Time Pals is hosted by Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, and Jon Powell. They have published 48 episodes. The show covers leisure, with a games focus.

What has Time Pals covered recently?

Recent episodes include "From Double Dragon to Wrestlefest- Time Pals Celebrate Yoshihisa Kishimoto!", "Time Pals Interview w/Big Squid Production's Kyle Valle and Erin Aine (Zombie Con Vol.1 / Autonomous)", and "Point and Clickbait w/Daniel Clark (Disney Pixar FX Artist and Creator of "The Dragon Blossom"". The latest went out on 21 Sep 2026 and ran about 62 minutes. These are from season 5. Reading two or three of these before pitching is the fastest way to see what the show actually books.

How often does Time Pals publish?

Time Pals publishes monthly, a median of 20 days between episodes. Episodes average about 60 minutes. The back catalogue stands at 48 episodes. A show on this cadence plans ahead, so pitch earlier rather than closer to the date you want.

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For Time Pals, Booking Probability sits at 40/100, Listen Score at 24/100, and the guest bar is around 80/100. The show has not signalled guest openness recently, which raises the bar on relevance. A verified contact is on file.

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Time Pals covers pop culture, fantasy, gaming, gaming culture, so guests who can speak to those specifically fit best. The show carries an audience score of 3/100. Lead with a specific result you can describe in numbers rather than a job title, and tie it to something the show has already covered.

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Time Pals

Hosted by Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, and Jon Powell · leisure · EN-US · 48 episodes

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The Time Pals are four geeky dads squandering their mid-life crises by diving headfirst into the best, worst, and weirdest corners of geek culture. Twice a month show hosts, Mike Underscore, ShadoSpartan, Nickell, and Jon Powell dust off old VHS tapes, blow into vintage game cartridges, and try to out-“Well, actually…” each other over the nerdy media they all pretend to love.If you're into pixelated graphics, ridiculous plot holes, AI-fueled adventures, and a hearty dose of chaotic humor—congratulations, you’ve just found your new Pals.

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Time Pals is a leisure podcast hosted by Michael Underscore, ShadoSpartan, and Jon Powell, with 48 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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Episode #30
From Double Dragon to Wrestlefest- Time Pals Celebrate Yoshihisa Kishimoto!
Sep 21, 20261h 2mS5
Send us Fan Mail DOUBLE DRAGON. RENEGADE WRESTLEFEST. AND THE WEIRDEST SHOOTER EVER MADE. NEXT WEEK, MrBortman ( @mrbortmanttv ) joins the Time Pals as we pay tribute to Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the legendary game designer whose work helped define the beat-’em-up—and eventually gave wrestling nerds one of the greatest arcade games of the 90’s We’re going from Renegade and the birth of the modern street brawler to Double Dragon, to Honky Tonk Man and Hacksaw Jim Duggan getting immortalized in WWF Superstars. And oh yeah, lots of Wrestlefest love too. How Renegade became Double Dragon and changed arcade gaming Why Kishimoto being bitter about a break-up was the best thing to ever happen. ️ The strange evolution from Renegade to Double Dragon What the flying EFF was Cho Aniki about?! And WWF WRESTLEFEST—the arcade wrestling game so goddamn good we're STILL talking about it 35 years later. Follow the Time Pals Podcast to keep up to date for new episodes and check out MrBortman on Twitch! If you ever stood in front of a WrestleFest cabinet with a pocket full of quarters thinking: “Who the hell is Mike McGuirk?” This episode is for you. #TimePalsPodcast #MrBortman #YoshihisaKishimoto #DoubleDragon #wrestlefest Support the show
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Time Pals Interview w/Big Squid Production's Kyle Valle and Erin Aine (Zombie Con Vol.1 / Autonomous)
Sep 1, 20261h 7m
Send us Fan Mail THE TIME PALS ARE BACK — AND WE’RE BRINGING SPOOKY SEASON EARLY. This week, hosts Jon Powell and Mike Underscore welcome Kyle Valle and Erin Áine , co-founders of Big Squid Films and the talented minds behind the cult indie horror-comedy ZOMBIECON VOL. 1 and Screamify’s new Micro Horrors™ thriller AUTONOMOUS ! We get into EVERYTHING about making an Indie Horror Movie: - How a night of drinking, a Captain America shield, anime and a room full of movie props helped inspire ZombieCon Vol. 1. - Practical gore, cosplay, filmmaking tricks and the anime DNA running through the movie. What they have planned for ZombieCon Vol. 2 — including a time jump, a more dystopian world and something much, MUCH bigger. - We talk Screamify’s Micro Horrors™, AUTONOMOUS , a 16-part vertical horror story that traps you in the backseat of a driverless car while a bad night gets progressively worse. And because this is the Time Pals, we somehow also find time for killer drones, Warhammer, zombie-apocalypse weapons, terrible movie ideas and the usual collection of completely unnecessary tangents. Basically, we tried to conduct a professional filmmaker interview. . . . . .and We failed beautifully. ZombieCon Vol.1 is available on Apple TV, Prime Video, Tubi and many more streaming platforms. Autonomous is available exclusively on Screamify! Find the Time Pals everywhere you get your podcasts! #TimePalsPodcast #ZombieCon #ZombieConVol1 #Autonomous #Screamify #MicroHorrors #BigSquidFilms #IndieHorror #HorrorMovies #IndieFilm #ZombieMovies #HorrorFans #SpookySeason Support the show
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Episode #27
Point and Clickbait w/Daniel Clark (Disney Pixar FX Artist and Creator of "The Dragon Blossom"
Jun 1, 20261h 33mS4
Send us Fan Mail NEW EPISODE: Point-and-Clickbait w/ Daniel Clark (Disney/Pixar Artist & Creator of The Dragon Blossom ) This week, the Time Pals revisit some of the best, worst, and weirdest point-and-click adventure games ever made—and we're joined by a special guest and new Pal of the show, Daniel Clark (@DanielClarkArt). Daniel is a Disney/Pixar artist whose credits include The Incredibles 2 , Moana 2 , Wish , Frozen 2 , and many more. Join us as he shares behind-the-scenes stories from some of his biggest projects and gives us an exclusive look at his upcoming mystery adventure game, The Dragon Blossom (@DragonBlossomGame), featuring a hilarious protagonist inspired by Hollywood icon Clara Bow. Whether you spent your childhood saving every five minutes in King's Quest , cursing out the developers of Gabriel Knight , torturing Roger Wilco in Space Quest , or discovering these classics for the very first time, this episode is a love letter to a genre that refuses to stay dead. Keep up to date on The Dragon Blossom and wishlist on Steam soon!: https://www.dragonblossomgame.com/ 🎙️ Listen now and let us know your favorite point-and-click adventure memories! Time Pals Podcast are available everywhere you get your podcasts or start here: https://timepalspodcast.buzzsprout.com/ #PointAndClick #LucasArts #Pixar #SierraGames #TimePalsPodcast #KingsQuest #DragonBlossom #DisneyAnimation #RetroGaming #GamingPodcast #TimePals #GamingHistory #IndieGames #Frozen2 #AdventureGames Support the show
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Episode #26
Time Pals Interview Joe Field (Creator of Free Comic Book Day and Owner of the Legendary Flying Colors Comics)
Apr 29, 20261h 17mS4
Send us Fan Mail 🦸‍♂️ Free Comic Book Day is May 2, 2026! 🦸‍♂️ This week, the Time Pals sit down with Free Comic Book Day founder Joe Field to talk about the origins of one of comics’ biggest annual events, how Flying Colors Comics became a beloved, community-first shop, his role as co-owner of WonderCon—and, of course, the stories behind some of his favorite comics and artists. Find out: • What was the rarest item to ever enter the shop? • The comic that hooked him and started it all (and it involves a broken arm!) • How Stockton, CA became the birthplace of the Fantastic Four • Stan Lee delivering the most Stan Lee quote ever • Underrated comics you should be reading …and so much more! This episode is packed with heart, history, and pure comics love. Don’t miss it! Check out Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA: https://www.flyingcolorscomics.com/ And be sure to take part in Free Comic Book Day on May 2 at participating stores. The Time Pals Podcast is available everywhere you get your podcasts. #FreeComicBookDay #FlyingColorsComics #JoeField #FantasticFour #JimLee #ThienPham #GeneYang #Comics #TimePalsPodcast #GeekCulture #Podcast Support the show
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Episode #25
Mini Episodes: (Shado)Spartan vs. Pirate(Software)
Apr 24, 202637 minS4
Send us Fan Mail A Spartan Takes on a Pirate! This week’s mini episode features co-host ShadoSpartan’s take on the rise and fall of one of his former favorite online personalities, PirateSoftware. So why devote an entire mini episode to the “Roach”? Roaches can survive anything. They adapt, they outlast, they get their dad at Blizzard to land them a job, lay off their moderators, side with billion-dollar corporations at every turn, never hold themselves accountable when they’re obviously wrong, and ban ShadoSpartan from chat just for saying hello. Mini episode theme by ShadoSpartan, whose album is available at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ZCnmT7zKYdVQ8lPuO3oVE?si=MMXMPLWeTJaXF6j9QRy2Iw ShadoSpartan's YouTube Game Retrospectives can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44 Follow Time Pals wherever you get your podcasts. #PirateSoftware #GameDev #WoW #StopKillingGames #MaydayMediaNetwork #ShadoSpartan #Roach #Kronos #TimePalsPodcast Legendary Supplements Welcome to Legendary Supplements, where gaming greatness meets unparalleled performance. The Hobby Box Hunter Providing you informative and creative content on Sports Cards. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show
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What is Time Pals?

About the host

Recent episodes

From Double Dragon to Wrestlefest- Time Pals Celebrate Yoshihisa Kishimoto!

Time Pals Interview w/Big Squid Production's Kyle Valle and Erin Aine (Zombie Con Vol.1 / Autonomous)

Point and Clickbait w/Daniel Clark (Disney Pixar FX Artist and Creator of "The Dragon Blossom"

Time Pals Interview Joe Field (Creator of Free Comic Book Day and Owner of the Legendary Flying Colors Comics)

Mini Episodes: (Shado)Spartan vs. Pirate(Software)

Guest Appearances

Dr. Daniel Clark

Brandon Turner

Kyle Valle

Britt McKay

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Best industries to pitch Time Pals for

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Time Pals

About this Podcast:

Pitch Analysis

What is Time Pals?

About the host

Recent episodes

From Double Dragon to Wrestlefest- Time Pals Celebrate Yoshihisa Kishimoto!

Time Pals Interview w/Big Squid Production's Kyle Valle and Erin Aine (Zombie Con Vol.1 / Autonomous)

Point and Clickbait w/Daniel Clark (Disney Pixar FX Artist and Creator of "The Dragon Blossom"

Time Pals Interview Joe Field (Creator of Free Comic Book Day and Owner of the Legendary Flying Colors Comics)

Mini Episodes: (Shado)Spartan vs. Pirate(Software)

Guest Appearances

Dr. Daniel Clark

Brandon Turner

Kyle Valle

Britt McKay

Advertisers on this show

Best industries to pitch Time Pals for

Podcasts like Time Pals

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