Speak-Easy: A Conversation Archive
Nick and Carson talk. Who's that behind you?
Episodes
23 episodes
Episode 3: Mr. Magorium's SHARK Emporium
Nick and Carson are back and ready to discuss all your pressing summer subjects, including but not limited to: the queer subtext of made-for-tv Polly Pocket movies (happy pride), what to call the next Planet of the Apes installment, and how to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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50:19
Episode 2: The Temple of the Twelve Dancing Princesses
FROM DEEP WITHIN THE ARCHIVE: a conversation recorded last summer about Carson and Nick's feelings on various installments of the Indiana Jones franchise. What do Barbie in the Twelve Dancing Princesses and Indiana J...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:03:06
Episode 1: Dracula Castle Make You Horny Trans Your Gender
Please read the following episode description with a bad Transylvanian accent: Vwelcome back to Speak-Easy! *spooky organ music* Today Carson and Nick will create a labyrinth of conversation topics so enthralling you'll ge...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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55:33
THE MUMMY: A Few Critical Things to Know
Welcome to the Spook-Easy season! For Halloween this year Nick, Carson, and a special guest take you through everything you need to know about cinematic masterpiece The Mummy (1999) and all of the talking points that entails, including Brendan ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:35:33
Episode 5: Hard Dancing
This episode's topic is performance art, but in-between pitching action movie heists it also touches on 80s dance movies, Gilmore Girls, and Nick's constant need to propose hypothetical crimes. Includes mature language.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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58:03
Episode 4: Dr. Robotnik's Haunted Farm
This episode about amusement parks will take you through a few turns—much like a rollercoaster. Listen as Carson’s desperate attempt to make sense of Sonic the Hedgehog lore unravels, probably due to the fact that she’s never consumed any Sonic...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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49:46
Episode 3: Miss Aquatic America
In this episode we force Nick to confront his inner demons, explore deep space and the lost video diaries of Captain Picard, and unravel the mermaid murder mystery that inspired an unreleased Lana Del Rey song. If you have a myster...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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50:53
Episode 2: The Merry Wives of Wenlock
ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE LIKE BARBIE MOVIES? Nick and Carson finally bite the bullet and make an entire episode about watching a movie. Close your eyes and imagine you’re in a theater as we audibly describe the events of cinematic masterpiece ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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47:37
Episode 1: Re-conversations
Welcome back! To a new season of Carson and Nick's conversations, cultivated just for you. For this first episode, we're taking a look back into the archives so far. Because, as anyone will tell you, the best comedy comes from revisiting previo...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:40
MARCH: The Girl With the Brown Ponytail
She's so plain and unassuming we can't even remember her name. Nick's crusade to bring this podcast to a TikTok-era audience continues with an appeal to the wild, wonderful nest of internet-creativity known as. . .Wattpad! Incl...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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54:21
FEBRUARY: Gaslight, Gatekeep...G-G-Ghost!
Today we'll be discussing the most gaslighting girlboss you've never had the pleasure of hearing about. Will Catherine the Great be able to successfully gatekeep her dead husband's identity? Behind the scenes trivia you get for rea...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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56:52
JANUARY: The Secret History of Dr. Coke
Start off the new year strong with Carson at the end of her rope, ranting about Nick’s need to cause problems. Don’t worry—Nick didn’t bother to listen. This episode is truly a pinball machine of topics and commentary. It probably could’ve been...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:00:48
DECEMBER: Christmysteries Unraveled
Join us on this Hallmark-style Christmas-themed episode that dares to ask such probing Yuletide questions as, is Santa in the public domain? When will David Lynch finally reveal his take on Santa’s workshop? And, what’s the deal with t...
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Season 1
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49:57
OCTOBER, Pt. 2: Wolfed Down By A Bear
CONTENT WARNING: One of the ghost stories discussed in this episode, “The Haunted Heathman” briefly discusses suicide. “The Haunted Heathman” segment: 22:21-27:58 Mention of suicide: 23:58-24:58 Nick and Carson come u...
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Season 1
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53:25
OCTOBER: Buried By A Wolf
Who's that behind you? This autumnal episode of Speak-Easy is a celebration of Halloween, birthdays, and the art form that is gift shop ghost guidebooks. For your special spooky treat, we're taking it back to our podcast roots with...
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Season 1
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46:50
SEPTEMBER: Coming Soon to Own on DVD and Video
Why not bring back the conventions of early 2010s family adventure movies? In this special, school year episode of Speak-Easy, Nick and Carson read a script and then write a script of their own. Also, Carson mixes up the actresses Carl...
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Season 1
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58:25
Episode 7: The Closing Ceremonies
In this season finale of Speak-Easy, Carson and Nick discuss the Olympics. But not those Olympics. Their riveting radio play continues, and they debate the lifelong question: if centaurs competed in the Olympics, would they compe...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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56:09
Episode 6: 50 Shades of Morally Gray
Oh God, who let Carson out of her cage and gave her permission to rant about books for an hour?! She was sealed for our protection! What foolish man would allow this to happen? It was Nick, of course, because that’s what true friendship looks l...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:54
Episode 5: The Real Liberty's Kids
This week we have a special guest. Who’s that behind you? It’s Bella! She’s joining us on an audio recounting of possibly insensitive elementary school field trips and other youthful shenanigans. Also, Carson and Bella simp for Nick’s cousins.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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49:48
Episode 4: I Hope I Was Your Favorite Crime
Nick’s existential spiral leads us to the timeless topic of…the perfect crime! Join us for a perfectly hypothetical conversation surrounding potential profitable (and criminal) undertakings. In other news, Nick and Carson continue to butcher an...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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50:24
Episode 3: Hot Singles in Your Area Looking to Carbon Date You
Today, we talk about larger-than-typical animals. Whales and rattlesnakes and sharks, oh my! Come listen as Carson and Nick find their way from the topic of 'bowling' to a Socratic seminar for a book neither of them have read and then present t...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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50:38
Episode 2: Box Doll and Friends
What do Nick’s family vacation, Greek tragedies, and collective animal nouns all have in common? Well, they’re all picked apart in this episode as we try to unravel the thought process behind cryptid art. Plus, find out what Nick would do if he...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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42:32