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I Love You, Mana

Mike Lester, Tor Uggen, Zach Kagan

Mike Lester, Zach Kagan, Tor Uggen, and Micah (aka Belly) are four pals with varying degrees of experience in stand up comedy and fantasy card games. In I Love You Mana, they discuss Magic: The Gathering and its surrounding culture in a manner accessible to almost anyone, with a level of accuracy that will leave pedants with plenty to correct them on.

comedy stand-up

All Episodes

01:10:28

Law & Order: Salt Court

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/11/11

Belly takes Mike to Salt Court over a recent game of commander and their differing views on the meaning of "taksies backsies". The proceedings begin at (20:47) with Tor presiding as judge and Zach as bailiff. We also review a new listener voicemail (51:02) and do a full, comprehensive review (1:08:42) of the upcoming Innistrad: Crimson Vow Magic, the Gathering set. Important Plugs: Buy tickets to Mike’s album recording on Dec. 10th & 11th. Watch Mike's show "The Browns" every Thursday on Amazon

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01:40:11

Pid Game

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2021/11/05

It's another chaos episode--Tor, Zach, Mike, and Belly talk about life, death, marriage, rebirth, the cycle of life...the angelic quartet is joined by a new, utterly perplexing character from the deep recesses of the ILYM-multiverse, Zach delivers his magnum opus cold-open, and Belly goes nuclear. Finally, Mike, Tor, Belly, and MaRo play PID GAME* and subsequently lose their minds. *The ILYM-aficionado might surmise that we recorded this ep before last week's Dune-review-double-header because we

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01:19:34

I'm Gonna Have Five Pieces of Cake

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2021/10/28

There is no structure to this episode. It's a formless blob of words. A cuttlefish removed from it's natural habitat. We have outdone ourselves here and we can assure you that we will continue to lower the bar.

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01:34:35

Build-A-Set: Dune (2021) Movie Review

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2021/10/28

Mike, Zach, Tor & Belly ride the zeitgeist sandworm and talk Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (2021). This is a SPOILER HEAVY episode so if you haven’t read Frank Herbert’s Dune or watched any of the Hollywood adaptions, well, you’ll probably still be in luck because the first half of the episode is typical I Love You, Mana preroll nonsense. In the beginning, Zach, Belly and Mike (5:25) chop it up and talk about Zach’s new beau and their romantic bonfire date; Zach attempts to retell (10:18) a “spooky”

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01:38:01

Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School...

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2021/10/21

The THRILLING conclusion to the most ambitious ILYM role playing extravaganza, Back to School: Adventures into the Orbsah School of Wizardry (completely original and unique concept), is here! In the beginning, the holy trinity (Zach, Mike, and Tor) riff like old times; DM Mike (20:56) gives a recap of Pt.I; Pt.II of the Back to School RPG begins at (26:03). Will Susie Soccer Balls (Tor), a ruthless and sultry Bajoran, and Grant Carlin (Zach), a half-elf, half-gnome, balding man-creature escape

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58:00

"I Love You, Mana Live! III" Post-Glow-Show-Clip-Show

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2021/10/14

In the fallout of the "I Love You, Mana Live! III" podcast show, Mike and Belly are left to pick up the pieces. Without the bosoms of Zach and Tor to keep them warm, M&M search for answers in this new, post-apocalyptic hell world and (1:29) try to remember what exactly happened on the night of October 9th. Luckily, an old, intergalactic friend comes to the rescue (15:09) and guides our lovable hosts through space and time so that they might partake from the forbidden fruit--that's right folks, it's

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01:58:25

I Love You, Sierkovitz

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/10/07

We welcome Sierkovitz—limited data specialist, frequent 17lands.com and channelfireball.com collaborator, and actual ILYM listener—to the I Love You, Mana HQ for an incredibly scholarly jaunt. To Zach’s horror, Sierkovitz allies himself with Mike and chooses chaos over order for almost the entirety of the ep. Mike, Belly, Zach, and Sierkovitz talk about (18:30) Polish milk bars, American Football, the depravity of U.S. television advertisements, and Sierkovitz’s MTG origin story; (44:04) Belly

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01:33:59

What is Jank? | Interrogating ILYM’s jEDH League

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2021/09/30

Mike, Tor, Belly, and Zach attempt to answer one of life’s most enigmatic questions: What is Jank? Mike and Belly start out the ep questioning Zach’s alibi and (4:45) reliving Mike’s week of EDH and cEDH; Tor and Mike (12:30) discuss St. Paul lore and the character of Little Susie; Zach finally calls in (20:30) and proceeds to give us an in-depth, 40-minute breakdown of his 50 year old cousin’s wedding in Long Island; for the remainder of the ep (1:02:42) we discuss the topic of JANK and unpack the

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01:52:53

Adventures into the Orbsah Campus | Back to School...

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/09/23

In the most ambitious ILYM role playing extravaganza to date, the Holy Trinity embarks on a new quest of self discovery at the Orbsah School of Wizardry (completely original and unique concept). For the first part of the episode, Mike and Tor riff like old times as they patiently wait for Zach to return from a MTG draft. The RPG, Adventures into the Orbsah Campus, begins at (37:00) with Mike donning the role of DM, Tor playing Susie Soccer Balls, a ruthless and sultry Bajoran, and Zach playing

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02:16:55

I Love You, The Memory Jar Podcast

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2021/09/16

We welcomed the hosts of The Memory Jar Podcast, David P. and Christian W., to the ILYM HQ for a special, crossover podcast bonanza. David and Christian dazzled Mike, Zach, Tor and Micah (Belly) with their knowledge of MTG history, lore and minutia; we learned about the origins of The Memory Jar Podcast*; Micah got valuable feedback from David on his Sopranos Secret Layer and Tony Sarkhano project; the whole gang talked spooky MTG cards; last but not least, Tor and Mike battled David and Christian

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01:27:31

MTG Stonks Pt. II - Collectables as Investments ft....

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/09/09

That’s right, folks. we’re bringing back ILYM PRESENTS—a series that, in a departure from the chaos of our main feed, hones in on a specific topic related to the children’s card game we all know and love. And who better to deep dive MTG Stonks with than, friend of the show, Uber Chewy (Chris), who started it all with Stonks Part I (You can find Pt. 1 here). This time around Chris brings his buddy and investment expert Alex along for the ride to teach Zach, Belly (Micah), and Mike how to make the

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01:27:28

Cave of The Mad Podcaster

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2021/09/02

With Mike Lester’s official return, the gang adventures into the Cave of The Mad Podcaster and attempts a “Roll a Nat 20” approach to covering Magic, The Gathering content. Other topics that the angels rigorously and fastidiously unpack include: Mike’s botched comedy set, the Minnesota State Fair, Sweet Martha’s Cookies, Joey Chestnut, the social phenomenon of cancel culture, and Tor’s love of gunk. Plugs: Find Minneapolis Comedian Greg Coleman’s debut comedy album, Dad’s Garage, here:

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01:44:49

Magic Showcase 2021 REACT PIDCAST

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/08/26

With Mike and Ricky Ramen still on the run, Micah, Zach, and Tor eat from the forbidden fruit (attempt to record a straight MTG episode) and are subsequently cast out from everlasting paradise. The premise of this episode was that we do a pure REACT podcast to the Magic, The Gathering Showcase 2021 event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrq5jk5J04) that premiered on August 24th. While Micah and Zach promised that they would not consume any magic news leading up to the recording (so that we could

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01:43:09

Reba’s Happy Banana Patch

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2021/08/19

Folks, this one’s pretty loose—an inexplicable free-flow of content from the deep recesses of the I Love You, Mana multiverse. Zach, Tor, and Micah are joined by special guests Aaron Isaacs (@AaronIsaacs69), country music star Mrs. R. McEntire, and Ricky Ramen as they discuss a variety of issues exclusively related to the topic of Magic, The Gathering. In the latter part of the episode, the gang attempts and fails to read through MaRo’s State of Design 2021 article. Extra Plugs: Check out the I Love

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01:43:24

What is "Phyrexian Delver" (Invasion)?

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2021/08/12

Zach, Micah (Belly), and Tor talk about chunking strategies, Zach’s wonderful man-child-plumbing story, Uber_Chewy’s various OP EDH decks, and pivoting to become either the first conspiracy theory MTG podcast, first Cuomo-apologist MTG podcast, or first anarcho-libertarian MTG podcast. We also debut our attempt at a reading series by making Tor read a stratospheric take on combo edh players. And we review the most beautiful play mat ever created. IG: https://www.instagram.com/Iloveyoumana/

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[TRAILER] Joe Lester Sessions Pt.1

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2021/08/11

DEBUTING THE JOE LESTER SESSIONS (exclusively on the ‘I Love You, Mana’ Patreon)—A series of raw and uncut recordings of Mike Lester with the being that sired him, Joe Lester. That’s right, folks. Mike has travelled across the country and ascended the great mountain to take in the teachings* of the wise sage. We here at the ILYM HQ are bottling up these lessons* and delivering them straight to our Patreon-pampers’ ears. Find this series and our whole back catalogue of Patreon episodes here:

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01:45:53

The Death of Ricky Ramen

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/08/05

Zach, Tor, and Belly (Micah) discuss viruses, prestige television, the labor shortage in the fast food industry, anime, Alan Dershowitz, and the upcoming Magic the Gathering Jumpstart: Historic Horizons Arena Exclusive. They also bear witness/are subjected to a Greek tragedy featuring Mike, Mark Rosewater, and Ricky Ramen. Remember to catch Loki on Disney+ and SEE season 2 on Apple TV+ (premiering August 27th). IG: https://www.instagram.com/Iloveyoumana/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILoveYouMana

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02:01:44

AFR Companions of the Hall Lore Grades

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/07/29

In the Belly’s return, Mike, Zach, and Belly (Micah) discuss weddings, Micah’s list of gripes, the AFR Commander Precons, MTGA fatigue, and the long awaited WINNER of the RANDOM RARE GIVEAWAY. In the back half of the ep, the gang reviews Micah’s lore grades for each “Companions of the Hall” card printed in the Magic, The Gathering Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set…and they are visited by some very special guests… Checkout the LATEST giveaway we’re doing on the I Love You, Mana Instagram

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01:32:21

High Fantasy

I Love You, Mana ·

2021/07/26

I had to stay up to edit this and now I'm not going to get stuff i need to get done today done. Fuck writing descriptions.

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01:22:57

The Return of Mike's Mother

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2021/07/19

Mike's lovely mother shares some of her immeasurable wisdom with us. Lots of fun little stories about weed, Mike's run-ins with the law, and her marriage to Mike's father.

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