This week our podcast is all about the life of Homer J. Simpson.  We explore the origins of the character and look at some interesting fan theories.  We also chat about South Park: The Stick Of Truth, Arkham Knight, werewolves and vampires, My Chemical Romance, Tom Savini, interfaith Buddhism, giant ancient viruses, and The Beatles relationship with hippies.

42 The Homer J. Simpson Episode, or "Miss Octo-Mom 2014"

A geeky, irreverent podcast about history, comics, games, movies, music, science, mythology, cartoons, and anything else you can think of.  Every episode, Nathan and Craig explore a different topic in-depth, delve into unrelated banter, and look at a few interesting news stories.   Learn something and laugh.  Expicit content.  Don't take it too seriously.

Comedy

Couples Costumes continues on Scare Point!  Craig and Nathan discuss the original alien abduction story -- that of married couple Betty and Barney Hill!  They also chat about the nature of life, the door on Mercury, the face on Mars, Family Fued, Cars 3, Hopparoos, Radioactive Man, Tom DeLong, Adams Song, alien aphrodesiacs, Facebook pokes, Carl Sagan, Hillary Clinton, The X-Files, the Podesta emails, bears, breakfast pastries, made-for-TV movies, songwriters named Ben, and proto-industrial dubcore wave.  Also in this episode -- the thrilling conclusion to "Guy Fawkes, Monster Hunter - The Search For Klaus Trilogy."  Chapter three... "Klaus Encounters of the Third Kind!"  Featuring music by Kevin MacLeod, Darren Curtis, Evo Beats, JosephFunk, BenSound, Classixs Beats, and ThrillShowX.  With sound effects from www.freesfx.co.uk.

117 Scare Point - Betty and Barney Hill

The theme for this year is Couples Costumes, and world famous ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren are the topic of this episode.  Nathan and Craig dissect their most prominent cases and crack jokes aplenty.  They also discuss Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, creepy clown sightings, the Salem witch trials, reality-show ghost hunters, zombies, werewolves, frozen cavemen, de-evolution, Hillary Clinton, Sally Jessy Raphael, Ace Ventura, Ian Malcolm, sports movies, cigarette commercials, and God.  Featuring music by Ross Bugden, MusicByPedro, TheBadAssRecipe, Darkness Prevails, and Kevin MacLeod; and sound effects by juskiddink and http://www.freesfx.co.uk.

116 Scare Point - Ed and Lorraine Warren

Folk musician and feminist icon Ani DiFranco is the topic of today's Fair Point.  Nathan and Craig discuss the life and career of the singer-songwriter-activist.  Also discussed in this episode -- Coheed and Cambria, Gorillaz, PVRIS, Doomtree, Dan Bern, Cyndi Lauper, slavery, file sharing, Mike Judge, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and rap these days.  Featuring music by Gavin Ray, Ross Bugden, Mattia Cupelli, TeknoAxe, MusicByPedro, and Kevin MacLeod.

115 The Ani DiFranco Episode, or "Klaus But No Cigar"

Craig and Nathan are talking about everybody's favorite robot cop, Robocop.  They do the usual Fair Point schtick and review a full character bio, including every movie, TV show, comic book, and video game.  They also discuss Terminator, BB-8, bootleg toys, streaming music services, That 70s Show, Joe Paterno, Dave Grohl, NOFX, Arcade Fire, Kunta Kinte, Rhys Darby, and gender in robotics.  Featuring "8 Bit Robot Dance" by Teknoaxe and "At Launch" by Kevin MacLeod.

114 The Robocop Episode, or "The Life Of Pablocop"

Popular Illuminati hang-out The Bohemian Grove is the topic for discussion this week on the podcast!  One of the strangest and realest topics in the conspiracy theory wheelhouse, Bohemian Grove is the campground where all the most powerful men in the U.S. go to burn effigies to a giant stone owl.  Also discussed -- Bruce Wayne, Arnold Schwarzenegar, Orange Is The New Black, Spy Vs. Spy, and scizophrenia.

42 The Homer J. Simpson Episode, or "Miss Octo-Mom 2014"

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