Matt Baume

Hello I'm back with the sometimes-treat podcast Cozy Pants, where me and James talk about what we're up to, what I'm working on, and what we're enjoying. (And also, what I'm forgetting.) In this episode we go on a journey of Ethel Merman that might be a shared hallucination, and I provide a little s

I regret to inform you that it is time yet again for an episode of Cozy Pants, the bizarre podcasting experiment in terror in which James and I discuss the entertainment that fills us with glee. This time we're all atwitter about springtime, about Falcon and Winter Soldier (if that is indeed their n

James and I spend way to much time in the sewers this week, but there's lots to investigate and uncover down there. We also offer an appreciation of Casper the Friendly Ghost and Sabrina; ruminate on the evolutionary speculation of After Man and Man After Man; and speculate about which Batman villai

At long last, lunge into another episode of Cozy Pants, where we talk about the entertainment that is bringing us joy and also, apparently, create random sexy product endorsements??? This week we've got a lot to say about WandaVision, about Ann Landers' response to sex-shamers, about the surprisingl

It's a new year and a new episode of Cozy Pants, our completely frivolous podcast where James and I talk about the entertainment that's bringing us joy or, as is more often the case, putting us to sleep. On this episode we discuss Bette Davis/Bette Midler and the bathhouses of the 1970s; the nude tr

Short Circuit, The Love Guru, and Metal Gear Solid -- this episode of the Cozy Pants podcast has it all and a bundle of Orson Welles. We're back and just as punchy as ever for a chit-chat about our favorite things. James recalls his family's dastardly scheme for obtaining ill-gotten VHS tapes; I des

Hello! I thought perhaps you could use something fun right now, so here's a new episode of Cozy Pants in which James and I talk about the stuff that's making us laugh and feel joyful at the moment. The Mandalorian is very good; the first half of The Witches is excellent, and it's never a bad time fo

Oho, behold, another episode of Cozy Pants, the Patreon-exclusive podcast where me & James talk about the entertainment that makes us loopy. This week we're talking about hunting monsters together (as gay lovers) and also the mystifying discovery of Deflated Garfield. Also on the agenda is my resent

We're back with a new Cozy Pants podcast to share our recent entertainment joys: A strange astronomical man, supercuts of Celine Dion and Alex Trebek, and a fantasy novel that I actually enjoyed, for once. We also have a few fond reminiscences of weird hyper-local TV stations on the Northeast, and s

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we're fussing over some lovely YouTube serieses that we love: Tasting History, which is kind of a one-man Great British Bakeoff; and Scaredy Cats, which has revealed to me that maybe I actually like horror movies, actually??? We have two short What's Her Names, mus

Welcome to another episode of Cozy Pants! This week James and I are talking about Legendary, the ballroom competition-reality show on HBO Max that is very very good. It compares interestingly to early seasons of The Great British Bake-Off, if you can believe that, and is also like a more modern (and

Time for yet another round of nonsense with the Cozy Pants podcast. James is wide awake this week and yet somehow he's stranger than ever, with some creative ideas about starfish and potatoes. We've got some Totoro to discuss, as well as a very butt-centric early Bugs Bunny cartoon. And we're SO CLO

We're back with another baffling Cozy Pants podcast, with James as sleepy as he's ever been and me almost as forgetful. We just watched Spirited Away and have some thoughts about what makes it so good (and what it's lacking, namely, cats). We also touch upon salad anxieties, an exciting new characte

Well, we're back on our nonsense with another episode of the Cozy Pants podcast. James has a rogues' gallery of new characters to introduce, and I've been reading up on the history of gay New York. And perhaps we're a bit late to this particular announcement, but that Avatar cartoon is really quite

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we actually talk about something we enjoyed for once. (Although that doesn't stop us from complaining about Star Wars some more.) The Avatar: The Last Airbender really is great! We talk about a few highlights, and almost immediately get sidetracked into a discussio

This week on the Cozy Pants podcast... can you believe we're talking about Cats again? This time it's the SCALDING tea that Andrew Lloyd Weber just spilled regarding his feelings about the Cats 2019 movie, compared to the Cats 1998 direct-to-video adaptation. (He's not a fan of the new Bustopher!) A

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast we're reviewing some truly terrible science fiction: We've watched Highlander II and oh BOY is that movie jam-packed with terrible choices. And also others that are outstanding. We also watched Disney's John Carter movie, which features some very interesting charact

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast we're talking about two excellent black and white movies that could not be more different: The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson (both of whose names I forgot); and Some Light it Hot, starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon and Marilyn Monroe and th

Well, James is in a real state on this week's episode of Cozy Pants. We talk about our recent viewing of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly -- surprisingly enjoyable, for someone who does not especially love westerns! We explore the playful possibilities of bag balm, a potion from the "Northeast Kingdo

This week, we're pondering the strange sexiness of the movie Onward. How did Pixar manage to make a Dreamworks movie? We also have a full-throated recommendation for the show Beastars, but don't leave that throat too exposed because you never know who might want to bite it. And Tyra has some strange

Well, Cats (2019) is now available for digital download and we are obsessed anew! If you would like to hear us talk about this movie for ANOTHER hour, you are in luck. Best of all, there's a new director's commentary with all kinds of fabulous insights, primarily that the director is even WEIRDER ab

Well here we are, podcasting from our isolated bunker in Seattle to let you know we're doing OK and are conjuring up some entertainments to keep the stir craziness at bay. On this week's Cozy Pants, James and I explain why Frozen II is ... you know, just okay; and we also decide definitively which P

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we're reflecting on a film that sits halfway between Labyrinth and Mac & Me, which is not something I even knew was possible. James tortures me with a game of What's-Her-Name for Drew Barrymore, or as I like to call her, Blituta. I reveal my craving for DJ Qualls,

We're back with another Cozy Pants podcast! This week we're diving into the sexy lore of Disney's Slue-Foot Sue (but not too deep, because we don't want to die in the vacuum of space). We play a little what's-her-name with someone named Vonda, which honestly sounds like a name I'd make up. The topic

Hello hello, we're living our fantasy on this week's Cozy Pants with a tiptoe through the classic fantasy film Willow. Surprise, it has a lot of problems! (And also a few very very good things, all of them women.) I also engage in an excruciating round of What's-Her-Name, and reflect on what little

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we're tossing coins at The Witcher -- which we agree is better than Game of Thrones, at least at the end! It manages to make a fantasy world that feels surprising and new, and also rewards regular viewing in a way that Game of Thrones... well, kind of punished the

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we've got the HOT GOSSIP about Kathleen Turner in The Graduate. James indulges in some filthy speculation about holes, and we have a little classy literary talk about the book A Confederacy of Dunces, which we love despite it having QUITE a few problems. (But oh bo

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we're spending some time with Marvel. James and I are catching up on some of the superhero movies we missed in theaters, and now a lot of the flying around and pew-pew makes a lot more sense. We're speculating about what we might do for New Year's Eve (kissing!) an

Cats. That is basically all that we discuss on this week's episode of Cozy Pants. We have seen the film, and our review is: I am apparently now a Cats gay. Yes yes yes, you've seen all the news about the weird CGI and the patch sent to theaters, but we are here to tell you that this was the single g

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we're girding our loins for the new Star War while also casting our minds back to the absolutely BONKERS details of the prequels -- and also appreciating the very fine work of the Emperor. I've got a bit of a sniffle and my remedy is, for some reason, greasy tea. W

Hello hello hello! On this week's Cozy Pants podcast we reminisce about Thanksgiving turkeys, and the overabundance thereof. We've been watching more Mandalorian and have more ~opinions~ plus some thoughts on the toys and movies of the 80s as brought to us by Netflix. We speculate about a modern-day

This week on the Cozy Pants, we're speculating about the royal family's fursonas, why one must never pass the jelly, and what could have possessed Eddie Furlong to release a christmas song. We also discuss the Disney+ experience and our delight that the Mandalorian is actually good, as well as Kathl

We're doing the French Mistake on the Cozy Pants podcast this week, with James' attention still fixed solidly on Les Miserables, and mine on the tattered shreds of my high school French classes. We discuss the new extremely weird Death Stranding game, and also Outer Worlds, in which I play a tacitur

Pardon our sniffles this week, we've come down with a case of the Mondays, and also a very common cold. This week on Cozy Pants, we discuss the sci-fi names in the Bible, my humps, Judy Dench's worst nonexistent roles, and the recycling of John Williams music. James gets so upset around the halfway

Well hello! I'm back from my travels and that means the cozy pants are once again on my legs, and James and I are babbling at each other about nonsense. We recap my three-week visit to the midwest, including a haunting tale of a missing wall and an encounter with royalty. Somehow we get on the topic

It's been another busy week down on the farm, and this week on the Cozy Pants podcast we discuss some goose-related shenanigans in both videogame form and real life. James' shoulders have betrayed him by sustaining a podcast-related injury, and I struggle to figure out what kind of Ghostbuster Jane

Hello and goodnight! This evening on the podcast, we sleepyheads discussed Count Chocula commercials and the elusive Count himself. We have some thoughts about The Lord of the Rings, how timely. And I engage in a bit of horticultural dreaming, and also share a story of a harrowing social encounter.

On this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we're having a classy time at the farmer's market with banana-tomatoes and chemically-constituted cuisine. James expresses his distrust for the natural world, and we speculate about Ricky Ricardo's nightclub. I discuss my experience getting into drag on a livestrea

Surprise! There is indeed a Cozy Pants this week, a day or two late but no less exuberant. This week we discuss my time at the PAX convention, the bad pigeons in our stairwell, a party sponsored by Octopus Rift, and the inventor of the rollerblade, van art, and Elvira. Also on our radar is The Dark

Hello! Behold! It's the latest episode of Cozy Pants, a special podcast for Patreon pals where James and I talk about our pop-cultural passions. This week, I struggle to remember the name of Family Matters, a sitcom starring Mr. Carl Family. We reflect on the shortcomings of Jupiter Ascending, a mov

This week we've got some harrowing tale of childhood clowns and the disillusionment of youth. We've got early Ronald McDonaldses, Borgninesque men at Sears, balloon creatures, and more. We discuss the conclusion of Good Omens (no spoilers!) and also the confluence of Snowpiercer and Willy Wonka. And

It's a sultry southern afternoon in Seattle, and our stickiness knows no bounds. This week on the Cozy Pants podcast, we're watching the new Good Omens series on Amazon and reflecting on the casting triumphs, as well as some of the less successful choices like the criminal misuse of Frances McDorman

Okay yes we have seen the Cats trailer and yes we have a lot of opinions about it. (And also some deep thoughts about Neon Genesis Evangelion, which is a different sort of show but also kind of related? Sort of?) James is introduced to Heathcliff's trash ape, and we speculate about the nature of rea

Well, it turns out I don't know as much about Lady Godiva as I thought. This week James asks me to recollect as much as I possibly can about everyone in the theme song of the sitcom Maude, and ohhhh dear my memory is ... flawed. We also give our thanks to Joanne for some lovely ceramics, and discuss

What on Earth is Tyra Banks' new ice cream venture? We speculate about possible flavors this week on the podcast, and also reflect on the casting of a new Little Mermaid. James shares some news you can use about rickets, we learn a thing or two about Harvey Fierstein and Popeye, and exploding skirts

This week we're reflecting on what Pride means to us (for me, walking alongside a parade; for James, staying indoors). Also, we've seen Into the Spiderverse and Neon Genesis Evangelion at last, and we have thoughts! They are both strangely similar to My So-Called Life. I struggle to remember the nam

Fans of What's-Her-Name will be pleased to hear that I am unable to remember the name of the actress from Harold and Maude (Ruth Gordon, I know, I know) and also I have a pretty tenuous grasp on the details of the story of Samson and Delilah. James envisions a world of bottoms, and later invents fur

Well folks I don't know what to say about this week's episode, and in fact I should probably say nothing at all because I can barely speak right now. As I recover from laryngitis, contributing as little as I possibly can to The Discourse, James takes the wheel with a musical medley and a tribute to

We're back! A new episode of Cozy Pants has what everyone's clamoring for: Fond memories of Butterball turkey commercials, wild speculation about a mall with an indoor ski slope and live rabbits, a rousing game of What's Her Name involving various Disney stars who may or may not be the same person,

As my time in LA draws to an end, we reflect back on the good times: A mallet that flew into an audience at a drag show, tooting on scooters, and of course a few bonus rounds of What's Her Name. On this week's episode I spill the T about DragCon and all the fabulous celebrities I got to meet & judge