Podcasts by Youre Too Show: A Sonic the Hedgehog Fancast
A weekly dive into the seriously silly world of Sonic the Hedgehog. Indie game developer Nick Splendorr and author Caleb Zane Huett study everyone's favorite blue guy to learn about games, stories, and maybe even ourselves. There's also a lot of goofing.
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YTS 0048: Gastral Projecting (Kirby: Right Back At Ya! s1e05, “Beware of Whispy Woods!”) from 2019-03-07T07:08:33
Look inside yourself to find this episode of YTS, glowing with blue spirit energy, ready to grow into a forest of wild knowledge. Neither Ferngully nor Innerspace have anything on this allegedly-cu...
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YTS 0047: Soft Science Fiction (Kirby: Right Back At Ya! s1e04, “The Dark and Stormy Knight”) from 2019-02-13T03:44:41
Get your notebooks, students; we’re taking you to star school. In this lesson, we’ll cover the true(?) history of Metaknight and the Star Warriors, the predictive capacity of wordplay, and then con...
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YTS 0046: Kirbae (Kirby: Right Back At Ya! s1e03, “Kirby’s Duel Role”) from 2019-01-29T21:08:25
This is a big one, y’all! Your Two Hosts go full-on National Treasure to find hidden words, double agents, and the secret themes hidden within Mount Rushmore’s iconic Kirby sculpture. Metaknight is...
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YTS 0045: A Thin Balloon Around a Void (Kirby: Right Back At Ya! s1e02, “A Blockbuster Battle”) from 2019-01-17T23:06:28
Kirby confronts a weighty foe while Your Two Hosts face the heavy narrative moments of Right Back At Ya! Come along with us as Kirby is accused of socialism, a bird refuses to learn a lesson about ...
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YTS 0044: Swarmp (Kirby: Right Back At Ya! s1e01, “Kirby Comes to Cappy Town”) from 2019-01-10T04:02:46
Welcome to the REAL Season Two! Your two hosts watch episode 1 of Kirby: Right Back At Ya! We learn about Kirby’s Superman origin story, confront a big octopus — no, bigger than that — and think WA...
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YTS 0043: So Much for My Sweet Bod (Sonic Underground s1e12, “The Last Resort”) from 2019-01-02T04:35:34
This episode is a major milestone, and not just because we discuss the relative hotness of two anthropomorphic tigers. Follow your two hosts into familiar territory… and then take our big gloved ha...
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YTS 0042: Stealth Helicopter Parent (Sonic Underground s1e11, “Who Do You Think You Are”) from 2018-12-21T15:48:24
Who do you think YOU are? Are you a discussion of a fairly problematic Sonic Underground that cribs heavily from Disney’s Aladdin, or are you reactions to the final Nintendo Direct about Smash Bros...
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YTS 0041: One Million Chimneys (“Sonic’s Christmas Blast” TV Special, 1996) from 2018-12-17T20:37:57
This special Christmas episode was recorded for RadioSEGA’s Winterfest 2018! Your two hosts watch Sonic’s Christmas Blast and discuss robot Santas, ancient Christmas prophecies, and how gosh darn c...
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YTS 0040: Under the Stick (Sonic Underground s1e10, “The Deepest Fear”) from 2018-12-06T23:44:36
It’s juice and jam time again! Your two hosts revisit Sonic Underground and its love of referencing classic stories just barely enough to count. Come meet the original Spongebob Squarepants, the ch...
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0039: The SSBCU (Smash Bros. Ultimate, Detective Pikachu,&The Sonic Movie) from 2018-11-29T02:15:27
Nick and Caleb are back! Dip your sneakers into this hot&fresh discussion of Smash Bros. Ultimate, Detective Pikachu, Jim Carrey, and the impending Sonic the Hedgehog movie — everything we’re excit...
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0038: Da Vinci’s Octodad (Sonic Underground, s1e09) from 2018-02-06T14:54:58
Get your Parabolic Inverter and unhinge your limbs as we return to Sonic Underground and get SUPER real about Sonic’s body parts. We also cover sitcom trivia, classic cinema, and ask what the stake...
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GsOTY 2017, Part 2: The High Five (Sonic Forces, Sonic Mania, Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nier: Automata) from 2017-12-20T18:09:31
We talk a little about the tonal weirdness of Mario Odyssey, big-picture lesssons from this year in big games, and whether Sonic Team needs to keep trying to make “big games” to reach Sonic’s true ...
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GsOTY 2017, Part 1: The Collective Funconscious (Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nier: Automata, Sonic Forces, Sonic Mania) from 2017-12-01T03:20:22
We planned to do a short Super Mario Odyssey episode, and ended up making a multi-part episode about how all games made us feel this year. Whoops! Please listen to the spoiler warnings, keep your h...
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Mania Zone #2: Opposite Skeleton Relationship (Sonic Mania, Chemical Plant and Studiopolis Zones) from 2017-11-06T14:08:03
Let’s get gooped up and on TV with SONIC MANIA! We’re talking mean beans, weather chickens, and the immortal juggernaut Tails “Miles Tails” Prower. This game is a gift.
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0037: Meta L. Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog OVA, Part 2) from 2017-10-23T17:03:39
The OVA comes to an exciting end, Sonic's favorite outfit is revealed, and we accidentally deliver a lecture on robot ethics. THERE IS ONLY ONE YOU'RE TOO SHOW.
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0036: Knuckodile Dundee (Sonic the Hedgehog OVA, Part 1) from 2017-10-09T16:35:21
YEAR 2, BABY! We're kicking off our anniversary month with a return to what we do best: watching anime! Sonic and Tails are saving Eggman from Eggman. Knuckles is waking up in his boyfriend's cloth...
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0035: Bird-Legs (Sonic the Hedgehog TV 1993 / SatAM s1e07, “Hooked on Sonics”) from 2017-08-17T23:46:36
Join us as we finally discuss the famous episode where Sonic invents mouth-kissing, a gift that keeps on giving to all humanity every day. (Antoine doesn't appreciate it very much.)
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Mania Zone #1: Robber Baron Power Rangers (Sonic Mania, Intro and Green Hill Zone) from 2017-08-15T22:36:31
SPOILER ALERT! Sonic Mania just came out, and we played the first zone! We talk about the opening animation, our initial story impressions, and how it feels to lace up this shiny new pair of big re...
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0034: Hey Toothbutt, Chomp This (Sonic the Hedgehog TV 1993 / SatAM s1e06) from 2017-08-07T01:15:48
Sonic is juicin' and so are we on this fresh new ep of your favorite podcast! We're watching SatAM and starting a new volume of SPEED READING! Consider us the masters blaster of your Sonic experien...
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0033: Laz“R”Us (Sonic the Hedgehog TV 1993 / SatAM s1e05) from 2017-07-31T18:51:21
Hop into your glass casket (glassket?) and meet us thirty years in the future where we're watching Sonic SatAM. This episode has everything: an opener without a punch line, a rewrite of the classic...
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0032: Operation T.U.M.M.Y. (Sonic the Hedgehog TV 1993 / SatAM s1e04) from 2017-07-24T20:09:35
Rather than just talk about one shot from one scene from one episode today, we’re GOING BIG and talking about an entire cartoon! Lest our ambitions get the best of us, Sonic reminds us that all emp...
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0031: Sabotage Mode (Sonic the Hedgehog TV 1993 / SatAM s1e03) from 2017-07-17T20:54:18
Join us as things really heat up in SatAM. We dig into why Sonic stories can feel genuine or forced, the different configurations of Sonic’s crew, and then we get super real about the correlation b...
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0030: Sugarhog and the Funny Kiss (Sonic the Hedgehog TV 1993 / SatAM s1e02) from 2017-07-10T20:16:01
Hello and welcome to NPR's newest pop culture podcast, You're Too Show. This week we recap episode two of Sonic SatAM, discuss a Golden Girls adaptation of the Terminator, and finally get Nick thos...
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0029: The Hundred Year Plan (Sonic the Hedgehog 1993 / SatAM s1e01) from 2017-06-26T04:00:20
It's Sonic's 25th birthday, and we take the opportunity to review the first quarter of SEGA's ultimate plan. SatAM is gritty, silly, and Sonic almost commits actual murder.
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0028: Join the Smash Squad (E3 2017 and Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, s1e01) from 2017-06-19T18:13:38
We're live from the E3 show floor doing some hard hitting journalism for you, listeners, because you deserve it. No stone is left unturned in our moment-to-moment press coverage. Also we watched th...
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0027: EMER/AL/D (Sonic X, s1e10) from 2017-06-13T22:08:25
Take us out to the game grass, in this sports-oriented episode. See if you can “Mitt” all the SportsFacts, including: What is Turf; What shape ~is~ a baseball field, really; and why do grandpas lov...
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018, Act 3: HOPE w/ Zolani Stewart (Sonic the Hedgehog, 2006) from 2017-06-06T01:49:32
We’ve reached the final act of our Sonic 06 extravaganza with Zolani Stewart. We talk about why Rouge is the best, learn which character is the Waluigi of Sonic, and realize why we believe in the d...
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0026: Sonic and Amy’s Love Language (Sonic X, s1e09) from 2017-05-31T19:22:28
Join us behind the emotional curtain as we explore the topic… of love. Feel the rigid metal of your heart transform into Eggman’s new Soft Alloy, and wrap your tentacles around our new favorite shi...
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0025: He Freezes All the Way (Sonic X, s1e08) from 2017-05-23T02:39:32
Y’all, we did some stuff in this episode, but at the end: we came up with the best Sonic game ever, so that’s all I can remember.
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0024: Discretionary Flower Budget (Sonic X, s1e07) from 2017-05-15T20:44:56
Join your two hosts for another episode of what Caleb has dubbed "the Last Airbender of Sonic." Sonic X leaves everyone an emotional mess, including us.
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0023: #CHUCKGATE (Sonic X, s1e06) from 2017-05-08T04:36:46
Your two hosts become detectives to uncover the tip of the iceberg of the truth of #CHUCKGATE and you won't believe what we find out.
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0022: Humpty Pumpty (Sonic X, s1e05) from 2017-04-24T15:31:29
Sound the alarm. Summon the race car police. Grandpa's name is revealed and so is A CONSPIRACY. Robotnik foreshadows his own loss with a bad robot name. Nick is terrified of spiders and pictures of...
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Sign Here: A Binding Teaser from 2017-04-22T15:39:36
Every Day's Great is a new podcast where Caleb Zane Huett and Nick Splendorr discuss the Persona games, matching the real and game world calendars as closely as possible. No Persona experience nece...
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0021: Fast and Euphorious (Sonic X, s1e04) from 2017-04-17T16:17:28
It's somebody's birthday! See if you can guess who while listening to this special mystery episode. We watch an episode of Sonic X, interview director Chris Columbus, and make all sorts of nonsensi...
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018, Act 2: CONTROL w/ Zolani Stewart (Sonic the Hedgehog, 2006) from 2017-04-10T20:04:48
Since Caleb was out of town last week, here's the second part of our episode with Zolani Stewart. We talk about level design, Sonic's lack of agency, and liking things that are hard to like.
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0020: Flash One (Sonic X, s1e03) from 2017-04-03T16:25:46
Caleb and Nick give each other notes on their podcast performance so far. Sonic X provides insight into Dr. Eggman's aesthetic. Speed Reading is back with a twist. Everybody Loves Anime!
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019: NieR: Hakunautomata (Sonic X, s1e02 from 2017-03-27T23:42:42
Sonic X gets even more anime. Nick and Caleb discuss robot ethics. Optimus Prime makes some questionable decisions.
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018, Act 1: ART w/ Zolani Stewart (Sonic the Hedgehog, 2006) from 2017-03-20T21:29:02
Join us for the first part of our conversation with Zolani Stewart about the infamous Sonic '06, widely regarded as the "worst Sonic game of all time."
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017: A Grownup Game For Adults w/ merritt k (Shadow the Hedgehog, 2005) from 2017-03-13T20:31:28
Special guest merritt k (@merrittk) joins us to talk about the game where Sonic finally does a swear: Shadow the Hedgehog. This whole episode is rated NSFW10+, which means it's not safe for work, e...
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016: Bone-Dry Highway (Sonic X, s1e01) from 2017-03-06T18:31
Praise the gods of anime because it's time for SONIC X! Finally, all the characters in one place: Knuckles, Tails, Big the Cat, everyone's favorite kid Chris, the whole bunch.
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015: Get Out of There, Sasuke Uchiha! (Sonic Boom, s1e07-08) from 2017-02-21T19:01:55
We forgot to do a special Valentine's Day episode, so this is that one. Or should we say...Eviltine's????? (No)
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014: Open Mic Night with Dr. Robeatnik (Sonic Boom, s1e05–06) from 2017-02-14T06:09:50
Amy lends her help to Sticks and Eggman and gets actual garbage in return: it's Sonic BOOM. Robotnik's twisted, nightmarish creations return to expose his evil in Speed Reading. Caleb and Nick talk...
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013: Quantity Over Quantity (Sonic Boom, s1e04) from 2017-02-07T05:44:49
Didn't watch Sonic Boom this week? That's alright; we barely did. Come chill with us on this VERY chill ride.
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012: You, Me, Sonic,&Everybody (AGDQ 2017&Sonic Boom, s1e02-03) from 2017-01-31T21:12:24
The boys went to AGDQ, and interviewed a couple of the Sonic speedrunners. Plus, more Sonic BOOM! Who is the mysterious Sticks? Why is this show mean to all of its characters? We don't necessarily ...
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011: That Alien We Call Laughter (Sonic Boom, s1e01) from 2017-01-08T23:13:51
Keep your hands and arms inside the time machine at all times, folks, cause Caleb and Nick are jumping right out of the nineties into 2014 to see what the French company OuiDo! has done to our swee...
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010: This Game Spoiled Itself (Sonic the Hedgehog, 1991) from 2017-01-02T21:11:52
Sonic the Hedgehog (1492) is a classic. What hasn't been said about this hedgehog's journey to defeat Robotnik and then eventually travel back in time to raise his greatest enemy as his own son? Ni...
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009: Chuck Everlasting (Sonic Underground, s1e08) from 2016-12-12T17:02:36
Everyone knows Uncle Chuck is Sonic from the future. The real question is: what does he want? (Let's be honest: the answer is probably chili dogs.)
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008: Do Dingos Dream of Electric Sleet? (Sonic Underground, s1e07) from 2016-12-05T06:31:58
This episode features a record three (3) special segments. Tune in if you like news, storytime, or Adam Sandler's greatest film.
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007: Tony Golduck's Pro Skater 2 (Sonic Underground, s1e06) from 2016-11-28T04:45:16
Caleb and Nick have been really busy playing Pokémon, but they take a break from their Alolan vacation for you, friends, and return to their day job in Mobius.
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006: Chili Dogs by the Open Fire (Sonic in the Macy's Day Parade, 1993–2013) from 2016-11-23T22:19:54
Join us for a very special holiday retrospective, as we see just how many ways a Sonic balloon can ruin the world’s largest parade named after a department store.
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005: Picking Up the Key (Sonic Underground, s1e05) from 2016-11-14T23:41:58
Last week was rough, folks, but this episode of Sonic Underground is here to help. The silly and the serious co-exist within Sonic, and in our conversation. It’s never been a better time to talk ab...
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004: All the Way to Robo-Biden (Sonic Underground, s1e04) from 2016-11-07T18:07:13
Sonic Underground quadruples its costume budget in the fourth episode, and Nick and Caleb are here to tell you about all the what-nots and say-yeses they have to offer. Guest Starring everyone's fa...
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003: It's Cool to Steal from Despots (Sonic Underground, s1e03) from 2016-10-31T02:06:21
Gather round, kiddos, and listen while Sonic Underground reveals the solution to all of your problems: stealing. That's right! Thievery will get you everywhere. It helps to have good type coverage ...
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002: The Rat Thickens (Sonic Underground, s1e02) from 2016-10-24T07:01
Do some stretches and warmups before this episode, because it's time for a TRAINING MONTAGE! The triplets master the arts of spinning and jamming. Nick and Caleb try to make sense of an overwhelmin...
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001: Animal Butt Encyclopedia (Sonic Underground, s1e01) from 2016-10-17T03:31:46
Nick and Caleb, podcast babies and your best friends, discuss one of the masterpieces of our time: Sonic Underground. Put the kids in their robocribs and hold onto your triple-necked guitar, folks,...
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