Synopsis
Join host Michael Polston and a revolving cast of guest co-hosts as they attempt to unlock all of life's secrets by reading and discussing wikipedia articles of all shapes and sizes.
Episodes
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You Eight It! #10: Bland Garrett
24/03/2013 Duration: 01h20minIn the exciting season two premiere of You Eight It, host Michael Polston chats with longtime friend Bland Garrett about the season one finale, preferred methods of execution, and playing Scrabble in real life and online. They also serendipitiously demo Bland's upcoming podcast and new You Eight It features! This week's 8 categories are: 1.1960s Science Fiction Novels 2.1976 Introductions 3.1980s Toys 4.Execution Methods 5.Avant-Garde Art 6.Blade Weapons 7.Games of Mental Skill 8.Fantasy Adventure Films
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You Eight It! Season One Finale
17/03/2013 Duration: 01h44minIn the You Eight It season one finale epiosde, host Michael Polston chats with returning guests Mack McConnell, Michelle Freiberger, Rob Pangburn and Yoko Molotove about all sorts of interesting and not so interesting things, and revisit the winning Wikipedia articles from each of their shows, then vote for the article that stands out as the winner. Who won? Listen to find out! This episode's returning wikipedia articles are: 1.Workplace Bullying 2.Laurasiatheria 3.Literary Nonsense 4.Chakara
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You Eight It! #8: Michelle Arnold
10/03/2013 Duration: 01h14minIn the penultimate season one episode of You EIght It, Michael chats with special guest Michelle Arnold about being a television personality, condiments, and gun control...while NOT sitting on whoopee cushions. This episode's 8 wikipedia categories are: 1. Photography Equipment 2. American Actuaries 3. Crimes 4. Japanese Culture 5. Practical Joke Devices 6. Neo-noir 7. Pseudonymous Musicians 8. Human Rights by Issue
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You Eight It! #7: Joe Pusateri
04/03/2013 Duration: 01h16minIn episode #8 of the You Eight It! podcast, Michael chats with celebrity guest Joe Pusateri about Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Women in politics, a movie trilogy about assassinated U.S. presidents, and many other things while dealing with hauntings by You Eight It's podcast ghost! This episode's wikipedia categories are: 1. Balloons 2. French Loanwords 3. Democratic Socialists 4. Regulation 5. Social Psychology 6. Adages 7. Zionist Organizations 8. Presidents of the United States
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You Eight It #6: Yoko Molotov
27/02/2013 Duration: 01h20minIn episode #6 of You Eight It, Michael talks with special celebrity guest Yoko Molotov (www.yokomolotov.net) about pet store horror stories, comic book store horror stories, and horse shit juice. This episode's 8 Wikipedia categories are: 1. Fishing 2. New Religious Movements 3. Theosophy 4. Activism by Method 5. Off-color Humor 6. Toy Collecting 7. World Cuisine 8. Black Comedy
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You Eight It! #5: Mack McConnell
20/02/2013 Duration: 01h32minIn this episode of You Eight It! Michael chats with special guest Mack McConnell about terrible lyricists, crazy dreams, and anarchy as a form of social nonsense...and somehow manage to accidentally name a new biological theory after themselves. The Wikipedia categories for this episode are: 1. Magic and Illusion 2. Alcoholic Beverages 3. Dream 4. 1978 Introductions 5. English Language Podcasts 6. Anti-Communism 7. Biological Interactions 8. Nonsense
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You Eight It! #4: Michelle Freiberger
15/02/2013 Duration: 01h37minIn this exciting episode of You Eight It, Michael and guest Michelle Freiberger discuss being a super hero, short attention spans, clapping for homophobia and many many other things, all while Michael forces Michelle to deal with the growing pains of a podcast coming into its own. And she's a good sport about it. This week a new feature is introduced: 8 random articles generated within 8 specific categories, which are first drawn randomly. This week's eight Wikipedia categories are: 1.Mammals 2.Dispositional Beliefs 3.Robotics 4.Ancient Languages 5.Romantic Composers 6.Internet Slang 7.Musical Terminology 8.Homophobia
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You Eight It! #3: Robert Pangburn
10/02/2013 Duration: 01h27minIn the action-packed episode #3 of You Eight It, Michael and guest co-host Robert Pangburn discuss the Eight Arms of the Octopus, Farmhole, and so much more. They also attempt (and fail) to recreate various workplace bullying scenarios while livin' on Tulsa time. This episode's eight wikicontestants are: 1. F3 (font format) 2. Duke of Halland 3. Golden Boy of Pye Corner 4. Gambler (the musical) 5. Workplace Bullying 6. 55 Days at Peking 7. Westmeston 8. Chile/United States Relations
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You Eight It #2: Angela Wood
04/02/2013 Duration: 40minIn episode #2 of You Eight It, Michael and guest co-host Angela Wood discuss Kentucky Fried Dinosaur, swallowing spiders, and beneficial mutations...while maxin' and relaxin'. This episode's 8 wikicontestants are: 1. Leffonds 2. Procompsognathus 3. Viva Zapata! 4. Sukidion 5. Koinophilia 6. Maithili New Year 7. Mike Pinder 8. Paul Winley Records
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You Eight It! Episode #1: Jason Newton
01/02/2013 Duration: 01h11minIn the pilot episode of You Eight It, host Michael Polston and guest co-host Jason Newton discuss being an artist, the sequel to Winter's Bone, Natalie Merchant and more...all the while feeling dumb yet somehow still learning stuff. This episode's eight wikicontestants are: 1. Catacaos District 2. Alan Thornhill 3. Vi of Smith's Valley 4. Houdelaincourt 5. Czeslaw Lang 6. Libertas Institute 7. Aquamarine Power 8. Ectromelia