Martin was a guest on [_ **Comics on Comics** _](http://sideshownetwork.tv/podcastsEpisode.cfm?podcastid=50&episodeID=5058), the show where the greatest comic minds meet the greatest minds in comics. He recaps his experience and shares clips from the appearance. He also makes a potentially offensive joke about Han Solo and vitamin D.

In this installment of "The Buffy Chronicles," Martin and Chanel watch the second episode of [**_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_**](https://www.amazon.com/Buffy-Vampire-Slayer-Complete-Season/dp/B000EHSVKK/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=themarlasshop-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=RCGTCLSCPIUI3KV3&creativeASIN=B000EHSVKK): "The Harvest." Martin drools over Charisma Carpenter and Chanel offers to take naked pictures of herself.

Terry M. West, author of [**_Heroin in the Magic Now_**](https://www.amazon.com/Heroin-Magic-Now-Terry-West/dp/1500959499/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=themarlasshop-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=3LPCZ6RKOVNIC3WC&creativeASIN=1500959499), is Martin's guest this week. Terry talks to Martin about his early influences, the undervalued world of independent publishing, and his struggle with substance abuse.

Martin and Chanel kick off the debut installment of "The Buffy Chronicles" by watching "Welcome to the Hellmouth," which is the very first episode of [**_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_**](https://www.amazon.com/Buffy-Vampire-Slayer-Complete-Season/dp/B000EHSVKK/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=themarlasshop-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=RCGTCLSCPIUI3KV3&creativeASIN=B000EHSVKK). They discuss the episode in real time as they watch it, while also getting into other _Buffy_ minutiae.

Martin and his nephew Nathaniel kick off "Movie Time" with [**_Kill Bill Vol. 1_**](https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Bill-Volume-1-Blu-ray/dp/B004SIP8OI/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=themarlasshop-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=GYYH2MXK62OHDAHH&creativeASIN=B004SIP8OI) and [**_Kill Bill Vol. 2_**](https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Bill-Volume-2-Blu-ray/dp/B004SIP8SY/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=themarlasshop-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=QG4K5A5MZMCSHXNY&creativeASIN=B004SIP8SY). Martin struggles to explain spaghetti westerns and autoerotic asphyxiation, while Nathaniel wonders why Uma Thurman wouldn't accept Quentin Tarantino's romantic advances.

[**Janet Joyce Holden**](http://janetjoyceholden.com/), author of the dark fantasy novel _**[Carousel](https://www.amazon.com/Carousel-Janet-Joyce-Holden/dp/0615986625/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=themarlasshop-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=5UDOTNUG26Y4CLNJ&creativeASIN=0615986625) **_is Martin's guest this week. Janet talks about how she got her first book deal, the importance of character development in storytelling, and dealing with negative reviews.

Martin enjoys a lively conversation with his German nephew, Jannis Neunecker, as well as his American nephew, [**Nathaniel Lastrapes**](https://twitter.com/nathanielp2), and his mother, Kathy Lastrapes. Nathaniel tells a dirty joke, Jannis has trouble at the airport, and Kathy talks to the boys about STDs.

"Mr. Wonderful" Rock Riddle talks to Martin about wrestling psychology, meeting "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and his friendship with Sylvester Stallone. He also manages to steal a kiss from Chanel who, as she often does, accidentally interrupts the show.

The original "Mr. Wonderful" Rock Riddle is Martin's guest this week. A professional wrestler since the mid-1970s, Rock talks about a promoter who asked him to break a fan's arm, the old school fraternity of pro wrestling, and how he got "Rowdy" Roddy Piper his first big break.

[**Ani DiFranco**](http://www.martinlastrapes.com/blog/2011/08/ani-difranco) is Martin and Chanel's very favorite recording artist. They discuss Ani's epic and controversial 9/11 poem, "Self Evident," as well as how Ani's pioneering efforts as an independent artist inspired Martin to take his publishing destiny into his own hands.