Looking to catch up on pop culture? We're reviewing the latest movies and television, interviewing industry creatives, and of course - breaking down why all the things we love matter. But Why Tho? is a weekly podcast where we'll dive into the past week in pop culture and get to discoursing on important conversations.
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Signup to Generate a PitchLooking to catch up on pop culture? We're reviewing the latest movies and television, interviewing industry creatives, and of course - breaking down why all the things we love matter. But Why Tho? is a weekly podcast where we'll dive into the past week in pop culture and get to discoursing on important conversations.
Recent episodes include "Episode 135: We Need to Ban MBAs" (28 October 2026, 79 minutes), "Interview: Wildwood's Artists Handcrafted a Masterpiece" (24 October 2026, 11 minutes), and "Episode 134: Choosing Choosin' Texas" (7 October 2026, 84 minutes).
But Why Tho? publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 56 minutes.
Booking probability for But Why Tho? is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. But Why Tho? requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. But Why Tho?'s contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #135
This week, Alex, Kate, and Charles mourn the closing of Bioware. They talk about their histories with Bioware games, why EA shut them down, the impact Bioware had on American RPGs, and what their closing will mean for...
We spoke with some of the top talent behind the scenes of LAIKA Studio's incredible new stop-motion animated masterpiece, Wildwood, including 6-time Oscar-nominated Cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, Head of Animation...
Episode #134
This week, Alex, Kate, and Kyle talk about Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas, how they feel about the song itself, the state of country music, and how it claimed the record for most weeks at #1 song in the country in...
Episode #133
This week, Alex, Charles, and Swara go all recommendations, spanning from music to comics, Gargoyles to TMNT.
This week, Alex, Kate, Adrian, and Swara talk about Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, the emptiness of most celebrity activism, the dangers of taking your political leads from millionaires, and why it's beyond time to stop...
This week, Alex, Kate, and special guest Andrea Shearon talk about Dolly Parton, the South, country music, and how she represented the true essence of it all through her music, her philanthropy, and her morals.
Episode #130
This week, Alex, Kate, and Joseph talk about getting into hobbies, especially Magic: The Gathering. They talk about startup costs, the importance of making spaces open to new people, and the value of taking and giving...
Episode #129
This week, Alex, Kate, and Joseph Bradford of MMORPG.com and beyond discuss why modern fantasy is quite bad. They talk about the vast difference betwen Tolkein and Martin, why classic fantasy is less "black and white"...
This week, Alex and Kate discuss the rise in anti-intellectualism and willful ignorance. They discuss how the internet has destroyed people's abilities to argue, the total loss of literacy, and especially how this has...
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This week Alex highlights a handful of articles from Butwhytho.net, covering everything from Magic the Gathering to marching bands to free-to-play RPG Soulframe. [EXCLUSIVE] The Women Behind Secret Lair’s Latest...
Episode #127
This week, Alex, Charles, and Swara talk about what happens when genres reach maturity, what's become of superhero movies, and what they would do to fix the genre's problems if they were in charge.
The Nakba, or "catastrophe" in Arabic, describing the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine by Israel since 1948, is not widely learned. Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian game designer based in the West...
We sat down with Lead Vision Designer Mark Rosewater to discuss the design behind Magic: The Gathering's latest Universe's Beyond set, Marvel Super Heroes. From color choices to theme to navigating canon, Mark has...
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As one of Obsidian's most successful titles, Grounded 2 's most recent Beat the Heat update keeps pushing the little game that could into a model for multiplayer play in 2026. During Summer Game Fest Play Days, we spoke...
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Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) introduced a new seasonal model this year, and with seasons, the Bethesda-published MMORPG is rolling out the most substantial sequential updates the game has released since launch.During...
Episode #126
This week, Alex is joined by Katherine and Ryan to talk about the massive amount of gaming news that's come out in the past week. They talk about Summer Games Fest, PlayStation's State of Play, and Xbox Games Showcase...
Episode #125
This week, Alex, Charles, and Swara discuss storytelling, when happy endings can be bad but sad or challenging endings be good, and what happens to stories when they prioritize the wrong things.
Directive 8020 gives space horror fans the first real taste of the genre since Dead Space’s homage to Event Horizon. The game wields space horror to great effect, letting the story and characters carry it. We sat down...
Episode #125
This week, Alex, Kate, and Matt talk about how basically everything on the internet now is either paid advertising that's inflating how much people care about a thing, or exploitative free advertising at the expense of...
Episode #124
This week, Alex and Kyle discuss the recent trend of physical media's seeming rising popularity. They discuss why they think people are moving towards a more analog, inconvenient age, the terrors of tech companies...
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