Frankenstein's Podcast

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

This episode, Kalid and Joe are joined by writer and film-buff, Sunil Patel, in a return stateside with the second western adaptation of Godzilla from 2014, directed by Gareth Edwards!

​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

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Featured Guest:

Sunil Patel is a San Francisco Bay Area writer who has published numerous short stories in anthologies like Asian Monsters and magazines like Asimov’s Science Fiction, had numerous short plays and sketches performed by San Francisco Bay Area companies like Awesome Theater and Quicksand Club, and posted numerous movie reviews on websites like Letterboxd and The Workprint. Read his work at ghostwritingcow.com, and find his reviews for over thirty Godzilla movies at https://letterboxd.com/ghostwritingcow.

References:

Godzilla director Gareth Edwards explains the symbolism of kaiju - io9

Godzilla film 'harks back to Jaws and Alien' - BBC

MPC Vancouver set new standards for creature feature VFX in Godzilla - MPC

Verbathim (new album) by Nemahsis

From (on MGM/Amazon Prime)

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

Control (video game)

Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams (Netflix)

Asian Monsters

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

Kalid and Joe are joined by friend of the podcast, producer, writer and horror buff, Joel H Brewster! We dip into Godzilla's Millennium era with Masaaki Tezuka's 2002 entry, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla.

​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Leitbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

*Shoutout to our Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson!

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Featured Guest:

Joel H Brewster is a producer, writer and avid science-fiction and horror fanatic. He's put his passions to practice in screenwriting a number of⁠ ⁠short films⁠⁠ and promoting weird, obscure and fun horror-themed content through his⁠ ⁠Facebook page⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠⁠. You can find Joel's writings and links to all of his work at his website,⁠ ⁠Westcoast Strange⁠⁠.​​

References:

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Alien: Romulus

Sting

Infested

From

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

This episode, Kalid and Joe discuss Roland Emmerich’s 1998 Hollywood take on the Godzilla franchise. Then, after our chat, suit performer Kurt Carley joins the podcast to chat about his time as the suitmation actor in the Godzilla suit for the film!

​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Leitbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

*Shoutout to our Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson!

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Featured Guest:

Kurt Carley is an actor, producer and suit performer known for his roles in the Underworld franchise, Lady in the Water, and for the suitmation portrayal of Godzilla in the 1998 film - among multitudes of other performances.

References:

GODZILLA Unmade: The History of Jan De Bont’s Unproduced TriStar Film

Man-in-suit, miniatures, mechanics and modern CG: looking back at 20 years since ‘Godzilla’ - Befores & Afters

Batman: Dead End

Crabs!

Consumed

Please Don’t Destroy

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

This week, we're joined by poet, writer, and podcaster Donny Winter to chat about Heisei Godzilla's final outing in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah from 1995!

​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

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*Shoutout to our Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson!

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Featured Guest:

Donny Winter is an award winning LGBTQ+ poet, YouTube blogger, educator, and activist. He is the author of three collections of poems, Carbon Footprint (2020), Feats of Alchemy (2021), and Casting Seeds (2022) and the host of the Growing Up With Godzilla YouTube series/podcast.

References:

Destoroyah (WikiZilla)

Inside Out 2

The Empty Man

Star Trek: Prodigy (season 2 on Netflix)

Charmed

Godzilla 70th Anniversary Comic from IDW (featuring a story from Donny!)

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

This episode, Kalid and Joe are joined by the awesome comic writers and fellow monster geeks, Rosie Knight and Nick Marino to jump into Godzilla’s Heisei era with Kazuki Ōmori’s 1989 take on the franchise, Godzilla vs. Biollante!

​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Leitbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

*Shoutout to our Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson!

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Featured Guest:

Nick Marino has been been writing comics for over 15 years, going from webcomics and self-published minicomics to creator-owned miniseries for the direct market to licensed comics like Transformers and Godzilla. His work has been featured on CBR, WWAC, ComicBook.com, Comics Alliance, Multiversity, Graphic Policy, G-FAN, and many more.

Rosie Knight is an award-winning journalist and podcast host with a focus on the topics that fuel our obsession with pop culture. She co-hosts X-Ray Vision at IHeartPodcasts. You can find her 2500+ bylines at sites like Esquire, The Hollywood Reporter, Nerdist, IGN, Polygon, Women Write About Comics, Den of Geek, DC Comics, /Film, BuzzFeed, and Refinery29. Her published work as an author ranges from acclaimed indie comics to traditional publishing and licensed work. Some of her notable titles include  Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Battra and the upcoming original graphic novel Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp at IDW, The Haunted High-Tops, from Capstone, and The Screen Travelers Guide for DK Eyewitness.

References:

Biollante wikizilla

Godzilla Rivals (comic series)

Monster Island Summer Camp

The Man in the Suit (creepypasta)

Smiling friends

Heart and souls

Inuyasha

Dorohedoro

Mermaid Saga

Drawn & Quarterly

Witch Hat Atelier

Baby Cat

The Lost Boys (1987)

Murder, She Wrote

House of the Dragon

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

This episode, Kalid and Joe chat with legendary VFX artist, Howard Berger, about the 1968 monster rumble flick, Destroy All Monsters, directed by Ishirō Honda.

​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Leitbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

*Shoutout to our Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson!

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Featured Guest:

Howard Berger is a special make-up effects creator & co-founder of KNB EFX. He has worked on over 400 film and television projects. He won an Academy Award for best makeup for his work on the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and an Emmy for his work on The Walking Dead. Look for his new book, Making Monsters, co-authored with Marshall Julius and set to release September 2025!

References:

Masters of Makeup Effects

Couples Therapy on Showtime

Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

MaXXXine 

American Primeval

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

This episode we’re joined by Nicole Praska to discuss the 1964 franchise entry, Mothra vs. Godzilla, directed by Ishirō Honda. Note, we are fully aware of how iconic the music from this movie became to the Godzilla franchise and regret not bringing it up in the episode! It will be discussed down the road!

​​*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Leitbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

*Shoutout to our Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson!

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Featured Guest:

Wife of the podcast and real-life scientist, Nicole Praska, is our recurring ‘ghost host’ who always brings a new perspective to our topics. She currently co-hosts the semi-regular Star Trek podcast,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Deep Space Love⁠⁠⁠⁠!

References:

Mothra vs. Godzilla (wikipedia)

Mothra (wikipedia)

Black and Whites by Big Hit, Hit-boy and The Alchemist

Sundiver by David Brin

Doctor Who

Frankenstein's Podcast presents: KAIJUBILEE! - a celebration of cinema's favorite giant monster, Godzilla, Just in time for the King of Monsters' 70th birthday!

This episode is dedicated to the one that started it all back in 1954, Godzilla, directed by Ishirō Honda. Joining us is Dr. Bill Tsutsui, one of the foremost experts on the Godzilla franchise!

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠!

*Thank you to Jim Tandberg/Grant Hasbrouck for the Frankenstein's Podcast artwork!

Featured Guest:

Bill Tsutsui is an award-winning historian and teacher, frequent public speaker and media commentator, and current president of Ottawa University. He is the author of numerous academic papers and books. He’s frequently consulted by the media as an expert on Godzilla and Japanese pop culture. He’s been featured on the History Channel, CNN, NBC nightly news, NPR, the BBC, and has been quoted in countless publications from the New York Times to Vanity Fair.

References:

How 'Professor Godzilla' Learned To Roar - NPR

Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters

In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage

Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization

Looking Back at the Original Godzilla - The Credits

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Deep Cover

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Kalid and Joe get wrapped up in the Stephen Sommers' 1999 adaptation of The Mummy!

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

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References:

The Mummy: Did Oded Fehr's Medjai Really Exist? - ScreenRant

An Egyptological Review of ‘The Mummy’ (1999) - Nile Scribes

Drake & Kendrick Lamar’s Rocky Relationship Explained - Billboard
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (Prime)

Kalid and Joe are joined by longtime supporter and friend, Jake Kohl, to dig into Bong Joon-ho's 2017 film, Okja.​​

*Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

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Featured Guest:

Jake Kohl is a longtime supporter of the podcast and friend of the hosts. He's a fellow geek and avid gamer whose current passion is running.

References:

Okja: Big Love by Karen Han (Criterion)

FYC: The Visual Effects Behind Okja with Erik de Boer and Method Studios - Awards Daily

Hozier (album)

Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+)

Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy