Punch Up Podcast is a criminally thoughtful exploration into history's greatest IP. From dusty old books to the latest holographic video game, Mike, Tim and Hillman bring their dangerously extensive expertise to praise artists where they go right and, yes, heavily critique and insult where they go wrong.
As the immortal bard once said: "Words, words, words-" assuming that's what he put in all his famous plays. The Punching Guys take on the nerdiest thing of all, the English language. After a quick stop discussing their recent projects, Tim, Mike and Hillman take a skewer to the outdated and often boring book known as "The Meriam-Webster Dictionary."
The unintended consequences of good intensions...
The Punchers plot sweet revenge, part one.
Ah, love, who needs it? Not us, unless... no, not us. The Puncheos and Punchiets take on the corporate consumerist badness that Valentine's Day has become. After a brief description of their recent projects, Mike, Tim, and Hillman give their uncensored thoughts on chocolates, cupid's arrow and general Valentine's Day shenanigans that have gone on far too long.
You lovely flower, you beautiful rose, you love your hair, I love your toes. The Punchers take on the undefeated G.O.A.T. of Poetry, Bobby "The King" Frost. While dissecting his rather wrong use of literary devices such as ice and thin roads, Hillman, Mike and Tim recite verses of their own works to prove yet again they can fill an entire podcast episode with talking.
We're back and more able than ever to create a good episode of a podcast. The Punch Up Boys kick off season 2 with a brutal yet scathing critique of boys. Joining the crew is college graduate and self-proclaimed boy-knower, Sara, who provides expert yet scathing analysis of the unfairer sex.
It's the season one finale! With this momentous occasion comes grim responsibilities. The Punchers unpack all the ads they were supposed to read throughout the year.
A special Halloween episode that everyone is sure to enjoy and understand. After a quick pitstop going into their recent projects, the Punchaneros fix the freakiest fruit you ever did see: a pumpkin.
The Punchers biggest undertaking yet: Cinema. After briefly discussing their recent projects, Tim, Mike and Hillman take a deep dive into all the nitty gritty details of the latest fad of movies.
Is it getting wet in here? The Punchers put on their science hats yet again to fix a repetitive and outdated process that no one can even understand. After discussing the existing steps of the water cycle and the upcoming water wars, Mike, Hillman and Tim pitch their new ideas to spice up this ageless natural process.
Is it a bad idea, right if these logical vampires finish making the bed and start critiquing songs like All-American B*tch, Lacy and Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl from Olivia Rodrigo's new album, Guts? After discussing overall issues with the songs like how much we like them, Hillman , Mike and Tim do a deep dive of Rodrigo's iconic lyrics in the resurrected segment, "The Line-tning Round."
Sometimes it takes putting on a mask to find out who you really are and to sing really good. This week the Punchers infiltrate the Masked Singer.
The Puncheetos get elemental! After discussing the haters who say they have no right as full-time artists to change and redefine scientific fact which is literally the point of this show, Hillman, Mike and Tim finally set the record straight on the poster child for periodic table: Aklanime metals.
The Punch Up Podcast turns 21! And as legal, responsible adults, Mike, Tim and Hillman don't take too much on and attempt to set up cameras to record themselves opening fan mail all the while having 40s taped to their hands.
Sometimes the best kind of spection is inter-spection. The Punch Chumps do the bravest thing possible and punch up their own mental shortcomings by spending 30 minutes trying to get over their deepest and most troubling fears.
Watch out, it's a web! Your Friendly Neighborhood Punchers have the power and therefore the "needing-to-do-it" to mercilessly destroy the newest Spider-verse movie on its so-called artistic merits. After discussing Mike's moral qualms on his latest project, the gang dives into world of the multiverse, something they know almost everything about (Or "know nothing about," as you would say in the multive...
You're the one, Neo! Get red-pilled as Tim and Hillman discuss a range of problems with the classic scifi film, The Matrix, from it's interminable length to the fact that Mike is missing and we're worried that he's in trouble. Hasta la vista, Morpheus!
Oh immortal shackles, curse be ye, the bitter cold of thine iron stings my ghostly flesh. The Punch-meisters pay the ultimate sacrifice in order to put themselves in Bruce Willis's shoes for his iconic M Night Shyamalan's role, Mr Sixth Sense. Hillman is being difficult, as always.
The Puncho Uppo's put aside their noble pursuit of creative perfection because Hillman wants to renegotiate his podcast deal. Along with amateur contract lawyer/men's warehouse employee, Theo, we navigate the tricky world of clauses, loopholes and veiled threats of violence that is: binding written agreements. Somebody better call Better Call Saul!
Is it getting hot in here? The Punchos take on books as they critically deconstruct what’s left of their physically deconstructed copies of the dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451. After describing their own personal experiences with the books and the words within, Mike, Tim and Hillman bring on local librarian Jack to discuss how fix what is now being called by everyone “The Bradbury disaster.”
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