Best Brian Cartwright Podcasts (2025)

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Pervert Containment Systems 1:39:05

2d ago1:39:05

1:39:05

Brian is excited for Nintendo's new single player experience.

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Grandpa's Magical Toys with Brian David Gilbert 1:19:50

5d ago1:19:50

1:19:50

Something stirs in grandpa's playroom; a toy clown Punchinello that can come alive on a whim. Can three kids find Grandpa's secret magical key and escape before they die from endless hop scotch games? Your host Chad Quandt is joined by writer/comedian/singer Brian David Gilbert (Um, Actually; Unraveled) to discuss this beloved film from his childho…

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What's Sony Gonna Do Now? 2:13:36

16d ago2:13:36

2:13:36

We watch with baited breath.

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It Came From New Jersey with Tim Jacobus! (Episode 200!) 1:28:56

19d ago1:28:56

1:28:56

Happy 200th, Goosebuddies! It's been a wild decade of the pod and we're happy to celebrate with honored guest Tim Jacobus, original artist of Goosebumps! We talk about his biography It Came From New Jersey, his love of rock album covers, staying in Jersey, and the surprise photo references for his iconic covers. Support the show and get access to b…

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Shoutouts to Ryu Bunchapunches 2:00:53

1M ago2:00:53

2:00:53

Brian's out. Post lewds!

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The Backrooms / House of Leaves with Elspeth Eastman 1:37:15

2M ago1:37:15

1:37:15

If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality, you'll end up in the backrooms. And you may also download this episode and end up listening to host Chad Quandt and guest Elspeth Eastman (Rift of the NecroDancer, League of Legends) discus infamous new-horror creepypasta that will soon be a major motion picture. Beyond this /x/-fueled creation, …

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Have We Ever Gone Deep On Pizza? 2:02:35

2M ago2:02:35

2:02:35

The podcast elects a new Pope.

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Gyo w/ James Willems 1:37:41

2M ago1:37:41

1:37:41

Something's foul in the air, and we swear it's not us. Your host Chad Quandt is joined by triple-threat actor/writer/wrestler James Willems (Answer For It!, Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, Funhaus) to discuss one of Junji Ito's largest works; the stinky book Gyo (known as 'Fish: Ghastly Squirming' in Japan). A 'death stench' has taken over Okinawa,…

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Finally, an on time episode 2:00:11

2M ago2:00:11

2:00:11

Is it too late to pologize?

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Leeches 2:32:26

2M ago2:32:26

2:32:26

If I have previously uploaded this episode I pologize

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The Switch 2 has kideo games 1:52:48

2M ago1:52:48

1:52:48

NIMTEMBO SWEEGCH TWO

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Speed with Alexis Bevels & Darby Lynn Cartwright 2:14:37

2M ago2:14:37

2:14:37

Vroom voom, Goosebuddies. You wanna know what gives host Chad Quandt and guests Alexis Bevels & Darby Lynn Cartwright (IMHO the Show/Podcast) goosebumps? Dangerous highway infrastructure! We check out the 1994 action classic Speed, starring Keanu Reeves pre-Matrix and Sandra Bullock pre-Congeniality. This podcast can't go below 60 jokes per hour or…

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The Faculty with Brock Gallagher 2:08:29

3M ago2:08:29

2:08:29

Hope your thirsty for horror movie discussion, Goosebuddies. Your host Chad Quandt is joined by animation director Brock Gallagher (aka avant-garde V-Tuber NilbogLive). Before the Spy Kids era, Robert Rodruigez was a pretty cool director. Teamed with Scream's writer Kevin Williamson makes for The Faculty; a great 90s take on body snatchers and Anim…

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Bionicle: The Mask of Light w/ Payton Whaley 1:53:34

3M ago1:53:34

1:53:34

What sort of creepy story are we covering on the first episode of Goosebuds where Chad is solo host? A 2003 Lego fantasy toy ad. Yes, Goosebuddies. It's true. But we'll get to scary stuff again. Chad Quandt is joined by guest Payton Whaley (Flyover Culture, A Moment of Science) to review the first of many Lego movies about the dark fantasy island M…

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A Pale Oak Biome 1:32:24

3M ago1:32:24

1:32:24

The podcast has been sold to Saudi Arabia.

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The Tale of the Dangerous Soup (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) 1:45:27

4M ago1:45:27

1:45:27

Hope you're hungry for podcasts, Goosebuddies. Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole celebrate the end of an era for this show by watching the 90s Are You Afraid of the Dark episode 'The Tale of the Dangerous Soup'. Dr. Vink is running a strange bistro with an expensive soup that is bringing old rich people in by the bakers' dozen! B…

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The Bread Horse Is Not Real 2:14:42

4M ago2:14:42

2:14:42

Look, it's not real.

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Missouri Ted Fields 1:57:29

4M ago1:57:29

1:57:29

Curse you, Ted Fields!

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The Tale of the Pinball Wizard (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) 1:35:15

4M ago1:35:15

1:35:15

Ever since we were young boys, we watched Are You Afraid of the Dark/ From Philly to South Bend, we've seen them all/ But somehow this is the first time we're covering the show on Goosebuds!/ That sure was a mean episode! The Goosebuds Boys Chad Quandt and Kevin Cole check out the 90s Nickelodeon episode Are You Afraid of the Dark called 'The Tale …

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Where The Toys Come From 1:37:46

4M ago1:37:46

1:37:46

Have you ever wondered where toys come from? They're not really from Santa Claus nor your divorced parents trying to win your love. They're from Japan! Chad, Paul, and Kevin check out the lost 1983 Disney home video Where The Toys Come From; a 'Showcase' preceding Toy Story where two small toys Zoom and Peepers learn time travel, fight foreign toys…

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It's Been a Tough Year (Deeply Relatable) 2:13:54

5M ago2:13:54

2:13:54

Normally this is where I would put a quip about the episode's video game or adjacent related content but we live in hell and I don't have the energy.

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Deven is Cancelled 1:46:32

5M ago1:46:32

1:46:32

I was out sick so the title is a MYSTERY.

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Ep 191 - Goosebumps: The Vanishing (TV) 2:08:21

5M ago2:08:21

2:08:21

It's Schwimmer Time! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole check out the latest season of Goosebumps: The Vanishing, starring David Schwimmer of Run Fatboy Run and Madagascar fame. This modern retelling of the classic 'Stay Out Of The Basement' begins another serialized season of teenagers and adults hopping through other old 'Bump b…

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Ep 190 - 'Dragon's Heaven' & 'Angel's Egg' 1:40:31

5M ago1:40:31

1:40:31

Prepare for something a bit different, Goosebuddies! While Chad flees the LA fires (don't worry; he's safe), Paul and Kevin gather to talk about two pieces of non-R.L. media they enjoy. The anime OVA classics: 1988's 'Dragon's Heaven' by Makoto Kobayashi and 1985's 'Angel's Egg' by Mamoru Oshii. Both about girls wandering desolate apocalypse landsc…

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Going Out of Bounds in New York 2:30:58

6M ago2:30:58

2:30:58

video games everybody! We did it.

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Ep 189 - Recess - 'Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave' & Rocko's Modern Life - 'Can't Squeeze Cheer From A Cheese Log' 1:47:50

6M ago1:47:50

1:47:50

Oh Come, All Ye Goosebuddies! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole revisit two 90s cartoon holiday episodes. First we check out ABC's Recess's politically correct 'Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave' guest starring James Earl Jones and Michael McKean in which Chad's cartoon proxy Mikey challenges 3rd Street to prove Santa is real. We then…

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Finally, a vehicle for Tim Meadows 1:55:35

7M ago1:55:35

1:55:35

Happy Holidays from Lindsay Lohan

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Styrofoam Snowman 1:43:51

7M ago1:43:51

1:43:51

Impossible Coin meets our new, dumb Golden Retriever boyfriend.

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Secret 17th Screen 2:26:36

7M ago2:26:36

2:26:36

It's the holidays and you can't stop us!

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Ep 188 - The Streets of Panic Park 1:39:05

7M ago1:39:05

1:39:05

The Goosebuddies Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read R.L. Stine's Horrorland 'finale' The Streets of Panic Park. Sixteen (!!) book protagonist kids are globbed together to face the edgelord villain The Menace who hopes to scare the kids so bad they'll jump realities. And in what should be the hypest moment in all of Goosebumps, Slappy le…

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Ep 187 - Adventure! - The Invaders of Hark 1:44:39

7M ago1:44:39

1:44:39

We're back to Hark as the Goosebuddies Chad, Paul, and Kevin adventure through the second (and last) of R.L. Stine's sci-fi Choose Your Own Adventure series: The Invaders of Hark. We're thrust into the city of Hark where multiple alien factions fight for control and a beautiful princess. These books are brutal with only one correct path. Will we su…

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Ep 186 - Escape From Horrorland 1:52:42

7M ago1:52:42

1:52:42

We gotta escape from Horrorland! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read R.L. Stine's Goosebumps: Horrorland: Escape From Horrorland. A hell of a title. The last ten books have been building up to this; the YA equivalent of Avengers as all our survivng kids team up with original survivors Lizzy and Luke to run around in circles in…

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Zumba Enjoyers 1:19:20

8M ago1:19:20

1:19:20

We're back and we're here to talk about video games for you nerds.

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Ep 185 - Help! We Have Strange Powers 1:49:48

8M ago1:49:48

1:49:48

Help! We have a new podcast episode! Your hosts Chad Quandt and Kevin Cole check out R.L. Stine's 2009 Horrorland book Help! We Have Strange Powers. The powers these twin protagonists get are surprisingly easy to categorize: telepathy and telekinesis. Well, technically there's a subset of time power but it's really just a psychic baby ray. Enjoy th…

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Ep 184 - Family Matters: "Stevil" 1:28:59

9M ago1:28:59

1:28:59

The Goosebuds Boys check out the 90s sitcom Family Matters' late series episode 'Stevil'. Brought to life by a casual wish and a bolt of lighting, 'Stevil' is here to kill the Winslows and I guess help Urkel's ventriloquism career? They don't really work on their standup set at all. You know, this was once a sitcom about a blue collar family growin…

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Anime Summer 2024 2:20:27

9M ago2:20:27

2:20:27

Anime is isekai.

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Anime Winter and Spring 2024 1:26:18

9M ago1:26:18

1:26:18

Anime was a mistake.

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Ep 183 - Welcome to Camp Slither 1:45:07

10M ago1:45:07

1:45:07

S-s-s-so good to be back, Goosebuddies! We were doing a snake thing there-- was that clear? Your hosts Paul Ritchey and Kevin Cole enroll in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book Welcome to Camp Slither. There are rumors of man-eating snakes at camp, but no reports on if they'll eat the other genders. And when we rejoin the Horrorland arc a terri…

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Ep 182 - Pete & Pete: 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation' 1:39:17

10M ago1:39:17

1:39:17

Summer's over, Goosebuddies. How did you spend it? Were you hunting for buried cars at the beach? Attacking the pool lifeguard with psychic damage? Or tracking down a beloved but lonely ice cream man? The Goosebuddies check out The Adventures of Pete & Pete's classic episode "How I Spent My Summer Vacation", arguably one of the best in the series. …

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La Familia Has Been Defeated 2:00:55

10M ago2:00:55

2:00:55

We finally confront what has happened to the fast and the furious.

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Ep 181 - Animorphs: The Suspicion 1:35:31

10M ago1:35:31

1:35:31

Behold the glory of the Helmacrons! Your hosts Chad Quandt and Kevin Cole take a Goosebumps break to read through arguably the weirdest Animorphs book; The Suspicion by K.A. Applegate. The kids' war campaign against the Yeerks is interrupted by the arrival of the Helmacrons, miniature space people with giant egos. Enjoy the episode! Book discussion…

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Ep 180 - Say Cheese -- And Die Screaming! 1:47:44

11M ago1:47:44

1:47:44

The Goosebud Boys Chad, Paul, and Kevin face the Horrorland version of R.L. Stine's infamous haunted camera: Say Cheese -- And Die Screaming! That dash is in a weird place, right? It's the wrong pause? Anyway, somehow the rules of these deadly photo predictions have changed since last book. Are the spirits getting more artistic? Or just lazier? And…

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A Kitten With Robert Downey Jr's Face On It 2:12:06

11M ago2:12:06

2:12:06

The title might tip you off that we get a little weird this time.

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Ep 179 - Adventure! - Track Star! 1:41:36

11M ago1:41:36

1:41:36

Tighten your shoes and do some stretching, cuz we got a big track meet today! Your Goosebuds hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole check out the Choose Your Own Adventure book Track Star! by R.A. Montgomery. We're a high school athlete with a lot of pressure to run the fastest and longest to get that college scholarship and make dad proud…

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We're Engineering a Chair 1:49:55

12M ago1:49:55

1:49:55

Now this is a podcast about chairs.

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Ep 178 - Welcome to Dead House REDUX 1:57:31

12M ago1:57:31

1:57:31

Holy hells, Goosebuddies. This episode marks our 10th Anniversary of the podcast. We started in 2014 with a mission to cover the works of R. L. Stine and we still have mountains of pulp to go through. But in honor of the celebration we take a look back at the story that started it all: Welcome to Dead House! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, an…

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The Horsepower Race Is Financial Unaffordable 1:59:25

1y ago1:59:25

1:59:25

And after three months they rose from their slumber. All of them, Neckhole, Toots and the one with the beard. Sequoia 3:16

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EP 177 - Adventure! - You Are A Shark 1:23:59

1y ago1:23:59

1:23:59

It's time to morph into a shark! But sadly we're not reading Animophs and fighting an alien resistance, we're a dumb kid trespassing into an ancient temple and cursed by a vague monk! Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole read through the 80s Choose Your Own Adventure book: You Are A Shark by Edward Packard. Despite the direct title,…

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Ep 176 - My Friends Call Me Monster 1:48:56

1y ago1:48:56

1:48:56

Do you know what it's like to be considered a beast by your classmates? To be so big but also good at computers? A teenage Hank McCoy? At least one of hosts does and this episode hits hard. Your hosts Chad Quandt, Paul Ritchey, and Kevin Cole cover R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Horrorland book My Friends Call Me Monster. This is a weird story about monst…