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Episode 94: Six Degrees of Mark

WhatTheAdmin — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:26:12 +0000

It’s another walk through the minds of nerds … WhatTheCast delivers over 45 minutes of Doctor Who reviews, musical chairs with Game of Thrones and thoughts on Thor. Plus we introduce the “Six Degrees of Mark Sheppard” game in our WhatTheCon segment. The cast also talks about the indie film “Zero Charisma“, answers listener questions from Twitter and listens to Brian mangle names from “Lord of the Rings” in our Final Thoughts segment.

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Episode 93: Spoiler Portal

WhatTheAdmin — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:12:27 +0000

On this episode of audio weirdness …

Crispy & Stephen get spoilery as they show their love for Portal 2 … you monster.
Game of Thrones and Doctor Who are firing on all cylinders (and we may give out a few spoilers … whoops)
WhatTheCon talks about Dragon*Con (again). We have some great guests, including Jonathan Coulton (you know, that guy from Portal 2).
Brian unplugs from TV to watch some cool webseries … check out Mortal Kombat: Legacy and Pioneer One if you haven’t exceeded your bandwidth caps.
Crispy, Brian & Stephen wish Jim Cantore would check into FourSquare so our friends know when to duck and cover.
Of course there’s more, so why don’t you listen …

Note: we recorded this episode before a large wave of tornadoes swept through Alabama and Georgia. We have friends affected by the storms, but fortunately none of them lost their lives. Others were not so lucky. Please consider giving prayers, thoughts, blood, time or money to help those in need.

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Episode 92: Zach Snyder Owes Me Ten Bucks

WhatTheAdmin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:13:20 +0000

The cast discusses too many things! This podcast must have too much content to be legal … it’s all about Sucker Punch (including Brian’s attempt to create a drinking game for this movie), WonderCon (even though we released the episode after the con is over, whoops), the Governator (the fail is strong with this one) and a lot of TV news.

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Episode 91: Sucker Special

WhatTheAdmin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:58:28 +0000

Yes, you found the April Fools Episode. Sorry, we had to do something.

Episode 92 is the real deal, coming soon to an MP3 player near you.

It’s a special episode of WhatTheCast, where we talk about how we all got surprised by the movie Sucker Punch. Crispy loves the soundtrack, Brian loves the story, Stephen explains the science of dreams and Patrick compares it to the Blue Man Group. Got comments … hatemail@whatthecast.com.

Episode 90: Loud Food

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:27:08 +0000

It’s another “scotch cast” from Brian’s living room as the cast debriefs you on our latest Dragon*Con staff meeting. It’s a show about IKEA, Beer, PAX East, Terrible Movies, Booth Babes That Aren’t Booth Babes, Television Cancellations, Dragon*Con, Scotch and Germans wearing funny hats. Seriously …

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Episode 89: No Such Thing as Bad Press

WhatTheAdmin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:14:45 +0000

The cast is back, trying to record a show before Brian disappears for AnachroCon and a ten day trip to Germany. Brian, Stephen & Crispy discuss all sorts of nonsense … zombie video game trailers pretending to be short movies, the space shuttle’s swan song and FOX News getting called out by bloggers (again). We also discover how packing for two weeks of convention and business travel tests the limits of Brian’s underwear selection.

It’s another episode of WhatTheCast, so anything can happen!

Episode 88: Mountain Stronghold

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:33:29 +0000

It’s another live episode of WhatTheCast, so anything is possible. We talk conventions, movies, Dalek toys, awards and crazy Indian robot cinema. I could go on, but seriously …

Listen to this episode and see what all the fuss is about …

Episode 87: Year of the Wabbit

WhatTheAdmin — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:45:23 +0000

We’re back to kick off 2011 in style … well, as much style as we are capable of bringing. The cast talks new movies, old movies, good TV, bad TV, superheroes, conventions and how Andrew Wakefield needs a punch in the junk.

It’s a long episode as Brian, Crispy & Stephen catch up on the new year. We’ve gone a bit stir crazy in the Snomagedden/Hothlanta madness, so it’s awesome to talk to anyone that isn’t already trapped in the house under six inches of snow. Some show links …

Hothlanta on CNN / Creative Loafing / Facebook
‘Neverland‘ miniseries preview
‘Green Hornet‘ reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
AnachroCon 2011 (Feb 25-27 in Atlanta)
ChattaCon 2011 (Jan 21-23 in Chattanooga)
MTAC 2011 (April 22-24 in Nashville)
Frolicon 2011 (April 21-24 in Atlanta) – adult content, site may be NSFW

Darth Vader's search for the rebel base on Hoth encountered some delays due to his failure to check the weather report and an unfortunate sinkhole.

On a serious note, we still have our friend Jeff McClure in our thoughts. Jeff was in a bad motorcycle accident before Christmas and he’s still recovering in a Birmingham ICU. Good news: he’s breathing on his own and can handle basic communication. If you want to support our friend then check out Team Jeffie on Facebook and buy a t-shirt for the team.

Episode 86: Dance Dance Living Room Redecoration

WhatTheAdmin — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:45:43 +0000

This episode has Brian, zombies, Crispy, dancing video games, Stephen, strange experiments with big bangs, Patrick, talk show hosts returning from the grave and pencils from the future. Yeah, we’re not sure what happened either. Just download and listen … please …

Show Links:

Note: there was a problem with the original posting, it has been fixed. We thank you for your support.

Episode 85: Live at GMX 2010

WhatTheAdmin — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:29:10 +0000

Brian, Crispy and Stephen take the helm of a live podcast at Geek Media Expo in Nashville.

In this episode we make fun of hungover congoers, talk science and reward audience questions with cake. It’s nerd love at its best.

Are you ready for GMX?

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:34:25 +0000

Ok kids … pack your kilts, stick some gears on old waistcoats and find those Vulcan ears. Geek Media Expo 2010 is only days away (October 22-24) and WhatTheCast is ready to take it over.

Saturday brings the madness that is Race of the Tauntauns … a sack race using sleeping bags that look like tauntauns from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (you know, the movie that didn’t suck). Contestants can use the ThinkGeek edition sleeping bag or their own creation, but they must complete the course while avoiding our twisted obstacles (cue evil laugh). Contestants also have to survive Crispy and Brian’s sportscaster commentary, adding another degree of difficulty to the event.

The live WhatTheCast recording is at noon on Sunday (Oct 24th), so you have plenty of time to grab brunch before we recap a fantastic geek weekend. We’re also hanging out on the “Geek Journalism” panel (Saturday at 5:00pm).

Stephen brings the science (SCIENCE!) to the show on two panels … “Science of the Whedonverse” (Saturday at 2:00pm) and his awesome “There Ain’t No Stealth in Space” presentation (Sunday at 1:00pm).

We’ve also got friends along for the ride. Garret Wang, Voyager crew member and director of Dragon*Con Star Trek programming, is bringing his personal brand of fun to the show. GMX also added the Sci-Fi Janitors (Bob and Carl) to the guest list (if you don’t clean up after yourselves they will call you out … you have been warned). It’s a great guest list so there’s something to do when we’re not on stage.

The whole GMX schedule is here in PDF: http://www.whatisgmx.net/GMX-Vol2-Schedule.pdf (subject to change without warning)

Episode 83: Uneventful Lone Star

WhatTheAdmin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:26:17 +0000

In this episode, the entire cast assembles to discuss our time at Dragon*Con, the upcoming trip to GMX, the latest in TV failures, a little bit of TV win and what happens when you cross a movie monster with a 70′s buddy cop show.

Episode 82: DragonCon 2010 LIVE!

WhatTheAdmin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:41:57 +0000

Ok, so we didn’t win a Parsec Award … but we did have this fantastic live show at Dragon*Con! Come visit with the cast as we talk costumes and convention madness with Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan, the creative two-headed monster behind Chad Vader.

Thanks to the fantastic Swoopy and the Dragon*Con Podcasting Track for their help hosting and producing this year’s live episode.

Episode 80: P != NPH

WhatTheAdmin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:48:15 +0000

We’re back with the podcast that is, amazing enough, nominated for a 2010 Parsec Award [Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)]. Does this motley crew deserve such an honor? Guess you’ll have to listen to find out …

Parsec Awards! We’re a Finalist!

WhatTheAdmin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:41:31 +0000

We’re a Parsec Awards finalist for 2010!
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

Thanks for supporting the funny!

Episode 79: Doctor Scotch

WhatTheAdmin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:17:08 +0000

Boy, do we love the Doctor Who. We also love talking about Doctor Who, autotuning our friends when they sing about scotch, drinking the scotch Stephen brought over to the house, catching up on various SyFy shows and bleeping Stephen when he swears like a sailor. It’s part two of our last live recording session, which sounds awesome thanks to Jeff McClure’s multi-track setup.