This week Ethan sits down with the fantastic Danielle Moniz to talk about special effects make up and horror films and their time working on Blade: The Iron Cross. We also watch the final Star Wars trailer for The Rise of Skywalker. And much more…

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There was an illness, a thing, then a vacation. So we're taking a week off but HERE IS A TEASER FOR NEXT WEEK'S AWESOME EPISODE!

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This week Ethan, Ari, and Nathan talk about horror movie tropes and how horror films often use them more blatantly than other genres.

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Ethan, Ari, and Nathan discuss portions of nerd culture that they just never liked all that much. And how that is OK.

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This week Chris Gavaler and Nathaniel Goldberg join us to discuss their new book, Superhero Thought Experiments: Comic Book Philosophy

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This week we talk about how art is used as therapy. Nathan, Ethan, and Ari discuss how we use our art to help us work through difficult situations, thoughts, and feelings. We get deep.

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Award Winning Actor Eric Prochnau joins us to talk about acting of all different types. From creature acting voice acting, Eric talks about his journey as an actor and how he approaches the craft.

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Join Ethan, Mick, and Nate as we run interview ALL THE PEOPLE! We talk to Eisner nominated (!) writer and illustrator Laura Lee Gulledge, Prop Master Sam Flippo, Telegraph owner David Murray, and Game Designer Will Spinks returns to chat about comics, games, art, creativity and so much more!

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Today we discuss darkness and and why we are fascinated with it. From Dexter, to Mindhunter, to Hereditary, we cover what it is about the dark side of creativity that draws so many of us...

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Musician, Writer, Card Game Designer, Board Game Designer, and all around jack of all trades Rob Richmond joins us this week to chat about a few of his projects. We had so much to talk about that we had to ask him back!

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