The Brent and Skye Show

The Brent and Skye Show

By Brent Irwin and Skye McCammon

A podcast about growing up … but not too fast! After a 12-year hiatus, these lifelong best friends are back and better than ever. Join us in an uplifting weekly phone call where we share stories, reminisce on the past, and contemplate who we're growing up to be.
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The Brent and Skye ShowNov 06, 2020
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049: Mr. Borlack

049: Mr. Borlack

Brent and Skye remember watching R-Rated movies in high school, weird vending machines from childhood, and more Degrassi.

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00:00 - "I'm going to die tomorrow."

  • Brent and Skye watched naughty movies in school.
  • Skye had a naughty Ken doll and a suicidal Barbie.
  • Cletus Fredrick is real.

07:12 - Movie Theatre Bathrooms

  • Brent is drinking some off-brand Throat Coat.
  • Why do they sell candy in movie theatre bathrooms?
  • Why does Whole Foods have cigarette vending machines?
  • Can I see movie without a four course meal these days?

15:31 - Degroogroo

  • Brent hates adults being protagonists on Degrassi.
  • Could Brent pass as a high schooler?
Nov 16, 202119:43
048: Elvira's Memoir

048: Elvira's Memoir

Skye tells her stories about going to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. Naturally, the conversation turns to Degrassi as always. Skye has had a very Elvira-focused week.

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00:00 - Grandpa's Meat Mallet

14:18 - Skye talks to her cats

22:53 - Aftershow: Skinnybones

Nov 07, 202125:14
047: Halloween Spooptacular 2021
Oct 30, 202137:03
046: Mi Bisabuela

046: Mi Bisabuela

Skye doesn't actually have Hoover nails. Brent and Skye discuss high school theatre of yore and present. Brent's been rapidly adding more drama to his computer science class. Skye discusses "different innuendos you didn't know you needed" in SpongeBob. Does Mr. Irwin give off short person energy?

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00:00 - Hoover Nails

  • Skye was propositioned by a bad boy Mr. Darcy in high school.
  • Audrey II is indeed usually played by a man, to Brent's surprise.
  • High school thespians don't know how to hold a bottle of Budweiser.

08:23 - Drama in class

  • La Catrina
  • "Oh shit, Mr. Irwin's a weeb."
  • It's quadrilateral time!

12:14 - This dog grins.

22:45 - Aftershow: Spooptacular

Oct 23, 202124:55
045: I'm Dancin' Yo

045: I'm Dancin' Yo

Skye is the Muffin Man, and she is not prancing. Skye doesn't like space aliens, King Kong, Godzilla, or dinosaurs. Or the ocean. Brent and Skye care about awesome libraries. Get ready for the Halloween Spooptacular soon!

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00:00 - Neal Brent

11:22 - Libraries and Locker Rooms

17:53 - Spooptacular

24:37 - Aftershow

Oct 17, 202125:35
044: Children Hanging from the Rafters

044: Children Hanging from the Rafters

Brent and Skye talk about high school, Halloween and Christmas movies, A Very Potter Musical, and our Halloween Spooptacular. Is there such a thing as a no-swear TV?

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00:00 - Aunt, Aint, Awhnt

15:01 - Halloween festivity

  • Skye took a Buzzfeed quiz that told her she was Luna Lovegood.
  • A Very Potter Musical will never leave our souls.

    I'm sick of summer and this waiting around. It's like September, and I'm skipping this town. Hey, it's no mystery, there's nothing here for me now. I've gotta get back to Hogwarts!

  • Skye's cat has spooky mouse toys.
  • Look forward to our Second Annual Halloween Spooptacular!
  • Brent strangely had no curls in his hair during childhood.

25:05 - Aftershow

  • Skye's heartbreak and kitties.
Oct 03, 202129:05
043: Do you bring a spoon?

043: Do you bring a spoon?

Brent and Skye discuss getting trouble in high school, taking tests, spooky books, Brent's grandma, Brent's dreams, and classical music.

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00:00 - Kids in trouble

  • Skye got in trouble for wearing jeggings at school.
  • Brent's students are stealing soap dispensers from the bathrooms for TikTok.

11:28 - Stein Time lul

22:02 - Aftershow: Wiccan Candles

Sep 17, 202123:05
042: Maudette Pickens

042: Maudette Pickens

Skye asks Brent about teaching! They talk about disturbing children's shows and American Horror Stories. How many R.L. Stein books can Skye read in a week? What is the difference between True Blood and Vampire Diaries?

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00:00 - Teaching

09:42 - Skye's spooky stuff

15:29 - Pop culture literacy

23:36 - Podcast Talk

  • Feel free to submit your own scary stories to our Second Annual Halloween Spooptacular!

25:31 - Aftershow: Bunny Tracks (Redux)

Sep 11, 202128:35
041: Black Leather Leopard Leather

041: Black Leather Leopard Leather

Brent hears weird breathing on the call. Skye finally watched The Big Lebowski. Brent is making his computer science students play theatre games. Brent and Skye talk about R.L. Stein and John Green. Go figure!

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00:00 - Catching up

  • Brent found his voice in his neck.
  • Skye is still watching Italian horror movies.

04:45 - Theatre Games

14:55 - Purple Lipstick

21:16 - Greek Life

24:55 - Aftershow: Halloween Cookies

Sep 03, 202125:41
040: the

040: the

Brent and Skye both got sick this week and had to miss work. Skye's been consuming some new weird witch media and some Italian horror movies again. They argue over how to pronounce the most common work in English, and Skye makes a million cat impressions.

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00:00 - Got the sickies

12:23 - Saliva

17:44 - "The next day"

22:14 - A hoot and a holler

23:29 - Aftershow: Meow

Aug 20, 202126:23
039: Scrambled Filet Mignon

039: Scrambled Filet Mignon

Brent and Skye catch up, talk about weird people they've seen, Cletus Fredrick, and Brent's Cardboard iPad.

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00:00 - Catching up

05:27 - People watching

  • Skye is driving by Cletus Fredrick.

09:01 - Cardboard iPad

  • We had no shame in public as teenagers.

15:42 - PotterGripes™

  • Why did the Half-Blood Prince not publish his own potions book?
  • Skye doesn't like Harry Potter 6, but she couldn't back up her claim.
Aug 13, 202118:56
038: Miss Anne

038: Miss Anne

Brent and Skye catch up as Skye is on the way to birthday dinner with her mother. They talk old As Seen on TV products, what it's like to be a teacher, and personal Creepypasta experiences.

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00:00 - As Seen on TV

9:11 - Brent's faculty now.

  • Brent's grandma's gonna narc on him about a coffee maker.
  • A teacher showed Brent to the adult bathroom.
  • The Faculty (1998)
  • Skye's neighborhood has a house straight out of a Creepypasta.
  • Skye's dad is a matchmaker.
  • Skye's going to learn to ride a bike.

15:45 - Potter Gripes

  • Skye wants to know more about Hermione's parents.
Aug 06, 202119:22
037: I don't hate space.

037: I don't hate space.

Brent and Skye talk about their animals. They go back into some Creepypasta talk after too long without it. Skye apparently doesn't like space. We read some fun listener mail this week!

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00:00 - Mr. Irwin

  • Skye knows a dog named Michael.
  • Skye's new cat is Buffy.

05:19 - Creepypasta

15:54 - Blockbuster Memories

20:53 - Listener mail

23:42 - Book Corner

26:46 - Aftershow: Influencers

Jul 30, 202128:29
036: You're being a Dorcas
Jul 23, 202124:30
035: Cilantro and Lime

035: Cilantro and Lime

Skye tells stories about her new kitty Leela, and Brent tries to relate. They talk about camp and swimming and ants. Brent is going to be a real teacher very soon! Skye's apartment will cut her off at two cats. Brent has never been on TikTok.

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00:00 - Skye the Cat Lady

  • Skye is quickly becoming a cat lady. She watches cat TikToks with her cat. She's getting a second cat already.
  • Jennifer's Body (2009)
  • Skye is waiting for Brent to catch up on Fear Street already!
  • Brent and Skye both wish they'd gone to camp.
  • Brent used to jump off the diving board into a half-empty pool with no adult supervision.
  • Skye thinks Brent is Squilliam Fancypants. Canned bread.

11:33 - Aints

  • Skye's been watching Daria (1997-2001).
  • Brent had some ants. The solution was duct tape. Skye's mom has chronic ants.

15:27 - Mr. Brent

  • "Teaching is more than a job; it's a responsibility." Brent hopes none of his students find this podcast. His online presence is pretty clean already.
  • Skye thinks most teachers are raging alcoholics.
  • "When you're 25, you make out." -Skye
  • Brent will be Maebysitting for the next couple of weeks.

22:14 - PotterGripes™

  • How does Harry Potter go from skinny, malnourished kid to instant overnight jock of the century? It makes no sense. He's never worked out.
  • Skye's dad purchased a CD of Harry Potter graphics, before Google Images.

26:07 - Aftershow

Jul 16, 202127:26
034: From Point A to Point 11

034: From Point A to Point 11

A discussion about strep throat quickly dives into Degrassi deep cuts. There's a lot of movie talk this episode. And a little bit of podcast talk as well.

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00:00 - Degrassi Hour

10:41 - Talk about Movies

16:51 - Weird questions

  • Brent's grandma wants to know where he got strep throat.
  • Brent's dad wanted to give him a bad present and keeps asking him weird questions.

20:30 - Near Dark

25:29 - Podcast Talk

27:05 - His Cheeseburger

Jul 09, 202127:40
033: AP Kindergarten

033: AP Kindergarten

Brent and Skye discuss bad movies, Skye's new kitty, Brent's cheeseburger party, and their new jobs.

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00:00 - Bad movies

03:37 - Leela

  • Skye has a new kitty named Leela.
  • Brent is throwing himself a reverse-surprise birthday party.
  • Brent's TaeKwonDo black belt means nothing.

08:41 - Brent got a job.

11:38 - Ending theme

Jul 02, 202112:14
032: Allergic to my High School

032: Allergic to my High School

Brent and Skye share stories about losing their voice. Skye tells about all the weird places she went in LA and all the bad movies she watched. Brent sounds unenthusiastic and sarcastic as he tries to speak with a soft voice, but that is not the case!

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00:00 - Voice stories

04:06 - Skye's LA trip

12:20 - The Madonna Inn

  • Skye has a new job.
  • Skye mashed a Kewpie doll's head in.
  • Skye has an idea for her awesome new novel.
  • Skye wants a slasher VHS collection.

18:44 - PotterGripes™

  • Why can Harry not see Thestrals as a child?
  • Luna is a better romantic interest for Harry than Cho or Ginny. Huna!
  • Boyhood (2014)

24:49 - Outtake

Jun 18, 202125:08
031: Voldemor'

031: Voldemor'

Brent tells about his solo road trip in his new car. Skye talks about eating hot sauce. Brent talks about his hike to a fun location with boring friends. Skye decides to brush her teeth mid-podcast. We do not gripe about Harry Potter in this episode.

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00:00 - AM recording

  • Lana Del Rey might be a witch.
  • Skye was a very nice friend.

05:25 - The state of the beach

  • Gulf Shores is nothing but high rises now. The Gulf is Brent's favorite place to chill out in Orange Beach.
  • Skye says Seaside has changed as well.
  • Cocoon
  • Skye wanted to grow up to be a hot sauce lady.
  • I-10 across Louisiana is literally the swamp.

15:40 - Sculpture Falls

  • Brent couldn't make his hike-mates laugh all day long. He went swimming in his underwear.
  • Brent passed 150 teenagers underage-drinking.

21:01 - Potter Non-Gripes

  • Brent's poster and anklets are not missing after all.
  • Skye has many beads from Bead Boutique.
  • Yea, Whoa, Lestrange, and Voldemort

28:42 - Aftershow

Jun 04, 202129:48
030: From-the-Car-Cast

030: From-the-Car-Cast

Unedited! Uncensored! Uninteresting! We will return to our regular programming next week. Thanks for your patience!

May 29, 202124:26
029: Jelly and Ham

029: Jelly and Ham

Brent and Skye discuss the worst Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals, fun times in Hot Topic, weird ads for kid's food, and the worst chapter in all of Harry Potter.

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00:00 - Don't remember Annie-thing

  • Brent has been Maebysitting.
  • Everyone has been in a regional production of Annie.
  • Skye hates Starlight Express and Love Never Dies. Brent hates Cats.

05:47 - Hot Topic

14:54 - Blue Raspberry Jackass

  • Oat milk is weird.
  • Skye is really into maple syrup. She loves WytchWood infused maple syrup.
  • Who do ads for groceries convince?
  • Candy has some scary ads for kids.

21:57 - PotterGripes™

  • Hagrid's Tale is the worst chapter in all of Harry Potter.
  • Filch is a Squib, which introduces another issue in the scale of the wizarding world.

27:37 - Bye Bye

May 14, 202128:10
028: So Abraham Lincoln

028: So Abraham Lincoln

To celebrate Skye's birthday, she enters the nursing room at her office to call Brent to record a podcast. We discuss our favorite topics: YA horror novels, cute dogs, and Harry Potter.

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00:00 - 400 in Bunny Years

08:14 - Clorox face wipes?

17:02 - Personality tests

  • Brent is a 4/5 on Enneagram. Skye is a 2.
  • Skye doesn't want to be a Hufflepuff. Brent is a proud Muggle.
  • Stealth Potter Gripe about how expulsion works.
  • Why do people want to be Slytherins? Why identify with evil?
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993) featuring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson

23:40 - Birthday plans

May 07, 202126:45
027: Found, or Snake in the Toilet

027: Found, or Snake in the Toilet

Skye tells about her time on her trip to Utah: what she did and what she learned about herself. Brent is giving up his car.

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00:00 - Apartment talk

  • More construction in Brent's apartment.
  • Skye's parking lot changed.
  • Brent is saying goodbye to his red Jeep of 12 years.

06:35 - Walkabout, Part 1

  • Skye recounts her tales of her trip to Utah.
  • She heard a coyote in a tent.
  • She had a cool hike through Bryce Canyon.

15:33 - Walkabout, Part 2

  • Skye bonded with everyone there.
  • Skye's intention was "found".
  • Skye learned how to get in a sleeping bag.

20:40 - Enrichment

24:09 - Potter Gripes

  • The House Champions don't have to do end-of-year exams. That's a pointless bonus.

25:56 - Aftershow: Snakes

Apr 30, 202128:01
026: The gusses

026: The gusses

This episode was almost titled "Quit fingering my bone," but I decided against it. Brent asks Skye about her upcoming walkabout in Utah while reminiscing about Nicktoons. Brent shares some choice health and wellness finds.

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00:00 - Skye's walkabout

  • Skye is pursuing purpose in Utah.
  • "Meat makes me physically sick. [...] I eat a hamburger like every day. [sic]" -Skye

08:10 - I'm a little seal girl

11:24 - Nice things!

16:52 - The gusses

20:05 - Potter Gripes

  • "Dumbledore asked calmly."
  • Why is Harry allowed to summon his broomstick if he's not allowed to bring one with him to begin with?
  • The House Elves don't want liberation. Hermione means well.

23:19 - Aftershow

  • Anti-double-feature
  • 2319
Apr 23, 202124:16
025: Cool, Gothic, and Mean

025: Cool, Gothic, and Mean

This week, Brent and Skye ask important traffic questions, discuss throwing up in movies, talk about The Craft, and try to understand some old-ass plays.

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00:00 - Traffic

  • Brent doesn't know what to do at a stop sign.
  • Skye almost hit a man walking down AL-280.
  • Skye tells a story about a punk getting run over by car.

04:55 - Throw-up scenes

  • Skye laid on her bathroom floor after her shot.
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is different in the movie from the play.
  • God of Carnage

07:30 - The Craft

18:03 - Book Corner

  • Hamlet. Œdipus Rex. Antigone. These plays are old.

21:31 - The Seventh Victim (1943)

24:21 - Aftershow

Apr 16, 202125:35
Three Juliets and One Romeo

Three Juliets and One Romeo

by Brent Irwin, age 10

Apr 08, 202108:45
024: I Broke My Bladder
Apr 02, 202129:13
023: Chestnut orbs

023: Chestnut orbs

Brent and Skye chat this week about neighbors, neighborhoods, books, grandmas, and Lost.

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00:00 - Catching up

12:41 - This week we chit-chat

  • Brent's grandma thinks he's starving.
  • Nighttime walks are great.
  • Skye's going to Utah to take a life purpose trip.
  • Brent found a very cute piano solo version of "Peter and the Wolf".
  • Brent and Skye need some theatre in their lives.

25:55 - Aftershow: Walkabout

Mar 26, 202128:39
022: No pants is an any-world problem

022: No pants is an any-world problem

Brent and Skye talk about the weather, and we gossip about some neighbors. It's spring break apparently! Time to party. Skye has been to some weird parties.

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00:00 - Weather small talk

  • Skye did not get any tornados.
  • Brent gossips about his neighbors.
  • Skye will not narc on her neighbor.
  • Brent did not slash that car's tires.

10:34 - Spring Break!

  • Brent's jeans have holes.
  • It's the first day of summer in Texas.
  • Sanctuaries are cold.
  • Skye used to go to goth night at a bar.
  • Brent's trip to New Orleans was more wholesome than Skye's.

19:14 - Book Corner

28:06 - Aftershow

Mar 19, 202129:15
021: My Furbies Kept Me Up

021: My Furbies Kept Me Up

Brent and Skye discuss different object that they regret getting rid of: old sentimental objects they didn't think they needed in a moment of purge but now wish were still around.

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00:00 - Pelican poop

  • Brent saw a huge bird poop everywhere.
  • Skye got attacked by a swarm of birds at Disney World.
  • Grackles blanket the streets in Austin.

03:38 - Reading corner

07:43 - Needles

  • Brent doesn't want to see vaccines being administered on TV. It's very gross.
  • We both got swine flu in 2010.

12:45 - Trash regrets 1/2

  • Brent had a broken anklet collection.
  • Brent made a "SHOTS!" poster for a school project.
  • Brent and Skye dissected owl pellets.
  • A teacher took The Conversation Notebook from Brent.
  • We had to read too many books in 5th grade.

19:58 - 5th grade reading

22:09 - Trash regrets 2/2

30:09 - Aftershow

Mar 12, 202130:35
020: Our teeth clanged together

020: Our teeth clanged together

Brent tells some tales from his recent trip to California. Then we share stories about failed first kiss attempts and wanting hickeys when we were small children.

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00:00 - Brent's LA trip

  • Brent's friend walked a Meincoon on a leash.
  • A Russian man was selling clothes on the side of the road.
  • Brent saw a man peeing on his truck in Malibu.
  • Skye peed in the flowers.

8:08 - Skye's week

11:40 - Potter Gripes

  • Dementors are cruel and unusual punishment for the smallest of misdemeanors.
  • Halloweentown (1998)
  • Why does Ohio have so many cities that start with C?

15:52 - Smoochy time

  • Riverdale (2017-)
  • Brent chicken out of several first kiss opportunities.
  • Skye French kissed in first grade.
  • Skye, in a play, had to make out with a guy who was on the ground pretending to be a dolphin.
  • "You know I have a girlfriend." "Yeah and I have a journal I write in."

23:39 - The Hickey Club

  • Skye wanted hickeys in college.
  • Brent founded the Hickey Club in first grade.
  • Hickeys via pop-ups
Mar 05, 202128:11
019: Birdy poop flip flops

019: Birdy poop flip flops

Brent tells his snowdemic survival tales, we discuss runaway dogs and bird poop, and running the mile in PE.

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00:00 - TX Snowdemic

08:25 - Skye's recs

11:38 - Dogs & birds

  • Titan ran away.
  • Claire ran away.
  • There might be a dead bird in Brent's dryer.
  • Brent has bird poop flip flops.

20:21 - Running

  • Running in the cold
  • Running the mile in school
  • Trail running marathons
  • What is an influencer?

26:42 - Another rec

Feb 26, 202128:13
018: Just a Fake Name

018: Just a Fake Name

It's freezing cold in Texas, Skye has a new tattoo but no pretend name, Brent has sticky tea, his parents somehow independently share a hobby, we have listener mail, we both fell down, and I cut Potter Gripes out of this episode because it was bad.

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00:00 - Too cold for Texas

  • Getting down to 5 degrees Monday night in Austin.
  • How do you use defrost?
  • Our cars are leaking.

05:02 - Skye's tattoo

09:41 - Sticky tea & Dr Pepper 10

  • Brent and Skye don't know what rose hips are.
  • Dr. Pepper is short on aluminum.
  • Fountain drinks are better than canned drinks.
  • Skye bundles up warm at work.

16:40 - Listener mail!

  • Our mystery friend's name was Blair.
  • A cute email from Rachel Ziese of the podcast Girls Night In Radio

20:11 - Muddy V-Day

  • Skye falls in the mud on Valentine's Day

22:05 - Accident-prone

  • Brent fell off a bench and lost a bug corpse.
  • Spiders in the bed, crickets in your shoes.
  • This bug would not let go of Skye's car.

25:56 - Aftershow: Icky

Feb 12, 202127:10
017: 10 is a lot to handle

017: 10 is a lot to handle

...but i got family. This week, Brent and Skye discuss reality TV experiences, whiny babies, American Village, Hot Topic, spoopy stories (of course), and eating butter straight out of a spoon.

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00:00 - Wives with Knives

  • Dancing to the Skype music.
  • Skye didn't know her butt from a hole in the ground in college.
  • Wives with Knives
  • Olive Garden worker's comp paid for this girl's paper cut.
  • Skye knew a whiny little baby, and she shut him down.
  • "10 is a lot to handle but I got family"

05:16 - Spoopy time

  • Brent had delayed sleep paralysis.
  • The Hat Man
  • Skye can't do the dark.
  • Skye told her costume teacher about all her Tinder dates.
  • Skye's professor had a haunted office. The lights would never stay on.

10:51 - AL-Hwy 119

14:31 - Skye's Scary Movies

19:04 - Potter Gripes

  • Expulsion from Hogwarts is cruel and unusual punishment.
  • Skye has Harry Potter scrapbooks. She sent Brent magazine photos of Hermione.

22:10 - Hot Topic

  • Skye loves Hot Topic.
  • Hanging out at the mall with your friends is great in middle school.

24:28 - Vending machines

  • We both used illicit vending machines at school.
  • Skye ate "the Fear Factor sandwich".

27:06 - Aftershow

  • Brent is turning into a health food nut.
  • The Women (2008)
  • Brent's keto grandma eats Kerrygold salted butter plain.
  • Skye drank coffee creamers, and Brent ate sugar packets.
Feb 05, 202129:28
016: No Desconectar

016: No Desconectar

This week, Brent and Skye discuss going to the movies with their friends in middle school for the first time, without the 'rents. Brent introduces a new small segment: Potter Gripes.

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00:00 - Catching up

08:51 - Movies without parents

  • The first movie Skye saw without her parents was Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  • Skye was not almost abducted at KB Toys.
  • Brent helped a man at Target en español this week.
  • Brent's first movie with friends was Chicken Little). He lost a tooth.
  • Brent's friend used to ask the police officer at the movie theatre to drive her to Chick-fil-A in his cop car.
  • Brent's first PG-13 movie as a 13-year-old was Blades of Glory
  • Brent got carded twice to see Evil Dead)
  • Brent's dad asked him to buy a My Chemical Romance CD.
  • Brent got a pot leaf Silly Band at church camp. Skye's beautiful scarf had a hidden pot leaf inside.
  • Brent asked his Sunday school class what a prostitute was.
  • Skye wanted to grow up to be a harass like Paris Hilton.
  • The audiobook adaptation of the novelization of the film Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire)

23:17 - Potter Gripes

  • Why don't they study math at Hogwarts??

26:26 - Front row sitting

  • Brent loves to sit in the front row of a play, but we agree it's not great for a movie.

28:46 - Aftershow

Jan 29, 202129:34
015: Beffica

015: Beffica

In this very disjointed episode of The Brent and Skye Show, Brent and Skye chit chat about all the usual things: scary stories, books, nightmares, Harry Potter, Bugsnax.

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00:00 - Catching up

  • Brent has been playing Bugsnax.
  • Skye will take an R. L. Stine Masterclass.
  • Skye is wearing a bathrobe that matches the floor at the Madonna Inn.

08:36 - Skye's nightmares

  • Skye's been having vivid nightmares.
  • Brent's been having sleep paralysis.
  • Skye is apparently a Doom buff.
  • The Sims: Makin' Magic

15:12 - Book talk

29:44 - Podcast talk

31:04 - Aftershow

Jan 22, 202131:39
014: Poopy Lucy

014: Poopy Lucy

Brent and Skye discuss loving Harry Potter and Twilight and their fan communities growing up, then talk about some books they've been reading more recently. We wrap things up with a little Alabama history, that (of course) veers into ghost stories.

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00:00 - Rumbleroar

09:15 - Midnight Sun

About three things I was absolutely positive.

First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how potent that part might be - that thirsted for my blood.

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

15:52 - He's a comedic.

26:31 - Bama history...and ghosts

30:23 - Aftershow

Jan 15, 202131:51
013: Dranken from the Fountain

013: Dranken from the Fountain

In this time-traveling New Year's Eve episode, we talk about resolutions for 2020 and 2021. We also discuss ways to find good resolutions for yourself and some methods we use to stick to goals. Skye eats hummus with a fork.

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00:00 - Time travel

  • Skye is obsessed with Crystal Light
  • Skye delivered gifts in Huntsville

01:58 - 2020 Resolutions

  • Brent got a bad haircut.
  • Brent hasn't missed a single workout all year. New year's resolution: complete.
  • Skye has lost over 40 pounds. She works out for 20 minutes every day.
  • Improving your body will improve your mind.
  • Skye eats hummus with a fork.
  • Skye has read 50 books this year.

09:42 - Self-Authoring

12:30 - Greece

17:46 - 2021 Resolutions

27:38 - Dranken

  • Skye has dranken from the Fountain of Youth.
  • Did Mick Jagger ever look not horrible?

30:25 - Confusing post-show

Dec 31, 202031:38
012: Merii-Kurisumasu

012: Merii-Kurisumasu

We have a quick episode for you today on Christmas Eve! Brent shares a cute word in Japanese, and Skye tells a tale of love and poetry from high school.

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00:00 - 幼馴染 osana-najimi

  • Skye can play "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" on piano.
  • 幼馴染・幼なじみ - osana-najimi
  • Skye: スカイ sukai
  • sky: 空 sora
  • Merry Christmas: メリークリスマス Merii-Kurisumasu

03:52 - Skye's Christmas slam poem

8:03 - Back to the future

Dec 24, 202009:13
011: Tubby Custard

011: Tubby Custard

Brent and Skye talk about their favorite Christmas memories and their least favorite PE memories. Some weird Christmas gifts, some fun traditions, and Brent's dad's awful socks.

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00:00 - Silent Night

02:08 - Christmas gifts

  • "Can't you just give me $40,000, and we'll call it a day?" -Skye
  • Santa should not bring video games.
  • Thomas Kinkade, the painter of light
  • Some Christmas gifts can't go on an airplane.
  • Skye sees herself as a good gift-giver.

11:22 - PE class

  • Brent's dad wears weird socks.
  • PE class has a lot of issues. There's got to be a better way to encourage kids to be active.

17:50 - Christmas traditions

24:39 - Podcast talk

  • Next week we will talk about new year's resolutions!
  • We're getting Skye a new microphone, and maybe Brent an even better new recorder.
  • Eloise At Christmastime is possibly in the Disney vault.

27:53 - Post-show

Dec 18, 202029:37
010: Your phone number says 80085

010: Your phone number says 80085

Brent and Skye catch up after FOUR weeks of not recording a normal episode. We discuss Skye's creepily-decorated apartment, her vintage yearbook collection, prank calls, and media memories we can't find anywhere.

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00:00 - Recording woes/catching up

05:19 - Skye's creepy dolls

  • Skye has a scary Kewpee doll.
  • Kewpee Hamburgers
  • Skye has a haunted space doll.
  • Skye will grow up to be Old Widow Walker.

12:48 - Skye's yearbooks

21:54 - Prank phone calls

  • "Your phone number says 80085."
  • Brent's own dad fell for a prank call from Brent.
  • Brent's friend had a yearbook too.
  • Skye knew a boy with a fake yearbook twin.

28:21 - Aftershow

Dec 11, 202029:34
009: Book Report - The Silent Scream (part 2)

009: Book Report - The Silent Scream (part 2)

This is the second half of our discussion of The Silent Scream, the first book in the Nightmare Hall series by Diane Hoh. If you have not yet listened to last week's episode, you probably should first.

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00:00 - Intro

00:48 - Ch. 14-18

  • "Wanna go to the library with me, and let's neck in the stacks?" - Skye

08:40 - Ch. 19-24

16:32 - Ch. 25-28

  • Brent: "And he dies." Skye: "I love that part."

22:05 - Wrap-up

  • And the moral of the story is...apparently...
Dec 04, 202024:58
008: Book Report - The Silent Scream (part 1)

008: Book Report - The Silent Scream (part 1)

This is the first half of our discussion of The Silent Scream, the first book in the Nightmare Hall series by Diane Hoh. And we reflect on what we're thankful for at the end!

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00:00 - Intro

02:35 - Prologue - Ch. 6

  • Food and clothing are frivolous expenses. Apparently.

14:31 - Ch. 7-13

  • And she screams!

23:49 - Thanksgiving 2020

  • Brent and Skye are thankful for each other.
Nov 27, 202025:51
007: Mary Kate & Ashley Go to a Cemetery

007: Mary Kate & Ashley Go to a Cemetery

This week, Brent and Skye remember some of their biggest field trips in the 5th grade, and Brent's apartment situation is still a mess.

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00:00 - Brent's apartment construction

06:00 - Sea Lab 1

  • Brent used to do the wedgie dance during our Pow-wows.
  • We dissected a squid and used its body parts.
  • Brent reads from his Sea Lab journal from 5th grade.
  • Skye doesn't like Finding Nemo, like a monster.
  • Brent was out of town for the paper doll project.
  • Brent didn't like Holes (the movie) as much as everyone else.
  • Skye watches Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire seasonally.

16:20 - Sea Lab 2

  • Brent reads more from his Sea Lab journal.
  • Our principal sang "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall".

19:02 - Washington, DC

25:13 - Jenny LeClue - Detectivu

29:15 - Book Report Delayed

  • The Silent Scream by Diane Hoh, first book in the Nightmare Hall series - coming next week!
Nov 13, 202030:06
006: A Hunk of Ceiling

006: A Hunk of Ceiling

This week, we talk more about our apartments, how our Halloweens went, and more about writing.

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00:00 - Apartment woes

  • Skye's Sims used to pee on the floor.
  • Brent got a very stupid letter about his apartment.
  • Mother!
  • There is road work all the time.

09:15 - How was Halloween?

  • Skye was Danny from Bly Manor, and 800 people liked her costume on Facebook.
  • "Red Right Hand" from Scream
  • Skye tells the origin story of Cletus Fredrick.
  • Our first Book Report episode will be about the first book in the Nightmare Hall series by Diane Hoh, The Silent Scream
  • Brent's 6th Annual Spoopy Snapchat to Poop in Your Spoop

17:16 - Journaling

  • Remember to count your blessings!
  • Brent's NaNoWriMo is a disaster, as predicted.
  • Skye has old mystery stories she wrote as a child.
  • Hoot - IMDB

24:01 - Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

Nov 06, 202027:13
The Ballad of Cletus Fredrick

The Ballad of Cletus Fredrick

“The Ballad of Cletus Fredrick”
Written by Robert McCammon

Read by Brent Irwin and Skye McCammon

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Prelude in C minor, op. 28 no. 20, Frédéric Chopin, performed by Brent Irwin

Oct 31, 202006:11
005: Halloween Spooptacular 2020
Oct 29, 202027:34
004: You have to stab me in the back

004: You have to stab me in the back

Brent shares stories about sleep paralysis, and Skye cleans her car.

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00:00 - Small Talk

  • Skye is cleaning out her car.
  • My neighbor still stomps upstairs.
  • Skye thought her mom paid her boyfriend to date him.
  • Skye lost the front decal from her car in a wreck.
  • My plant neighbor disappeared - then reappeared.
  • The Visit - Official Trailer

05:21 - Sleep Paralysis #1

  • Brent has always had sleep paralysis. Skye never has.
  • Brent was consumed by his mattress.
  • Skye has dreams with product placements.

10:30 - Sleep Paralysis #2

14:26 - Sleep Paralysis #3

  • Brent has had 2 nightmares this week that have inspired new scary stories for me to write.
  • Tune in next week for the Halloween Spooptacular!
  • We're excited about our upcoming YA horror book club, but it's not ready yet.
  • Skye wrote a story about Vampire Drew, and it scared her friends away.

18:28 - Barbie Ring

  • Skye found a Barbie ring in the car.
  • Brent's professor wrote a cursed play.
  • Don't say Macbeth in the theatre.

21:00 - Goosebumps is on Netflix.

  • Goosebumps is the greatest.
  • Skye has her own piano lessons horror story.
  • Brent wanted to take organ lessons in college.
  • Brent sang Halloween carols to organ music at the Organ Spooktacular in college.
  • Skye is obsessed with Beverly Hills, 90210.

26:19 - Stephen King

  • Brent got The Shining from the library.
  • Don't read It.
  • Skye was on a plan with the little It boys.

27:58 - Halloween Spooptacular - next week!

Oct 22, 202029:18
003: Nothing better than an old, gross library

003: Nothing better than an old, gross library

This week we dig deeper into some of our scariest story recommendations.

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00:00 - Scary story recommendations

05:05 - Skye watched Quibi

08:50 - Skye saw a ghost. Brent saw a bear.

  • Skye saw a blonde girl ghost in the mirror of a hair salon.
  • Brent ran into a black bear at night in Gatlinburg.
  • Skye saw a bear go to a motel in Gatlinburg.

15:01 - Scary story recs in other media

20:43 - "DAN" by Brent Irwin

23:29 - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  • Brent reads Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark dramatically on Snapchat every year.
  • Brent did scary magic tricks.
  • We found a spooky door at the library and bonded over scary stories.

28:03 - Candy Corn

Oct 16, 202028:44
002: Staircases in the Woods

002: Staircases in the Woods

This week we talk about some of our favorite spoopy stories.

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00:00 - I'm actually recording this time.

  • Does a dog live upstairs? Or a permanent handyman?
  • Skye's werewolf blood hound neighbor
  • Brent heard a wolf outside the window

03:14 - Man Door Hand Hook Car Door

05:21 - The Society

  • Skye does not recommend The Society on Tubi

06:42 - Staircases in the Woods

11:53 - Spoopy Stories

  • Bloody Mary still gives Skye issues with mirrors.
  • Brent will perform "Sandra's Liver" one day.
  • Skye wrote a scary play in high school called "Knife Play". The DVD is lost to time because her teacher died.
  • Brent's teacher told very huge stories that ended with no bang.
  • Skye's friend knew her teacher was a Martians.
  • Skye went trick-or-treating and got chased by chainsaws.
  • Skye's been to 14 horror movie conventions.
  • Skye has never been the same since seeing The Exorcist.

27:17 - Book Corner

29:26 - Podcast Talk

  • Monthly spoopy kids' book club
  • October 29 and 31, expect original scary stories
  • Write or call in with your own thoughts about urban legends.
  • Haunt on Shudder
Oct 09, 202032:58