Hamsteak Podcast

Episode 45: All Post Carriers Deserve A Big Sword

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:30:00 -0000

We’re back! Yes, already. We’re just as surprised as you are. This one’s a club banger.

This week: [S] Cascade, the 13-minute Act 5 finale that brought down two major hosting platforms in one night.

Sometimes frog cancer is a dog-god carapace-man, and sometimes you’re wrong about the space explosion, and sometimes they’re sort of all one thing. Jade does some extremely important juggling. Bec, in spite of himself, is a very good dog. Page 4109, just the one.

Next time: We’re starting Act 6. The kids earn some merit badges and the sun shines on Earth. Pages 4110 to 4345.

P.S. You should check out the wiki article on this animation to read about all the amazing contributors who made Cascade possible!

Hamometer reading: 50.28%. One small step for an imaginary thermometer, one thunderous narrative hurdle for Ham.

You can find us on twitter and tumblr You can find alex on twitter and tumblr You can find Lydia socially distancing and playing with her cats.

Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie.

Intro music is “Showtime (Original Mix)”, by Malcolm Brown. Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, also by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. Both are on the album Homestuck vol. 1-4

Episode 44: The Homestuck Is Constant, We Just Get Older

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:50:00 -0000

In these trying times, please allow us to humbly offer… Ham.

This time, Karkat makes a horrible frog mistake, the Handmaid makes a break for it, and the kids go dark. Pages 3874 to 4108.

Next time: [S] Cascade! Cascade is the 13-minute blockbuster Flash update that ended Act 5 and brought down two media hosts in one night. It deserves its own episode, so we’re giving it one!

Hamometer reading: 50.26%. We’re halfway there!

You can find us on twitter and tumblr You can find alex on twitter and tumblr You can find Lydia socially distancing and letting her dog out.

Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie.

Episode 43: Time To Go In The Hole

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 00:07:36 -0000

Well!!!!!!!! Here’s Hamsteak!

Alex and Lydia return triumphant for another Homestuck anniversary with an episode that was recorded in August. We’re still planning on finishing this thing within our human lifetimes, folks.

John goes in the hole, Rose goes grimdark, Terezi goes to the roof and the reader goes to the doctor’s house. That’s right, it’s pages 3658 to 3873 of Homestuck.

The absolute bangers mentioned are Black Rose, Green Sun and BL1ND JUST1C3 – 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!

When will the next episode be?! Hopefully in less than one calendar year! Thank you again for your patience and hello to anyone who’s hopped on in the meantime!

Hamometer reading: 47.68%.

You can find us on twitter and tumblr
You can find alex on twitter and tumblr
You can find Lydia socially distancing and letting her dog out.

Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie.

Intro music is “Showtime (Original Mix)”, by Malcolm Brown.
Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, also by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey.
Both are on the album Homestuck vol. 1-4

Episode 42: It's Been One Sweep

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:51:34 -0000

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Hewwo?

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:44:25 -0000

Hi! Sorry. We’re coming back soon. Thanks for your patience! Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. It is from the album “Homestuck vol. 1-4”, available to listen and download on Bandcamp.

Episode 41: An Easter Ham Buffet

Sun, 16 Apr 2017 23:58:23 -0000

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Episode 40: HAM 40 TOP RADIO

Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:05:22 -0000

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Episode 39: Sambox

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 01:03:19 -0000

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Episode 38: A Very Special 12th Perigee's Eve Episode

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:01:36 -0000

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Episode 37: Put Your Emails In A Plastic Bag

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 02:46:31 -0000

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Episode 36: Passes the Bugdel Test

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 02:12:41 -0000

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Episode 35: Hamsteak Speedrun No A Presses

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 12:00:04 -0000

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Episode 34: Bad And Biased Cliffnotes

Wed, 05 Oct 2016 21:42:27 -0000

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Episode 33: Human Friendship Sure Is Complicated

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 00:13:42 -0000

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Episode 32: Double Podcast Reacharound

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 23:45:20 -0000

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Episode 31: Gotta Get His Orbs

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:15:11 -0000

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Episode 30: Dead Dougs

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 21:59:13 -0000

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Episode 29: Meredith

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:55:36 -0000

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Episode 28: An Underdeveloped Sense of Death

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:45:15 -0000

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Episode 27: The Pioneers Used to Ride These Babies for Miles

Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:06:07 -0000

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Episode 26: This Human Emotion Called Joke

Mon, 04 Jul 2016 22:08:31 -0000

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Episode 25: I Don't Actually Listen To This Podcast

Wed, 22 Jun 2016 02:07:01 -0000

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Episode 24: Hamsteak After Dark

Tue, 14 Jun 2016 03:43:57 -0000

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Episode 23: Hypercube? No, Better.

Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:00:00 -0000

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Episode 22: Feminist Illuminati Confirmed

Mon, 30 May 2016 22:52:24 -0000

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Episode 21: A Very Special Bonus Episode (Note: Not a "Bonus Episode")

Mon, 23 May 2016 16:00:00 -0000

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Episode 20: These Hops are Unlegal

Wed, 18 May 2016 00:21:01 -0000

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Episode 19: Our Sort of First Major Character Death, Almost

Tue, 10 May 2016 03:30:13 -0000

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Episode 18: LIVE EXTRAVAGANZA

Tue, 26 Apr 2016 01:49:39 -0000

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Episode 17: Homestuck Is Dead, Long Live Homestuck

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 20:41:32 -0000

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Episode 16: Future Desertfriends

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:00:00 -0000

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Episode 15: Not Even Time Travel, Just Grammar

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 18:08:25 -0000

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Episode 14: Maybe The Real Goof Was The Friends We Made Along The Way

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:06:57 -0000

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Episode 13: I'm Ham and This Is Steak

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:46:34 -0000

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Episode 12: The Hammers Were Very Good

Sun, 06 Mar 2016 20:57:16 -0000

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Episode 11: Fruit Gusher I Barely Know Her

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 23:04:37 -0000

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Episode 10: 10 Ham 10 Steak

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:22:44 -0000

It’s the tenth ham!! Thanks for sticking with us, friends!

This week: PM travels unexpectedly with an unexpected window. Rose discovers the meteor situation is suspiciously well-organized. Hussie makes a Gushers joke but it’s in pretty bad taste. We warned you about stairs, bro. Pages 2770 to 2809.
Also this week, but with bullet points:

The ominous console Rose stumbles upon.
Hypergothic architecture in a dark kingdom. In the cathedral rather than the eyeliner sense. [note: this link is lost to time]
We go on, like, a ten-minute tangent about the attention spans and orthographic pragmatics of digital natives.

Next week is Episode 11! In which the Gushers jokes are by and large less offensive, Rose engages with ectobiology, Jade engages with her grandfather, and we meet a surly carapace person who looks awfully familiar. 2810 to 2879.

Ask us questions on Tumblr, Twitter or hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com!
We are Alex and Lydia.

Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” – Malcolm Brown
Outro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” – Malcolm Brown, arranged and performed by Kevin Regamey
Both from Homestuck Vol 1-4, listen and purchase on Bandcamp!
Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie.

Episode 9: Guns, Germs, and Radiation

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 01:19:57 -0000

It’s a new episode in a new Act! 2 down, 4 to go. (This one’s Act 3.) Look alive!

This week: It’s Jade! A bubbly oracle with a bent for remarkably dangerous hobbies. Meanwhile, Rose discovers a big pulsating underground server grid, Jade receives our first in-story trolling, and Dave gets wrecked by a literal puppet. Pages 2660 to 2769.

Here’s a bunch of other stuff that comes up:

Listen to Jade’s homemade music on page 2730.
A YouTube upload of “[S] Jade: Play a hauntingly relaxing bassline.”
Read the line “Jade is beginning to regret breaking the fourth wall for this ill advised escapade” and all subsequent narration in the voice from this video. [note: i have no idea what this is meant to link to because our shownotes broke]
We got asked for webcomic recs! Check out Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran and Cucumber Quest by Gigi D.G.
We also got asked for book recs! Go read the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, or Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

Next week is Episode 10! Bad news: Lydia screwed up the teaser text again and we won’t properly see Bec until Ep 11. Good news: John confronts his father’s room, Jade confronts her grandfather, and a familiar-looking carapace agent confronts an enormous pointing finger and a very silly hat. 2770 – 2879.

Ask us questions on Tumblr, Twitter or hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com!

This fresh, organic, streaming audio content has been delivered to your door by Alex and Lydia.

Episode 8: The One Without Journalistic Integrity

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:26:06 -0000

So, we actually finish Act 2 in this one.

This week: We find out where WV really is, and who was there a long time before him (if you look carefully). Alien monuments do their thing. Pumpkins travel through time and space. Bro’s face is revealed, sort of. Curtains fall and we read a weird note. Pages 2624 through 2659.

There’s also:

The Squirtle whose shades Bro is absolutely ripping off.
A YouTube upload of “[S] WV: Ascend.” You’re going to want to pause and scrub through this one!
The song from “[S] WV: Ascend.” is “Explore” by George Buzinkai, arranged by Michael Guy Bowman.

Next week we’re on Act 3! We finally meet the charming young lady behind the handle GG, as well as her beloved pet. Rose ends up someplace weird. It’ll be fun, you should come. Pages 2660 to 2769.

Ask us questions on Tumblr, Twitter or hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com!

This audio product is guaranteed 100% human noise, provided by board-certified humans Alex and Lydia.

Episode 7: Bro Fist Hug Bump

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:09:13 -0000

It’s almost the end of Act 2!!

This week: John does alchemy. Cantown is born. Carapace anatomy is confusing, GG is adorable, and the workflow of hypothetical postal workers is discussed at length. In other words, we read pages 2514 to 2623.

In addition:

YouTube upload of “[S] Dave: Ascend to the highest point in the building.” Scrub and freeze-frame to your heart’s content.
The song from that flash is subtitled “Dave Owns”. Really. (It’s by Robert Blaker.)
An awesome, level-headed (but vaguespoilery) biological discussion of carapace people by tumblr user luzerna.

Next week, we finish Act 2! Our beloved Mayo[r] makes a paradox, names a firefly, and has the honor of being the first character to “[S] Ascend.” A lot happens between pages 2624 and 2659.

Ask us questions on Tumblr, Twitter or hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com!

This audio product is guaranteed 100% human noise, provided by board-certified humans Alex and Lydia.

Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie.

Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” – Malcolm Brown
Outro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” – Malcolm Brown, arranged and performed by Kevin Regamey
Both from Homestuck Vol 1-4, listen and purchase on Bandcamp!

Episode 6: Set Foyer To The Rain

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:40:39 -0000

We’re back! Still reading Homestuck, which is still a big, sprawling, free-to-read multimedia comic-esque work of fiction by one Andrew Hussie.

This week we read pages 2411 to 2513 – in which John apparently becomes a man, Rose writes a lovely poem about puppet dong, and a weird, protracted Saw parody begins.

For your reference, entertainment and/or edification:

Next week: we read pages 2514 to 2659, in which John learns alchemy (for real this time, I checked), WV messes with some big weird science, and we reach the end of Act 2!

Ask us questions, if you want to! Reach out on Tumblr or hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com or Twitter!
You can follow Alex and Lydia, too, if you like jokes or the joke that is Lydia’s personal life, respectively. (Guess which one of us writes the shownotes.)

Thank you Andrew Hussie!

Episode 5: Solid Snake Drive

Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:37:26 -0000

This is Episode 5 of the Hamsteak Podcast! We read and talk about Homestuck, a webcomic by Andrew Hussie, which you can read for free at www.mspaintadventures.com. (This one’s a little late – thanks for your patience!)

This week we read pages 2306 to 2410 – in which we first meet Lil’ Cal (yikes), find out where where John and his house went (kind of), and finally learn the point of the game… almost.

Other stuff from the ep:

End of Ze World, an ancient treasure from the pre-Youtube Dark Ages
What if Bro and Dave were horrifying quasi-vaporwave memes?
The MSPA Wiki, a great reference if you’re re-reading or really enjoy spoilers for some reason

Next week: we read pages to 2411 to 2513 – where John learns alchemy, WV gets company, and we finally meet the lovely, mysteriously prescient young lady behind the the alias GG. First page is here: http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002411

Ask us questions or tell us about your favorite garden pests via Tumblr or at hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com
Follow the show on Twitter!
You can follow Alex and Lydia, too, but ask yourself: are you truly prepared to peer into such an abyss?

Thank you Andrew Hussie!

Episode 4: How To Read Homestuck and Maintain A Healthy Academic Life

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 14:36:00 -0000

Welcome to Episode 4 of Hamsteak Podcast! We read and talk about Homestuck, a webcomic by Andrew Hussie, which you can read for free at www.mspaintadventures.com.

This week we read pages 2209 to 2305 – in which we finally meet TG, and the atrocity of a comic he’s created. And we answer our very first listener question!

Other stuff from the ep:

Aphrodite x Hephaestus OTP, fatally skewered by Wikipedia, always canon in Lydia’s heart.
Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff #1 (introduced on page 2226)
The Lalonde Refrigerator Arms Race (begins page 2265)

Next week: we read pages 2306 to 2410 – in which Rose defiles a tomb, Dave snoops on his Bro, and Wayward Vagabond attempts to learn some goddamned manners.(http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002306)

Ask us questions or heckle us for talking funny via Tumblr or at hamsteakpodcast@gmail.com
Follow the show on Twitter!
Choose, for some reason, to subject yourself to the individual blog content of your hosts, Alex and Lydia… or don’t.

Thank you Andrew Hussie!

Episode 3: The One Without An Intro

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:57:43 -0000

Welcome to Episode 3 of Hamsteak Podcast! We read and talk about Homestuck, a webcomic by Andrew Hussie, which you can read for free at www.mspaintadventures.com.

This week we read pages 2148 to 2207 – the beginning of Act 2!

John “texting” on page 2168 vs. Flint “typing” in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Fallingwater (Alex called it “Waterfall”), by Frank Lloyd Wright, which Rose’s house is based on.
Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran

Your hosts have been Alex and Lydia.

Find the show on Twitter!
Find the show on Tumblr!
Find the show on LinkedIn! (Just kidding)
E-mail the show at homesteakpodcast@gmail.com

Thanks as always to Andrew Hussie.

Episode 2: Angry Worms

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:55:37 -0000

Welcome to Episode 2 of Hamsteak Podcast! We read and talk about Homestuck, a webcomic by Andrew Hussie, which you can read for free at www.mspaintadventures.com.

This week we read pages 2001 through 2147 (the end of Act 1!) and leave you with a cliffhanger…First page of this week: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002001

Apologies in advance for the scuffling noises in the background. They should be gone from here on out!

Mentioned on the show:

Your hosts have been Alex and Lydia.

Find the show on Twitter!
Find the show on Tumblr!
Find the show on Serious Business (jk that is not a real website)
E-mail the show at homesteakpodcast@gmail.com

Thanks as always to Andrew Hussie!

Episode 1: "Welcome To The Homestake Padcost"

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:51:47 -0000

Welcome to the Hamsteak Podcast! We read and talk about Homestuck, a webcomic by Andrew Hussie, which you can read for free at www.mspaintadventures.com. Here we’ll link to a few things that came up over the course of the episode.

This week’s reading:

Your hosts have been Alex and Lydia.

Find the show on Twitter!
Find the show on Tumblr!
Find the show on LinkedIn! (Just kidding)
E-mail the show at homesteakpodcast@gmail.com

Thank you Andrew Hussie!