Friends with Benedicts
Jake Frew and Shaffer Nickel discuss the world of visual arts, filmmaking, YouTube, and fingerboarding.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 65 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
27: Will the Christmas aesthetic ever like...change?
26: McDonalds is our passion.
The breakfast boys have returned, and in better form than ever. Get ready for reviews of movies we haven't seen, mourning Miley Cyrus' career, and retelling the same old stories about McDonalds. Fri…
25: Can abstract art be too abstract...?
The breakfast boys celebrate the demise of Van Gogh and discuss art being heard for the sole sake of being weird. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast by Jake Frew and Sha…
24: Beau is Afraid vs. Oppenheimer
The breakfast boys are back in Barcelona baby! Shaffer finally watched his favorite movie, and Jake is too easily entertained to be a good movie critic. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the …
23: HELLO FROM ITALY (we're back)
The breakfast boys talk about Instagram being an average app experience, Apple Vision Pro, the bad guy from The Incredibles, and a couple other things. I forget. I'm so tired.
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22: The Swiss natural disaster that no one is talking about.
The breakfast boys made it to Switzerland! But they had no clue there was a devastating natural disaster just before they arrived.
21: we're leaving.
The breakfast boys are back irl. This week they discuss Danny Gevirtz's new movie, the biggest red flags on YouTube, and hotel managers. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcas…
20: we wrote a play.
The breakfast boys review Braxton's latest interview tape, perform an original play, and spoil the entirety of Guardians of the Galaxy. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast…
19: How we almost died in Hawaii...
The breakfast boys talk about their Hawaiian misadventures, Pacsmics4, the sequel to Musicbed's 'Make' documentary, and palindromes. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast b…
18: filmmaking doesn't look cool...
The breakfast boys discuss Arcteryx, s'mores, more movies Shaffer hasn't seen, and the way filmmaking looks to onlookers. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast by Jake Frew…
17: When will it ever be enough?
The breakfast boys discuss the leak at the bottom of the ocean, Ryan Reynolds, and what to do when you beat the game of life. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast by Jake F…
16: Shaffer finally addresses his controversial van life video...
The breakfast boys discuss Shaffer's van life video, mr beast, squishy aliens, and filming on the downhill mountain bike World Cup circuit. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A po…
15: The moon is for the boys.
The breakfast boys discuss conspiracy theories, the Illuminati, and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast by Jake Frew and Shaffer Nickel that has…
14: how 2023 will save the movie industry
The breakfast boys discuss the best movies to come in 2023. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast by Jake Frew and Shaffer Nickel that has nothing to do with breakfast food.…
13: Don't be cliché
The breakfast boys discuss storytelling clichés, the horrifying side of AI, and who they'd fight in a YouTube boxing match. The List of Clichés: https://nofilmschool.com/storytelling-cliches Friend…
12: Our *new* thoughts on Logan Paul...
This week, the breakfast boys discuss why 2020 feels so nostalgic already, Logan Paul, and airplane seat etiquette. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A podcast by Jake Frew and Sh…
11: Why are A24 movies so good? And why are there NFTs on the moon?
This week the breakfast boys discuss why A24 is doing everything right in the movie industry, and why someone is launching NFTs on the moon. Friends with Benedicts: Breakfast Around the World - A po…
10: grammarly made the worst commercial ever...
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Intro Music: 'Friends' by Paul Russell MUSICBED: https://fm.…
9: Who REALLY won the Oscars?
The breakfast boys list their choices for Oscar winners from 2022, and discuss what the end goal is when running a YouTube channel.
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8: Predicting the future (what's in/out in 2023)
The breakfast boys predict what's in and what's out in 2023.
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