A father’s duty is to protect his daughter. This month, we’re joined by author and chair of the Puget Sound Socialist Party, Chelsea Rustad to explore perhaps the most unexpected and interesting departure from the expected Schwarzenegger oeuvre, an independent … Continue reading →

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Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 24 – Maggie

We’re back with a new Black Ops podcast, exclusive to our Patreon supporters! This month, we’re back with Kit DeForge to continue the conversation into the cinematic! Movie theaters are back! And in a dystopian world ravaged by doomsday viruses, … Continue reading →

Black Ops Episode 21 – Hunter Biden and the Holy Grail [CLIP]

In the soft glow of our most recent discussion, we continue our conversation with Kit DeForge, and explore the imperfections of language as a communication tool, and the linguistic similarities between Germans and chimpanzees that have been taught sign language. … Continue reading →

Fun Size Episode 59 – Don’t Back Dun’, Double Dun’

“Do you think I should confess? To what? Committing masterpieces?” In our latest Single Serving Selection, we’re joining librarian and artist, Kit DeForge to turn our critical eyes to the final film directed by auteur Orson Welles, a conventions-defying documentary … Continue reading →

Episode 47 – F for Fake

We continue our chat with Michael Warbington, as we look at the trajectory of big-budget franchises and the knee-jerk fan anger that Martin Scorsese’s criticisms of “theme park” movies vs. “cinema”….and maybe he has a good point? And maybe we … Continue reading →

Fun Size Episode 58 – A Human Soup of Band-Aids and Pee

They picked the wrong man to clone. After more than a year, we’re back! We’re backing up our syncords and eating some nacho-flavored bananas with the Camp Director and President of Camp Quest NorthWest, Michael Warbington, because this month we’re … Continue reading →

Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 23 – The 6th Day

We’re joined again by Tobiah Panshin to dig into some movie talk. Is there really a hard divide between popcorn blockbusters and what Martin Scorsese calls “cinema”? Will the shadow of the pandemic change anything about movies going forward? And … Continue reading →

Fun Size Episode 57 – The SJW/C.H.U.D. Alliance

“Wonder Twin powers — Activate!” This month, we’re balancing teen angst and superheroics with returning guest Paul Hix of Waiting for Doom – the Doom Patrol Podcast to gush over over the hilarious satirical DC Comics maxi-series: Wonder Twins! Exiled … Continue reading →

Episode 46 – Wonder Twins by Mark Russell and Stephen Byrne

We continue to work the registers with Tobiah Panshin, going to places both weirdly metaphysical and painfully mundane. First, Mike thinks it might actually be preferable to live in a hypothetical computer simulation than a “real” universe. What is real, … Continue reading →

Fun Size Episode 56 – “The Customer is Always Right”

Adventure doesn’t come any bigger than this. We’re back in the studio and ready to cross swords with Tobiah Panshin, the author of The Game Master: A Guide to the Art and Theory of Roleplaying, and dive into George Lucas … Continue reading →

Episode 45 – Willow

We’re continuing our talk with Patrick Johnson, and we’re waxing nostalgic. We look back at the sliding timeline of The Simpsons and try to count the anachronisms as they pile up. But nothing could prepare us for the existential crisis … Continue reading →

Fun Size Episode 55 – Jerkbeast

“We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won’t. We’re slowly learning that fact. And we’re very, very pissed off.” In the first Single Serving … Continue reading →

Episode 44 – Fight Club

We’re joined by Australia’s own Paul Hix from Waiting for Doom – the Doom Patrol Podcast, to dig into the latest and strangest conspiracy theory: Bird Trutherism! Counterfeit avians? Feathered Cameras in the Sky!? Why does it feel like the … Continue reading →

Fun Size Episode 54 – Birds Aren’t Real

After over a year, we’re back with a new Black Ops podcast, now exclusive to our Patreon supporters, we join Joe Preti to continue our conversation from last month. We talk about Mike’s acquisition of a hardcover omnibus collection of … Continue reading →

Black Ops Episode 20 – Difficulty Is Kind of the Point [CLIP]

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