Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind

Step aboard The Black Swirl dimension hoppers, your ticket to the Anti-Matter Minute! The dimension in which the minutes of the day don’t matter. Join your cosmic guides Joeba Fett, co-pilot Ripley Scott, and their quirky waste droid Zero Frux, as they navigate the unknown and delve into mind-bendingly absurd news articles each week. So strap in and prepare for light-speed laughter, as we embark on a journey through the bizarre and bewildering all the while exploring new themes and special segments that'll keep you chuckling through hyperspace! Welcome to Close Encounters of The Slurred Kind!

Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind is a comedy podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 97 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind, a comedy show with 97 episodes published.

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  Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind

  Rest In Pils (Putting the "F" in Franchise Fatigue)

  Sep 18, 20261h 29m

  This week aboard the Black Swirl, Joeba Fett and Ripley Scott are pouring one out for the franchises they once loved—and asking how some of the biggest names in pop culture managed to lose the plot. From Marvel and superhero fatigue to Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, and the larger Hollywood machine, the crew digs into what happens when endless expansion, corporate decision-making, nostalgia, and the demand for more finally start draining the life out of the things that made us fans in the first place. But a funeral doesn't have to be the end.... In Hollywood Hijacking , Joeba and Ripley stop complaining long enough to pitch their own questionable additions to the entertainment industry... HYPERSPACE HEADLINES Article 1: Man arrested after “surfing” naked on locomotive Article 2: Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite INTERSTELLAR INDEX ️ TheSlurredKind.com The Helm (all socials) Send Us A Hail (Or suggest a theme!) ️ The Anti-Matter Minute Dimension RATE & REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love the show? Help us fuel the warp core! Follow us and here and on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen! DISCLAIMER Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind is a Slurred Kind LLC production. No franchises were actually killed during the recording of this episode. Several were, however, pronounced creatively unresponsive. The opinions expressed aboard the Black Swirl should not be considered financial advice, studio notes, canon management, or authorization to reboot anything. Please franchise responsibly. OUTRO MUSIC Stop.Drop.Rewind — “Space Force Theme Song

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  Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind

  Slurred Lines: Joeba & RIpley's Unfiltered Happy Hour #12

  Sep 4, 202643 min

  ⚠ RECOVERED SHIP LOG ⚠ Ripley was asleep. He should have stayed asleep. Somewhere aboard The Black Swirl, Joeba reached a level of intoxication that apparently transformed “I should probably go to bed” into “I should wake Ripley up and record a podcast.” What followed was less a conversation and more a hostage situation conducted over microphones. SIGNAL STATUS Transmission Integrity: 24% Audio Quality: Surprisingly Functional Conversation Coherence: Legally Indeterminate Ripley Alertness: 11% Joeba Intoxication Level: YES ZERO Operational Status: “I attempted to return Ripley to sleep. Joeba found him first.” SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS REPORT Sleep Cycle interrupted by unauthorized drunken communications request. Joeba BAC calculator returned: ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE Ripley operating primarily on instinct and resentment. ️ Speech Recognition Module has requested hazard pay. Conversation Navigation disabled after Joeba rejected three consecutive opportunities to reach a point. Emergency Contacts temporarily changed to “DO NOT CALL RIPLEY.” ZERO has begun quietly dimming the ship’s lights in the hope that everyone takes the fucking hint. ERROR LOG ERR-0217 Captain awakened without sufficient cause. ERR-0800 Sentence began successfully. Destination unknown. ERR-BEER Joeba attempted to explain something important. No recoverable data found. ERR-404 Sobriety not found. ERR-ZZZ Ripley has stopped responding. System cannot determine whether this constitutes sleep, surrender, or mutiny. DISCLAIMER The following transmission contains extreme intoxication, sleep deprivation, unfinished thoughts, questionable recollections, abrupt subject changes, and one man slowly realizing that answering his phone was a catastrophic mistake. ZERO would like the record to reflect that he did not wake Ripley up. INTERSTELLAR INDEX ️ TheSlurredKind.com The Helm (All Socials) Send us a hail! Have you ever been awakened by a catastrophically drunk friend who suddenly needed to talk? Tell us how long you lasted before hanging up. JOIN THE ANTI-MATTER MINUTE ️ Become a Dimension Hopper inside The Anti-Matter Minute—the dimension in which the minutes of the day don’t matter. Apparently neither do reasonable sleeping hours. RATE & REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you survived another evening aboard The Black Swirl, consider leaving us a review. Every rating helps fuel the warp core… …and perhaps someday we’ll be able to afford a bedroom door that Joeba can’t open while drunk. OUTRO MUSIC Stop.Drop.Rewind — “Space Force Theme Song”

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  Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind

  Florida Man Challenge Pt. 3

  Aug 20, 20261h 32m

  COURT IS NOW IN SESSION... AND SOMEHOW FLORIDA IS STILL INVOLVED. This week, Joeba and Ripley return to the Sunshine State for another round of Law & Disorder , putting Florida itself on trial before turning their attention to a collection of real cases that absolutely should not sound real. Between bizarre headlines, questionable local customs, courtroom arguments, and Judge ZERO presiding over the chaos, this one goes exactly as professionally as you'd expect. Along the way, the crew checks in on a couple of stories from Earth, tests whether Joeba can separate Florida Fact from Complete Nonsense , and once again proves that the truth is usually much stranger than anything we could make up. Plus: ️ Hyperspace Headlines Former San Antonio cop who fed homeless man shit-filled sandwich gets big promotion — San Antonio Current Scotland fans have descended on Boston for the World Cup, and bars are struggling to keep up — Associated Press Florida or Fiction? ⚖️ Law & Disorder: The Court of Florida Man (Special Segment of the Day) INTERSTELLAR INDEX ️ TheSlurredKind.com The Helm (All Socials) Send us a hail! What's the most unbelievable Florida story you've ever heard—and would it survive cross-examination? JOIN THE ANTI-MATTER MINUTE ️ Join the Dimension Hoppers inside The Anti-Matter Minute —the dimension in which the minutes of the day don't matter—and submit your own strange stories, episode ideas, or evidence for the prosecution. RATE & REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you enjoyed watching two completely unqualified space pirates practice law, follow us on Spotify and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Every rating helps fuel the warp core... and contributes to our rapidly growing legal-defense fund. Copyright & Commentary Notice Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind is a comedy and commentary podcast. This episode discusses, critiques, and celebrates news stories, science fiction, film, television, and popular culture. Any brief excerpts of copyrighted audio are included solely for the purpose of commentary, criticism, review, parody, or illustration of the topics being discussed. All trademarks, characters, music, and other copyrighted materials remain the property of their respective owners. No ownership of third-party intellectual property is claimed or implied. OUTRO MUSIC Stop.Drop.Rewind — “Space Force Theme Song”

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  Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind

  Slurred Lines Joeba & RIpley's Unfiltered Happy Hour #11

  Aug 1, 20261h 41m

  ⚠ RECOVERED SHIP LOG ⚠ Somewhere between Kirk & Spock, Han & Chewie, Frodo & Sam, Doc & Marty, Mulder & Scully, and roughly twelve increasingly questionable detours, the conversation drifted into franchise news, movie updates, Hollywood, friendship, and hops. Navigation was never recovered. Neither was the original point. SIGNAL STATUS Transmission Integrity: 38% Audio Quality: Acceptable Conversation Coherence: Declined steadily after Beer #2 ZERO Operational Status: "Define... friendship...why are you both hugging a Wookiee?" SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS REPORT Relationship Matrix now classifying Han Solo and Chewbacca as a married tax filing. Logic Core insists every successful franchise legally requires one emotionally unavailable idiot and one responsible best friend. Memory Cache overwritten with 4,276 fictional duos. Literary Database refusing to acknowledge that Jar Jar and anyone qualify as a catalyst relationship. Long-range sensors locked onto Hollywood... repeatedly asking, "Have they tried writing new characters?" Alcohol Detection Module has stopped measuring BAC and now simply displays: "Probably."= ERROR LOG ERR-1701 Unable to determine which captain has the better first officer. ERR-1138 Discussion exceeded federally recommended levels of Star Wars references. ERR-0420 Conversation unexpectedly evolved into three separate movie pitches. ERR-404 Original topic not found. DISCLAIMER The following recording contains fragmented thoughts, timeline violations, fictional friendships, nostalgic rambling, movie news, and a shipboard AI attempting to quantify human chemistry after beer exposure. ZERO is not licensed to provide any of the following: relationship counseling, franchise consulting, character development seminars, or emotional support to Wookiees. INTERSTELLAR INDEX ️ TheSlurredKind.com The Helm (All Socials) Send us a hail! Who's your favorite catalyst duo in all of fiction? Tell us which fictional partnership defined your childhood... or nominate two characters we completely forgot. JOIN THE ANTI-MATTER MINUTE ️ Become a Dimension Hopper inside The Anti-Matter Minute—the dimension in which the minutes of the day don't matter. RATE & REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you survived another evening aboard The Black Swirl, consider leaving us a review. Every rating helps fuel the warp core...and pays for whatever therapy ZERO is going to need after trying to understand friendship. OUTRO MUSIC Stop.Drop.Rewind — "Space Force Theme Song"

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  Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind

  Survivor: Interdimensionally Wasted Edition

  Jul 3, 20261h 24m

  🛸 WHAT IF YOUR FAVORITE SCI-FI UNIVERSE WASN'T THE ADVENTURE... BUT YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY? This week aboard The Black Swirl , Joeba, Ripley, and Zero tackle one of the most important questions in the galaxy: Would you actually survive your favorite science fiction universe? From the frozen paranoia of The Thing and the terrifying silence of A Quiet Place , to the lightsabers of Star Wars , the xenomorphs of Alien , and the wonderfully questionable decision-making opportunities found throughout Rick and Morty , the crew debates which universes they'd conquer... and which ones would have them dead before the opening credits. Along the way, Zero runs the numbers, Joeba confidently overestimates his survival skills, Ripley prepares for the inevitable, and absolutely no one makes consistently good decisions. Plus: 🛰️ Hyperspace Headlines (The Usual) 🚨 Laugh Alert: Commercial Chaos 🍺 Questionable survival strategies 💀 More accidental deaths than we'd like to admit Whether you're a Jedi, a Colonial Marine, a Time Lord, or just someone who'd immediately trip over the first chair they saw, this episode proves one thing: Surviving science fiction is a lot harder than watching it. 🛰️ INTERSTELLAR INDEX 🌐 TheSlurredKind.com 🔗 The Helm (all socials) 📧 Send us a hail! Which sci-fi universe would YOU survive the longest in? 🗣 Join The Anti-Matter Minute , the official Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind Facebook group, and tell us your survival strategy—or your inevitable cause of death. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ RATE & REVIEW If you enjoyed surviving this episode more than we survived most fictional universes, follow us on Spotify and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps keep The Black Swirl flying... somehow. ⚠️ DISCLAIMER No contestants were actually dropped into hostile science fiction universes during the recording of this episode. Any confidence displayed by Joeba should not be mistaken for competence. 🎵 OUTRO MUSIC Stop.Drop.Rewind — "Space Force Theme Song"

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