Shining a Light On the Failed Dark Universe
Almost a century before the MCU, Universal Studios and its monster properties had a shared universe. Hell, they even shared it with Abbott a...
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Wizard and the Bruiser
Holden McNeely and Jake Young are your guides on a psychotropic journey into the secret origins of nerd culture. Fill your ears with education each week as the hosts tackle subjects from the...
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20 of 544 episodesWhy "The Monster Mash" is America's Spooky Anthem
There are hundreds of Christmas songs that we're about to be bombarded with for the last two months of the year but for some reason there ar...
Why Are Comedians Making Horror Movies Now?
The big communal belly laughs we used to hear in theaters have now been traded for blood curdling screams as folks with comedy backgrounds l...
The Rough But Rewarding Journey of John Stewart, Green Lantern
John Stewart was created with the best of intentions by two white guys named Neal and Denn to add some actual color to the very white DC Com...
Is There A Good Wolverine Game?
Jake takes the boys through a brutal tour of Wolverine's solo video game past and play through some real Weapon Excrement as they discuss ga...
Somehow, The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Returned
It's been more than a decade since Disney took over the world's favorite space opera. Having already cast our gaze at the PREQUEL trilogies...
Pop Culture Right Before 9/11
The tragedy that was 9/11 changed everything so much that it’s hard to remember what things were like right before. Thankfully Jake is here...
The Self Slaying of Joss Whedon with Jackie Zebrowski
Joss Whedon was a nerd God with quirky quips, inspiring world building, and positive portrayals of female characters. But unfortunately that...
Saturday Morning Cartoon Tier List
Summer is almost over which used to be mean 2 things: The start of school and a new season of Saturday morning cartoons. But hey, they were...
An Intro to Bond. James Bond.
From a gun toting glint in Ian Fleming's eye to a global box office sensation James Bond has been drinking vodka martinis and making bad pun...
The History of Beat ‘em Ups
Crack open a bottle (over a dumb thugs head) and get yourself a whole steaming chicken from a barrel cause we're talking Beat 'em Up video g...
An Ode to Physical Media
Jake leads us through a tribute to physical media! Memories of VHS horror box art! The heyday and resurgence of vinyl! The reliance (and obl...
Do Physical Games Still Matter?
In the wake of Sony saying physical games are DOA our hosts wonder if this is really that bad of a thing.Is this just the future of gaming a...
Cyclops, The Least Loved Most Popular Member of the X-men
He's the best there is at what he does and what he does is stoically scold people while blasting people with his concussive eye beams! Cyclo...
Jake’s Anime Club Presents Witch Hat Atelier Season One
Jake is our Qifrey as he takes Holden and Mike through the gorgeous world of Witch Hat Atelier, based on the manga by Kamome Shirahama. So m...
The Never Ending Fight We Wish Would End: Female Protagonists in Video Games
Independence Day just happened and what better way than to focus on those people who use their freedom to complain about lady characters in...
The Summer of CM Punk or How I Learned to Love Wrestling Again For 3 Weeks
Yeah, it's the wrestling episode of the year. The first one. And sure you may go into the comments and complain that there's a ton of wrestl...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Knockoffs
It's very appropriate that one of our cohosts has a show called Cartoon Dumpster cause boy did we pull some rotten stuff out of it this week...
Blue Dot Fever and the Fight Against Ticketmaster
It's not in your head and yes inflation is real but ticket prices have indeed kept climbing for years. One company has a monopoly on the ind...
Remembering When He-Man Had the Power
For about the majority of Reagan’s presidency He-Man was the master of the toy aisle. Concocted by Mattel, aided by the synergy of a cartoon...