When It Was Cool Dark

Host Karl Stern has had enough with the "argumentative for the sake a argument" sect of society and let's it loose on them. Over the next two episodes Karl discusses how, somehow, people who only serve the negative have hijacked the narrative to, well, everything and how that is destroying the very fabric of what makes the world work. This episode and next week's climax "The Problem is You" episode may very well represent the pinnacle of what DragonKing Dark is all about.

On this edition of Wrestling With the Dawg, Eric Allen from On the Stick Network joins the Dirty Dawg Darsie to chat about Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie vs. the New Age Outlaws for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a Dumpster match at WWF WrestleMania XIV! They discuss Mike Tyson in the WWE (as well as comparing Mike Tyson to Ronda Rousey), Shawn Michaels being injured at the Royal Rumble 1998, Terry Funk debuting in WWF in a box, Cactus Jack vs. the Outlaws in 1997, and so much more!

Host Mike Imboden welcomes Joseph Perry back to the United States after having lived in South Korea for years. Joseph talks about the reverse culture shock of moving back to the U.S. Joseph talks food differences and culture differences. Joseph recommends Annihilation the movie then talks about some assorted film festival movies listeners might enjoy. Then the duo have a great conversation about the cultural differences of living abroad for a decade and then returning to the United States.

On this week's NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast, host NoFriender begins looking at various influences upon thrash metal and takes a look back at one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time - Black Sabbath.

On this edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast host Karl Stern once again catches up with the what's happening in the news of the odd, science, and the bizarre. Topics include the death of Stephen Hawking and his works in science and thoughts on the topic of God. Are violent video games causing children to become more violent? And, humans have cross bred in the distance past more than once and more on this edition of DragonKing Dark.

On this edition of Wrestling With the Dawg, Dirty Dawg Darsie is joined by his older brother Dave to discuss Scott Hall vs. Steve Austin from WWF WrestleMania X8! They discuss what caused Dave to enjoy both Austin and Hall's work growing up, the nWo coming into the WWE being something unexpected, Austin being unhappy during this period of his career, and so much more

Today we cover the 1970s-80s hit making band Styx. The WIWC family will be seeing Styx in concert in a couple of weeks. Karl has already seen the original line-up and is a fan of their music. Today this show tells you how this band originated in Chicago and grew to a stadium mega-group and then imploded at the same time they were still at the top of the charts. The tension between Tommy Shaw and Dennis DeYoung and much more.

Karl and Tonya discuss how schools cancel classes now for everything verses back in the day when we hovered in hallways waiting for doom, lice checks, fluoride swirls, smoking areas, and more. Of course we have our regular dose of classic rock talk and Tonya talks about Staind and Aaron Lewis, what the heck is up with country music these days, plus hype about the upcoming concerts of Styx, REO Speedwagon, Don Felder, The Eagles, Metallica, and more!

NoFriender continues his amazing look at the origins and evolution of thrash heavy metal. This episode takes a look at the post-punk and hardcore movement. This incredible podcast, exclusive to the When It Was Cool website, has been amazing. Check out all the parts for a complete understanding of the origins, development, and evolution of thrash heavy metal. Get the back episodes of this show at WhenItWasCool.com

This is a Patreon requested topic for this week's DragonKing Dark Podcast. What is time? Is it even real? Is it a construct of the human mind only for measuring motion or is it a real testable part of the fabric of the Universe? The answer isn't as clear as we would like for it to be. Despite the fact that virtually every aspect of our lives is ruled by time we actually have very little understanding about what it is.