Sinopsis
We're like 'the McLaughlin Group' for Nerds!
Episodios
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Fun Size Episode 35 – My Boss is Trying to Kill Matt Damon
19/03/2019 Duración: 39minWe’re back with a Frankensteinian Fun Size double feature! First, we continue our chat with Kit DeForge, where a discussion about Lords of Chaos, the recent semi-fictional Norwegian death metal movie, leads into a talk about how music biopics in … Continue reading →
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Episode 38 – Return to Oz
12/03/2019 Duración: 01h09minAn all-new adventure down the yellow brick road. In our latest Single Serving Selection, we return to the Emerald City and dig into some nostalgic childhood nightmare fuel with librarian and friend of the show, Kit DeForge. This month’s topic … Continue reading →
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Black Ops Episode 13 – Some Stuff in the Basement
06/03/2019 Duración: 43minIn our latest episode, we empty the basement. Mike has been a dedicated, lifelong comics book and superhero fan. And he’s been thrilled to see these characters and stories play out on the big screen… or he did. So he … Continue reading →
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Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 18 – Eraser
27/02/2019 Duración: 01h08minHe will erase your past to protect your future. This month, we burn our drivers’ licenses and take refuge in the City Zoo with returning guest Greg Hatcher of the Atomic Junk Shop blog, to dig into the mid-90s high … Continue reading →
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Fun Size Episode 34 – The Unanimous Whipping Boy of Big Budget Cinema
13/02/2019 Duración: 38minWe’re back! For this month’s off-topic dive, we look at the tale of two recent franchise spin-offs: Bumblebee and Fantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald. Why does the former succeed out of the wreckage of a totally maligned series, while … Continue reading →
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Fun Size Episode 33 – Give Rob Kelly Some Money!
29/01/2019 Duración: 43minIn the afterglow of WrestleMania, we rejoin Morgan Lambert to talk about the mixed results of professional wrestlers becoming Hollywood actors, and wonder why it’s so hard for Dwayne Johnson to get a movie project worthy of his charisma. Plus, … Continue reading →
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Episode 37 – WrestleMania XIX
16/01/2019 Duración: 02h19minDare to Dream. We’re back! And in our first double-sized Single Serving Selection of the new year, we’re diving our way back into the world of sleeper holds and suplexes with the program director for RadioTacoma 101.9, Morgan Lambert! This … Continue reading →
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Black Ops Episode 12 – Spoiler Alert: Ghosts Don’t Exist
25/12/2018 Duración: 26minIn our latest episode, it’s Halloween for Christmas! Recorded back in October, we dip into the horror genre, as Casey was watching one scary movie a day, often for the first time. As a horror novice, Casey relates the experience … Continue reading →
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Black Ops Episode 11 – A Bacterial Infection That Helps You Fight Crime
19/12/2018 Duración: 45minIn our latest episode, we join Sam Mulvey to dig into the question of adapting properties that we care about, and whether it’s important to even attempt fidelity to the source material. From Watchmen to Dune; from Starship Troopers to … Continue reading →
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Fun Size Episode 32 – Mistakes Were Made
28/11/2018 Duración: 27minWe continue our talk with Sam Mulvey and dig into the questions that try men’s souls. We ponder the repeated use of various firearms in movies, and why laser weapons aren’t nearly as numerous these days. We dive into the … Continue reading →
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Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 17 – Total Recall
22/11/2018 Duración: 01h20minThey stole his mind, now he wants it back. It’s time to get our asses to Mars and regain our buried identities with returning guest Sam Mulvey of the Ask an Atheist radio show. This month, we’re plunging into the … Continue reading →
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Black Ops Episode 10 – Meet Your Parents. Make Money. Kill Hitler.
10/11/2018 Duración: 46minIn our latest episode, a trip to a computer museum prompts a mind-breaking discussion about the mechanics of time travel in the Back to the Future movies. When we return to a present that we’ve created by altering the past, … Continue reading →
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Join Us for the Third Annual Captain Picard Day Celebration!
31/10/2018 Duración: 02minIt’s Back! So Tug down your on shirts and put your party shoes on! Join Mike and Casey for our third annual Holiday Season gathering! We’ll be at the Poodle Dog restaurant in Fife, in their Board Room for good … Continue reading →
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Episode 36 – Uzumaki by Junji Ito
30/10/2018 Duración: 54min“Spirals…This town is contaminated with Spirals…” In our latest Single Serving Selection, we descend into a mind-bending and stomach-churning modern classic of Japanese manga horror with librarian and friend of the show, Kit DeForge, but perhaps you’ll wish we hadn’t. … Continue reading →
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Fun Size Episode 31 – Beauty and Meaning in the Wreckage of Late Stage Capitalism
22/10/2018 Duración: 54minWe sit down with Tom Satwicz to muse on how various fictional interpretations of New York City and New Yorkers have shaped our perceptions of the place and its people. And does Detroit get a bad rap in fiction, or … Continue reading →
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Fun Size Episode 30 – That’s My Kind of Garbage!
22/09/2018 Duración: 01h23minWe’re back to dive into an overstuffed grab bag of off-topic nonsense with Roz Townsend, and we grapple with the important questions that keep us up at night. Is Colonel Sanders the closest thing we have to an American Time … Continue reading →
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Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 16 – Last Action Hero
13/09/2018 Duración: 01h01minThis isn’t the movies anymore. We’re back. This time we’re traveling to the world behind the silver screen with artist Roz Townsend to dissect the meta-fictional cult action/comedy movie that many at the time considered Arnold’s first box office flop, … Continue reading →
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Fun Size Episode 29 – Fighting the Adam West Fight
01/09/2018 Duración: 01h16minWe jump back into the fray with Greg Hatcher, to talk debate the merits of Star Trek Discovery, the future of the franchise and what we want from a Trek property. We also look at the trailer for the new … Continue reading →
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Episode 35 – Highlander
28/08/2018 Duración: 02h15min“There can be only one.” This month, we feel an irresistible pull towards a far away land to test our blades against those of Atomic Junk Shop‘s Greg Hatcher and David “Ace” Gutiérrez of Emmys.com. The field of battle, the Highlander … Continue reading →
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Black Ops Episode 9 – You Are Not a Mistake
26/07/2018 Duración: 02h33minIn what is an ultra-MEGA-sized two-and-a-half hour episode, we really run the gamut. First, we talk about popular culture we loved as kids, but are afraid to revisit, because we fear it won’t survive adult scrutiny. In Mike’s case that … Continue reading →