Sword & Podcast

Devon Koren Alley is back on the show to talk about the biggest Netflix show of the past summer, Stranger Things.

A year and a half ago, Juliet Kahn was our guest for INTO IT 20, in which we talked at great length about Steven Universe. So many episodes have aired since then that we decided it was time for a follow up, to talk about all the things we didn't know, character we hadn't met, and things that have changed. So that means Bismuth, the Ruby squad, Peridot the adorable clown, and lots more.

Andrew Ihla is back on the show to talk about the movie he's Twitter-famous for loving, 1990's Gremlin's 2: The New Batch. We dissect the weird complexity of this deeply silly film, and touch on its views and fears of the future and which parts have come true, our memories of its novelization, and the way its satire of Donald Trump turns out to be a far more likable character than the real one. Plus the puppets, the music, and of course Christopher Lee.

Connie Cardwell is back to talk about an '80s movie that's stood the test of time, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The importance of skipping school, how changing technology has affected the high school experience, the importance of Cameron and the creepiness of Mr. Rooney. Also a strong dismissal of that one theory.

Kieran Shiach, co-host of Journey into Misery and Elle's colleague at Comics Alliance, is on the show for a very in-depth discussion of All-Star Superman, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's much-beloved comic of a decade past. The influence of the Silver Age, the nature of Lex Luthor, the importance of Earth Q, and the differences from current continuity are all covered, and more.

Elizabeth Ferguson Keathley returns for the second half of our Sandman discussion. Delirium, Destruction, Hob Gadling, Nuala, Lyta Hall and her secret mom. All this plus a very polite disagreement about Neil Gaiman's post-Sandman career and legacy.

Elizabeth Ferguson Keathley is back to talk about Sandman, the influential '90s comic book by Neil Gaiman and a whole host of artists. This is only the first half of our discussion, and the episode ends more dramatically than any Into It has before. Along the way we discuss the importance of Sandman to our teenage dating lives, the role of mythology in comics, the problem with Wanda, the failure of sex education, and the inspirations for Delirium.

Al Kennedy of the House to Astonish podcast is here to talk about Chikara, the most superheroic of wrestling promotions. Time-traveling band leaders, tons of ants, dark gods and friendly goblins. And all of this is happening in real life, for real.

Megan Nielsen, co-host of the Hard Times Podcast, is back to talk about The Hunger, a film that features Bauhaus, David Bowie, Susan Sarandon, Catherine Deneuve, some disturbing monkeys, a girl with a Jodi Foster quality, a guy on roller skates, London standing in for Manhattan, and hot hot vampire sex.

Into It is back! And so is Elle's goddaughter Aisling, to talk about Nightmare on Elm Street. The first several movies all come up, as well as Cabin in the Woods, Hellblazer, Child's Play, and quite a few other things. Shout out to those Freddy fan girls out there on the internet.