This week Martin celebrates _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_, which enjoyed its 19 anniversary. He talks about the profound effect _Buffy_ has had on him, both in his writing and on his views on feminism.

Martin's guest this week is the prolifically interesting Christopher Bernard, author of [_ **Voyage to a Phantom City** _](http://amzn.to/1McYalj). Christopher talks about growing both in the country and the city, the difficult task of getting reviews for e-books, and writing about growing into manhood.

Martin and his big brother, Greg, unleash the first installment of "The Unwrappening," a meta-series where they watch a movie and chat about it. For this inaugural episode, Greg shows Martin Eraserhead for the first time.

Martin rides solo this week as he recaps the 88th Academy Awards. He gives his thoughts on the controversy surrounding the lack of diversity, Chris Rock's performance as host, as well as all the winners and losers of the night.

Martin and Chanel sit down to talk about the Best Picture nominees for the 88th Academy Awards. They talk about their favorite movies and make their predictions. Also, Chanel does an Irish accent.

Liz Hersey, Oscar nerd and the pride of Canada, joins Martin to talk about the [**nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards**](http://oscar.go.com/nominees). Liz also shares some intimate information about what she does while watching [**Ben Affleck**](http://static.businessinsider.com/image/524c3750eab8ea9f5654fc6a/image.jpg) in _Dazed and Confused_.

Richard Thomas, author of [**_Breaker_**](http://amzn.to/20PuLWT) is Martin's guest this week. Richard talks about his journey to publication, working with Chuck Palahniuk, and his new literary magazine [**_Gamut_**](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardthomas/gamut-magazine-neo-noir-speculative-literary-ficti).

Martin and his big brother [**Greg**](http://www.birdandgoldfish.com/gm10/) are out on the town, driving around Burbank and recording as they go. They stop for tamales and walk around the mall while they're out, podcasting all along the way.

On October 13, 2015, Martin and Chanel spent 12 hours galavanting around Southern California on their way to see Hozier in concert. And, of course, Martin simply couldn't resist documenting their travels with a podcast.

This week Martin shares the extended version of his conversation on _**[Blondie and the Brit](http://blondieandbrit.podbean.com/e/martin-lastrapes-episode-17-bermuda-or-gotham-city/) **_from January 7, 2016. He also talks about his new YouTube series, [**_The Greg + Martin 10 Minute Chat_** _ **Hour** _](http://www.birdandgoldfish.com/gm10), which he stars in alongside his brother (and sometimes-podcast-guest) [**Greg Lastrapes**](http://www.greglastrapes.com/).