The Rules of the Show

I’m Andrew Finlay Stewart, and I’m the host of a new podcast called The Rules of the Show. I’ll be talking to guests about rules they like and rules they hate, from board games and sports, to legislation and regulation, laws of physics or fashion dos and don’ts. Anything from biblical Thou Shalt Nots to household rules they grew up with. But that’s just the beginning. Every episode, my guests will introduce a new rule for the podcast. We’ll debate and discuss it, and then add it to the rules of the show, changing the podcast forever, I predict some of these new rules will be silly and small, and some could fundamentally change the nature of the show. But I don’t know where this is going to go any more than you do, we’ll be along for the ride together. I hope you will join me in messing around with The Rules of the Show. Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' hr

The Rules of the Show is a leisure podcast hosted by Andrew Finlay Stewart, with 27 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.

Andrew Finlay Stewart hosts The Rules of the Show, a leisure show with 27 episodes published.

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  Episode #24

  Talkin' Shop with J.D. Amato

  Jun 13, 20261h 57mS0

  <p>I welcome acclaimed TV showrunner, podcaster, author, and colourblock icon J.D. Amato to the show sandbox hypercube theatre of rules to discuss his new graphic novel The Endless Game. </p><br><p>We talk shop about making cult art, get into sports, video games, and get a 'sclusie about an upcoming project. Plus: J.D. consciously chooses not to ruin the podcast!</p><br><p>You can order The Endless Game here or purchase it from your local bookstore. (I read it, it's really good!). J.D. Amato can be found online here.</p><br><p>You can...

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  Episode #23

  Corpsing Exquisitely with Missi Information and Bryan Da Silva

  May 22, 20262h 11mS0

  <p><br></p><p>Returning champions Missi Information and Bryan Da Silva join forces to midwife a new rule into the world.</p><p>We get our hands dirty mixing metaphors and workshopping the best new rule for the show, the game grows a new vestigial appendix along the way. We introduce a fundamentally new mechanic to Good Question, embrace the must, and interrogate some of the foundations of the show.</p><br><p>You can find Missi's podcasts on The Missi Information Superhighway and see her stream on Twitch on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with RadioFreeMultiverse.</p><p>You can...

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  Episode #22

  Getting Clowned with Marie Sotto

  Mar 27, 202651 minS0

  <p>Marie Sotto joins the show to discuss different types of performance, we bring a never-previously-used rule off the bench to stretch its legs, and everyone agrees that stealing bread from Loblaws isn't so bad. Plus, a new rule is added that challenges the foundation of being funny on a podcast.</p><br><p>You can find Marie's podcast After Life wherever you get your podcasts.</p><br><p>Thanks to Bryan Da Silva for the Good Question music, and Jon Jasper Lawless for the phone a friend music. You can follow this show on instagram and bluesky as well...

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  Bonus: Single Serving Cinema Episode 94: Inside Llewyn Davis (Coens, 2013) w/ Andrew Finlay Stewart

  Oct 31, 20251h 55mS0

  <p>While I prepare new episodes of The Rules of the Show, here's a little bonus: an episode of Single Serving Cinema I guested on earlier this year.</p><br><p>Enjoy!</p><br><p>This episode does not feature Connor Ratliff.</p><p>Edited by J.D. Amato, June 13, 2026</p><br><p>---</p><br><p>Inside Llewyn Davis is a melancholic drama set in the 1960s folk music scene, following a struggling musician navigating the unforgiving New York winter in pursuit of artistic success.  </p><br><p>Starring Oscar Isaac and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Da...

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  Episode #21

  De-Coding Comics with Susie Hunt

  Aug 15, 20251h 13mS0

  <p>Susie Hunt takes a break from table tennis consultancy to discuss the Code of the Comics Magazine Association of America, ghost characters, and a frightening new "-ism". Plus, Susie adds a subtle and flavourful new rule to the show.</p><br><p>Correction: At minute 37 I incorrectly claim that The Joker once stole the Eiffel Tower. That is false.</p><p>It was in fact an evil Kryptonian named Mala who stole the Eiffel Tower, in Action Comics #194, July 1954.</p><br><p>You can find Susie on instagram @susiejgh and on Youtube, and follow her bands Teethache and Bad...

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