The Crapshoot

The Crapshoot


Latest Episodes

Episode 25: Josh Popped a Squat at my Sister’s Wedding
April 27, 2015

An inaugural episode for our new recording venue, this episode finds us talking for quite some time about genetic algorithms and Josh’s Genetic Football project, and also Josh’s role transition at Metafilter. Along the way, we touch on genetic cars,

Episode 24: D & D is Someone Breaking Your Heart
April 09, 2015

After the Scat Hour, join our intrepid hosts to learn (??) about lent, creative obligations, boxes of moldy skulls and spines, Josh's twitter D & D character and D & D memories in general, naming podcast networks, whether Jesse has read Dune,

Episode 23: Ghosts on the E.T. Ride
March 26, 2015

Skip Worthington returns to attempt another Dungeons & Dragons Adventure, this time with a first-time adventurer. Afterward, it’s part 2 of our Crapshoot double episode, aka Episode 22B, aka Hellbanned from Podcasting, wherein we discuss halloween,

Episode 22: Hellbanned
February 23, 2015

Airing this time after Dungeons & Dragons Adventures, The Crapshoot returns for our 2015 debut. In part 1, Josh and Jesse reconvene to talk about audience feedback, The Harvey Girls, geologist humor, the Xs do it Y joke format, Paul Ford and Tilde.

Episode 21: XOXO 2014
December 01, 2014

The long-overdue, field-recorded episode from XOXO Fest 2014, episode 21 finds Josh and Jesse mostly in drunken snippets as we are subsumed into @xoxo, along the way joined variously by Matthew Bogart ( @matthewbogart ), Brad Sucks ( @bradsucks ), Phil Ne

Episode 20: Discourse on the Disc Course
September 25, 2014

What’s the score? Join Raaaaaaad Radley and co-host Chomp Wigglestein for another jaunt through A) a literal park, and possibly B) pandimensional space, for their celebrated long-running podcast Discourse on the Disc Course. - Afterward,

Episode 19: Doritos Loaded Presents: The Crapshoot
August 26, 2014

"Instead of calling this Episode 19: Whatever We Said At The Beginning, we can call it Doritos Loaded Presents.  They can't stop us from putting that on there. You seem really uncomfortable."

Episode 18: Bros Scotching Bros
July 30, 2014

Airing this time after the subtle and sublime "That's Beer In Your Eye" podcast, The Crapshoot returns with the same malarkey you've surely come to love and forgive us for, with Josh and Jesse spitballing about possibly-corporate-sponsored viral videos, v

Episode 17: Eran Haas Is A Serious Enabler
July 11, 2014

After a bit of a delay, The Crapshoot is back (right after the fake podcast The Fake Podcast) with special guest and friend Eran Haas, also the regular In The Cut cohost. Conversational topics include (but are not limited to (and in no particular order))

Episode 16: Don’t Let This Be a Figment of a Fever Paula Deen
April 28, 2014

Coming up on the tail of The Frugal Floutist, it’s episode 16 of The Crapshoot! This time, we talk about: having a cold, the aesthetics and classism of beer cans vs bottles, how to design bad t-shirts, binaural recordings, erudition, beer rhythm aka be