Green Room

Kate and Sam Keeper break down the 2026 midterm elections, with Kate’s breakdown of what to watch for, the weirdest stories, and why to care or pay attention on November 3rd. Featuring: The woke pastor cheat code, how drunk will Kate be on election night, how to win primaries, and more.

Kate and NowIOnlyWantATriumph preview the baseball postseason, break down the disappointing years for our Mariners and Pirates, and talk about the recent rule changes and the future of the game. Topics: Strikeout epidemic. Volkswagen C&Ds. Banging scheme. Mike Imanaga II. Is a strike coming, and what do the owners want? (More money.) Why you should love sports.

Kate and Juniper talk about excellent detective game The Mermaid Mask, other great indies that came out this year (Esoteric Ebb, International Obsession, Desktop Explorer, and more), the dire state of AAA games, GTA6, and are interrupted by BQ crashing the recording to make crop tops out of Slurpee-branded t-shirts from 7/11.

Kate reconnects with old friend Lux for a wide-ranging conversation about being from the South, playing Deltarune in a week and a live podcast grandmother call.

Lucretia has watched Money Plane (2020), starring the wrestler formerly known as Edge and Kelsey Grammer, literally 100 times. Kate tries to find out why, and herself succumbs to Plania.

Kate and Sophia talk about the webcomic Questionable Content and take a tour of their 2000s webcomic diet (including Penny Arcade, Sinfest, and, yes, EGS), a bit of chat about Cerebus and Doctor Who, raving under a bridge, and more.

Kate and Goomy talk about working together for so many years, MLB and the World Baseball Classic, the Pokémon series, Melee and competitive games, MMOs and the problem with modern RPGs, Kate getting more furry, and ask YOU to go to the symphony and opera more.

Kate, Sarah and Zoe follow up their Doctor Who episode with talk of two Doctor Who spinoffs: 2009’s Torchwood: Children of Earth and 2025’s The War Between the Land and the Sea. We talk about how Doctor Who is best at its bleakest and angriest and the real-world political analogues to both series…with a surprise appearance by a special guest to talk short-selling babies!

Kate invites you in to the Green Room for a Solo Pod to hear about the 24 best films she watched in 2025. Hundreds of beavers, a poetry reading, Christ himself, prison theater, and more, guaranteed. Thank you for supporting!

Kate is joined by Sarah Zedig and Sam Keeper to talk about the past, present and future of Doctor Who. They review the show’s current Russel T. Davies-led era, discuss what’s gone wrong, and give a prescription for fixing the future of the show…with frequent detours along the way.

What if a gorilla could learn jiujitsu? I think it would go something like this...

The gang dissects the latest Paul Thomas Anderson epic, One Battle After Another, including insights from a real martial arts instructor and a real failed revolutionary.

This is the first episode of Green Room, bonus episodes from the SURVEY_PROGRAM podcast. At least once a month, join Kate and the panel for a looser discussion of broader topics.