interview conducted September 2025 by Courtney Goodrum edited for clarity by J. Schleusner You’ve seen him dazzle audiences on The Today Show, make Jay Leno raise an eyebrow in amazement on The Tonight Show, and even earn the admiration of Penn Jillette, who called his act “the most original I’ve
interview conducted September 2025, edited for clarity by Jen “Lil’ Bit” Schleusner Artificial intelligence is shaping the way we live, work, and interact, but the laws and policies surrounding it are still catching up. To better understand how regulation is evolving—and how it affects our everyday lives—I sat down with Tatiana
Flopcast episode 698! Our coverage of Dragon Con (Atlanta’s massive Labor Day weekend nerd convention) continues! Thrill to every single weird thing we did on Friday and Saturday! Including: The Geek Girls Run! The Muppet Mayhem tournament! The return of the Music Video Book Club (during which Carly Simon hooked
LEVON’S SCOURGE(Levon Cade – Book Twelve)By Chuck DixonRough Edge Press262 pgs With this installment, writer Chuck Dixon stamps a finale on his terrific action series featuring a Marine veteran from the south named Levon Cade. From the first book, Cade was a man jinxed to collide with trouble due his
Flopcast episode 697! Here we go with the first of three (yikes, let’s hope it’s just three) episodes reviewing everything we did at Dragon Con, the ultimate gathering of geeks over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta. Including: A visit to the Center for Puppetry Arts, where we found members of
interview conducted September 2025 by Jen “Lil’ Bit” Schleusner For full disclosure, I am a longtime fan and collector of Derek’s art and mugs – and in the past few years, have gotten to chat with him more as well as join in with him, and other talented folks, on
Cigar Nerds Podcast rides the Dragon again. This week we recap our adventures at this years DragonCon. In Science we talk Brains and sci-fi with Dr Robert Hampson, Neuroscientist and author. We talk space drones with Surface Mission planner Kim Steadman, and we talk cyber threats with Kurt Opsahl. This
Flopcast episode 696! It’s the shocking conclusion of our second Saturday Night Live character FlopFight tournament, and Dragon Con American Sci-Fi Classics Track co-director Joe Crowe is still here providing expert commentary. Our competitors may include a pair of insecure bodybuilders, a simple caveman, a lady with a less-than-positive attitude,
MERIAN C. COOPER’S KING KONGBy Joe DeVito and Brad StrictlandSt.Martin’s Griffin203 pgs Our all-time favorite movie is the 1933 RKO production of KING KONG, produced and written by Merian C. Cooper, Edgar Wallace, Jack Creelman, Ruth Rose and directed by Ernest Shoedsack. We saw it as a child in the
Getting in just under the wire of August is this episode with Garrett Henry Smith, where we talk about the stop-motion animated films of Tim Burton: “Vincent”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Corpse Bride”, and “Frankenweenie”. Then Luke runs down a few animated films of 2025 he’s seen recently, “Plankton: The
Remembering OZZY This week the Modern Musicologists, joined by our very good friend Matt Alschbach, look back at the life, career, and legacy of OZZY OSBOURNE, who passed away on 22 July 2025. We each talk about how we first discovered Ozzy, some of our favorite eras / albums / songs, our
Billy Joel Documentary This week the Modern Musicologists are joined once again by our good buddy Matt Alschbach from the Rock and Metal Profs podcast, this time to talk about the brand new Billy Joel documentary, And So It Goes. Our conversation covers Billy’s musical origins, his influence on the musical landscape, the new things we learned from
