Atomic Monsoon

Originally aired October 02, 2020.

Andy and Stephanie talk about Andy’s favorite movie of all time! It’s 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, and Robert Patrick. We discuss the movie itself, go over many of the deleted scenes, and discuss our favorite parts.

Originally aired September 25, 2020.

Stephanie and Andy talk about the Star Wars Sequel Series (Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker). Obviously Stephanie likes these movies, but does Andy agree? Tune in and find out! Thanks to our friends at DeaFMRecords.Bandcamp.com for providing our intro music!

Originally aired September 17, 2020.

Award-winning screenwriter Alex George Pickering (Fig, Efrain, Balcony) — who happens to be Andy’s cousin — joins Andy and Stephanie to talk about his film projects both past and future, announces a movie that just got optioned, and a couple semi-embarrassing childhood stories.

Alex George Pickering is an American screenwriter and producer who has pursued a passion for storytelling all his life. Born in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts, Alex earned a B.A. in English with a writing concentration from Georgetown University and an M.F.A. in Cinema-Television Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Alex is best known as the writer of Ryan Coogler’s FIG, as seen on HBO, and as a writer for the animated series SWAMP TALK WITH SHREK AND DONKEY, PUSS IN BOOTS and KUNG FU PANDA for DreamWorksTV. He also wrote USC’s famous Fotokem Gold Award-winning film EFRAIN and was recently honored as a top 50 semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Presently, he is in pre-production on two feature films that he co-wrote with frequent writing partner Matthew Breault. Along with his writing endeavors, Alex also directs documentaries for organizations like LAUSD and LARAEC, and teaches film production and graphic arts in Los Angeles.

Originally aired September 11, 2020.

Andy and Stephanie talk about some of their favorite video games. Games we discuss: Street Fighter (series), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Metal Slug 3, Lego Star Wars Complete Saga, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu, Tetris, Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, Burnout 3: Takedown, Myst, Mutant League Football, Kingdom Hearts II, Codename: Viper, Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: The Video Game, and Mega Man 2.

Originally aired September 03, 2020.

We discuss Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe, the new exclusive-to-Disney+ film based on the Phineas and Ferb cartoon. Stephanie loves this show, but Andy has never seen any of it! What did they think? Tune in and find out!

Originally aired August 28, 2020.

Andy & Steph talk about their favorite crossover episodes. What happens when the Ninja Turtles meet the Power Rangers? WHAT’S So The Suite Life of Hannah Montana? Scooby-Doo met Batman? And WHO IS THE WARRIOR KING!? Tune in and find out!

Originally aired August 21, 2020.

Andy, a lifelong Transformers fan, and Stephanie, a Transformers newbie, take a look at the newest Transformers cartoon. What do they think? How did they feel about it? And how many references to older Transformers things does Andy point out? Find out by listening now!

Originally aired August 16, 2020.

Andy and Stephanie talk about their favorite Internet content creators, including: Markiplier, Game Grumps, Unus Annus, WatchMojo, FBE, CinemaWins, Good Mythical Morning, Nigahiga, Mischeif and Madness, The Odd1sOut, Jaiden Animations, ScrewAttack/CraigSkitz, Cinemassacre/Angry Video Game Nerd, Jeremy Parish/NES Works, Gaming Historian, Technology Connections, Secret Galaxy, Pop rena/Nick Knacks, Chris McFeely’s Transformers: The Basics, The Sisters That Don’t Do Anything, Lucky Us, Balcony: The Web Series, Knowing is Half the Podcast

Originally aired August 15, 2020.

Something a little different this week as Andy interviews “Stuttering” Craig Skistimas, aka CraigSkitz, host of the CraigSkitz podcast and Twitch streams. We talk about Craig’s career from SlamBall to ScrewAttack to GameAttack & RoosterTeeth to his new podcast, and Craig is kind enough to answer some of Andy’s questions he’s wanted to know for years. 

Referenced in this episode: 

Hats Off Media’s interview with Craig on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERQcwT3qEw

Craig discusses the death of ScrewAttack on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3WzDq8cYhM

Craig Skistimas aka CraigSkitz was the co-founder and former owner of ScrewAttack in 2006, a website dedicated to “video games and fun,” where he hosted their podcast SideScrollers for over a decade, pioneered daily video game news videos, and developed the ScrewAttack Gaming Convention, SGC. Later, after ScrewAttack had been purchased by FullScreen Media and merged with RoosterTeeth, Craig, along with other former ScrewAttack staff, began GameAttack, a group of friends who had fun playing video games together. In 2020, Craig left GameAttack and started the CraigSkitz podcast, where he has weekly conversations with friends he’s made in the video game industry over the last 15 years. 

Originally aired August 09, 2020.

Stephanie wanted to talk about acting on stage, but Andy’s only ever been in one play! So we got our friend, Topeka, Kansas-based actor Dané Shobe, to join us! We talk about roles we’ve had, experiences on stage, and we even touch a little bit on Hamilton. All this and more!