This week, we're beyond thrilled to bring you Commander Chris Hadfield: retired NASA astronaut, first Canadian to walk in space, phenomenally engaging speaker, and YouTube sensation. We were incredibly privileged to get some time with Chris and chat about the importance of grit and determination (in the face of seemingly impossible odds), the overview effect, how the Journey to Mars can be the next generation's moon landing, becoming a pop culture celebrity while in space, and his upcoming video series for kids.

This week, we talk about the new Life, Animated documentary, which tells the story of Owen Suskind, a young man who showed signs of regressive autism at age 3 when he suddenly stopped speaking. On this episode, we chat with parents Owen and Cornelia about the film, Owen's life, their decision to share his story with the world, Owen's role in making both the book and film, and their advice for parents who may have just received the news that their child is on the spectrum.

Here it is: our Comic-Con recap show! Jamie went to the big show in San Diego this year for the first time in many, many moons, and it was with press badge in hand. On this episode, we share lots of stories about what it was like to attend as press, the opportunities that afforded, and the amazing experiences to be had at Comic-Con.

This week, we have an amazing conversation with Cecil Castellucci, author of many fine books, including Odd Duck, The Plain Janes, Star Wars: Moving Target, and the upcoming Shade the Changing Girl for DC Comics' Young Animal imprint and Soupy Leaves Home for Dark Horse Comics. Cecil has had an incredibly diverse career, and we do our best to touch on much of it - from her days at the Fame high school in New York to her time in an indie rock band to her more recent YA and graphic novel work. We chat about contributing to the Star Wars universe, charting an experimental course with Gerard Way on the brand-new Young Animal books, gender-swapping the character of Shade (who was previously Shade the Changing Man for DC's Vertigo line), and dipping her toes into the world of opera. This one's just a flat-out fun conversation.

This week, we would've gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids, J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen. We're joined by longtime creative partners DeMatteis and Giffen to talk about their newest book from DC - Scooby Apocalypse! On this episode, we chat about Scooby, their longtime collaboration, how the industry has changed since the 70s, creator-owned work, and writing for different formats.

This week on the show, we ask the eternal question. What are we going to do tonight, Brain? And thankfully, Maurice LaMarche swings by the show to provide the one and only answer: The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world! On this episode, we chat about his experiences doing stand-up, getting lost in a character, burping on demand, voices he still can't do, and why Orson Welles was the only choice for Brain.

This week, we get our game on with none other than Reiner Knizia. We chat about his games, the importance of awards (he was just nominated yet again for the children's version of the Spiel des Jahres), the balance of theme versus mechanics, whether playing games is essential to human nature, and what he thinks epitomizes a "Reiner Knizia game."

This week, the 8-year-old in me freaks out as we welcome James Howe to the show. Howe wrote my favorite series of books as a kid, which also happens to be the world's best series about a vampire bunny and his fellow housepets: Bunnicula! Aside from the Bunnicula books, he's probably most well known for The Misfits series of YA novels, which deal with issues of bullying, peer pressure, sexual identity. and breaking out of the boxes that society puts around us. On this episode, we chat about the responsibilities inherent in being a writer for young people, coming out as a children's book author, how to break free of "write what you know," the pros and cons of "work for hire," and his self-proclaimed "worst book ever."

This week, it's a total geekout as we welcome Leland Chee to the show. If you're a Star Wars nerd, odds are you know who Leland is. Unofficially known as the Keeper of the Holocron, he's part of the mysterious Lucasfilm Story Group, and it's his job to maintain a cohesive Star Wars canon. Basically, he's the puppet master of what's official and how it all connects. He knows all. we talk to Leland about LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, his career with Lucasfilm pre and post Disney, Expanded Universe versus Legends, his role in the Story Group, fan entitlement, and what it's like to know everything about the upcoming films. But wait! That's not all! After our chat with Leland, we also talk to The Freemaker Adventures executive producers and show runners Bill Motz and Bob Roth.

This week, we celebrate the return of Voltron with the awesome new Dreamworks/Netflix show Voltron: Legendary Defender. We begin with a roundtable discussion of the show and then share an interview we did with show runners Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery. Form Voltron and enjoy!