Synopsis
If you ever wanted to read long comments on Grantland thinkpieces, you've come to the right place. A range of shows covering sports, TV, politics, and pop culture--The Luckswing Channel covers it all. Visit us at luckswing.com
Episodes
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Ep. 19 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku
21/04/2016 Duration: 49min'Welcome to LuckSwing' - Our Flagship Program This week: 2016 NFL Draft (01:20), Harriet Tubman replacing Andrew Jackson on the FRONT of the American $20 Bill (11:21), the New York primaries (20:45), and [insert theme music] Sunday's return of "Game of Thrones!" (34:00) Notes: It is very obviously 420...We are still working out audio kinks...sorry Clare...and everyone else.Tarzan can heard making a smoothie around the 22 min mark, #themysterioushumStay tuned for our new Game of Thrones podcast starting next week!Here are the links to the promised "History and Lore of Westeros" aka the "Game of Thrones" Blue Ray special features:Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPI_xA1SoRgSeason 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7rzczZ030Season 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQh-Uk9L7rQSeason 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKahi3qZuZwSeason 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzWo97BBeOs
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Ep. 18 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku
12/04/2016 Duration: 58min'Welcome to LuckSwing' - Our Flagship ProgramThis week: "Star Wars: Rogue One" Trailer (00:30), The Golden State Warrior's season and their record attempt on 4/13 (21:07), and the notorious Panama Papers (33:20)!Notes: We are actively working to improve sound quality, that you for putting up with us.If you want to listen to just the audio of the Rogue One Trailer it is at the end of the episode. Shout out to the International Consortium of Journalism"I AM NOT A VOYEUR" - Stephen Toyofuku
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Ep. 15 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku
04/04/2016 Duration: 54min'Welcome to LuckSwing' the flagship program of the Luckswing Channel.This episode the boys talk about (2:00) The 2016 James Beard Award Nominees/ Netflix cooking programming, (13:55) Superman vs. Batman: Dawn of Justice and Superheroes in general, (31:21) Election Update!, (38:22) The removal of the statutes protecting special groups in North Carolina.Notes:The sounds of cocktails can be heard in the background.Joey spent a lot of time commenting on Stephen's in studio physical gestures. We love you Clare
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Ep. 12 - 'Storytime with Tofu' w/ Kayla Bowers, Dana Sumner-Pritchard, Lee Anne Hoover, and Kathryn Funkhouser
16/03/2016 Duration: 01h12min'Storytime w/ Tofu' - potentially a temporary name - is your LuckSwing Channel interview podcast. There are always stories behind any creative endeavor; we want to hear them all.This week, for our first podcast, I speak with co-producers and creators of "Wonder" - an upcoming Sci-Fi web-series - Kayla Bowers, Dana Sumner-Pritchard, Lee Ann Hoover, and Kathryn Funkhouser. Kat's quick pitch "Liz Lemon goes to S.H.I.E.L.D." Topics Include:Crowd-funding, blizzards, cheese (holy cheese!), "10 CloverField Lane" (no spoilers), the challenges and rewards of small budgets, world building, casting, and much more!Check out "Wonder" -Website: http://www.wonderwebseries.com/media/YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpnbSOGBaEA3bWf9z6cMwkANotes - Apologies for the occasional echos: LuckSwing is always working harder to improve the quality of our recordings with our limited technology. Vote for a better name please!
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Ep. 09 'Lazy Hangover' w/ Joey Kern and Stephen Toyofuku
09/03/2016 Duration: 45minThis week on the 'Lazy Hangover' Joey and Stephen expound upon a photo attached to an article about a Bear Sanctuary (Joey's idea...), talk about Louie C.K. P.S. message concerning Donald Trump, and get slightly post-modern in our discussion of episode one of 'FLCL' (フリクリ) and the no-spoken-dialogue-animated short-film 'NekoJiru-Sou' (ねこぢる草), translated to Cat-Soup. Notes:Bonus points for listening to this entire podcast, you can skip the first 5 mins....Here are links so you can read the letter, watch the anime, and the short film!(we can't find the bear pic)Louie C.K.: http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/louis-c-k-donald-trump-insane-bigot-dangerous-1201723679/ - its after the article postFLCL EP 1: http://animefreak.tv/watch/fooly-cooly-episode-1-english-dubbed-online-free AVAILABLE IN JAPANESE AND ENGLISH, HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING WITH SUBTITLES FOR FULL EFFECTNekoJiru-Sou: https://vimeo.com/7748534
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Ep. 08 'Welcome to LuckSwing' w/ Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku
06/03/2016 Duration: 45min'Welcome to LuckSwing' - the flagship program of our channel. In this episode the gang discuss Chris Rock at the 2015 #OscarsSoWhite, and what exactly went down with "Super Tuesday" March 1, 2016 Democratic and Republican primaries and caucuses.P.S. We promise to be more diligent about posting in timely fashion...#LuckSwingForever #LuckSwing1000years #MILKTOASTP.S.S. Bonus points if you actually find the "best cabbage farms in the middle east," and where "the green belt of America is".
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Ep. 03 'Lazy Hangover' w/ Joey Kern and Stephen Toyofuku
09/02/2016 Duration: 52min'Lazy Hangover' your LuckSwing Channel Podcast for when our team is too hungover to create a real list of items to discuss. Loose format and silly; we won't be mad if you listen for five minutes and stop. This episode we get nostalgic with Pokemon (20th Anniversary), discuss Kanye's "brown-eye" on twitter, FAIL at making a list of movies and series for being hangover, and some brief, but real commentary about 2016 Oscar-Nominated short animated film: "World of Tomorrow" directed by Don Hertzfeldt. Intro Credit: Flatbush Zombies - 'Inf Beams'Ep. Notes:"World of Tomorrow" is only 16 minutes and available on Netflix.A wild Tarzan can be heard moving several times randomly in the podcast.Bonus points if you count how many times Joey and Stephen say 'like' in this episode.
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Ep. 01 - Welcome to LuckSwing
03/02/2016 Duration: 47minWelcome to LuckSwing Channel with your hosts Joey Kern, Dujie Tahat, and Stephen Toyofuku. This week we attempt to discuss and predict Oscar winners, the relevance of this Super Bowl, and The 2016 Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary.