The Captain's Log

Episode 145. For starters, a deep discussion on how to make and eat a sandwich. It gets personal. We yell about the lesser known Green Lanterns and Spider-Man villains, and other pop culture spiders who aren't related to Spider-Man at all. Kyle tries to remember a mysterious compilation CD, Melissa tries to explain Sam Raimi's Darkman. We remember a great drummer and look forward to another novel based on an audio drama.

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Episode 144. We're talking pretzel preferences and debating pig against blanket -- who will you choose?? We also discuss adult snacks of the late 90s, the ideal furniture for your home theater, movie posters to impress your guests, and what if Inception was named Top-Wobblers instead. Kyle reports on the last of the Marvel shows on Hulu and his feelings on the controversial series finale of The Sopranos.

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Episode 143. Adult Swim heard our calls and is making a Venture Bros movie for Blu-Ray release! We're also looking forward to Kathryn Hahn in Knives Out 2, and Kyle reports on his post-vaccine watch of Stumptown. Melissa fears time goblins and dreams of a butler fantasy camp. We learn how many bubbles are in a glass of beer, how big squids are, and cool names for stars.

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Episode 142. We're back to the old classics: talking about cereal, visiting the Mountain Dew fan wiki, and getting excited about Marvel news! Ignacio joins us to discuss the updated Phase 4 slate and theorize about when and how we'll see Galactus. We also discuss snack boards, our dream meals, and what foods we would and would not eat from a vending machine with a robot chef.

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Episode 141. We're joined by writer and podcaster Paul Bae to discuss the inspiration for The Black Tapes and how it joined the rise of audio dramas by sheer luck. We also talk about the variety of emotions in The Big Loop anthology, the teamwork that brought Marvels to life, and the pitching experience for trying to sell audio dramas as TV shows.

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Episode 140. You can put anything in Jello. There are many things you wouldn't want to put in there, but you still CAN. This week we're talking beautiful but puzzling gelatin cakes, big cereal, and fun facts, which are facts that are fun. We also round up some Marvel news and talk about what entertainment genres we'd like to see the MCU try next.

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Episode 139. Kyle and Ignacio update us on the light-hearted feud between the Crossplay co-hosts and Greg Miller, and Melissa tells the story about a lotion that was supposed to be relaxing but now absolutely isn't. We talk about how we'd reboot childhood favorite shows like iCarly, Guts, and So Weird for the modern tech landscape. We also discuss our top podcast apps, the cryptic working titles for movie and TV projects, and Oregon Trailer: Outrun Edition.

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Episode 138. We talk about Jello jingles, a sock full of rice, and trying to exercise. Our main event this week: we ordered variety packs of Japanese Kit Kats and we taste test 16 exciting flavors! We try to guess the contents of packages with no English writing or recognizable illustrations, Kyle takes a stance against matcha, and Melissa longs for pear to join the ranks of other fruit flavors.

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Episode 137. Gino Viteri from Crossplay and his fellow Wild Aces New Network correspondents Matt Batson and Ashley Jordan join us for a special guest-packed episode! We talk about Fan-Controlled Football, the American football league of the future where the audience can pick the players and the strategy, and how these friends got into the stadium bubble to cover their favorite team, the Wild Aces. It started with a trashcan… We also discuss living alongside the movie and TV business in Atlanta, our first AIM screen names, and Gino's recent birthday livestream where he drank a lot of shots and got punched in the stomach in the name of charity.

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Episode 136. Melissa has watched the Snyder Cut and only wants to talk about the scene where Barry Allen puts a hot dog in his pocket. Kyle is still watching his way through the DCEU and has critiques for how Man of Steel compares to Superman comics history, but the new trailer for The Suicide Squad looks promising! We also discuss movies we’d like to see either extended with more footage or edited down to a more direct story, share our conflicting views on powdered sugar, and ask what if sports seasons were more like superhero movie franchises, and then realize that’s just professional wrestling.

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