Episode 13 : The Gods Must be Sock Puppets

This is the first of our earlier recorded episodes.  Don’t worry, it’s still original material… we just recorded it earlier than usual.

Anyway, in this episode Tony and William pave their own way to Norse hell, and we deal with the complex and turbulent relationship that William has with… well… William.

UPDATE:  Mark reminded me of what the links were supposed to be, so here they are.

This site is awesome.  You’ll have to find your way through, there’s no simple way.  But this is the thing that got me started on it.

Also, here is a cool page on a simple way to put up a podcast.  It’s how the Hat got started.

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Episode 12 : Tribute

This is not the greatest episode in the world.  This is just a tribute.  Audacity crashed, at the end of recording the greatest episode in the world.  This is a tribute!

Links:

Board Game Geek

Defective Yeti (the place with the awesome game guide)

Stuck!

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Episode 11 : The Night of a Thousand Awkward Pauses…

It’s a weird night, darlings, and Tony and William are in a weird mood.  Loss, sadness, and the terrible state of modern film all come together in a strange, awkward conversation beamed right into your ears.  Also, a topic from Azuretalon.  So there’s that… right? 

R.I.P. Uncle Benny (who is totally not a figment of Tony’s imagination).

Links:

The website that broke the movie game is here.  You’ve been warned.

This is sewious

Also, for those tired of Sushi Cat, check out Gemcraft!

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Episode 10 : The British Invasion!

In this week’s episode, we deal with British people’s obssession with American people’s obssession with British people!

Also, you get my full review of the film Priest.  And… have you been wondering if you’re going to be left behind when the Rapture happens?  In this episode, we’ll tell you!

Links:

I recommend that people check out more podcasts, so here’s some good places to start, besides iTunes, which is the easiest and most comprehensive way to look for podcasts:

Podomatic

Podcast Alley

Digital Podcast

The Podcast Network

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Why does the Hat hate Chrome?

It has come to the attention of the Management that the new website and Google Chrome don’t play nice together.  You can usually load the page, but trying to play an episode, click on a link, or make a comment causes the page to hang basically forever.

The Management (lazy as we are) is looking into this.  In the meantime, I’m afraid the answer is just to open it in another browser.  Personally, the Management has set the homepage of Internet Explorer to be this page, and just uses it for editing the blog, while doing everything else internety in Chrome.

We apologize for any inconvenience, and if you send us a self-addressed stamped envelope, will be happy to refund a portion of your subscription fee.

Sincerely,

–The Management

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Episode 9 : The Mish-Mash Episode

This week is all over the place!  We’ve got discussion of art, reviews of four, yes FOUR different movies, some old standup comedy schlock, and an actual discussion of sex that lasts for, like, four whole minutes before William blushes hard enough for his head to explode!

Links:

Escape Artists podcasts come in three flavors!  Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy!

And here is another show recommended by friend-of-the-show, Mark!

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Episode 8 : The Freaking Azuretalon Episode!!

This episode is all about Azuretalon.  It’s not our fault, blame the hat!  He wasn’t a guest, he was just… the constant topic of conversation.  So, if you don’t like ol’ BlueClaw, then skip this one.  But for all of those huge Azuretalon fans (I’ve seen the club roster), you’ll wanna send away for the transcript of this episode, and frame it!

Episode is at the bottom of the post.  If you want to subscribe to the feed, it’s here.

The only links we have are this weird mystery brought up by… you guessed it… Azuretalon!

Those two guys!  Who are they?

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Welcome to our new home!

Welcome, peoples!  This is the new home for The Magical Talking Hat.  Have a look around.  It may look… *really* similar to the old one.  It’s basically the exact same, in fact.  I just imported it over.

But trust me, it’s gonna be awesome!  I have more control now, and hosting my own files, so we won’t run out of space, and it’s all just gonna be the best thing evar!

Anyway, I’m adjusting the old links so that they point to the new location of the episode files.  The old Podomatic ones will stay up for now, but I’m not adding anymore after Episode 8 over there.  I’ll adjust the feed and iTunes and all that crap, too.

NOTE:  If you have any problems or questions, just email Tony or the Hat.

Sincerely,

–The Management

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Episode 7 : The Politically Active Episode!

We’re getting serious people!  A call to political action, cool swords, and we solve the racism problem!  And beer!  No Mel Brooks, though.

Listen or download the episode at the bottom of the post.

Subscribe here!

Links:

I’m not gonna hunt down the individual Drizzt books, but the overall Wikipedia page is here.  You can learn all the different ones from that.

Some of my favorite games mentioned are Dominion and Race for the Galaxy.  Also good is Jaipur, for two players.

And here’s more on IPAs.

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Episode 6 : The Nothing Episode

We’ve got nothing in this episode.  Well, exploitation cinema, Charlie Sheen *and* Mel Brooks, more social awkwardness, and toys that pee.  But really, nothing.  We’ve got nothing this time.

Listen or download the episode from the bottom of the post.

Subscribe here!

Links this time include audible.com, where you should buy all your audiobooks, and podiobooks.com, where you should get all your free audiobooks, cuz you’re a cheap bastard.  And don’t forget to check out the Heaven series by Mur Lafferty, at Podiobooks, and really anything by Mur.

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