Flopcast episode 657! The Mayor of Chickentown is here to help us celebrate the 50th anniversary of a Rankin/Bass animated classic, The Year Without a Santa Claus. It’s best remembered for Snow Miser and Heat Miser, of course, but we’re here to break down the whole thing. We discuss the
Fun In The Sun: Orlando 2024 is the 14th episode of the HAVE COFFEE WILL TRAVEL Podcast. Our 2024 Orlando and Grand Rapids vacation. Every day is an adventure. Join us as we break down each day’s events into small, bite-size chunks.What did we do? Where did we go? Who
Flopcast episode 656! It’s the holiday season, which means it’s the holiday movie season, which means it’s time for us to get to work. Because if you tune your TV to the Hallmark channel (or Lifetime, or Netflix, or anywhere else), you’ll be assaulted by dozens of ridiculous new romantic
Flopcast episode 655! As usual, we ring in the stupid holidays with a Letters to Cleo concert report, because our favorite 90s Boston band always comes home for Thanksgiving. (Letters to Cleo once performed on Parks and Recreation, and weirdly, just down the street from the concert, we spotted an actual
Wrapping Up Season 13 As we close the curtain on Season 13 and prepare for an exciting 2025, it’s time to share our final episode of the year. And trust us—this one could be the most helpful episode yet! For many of us, Dragon Con is a highlight of the
Cigar Nerds Podcast: The Candyman Can. This week we pay tribute to the late great Tony Todd and discuss Candyman. Just don’t say it five times. In Science we talk about fake bear attacks, real life Frankenstein experiments, Aztec Death whistles, and reading your dogs mind. In Nerd News we
Flopcast episode 654! Even as we stagger toward a horrifying future, The Flopcast is here with more silly things for you, because we’re gonna get through this together. And this week we’re celebrating Danny DeVito’s 80th birthday (just as we celebrated his 70th birthday about a decade ago), we have
Flopcast episode 653! Need a break from, you know, everything? We’re just hiding behind a giant stack of Dynamite magazines, and you’re welcome to join us. We’ve pulled out a Dynamite issue from 1980 with the hosts of That’s Incredible on the cover. (Cathy Lee Crosby looks lovely, while Fran
Coffee Houses and the Pumpkin Spice Phenomenon! A coffee house is an establishment that sells coffee and usually other refreshments, and that commonly serves as an informal club for its regular customers. The first known use of the term coffeehouse was in 1612. More commonly a coffee house or coffee
The Science of Music This week we chat with author and science blogger Bethany Brookshire who shares her knowledge about how music works, its importance to community, and its impact on culture. We address questions like: How do our brains process music? How do vocal cords work? Why do we perceive dissonance
SOUNDTRACKS Rolling Stone Magazine has released another of their infamous lists! This time they’re naming their picks for the 101 Best Soundtracks of All Time! And we’re joined by our amazing friend Julie Filipek to help us analyze their choices. We look at where they placed the titles on their list, talk about ones
Richard Evans Richard Evans‘ book Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983 has been out for nearly two years and has just been released in paperback here in the States! We took that opportunity to have Mr. Evans back for a second interview in which we talk about
