This On That

Josh McDermitt (THE WALKING DEAD, LAST COMIC STANDING) comes on the show to get all of his woes about texting off of his chest. We get into the dangers of texting and driving, group messages, communication/miscommunication, technology, sarcasm, insurance, and the idea of what life could be like if you just put your cell phone down for long periods of time.

• From One Second to the Next - full film
• Aziz Ansari - Making Plans with Flakey People
• Distracting Driving Research
• Thought Stopping
• Jane Wants a Boyfriend
• The Power of No
• Podcast of Two Worlds
• Josh McDermitt on Twitter @JoshMcDermitt

Paul Sloan (I AM WRATH, VIGILANTE DIARIES), a diehard comic book lover and all around tough guy comes into the recording booth to talk about the ground breaking graphic novel WATCHMEN by Alan Moore and the film adaptation by Zack Snyder. We get in deep about both the graphic novel and the movie, about Zack Snyder as a director, comic books, society, the 1980s, the Smashing Pumpkins, what makes us human and beg to ask the question: who watches the Watchmen?

• Watchmen
• Watchmen (film)
• Dawn of the Dead Trailer
• Zeitgeist by The Smashing Pumpkins
• Captain America: Civil War
• Holy Terror
• Superman: Red Son
• Powers
• Jack Bauer
• Ted Kaczynski
• Sex Criminals
• STARZ Shows: Blunt Talk and Black Sails
• We3
• I Am Wrath
• Paul Sloan on Twitter @PaulieSloan

Our first repeat episode! With presidential elections heating up as November fast approaches we thought we should repeat the episode with our Hamilton and Soccer loving friend Franklin Leonard as we discuss Presidential Elections. Enjoy!

Musician Joe Sumner (FICTION PLANE) comes over to the studio to geek out about GAME OF THRONES with Mike and Chad. We get into MANY theories, talk John Snow, should you read the books, what characters do you root for, and answer the age old question: what house are you?

• Game of Thrones on Wikipedia
• A Song of Ice and Fire on Amazon
• Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World trailer
• Full Metal Alchemist on Wikipedia
• Batman's Parents Dying: The Supercut
• The Simarillion
• SNL explains the Nudity in Game of Thrones
• Game of Thrones/Brady Bunch opening
• Growing Up Brady
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens is Still in Theaters
• The Castle
• Mondo Lumina by Fiction Plane on iTunes and on Amazon
• 'Where Do We Go From Here' Music Video
• Joe Sumner on Twitter @Zepzomer

It is a very special episode of This on That with artist, comedian, and actress Daisy Faith records with Mike and Chad way back in the summer of 2015. We we are all way younger back then and it shows, but it doesn't mean we can't get romantic! We into what makes a romantic comedy, what works and what doesn't work, and how they have lied to us our entire lives and helped us to love and subsequently break out hearts.

• Happyish
• Modern Romance
• DaisyFaith.com
• Daisy Faith on Twitter @DaisyFaith

It's a very special episode because it is a CROSSOVER EPISODE! We have Natalie Curfman and Matt Acevedo form the Cold Read Radio podcast come on This on That to talk about Innocence. We get into sex, technology, death, Natalie's bad ass dad, and Mike's special nickname.

You can also go to Cold Read Radio's podcast to hear Chad and Mike guest on their latest episode. If you love podcast syngery and crossover episodes, you will love this crossover event.

• Dirty Dancing play
• Snow Bunny
• Parents and Video Prankster Lure Teens on Facebook for Scary Lesson
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) as seen on the The Wonder Years
• South Park episode 'Proper Condom Use'
• The Good Dinosaur
• Where Did You Sleep Last Night on Cover me Songs

Heather Mason (Geek & Sundry, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls) comes into the studio to talk about reactions about one of the biggest movies in history - Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens. We get into our favorite couples, talk about our favorite characters, typical responses and theories, and get into a discussion about how people talk about Star Wars. May the Force be with you!

• Star Wars VII: the Force Awakens
• The Internet Has Decided On It's Favorite 'Force Awakens' Couple
• Emo Kylo Ren on Twitter @KyloR3n
• No, Rey From 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Is Not A Mary Sue
• 'Star Wars' Monopoly adds main character after #WheresRey movement
• Are These 'Avengers' Toys Sexist For Replacing Black Widow With Captain America?
• Saturday Night Live's Star Wars Toy Commercial
• Flutter by Jennie Wood
• Our Engineer Dustin Loomis on Twitter @Dustinloomis
• Heather Mason on Twitter @NerdHeather

Director, writer, and actor Patrick Brice (CREEP, THE OVERNIGHT) joins Mike and Chad in the studio for a spiritual season finale of This on That. We get into talking about how his own films have fared criticism, improv shows, movies and TV shows, bad amazon reviews, and flashlight apps. We have assurances from Patrick that his parents will be listening, so we hope we do a good job. 

• Chiraq
• Creep and The Overnight by Patrick Brice
• SCAAD
• Roger Ebert
• Sylvester Stallone's Could Join Exclusive Oscar Company with 'Creed' Nomination
• Manohla Dargis
• Richard Brody
• Togetherness Season 2 Trailer
• Amazon Movie Reviews on Twitter
• Tell Me You Love Me
• Life Itself
• Barista on iTunes
• Review
• Manny Farber's White Elephant Art and Termite Art
• Nathan for You
• USD to CAD converter
• Patrick Brice on Twitter @Patrick_Brice

Andy Erikson (LAST COMIC STANDING) and Alex Stein AKA DJ Scuba (THE ALEX STEIN PODCAST) talking about their thoughts with the documentary series phenomenon MAKING A MURDERER. We get into cops, jury reform, the fishy stuff that went down, ambulances, Bernie Sanders, and just the overall meat of the show.

• Making a Murderer
• The Jinx
• Serial Season 1
• Bridge of Spies
• Dean Strang is Making a Murder's Unlikely Sex Symbol
• Feel the Bern Goodnight
• The Nerdist School
• Punchline Punchout!!!! on Feb. 15
• Movie Soundtracks for DOPE and BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST
• The Alex Stein Podcast
• Love and Mercy
• Andy Erikson on Twitter @AndyErikson
• Alex Stein on Twitter @ThisAlexStein

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Ariana Madix (VANDERPUMP RULES) comes into studio to talk about one of her first and only loves: Robots. We geek out over the future, movies, Indiegogo, science, Paro, 3D printing, tamagotchi, and Sylvester Stallone. Enjoy! 

• BUDDY
• Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking Join Call for Ban on Artificially Intelligent Weapons
• Ex Machina
• Turing Test
• Not Quite Human
• Sphero's BB-8
• Futurama's Proposition Infinity and Proposition Infinity Commercial
• PARO Therapeutic Robot
• Demolition Man
• Mafia and Werewolves
• Indiegogo
• Master of None
• A Brony Tale
• The Bevs
• Ariana Madix on Twitter @Ariana2525