Podcasts by The Boy Howdy Podcast

2018 Boy Howdy Year-End Wrapup from 2018-12-31T06:47:52

Heya, folks! If you’re hearing/reading this, then I guess Anne and Bill managed to figure out how to kick out the dust and fire up the podcast pipeline in time to bring you another...

The 2017 Boy Howdy Holiday Special from 2017-12-24T08:32:31

Hey guys! We’re firing up the ol’ podcast pipeline to check in with y’alls and gab about all the stuff we’ve watched, played or listened to in 2017.

Also, ...

Episode 252–Auld Lang Syne from 2016-12-27T03:45:50

And here at the end of all things is the final episode of The Boy Howdy Podcast. This last time out, we’re mostly just talking about Christmas, warmth and friendship, with a littl...

Episode 251–David“Star Wars”Pumpkins from 2016-12-19T02:28:20

On this, the penultimate episode of the Boy Howdy Podcast, we piffle about Rogue One, Dishonored 2, more Yuri on Ice and Voltron, Forza Horizon 3’s Blizzard Mountain DLC, Stardew V...

Rogue One Roundtable Special from 2016-12-18T04:00:06

We’re interrupting Boy Howdy’s regular schedule to present a VERY spoileriffic roundtable discussion about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, guest-starring our usual gang of Star...

Episode 250–Scientits from 2016-12-12T00:57:38

We’ve survived Portland’s first (and only?) snowfall of the season to yak at you beautiful people about the Westworld S1 finale (spoilers!), The Last Guardian, Yuri on Ice, S...

Episode 249–Hot Boss Hog from 2016-12-05T03:22:11

Life has conspired to keep any of us from ingesting much new pop culture this week, but we still manage to check in with out thoughts about 1994’s Little Women, Final Fantasy XV, t...

Episode 248–Teen Blood from 2016-11-28T00:04:26

It’s a quiet, post-Thanksgiving weekend, but that doesn’t keep us from blabbing about Supergirl, Kubo and the Two Strings, Suicide Squad and Watch Dogs 2.

In The Geek ...

Episode 247–Fuck Machine from 2016-11-20T22:25:36

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! We’re talking about our Turkey Day plans, Dishonored 2, spoilers for the latest episode of Westworld, PSVR, The Godfather Notebook, Empire of the Sun...

Episode 246–I’d Rather Be A Pig Than A Fascist from 2016-11-13T22:37:35

Nothing much happened in the world this week, so we’re just talking about Arrival, The NES Classic (and the Famicom Mini that Bill imported from Japan), Porco Rosso, Princess Monon...

Autumn Mix’16 from 2016-11-06T08:47:58

Anne was knocked unconscious this week by the Sombra character reveal for Overwatch, so in lieu of talking this week, Bill cooked up a little November-y music mix tape for y’all. Listen

Episode 245–What We Do On Crimson Peak from 2016-10-30T23:21:22

Happy Halloween everybody! This week, we’re gabbing about Crimson Peak (again) and What We Do In The Shadows, along with the new Art of Atari book, Overwatch Halloween skins, Bill&...

Episode 244–The Enemy Has Released The Pigeon from 2016-10-23T23:29:26

We’re broadcasting from the trenches this week as Bill and Anne talk Battlefield 1, Swiss Army Man, Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive, more GBBO and The Good Place and fucking Sausage ...

Episode 243–We(s)tworld from 2016-10-16T23:00:17

Heavy rains have driven Bill and Anne to record this week from a dining room, but what a rich feast we’ve got for you: Westworld and the Red Dead Redemption sequel tease, Thumper, ...

Episode 242–Sexy Squirrel Man from 2016-10-09T23:39:14

Anne and Foley are back, so we’ve got three weeks’ worth of stuff to catch up on: Forza Horizon 3, Luke Cage, Mafia III, The Good Place, The Shallows, The Great British Bake-...

Star Trek 50th Anniversary Special from 2016-10-03T05:22:53

We’re taking another break from our regular podcasting schedule this week to bring you a belated 50th anniversary Star Trek round table special.

Bobby Roberts, Katie Lane, L...

Burns and Allen Special #2 from 2016-09-25T20:51:21

Anne and Foley are away this week, so we’ve got another hour of George Burns & Gracie Allen and 50’s sci-fi radio X-Minus One to tide us over.

Episode 241–Showstopper from 2016-09-18T23:21:36

We mourn the death of The Great British Bake-Off (at least as we know it) while gabbing about this week’s avalanche of comic/picture book releases: Leave Me Alone, King Baby, Cat R...

Episode 240–Giant Tits, Turgid Dicks from 2016-09-11T22:30:13

Anne and Foley check in this week about make-up, Steven Universe toys, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s “Duet” and Miyazaki’s Nausicaa: The Valley of the Wind, while ...

Episode 239–Pure Imagination from 2016-09-04T22:52:19

Settle in for a lot of Star Trek talk this week as we reminisce about the show on the eve of its 50th anniversary – but we also talk about the Battlefield 1 beta, The Jungle Book, ...

Episode 238–Quien es Sombra? from 2016-08-28T22:38:54

The Olympics are finally over (just in time for us to bitch about Olympic mascots of the past), so now we can turn our attention to what really matters: The Great British Bake-Off. Also ...

Episode 237–Turning Into Puppies from 2016-08-21T22:59:18

It’s our last week blabbing about the Olympics (and our last chance to chat about the “Summer Games” stuff in Overwatch), but we also talk about the 80’s lesbian ...

Episode 236–Curs-ed Child from 2016-08-14T21:40:35

Bill takes a break from shooting valuable space turds to chat about No Man’s Sky and Harry Potter & The Cursed Child, while Anne & Foley bring some more Olympic commentary ...

Episode 235–Summon the Zeros from 2016-08-07T21:46:16

We’ve got Olympic fever, so when we’re not gushing about womens’ rugby or Iranians crashing into walls, we’re talking about the indie sci-fi flick Midnight Specia...

Episode 234–RIP VHS from 2016-07-31T23:12:04

We’re visited by Miss Virginia as we Anne dishes about her first time delving into Overwatch while Bill talks up Stardew Valley on Mac and Batman: TAS.

In The Geek Week News...

Episode 233–Salty Parabolas from 2016-07-25T00:38:37

Anne & Foley are back, so they’re got their take on the new Ghostbusters flick while Bill dishes about Stranger Things and Star Trek Beyond. Also: Keanu, Dragon Age: Dawn of th...

Episode 232–Who You Gonna Call? from 2016-07-16T19:24:32

Anne’s out this week, so Leland Radburn (from the Subcon Serenade podcast) steps in to talk with Bill about the new (and fun!) Ghostbusters flick and its surprisingly great “...

Episode 231–Rayanne Graff Fan Club from 2016-07-10T22:20:20

Weirdly enough, we’re talking about everything BUT Pokemon Go this week in favor of Summer Games Done Quick, 1776, Forza 6, Inside, Elementary, The Road to El Dorado and the Olympi...

Episode 230–It’s A Threesome! from 2016-07-03T23:26:01

There’s more Teeny Titans Go! talk this week as Anne really digs into the game, but we also hit the RiffTrax/MST3K reunion, Green Room, Batman V Superman, the Game of Thrones final...

Episode 229–Crotch Headache from 2016-06-26T22:27:56

Anne’s a Merry Man this week as she talks about Douglas Fairbanks’ Robin Hood, while Bill yaks about Teeny Titans Go!, Mighty No. 9, Message From Space and The Prince of Egyp...

Episode 228–Stunt Ass from 2016-06-21T06:09:42

Anne and Foley are back to chat about their E3 impressions, Game of Thrones, Turn: Washington’s Spies, Banner Saga 2, The Grizzled, Raiders : The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Eve...

Episode 227–Ah, Banana Oil from 2016-06-14T20:59:59

Special guest Phil Theobald sits in this week to chat with Bill about the new live-action Ninja Turtles sequel, the newly-announced Lego Dimensions sets, Beverly Cleary, Inspector Gadget...

Episode 226–Easy Company from 2016-06-05T22:04:41

It’s been a quiet week, so this time out we’re just sussing out our feeling about the new Hi-C Ecto Cooler that just hit store shelves while blarfing a bit more about Overwat...

Episode 225–Inspirational Poster Country from 2016-05-31T03:25:23

Bill takes a break from injecting Overwatch directly into his veins just long enough to hear Anne & Foley talk about vacationing in the Oregon countryside while watching Sister Act a...

Episode 224–Uncharted 4 Spoilercast from 2016-05-22T23:27:53

Bill’s finally finished Uncharted 4, so this means a big spoilercast about the game starting at the 1 hour & 20 minute mark in this episode!

But before that, we’re...

Episode 223–Muppet West Wing from 2016-05-15T23:53:59

Bill’s only halfway through Uncharted 4, so this week we have a bit of a spoilercast for the first half of the game (up until chapter 12), and then Bill dishes about Captain Americ...

Episode 222–McDonald’s Breakfast from 2016-05-09T04:37:18

Anne and Foley surprise Bill with their early (and non-spoilery) impressions about Uncharted 4 while Bill dishes about Overwatch, Star Wars: Bloodline, Back to the Future (in concert) an...

Episode 221–Next Sunday, A.D. from 2016-05-01T21:18:48

This week we’re joined by a pair of ‘bots as we talk about Deadpool, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Beyonce’s Lemonade, revisiting early Parks & Recreation, Tom Hard...

Episode 220–Hot Sauce In My Pocket (Pokesauce?) from 2016-04-24T22:11:19

We’re taking a break from sipping Beyonce’s Lemonade to talk about the bland awfulness that is Star Fox Zero, the mid-season Vikings finale, Anne’s visit to a lumberjac...

Episode 219–Hamilton’s Ghost from 2016-04-17T20:54

This week, Anne and Bill are joined by the ghost of Alexander Hamilton, who sits in to give his opinion about the musical based on his life, the BOOK about the musical about his life, an...

Episode 218–I’m A Rebel from 2016-04-10T23:26:27

Anne’s back (with Foley in tow), so we’re catching up with the Rogue One trailer, Miitomo, Portland’s new QuarterWorld arcade/bar and the Cate Blanchett Queen Elizabeth...

X-Minus One–The Parade&The Martian Deathmarch from 2016-04-03T20:21:43

Anne’s still out, so this week Bill’s cobbled together two episodes from the classic 1950s sci-fi radio show X-Minus One – hold onto your hats for a LOT of Martian talk...

Burns&Allen Special #1–Visiting the Art Gallery from 2016-03-28T04:49:10

Anne’s away this week, so instead of leaving everyone high and dry, Bill’s posting an episode from one of his favorite old-timey radio shows, The George Burns & Gracie Al...

Episode 217–TMI from 2016-03-20T23:42:30

We’re celebrating the start of spring with LOTS of body care talk, though we eventually get around to yakking about Pee Wee’s Big Holiday, Lucky Penny, Stardew Valley, Delila...

Episode 216–Double Wangth Lopper from 2016-03-13T23:02:45

Foley joins us this week to talk about Zootopia, Zoe Bell’s Camino, 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Division and more Far Cry Primal.

In The Geek Week News In Review: RIP Lionhead ...

Episode 215–International House of Pancakes from 2016-03-06T23:05:42

This week we’re shrugging at the new Ghostbusters trailer while also flarfing about the ending of Far Cry Primal, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Star Wars: Rebels and Super Mario World on the...

Episode 214–Ooga Booga from 2016-02-28T23:48:11

We’re back after a week-long break to talk about The Witch, Far Cry Primal, Fire Emblem Fates, Vikings, Final Fantasy VI, more Lucy Worsley and The Maltese Falcon on the big screen...

Episode 213–Firewhut? from 2016-02-14T23:41:06

This week (at the 41-minute mark) Anne and Bill try to figure out what was what in Firewatch. Before that, however, there’s plenty of talk about building the LEGO Ghostbusters fire...

Episode 212–Weak In The Knees For Worsley from 2016-02-08T00:40:41

Anne’s back from her travels with BBC historian Lucy Worsley to talk about Rise of the Tomb Raider, Oxenfree and Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, while Bill dishes about final...

Episode 211–Dat Booty Just Too Fine from 2016-02-01T00:19:04

They’re still trying to dredge Anne’s body out of Willy Wonka’s chocolate river, so Daniel “The Grumpyturtle” Rutis sits in this week to talk about why he l...

Episode 210–*GRUMBLE GRUMBLE* from 2016-01-25T00:37:27

Anne’s still away on business, so this week Jimmy Presler sits in with Bill to talk about Space Jam, Amplitude, Star Wars: Battlefront, K-pop bands Bigbang and 2NE1, Creed and Bill...

Episode 209–“….What A Savings” from 2016-01-18T07:30:42

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8f_XCH3zmM

Anne’s out this week, and friend-of-the-podcast (and co-host of the Player One & Points of Articulation podcasts) Phil Theobald sits ...

Episode 208–Furries Against Yiff from 2016-01-10T22:34:48

Anne brings a truckload of Netflix documentary talk to the podcast this week as she talks about Dogs 101, BBC’s Egypt and Ancient Special Forces, while Bill tries to geek out about...

Episode 207–Determination from 2016-01-04T07:00:04

We’re back from holiday break and start 2016 with talk about Undertale, painters Kehinde Wiley and Gustave Caillebotte, Carol, The Hateful Eight, The Lion in Winter, Return to Oz a...

Star Wars Roundtable–Episode VII from 2015-12-21T19:15:31

Here at the end of all things is the seventh (and last?) Boy Howdy Star Wars Special/Roundtable spoilercast, guest starring Conley Smith, Bobby Roberts, Leland Radburn, Jimmy Presler and...

Episode 206–Pressed Ham in a Tin Can from 2015-12-21T04:41:28

There’s a bit of Undertale and Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate talk this week, but the main feature is a Force Awakens spoilercast at the end of the show (starting at the 51-minu...

Episode 205–I’m Gonna Go Home And Sleep With My Wife from 2015-12-13T22:27:48

Even Anne’s running out of Fallout things to talk about as she debates the merits of the game’s endings and morality system with Bill (and specifically, how both compare to F...

Episode 204–Gary Fisher from 2015-12-06T23:26:27

Being old and/or sick couldn’t keep us from making our podcast rounds as we talk about Just Cause 3, The Great Holiday Baking Show, seeing The Empire Strikes Back on the big screen...

Episode 203–Really? Dumbass. Really? Two. from 2015-11-29T23:59:38

We’re still talking about Fallout this week as Anne continues to wander the wasteland (while Bill looks for a missing companion). Also this week: Thanksgiving, The Gr...

Star Wars special VI–The Empire Strikes Back commentary from 2015-11-24T18:46:05

For our sixth (and next-to-last?) Boy Howdy Star Wars special, we’ve wrangled together the usual crew for a commentary for old-school, despecialized version of The Empire Strikes B...

Episode 202–“And that, kids, is how I won The Honger Gorms” from 2015-11-22T23:42:41

We’re broadcasting from the heart of Panem this week as Anne dishes about the last Hunger Games movie, the punk comic Sacred Heart and her further adventures in Fallout 4, while Bi...

Episode 201–Dogmeat from 2015-11-15T23:16:36

It’s World War III as Anne & Bill discuss how much of Fallout 4’s ramshackle state at release has (or hasn’t) affected their enjoyment of the game. Also on this wee...

Episode 200–Pony in the Woodshop from 2015-11-10T08:11:56

Welcome to our 200th episode spectacular, everybody. And by “spectacular”, we mean “business as usual” as we talk about Magic Mike XXL, the old Barb...

Episode 199–Edging from 2015-11-02T01:10:45

Anne’s back with plenty to talk about Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, while Bill flarfs about Regency Solitaire, It Follows, Julia Adams in Creature From the Black...

Episode 198–Tardy Crashing the Party from 2015-10-25T17:40:28

Anne’s off at Fallout 4 bootcamp, so this week, Daniel Rutis (Bill’s co-host of the Tardy to the Party podcast) sits in to talk about “Back to the Future Day” (ug...

Star Wars (Episode V)–Final Trailer Freakout from 2015-10-20T06:06:37

Conley, Jimmy and Leland return for another random Star Wars-centric special episode, recorded just minutes after the final Force Awakens trailer was released and while Fandango was stil...

Episode 197–The Boy Howdy Podcast 4 Year-Anniversary Spectacular! from 2015-10-18T22:27:50

We’ve got a mix of sweet & scary this week as we talk about Yoshi’s Wooly World, Until Dawn, the last episode of Steven Universe until 2016, An American Werewolf in Londo...

Episode 196–The Golden Nug from 2015-10-12T00:16:56

Anne pulls herself away from drooling over the newly-leaked LEGO Brick Bank set to talk about The Beginner’s Guide, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and (surprise, surprise) even mo...

Episode 195–Frankenstein’s Torte from 2015-10-04T21:31:56

This week: Bill blarfs about Jurassic World and Terminator: Genisys while Anne talks about the PS4 port of Dishonored and her thoughts about the new X-Files trailer. Also, a bonus taste-...

Episode 194–Science Fiction Double Feature from 2015-09-27T23:15:09

Anne’s back from the Pendleton rodeo and Bill’s back from the Rose City Comicon to talk about LEGO’s new Halloween minifigures, The Rocky Horror Picture S...

Episode 193–Gay Doritos from 2015-09-18T23:50:07

It’s an early episode this week as Anne prepares to head off to a rodeo and Bill plans to check out this weekend’s Rose City Comic-Con, but before that, we’re here to t...

Episode 192–Raggedy Man from 2015-09-13T21:23:31

Anne finally wrapped up the odyssey that was Dragon Age Inquisition with this week’s Trespasser DLC, though she had also had quality time with the Mad Max game and the visual novel...

Episode 191–Forced Friday from 2015-09-06T23:31:49

This week: Bill unboxes just-delivered new Star Wars action figures while Anne ponders why there aren’t special/deeper relationships to explore in character-centric RPGs (Dragon Ag...

Episode 190–My Space Slug Ate Him from 2015-08-31T00:49:26

We’re here to give you 2.5+ hours of something to listen to while waiting in line for Force Friday this weekend (or to listen to while reading about the bozos who stood in line for...

Episode 189–The Anne from U.N.C.L.E. from 2015-08-24T00:29:38

Anne’s back to dish about The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Search For General Tso while Bill is just digging into Show Me A Hero and Justified.

In The Geek Week News In Revie...

Episode 188–A More Civilized Age from 2015-08-17T19:29:15

Anne’s off this week recovering Death Star plans, and so Conley Smith and Jimmy Presler sit in with Bill this week to talk about Disneyland and Star Wars – spec...

Episode 187–Soggy Bottoms from 2015-08-10T00:00:33

This week we do our best not to gush TOO much about the return of The Great British Bake-Off, which means plenty of talk about joining in on Conley & Jimmy‘s chro...

Episode 186–Centaur Butts from 2015-08-02T22:24:21

We have animal parts on our minds this week as we spend a inordinate amount of time talking about centaur rights while we also gab about Lucha Underground, Bojack Horseman, Dr. Quinn Med...

Episode 185–Beef Healing from 2015-07-26T21:47:49

Break out the baby oil and wiffleball bats – Anne’s here to dish about how Magic Mike XXL blows 50 Shades of Grey out of the water, while Bill shrugs about the ...

Episode 184–Pile-On Pearl from 2015-07-19T22:40:43

Anne’s back with a bunch of Vertigo hate while Bill gushes about Citizen Kane – we’re a real Siskel & Ebert this week, folks. Also on the menu: Go Set A Watchmen an...

Star Wars (Episode 5)–Bobby Strikes Back from 2015-07-15T00:18:31

We’re back with another Boy Howdy Star Wars special, and this week we’re joined by the usual BH Star Wars crew: Bobby Roberts, Conley Smith, Mike Russell, Jimmy Presler, and ...

Episode 183–No, Seriously, Try To Use That Coupon Code from 2015-07-12T23:05:45

This week, we’re talking about the last Studio Ghibli film, When Marnie Was There, Amazon’s Catastrophe, The Magic Circle, Sunset Overdrive, “The Money...

Episode 182–Honeycomb Hideout from 2015-07-06T05:47:09

Billie! She got skillz pic.twitter.com/BIwaXGc1na

— Hayley Atwell (@HayleyAtwell) July 5, 2015

This week: Bill’s mind is blown by breakfast ...

Episode 181–Inside Ugh from 2015-06-28T22:19:22

Anne’s back from the wedding chapel to talk about how Inside Out drove her nuts while Hannibal seems like comfort food, and Bill waits for Batman: Arkham Knight to ge...

Episode 180–2015 E3 Spectacular from 2015-06-20T21:35:50

So, yeah, turns out that inviting Leland Radburn to sit in for Anne this week to talk about Inside Out, the return of Steven Universe, The Amazing World of Gumball, Fallout Shelter, A Po...

Episode 179–Amelie-at-E3 from 2015-06-14T22:15:54

It’s Anne’s last show as a single woman (well, technically), and since she’s been too busy with wedding planning to play or watch anything, Bill’s r...

Episode 178–Fallout 4 Freakout from 2015-06-07T22:58:37

Anne’s recovered enough from this week’s surprise announcement of Fallout 4 to talk about her limited time with The Witcher 3 while Bill yaks about the state of Game of Thron...

Episode 177–Remember the Alamo from 2015-05-31T20:53:11

Bill takes a break from looting barrels in Novigrad to chat a bit more about The Witcher 3 and Splatoon, and Anne reports in about Veep, the Jaws of Hakkon DLC for Dragon A...

Episode 176–Proble-matic from 2015-05-24T23:29:35

Bill was thrown out of Tomorrowland and is back with a full report about what he saw, which is – sadly to say – not much, while Anne checks in about the “...

Episode 175–I Can’t Believe We Didn’t Make A Tomorrow-Morrow Land Joke from 2015-05-17T22:07:16

We’re back from the wasteland to give our 2 cents about Mad Max: Fury Road (warning: spoilers ahead), which pretty much dominates the front half of the podcast this week (along wi...

Episode 174–Sexy Hamburglar from 2015-05-10T22:21:43

This week we try not to slag too hard on first-person walking simulators while also yapping about the Lily Tomlin/Jane Fonda Netflix show Grace and Frankie, Mad Men, Game of Thrones and ...

Episode 173–He’s Fat, She’s Weird from 2015-05-03T23:58:12

Bill’s zooming at ya with the hot scoop on Avengers 2: How Old is Ultron, Star Wars Card Trader and The Green Mile vs. Shawshank Redemption, while Anne is prepared to use her psych...

Episode 172–The Cummies from 2015-04-27T00:31:20

Anne’s back after last week’s Star Wars special to talk about Linework NW, the Vikings season finale and the Mad Max movies, while Bill glarfs about the latest Mario Kart 8 D...

Star Wars (Episode 4)–A New Hope from 2015-04-21T22:26:49

Anne’s away this week, so the usual gang of Star Wars nuts step in this week to geek out about the second Force Awakens trailer with Bill: Conley Smith & Jimmy Pr...

Episode 171–Peaks and Valleys from 2015-04-12T23:07:32

We probably spend WAY more time talking about the new cowboy romance movie The Longest Ride this week than any of us anticipated, but we offset that with talk about Bloodborne, the Mad M...

Episode 170–One Last Ride from 2015-04-05T21:08:47

Anne and Foley have watched most of Steven Universe, so we have a lengthy talk about that while trying as best we can to not spoil anyone about the show, and then Bill dishes about Fast ...

Episode 169–Idris Elba F*ck Machine from 2015-03-29T22:38:29

Anne and Foley are back just in time to hear Bill freak out about Sling TV and how it allowed him to watch an ungodly amount of Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Amazing World of Gumball ...

Episode 168–Dinosaur Semen Shaving Cream from 2015-03-22T18:49:47

Anne’s away on break this week, so Daniel “Grumpyturtle” Rutis and Leland Radburn return to chat with Bill about Steven Universe, Star Wars comics, GTAV Online heists, ...

Episode 167–Leland! from 2015-03-15T07:06:24

After an exhausting afternoon at a LEGO convention, we sit down with an old friend – Leland Radburn – to shoot the shit about everything from Back to the Future to Inspector ...

Episode 166–PB&BJ from 2015-03-09T00:16:59

This week: Bill fidgets about the end of Star Wars: Rebels, the old Star Trek movies and bitches about Agent Carter while Anne continues to grapple with The Order: 1886 and then dishes a...

Episode 165–5,000 Candles in the Wind from 2015-03-01T22:40:40

This week we come to bury Parks and Recreation *and* praise the living hell out of it during a spoiler talk at the end of the show (at the 1hr 53min mark), but first: The O...

Episode 164–So That Happened from 2015-02-22T22:05:34

Anne’s away cavorting with eagles and seals this week, so listener Daniel “GrumpyTurtle” Rutis sits in with Bill to debate the merits of The Legend of Zelda: MajoraR...

Episode 163–Flashlight Boobs from 2015-02-16T01:38:51

This week Bill is shrugging his shoulders about Big Hero 6 and How to Train Your Dragon 2, Foley geeks out about new Florence + The Machine and Anne keeps up to speed about Guys & Do...

Episode 162–The Ron Perlman of Women from 2015-02-09T01:31:31

Bill’s back this week to reminisce about the hottest new films of 2015, such as The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. Anne strikes back with The Rabbi’s Cat, Broa...

Episode 161–And will four years before we rest from 2015-02-04T04:35:03

No Bill this week as Anne and friend of the podcast Conley Smith shove him out of the treehouse so they can shout about Grim Fandango. Considering they both played more than once before ...

Episode 160–Pointy Kraut Hat from 2015-01-26T09:04:06

We’ve got a special guest this week as all-round swell gal Maxwell Motley joins us to talk about Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle pilot, beating Dragon Age 2...

Episode 159–Co-Starring Mystic Pizza from 2015-01-19T00:20:20

We take a break from building LEGO this week to talk about Gone Girl, Birdman, a ton of comic books and how the first-person mode in GTAV adds a weirdly immersive sense of ...

Episode 158–Tiger Tank! from 2015-01-11T22:24:08

It’s a girl-powered episode this week as we talk Agent Carter (well, Anne hasn’t seen it yet, but she gets the gist) and the news that the Girls Scouts are now selling cookie...

Episode 157–2014 In Review + 2015 Dumb Stuff Preview from 2015-01-05T00:53:37

It’s the first Boy Howdy of 2015, and so we’re celebrating (starting at the 1 hr 21 minute mark) with a lengthy review of all the pop culture stuff we enjoyed in 2014 and a l...

Episode 156–Forest Friends Log from 2014-12-29T00:53:06

And here at the end of all things is the last Boy Howdy of 2014, and so we’re celebrating with a Swiss Colony Forest Friends Swiss Cake Log. While nibbling on said log (sorry, Grum...

Episode 155–Dragonball Z Rosemary Clooney from 2014-12-21T22:04:13

Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah, everyone! To celebrate, we’ve got a big Legend of Korra finale spoilercast this week (the Korra talk starts at the 1hr 13min mark), but before t...

Star Wars (Spoilercast)–Episode 3 from 2014-12-18T23:04:05

Now that we’re exactly one year out from the release of The Force Awakens (and since so much has happened since we last posted a Star Wars spoilercast back in May), f...

Episode 154–Chocolate Diamonds from 2014-12-14T23:53:07

This week we take a break from riding elephants and barfing up phlegm to talk about Far Cry 4, western-themed Fry’s electronics stores, Swiss Colony treats, the new Destiny DLC, th...

Episode 153–Taco Ma from 2014-12-08T00:12:15

After a brief hiatus, Bill’s back to talk with Anne about birthday stuff, The Legends of the Fall, Teen Titans Go!, Fantasy Life, 80 Days and a bit more Dragon Age: Inquisition (no...

Episode 152–Billlessness from 2014-12-01T05:30:10

This week, for the first time ever, the Boy Howdy Podcast is without a Bill. Anne needs not only her wife Foley but also friends of the podcast Jimmy and Conley to fill the Billless void.

Episode 151–If Krem Has Kids Are They Called Kremlings? from 2014-11-23T22:09

This week, we’ve managed to tear ourselves away from Dragon Age: Inquisition long enough to have a spoilerchat about the game (starting at the 1 hr 6 minute-mark), bu...

Episode 150–You Can’t Arrest Me, I’m the Cake Boss! from 2014-11-16T23:13:34

Hello fellows, have you heard the good word about Boy Howdy? It’s back this week to yell at you about Interstellar, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Halo: The Masterchieg Glibblbrix,...

Episode 149–Potatoes&Molasses from 2014-11-10T01:20:16

We’re back after an unexpected hiatus last week to yell at you about what we did on Halloween (hint: it wasn’t much) and whether or not it’s even worth owning a current...

Episode 148–We Belong Dead from 2014-10-26T21:04:22

Anne and Bill are swept up in Halloween fever as we talk about Darren Aronofsky’s Noah (well, it’s a Halloween movie to Anne), Oculus, Practical Magic, Sleepy Hollow and The ...

Episode 147–Moist Werewolf from 2014-10-19T22:20:39

Bill pesters Anne about An American Werewolf in London while Anne grumps about Outlander, but things start to look up as we gush (together) about The Great British Bake-Off...

Episode 146–The Smelled Never Bothered Me Anyway from 2014-10-13T01:29:26

It’s finally cool enough to justify recording the podcast while covered in blankets, and so that’s what we did this week while yapping about Vikings: LIVE, The Great British ...

Episode 145–Attack of the Blocks from 2014-10-06T00:50:10

We’re recording in the old basement studio again (with Foley in tow!), and on this week’s menu we’ve got Attack the Block, Shadow of Mordor, Carmilla, Wasteland 2, Forz...

Episode 144–Bacon Butties from 2014-09-28T21:24:06

After an unexpected week off (a week spent with friend-of-the-podcast Maxwell Motley), we’re back to talk about the Rose City Comicon, Wasteland 2, The Great British Bake-Off, Maze...

Episode 143–The Americanization of Emily Blunt from 2014-09-14T22:12:39

SPECIAL WARNING: ANNE’S MOM SHOULD PROBABLY SKIP THIS EPISODE

This week, we decide that Bill would have the head of a Hutt while we also talk about Destiny, Ed...

Episode 142–Anita Birdkiss from 2014-09-07T23:18:55

This week, Bill takes a break from Minecraft and Anne takes a break from smooching birds long enough to talk about Doctor Who + Robin Hood, Infamous: First Light, the seaso...

Episode 141–To To Fat from 2014-08-31T20:18:27

It’s been a quiet week, so we’re just blabbing about Key Largo, Diablo III, Teen Wolf, watching PAX panels from home and The Lego Movie Game.

In the Geek Week In Revie...

Episode 140–Twerkin’Hard, or Hardly Twerkin’? from 2014-08-24T22:12:33

Anne’s back, and so we’re talking about hunting for wedding venues, Teen Wolf, Guacamelee and Guardians of the Galaxy, while Bill chimes in about the end of the latest season...

Episode 139–Star Wars Rumor Control Special from 2014-08-18T03:28:32

Anne decided to take this week off to work on her Lego town, and so Conley Smith, Jimmy Presler, Bobby Roberts and Mike Russell step in to talk about all the weird Star War...

Episode 138–Pollo Power! from 2014-08-10T20:41:02

Pull up a chair and help yourself to a bowl of ice cream as Bill and Anne make farty sounds with their mouths about The History Channel’s Vikings, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Klond...

Episode 137–Aesthetic Shipoopi from 2014-08-03T22:49:54

We’ve got a lopsided talk about gender and violence in regards to Guardians of the Galaxy this week (lopsided because Anne hasn’t seen the film yet), but we mak...

Episode 136–Last Action Hero from 2014-07-27T20:46:38

We narrowly avoid finally not talking about Lego for once this week and then get to gabbing about Anne playing the Destiny beta, The Gods Will Be Watching, Tim’s Vermeer and The La...

Episode 135–James Garnier from 2014-07-23T05:37:52

It’s a short podcast this week as we’re recording on a school night, but we make time to talk about the Destiny beta, Porco Rosso, the art of Kawase Hasui and The Americaniza...

Episode 134–Guypiercer from 2014-07-14T06:26:02

Anne’s back from another trip (this time to see an all-female production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona in Ashland, Oregon), but she made time to chat with Bill about Snowpiercer (...

Episode 133–Party Wagon from 2014-07-06T21:15:32

This week we’re bummed (like everyone else) that Tina Fey isn’t making a sequel to Hocus Pocus, so we’re fan-casting our own sequel (hint: it stars EVERYB...

Episode 132–Case of the Cools from 2014-06-29T22:59

After a 2-week vacation in Stratford, Ontario, Anne’s back to give us the lowdown on the Canadian Shakespeare scene and how she spent half of that vacation watching Eerie, Indiana....

Episode 131–No, You Shut Up from 2014-06-23T00:37:48

Anne’s still away visiting friends in Canada this week, and so Jacob “I Hate DRM75” returns this week – along with Daniel “The Grumpy Turtle” Rutis si...

Episode 130–Density from 2014-06-16T00:04:13

Anne’s away visiting friends in Canada, so this week Maxwell Motley and Jacob “I Hate DRM” sit in on the podcast to chat with Bill about the Destiny PS4 alpha, Star Cit...

2014 E3 Special from 2014-06-12T05:23:39

Fresh off the floor from E3, Bill and Anne are all up in your earbuds with our thoughts about this year’s batch of E3 news – we talk about the highlights of each of the major...

Episode 129–Edge of Tomorrow, Ender’s Game and E3 from 2014-06-08T23:38:23

Anne takes a break from planning her 2-week vacation to gush about the new Tom Cruise flick Edge of Tomorrow while Bill casually flips through the latest LEGO catalogue. Also, talk about Ender&...

Episode 128–Tri-butt-ism from 2014-06-01T21:12:15

Bill takes a break from doing laps at Moo Moo Farm to join Anne to talk about Mario Kart 8, episode 4 of The Wolf Among Us, Watch Dogs, second-hand Lego stores and Singing ...

Episode 127–LEGO Therapy from 2014-05-26T00:27:49

After an action-packed week of Anne finally getting the legal right to marry and Bill widely avoiding a flaming death, we’re here to talk to you about about The Gummi Bears, Transi...

Episode 126–Destroy All Monsters from 2014-05-19T00:00:15

We try to keep Godzilla spoiler talk to a minimum since Anne hasn’t seen the film yet, so we talk about Sports Friends, Penny Dreadful, Once Upon A Time, the Jim Henson’s Cre...

Episode 125–High and Prominent from 2014-05-11T22:57:03

We’ve recovered from last week’s fit of Star Wars mania just in time to visit Bonertown as we talk about butts, ladies’ infrastructures, sexy queens, hot cops, sexy Bul...

Episode 124–Star Wars Episode VII Spectacular from 2014-05-06T04:13:16

This week we’re switching up formats a little bit as we ditch the Geek Week In Review for a 90-minute chat about Episode VII, The Clone Wars and all things Star Wars ...

Episode 123–As Simple As Do-Re-Mi from 2014-04-27T22:36:16

Anne and Bill have returned from hijacking a Nazi truck full of unearthed E.T. cartridges, and so on this week’s menu: Orphan Black, Octodad, Burial at Sea Part 2, the Parks and Re...

Episode 122–These Eggs Have Yellow Eyes from 2014-04-20T04:41:43

Blah blah blah Easter blah blah blah The Kroll Show something something Broad City whatever blah Dark Souls 2 and for Christ’s sakes please Bill shut up about The Clone Wars alread...

Episode 121–Shoop from 2014-04-13T23:00:19

It’s Tattoo Eve as Anne braces herself for her first visit to a tattoo parlor, and so Bill celebrates by gently poking holes in Captain America 2’s ridiculousness. Also, Anne...

Episode 120–Mary Lou SteamBurger from 2014-04-07T00:04:02

This we’re joined by listener Jacob (A.K.A. I Hate DRM) to talk about Back to the Future marathons, Shadowrun Dragonfall, Infamous: Second Son, The Silence of the Lam...

Episode 119–Muppet Mouth from 2014-03-30T19:32:39

This week we’re joined by listeners Brian and Yesenia to talk about touring Portland, Thor 2, Infamous: Second Son, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge and Eme...

Episode 118–(G)osh (D)arnit, (C)onley from 2014-03-26T01:25:12

This week we’re joined by friend-of-the-podcast (and co-host of the LadyLike Podcast) Conley Smith (who can be seen at the 18-minute mark in the...

Episode 117–We Used To Be Friends from 2014-03-18T06:33:44

The Elder Scrolls Online beta has sunk its claws into Anne, leaving her with only the Veronica Mars movie and Ernest & Celestine (from the creators of A Town Called Panic!) to chat a...

Episode 116–Gillian Anderson’s Nose from 2014-03-09T23:45:04

Bill spices things up with a copy of The Sounds of Star Wars while Anne gushes over Gillian Anderson, Hannibal and The Man Who Would Be King. Also on this week’s menu: South Park: ...

Episode 115–MardiGroscars from 2014-03-03T01:44:23

Friend-of-the-podcast Daniel Rutis (a.k.a. GrumpyTurtle) joins us this week to talk about The Lego Movie, Oreos + milk, the Elder Scrolls Online beta, Bravely Default, Uzbe...

Episode 114–Remember Moi from 2014-02-22T23:51:55

This week we return to a relatively normal-sized episode, though we spent a disproportionate amount of time talking about our histories with the Final Fantasy games before moving on to t...

Episode 113–Left Behind spoilercast (RAW) from 2014-02-17T09:18:26

This 4-hour podcast was too freakin’ long for Garageband to handle, so here’s the raw, uniedited audio ripped straight from the Google Hangout we used to record this ridiculous gabf...

Episode 112–Blather Saga from 2014-02-02T00:06:01

On the eve of Anne’s 30th birthday, we discuss tailgating at work, Banner Saga, Anne’s disappointment in Broken Age, Robocop on Blu-Ray, Tomb Raider: Definitive...

Episode 111–Do You Wanna F***in’Go, Man? from 2014-01-26T01:01:37

This week, listener Maxwell Motley steps in to chat with us about Frozen, Devil May Cry, live Final Fantasy and Pixar music, American Hustle, 12 Years A Slave, Master &...

Episode 110–Dirty Books from 2014-01-19T00:35:37

HERE’S A GODDAMN PODCAST

Poor Bill spent the last six hours dealing with technical bullshit to get this episode online, so hey, here’s an episode! We discuss Broken Ag...

Episode 109–Cloacal Kiss from 2014-01-05T00:21:21

HAVENS! WOLFS OF WALL STREETS! SHADOWRUNS TO RETURN! LLEWYNS TO DAVIS! MR. BANKSES TO SAVE! WE GOTS IT ALL!

Episode 108–Our Favorite Games of 2013 from 2013-12-29T23:50:26

It’s our annual “what we did on Christmas” wrap-up, featuring talk about Santa Claus: The Movie (and the weird lack of movies, books and TV ...

Episode 107–FMH from 2013-12-22T02:24:42

Twas the weekend before Christmas and nothing was stirring except Anne and Bill rustling Mint Truffle Hershey Kisses wrappers while they chat about Jif Dip™, ...

Episode 106–We Named the Dog Henry from 2013-12-15T18:42:58

Bill played Zelda and made sweet love to his Vita, Anne polished off AC4 and shared Full Throttle with her wife, and everyone loses their shit over the concept of Jennifer Lawrence being...

Episode 105–Turkey Day’13 from 2013-12-01T01:08:29

We’re packed full of turkey and gravy and are ready to give thanks for the Consensual Torture Simulator, Super Mario 3D World, Assassin’s Creed IV...

Episode 104–The Day of the Doctor from 2013-11-24T03:51:03

Despite this episode’s title, we only talk about the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special for few minutes (and Bill dishes some spoilers while talking more about Adven...

Episode 103–Continental Breakfast from 2013-11-17T02:09:24

Anne’s back in town and Bill’s got a PS4, and so the lion’s share of this week’s episode is about that new device (specifically, how Twitch integrat...

Episode 102–Console Launch/Current-Gen Retrospective from 2013-11-11T08:17:46

Anne’s out of town again this week, so listeners Daniel “The Grumpy Turtle” Rutis and Scott “Cannon Heart” Douglas...

Episode 101–Wonderful 101 from 2013-11-04T00:36:12

It’s our last regular podcast before the PS4 launches in two weeks (Anne will be out of town next weekend), so we spend a lot of time this week justifying whether or not to buy a P...

Episode 100–100th Anniversary Spectacular from 2013-10-28T03:33:10

On this day in 1913, The Boy Howdy Podcast was discovered living amongst a tribe of wild wolves in Sri Lanka – The Boy Howdy Podcast was clothed only in a comic book ...

Episode 99–Happy Birthday, Uncharted 2! from 2013-10-13T23:45:35

This week we overcome boob blisters and cluster headaches to bring to the finest impromptu celebration of Uncharted 2’s 4th birthday you’re likely to hear on a ...

Episode 98–Spider Bite from 2013-10-06T22:01:57

It’s a low-energy episode this week as Anne is recovering from an unfortunate bug bite, though Bill is still r...

Episode 97–Rock-A-Fire Warehouse Explosion from 2013-09-30T00:36:05

Anne finally caved in and downloaded GTA V, so we spend a decent chunk of this episode talking about the first few hours of the game before Anne talks about Kingdom of Heaven and anniver...

Episode 96–Easy Like (8am) Sunday Morning from 2013-09-23T00:56:54

Anne’s on her way to the Rose City Comicon so we recorded this episode at 8am on a Sunday morning (before the show doors open) – this week, we talk about GTA V,...

Episode 95–Bee Blood from 2013-09-15T23:45:49

Thanks to Bill’s sluggish internet connection this episode sounds a little like a farty Transformer talking to someone in a well, but here’s hopin...

Episode 94–PAX Pox from 2013-09-08T22:54:12

Apologies for the lack of an episode last week, but we’re back now with an episode recording via Google Hangouts (viewable here) due to Anne being infected with crud ...

Episode 93–Saints Row IV from 2013-08-25T23:14:13

This week we bask in the knuckle-dragging glory that is Saints Row IV, even as Bill frets weeps about (maybe) not being able to make it to PAX and the discovery that 3DS St...

Episode 92–Gone Home from 2013-08-20T04:24:04

Apologies in advance for the low-energy podcast this week – Anne’s been partying with the Fullbright crew and Bill’s still working on his latest videogame...

Episode 91–PAX Schedule Freakout from 2013-08-11T23:02:21

The PAX Prime panel schedule was released this week, so we spend a bit talking about that in anticipation of arranging meetups with Bow Howdy li...

Episode 90–Boobs In The Air from 2013-08-04T22:20:53

We were lucky enough to record this week’s podcast just 5 minutes after the announcement about who will be playing the 12th Doctor, so this week we chat a bit about t...

Episode 89–I Threw My Pie For You from 2013-07-28T23:48:16

This week we indulge in a mini Orange is the New Black spoilercast (starting at the 1hr 22min mark), but before all that Anne discusses the $100 she dropped at the comic sh...

Episode 88–Some Serious Sh*t from 2013-07-22T00:34:28

Being the indoor kids that we are, we spent this past beautiful sun-soaked Portland week farting around in the dark: Anne talks about Orange is the New Black, Avatar: The L...

Episode 87–The Drift from 2013-07-14T23:40:46

This week: we get slightly spoilery about Pacific Rim, Anne gushes (almost literally from her eyeballs) about Jordan Mechner’s new graphic novel Templar, the book Dif...

Episode 86–EEEAAGLEEE! from 2013-07-04T21:23:54

We’re celebrating the Fourth of July with talk about gay picnics (with Totoro cookies), trips to the old swimmin’ hole and Anne’s visit to the ghastly Enc...

Episode 85–That’s All I Got from 2013-06-28T06:32:47

After a rare week off, we’re back to talk about The Last of Us, but before that: Mummies of the World, the season finales of Hannibal and Mad Men, Oz: The Great and P...

Episode 84–AC/E3 from 2013-06-14T05:13:07

Despite having played almost the exact same game on multiple Nintendo platforms in the past, half of this week’s episode is spent talking about Animal Crossing: New L...

Episode 83–It’s Taco Time from 2013-06-07T04:46:31

With confirmation of Microsoft’s draconian (and confusing) DRM scheme for the Xbox One console arriving right before we recorded, this week’s E3 predictions/wis...

Episode 82–It’s an Allusion, Michael from 2013-05-31T07:08:04

This week we’re celebrating the long-delayed return of Arrested Development (spoilers for season 4) and chatting about Anne’s “Top Three”, the end of The West Win...

Episode 81–Sally Field Crazy from 2013-05-24T05:31:36

This week: Anne plays the soothing first-person exploration game Proteus and the ridiculous art game The Graveyard while Bill dishes about the recent Lincoln biopic and the...

Episode 80–Catface Meowmers from 2013-05-17T05:42:45

After a bout of insomnia, Anne’s back to watching TV & movies and so this week she offers up a review of Pain & Gain and ponders why Fringe is so hard to watch while Hannib...

Episode 79–Uh oh, Spaghettios from 2013-05-10T05:21:06

After a week-long hiatus, we’re back with talk about The Stumptown Comics Fest, Cubans, The Hobbit, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Super Mario World.

...

Episode 78–Brought To You By Shoeloaf from 2013-04-25T04:03:07

Wunna wunga by Anne chimme del The Awakening mit der Steve un der Leslie applo Cosmic Encounters it mer Oblivion di chimo Bill gerf nuffo twip ti Game of Thrones, Doctor Who las Mad Men ...

Episode 77–Air Biscuit from 2013-04-19T06:15:47

We celebrate the purchase of PAX Prime tickets with talk about Hannibal, Tattoo Nation, Fringe, and the latter seasons of The West Wing before digging into the Geek Week In...

Episode 76–Hawkeye Guy from 2013-04-12T04:48:52

We’re both a little strung-out this week, but nether tax season nor lack of sleep is enough to keep us from our weekly rounds: Bill wrestling with the c...

Episode 75–DILF (Bioshock Infinite spoilercast) from 2013-04-05T07:16:34

This week we mourn the passing of the already-on-life-support Lucasarts, then chat about the season premieres of Game of Thrones and Doctor Who before moving on to talk abo...

Episode 74–Sex Scab from 2013-03-29T05:06:19

With the release of Bioshock Infinite and the 2013 Game Developers’ Conference happening this week, we’re in for a game-heavy episode, but first we talk about B...

Episode 73–“The Best” from 2013-03-22T05:19:31

We’re back from our first-ever week off with plenty of spoiler-y talk about Tomb Raider and the Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC, with a side of fresh Geek Week in Review: ...

Episode 72–It’s squirt from 2013-03-08T07:01:01

Despite only having played about an hour of the game, Anne and Bill talk about the new Tomb Raider game (the very first Tomb Raider game either of us has played, no less), ...

Episode 71–Butthole from 2013-03-01T06:23:21

Bill finally hands off his 3DS XL and copy of Fire Emblem: Awakening to Anne this week in the hopes of seeing which characters she ships and which get left in the dust. The...

Episode 70–Toast Protocol from 2013-02-22T06:39:44

It’s a gaming-centric episode as we talk about the Playstation 4 reveal, the shutdown of 1UP.com and the dismal sales of the Wii U.

In non-gaming news, we yap about Argo, Pe...

Episode 69, dudes! from 2013-02-14T05:54:29

Apologies in advance for the lame episode title, but some things can’t be helped. Anyway, this week Anne’s talking about Seven Psychopaths and Park Chan-wook...

Episode 68–Cooking With Hound from 2013-02-07T07:41:17

This week’s Super Bowl talk may be the first instance of sports-related talk on the podcast, though we pretty much keep things limited to Beyonce, blackouts and bumhole tattoos (it...

Episode 67–Blue Dude from 2013-02-01T07:33:54

Bill resists the urge to tune into the 30 Rock finale during this week’s show just long enough to gush about the audiobook version of Tina Fey’s Bossypants whil...

Episode 66–From Up On Poopy Hill from 2013-01-27T03:21:34

We have surprisingly little to say about the news that J.J. Abrams is going to direct the next Star Wars movie, so we spend most of this week talking about games instead: N...

Episode 65–Sidenuts from 2013-01-20T09:15:24

Apologies in advance if this episode sounds a little weird – Bill used a headset mic to record with this week which lead to “mixed” ...

Episode 64–Project Reality from 2013-01-13T02:54:57

This week’s podcast is a little loopy since Bill is caffeine-deprived and there’s a 2...

Episode 63–2013 Geek Preview from 2013-01-06T01:48:38

Anne’s back from Texas with tall tales about reading The Sisters Brothers, watching Lost Girl and backing the Coming Out on Top (a gay dating sim) on Kickstarter, whi...

Episode 62–2012 Movie Wrap-up from 2012-12-30T03:59:42

Anne’s visiting family in Texas this week, and so professional film critic Mike Russell steps in to chat with Bill about 2012’s crop of movies. Also on the menu...

Episode 61–We’re Horrible (Christmas) Monsters from 2012-12-22T23:32:20

We’ve come to realize that we’re horrible monsters this week as we finally come clean and admit that – in our darkest heart of hearts – getting awes...

Episode 60–The First Annual‘Howdies’ from 2012-12-15T23:52:23

Welcome to the first annual Boy Howdy Awards For Excellence In The Field Of Videogaming (a.k.a. the “Howdies”)!

This year’s categories:

Episode 59–Gentlemen, Welcome To Dubai from 2012-12-09T10:15:22

Bill takes a break from being chased by giant wild turkeys in Far Cry 3 to chat with Anne about the cannibal movie Ravenous, the latest Sixth Gun collection and how every Playstation por...

Episode 58–The Walking Dead Spoilercast (AKA The Sheening) from 2012-12-02T01:53:34

Welcome to December, folks. We’re still coming down from our Black Friday highs (Anne’s been playing Assassin’s Creed Liberation on her new Vita while Bill’s been...

Episode 57–The Adventures of So-and-so Solo from 2012-11-25T01:51:28

We’ve recovered from the one one-two punch of Thanksgiving and Black Friday just in time to record this week. We bid farewell to all the money we spent on videogames over the holid...

Episode 56–That’s a big Twinkie. from 2012-11-18T03:06:20

We, along with the rest of the civilized world, are mourning the (probably temporary) death of the Hostess snack cake family this week – Bill found the last box of assorted Hostess...

Episode 55–The Fifth Most Erotic Disney Film from 2012-11-11T04:23:04

We thought this would be a short podcast this week since Anne was sick and Bill spent most of the week working, but then Bill went to the movies and so he spends an hour talking about Sk...

Episode 54–Hot-Butt Prevention Hotline from 2012-11-03T06:36:31

Holy crap, where do we begin?

I guess by spoiling the first few hours of Assassin’s Creed III (we’re both a little starstruck at how bad/regressive the game is so far), then d...

Episode 53–Hocus Pocus (This Podcast Lacks Focus) from 2012-10-28T00:59:05

We meant this to be the Second Annual Boy Howdy Podcast Halloween Extravaganza, but despite this episode’s Schindler’s List-length runtime, we only got around to addressing l...

Episode 52–Our 1 Year-Anniversary Not-So-Special Special from 2012-10-20T23:35:13

It our 52nd episode + 1 year-anniversary this week, so to celebrate we recorded this episode while broadcasting to a throng of 3-4 fans via Ustream (the unfortunately-water...

Episode 51–Corvo Attano, Multipass! from 2012-10-14T02:07:01

We didn’t get a chance to play as much Dishonored as we would’ve liked before recording this week’s podcast, but we played enough to be able to yak about the first few ...

Episode 50–Fall 2012 Geek Preview (a.k.a Manny, Pixie Dream Girl) from 2012-10-07T03:27:55

Holy crap, somehow we spent an hour just talking about the latest episode of Doctor Who and The Maryhill Museum before even tackling the Geek Week in Review or the much-delayed Fall 2012...

Episode 49–Looper from 2012-09-29T23:16:59

It’s a Very Special Episode as Anne’s mom sits in to hear us freak out about the latest Rian Johnson joint Looper. It’s a fantastic film (maybe the best t...

Episode 48–Crump-pocalypse from 2012-09-23T03:25:45

Bill’s back from the wandering the wastelands of Pandora to talk about Borderlands 2, while Anne dishes about the brand-spanking new Oregon Rail Heritage Center (a.k.a. Portland...

Episode 47–Anne’s Rule of Gadget Porn from 2012-09-16T03:28:51

Bill’s got a migraine and the result is a (slightly) quieter podcast than usual this week. That doesn’t keep us from talking about movie novelizations (The Goonies in particu...

Episode 46–Starting To Look Like Vampires from 2012-09-08T03:24:02

Anne’s away at a wedding this week, so perennial friend of the podcast Dylan Meconis steps in to chat about her adventures with the Trek in the Park gang, the eternal appeal of Sta...

Episode 45–Peanut Butter Trigger Warning from 2012-09-02T02:01:13

CONTENT WARNING: Especially not safe for work. ANNE’S MOM: Don’t click this one, really.

A 7-day work week hasn’t been enough to keep Anne from playing the hell...

Episode 44–The Tenth Kingdom from 2012-08-25T06:33:40

Between Anne buying a house and Bill shipping out a hundred print orders, its a pretty low-key episode this week – you know we’re punchy when the first thing we...

Episode 43–Word Burgers from 2012-08-18T06:48:54

It’s Siskel and Ebert week as Anne gives the lowdown about Snow White and the Huntsman and The Bourne Legacy, Bill geeks out about 13 Assassins and Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and both o...

Episode 42–Hot Dog Water from 2012-08-11T06:34:07

Between packing for a move and hitting the gym Anne’s been busy getting ripped this week, but not too busy to extoll the virtues of the Disney cartoon Motor City. Bill retaliates w...

Episode 41–To Cut A Woman’s Hair from 2012-08-04T07:06:58

Apple’s latest OS update accidentally ate 30 minutes of this week’s podcast (mostly talk about Bioware, Star Wars: The Old Republic and how MMOs haven’t evolved), but f...

Episode 40–Star Trek II: The Wrath of Dylan and Katie from 2012-07-28T20:53:04

Anne’s AWOL this week and so Dylan Meconis and Katie Lane return as guest co-hosts of the podcast! We talk about the untimely death of Sally Ride, Katie’s adventures at Space...

Episode 39–The Dark Knight Rises from 2012-07-22T06:46:15

It’s our obligatory Dark Knight Rises spoilercast, but if you haven’t seen the film yet (or just don’t care), no worries – we don’t start dishing out TDKR s...

Episode 38–Swamp-Butt Summer from 2012-07-14T07:00:38

Comicon is upon us, and so we spend a lot of time this week talking about funnybooks: Bill finally catches up with Maggie and Ray from Love and Rockets while Anne dishes about Spider-men...

Episode 37–Anne vs. The Court of Public Opinion from 2012-07-07T05:17:29

Anne speaks out in defense of The Amazing Spiderman as Bill gushes about Downton Abbey. Anne then goes out and wrestles a grizzly bear while Bill nurses Anne’s young in a cave.

Episode 36–Cutie Mark from 2012-06-30T06:42:43

This week marks the end of our seasonal obsession with The Legend of Korra and (hopefully) the end of the complaints about the ending(s) of Mass Effect 3.

Episode 35–The Francine Odysseys from 2012-06-23T05:44:03

The podcast turns into Siskel and Ebert, only if Siskel hadn’t seen any of the movies in question and if Ebert hated everything. That said, Bill talks about Moonrise Kingdom, Brave...

Episode 34–Prometheus from 2012-06-16T06:26:08

This week we talk about Prometheus: Anne loved it while Bill didn’t, though we save the Prometheus talk until the end of the podcast to spare folks who haven’t seen it yet (o...

Episode 33–Our Favorite Movies from 2012-06-07T05:38:04

This week we mourn the death of Ray Bradbury and Nintendo pooping itself to death at the speed of light at this year’s E3 conference, Anne gives the lowdown on The Si...

Episode 32–DEM, DAT AND DOSE from 2012-06-02T05:20:09

Relationships between men and women (both in real life and the fictional world) got a little strained this week, what with the new (and stupid) Hitman trailer, a fantastic ...

Episode 31–Star Wars from 2012-05-25T02:22:26

Our first attempt at a movie commentary turned out to be a ‘normal’ episode due to time constraints, but we still managed to squeeze almost an hour’s wort...

Episode 30–Pawnee Saturday Night from 2012-05-19T05:29:43

Bill and Anne become painfully aware that TV season is drawing to a close, what with the end of Parks & Recreation last week, the end of 30 Rock and Community this week...

Episode 29–Waxin’and Milkin’ from 2012-05-12T06:20:28

It’s been a week filled with ups and downs – the deaths of Adam Yauch and Maurice Sendak, an anti-gay marriage bill being passed in North Carolin...

Episode 28–Comic Book B̶o̶o̶b̶i̶e̶s̶ Movies from 2012-05-04T00:26:11

Bill’s seen The Avengers (no spoilers, we promise), and so we’re talking about comic book movies in general this week – everything from Popeye to The Dark Knight to Ame...

Episode 27–HOLY CRAP WE’RE LIVING IN THE FUTURE from 2012-04-28T03:03:08

Anne’s finally caught of up Game of Thrones, and so we spend quite a bit of time yakking about demonic shadow babies and sexy queens who look like Mr. B...

Episode 26–Wizard People from 2012-04-21T05:40:47

Anne and Bill take a break from Witching to talk about which Hogwarts houses they’ve been sorted into (and Pottermore in general), Anne’s struggle...

Episode 25–Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra from 2012-04-14T07:19:31

Between Friday the 13th and the almost-100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic we’re surprised we didn’t get run over by an iceberg driven...

Episode 24–Sex Slave Army from 2012-04-07T07:24:41

Our experiment to create a shorter podcast by not talking about a specific theme fails miserably as we spend over 2 hours talking about Anne’s Big Gay Easter, Dylan being nominated...

Episode 23–A Song of Ice and Fire from 2012-03-31T07:33

Anne and Bill absolutely lose their shit over the “gersbermps berks” girl this week before chatting about the Hunger Games books (and movie), Anne’s attempt to cash in ...

Episode 22–Endings from 2012-03-24T08:02:08

The continued outrage over the ending(s) of Mass Effect 3 inspired us to talk about endings this week – what makes a “good” ending to a book, game, movie or TV show dif...

Episode 21–Mass Effect 3 Spoilercast from 2012-03-17T07:13:27

We spend the first 15 minutes of this week’s podcast talking about Journey, the weird UI on the new Game of Thrones Blu-Ray set, Adventure Time issue 2 ...

Episode 20–Family Man from 2012-03-10T02:34:39

Anne’s still busy saving the galaxy in Mass Effect 3, so friend of the podcast Dylan Meconis steps in to talk about her “werewolves in 18th-century academia” webcomic F...

Episode 19–Mass Effect 1&2 Retrospective from 2012-03-03T07:50:37

We’re in the home stretch in the wait for Mass Effect 3, and to celebrate we talk about all things Mass Effect 1 & 2 – what’s so appealing about the Mass Effect uni...

Episode 18–Emotionally-Scarring Childhood Movies from 2012-02-23T02:23:34

We’re guaranteed to drive our non-gamer friends crazy this week as we talk about Mass Effect peripherals, the “Hamburger Hepler” debacle, SSX, and the lau...

Episode 17–2 Player Productions from 2012-02-16T02:34:36

This week (at the 58:43 mark) we sit down with Paul Owens and Asif Siddiky of 2 Player Productions, the fine folks responsible for the Reformat the Planet chiptunes documentary, the firs...

Episode 16–Game Environments from 2012-02-09T04:07:34

Anne’s back after her birthday break, and so we talk about Kaboom!’s Adventure Time comic, A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season One, a...

Episode 15–Star Trek from 2012-02-02T09:24:34

Anne’s away celebrating her birthday this week, so in her place we have Patrick Farley, Katie Lane and Dylan Meconis joining Bill to talk about Star Tre...

Episode 14–Our Favorite Games from 2012-01-26T06:15:31

Welcome to this week’s episode of the Boy Howdy podcast, where we shoot off about Gina Carano in “Haywire”, this year’s Oscars nominations and how Fort Worth̵...

Episode 13–Strong Female Characters from 2012-01-19T02:39:49

This week’s topic: Bill and Anne pick their five favorite strong female characters from movies, games, TV shows, comics and books.

But first it’s the news of the week: Anne...

Episode 12–2012 Geeky Stuff Preview from 2012-01-12T01:47:41

“What dumb geeky stuff is coming out in 2012?” you may ask, and the Boy Howdy podcast is here to tell you what’s what.

We start off with the news of the week – a b...

Episode 11–Pinocchio from 2012-01-04T22:53:12

This week Erika Moen returns as our special guest for another round of talk about Disney animated features – this time out we gab about Disney’s second animated film, Pinocchio.

Episode 10.5–Doctor Who from 2011-12-31T01:29:35

Anne is out sick this week, so Bill assembles a crack team of nerds to talk about Doctor Who while she’s gone – considering the lack of Anne, you should consider this an alternate-un...

Episode Ten–Christmas from 2011-12-22T01:28:40

Despite nothing going on either in the world at large or in Anne or Bill’s lives, we manage to spend half an hour talking about Batman, The Hobbit, and our feelings about penises (I can...

Episode Nine–The Games of 2011 from 2011-12-15T00:58:57

It’s come to this – a GOTY podcast.

This week, Anne and Bill talk about their favorite videogames (and videogame moments) of 2011.

Also, plenty of blathering about how ...

Episode Eight–In the Gutters from 2011-12-08T02:20:16

This week we talk about our favorite comic books, comic strips and webcomics, but first – a ridiculous amount of talking about Paul W.S. (Weak Sauce) Anderson’s new Three Musketeers ...

Episode Seven–The Muppet Show. from 2011-12-01T03:35:35

This week, we eventually discuss the Muppets, Jim Henson, and what made the Muppet phenomena (doot-doot-da-doodoo) tick — but first, let’s talk Black Friday sales, Portland bartender...

Episode Six–Snow White from 2011-11-24T23:22:55

This week on Boy Howdy, the following issues are up for discussion: accidentally buying porn comics, recent DVD & Blu-Ray releases, Bill enjoying Maaario, Anne trotting out her nerd voice to...

Episode Five–Skyrim from 2011-11-17T05:48:21

Skyrim! Skyrim! Also, Skyrim.

We apologize for ever being disinterested in Skyrim.

Episode Four–Lost in the Woods. from 2011-11-09T23:56:53

Bill and Anne E discuss their particular fixations: Peter Pan and Robin Hood, respectively. Turns out we’re melancholy jerks!

Episode Three–Uncharted 3 from 2011-11-04T03:11:44

Bill & Anne E mainlined Uncharted 3, like you do. Discussions are had. Bill made a list!

Spoiler ahoy, guys!

Episode Two–Scary shit. from 2011-10-26T05:34:27

Bill alienates Anne E by discussing movies with which she is utterly unfamiliar.

Episode One–Avatar Problems. from 2011-10-20T07:23:03

Bill and Anne discuss the difficulty of coming up with podcast names, and try to have a conversation about avatars in gaming.