On today’s episode, Ashley and Jasmin are joined by Zac and Devon Grubb, hosts of the Hawkins Hellfire Club Collective Podcast! They talk about what the best season of Stranger Things has been so far and whether the Henry/Vecna/001 twist was in the Duffer Brothers' minds from the beginning of the series. They also discuss whether Will was deliberately targeted by the Demogorgon or if he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Enjoy!

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Happy New Year! To kick off 2023, Ashley and Jasmin willbe analyzing the official script for Season 4, Chapter 7: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab. In Part 1 of this series, we provide our initial thoughts and impressions and discuss the similarities and discrepancies between the script and the on-screen final product. We also analyze the relationship between Brenner and Owens, how they treat Eleven, and the importance of improv and how it can improve an actors' performance! Enjoy and stay tuned for Part 2. This is whereit gets trippy, so you won't want to miss it!

'Deadline' Article Featuring Chapter 7 Official Script

In this episode, Ashley gives her State of the Podcast Address and gives a run down of the successful year the podcast has had! This episode includes sound bites from some of Ham Radio's top episodes from 2022 and Ashley concludes the episode by sharing what's next for the Podcast in 2023. This will be Ham Radio's final episode of 2022, but there will be a special episode on Monday, January 2nd so stay tuned for that. Enjoy!

On this episode, Ashley and Jasmin theorize what Stranger Things 5, Chapter 1: The Crawl could be about! They also talk about Karen Wheeler in Season 4, what her role might be in Season 5, and what really caused Eleven to escape the Lab in Season 1. They also discuss a rather interesting theory about Barb. We hope you'll "crawl" through this episode with us! Enjoy!

On this episode, we recap Stranger Things Day 2022 and Ashley delivers a special announcement: Ham Radio now has a co-host! Please join Ashley in welcoming Jasmin Pettie to the Ham Radio family!

On today's episode, Ashley is joined by Jazmyne Lopez, host of the Books Between Sisters Podcast to breakdown the season finale of Season 4, Chapter 9: The Piggyback. They talk about the plan to kill Vecna, Max's "death," the episode's length, and what they think Will Byers' role could be in Season 5. Enjoy!

Note: This episode will be the final 'deep dive' recap episode for Season 4. We will have 2 more episodes in which Ashley discusses the episodes that didn't receive a recap and why. Followed by one giant recap episode in which Ashley will walk through Season 4 from beginning to end.

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On this episode, Robin from the Coffee & Contemplation Podcast joins Ashley one last time to discuss one of Season 4's most climactic and pivotal episodes, Chapter 7: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab. They talk about Vecna's monologue, why the Upside Down is seemingly stuck in 1983 and of course, the big reveal that Vecna, Henry Creel , and test subject 001 are the same person! Enjoy!

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions about violence against children, homicide, and other related acts of violence. Listener discretion advised.

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In today's episode, Ashley goes over some recent Stranger Things 5 news and shares some highlights from Netflix's TUDUM event on Saturday. Enjoy!

Stranger Writers Begin writing for ST5

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ST4 Bloopers

Enola Holmes 2 Trailer (Part 1)

On today's episode, we continue our ST4 recap series with Chapter 6: The Dive. Robin from Coffee & Contemplation joins Ashley once again to talk about Hopper's "last supper," Eleven "diving" into the NINA tank to regain her powers, the Cali Crew's adventures at Suzie's house, and oh yeah, the literal dive Steve takes in this episode amongst other things. Enjoy!

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On today's episode, Ashley is joined by special guest Robin Farrell, one of the hosts of the Coffee & Contemplation Podcast, to discuss Season 4, Chapter 4: Dear Billy. They discuss why this episode is a diamond in the rough and why like Max, the only thing they fear more than being snapped and cracked by Vecna, is spending what is likely their last day on earth in the armpit that is Mike Wheeler's basement! Enjoy!

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