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TGD Nanode 6 – The Child of Venus from 2015-11-04T10:07:44
Episode 6 of TGD’s NaNoWriMo Podcast series for 2015! Three days down and Max has yet to write a word. But his sci-fi novel The Child of Venus is all there up in his overtaxed head and...
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TGD Nanode 5 – Self-Help from 2015-11-03T19:07:26
Episode 5 of TGD’s NaNoWriMo Podcast series for 2015! We’re 3 days in to the competition and Brett shares the beginning days of writing his dark comedy/drama novel Self-Help. ...
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TGD Nanode 4 – Brett’s Pitch from 2015-10-12T10:38:34
Episode 4 of TGD’s NaNoWriMo Podcast series for 2015! Brett rounds out the crew with a pair of pitches that he whittles down to one for his 2015 novel. https://ia601508.us.archi...
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TGD Nanode 3 – Max’s Pitch from 2015-10-11T10:38:33
Episode 3 of TGD’s NaNoWriMo Podcast series for 2015! Max is next to pitch the crew his 2015 novel. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/12/items/TGDS2NANO4_20151008/TGDS2NANO3.mp3 &...
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TGD Nanode 2 – Ian’s Pitch from 2015-10-10T10:38:31
Episode 2 of TGD’s NaNoWriMo Podcast series for 2015! Ian is up first to pitch the crew his 2015 novel. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/12/items/TGDS2NANO4_20151008/TGDS2NANO2.m...
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TGD Nanode 1 – The Basics from 2015-10-09T10:00:27
The first episode of TGD’s NaNoWriMo Podcast series for 2015! We give an overview of NaNoWriMo with some tips and tricks on how to start. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/...
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Your TGD NaNoWriMo Portal! from 2015-10-08T13:30:25
It’s officially begun! The TGD crew has started the long process of completing our 50,000 word NaNoWriMo challenge for November 2015! Right now it’s only some loose ideas and a s...
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TGDS2 – EP014 – The Holy Spirit Bomb from 2015-10-08T12:11:40
Christmas comes early as we open some gifts, talk a little Fallout and then get right into news. We all get a lesson in 2015 punctuation, show our own unique forms of empathy for a sneezing ...
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TGDS2 – EP013 – OLED Farmin’ from 2015-10-02T10:02:17
Brett returns from the apocalyptic wastes and gives us the one-two punch with new tattoos on his knuckles that read ‘Fallout4’ and ‘WalkingDead’. In between Max lamen...
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TGDS2 – MD04 – Looters from 2015-09-30T10:33:11
A minor digression all about Destiny and how the new ‘Taken King’ expansion has reignited our loot lust. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/18/items/TGDS2MD04/TGDS2MD04.mp3 D...
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The Great Digression digresses. from 2015-09-28T16:37:26
Hey folks! TGD here. As the year grows late, November inevitably approaches. And yes, while over-stuffing on turkey, premature holiday music and the greatest sport in the world begins to ram...
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TGDS2 – EP012 – Static Fashion from 2015-09-25T11:21:46
The cast is down a host this week, but fear not! The bumbling sidekicks manage to talk about the secrets of hobo hygiene, whether clone murder counts, fingernail breaking toys of the past an...
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TGDS2 – EP003 Complete – Margarita Guy/ Eddard Snark/ Killer Robots Riding Prehistoric ATVs from 2015-09-05T14:19:18
Click to download and listen! Liked the previous three TGD podcasts? Here is the uncut episode where they came from! Game of Thrones, an extended take on spooky video games, an exhaustive look at F...
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TGDS2 – EP011 – Killer Robots Riding Prehistoric ATVs from 2015-09-04T14:00:16
TGD has a brief detour into the land of spooky games right before a plus sized news section featuring erect devils, treadmill racing, the worldwide submission to our eventual murderous robot...
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TGDS2 – EP010 – Eddard Snark from 2015-08-28T14:00:53
https://ia601505.us.archive.org/9/items/TGDS2EP010/TGDS2EP010.mp3 Download After months of Max prodding Brett with Oathkeeper, Needle and Longclaw, he finally gives in watches the first three seaso...
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TGDS2 – MD03 – Fallout Schafer from 2015-08-25T14:00
https://ia601504.us.archive.org/1/items/TGDS2MD03/TGDS2MD03.mp3 Download It begins as one member of the podcast mentions the ‘F’ word. Then another brings out his phone. Soon all the ph...
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TGDS2 – EP009 – Margarita Guy from 2015-08-21T14:46:47
https://ia601501.us.archive.org/11/items/TGDS2EP009/TGDS2EP009.mp3 Download New Walking Dead series? The crew is surprisingly skeptical. And the world’s most interesting Tetris-related news s...
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TGDS2 – EP002 Complete – Some White Guy with Blonde Hair/ A Splash in the Water/ An Interesting Tidbit from 2015-08-15T10:44:10
Click to download and listen! Liked the previous three TGD podcasts? Here is the uncut episode where they came from! The first part includes FOUR new and unreleased dreams to amuse, shock and bore ...
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TGDS2 – EP008 – An Interesting Tidbit from 2015-08-14T10:23:29
https://ia601503.us.archive.org/9/items/TGDS2EP008/TGDS2EP008.mp3 Download What scares the TGD crew more than clowns? One member has a shocking confession that in the end seems completely appropria...
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TGDS2 – EP007 – A Splash In the Water from 2015-08-07T10:14:46
https://ia601502.us.archive.org/32/items/TGDS2EP007/TGDS2EP007.mp3 Download We sit down this week for some in depth discussion on two of the biggest events coming in the next year: Fallout 4 and Ba...
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TGDS2 – EP006 – Some White Guy With Blonde Hair from 2015-07-31T10:46:16
https://ia601508.us.archive.org/22/items/TGDS2EP006/TGDS2EP006.mp3 Download Max returns from his long hiatus in Hollywood where he has been pitching an Emmy award winning show… or was it all ...
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TGDS2 – EP001 Complete – Tony Bees/ Munich for Monkeys from 2015-06-06T16:16:35
Click to download and listen! Liked the previous two TGD podcasts? Here is the uncut episode where they came from! The first half sees TGD doing the traditional discussions on Dying Light, m...
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TGDS2 – EP005 – Munich for Monkeys from 2015-06-05T16:06:46
https://archive.org/download/TGDS2EP005/TGDS2EP005.mp3 Download News of a monkey heist hits TGD like a hurricane! Could we manage the caper ourselves? Just how many simian casualties could there be...
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TGDS2 – EP004 -Tony Bees from 2015-05-29T16:05:23
https://archive.org/download/TGDS2EP004/TGDS2EP004.mp3 Download TGD finds inspiration from a pair of news stories this week! 40,000 angry bees spawn the world’s saddest super villain and a gr...
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Weird Science – A New Direction for TGD from 2015-05-28T16:33:54
TGD will be trying out a new format for the podcast! From many of the listeners of the podcast we have heard both that “The podcast is great but way too long” and “My favorite mom...
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TGDS2 – MD02 – A Tale Well-Told from 2015-05-01T10:59:01
https://archive.org/download/TGDS2MD02/TGDS2MD02.mp3 Download (23.6 MB – 19:56) A Digression worth it’s own cast! Brett, Max and Ian all spin up their creation engines and hash out what a TGD...
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TGDS2 – EP003 – Cum Simia from 2015-04-25T14:05:37
https://archive.org/download/TGDS2EP003/TGDS2EP003.mp3 Download (168 MB – 2:28:26) An XL cast fresh out of the TGD studio! The majority is spent discussing the recent slate of movie trailers for th...
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TGDS2 – EP002X – The Handsome Rookie, The Bad Cop and The Crazy Plot Guy from 2015-04-22T16:50:26
https://ia600801.us.archive.org/0/items/TGDS2EP002X/TGDS2EP002X.mp3 Download (53.7 MB – 47:32) A flurry of questions in this week’s previously unreleased and abridged TGD! If cast in a brand ...
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TGDS2 – EP02 – I Can’t Just Throw Out Tyreese from 2015-02-19T22:30:36
https://ia902602.us.archive.org/24/items/TGDS2EP002/TGDS2EP002.mp3 Download (115.1 MB – 1:41:37) Walking Dead is back, and we waste no time (well, a maybe a little) before diving in to the m...
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TGDS2 – MD01 – Truck Cheese™ from 2015-01-15T11:34:29
https://ia902601.us.archive.org/10/items/TGDS2MD01/TGDS2MD01.mp3 Download (29.7 MB – 26:25) A brief but classy Minor Digression this week as TGD turns a horrific traffic accident into a get rich qu...
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TGDS2 – EP01 – Godzilla 2: The Origin of Maximillions Bond from 2014-12-27T14:54:21
https://ia902709.us.archive.org/21/items/TGDS2EP001/TGDS2EP001.mp3 Download (132 MB – 1:56:50) TGD returns for a second season of nonsense and non sequiturs! The digressions be...
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We’re back! from 2014-12-17T13:24:49
…sort of. Currently plans are under way to bring The Great Digression Podcast back to the world. Along with the new domain, site and logo we are planning a revamped show that will hopefully n...
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TGDT3009 – Top 3 Mythical Animals from 2014-07-17T13:40:48
Download (89.3MB – 1:18:02) Embark on a journey into the unknown with The Great Digression, wherein we sail the seven seas, explore hidden (and surprisingly real) underground mazes, catch a glimpse...
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TGD020 – You Owe Me a Sandwich from 2014-07-03T18:43:41
Download (77.1 MB – 1:07:32) TGD returns from a 2 month long hiatus to delve into the myriad news from while we were gone. Shia’s antics cause us to examine the “spit bucket”, met...
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MD04 – Journeymen from 2014-05-05T14:09:18
Download (62.6 MB – 54:45) Who is the greatest threat: walkers or white walkers? Could Joffrey and the Governor ever team up to take over the world? If Daryl got into a fist fight with the Ho...
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TGD019 – Circles Don’t Exist in the Pi Mobile from 2014-04-27T14:49:23
Download (85.7 MB – 1:14:57) Spring break has come and gone, and TGD has returned. The gang starts out sharing stories of coughing on babies in the deep south, our love of the Winter Soldier, upcom...
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TGDT3008 – Top 3 Movie Deaths from 2014-04-02T04:02:15
Download (59.4MB – 51:55) Wanna see a magic trick? After a case of chest-bursting indigestion, TGD gets down to some hardcore asteroid mining, hoping to find the greatest death ever put to film. Bu...
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TGD018 – Stare Straight Ahead; No Eye Contact from 2014-03-27T14:38:49
Download (93.4 MB – 1:21:37) This week, TGD gets down to business discussing Brett’s thoughts on The Office, Assassins Creed: Unity and Wes Anderson films, Kat’s adventures in Hyr...
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TGDT3007 – Top 3 Ways to Die from 2014-03-19T10:07:19
Download (64.7MB – 56:33) Unfortunately, there have been 4 losses this episode for The Great Digression Podcast. Brett was lost to the infinite of space, Max wore the wrong backpack, Ian became one...
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TGD017 – Gary wears Jorts from 2014-03-14T16:31:30
Download (97.9 MB – 1:25:31) This week, we discuss Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for mere moments before we get sidetracked trying to decypher the motivations of Voldemort, Sauron and Lex Luthor....
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TGDT3006 – Top 3 Villains from 2014-02-27T15:08:49
Download (71.7MB – 1:02:40) TGD trades their brittle bones and beautiful singing voice for the chance to halt the progress of civilization, goosestep all through the night and then consume some wor...
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TGD016 – What is Manga? from 2014-02-27T14:35:23
Download (91.8 MB – 1:20:10) The regular crew is joined by guests Kat and Brendan for a rundown of fan questions from Tumblr, wherein we discover our general disinterest for Digimon, Pokemon legend...
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TGDT3005 – Top 3 Trilogies from 2014-02-20T15:13:07
Download (85.5MB – 1:14:44) Fueled by 1.21 gigawatts of power, The Great Digression dons the mask, uses the force and pops the red pill in order to find out our Top 3 Trilogies of all time. ...
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TGD015 – Alarm is Terminated from 2014-02-19T14:59:05
Download (80.9 MB – 1:10:46) The winter doldrums hit TGD like a hurricane lamp over the head as we discuss a sense of deja vu in the Titanfall beta, a slew of movies including The Great Gatsb...
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TGDT3004 – Top 3 Children’s Cartoons from 2014-02-14T11:31:36
Download (54.5MB – 47:48) Who has a Top 3 under the sea? The Great Digression grabs a big bowl of cereal early Saturday morning to decide which kid’s cartoon reigns supreme. https://ia6...
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TGD014 – The Pyro Guy from 2014-02-14T10:54:02
Download (70.7 MB – 1:01:47 ) In this episode, we fondly remember our childhoods of petty theft, arson, and general bewilderment. We make modern day sacrifices, killing opening credits, print...
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TGDT3003 – Top 3 Movie Killers from 2014-02-08T13:34:37
Download (69.5 MB – 1:00:46) From an ancestral tale of revenge to the now infamously awesome “grass scene”, we spare no one in TGD’s Top 3 Movie Killers. https://ia600809.us.archive.or...
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TGD013 – Cows Look Stupid from 2014-02-07T15:09:54
Download (82.2 MB – 1:11:47) It’s a return to form for TGD, wherein we find out how we would handle the zombie apocalypse (hint: Brett lives, Max hides in Gamestop before succumbing to apathy...
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MD03 – The Docks from 2014-01-30T16:12:39
Download (32.8 MB – 28:41) In this Minor Digression, we discuss testosterone patches, the slippery slope of house gifts and influential Italian families that “worked at the docks”...
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TGD012 – The Great Transgression from 2014-01-29T15:42:48
Download (74.5MB – 1:03:36) In the first and final episode of The Great Transgression, a special guest brings a 409 year old liqueur that spontaneously combusts, lighting half the podcast abl...
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TGDT3002 – Top 3 Video Game Enemies from 2014-01-23T14:38:49
Download (54.4 MB – 59:28) We decide TGD’s Top 3 Video Game Enemies that have fallen before our guns in droves, chased us through rather tall grass, and literally pushed us over the edg...
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TGD011 – A Ghost Being Murdered from 2014-01-22T16:04:34
Download – (48.9 MB – 53:24) In this laid back episode of The Great Digression, Brett remembers the slowest mailman in the world, Ian remembers when the nukes went off, and Max remember...
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TGDT3001 – Top 3 Video Games of the Generation (2006-2013) from 2014-01-16T11:47:30
Download – (56.7 MB – 1:01:58) Top 3 was so big, it needed it’s own show! In this episode, TGD’s Top 3 Games of the Generation are decided in an all out slug match between s...
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TGD010 – I Love This Crazy Town from 2014-01-15T12:50:23
Download – (57.9 MB – 1:03:15) Don’t look now, but TGD has a new bag of tricks! In our very first LIVE episode, we pitch million dollar movies involving everything from atoms to t...
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MD02 – Chimeric Rangers from 2014-01-12T16:00:54
Download (12.5 MB – 13:40) Minor Digression! Power Rangers, elephantitis and undiagnosed parasitic twins. https://ia600707.us.archive.org/8/items/TGDM002/TGDM002.mp3
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TGD009 – SWAMP THANG! You Make My HEART SANG! from 2014-01-08T15:24:18
Download (86.1 MB – 1:34:05) Right off the bat, we dig into the Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Battlestar Galactica, and a bowl of orange stuff. Kid’s movies are remembered (an...
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TGD008 – Bigger than a Dinner Plate from 2014-01-02T17:07:51
Download (45.4 MB – 1:39:12) It’s 2014! Huzzah! Max immediately has trouble reading books, games were played over the holidays, the merits of dragon wingspans are discussed, travel stor...
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TGD007 – The First Robin of Spring from 2013-12-25T18:52:03
Download (45.1 MB – 1:38:42) Tis the season for some TGD! In this very special Holiday episode, we start off by talking about history’s biggest murderers, Ian’s trip with Spring B...
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TGD006 – Clouds of Cologne, Pants of Fur from 2013-12-18T13:54:37
Download (55.3 MB – 2:00:56) Lotto fever strikes TGD! While our dreams of financial freedom and dirtbikes did not come true, we did realize that Catching Fire is a great movie, Christmas musi...
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TGD005 – I really, Really… REALLY want Joffrey to Die. from 2013-12-11T17:15:39
Download (44.5MB – 1:37:23) Twitter shoutouts, an Alaskan spree, Netflix watching habits, The Walking Dead, a hearty block of video gamin’ featuring the Xbox One, Max grows up (a littl...
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TGD004 – Quizin’Art from 2013-12-04T15:52:51
Download (48.5 MB – 1:45:57) With great podcasting power, comes great podcasting responsibility. Minor tech hiccups abound as TGD discusses a Tornado of Sharks, GTAV, Brett’s resemblance to a...
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TGD000 – I Like White Bread from 2013-11-25T15:45:23
Download (60.0 MB – 2:11:13) What’s this?! A collection of the first 3 trial episodes of The Great Digression, thats what! All remastered into a special edition Episode ’000′. We cover ...
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MD01 – God is a Robot from 2013-11-18T15:40:35
Download (18.6 MB – 40:47) Minor Digression! Didn’t get enough unified Pixar universe nonsense? Well then you’re in luck! Another 40 minutes of heated, head-scratching discussion ...
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TGD003 – Crackdown Jumping from 2013-11-14T15:34:15
Download (46.5 MB – 1:41:44) This week we discuss Thor: The Dark World, purchasing a PS4, the first 5 episodes of season 4 of the Walking Dead, our Top 3 Video Game Characters and dreamy Max....
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TGD002 – Stubbs the Zombie from 2013-11-05T15:30:55
Download (51.9 MB – 1:53:29) Fallout, the Walking Dead and the origins of the official TGD mascot Stubbs. https://ia601003.us.archive.org/19/items/TGD002/TGD002.mp3
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TGD001 – The Great Pixar Unification Theory from 2013-10-28T14:40:05
Download (35.8 MB – 1:18:19) Time is a flat circle, and so is the Pixar cinematic universe. https://ia801006.us.archive.org/7/items/TGD001/TGD001.mp3
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