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Christian Basel of The Legend of the Traveling Tardis (https://thelegendofthetravelingtardis.com/) and Rob Levy of the St. Louis Celestial Intervention Agency (https://stlcia.org/) join James for a discussion about Jodie Whittaker’s final episodes as Doctor Who and what is in store for the future of the series. Find more of Rob Levy’s projects at https://anglotopia.net/ and https://modernmusicology1.podbean.com/ 0:00 SEG 1 Christian Basel from The Legend of the Traveling Tardis and Rob Levy from the St. Louis Celestial Intervention Agency talk about Jodie Whittaker’s run as the 13th Doctor and the New Year’s special ‘Eve of the Daleks’. 20:40 SEG 2 Christian Basel and Rob Levy talk about ‘Doctor Who: Flux’. 35:00 SEG 3 Christian Basel and Rob Levy talk about Doctor Who rumors including Paul McGann returning. 43:12 SEG 4 Christian Basel and Rob Levy talk about who could be the 14th Doctor. Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/), Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.disc

Actress Alison Araya talks about landing the role of Amber in the HBO Max ‘Peacemaker’ series and her biggest regret while filming the show. Writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Rick Burchett talk about writing and drawing Peacemaker and Vigilante stories for DC comics back in the 80’s and how crazy it is to see Peacemaker become a mainstream character. 0:00 SEG 1 Actress Alison Araya (https://www.alisonaraya.com/) talks about playing Amber Calcaterra in the HBO Max series ‘Peacemaker’, why she has had so many roles in the superhero universe, creating the character of Amber, the chemistry between her and actor Lenny Jacobson, improving on set, listening to hair metal to get pumped up before her scenes, being an actor while all these streaming services are hungry for content, fanning out when working with Danielle Brooks, and absorbing as much knowledge as she can while on set. 13:38 SEG 2 Actress Alison Araya (https://twitter.com/LaAlison_Araya_) talks about auditioning for her role on ‘Peacemaker’, whether she

0:00 SEG 1 Actor Rory Ross (https://www.theroryross.com/) talks about acting in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, his love of Star Wars starting when he was 6 years old in the children’s hospital, his early plans to become a mechanical engineer, getting the acting bug after playing a chicken on stage, when R2D2 met Jesus, creating the Boba Fett set in a parking lot, filming on the panoramic set called The Volume, how he got the part as a Tusken Raider, and putting out good vibes in order to manifest his next acting gigs 14:40 SEG 2 Actor Rory Ross (https://twitter.com/theroryross) talks about working with Dean Devlin on the show ‘The Librarians’, what it takes to get into character as real people like Lee Harvey Oswald and Chris McCandless, how the Boba Fett stunt work was done, Tusken actors running into each other due to sight limitations, the struggles of breathing when wearing a Tusken costume, the evolution of the Tuskens, COVID protocols on set, which Star Wars actor he’d most love to meet, getting bit by a hors

Composer Kevin Kiner (https://kevinkiner.com/) talks about creating the sound for the HBO series ‘Peacemaker’ (https://www.hbomax.com/coming-soon/peacemaker) and finding out he won an Emmy while at the beach surfing. Actress Jacqi Vene (https://www.instagram.com/jjjacqi/) talks about her roles in ‘Fear Street Part Two: 1978’, ‘The Surprise Visit’, and why she is so good at catching toads. 0:00 SEG 1 Jacqi Vene talks about working with Eric Roberts on ‘The Surprise Visit’ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13362890/), what it’s like playing the meth addict bad guy, studying improv, inviting her crush to see her perform as a 90 year old woman with sandbags strapped to her chest, her favorite genres to act in, what real people she’d love to portray, and her favorite actors and movies when she was growing up. 13:40 SEG 2 Jacqi Vene (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7776965/) talks about being immersed in the 70’s while working on ‘Fear Street 1978’, whether she got nervous auditioning for ‘Fear Street’ and ‘The Surprise Vi

Actor Chloe Traicos talks about starring in ‘Introducing Jodea’, ‘The Righteous Gemstones’, and growing up in Zimbabwe. Actor Nora Arnezeder talks about ‘That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes’, ‘Army of the Dead’, and all the luck that went into being nominated for an Oscar when she was 16. 0:00 SEG 1 - Actor Chloe Traicos (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2081915/) talks about growing up in Zimbabwe, immigrating to Australia, finding her love for movies, a love of romantic comedies, having to act poorly on purpose, and the importance of working with a director you can trust. 12:26 SEG 2 - Actor Chloe Traicos (https://www.instagram.com/chloetraicos_official/) talks about writing ‘Introducing Jodea’ (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/introducing-jodea/id1589300443), acting alongside John Goodman on ‘The Righteous Gemstones’, making the documentary ‘Stranger My Homeland’, not being able to return to Zimbabwe without being thrown in jail, and how the camera affects documentary subjects. 29:02 SEG 3 - Actor Nora Arnezeder

Composer Andrew Lockington (http://www.andrewlockington.com/) talks about the music for ‘The Mayor of Kingstown’ starring Jeremy Renner and Dianne Wiest. Watch the series now on Paramount+ Actor Taylor Gray (https://twitter.com/iamtaylorgray) talks about his film ‘Night Night’ and voicing Ezra Bridger in ‘Star Wars: Rebels’. 0:00 SEG 1 - Composer Andrew Lockington talks about working with Taylor Sheridan to create the sound for ‘The Mayor of Kingstown’ 13:15 SEG 2 - Composer Andrew Lockington talks about creating music by banging on submarines and destroying pianos. (9:27 got quiet) 27:48 SEG 3 - Actor Taylor Gray talks about getting the role of Jax  Davis in the film ‘Night Night’, voicing Ezra Bridger in ‘Star Wars: Rebels’, and whether he would like to play the live action version of Ezra. 42:13 SEG 4 - Actor Taylor Gray talks about the rush of being on stage, performing in Edinburgh, his love of writers, playing sports growing up, collecting Ezra action figures, and his convention plans for 2022. Tha

Comic artist Rick Burchett, Larry Quiggins of Bug's Comics and Games, and writer Ron Marz share stories about prolific comic artist George Pérez (https://www.facebook.com/TheGeorgePerez/). Anthony Pollock (https://twitter.com/anthpollock) calls in from Australia to talk about the Kickstarter for the ‘End of the World Anthology’. 0:00 SEG 1 - Anthony Pollock from Soda and Telepaths calls in from Australia to talk about the Kickstarter for the ‘End of the World Anthology’ (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sodaandtelepaths/producing-the-end-of-the-world-anthology) 15:32 SEG 2 - First, a quick spoiler-free ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ review with James, Larry Quiggins, and Rick Burchett. 21:44 SEG 2 - George Pérez announced his terminal cancer diagnosis recently on social media. The rest of the show is dedicated to celebrating George’s life and career. Rick Burchett talks about dreading having to ink George’s art and Larry Quiggins talks about how kind George is when signing at conventions. 33:39 SEG 3 - B.K. fr

Harry Potter and Doctor Who actor Simon Fisher-Becker (https://twitter.com/fisherbecker) talks about his book ‘Let Zygons Be Zygons’ along with all the radio, tv, podcast, and film projects he’s been working on during the pandemic. 0:00 SEG 1 - Simon Fisher-Becker talks about why every birthday he has is so meaningful, rallying against bullying, having to interview himself during conventions, being commissioned to write his biographical books, how his VLOG and appearing on radio shows and podcasts gave him some structure during COVID, and his documentary about disabilities called ‘Bigger on the Inside’. 14:55 SEG 2 - Simon Fisher-Becker talks about being compared to famous daydreamer Walter Mitty because of his unbelievable anecdotes and touring schedule, experiencing earthquakes and sinkholes, revisiting his Doctor Who character Dorium Moldovar for Big Finish Audio, playing an MI6 agent on ‘The Hawk Chronicles’, plans for retirement, finishing his book ‘Let Zygons Be Zygons’ right before the pandemic, and fi

Actor Josh Keaton (https://twitter.com/joshkeaton) talks about voicing iconic characters such as Spider-Man and Captain America, being on set when he was a little kid, and what all goes into filming a Cameo video for his fans. 0:00 SEG 1-Josh Keaton talks about how soap opera acting is similar to voice acting, being a gamer, collecting toys from characters he’s voiced, the genius design behind Spectacular Spider-Man, the handling of Spidey’s black costume, reading Spider-Man growing up, and having to be sneaky about his Green Lantern research. 19:23 SEG 2-Josh Keaton talks about working on Voltron, whether he likes the ability to record from home, whether his kids care about his fame, voicing different members of the Spider-Man universe, and whether there is bad blood between Disney and Sony when it comes to Spectacular Spider-Man. 38:14 SEG 3-Josh Keaton talks about whether he prefers voice acting to being on-camera, voice matching Chris Evans in Disney+’s ‘What If…’ series, actors who were kind to him when

0:00 SEG 1- Chris McQuillen talks about the December 12th ToyMan Toy Show (https://toymanshow.com/) coming to the Machinists Hall in Bridgeton, Missouri. 11:30 SEG 2-Eleanor Lambert (https://eleanorlambert.net/) talks about her movie ‘Time Now’, the importance of filming in Detroit, what it was like growing up with Christopher Lambert and Diane Lane as parents, and whether acting was what she always wanted to do. 27:03 SEG 3-Eleanor Lambert (https://www.instagram.com/ello_kitty/) talks about how she’d like to see her film career go. 33:56 SEG 4-Mina Sundwall (https://twitter.com/MinaSundwall) talks about the 3rd season of ‘Lost in Space’ streaming on Netflix now, whether the wire work stunts were scary, getting the chance to direct, trying new things without fear of embarrassment, and being a psychology major. Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/) and Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/) Amazon Affiliate Link -   http://bit.ly/geektom

Peter Jessop talks about the Kickstarter for his new animated series called ‘Hard Drive’. Support the Kickstarter by going to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/newwaveshow/new-wave-pilot 0:00 SEG 1- Voice actor Peter Jessop (https://www.peterjessopvoice.com/) talks about the Kickstarter for his new animated series called ‘Hard Drive’ and why it takes $750,000 to create a 22 minute pilot. He also talks about casting the show. 19:57 SEG 2-Voice actor Peter Jessop talks about appearing as Vision in the Avengers cartoon, collecting Marvel comics as a kid, missing out on working with Kevin Conroy, the challenges of voicing video games, Fallout 4, whether his kids are impressed by his job, and getting back in the studio after working all year in his home closet. 38:38 SEG 3-Voice actor Peter Jessop talks about voicing military roles, whether he collects toys based on his characters, and coming up with enough 80’s jokes for 22 episodes and maybe even multiple seasons of ‘Hard Drive’. Thanks to our sponsors Marcus

Gary Jones talks about his prolific film career including working on special effects for ‘Evil Dead 2’ and ‘Army of Darkness’ and of course writing, directing, and producing his latest film ‘Escape from Death Block 13’. Check out the film at https://www.deathblock13.com/ 0:00 SEGMENT 1 - Gary Jones talks about writing, directing, and producing ‘Escape from Death Block 13’, his love for 70’s action films like ‘The Mechanic’ and ‘The Getaway’, why ‘Escape from Death Block 13’ was one of the hardest movies he’s ever worked on, creating the visual effects for ‘The Sandman’, and why improv can make a film feel more real. 14:32 SEGMENT 2 - Gary Jones talks about working on ‘Evil Dead 2’ and ‘Army of Darkness’ with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell AND ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. 24:25 SEGMENT 3 - Gary Jones talks about learning every department on the film set from the ground up and when he decided to attempt writing and directing. 34:33 SEGMENT 4 - Gary Jones talks about the time

Paul, Grant, and Rob from Cloud 9 Comics and More talk about buying people’s comic and toy collections. Visit their website at http://www.cloud9comicsandmore.com/ 0:00 SEGMENT 1 - Paul, Grant, and Rob from Cloud 9 Comics talk about what price collections are going for, what items are currently the most valuable, spotting key comic book issues, and the most popular toys. 20:00 SEGMENT 2 - First producer Joey_Vee reviews ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ and then Paul, Grant, and Rob from Cloud 9 Comics talk about how COVID affected sales of collections, spotting counterfeits, their specific areas of expertise, future movies and TV shows that will affect collectible prices, and the movies they are the most excited for. 52:32 SEGMENT 3 - Paul, Grant, and Rob from Cloud 9 Comics talk about memorable interactions they’ve had with comic book creators and the highest priced books in comics right now. Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/) and Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.disc

Isabelle Engman & Gerardo Garcia Jr. talk about creating the music for The Amazon Original Blumhouse Film ‘Madres’. Check out the trailer at https://youtu.be/GNusqV6dUfY Roman Molino Dunn (https://romanmolinodunn.com/) talks about creating the music for ‘Snakehead’. Check out the trailer at https://youtu.be/JILrh-Ct7ac 0:00 SEGMENT 1 - Isabelle Engman & Gerardo Garcia Jr. talk about creating the music for The Amazon Original Film ‘Madres’, meeting at a scoring program at USC, and why they work together so well. 12:00 SEGMENT 2 - Isabelle Engman (https://www.isabelleengman.com/) and Gerardo Garcia Jr. (https://www.gerardogarciamusic.com/) talk about growing up loving music, their favorite instruments, favorite movie scores, and favorite genre to score. 18:13 SEGMENT 3 - Roman Molino Dunn talks about creating the music for ‘Snakehead’ and why COVID canceling the film festivals ended up working out for ‘Snakehead’. 27:45 SEGMENT 4 - Roman Molino Dunn talks about how other creators discover his work and c

Paula Rhodes, James’ former co-worker and Hazelwood Central grad, talks about becoming a working actor in Hollywood, appearing in the Resident Evil video game series, and coming home to St. Louis to show off her new film ‘Delicate State’ at S.L.I.F.F. Check out the trailer for ‘Delicate Sate’ https://vimeo.com/625660689 Bret Hoffman, the director of marketing for Marcus Theatres, talks about all the cool movies currently out and the most exciting ones coming to theatres soon. He also shares his favorite holiday movies. 0:00 SEGMENT 1 - Paula Rhodes talks about directing and starring in the movie ‘Delicate State’ which will play at the St. Louis International Film Festival at The Tivoli on Saturday, Nov 20 at 2:00pm. Find out what it was like being pregnant while writing, starring, and directing ‘Delicate State’. 10:35 SEGMENT 2 - Paula Rhodes talks about Yuri Lowenthal appearing in ‘Delicate State’, how she found people to appear in the film, and the hardest parts of directing a film. 22:35 SEGMENT 3 - Bret H

Brian Volk-Weiss, the founder and current CEO of The Nacelle Company, the production company behind a new documentary series on The History Channel called ‘The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek’, talks about everything that went into creating the show. Find out more at https://www.history.com/shows/the-center-seat-55-years-of-star-trek 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Brian Volk-Weiss talks about why choosing the narrator is one of the hardest parts of making a documentary and why he had to convince Gates McFadden to be a producer on the show and then eventually the narrator. 10:30 SEGMENT 2: Brian Volk-Weiss talks about why Star Trek documentaries always gloss over certain topics, how Lucille Ball is the mother of Star Trek, and how Star Trek the Original Series almost never got made. 19:08 SEGMENT 3: Brian Volk-Weiss talks about how ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ literally changed his life, crying on set during an interview, and which series he is the least familiar with. 33:18 SEGMENT 4: Brian Volk-Weiss talks about th

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Dre Ellis of Prophecy Comics (https://direct.me/prophecycomics) returns to talk about the Kickstarter for his comic ‘Heavy is the Hand’. Dre talks about how he found the artist for his comic, getting support from strangers via social media, converting his film script to a comic book, and plans to compose the music for the film adaptation. 21:40 SEGMENT 2: Max Casella (https://www.instagram.com/max.casella/) talks the film ‘That Cold Dead Look in Your Eyes’, immediately agreeing to appear in any film his friend Onur Tukel asks him to be in, and how hard it is for indie filmmakers to get noticed nowadays. 36:23 SEGMENT 3: Max Casella talks about his love for theatre even though it doesn’t pay, reinventing himself after playing Vincent "Vinnie" Delpino in Doogie Howser M.D., dealing with rejection, and lending his voice to the Jak and Daxter video games. Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/) and Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/)

B.K., Walt, and Alan from B.K. on the Air simulcast live with Geek to Me Radio to discuss the greatest contributors to the horror genre and rank their top 5 not scary ghost movies. Composer Dan Dombrowsky talks about creating the music for the film ‘The Estate’ starring Eliza Coupe from ‘Happy Endings’ and Eric Roberts from ‘The Dark Knight’. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: B.K., Walt, and Alan from WBHF’s B.K. on the Air joins James live for a Halloween simulcast. The gang gives out awards to the greatest contributors to the horror genre and rank their top 5 ghost movies that are not scary. Follow their show at https://twitter.com/bkontheair 24:09 SEGMENT 2: Daniel Dombrowsky (http://www.danieldombrowsky.com/) talks about composing the music for ‘The Estate’, making music for sociopaths, and whether he misses performing live. 37:01 SEGMENT 3: Daniel Dombrowsky talks about honing his composing skills on every new project and staying productive during covid. Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.c

Larry Quiggins talks about re-opening his beloved comic shop Bug’s Comics (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/). Larry also shares what made him fall in love with comics in the first place and plans for the grand opening October 29th-31st at 1664 Bryan Rd O'Fallon, MO 63368 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Larry Quiggins talks about opening the first Bug’s Comics location back in 1990, teaching theatre, selling and collecting toys, opening his latest Bug’s Comics location, getting into comics as a kid, partnering with his original employee Tim Spakowski, his favorite Batman stories, and plans for the grand opening during Halloween weekend. 15:43 SEGMENT 2: Larry Quiggins talks about how the pandemic has affected prices for comics and toys and how comic book movies and shows affect prices. 30:38 SEGMENT 3: Larry Quiggins talks about his 50,000+ comic collection, how he sources inventory, and dealing with distributors. 44:02 SEGMENT 4: Larry Quiggins talks about how The Avengers Club discount works for frequent buyers and his favor

Jim Ousley, writer of ‘The Atonement Bell’ (https://twitter.com/AtonementBell) and horror obsessive, joins James to review ‘Halloween Kills’. Composer Xav Clarke (https://linktr.ee/xavclarke) talks about working on the cartoon ‘Wolfboy and the Everything Factory’. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Horror-comic writer and friend of the show Jim Ousley (https://twitter.com/JimOusley) joins James to review ‘Halloween Kills’ and to talk about how it connects to past installments in the series, whether the same day release on Peacock affected the box office, and the future of the franchise. 17:50 SEGMENT 2: Composer Xav Clarke (https://www.xavclarke.com/) talks about creating the music for the Apple TV cartoon ‘Wolfboy and the Everything Factory’, auditioning for the job, the importance of performing live, voice acting, working on songs for ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’, and whether time constraints help or hinder his projects. 29:58 SEGMENT 3: Composer Xav Clarke talks about finding the tone for ‘Wolfboy and the Everything Factor