You won’t believe this! We have joined the ESO Podcast Network. Established in April 2012, the ESO Network is a podcast network of shows that celebrate a love for pop culture, sci-fi, comics, and all things geek. Your co-host Shawn has been a part of ESO since early 2018. The
In this Halloween Special Episode, Jim reflects on a “vampire” film that greatly impacted him in 1987 – Joel Schumacher’s “The Lost Boys,” starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Hermann, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Giertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Alexander Winter, Chance Michael Corbitt, and Tim Cappello.
Jim looks back at a Stephen King short story adaption celebrating its 40th Anniversary – “Children Of the Corn,” starring Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, Courtney Gaines, R.G. Armstrong, John Franklin, Jonas Marlowe, Robby Kiger, Anne Marie McEvoy, Julie Maddelena, and John Philbin. A fanatical group of children, following a religion
So Long and Thanks For All The Fish is the final episode of the Soul Forge Podcast. While many of you out there didn’t bother to listen, those of you who did are amazing people. We are full of gratitude. We’re better! We’re healed! We are our best selves. The
Indigo Girls Documentary This week Alan, Stephanie and Rob are joined by our good buddy Gerry Schramm (of the Something For Nothing podcast) to review the brand-new Indigo Girls documentary, It’s Only Life After All–a surprising and deeply personal look into “behind the music and off the stage” lives of these two very different but hugely talented artists. We
Madeline and Shane return to help Jim launch the 2024 Halloween Season with a look at the 1984 classic film “Ghostbusters,” starring Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, William Atherton, and directed by Ivan Reitman. Three scientists fight spooks and spirits in
We are finally (mostly) recovered from this year’s Dragon Con, and that means it’s time for our yearly recap! As always, no two Dragon Cons are alike, and 2024 was no exception. From unexpected surprises to familiar traditions, this year’s con had its own unique set of adventures and challenges.
Why we collect is often as interesting as what we collect. A collection can offer life-support over time, a means of trading, a basis for community and communication, a stockpile of wealth, and a mechanism of self-identity. The gathering of resources for survival, health, comfort, or economy is a defining
Flopcast episode 646! Let’s wrap up our look back at Dragon Con 2024, before we have to creep back to Atlanta for Dragon Con 2025! The final two days of our favorite nerdfest included: Sci-Fi Court! (The Mayor defended Beastmaster, and Kevin defended Wonder Woman. But not the Wonder Woman you’re thinking of.) A
Madeline Brumby and Shane Morton (Silver Scream Spook Show) join Jim for a rollicking discussion of the 1939 classic “Son Of Frankenstein,” starring Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, LionelAtwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Donnie Dunagan, Emma Dunn, and Edgar Horton. Wolf Frankenstein goes to the village where his father years earlier
Flopcast episode 645! The Mayor of Chickentown joins Kevin and Kornflake as our look back at Dragon Con 2024 continues! This time we’re covering Friday and Saturday, when the convention was so crowded that we could not have squished one more nerd into Atlanta. Our coverage includes: The Geek Girls
Jim reflects back on the first time he saw Ridley Scott’s 1979 Sci=Fi masterpiece, “Alien,” starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, and Ian Holm. A mining crew traveling in deep space is awakened and told to investigate a distress call from a
