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The 2024 Dragon Con Report Episode 4

This month on the Dragon Con Report, we find out what volunteering is like at con from veteran and recent volunteers. Our guests this month are Julia McClure, Moises Vermenton and Andrés Thomas. Whether you’re a long time attendee or a newbie – perhaps you’ve considered volunteering at con or

Animal Consciousness

Animal Consciousness and Other Ideas – Soul Forge 320

Animal Consciousness and Other Ideas! Are animals self aware? Scientific evidence supports the assumption that it “feels like something” for a fish to be caught on a hook. Shawn and Leah have a bit of a lively discussion regarding animal consciousness. They talk about their dads, wedding preparations, taxes, television

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Welcome to the Vault

The Cigar Nerds Podcast: Welcome to the Vault. Good morning vault dwellers and wasteland survivors. This week the guys venture into the post apocalypses to talk about the Fallout series. In science we talk about real bunkers, microwave weapons, UK smoking ban, and living in a simulation. In Nerd news

Flopcast 624 Hypno Hustler

Flopcast 624: Spider-Man Night Fever

Flopcast episode 624! Inspired by a recent viewing of Saturday Night Fever, Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown flip through some comic books from the late 70s, when DC and Marvel tried to cash in on the disco craze. While Dazzler would become Marvel’s disco queen of the 80s, first Spider-Man

The Land That Time Forgot | Episode 408

Jim reflects on a film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic “The Land That Time Forgot,” starring Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Declan Mulholland, Steve James, and directed by Kevin Conner. A group of shipwrecked sailors (both British and German) must work together to survive

Flopcast 623 Buggles

Flopcast 623: The New Wave Game Part 1 – We Can’t Rewind

Flopcast episode 623! Kornflake is back, just in time for a new game! A new WAVE game, specifically! Thirty years ago, Rhino Records released a fifteen volume series of CDs called Just Can’t Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the 80s. We’re looking at the first three of these fantastic compilation

Modern Musicology #110 We Are the World

Modern Musicology #110 – “We Are the World” Doc

Following the 1985 American Music Awards, the reigning elite of pop music all convened at A&M Studios to record the vocals for what would become one of the biggest singles in music history, “We Are the World”. Spearheaded by Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson, the session gathered together some of

Our First Fight

Our First Fight – Soul Forge Podcast 319

Our first fight recently took place. What was it about? How did the issue get resolved? Find out on this exciting episode of the Soul Forge Podcast! This particular episode premieres on April 11, 2024. It was 17 years ago on this date that Shawn joined the Post Office. Since

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Ghost on Ice

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Ghosts on Ice. This week we head back to the Empire state as the Ghostbusters return to the firehouse for Ghostbusters Frozen Empire. Warm up your proton packs. In science we discuss stinky galaxies, new livers, invisibility shields, and litter from space. In Nerd News we talk

Flopcast 622 Kaptain Kool and the Kongs comic book

Flopcast 622: Superchick Deep Dive Part 2 – We Like to Be Around

Flopcast episode 622! Let’s wrap up our review of The Krofft Supershow, a super-silly Saturday morning TV show from mad geniuses Sid and Marty Krofft. The second season brought us two weird new segments: Magic Mongo (in which a goofy genie crashes a bikini beach party) and Bigfoot and Wildboy (in

From Beyond The Grave | Episode 406

Jim reflects on the final anthology film by Amicus Productions – 1974’s “From Beyond The Grave,” starring Peter Cushing, David Warner, Wendy Allnutt, Rosalind Ayres, Marcel Steiner, Ian Brennen, Donald Pleasence, Angela Pleasence, Diana Dors, John O’Farrell, Ian Carmichael, Margaret Leighton, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Ogilvy, Lesley-Anne Down, Jack Watson,

International love

International Love – Soul Forge Podcast 318

International love is the tale of two strangers who became friends, and then embarked on a long distance relationship. This multi-year romance blossomed. Soon, it turned into a 90 day fiance situation. A year ago they moved in together. Six months ago they married. This is their story. But that’s

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