Mike Gillis and Casey Doran are joined by a rotating panel of their friends for a warts-and-all look at popular culture. We look at the highs and lows of movies, science fiction, video games, horror, comic books, and everything in between. Think of us as "the McLaughlin Group" for nerds!
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 19 minutes
Fun Size Episode 18 – A Nesting Doll of Weird
We continue our talk with Greg Hatcher and dive into the world of comic books and beyond! We reminisce about Marvel’s 1970s misfit superhero team, the Defenders, and an absolutely batshit tale from writer Steve Gerber that includes stolen brains,
Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 7 – Conan the Barbarian
“Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.” Crom, we have never prayed to you before. We have no tongue for it. Podcasts please you, Crom…so grant us one request: grant us a discussion … Continue reading →
Fun Size Episode 17 – Unforgiven Meets Little Miss Sunshine
We continue our chat with Joe Preti, and give our spoiler-iffic review of Hugh Jackman’s final turn as the mutant superhero Wolverine in Logan. Have we hit peak superhero at the box office? Can a comic book adaptation transcend being … Continue reading →
Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 6 – Batman & Robin
Allow me to break the ice. My name is Freeze. Learn it well, for it is the chilling sound of your doom! We slide into our sculpted rubber bat-suits with Joe Preti of the View from the Gutters comic book … Continue reading →
Fun Size Episode 16 – The Billy Martin Experience
We continue our chat with Kit Laika and Joe Preti, and veer into stories about strange liberties taken during menial high school jobs — and the potential spy thriller plots that can result from them. We talk about the comics … Continue reading →
Episode 29 – Vertigo Comics
“Magic’s just when you trick the universe into believing some incredibly outrageous lie.” Mike and Casey hop into Chas’ cab for a journey to the realm of Dreams, because it’s time to go on a road trip across America. Our … Continue reading →
Fun Size Episode 15 – The Internet Needs to Have Its Mind Blown a Little Less Easily
Mike and Casey continue their conversation with our friend Sean Duncan, and dig into the weird worlds of author pseudonyms and young adult fiction — and the frenzied moralistic panics the latter can provoke. And in the process,
Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 5 – The Last Stand
“Not in his town. Not on his watch.” We’re back, folks. And so is our favorite Austrian ass-kicker. We join our young friend Sean Duncan to dig into Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first starring role in ten years, 2013’s The Last Stand. … Continue reading →
Fun Size Episode 14 – Who Doesn’t Want to See Dwayne Johnson Punch a Hippo?
In a wide-ranging conversation, Mike and Casey talk about whether Jabba the Hutt’s little monkey-rat creature, Salacious Crumb, is a person or a pet, and dig into the sort of bullshit rumors and urban legends that we both fell for … Continue reading →
Hex & Violence Episode 2 – Swamp Folk
“I’m gonna show ya one last trick I picked up offa Cheyenne ‘afore I let you die in the kind of pain no white man has ever known.” In our second episode, Mike and Casey follow professional badass Jonah Hex … Continue reading →