Back from hiatus with our man Zack and his friend Formbreaker to relate our recent experiences, in particular TK's double hip replacement and remarkable recovery. Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music Orb Gazer Support the show! We're on Bluesk…

One day you're doomscrolling along and one of your mutuals accidentally says something profound. Then its all over but for the crying. Big thanks to Kristi Yamaguccimane and Patty! Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music Orb Gazer Support the sho…

I somehow convinced my very good friends Scoob, Hank, Murph and ThiccKrust to watch this absolutely horrible movie and then chop it up talking about it for almost two hours. What the fuck?! Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music Orb Gazer Suppor…

My friend Simone Utecht is back; we dish on all our bullshit, medical and otherwise. Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music Orb Gazer Support the show! Simone's GoFundMe Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Su…

I'm joined by my friends noelle, Scott, Lioness and Aku to talk our favorite food moments in film, both animated and live action. Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music Orb Gazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitte…

I'm joined by my very good friends and Goth Twitter power couple Sleek and noncontroller to talk all things Goth and Goth adjacent, yet we somehow land at Martha Stewart at the end? It was a great time! Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music Mil…

Mayor Howard Vander returns to derail my monologues about whatever it is I'm on about: Twitter, Shin Godzilla and mostly an old weird, semi-subversive British television series. Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music Howard, mostly Support the s…

Sample preview of our first premium Episode with: Patty Aku Lioness Sleek Hank! Bobcat If you want to hear the rest, slide over to our Patreon and sub for $5! Otherwise please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server. Music @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the sho…

I speak about this in the intro: we lost our friend Jeremy on 1/17, and we will talk about him when we're ready. In the meantime you can donate to his GofundMe here. Frannie finally makes her pod debut, where we both open up about what we do in the kitchen, and the prescient topic of battling addiction, major life resets and the good/bad of the 12 …

Scoob returns for a conversation loosely organized around the issues of estranged family. I'm joined by Patty and Teddy and we get into a broader range of topics. Please join us over on our newly decorated Discord server, and check us out on Patreon, where we're now offering subscriber only content. Music @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord…

I am joined by my friends Patty, Hank, Murph, Noelle, Sleek and many others to talk about the things that didn't suck in 2002. New Music from Orb! Music Jeremy Brainerd @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the show

I'm joined by my good friend Chris and returning guest Mayor Howard to talk brisket prep and current events. Music milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. Jeremy Brainerd @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the showOleh Edward Odell

A quick update for the Nicepill community and a very fun discussion with Connecticut Twitter Power Poster Serious Pool Lifeguard Music Jeremy Brainerd @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the showOleh Edward Odell

I am joined by my friends Patty, Hank, Murph and Mary to catch up and talk cooking and holiday bullshit. Mary's pod debut! Music Milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the show

I am joined by my friends Luke Piotrowski and Ben Collins, screenwriters from The Night House and the new Hellraiser, but also previously known to me from the Sync Ratios podcast. We're here to geek out on Evangelion. Music Milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitt…

Noelle and Susan join me to talk chronic illness, gastric distress, top tier execution in home baking and our mutual (and complex) fascination with Martha Stewart. Music Milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the show…

Tom Breen and Gabe Rosenberg are back! We talk CT State races, the possible reversal of fortune in the midterms, Fall Season in CT and Tim Poole jumping into my replies and getting immediately ratioed. Its a fun hour! Music Jeremy @OrbGazer Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the show…

I'm joined by friends Scott, Scoob and Patty to talk medical and recreational cannabis, dispensaries, delivery systems and the minor travails as we navigate the issues of prohibition vs non prohibition states. We touch a a few current events, but its a long one, settle in. Music Jeremy @OrbGazer Shiro Sagisu milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. Support the …

I'm joined by Dominique from The First Question podcast to talk Chronic illness and a host of other issues. Music Jeremy @OrbGazer milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the show

Nicepilled is back from unintentional immunotherapy hiatus and ready to burn the discourse to the ground with incendiary and powerful Pattytakes! OMG Guest Hosts Patty Jeremy Music Jeremy @OrbGazer milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the show…

Nicepilled celebrates its one year anniversary with a return appearance from Tom Breen and Gabe Rosenberg to talk local Connecticut concerns: medical and recreational weed, pizza, state level nonsense and why our state is recruiting a new Disinformation Officer. Major shout out to Mayor Howard Vander and the VanderJam! Catch me on Episode 97 with H…

Podcaster, cook and poster Lauren Walker from the Batting Around podcast joins me to talk about food, posting, DS9, Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell. Music Jeremy Brainard aka the720k @OrbGazer milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. Episode Youtube Playlist Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the s…

Jeremy Brainard aka the720k on Soundcloud joins me for an hour where we discuss music, audio, the ethos of DJing, and what we're listening to and consuming these days. There's lots of great music in this episode, including: @OrbGazer milkmandarin and I.S.U.T.H. Episode Youtube Playlist Julian Feeld on Twitch Support the show! Patreon Discord discus…

Part 2 of my discussion about the band Fishbone and the recent documentary "Everyday Sunshine", this time with Hank! Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the showOleh Edward Odell

Returning from hiatus with part 1 of my discussion about the band Fishbone and the recent documentary "Everyday Sunshine" with Simone Utecht Simone's Twitter Simone's Go Fund Me Support the show! Patreon Discord discussion forum Official Twitter page Edward on Twitter Support the show

There's no map for navigating the pothole and frost-heaving roads of our healthcare system when you have a chronic illness, and I'm not talking merely the physical issues, but also the sometimes treacherous emotional ones. New guest Simone Utecht joins me for a discussion about our shared experiences and building our own GPS to find the way. Simone…

The pivot to food content has finally arrived! I'm joined by returning guest Patty (@mylittlevictory) and first time guests: my lovely wife Susan, and my friends Hank, Murph, Scott and Edwardio. We're talking about how corona and current events have changed our habits in shopping for and preparing food, and the issues that go a long with it. NB: ha…

Bon vivant and Buck Henry impersonator Tom Breen is back, and we’re joined this week by new guest Gabe Rosenberg, who works in communications at the Office of the Secretary of the State here in Connectcitut. As we have in the past, we dip into state level political drama, but as always I’m wary of wading too deep into that kind of over political co…

Mayor Howard, Host of the eponymous Vander Jam (now in its fourth season) joins me for a long and fruitful discussion, diving headfirst in the differences between the punk and metal ethos, Howard's formation as a artist, musican and poster, the building of the Vander Lore, the different paths taken and building community in a place not designed for…

Jonathan Wharton (@preppyprof) joins me with returning guest Tom Breen (@tjbreen) for a short panel discussion; we get into the CT GOP primary for the governor's race, talk the state of life in CT as omicron has begun to die down, and musings absurd and otherwise about where we think things are headed before we check out on some Twitter drama in th…

Fellow poster, famous internet stepdad, podcaster, wedding celebrant and all around Most Genial Dude Kristi Yamagucciamane joins me to chop it up for 2 plus hours on a host of topics, but kicking off with some serious -- and ultimately uplifting -- discussion about foster parenting, mixed families, life during corona, and a host of other things of …

Twitter friend Patty (@mylittlevictory) joins me to talk our respective experiences and strategies dealing with the twin otherworlds of chronic insomnia and anxiety. We use that as an uplifting springboard to talk about the unique emotional relief of disaster cinema. Support the show

A friend from twitter approached me several months ago with this painful personal story about a close, lifelong friend whose life takes a very dark and destructive turn after becoming redpilled in 2017. CONTENT WARNING: This episode recounts trauma and traumatic events -- including death by suicide -- and is not presented for prurient interest. Wha…

Twitter friend and media guy @tjbreen joins me again to chop it up for an hour and 15. We check in our CT GOP faves, talk Omicron, QAnon and staring down the barrel of this particular national moment, all while trying to keep our heads on straight. Support the showOleh Edward Odell

@undefeatedmatt joins me to celebrate the successful launch of the Patreon for the show and for an overall vibe check, then @arden_seriously comes on ostensibly to talk the new Netflix live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, but we instead take several turns on Twitter culture, gatekeeping, and some takes on what it means to be Nicepilled. A HUGE S…

Twitter friend Tom Breen joins me to dish on a host of topics: the regional media landscape, the peculiar corners of our home state, both IRL and on on Twitter, and a dive on how national politics -- in the particular with an increasingly radicalized GOP -- is filtering down to state level races, municipal elections and town governance. I also reve…

I check in with mutual friend Pete Gibson (@peteymca) to kick off my discussion with @RetvrnOfTheMatt whoabout our relative success/failure at self-administering the Nicepill. In turn Matt and I find ourselves exploring the issues of mental health as it relates to our respective charity and volunteer efforts, both present and past. Support the show…

Set aside a supplemental dose of insulin to prepare yourself for the irresistible sweetness that is Our Pal: Jake Rockatansky. Not merely one of the three primary hosts of the immensely popular, listener-supported QAnon critical podcast, but further and perhaps most importantly, a man who will be forever immortalized by the gentle and alluring disp…

We're exiting the hellscape to indulge ourselves in 90s nostalgia after re-screening Michael Rappaport’s 2012 documentary “Beats, Rhymes and Life: the Travels of A Tribe Called Quest” taking a turn to talk about one of the greatest foundational groups in Rap. OG Nicepiller Bill makes his podcast debut, and Twitter friend lontar rounds out the panel…

I jump on with battle-tested warrior and Hearst Media columnist Susan Campbell. She's a significant voice in local media, down to earth and always a good read. I've been trying to get Susan on for a discussion for a while. We talk adjustments to behavior in the Biden-era social media hellscape, Connecticut Twitter and state-level politics. It's a g…

Nicepilled is a recent personal obsession; an effort to explore a conscious effort among individuals, self-organizing communities and the interesting things that happen as a result. In this first episode I talk with three Twitter friends about their respective approaches to their presence on social media, the along with the benefits and problems of…