Genuine Chit-Chat

Today is Mike’s birthday so he’s giving you all two episodes from the Patreon Afterthoughts series he does with his wife Megan, these two are from late 2023 and are of the MCU movie The Marvels and a discussion on the first 3 Bridget Jones movies!

Next week will be back to normal, he already has 3 episodes ready to release; one with Jess B Davies and a two-parter with “Superdummy” Paul McGuigan, so keep an eye out for those!

If you want to support the show and get bonus content like this every week, and get early access to episodes, consider supporting on Patreon: www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat 

The last episode of GCC had Alex talking about his move to Canada, the week prior’s episode was part of the Clone Wars Legacy Project and prior to that, Mike spoke with Tony Holt about Invisible Man and it’s relevancy to Black America today, including code-switching and they also make Black Panther comparisons!

Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores for their top 5 small cast movies, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/289237 

Mike also appeared on Spider-Dan’s pod with Megan, talking Princess Diana in Spencer: https://pod.fo/e/2916c6 

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

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Mike & his good friend Alex Hart talk about Alex’s move to Canada, what he likes there and the importance of his current job!

In more detail, Alex talks about why he loves the nature of Canada, before explaining his decade-long journey from England to Wales to Canada, with several trips to Asia & America in-between and why he’s staying in Canada for the time being. Alex open up about his directionless in his youth, how he found ways to work in nature and how that’s culminated into his current role as Camp Director at Easter Seals’ Camp Tidnish in Nova Scotia; “the only fully accessible camp in the province” – this is the perfect conversation for any travellers, lovers of nature or people who may need help in finding a new path in life.

Alex’s IG: @underthepiness (www.instagram.com/underthepiness)

Easter Seals’ Camp Tidnish Site: https://easterseals.ns.ca/camp-tidnish

Alex’s previous GCC appearances: 226 (Top 2023/4 Movies), 77 (2019 Movie Roundup), 37 (Nature), 10 (2017 Movies) 3 (Underrated Movies).

If you want to support the show, get bonus content every week and get early access to episodes, support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat  

The last episode of GCC was part of the Clone Wars Legacy Project and prior to that, Mike spoke with Tony Holt about Invisible Man and it’s relevancy to Black America today, including code-switching and they also make Black Panther comparisons! The week before, Douglas Vincent was on, speaking about his Star Wars journey from 1977 to the Disney era and prior to that was the return of Gough of Beernuts Productions!

Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores for their top 5 small cast movies, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/289237  

Mike also appeared on Spider-Dan’s pod with Megan, talking Princess Diana in Spencer: https://pod.fo/e/2916c6  

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Please review/rate, subscribe and share – it helps the show out an incredible amount!

Clone Wars Conversations continues with the Legacy Multimedia Project, where content was released from unused Clone Wars episodes following the show’s cancellation in 2014, and in this episode Dave, Maff & Mike delve into the 4-issue comic series Darth Maul: Son Of Dathomir!

In detail, this comic centres around Darth Maul after his capture by Palpatine/Sidious in the fifth season of the Clone Wars following his Mandalore-takeover, noting his torture, escape and the eventual plot that unfolds around Dooku and Mother Talzin, set before the events of Season 7. Our trio discuss each issue in-depth, provide additional context & lore, and talk about how much they enjoyed the comics and if they’re necessary for the overall story of The Clone Wars.

Darth Maul: Son Of Dathomir was written by Jeremy Barlow with penciller Juan Frigeri, inker Mauro Vargas and colour artist Wes Dzioba, and was published by Dark Horse in 2014 and re-published by Marvel in 2017.

The next 2 releases will continue the Clone Wars Legacy project, with the four unfinished episodes of the Utapau Crystal Crisis next (watch them here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdaXc2wzwv4&t=100s) and finishing with the Dark Disciple novel featuring Quinlan Vos & Asajj Ventress! Once completed, the trio will move onto the final (seventh) season of The Clone Wars!

For the every previous episode of Clone Wars Conversations, click here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8Y79aRWUxSWwdy3eyNrbXBl  

Mike reviewed every episode of Skeleton Crew with different guests on each ep and Maff & Dave even made appearances: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k00J2aTz5zk&list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8a4NYrwlxivElA2QpTXTpIM

The trio have all featured in episodes of JAC’s Back to The Filmography podcast, on season 2 to talk about Matthew McConaughey! Dave talks about Dazed & Confused, Maff does Angels In The Outfield and Mike does Glory Daze! Listen to BttF anywhere you find podcasts: https://podfollow.com/1686261095    

Dave, Spider-Dan & Max Byrne speak about the X-Men Age Of Apocalypse comics in their new series on Comics In Motion: https://pod.fo/e/2aa97e

Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores for their top 5 small cast movies, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/289237  

Mike also appeared on Spider-Dan’s pod with Megan, talking Princess Diana in Spencer: https://pod.fo/e/2916c6  

Maff is @MaffUK78 on Twitter and recently spoke about Conan comics on 20th Century Geek here: https://pod.fo/e/277fbc and spoke about the TMNT story The Last Ronin on Indie Comics Spotlight here: https://pod.fo/e/24c64a

You can find Dave on Threads @davehorrocks, or the podcasts Comics In Motion, the VHS Strikes Back: https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesback and Chris & Dave’s Reality TV Cast: https://anchor.fm/cdrealitycast

A few weeks ago on Genuine Chit-Chat & Comics In Motion, Mike interviewed Charles Soule & Ryan Browne about their upcoming Lucky Devils comic! Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/291d48 or watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/K4sUI_zU9L4

Mike has been involved with many other Star Wars podcasts, including interviewing several Star Wars authors; find these wherever you are listening; on any podcast app or YouTube!

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Mike is all tied up this week, so here are three episodes from his Patreon with Afterthoughts with Megan, reviewing Tarzan (1999), Inside Out 2 and Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo!

If you want to support the show and get bonus content (like this) every week and get early access, support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat

The last episode of GCC had Mike speaking with Tony Holt about Invisible Man and it’s relevancy to Black America today, including code-switching and they also make Black Panther comparisons! The week before, Douglas Vincent was on, speaking about his Star Wars journey from 1977 to the Disney era and prior to that was the return of Gough of Beernuts Productions!

Mike’s Recent Guest Spots:
Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores for their top 5 small cast movies, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/289237 

Mike recently appeared on JAC’s Back To The Filmography podcast, tune in here:  https://pod.fo/e/28e32e

Mike also appeared on Spider-Dan’s pod with Megan, talking Princess Diana in Spencer: https://pod.fo/e/2916c6 

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat 

Intro & outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

Don’t forget to share and review the podcast, it helps more than you know!

Mike is honoured to welcome Anthony D Holt Jr (Tony Holt), to talk about the relevance of Ralph Ellison’s 1962 novel Invisible Man to today’s society, what we can learn and why Tony wrote an essay comparing it to Black Panther!

You don’t need to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison to understand what is discussed in this conversation (although it will bring additional context), as the duo talk about code-switching, the power of understanding someone else’s perspective, identity (both cultural and individual) and Tony’s essay comparing Invisible Man to the 2018 Black Panther run by Ta-Nehisi Coates from Comics Lit Volume 1. Mike & Tony also talk about Tony’s home city of Detroit, other works by Ellison and so much more – this conversation is important to every person on this planet.

Although Tony doesn’t have social media, you can find his notable releases and podcast appearances at https://linktr.ee/tonyholtjr

Tony mentioned a few things in this conversation, including;
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2018 Black Panther run; The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda and his book Between the World and Me.
Detroit: I Do Mind Dying, A Study In Urban Revolution by Dan Georgakas & Marvin Surkin.
The podcast The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway.
The Detroit-based producer J Dilla and the book about him called Dilla Time by Dan Charnas – since recording, a street in Detroit was officially renamed J Dilla Street, details here: https://hiphopdx.com/news/j-dilla-street-renaming-detroit-common-questlove

Find Comics Lit Volume 1 on Amazon or at the below link, you get 10% off with code 4HP10 at checkout (& don’t forget to review): www.accomplishinginnovationpress.com/product/comics-lit-vol-1

Mike also spoke about Comics Lit Vol1  in full with Tonya Todd and Tony Farina in episode 250 of Genuine Chit-Chat!

The conversation that sparked Mike picking up Invisible Man was an episode of Tonya Todd’s Banned Books Conversations, found on the podcast feed of the Femme On Collective or here: https://youtu.be/eTdFuragMug?si=yHRxLxILsGkwO2TA

The last episode of GCC was Douglas Vincent speaking about his Star Wars journey from 1977 to the Disney era and prior to that was the return of Gough of Beernuts Productions!

If you want to support the show and get bonus content & early access, please support on Patreon for at least one exclusive bonus episode every week: www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat

Mike’s Recent Guest Spots:
Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores for their top 5 small cast movies, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/289237 
Mike recently appeared on JAC’s Back To The Filmography podcast, tune in here:  https://pod.fo/e/28e32e
Mike also appeared on Spider-Dan’s pod with Megan, talking Princess Diana in Spencer: https://pod.fo/e/2916c6 

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat 

Intro & outro read by BZ The Voice: http://bzthevoice.com

Don’t forget to share and review the podcast, it helps more than you know!

GCC welcomes Douglas Vincent; the third member of the Douglas Vincent DID System to speak with Mike, but this time we’re taking a break from speaking in-depth about DID and are just nerding out about Star Wars, in two parts!

This week, in part 1, Doug & Mike start by speaking about Douglas’ first experience with Star Wars and recalling memories of his childhood, including watching half a recording of Empire Strikes Back on VHS! The conversation then steadily leads into the modern era, as Doug explains his experiences with the Prequel Trilogy, plus the duo discuss “The Dark Years” of Star Wars (when barely anything was being released), followed by the steady release of books and comics following the Heir To The Empire trilogy.

In part 2 (out next week, or available now on Patreon) Doug gives his thoughts on the Sequels. Following this, they talk about Canon and Legends comics & books, including Aphra and the many crossover events in the 2020 main Star Wars run. Towards the end, Doug talks about lessons within Skeleton Crew (no spoilers) and addresses people’s thoughts about characters some believe have DID traits.

For an in-depth introduction to Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder), listen to episode 235 of GCC, from June 2024 where Mike spoke with Leyna: https://pod.fo/e/2430ed  

And in episode 248, Mike speaks with Louise who continues the DID discussion and shows how the MBTI personality test helped the alters of their system: https://pod.fo/e/2806aa

DID Resources: https://did-research.org – https://did-research.org/did/history/index.html – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4959824

Find Douglas, Leyna & Louise on X: @dougvincent1138 and subscribe to their Substack here: https://substack.com/@dougvincent1138

The last episode of GCC saw the return of Gough of Beernuts Productions for his yearly visit and prior to that were some Clone Wars Conversations and an interview with Charles Soule & Ryan Browne regarding their new comic series Lucky Devils!

If you want to support the show and get bonus content & early access, please support on Patreon for at least one exclusive bonus episode every week: www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has now finished and Mike discussed episodes each week with a variety of guests; listen on the podcast feed of Comics In Motion: https://pod.fo/e/29e526, or watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7tRGqIoEl0

Mike’s Recent Guest Spots:

Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores for their top 5 small cast movies, listen here: https://pod.fo/e/289237 

Mike recently appeared on JAC’s Back To The Filmography podcast, tune in here:  https://pod.fo/e/28e32e

Mike also appeared on Spider-Dan’s pod with Megan, talking Princess Diana in Spencer: https://pod.fo/e/2916c6 

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat 

Don’t forget to share and review the podcast, it helps more than you know!

Mike & Megan were in America for a month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more!

In this release, M&M talk about their first 2 days at Disneyworld Florida, which included most of the main rides at Magic Kingdom, the closing ceremony, and then Hollywood Studios the following day, mainly being at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge where M&M ate Star Wars food, built lightsabers, went on all the rides and talk about their fully immersive experience – next episode will be EPCOT and Magic Kingdom!

Find Megan @GrittsGetsFit on Instagram and find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat – both M&M uploaded numerous photos from their travels to their Instagrams so make sure you check those out too!

The last few weeks have been a variety of different releases; last week was M&M’s time in Universal, California & Florida, prior to that was the final episode of Clone Wars Conversations for season 4 of TCW, the weeks before detailed the first two parts of Mike & Megan’s trip (The Vegas Wedding and time in Yosemite National Park) and before that were two movie reviews (previously only for Patreon supporters) and their review of Deadpool & Wolverine!

Guest Spots:
Mike was a guest on the first episode of Tonya Todd’s 2024 Edition of the Banned Books Week Podcast, he talks about the banned book Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret with Tonya and two guests! Listen on the Femme On Collective or Comics In Motion, or watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=dEI7pUDUYrk

Mike & Megan recently appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about District 9 for Alien Month! Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/24f513

Mike & Megan recently guested on Chris & Dave’s Reality Cast, on the first week of Love Island: https://pod.fo/e/24596f

Mike, Megan, Dan & Ria return for Disney Discussions 12, to talk about The Rocketeer & Condorman: https://pod.fo/e/2413fd

Mike & Megan were on Back To The Filmography, talking Meg 2 with JAC: https://pod.fo/e/250f89 

Mike & Tonya Todd on Mandatory Music & CD talking Rage Against The Machine: https://pod.fo/e/250335

Megan was also on episode 232 of GCC to talk about dog behaviour with Paige and was on ep 228 to talk Vegas with Chris!

You can listen to all episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat or Star Wars: Comics In Canon on their usual podcast feeds, or watch the video versions at https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat!

Mike & Megan were in America for a month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more! Mike rambles in the intro until around 4 minutes 30, so skip ahead if you want to get right into the conversation!

In this release, M&M talk about the end of their second week in the USA and the start of their third, where they stayed in Bakersfield for a few days with friends of the podcast Chris & Alyse Braaten, eating plenty of tasty food and going to some cool local places, the duo then left the Braatens and went to LA, to go to Universal Studios (which they speak about at length) before finishing off LA with a meal with another friend of the pod; Melissa Humphreys, before staying in a dodgy motel, flying to Florida, meeting Tony Farina and going to the Medieval Times experience!

Chris Braaten was on episodes 131 and 152 of Genuine Chit-Chat!
Tony was also mentioned, he & Mike have done several collaborations together, but most recently he was on episodes 219, 222 and 237 of GCC.

Find Megan @GrittsGetsFit on Instagram and find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat – both M&M uploaded numerous photos from their travels to their Instagrams so make sure you check those out too!

The last few weeks have been a variety of different releases; last week was the final episode of Clone Wars Conversations for season 4 of TCW, the week prior detailed the first two parts of Mike & Megan’s trip (The Vegas Wedding and time in Yosemite National Park) and before that were two movie reviews (previously only for Patreon supporters) and their review of Deadpool & Wolverine!

Guest Spots:
Mike was a guest on the first episode of Tonya Todd’s 2024 Edition of the Banned Books Week Podcast, he talks about the banned book Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret with Tonya and two guests! Listen on the Femme On Collective or Comics In Motion, or watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=dEI7pUDUYrk

Mike & Megan recently appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about District 9 for Alien Month! Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/24f513

Mike & Megan recently guested on Chris & Dave’s Reality Cast, on the first week of Love Island: https://pod.fo/e/24596f

Mike, Megan, Dan & Ria return for Disney Discussions 12, to talk about The Rocketeer & Condorman: https://pod.fo/e/2413fd

Mike & Megan were on Back To The Filmography, talking Meg 2 with JAC: https://pod.fo/e/250f89 

Mike & Tonya Todd on Mandatory Music & CD talking Rage Against The Machine: https://pod.fo/e/250335

Megan was also on episode 232 of GCC to talk about dog behaviour with Paige and was on ep 228 to talk Vegas with Chris!

You can listen to all episodes of Genuine Chit-Chat or Star Wars: Comics In Canon on their usual podcast feeds, or watch the video versions at https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat!

Clone Wars Conversations continues with the third & final part of Season 4 “Battle Lines” (episodes 19-22)! Dave, Maff & Mike have split this season up into 3 so the trio can discuss certain arcs and individual episodes of The Clone Wars in more detail to make this Clone Wars companion podcast even better!

In this episode, the trio discuss the 4-part arc with episodes Massacre, Bounty, Brothers and Revenge. These episodes are centred around the Nightsisters of Dathomir, Savage Opress finding (Darth) Maul and Asajj Ventress finding her way in the universe, while Obi-Wan is pursuing on Maul & Opress. Dave, Maff & Mike talk about these episodes that are far more mature than prior episodes, while delving deeper into the involved characters & galactic events, all with some lore/trivia sprinkled in!

Clone Wars Conversations has been releasing monthly since January 21st 2024 on the usual podcast feeds & YouTube (eps 221, 225, 229, 233, 236, 238 & 241 of GCC): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcO1Ib_BGD8Y79aRWUxSWwdy3eyNrbXBl

Maff is @MaffUK78 on Twitter and recently spoke about the TMNT story The Last Ronin on Indie Comics Spotlight here: https://pod.fo/e/24c64a, plus he did a spider-related podcast with Spider-Dan here: https://pod.fo/e/22733f

You can find Dave on Twitter @SeattleDojos, or the podcasts Comics In Motion, the VHS Strikes Back: https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesback and Chris & Dave’s Reality TV Cast: https://anchor.fm/cdrealitycast – Dave recently guested on several episodes of X-Amining X-Men ’97 on Comics In Motion!

Mike, Dave & Tonya Todd on Mandatory Music & CD talking Rage Against The Machine: https://pod.fo/e/250335

Mike has been involved with many other Star Wars podcasts, including interviewing Mike Chen on episode 234 of GCC, found here: https://pod.fo/e/23d985 & https://youtu.be/pQA0QvC5qa0

Find Megan @GrittsGetsFit on Instagram and find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat – both M&M uploaded numerous photos from their travels to their Instagrams so make sure you check those out too!

The last few weeks have been a variety of different releases; the previous two episodes were about Mike & Megan’s month in America, prior to that were two movie reviews (previously only for Patreon supporters), their review of Deadpool & Wolverine, the week before that was Clone Wars Conversations Season 4 Part 2 with Dave and Maff, and the week before that was the fourth episode of Mike & Megan’s Monthly M&M show where they talk about Cartoons (submitted by Maff), specifically from their childhoods!

Guest Spots:
Mike & Megan recently appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about District 9 for Alien Month! Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/24f513

Mike & Megan recently guested on Chris & Dave’s Reality Cast, on the first week of Love Island: https://pod.fo/e/24596f

Mike, Megan, Dan & Ria return for Disney Discussions 12, to talk about The Rocketeer & Condorman: https://pod.fo/e/2413fd

Mike & Megan were on Back To The Filmography, talking Meg 2 with JAC: https://pod.fo/e/250f89 

Find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat    

Mike & Megan were in America for a whole month and recorded numerous podcasts while out there, talking about their experiences in Vegas, Yosemite, Bakersfield, Orlando with theme parks and more!

In this release, M&M talk about their second week in the USA, where they spent their time in Yosemite National Park and the nearby town of Oakhurst! They started with a breather after Vegas, before embarking on a 4 hour hike up to Wawona Point (within Mariposa Grove), the following day they ventured to Bass Lake, before going to Yosemite Valley on day 3 – they drove in & out of Yosemite and were staying in a trailer, surrounded by nature, for 5 nights and loved their time there!

Find Megan @GrittsGetsFit on Instagram and find all of Mike’s social media & other links at https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat – both M&M uploaded numerous photos from their travels to their Instagrams so make sure you check those out too!

The last few weeks have been a variety of different releases; last week was part 1 of their trip; The Vegas Wedding, but prior to that were two movie reviews (previously only for Patreon supporters), their review of Deadpool & Wolverine, the week before that was Clone Wars Conversations Season 4 Part 2 with Dave and Maff, and the week before that was the fourth episode of Mike & Megan’s Monthly M&M show where they talk about Cartoons (submitted by Maff), specifically from their childhoods!

Guest Spots:
Mike & Megan recently appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about District 9 for Alien Month! Listen here: https://pod.fo/e/24f513

Mike & Megan recently guested on Chris & Dave’s Reality Cast, on the first week of Love Island: https://pod.fo/e/24596f

Mike, Megan, Dan & Ria return for Disney Discussions 12, to talk about The Rocketeer & Condorman: https://pod.fo/e/2413fd

Mike & Megan were on Back To The Filmography, talking Meg 2 with JAC: https://pod.fo/e/250f89 

Mike & Tonya Todd on Mandatory Music & CD talking Rage Against The Machine: https://pod.fo/e/250335

Megan was also on episode 232 of GCC to talk about dog behaviour with Paige and was on ep 228 to talk Vegas with Chris!

Although Star Wars: The Acolyte finished a while ago, Mike spoke with a variety of people for their thoughts on this incredibly divisive show, including a 2.5 hour discussion Mike had with Angry Andy for the finale! You can listen to all episodes the Comics In Motion or Star Wars: Comics In Canon podcast feeds, or watch the video versions at https://youtube.com/GenuineChitChat!