The Mixed Six Podcast

Ep. 28: About That ‘Booch Life

On December 25, 2017

Delicious?

Welcome back! We’re back with another episode, another hangover, and another of Spencer’s crazy kombucha cures. Enjoy!

Olympic Brewery’s Mythos: In Dissecting Our Fun, Ken R. wonders what we think about hidden identity games as a mechanic.

Four Hands Cast Iron Oatmeal Brown: Maddy asks if we would ever consider going on a reality show. We interrogate this ridiculous premise in Binge Binger.

Four Hands Contact High: Caleb explains the bizarre work of David Wong in this edition of Getting Lit(erature).

Sun King Brewery Fistful of Hops: Ask Mixed Six presents us with a horror story: what if a doctor recommended that you quit drinking beer?

Big Ditch Brewing Company Hayburner American IPA: Bladerunner 2049 was the best movie was saw all year. This Armchair Director is just us gushing about it.

West Sixth Brewing Pay It Forward Cocoa Porter: Finally Drunk Enough, we discuss the concept of praying to fail: when is it strong self-discipline and when is it self-sabotage?

Music by 2 Mello (tracks 2-8 in order)

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Ep. 27: Choby is Horny for Vlad

By Caleb Stokes

On December 10, 2017

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Rob Sith, creator of The Orpheus Protocol, came to visit us with rare beers and even better conversation. Check out our very special guest episode in this edition of The Mixed Six.

Three Floyds Zombie Dust: In Dissecting Our Fun, we’re forced to pick only three games to take with us on a desert island.

Upland Brewing Wheat Ale: In This Was A Mistake, we talk about how to realize a project you were working on was a mistake all along.

Three Floyds Alpha King Pale Ale: In Getting Lit, we talk about chores we came to cherish with books we thought we would hate that changed our minds.

Upland Brewing Champagne Velvet Brand Beer: This Ask Mixed Six is all about the elements of a good party anecdote, and Rob delivers a morality tale about why you should never trust a man that shares a name with a yogurt.

Three Floyds Yum Yum American Session Ale: Using only characters from the Hanna-Barbera universe, pick the two characters you believe would make the best Halloween chaperones. The Mixed Six Mock Draft has begun!

Upland Brewing Bad Elmer’s Porter: Finally Drunk Enough, we talk about whether or not this is what we thought adulthood would be.

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Ep. 26: I Am Become Pumpkin Spice, Destroyer of Palettes

By Caleb Stokes

On November 19, 2017

In Episode

Spencer decided to assault our tongues with gourds this episode, so I hope y’all like yourself some pumpkin. As the hosts throw pumpkin down their throats like teens trying to vandalize their own stomachs, consider backing our Patreon if you haven’t already. It’s the only way to get those sweet extra episodes and tons of other additional content.

Blue Moon Limited Release Harvest Pumpkin Wheat: Dissecting Our Fun runs into some “Who’s On First?” trouble in discussing The Game and the tragedy of its branding.

Shipyard Brewing Co Pumpkinseed: Kevin wants to hear about some songs that have a constantly shifting meaning. We let him know in Jukebox in Back.

O’Fallon Pumpkin Beer: In This Was A Mistake, Copper Crane wants to know about Grammerly. Spellcheck wasn’t so great before it became an exploitative data mining service, so we take the time to warn the people against those annoying YouTube commercials.

Mother’s Brewing Co. Mr. Pumpkin: In COM Corner, Maddy Gibbons wants our take on “The Love Languages.” The hosts discuss what keeps it out of the trash canon, how that might change, and diagnose each other.

Spider Bite Beer Co Boris the Spider Russian Imperial Stout: We almost couldn’t answer a questions in Ask Mixed Six this week because Spencer went and bought a REPEAT beer. Thankfully, Dan VK came to the rescue and we managed to get to Alex B’s question about self-censorship on social media.

New Belgium’s Voodoo Ranger Special Release Atomic Pumpkin: In the wake of Caleb’s killer birthday party, we get Drunk Enough (again) to discuss the keys to a great social gathering.

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Extra Hot Takes on Ice: Metatopia 2017

By Caleb Stokes

On November 16, 2017

In hot takes on ice

Spencer and I went to Metatopia for the first time to playtest our new game, Party Fowl. It’s a nifty little convention that not a lot of people get to attend, so we thought we would share our thoughts with an extra, free Hot Takes on Ice episode.

Song: https://www.jamendo.com/track/1438880/cubanthecity

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Ep. 25: Belated October Oktoberfest

By Caleb Stokes

On November 5, 2017

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Welcome back everyone! We didn’t want to let October go by without celebrating Oktoberfest and thus, ironically, being two months late instead of one. Enjoy this themed episode of Oktoberfest brews!

Odell Brewing Co Oktoberfest Marzen Style Lager: In Dissecting Our Fun, Spencer and Caleb gamble their limited resources on who gets to talk first about the mechanic of bidding for turn order.

Bell’s Brewing Oktoberfest Beer: Steven Lee and Alex B. (and my MAD RHYMES) have concerns about movie theaters. The two hosts couldn’t have two more desperate opinions on the matter in Armchair Director.

Great Divide Brewing Co. Hoss Oktoberfest Lager: Jesus…it just doesn’t end, does it? In Sportsplainer, we have to look at the Kaepernick controversy again now that the Cheeto in Chief has weighed in.

Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest Fester: Keith wants to know about the use and abuse of logical fallacies in internet argument. This COM Corner calls people out for their Fallacy Fallacies, thus committing Fallacy Fallacy Fallacies.

Schlafly Oktoberfest: Stuff was getting to heavy, so Mixed Six Mock Draft is about shipping our top 3 fictional couples on an actual ship.

Mother’s Oktoberfest AND Horny Goat Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter: In this double-fisted Drunk Enough, Spence and Caleb deepen their codependence by discussing their mutual guilt over leaving professions.

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Ep. 24: Mandatory Electric Tae-bo

By Caleb Stokes

On October 15, 2017

In Uncategorized

Hey all! We’re back with another free episode. If you like what you hear, consider getting some extra episodes by backing our Patreon.

Sun King Brewing’s Osiris: Marrying Mr. Darcy is a great game that exemplifies how mechanics are enough to carry the message in a concise design. We swoon for the game in this week’s Dissecting Our Fun.

12 Gates Brewing Company Cherry Vanilla Wheat: In Sportsplainer, Spencer breaks down is preferred form of RPG by discussion this game called Fantasy Football.

Coop Ale Works Territorial Reserve Barrel Aged Wild Wheat Wine Honey Ale: Toll Roads are a terrible idea. Caleb had to drive on one and so we’re all going to hear about it in This Was A Mistake.

Prairie Artisan Ales Prison Rodeo Hoppy Coffee Ale: Two listeners asked us to give some advice on gift giving for this holiday season. We do our best in Ask Mixed Six.

Bitter Sisters Hissy Fit Marzen Lager: Sean wants to know about our top 3 most disappointing film franchises. Spencer forces Caleb into a series of increasingly hot takes in this Armchair Director.

Bitter Sisters Hissy Fit Marzen Lager: What responsibility does on informed, rational consumer have to those without as much self-control? We ask in this episode’s Drunk Enough.

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Ep. 23: Mrs. Gas-Spewing Metal Orb

By Caleb Stokes

On October 2, 2017

In Episode

Choose the form of your destroyer.

The Destiny 2 servers were down for maintenance, so we managed to get a podcast out in-between fixes. If, like us, you have also been released from your virtual prison long enough to listen, we’d appreciate it if you checked out our Patreon before we jack back into the Playstation Network like the Lawnmower Man.

Narragansett’s Lovecraft The Temple: Fittingly for the beer, Brownie is concerned about drowning in Cthulhu games and other thematic gluts. A guy who wrote a zombie game in 2017 gives his opinion in Dissecting Our Fun.

Sun King Brewery King’s Reserve: In This Was a Mistake, we unpack the mistakes your job’s dress code is likely making.

Boulevard’s Dark Truth: Ask Mixed Six wants to know how to persuade people. Aside from paying $4 to have a question answered, we give additional advice.

Urban Chestnut’s Moon Monkey: No one asked for it, but Mixed Six Mock Draft is back with fictional characters used to teach core subjects in a high school.

Abita To-Gose: In Getting Lit(erature), Spencer and Caleb coin a new genre called “The Trash Canon” and populate its loathsome shelves.

Alltech’s Lexington Brewing Co.’s Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale: Finally Drunk Enough, we count our calories and lament the difficulties of eating a balanced media diet.

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Ep. 22: Ross Didn’t Read It Either

By Caleb Stokes

On September 16, 2017

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Well, here goes the end of Caleb’s podcasting career and public existence. It was a good run while it lasted. Why exactly is this the end for our intrepid hero? Listen to the new episode and find out!

Sun King Brewery’s Dragon’s Delight: Five Tribes has one of the most interesting movement mechanics we’ve ever seen in a modern boardgames. Spencer and Caleb gush about it in Dissecting Our Fun.

Trappist Westvletern: In Getting Lit(erasure), we admit the top 3 books we are embarrassed to say we haven’t read. Some take the prompt more literally than others.

Scuttlebutt Brewing Co Porter: In This Was a Mistake, we try to dissect just how bad an idea the eat-on-a-dare fast food trend has become.

Sun King Brewing Co Wee Mac Scottish Style Ale: Some movies end with emotional charges that are almost too powerful. The Armchair Directors discuss their top 3 films in this category.

Narragansett Lovecraft The Unnamable Black Lager: Two fine listeners Ask Mixed Six ask if it is ever okay to dissuade someone from trying a piece of art just because you think it is bad. Two men that spent an entire episode badmouthing Iron Fist weigh in.

Scuttlebutt Hoptopia: Finally Drunk Enough to spout off with uninformed opinions, we discuss the degree of research required to feel “qualified” to form an opinion on an issue. Where is it at for us, and where should it be?

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Ep. 21: Party Fowl

By Caleb Stokes

On September 3, 2017

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Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack. Quack quack quack quack; quack quack, quack? Quack quack. (If you’re the target demographic for the new, original Mixed Six card game we announce in this episode, you understand what I just said). Anyway, the rest of the podcast is done in our filthy human tongue, so I guess I should switch back to English. We hope you enjoy listening to this free episode. If you like it and want more, don’t forget to back us on Patreon for tons of bonus content.

Rock Bridge Brewing Co Option #2: Maddy encouraged us to self-promote, and we can’t help but oblige. In a first for Dissecting Our Fun, we talk about Party Fowl, a card/boardgame we’re attempting to design.

New Glarus Brewing Co. Spotted Cow: The difference between imagination and reality when Living with Humans is perhaps the greatest pitfall we face. Spence and Caleb are here to help.

Harviestoun Brewery Old Engine Oil: CJ Asks Mixed Six what we should do with the term “gamer.” We weight-in because, you know, the alternative would be this weird, super-awkward recorded silence. Can’t have that.

Mikkeller Brewing Beer Geek Breakfast Stout: In Armchair Director, the crew lays out a cinematic curriculum for their hypothetical offspring.

White River Brewing Company Jam Up: Sportsplainer tries to demystify the Colin Kaepernick controversy for its good-hearted listeners.

New Belgium’s Wood Cellar Reserve Le Kriek Noir: Finally Drunk Enough to overshare, we confess to our artistic struggle with when to cut versus when to accept that a topic needs more attention.

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Ep. 20: Does What It Says on the Tin

By Caleb Stokes

On August 19, 2017

In Uncategorized

Another podcast episode coming at y’all — if you don’t pay for it, lucky for you it’s a freebie. If you do back the Patreon, you’re a saint and we love you. We’ll have an extra geared up for you next week. Until then, enjoy!

Deschutes Swiveled Red India Style Red Ale: If you want to get us to talk about a game, there’s no method quite so effective as buying it for us. In this Dissecting Our Fun, Maddie hacks the podcast to get us talking about Unfair.

Springfield Brewing Company’s Bull Creek Brown Ale: True Detective Season 1 is a memory we want unsullied by the disappointments of Season 2. We ponder our top 3 actor pairings for a hypothetical season 3 in this Binge Binger.

Evil Twin Brewing’s Sanguinem Aurantiaco: In Sportsplainer, Spence tries to explain the feast/famine popularity of Olympic sports as Caleb keeps chiming in with his utterly uninformed opinion.

New Belgium in collaboration with Anne-Francoise Villers-Devant-Orval Spiced Imperial Dark Ale Aged on White Oak Spirals: Ask Mixed Six wants to know if social media platforms are authentic tools for academic discourse. Two dropouts weigh in.

Tallgrass Brewing Company Raspberry Jam Berliner Weisse: Mixed Six Mock Draft returns as we comprise a rogues gallery of literary authors for a movie heist.

Founders Porter Dark, Rich, and Sexy: Finally Drunk (and petty) Enough, we dive into a bad review on iTunes and discuss why we wish our detractors were constructive critics instead of braindead far-right mouthpieces regurgitating the senseless phrase “virtue signaling.”

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