A Closer Look
Episodes
Season 4 Ep 8 - A Party Can Last Forever
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Necromancer of Easter Island and his army of the dead wage one final battle with the olympic athletes inside their stadium.
Season 4 Ep 7 - All I Roll Are Sevens
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A different mysterious new ship washes ashore. This one has the world’s coolest guy on it. But basking in his warm velvet embrace is tragically inte...
Season 4 Ep 6 - D’gock Faa Faa Nfiblib Reebly Zow Mar
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After the food orgy, the 1944 Olympics finds itself in a starvation scenario. The Olympic events become less about competition and more about hunting ...
Season 4 Ep 5 - The Questions Three
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Troy Helenov sets out on a worldwide plea for help, and will be tested in ways both spiritual and tantric. And the 1944 Olympics descends into somethi...
Season 4 Ep 4 - Bring Me the Head of the Necromancer
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought things were bad for the 1944 Olympics when the Necromancer attacked, guess what? The people of Easter Island also prank the olympic ath...
Season 4 Ep 3 - "Pulled Pork, Tri-Tip, Ribs, Brisket"
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are yall's favorite bbq items? Events begin in the 1944 Olympics. Many of the athletes do not know how to swim, or how to play basketball, or how...
Season 4 Ep 2 - "World War 2 1/2, or The Tragic Death of Gurglord Elmer"
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Easter Island is one of the most remote land masses on earth. And it’s going to host the 1944 Olympics. But before that, it’s going to host a war ...
Season 4 Ep 1 - "The 1944 Olympics"
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As most of the planet is plunged into the greatest conflict the world has ever seen, about a dozen neutral countries get bored. A plucky aristocrat ha...
Season ∞ Ep 17 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Season ∞ Ep 17 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview] by Will Sennett and Nate Fisher
Season ∞ Ep 16 - "The Assassination of Seven Bucks" (Pt. 1)
23 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chaser Trapp was the worst driver in NASCAR until one day when he suddenly found his fate intertwined with that of infamous Arkansas Senator Seven Buc...
Season ∞ Episode 10 - "Goondor Is Burning" (Pt.3) [Patreon Preview]
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the rest of this episode at: Patreon.com/ACloserLook Hugh Jackman does the blood test scene from The Thing except with garlic fries and it'...
Season ∞ Episode 9 - "Goondor Is Burning" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the rest of this episode at: Patreon.com/ACloserLook Money McDonalds, Luc Charizard, and the Secretary of Agriculture escape the hockey are...
Season ∞ Ep 8 - "Goondor is Burning" (Pt.1)
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Four Malices at the Palaces. All in one night. Across all four major sports. An event so violent, so devastating, that it completely erased one of the...
Season ∞ Episode 7 - "The Sexberry Offense" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at https://www.patreon.com/c/ACloserLook Mark and Topher's relationship disintegrates.
Season ∞ Episode 6 - "The Sexberry Offense" (Pt. 1)
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Sexberry is an an eccentric football genius with a groundbreaking offenseive scheme. The only people who can help him run it are Mark Asbich and ...
Season ∞ Ep 4 - "Seabiscuit's Grandson" [Patreon Preview]
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at patreon.com/ACloserLook ...
Season ∞ Ep 3 - "The Most Persecuted Man in The World" [Patreon Preview]
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the rest of this ep and all other Season ∞ stories at patreon.com/ACloserLook Unlucky stories from Sheridan Taylor's early life
Season ∞ Ep 2 - "The Shoe" (Pt.2) [Patreon Preview]
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the rest of Part 2 and more episodes at patreon.com/ACloserLook Fred Gentle's Basilica shoes display their terrifying power on national tel...
Season ∞ Ep 1 - "The Shoe" (Pt. 1)
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fred Gentle is one of the most talented players in professional basketball, but is so boring that nobody is ever able to remember his name. In the sne...
Season 2 Ep 8 - "Somewhere Outside of Heaven and HelI"
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Battle comes to the set of Cyber Cowboys. Who survives, and can Nate and Will find them? FEATURING: Big Dave as General Marvin S. Room Cooper Lyden a...
Season 2 Ep 7 - "The Lost Reel"
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To the center of the tootsie pop we go... FEATURING: Alex Forrest as Captain Phillips Sarah Goldstein as Suzy Short/The Cortana Eli Lutsky as Jason C...
Season 2 Ep 6 - "I Think I Might Be Mister Death"
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When the federal government tells Denis that he can't film a train exploding in the Grand Canyon, Denis decides he must build a second Grand Canyon. E...
Season 2 Ep 5 - "Info-Train"
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denis constructs his most expensive and ambitious pursuit. We meet Zack Bogart. A celebratory dinner turns deadly. Jason Callback is replaced by Bibby...
Season 2 Ep 4 - "A Spider in the Chili"
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denis worries about a potential mole on set. We meet former New Yorker Magazine Allagash White. Michael Chiclets and Pearl Whett put their heads toget...
Season 2 Ep 3 - "Toilet Aikido"
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denis struggles to keep a secret under wraps. A new documentary crew enters the fold. The Rob Zombies head into Kanab for answers. Steven Seagal is di...
Season 2 Ep 2 - "The Bubble Bath Is Overflowing"
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Strange people live in Kanab, Utah. They do not trust the latest Hollywood crew to show up in their historic movie town. Before production begins on C...
Season 2 Ep 1 - "The Cursed Production of Cyber Cowboys"
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, a massive film production crew ventures out into the desert of Utah. We meet Hollywood's next big director, Denis Canter. We trace his humble...
Season 1 Ep 8 - "And Even Still More Stuff Was Happening at the Same Time"
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Season Finale. Game 7 of the 1979 World Series between the Nashville Pickers and Lower Manhattan Gambinos.
Season 1 Ep 7 - "Smokin' Aces"
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Game 6. This episode is a lot like the movie Smokin' Aces.
Season 1 Ep 6 - "The Old Horse and the Weeb"
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nate and Will examine the emotionally charged father-son pitcher's duel in Game 5 between Lane Bryant and his son Colby Bryant. An all American hero v...
Season 1 Ep 5 - "I Hate Bill Murray"
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nate and Will look into David Issacs, the mysterious Game 4 starter for the Pickers. Gambinos 3rd Baseman Ben Lodden gives the city of New York a day ...
Season 1 Ep 4 - "The Stadium in the Sky"
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Longest game in World Series history. The story behind the Gambinos' brilliant manager Buddy Dwyer and his assembling of the greatest bullpen of a...
Season 1 Ep 3 - "The Ballad of Opie White"
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Game 2 in Nashville. Will and Nate examine the tragic family story of Opie White. Also introducing everyone's favorite band: Groovy World. This episo...
Season 1 Ep 2 - "Drama Comes to Nashville"
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nate and Will dive into Game 1, the tale of Gambinos legend Mr. Clean, and the sinister, violent group attached to Reverend Ted Roper's church known s...
Season 1 Ep 1 - "The 1979 World Series"
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
2 Journalists take a closer look into what really happened during the 1979 World Series between the Nashville Pickers and the Lower Manhattan Gambinos...