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
Episode 56 – Vengeance (2022)
Find the story before it finds you. This month, we’re joined by Chelsea Rustad chair of the Puget Sound Socialist Party and the author of Inherited Secrets: Memoir of America’s Groundbreaking Genetic Witness to draw thematic connections between seemin...
Fun Size Episode 73 – But, She Has a New Hat! [CLIP]
We’re back with another new Fun Size episode, exclusive for our Patreon supporters! This month, we’re continuing our chat with Kayleigh Casterline, and digging into the intersection of sports, video games and capitalist rent-seeking.
Episode 55 – The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” This month, we’re riddling in the dark and escaping the goblin caves with Kayleigh Casterline and revisiting J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic 1937 fantasy book that introduced readers to the world of … Continue r...
Fun Size Episode 72 – Highway to Heaven, Except He Breaks Peoples’ Fingers [CLIP]
We’re back with a second Fun Size episode this month, exclusive for our Patreon supporters! This time, we’re talking about our undying love for the Denzel Washington Equalizer movies, and how they can be a strangely bloody salve for our … Continue read...
Fun Size Episode 71 – That’s Capitalism, Baby! [CLIP]
We’re back with another new Fun Size episode, exclusive for our Patreon supporters! This month, we’re chatting about the wonder of the public domain and open source software, and how it helps make our show possible and helps create community … Continue...
Fun Size Episode 70 – Selling Diet Pills on Instagram [CLIP]
We’re back in the studio with a new Fun Size episode, now a monthly exclusive for our Patreon supporters! This month, we’re continuing our talk with Kirby Green, for a chat about reality television and the “Am I the Asshole?” … Continue reading →
Episode 54 – Shiver: Selected Stories by Junji Ito
“I am a horror maniac who prefers to stay at home.” This Halloween, we’re chugging down salad oil and hiding from our balloon dopplegangers with returning friend of the show, Kirby Green, and see if our sanity can can survive … Continue reading →
Fun Size Episode 69 – Two Degrees From Luke Skywalker [CLIP]
We’re back with a new Fun Size podcast, now a monthly exclusive for our Patreon supporters! This month, we’re back with Sam Mulvey to get nerdier than we have for a while. Mike takes the rough draft of his new … Continue reading →
Episode 53 – The Blues Brothers
“It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.” This month, we’re getting the band back together with the Station Manager of KTQA 95.3 FM in … Continue reading →
Fun Size Episode 68 – Nobody Gives a Fuck About Rutherford B. Hayes
We’re continuing our chat with Joe Preti, for a deep dive into the topics that really matter. We perhaps spend too much time, dissecting the many pathological lies and shitty behavior of 90s action star Steven Seagal, and we explore … Continue reading ?