, 2018
13 min
Says… Lunch Break Episode 04
Hot soup, cold sandwiches, and conversations that are best described as “room temperature.”  On this week’s Lunch Break, Keith and Mike consider whether a caravan of smart cars is an efficient replacement for a Honda Pilot, the decreasing reliability of video evidence in a technological age, and the potential existence of alien coffee beans. Eat […]
Feb 12, 2018
28 min
Says… Lunch Break Episode 03
On this week’s Lunch Break: Should video editing be ‘infinitely’ complicated? Should you consider change or stay a fool? Should we discuss what we eat on the podcast?  Should AFLIC0 support French scholars in linguistics? All these are answered and more during this Lunch Break!
Feb 5, 2018
20 min
Says… Lunch Break Episode 02
The boys are back with sandwich in hand for this week’s episode of the IdiotCast Lunch Break.  Come with us on a journey that includes a discussion on Matt Makes Games’s Celeste and Nintendo’s Labo, the audible slurping of italian sausage soup, and even a cameo appearance from an ambidextrous circus clown transitioning to a […]
Jan 29, 2018
29 min
Says…Lunch Break Episode 01
The boys are taking a break!  Join us for a mini-buffet of podcasts where we discuss what we have been chewing on over the past couple of days. In this inaugural episode, Keith and I discuss creating a podcast, Fraction Games’s Soma, Steven’s Sausage Roll, and how to cleanly dissect the hyphus and annulus of […]
Jan 16, 2018
34 min
Says… Basement Tapes: Why Basement?
How do you alleviate the tedium of manually changing 1500 locker combinations for hours on end in a nearly abandoned building?  By recording a podcast while you do it, of course!  Listen in as we argue foolishly and compete with the slamming of locker doors.
Aug 1, 2017
21 min
Says… Basement Tapes: Disney
Castles, mouse ears, princesses, gluttonous food options, and an endless supply of carousels.  How does Disney make the park-going experience so smooth?  What are the sight lines of the attractions?  Why does Be Our Guest require a reservation now?  Join us in the basement to talk Disney World.
Jul 25, 2017
16 min
Says… What is the Barbershop Paradox?
Two men walk into a barber shop.  One guy says to the other guy, “I’m really nervous, please don’t leave without me!”  Badum, psh! Uncle Jim and Uncle Joe talk haircuts as we are left to wonder, whose Uncles are these anyway?  Ponder with us in the latest IdiotCast episode!
Jul 12, 2017
10 min
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