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Flopcast 599 Papa Ginos

Flopcast 599: I Can’t Mall Here Anymore

Flopcast episode 599! Let’s go to the mall! But one specific mall that isn’t there anymore! (Well, it’s sort of still there, but not really.) We’re joined by Gleaming the Tube‘s Kevin Cafferty to look back on the Lincoln Mall in Lincoln, Rhode Island (frighteningly close to Woonsocket). It wasn’t the biggest

Cigar Nerds Podcast: See Saw

Cigar Nerds Podcast: See Saw of Death. Its time to play a game. Everyone’s favorite inventor/ serial killer is back in Saw X. In science we we discuss living in space, hitting the snooze button, a diabetes app, and the worlds hottest pepper. In news we review our haunted house

Flopcast 598 Brunhilde and Capn Crunch

Flopcast 598: All the Vermonsters

Flopcast episode 598! It’s Halloween season, so we have another terrifying Flopcast for you, starting with some follow-up from last week’s Monster Cereals Taste Test. We received a LOT of feedback (from BOTH of our listeners) on Carmella Creeper, since we were wondering if Carmella is indeed the first female

Flopcast 597 Carmella Creeper

Flopcast 597: Bizarre Secret Cereal Cult

Flopcast episode 597! Longtime listeners may vaguely recall our legendary Monster Cereals Taste Test, which happened ten years ago this month! And now it’s time to do it again, because there’s a new monster cereal in town. Frankenberry, Count Chocula, and Boo Berry have been joined by Carmella Creeper! Carmella

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Ahsoka Returns

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Ahsoka Returns. This week we pit the Heir to the Empire against the Heir of the Jedi to see who comes out on top in a Galaxy far far away. It’s time talk about the new season of Star Wars Rebels AKA Ahsoka. In science we discuss

Flopcast 596 Alfred E Neuman cake

Flopcast 596: Smash the Chicken Patriarchy

Hang onto your milk money, because we’re celebrating National School Lunch Week with a Kornflake Cafeteria Quiz. (Would she eat a Tater Tot? We’re still not sure…) Then it’s time to dive into another issue of Dynamite, the magazine for weird kids of the 70s and 80s. And we’re looking at

Flopcast 595 Peter Gabriel dancing turkeys

Flopcast 595: What Were Those Yetis Up To?

Flopcast episode 595! With our Dragon Con coverage finally out of the way (more or less), it’s time to focus on what really matters: National Microwave Oven Day. Get ready to party, kids. We also have concert reviews on a couple of music legends: Bruce Springsteen (who never made a

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Demolition Time

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Demolition Time. What’s your bogle citizen? This week we inspire Joy Joy feelings by talking about thirty years of Demolition Man. When the future is in trouble you need an old school action hero. In Science we talk to Europa Clipper Dep Science Manager Trina Ray. In

Flopcast 594 DragonCon Twilek waitresses

Flopcast 594: Dragon Con Review Part 3 – Gorilla Noises

Flopcast episode 594! Okay, let’s wrap up our coverage of Dragon Con 2023! (Because come on, if this recap goes on much longer, we’ll have to include Dragon Con 2024…) Kevin and the Mayor of Chickentown (reporting from Maine in the middle of a hurricane) are here to run through

Flopcast 593 Superman and bear

Flopcast 593: Dragon Con Review Part 2 – Stay Away From Aquaman

Flopcast episode 593! Our Dragon Con recap continues, and this time we’re just covering Saturday. While everyone else in Atlanta was out on the street for the big Dragon Con parade, Kevin was hiding in the American Sci-Fi Classics Track room for the ESO Network’s celebration of the 50th anniversary

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Dragon Con Wrap Up 2023

Cigar Nerds Podcast: Dragon Con 2023 Wrap Up. We survived our mission to seek out the Dragon of the Con. We saw brave knights do battle, Transformers rock the house, drank some pie, and about a million Barbie. Tune in a listen to our recap of Dragon Con 2023. We

Flopcast 592 Dire Straits video guys

Flopcast 592: Dragon Con Review Part 1 – The Duck Is Fine

Flopcast episode 592! We have apparently survived Dragon Con 2023, and it’s gonna take THREE episodes to review everything that happened at our favorite annual gathering of 70,000 nerds and/or geeks. This week we’re just covering Wednesday through Friday, including: The amazing costumes of Brandon the Shapeshifter, the muscovy ducks

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