Witty Banter

This week your hosts weigh in on Deadpool 2’s new director, a very expensive Pokemon card, and what makes them excited for Thanksgiving. The beer reviewed is the 1836 Copper Ale from Buffalo Bayou.

The Witty Banter crew addresses Snapchat’s potential $25 billion worth with speculation, marvels at the FIFA coin black market, and get caught up on a huge trove of listener mail. This week’s beer is the Unity Vibration Kambucha Beer.

This week we examine Street Fighter V’s poor sales and speculate how that effects its potential to grow its competitive viewing audience. We also Speculate on Apple patents and Quentin Tarantino. This week’s beer is the Brunette Nut Brown Ale from Nebraska Brewing Company.

Hunter and Chase bring Witty Banter back to its roots in Max’s absence this week as they review the Local Legend Sweet Stout from Deep Ellum Brewing Company. In the news: SpaceX is warned of potential dangers, Facebook’s growth slows, and GTAV is selling like crazy.

Max rejoins the squad this week to talk about Samsung’s dispute with a YouTube video, Deadpool 2’s direction, and China’s plans to rate their citizens. The beer this week is Funkwerks’ Nelson Sauvin hopped saison.

This week the Forger of Masks himself, Tanner Battishill, joins the show to talk about his crafting of props and cosplay, and to give the witty crew insight about the cosplay community. The beer on review is Shannon Brewery’s Honey Porter

Join your hosts in this special episode as they hang out at Ashford Pub’s 3rd Annual Brew-B-Q for Kids Meals! This live recording features interviews with St. Arnold Brewing, Green Brewing, and Community Beer Co. Also joining us are other beer enthusiasts to round out this exceptional episode!

Your hosts finish off the Oktoberfest season with their final beer: The Oktoberfest Märzen Style Lager from Odell Brewing while summing up Samsung’s total loses and reminiscing on music from the past.

There’s a lot to catch up on this week: Our fans are amazing, ACL happened, and we all played Inside. Hang out with us as we review the Real Ale Oktoberfest.

The 76ers have bought an eSports team, Netherrealms addresses Injustice 2 concerns, Congress makes craft beer cheaper, and your hosts catch up with each other. We start our Oktoberfest beers with the Hoss Okotoberfest Lager from Great Divide Brewing.

A light news week gives your hosts to focus on a bizarre new beer: The Salsa Verde Ale from Martin House Brewing Company. The episode finishes out with a review of Ghost’s new EP Popestar.

This week your hosts discuss the breakdown of moral decency in Italy, the iPhone 7 marketing in Hong Kong, and build you all a list of songs to get into heavy metal with. This week’s beer is the Douze from BFM.

This week Chase talks about his trip to New York City, and then the gang discusses the reveal of the iPhone 7 and the PlayStation Pro. This week’s beer comes recommended by a listener – Rogue Ales dead Guy Ale.

Witty Banter takes a turn for the grim this week as they discuss some rather alarming news stories while reviewing the Skylight Dunkelweizen from New Republic Brewing. (Apologies for the poor audio this week. It will be addressed).

Hunter makes his triumphant return this week and tells his touring tales. The group then discusses Facebook’s partnership with Unity, China’s richest man, and an end to console generations. The episode coalesces with a game of metal or magic and a review of Dragon’s Milk bourbon barrel-aged stout from New Holland Brewery.

Max and Chase enjoy the last bit of each other company before Hunter returns. This episode they use a listener question to discuss how to approach video game discourse and debate whether or not they can be considered art. The beer this week is Dogfish Head’s Immort Ale.

Max and Chase hold down the fort as Hunter travels the country to play music. This week they discuss what makes a great album and why they don’t play multiplayer only games. This week’s beer is the Arrogant Bastard Ale, suggested by the community.

No matter the odds Witty Banter continues on! We reflect on last week’s incident, chat about Google’s role in privacy, and reckon with our falling out with Chipotle. This week’s beer is Pedernales Brewing Co.’s Lobo Negro.

Hey listeners, your usual Friday episode has to be postponed a week. Over the weekend all of our podcasting equipment was stolen in a parking lot and we won’t be recording until it is replaced. We are working on having the show up again by next week.

This week your hosts discuss the success of EVO 2016, Tesla’s plan for the future, and follow the money train that is Pokemon Go. The beer review is Ska Brewing’s Modus Mandarina.