Best Ben Paddon Podcasts (2026)

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Phenomena City Limits S03E01 - The Strangest House in Santa Cruz or Bizarre Lessons in Kitchen Design 54:52

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New Year! New Season! New weird topics! We start 2026 by looking at the history (and mysteries) surrounding an unusual house built in the 1940s in Santa Cruz, California. We look into the stories surrounding Kenneth Kitchen who built this structure (which you can drive by and see even today!) and the legends that quickly built up around this incred…

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Podcastica Episode 356: Prisoners of Time Ch. 9-12 OR MTV's Remote Control Frobisher 53:23

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Well, friends, we have reached our final episode of 2025 and the final installment of the Prisoners of Time comic book adventure! This time we have a fairly flimsy 9th Doctor story that really only seems there to reveal who our villain is. Then we join Ten and Martha in Los Angeles and places John has actually been! And instead of learning if the F…

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Podcastica Episode 356: Prisoners of Time Ch. 9-12 OR MTV's Remote Control Frobisher 53:23

8d ago53:23

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Well, friends, we have reached our final episode of 2025 and the final installment of the Prisoners of Time comic book adventure! This time we have a fairly flimsy 9th Doctor story that really only seems there to reveal who our villain is. Then we join Ten and Martha in Los Angeles and places John has actually been! And instead of learning if the F…

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Podcastica Episode 355: Prisoners of Time Ch 5-8 OR Attack of the Mac Tonights! 1:00:21

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This time we continue on with Prisoners of Time! Chapters 5 through 8 in which we wonder many things! We wonder why the 5th Doctor appears to be 12 years old. We wonder where this bad ass 6th Doctor has been all our lives. We wonder if it's okay to go absolutely swoon city over a cartoon Ace. And we wonder why McDonalds hasn't brought back Mac Toni…

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Podcastica Episode 355: Prisoners of Time Ch 5-8 OR Attack of the Mac Tonights! 1:00:21

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This time we continue on with Prisoners of Time! Chapters 5 through 8 in which we wonder many things! We wonder why the 5th Doctor appears to be 12 years old. We wonder where this bad ass 6th Doctor has been all our lives. We wonder if it's okay to go absolutely swoon city over a cartoon Ace. And we wonder why McDonalds hasn't brought back Mac Toni…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 129: Our Top 10 Films of the Year! 1:11:39

1M ago1:11:39

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Greetings and HAPPY THANKSGIVING, YaketyCAST fans! We decided to drop a special episode on turkey day and it's all about our TOP 10 Movies of the Year! Join us as Ernesto, John, and Tramell countdown their personal lists. They also talk about some of the worst movies they've seen this year.By Night of the Living Geeks

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YaketyCAST - Episode 128: The Flavors of the Holiday Season! 54:48

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Folks, have you ever wondered what Turkey Dinner Flavored Cup Noodles would taste like? Well, it's the flavor of the holiday of course! This week on YaketyCAST our three hosts try to figure out why AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH needs so many incentives to see it in theaters, how would Sabrina Carpenter do starring in ALICE IN WONDERLAND, and why GameStop ha…

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Podcastica Episode 354: Prisoners of Time Ch 1-4 OR LA Water and Power Can't Stop Us! 53:41

2M ago53:41

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Well, here's something new, friends! We're reviewing a comic book Doctor Who story! Well, stories would be more accurate because Prisoners of Time was originally a year-long 12 issue miniseries from IDW to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. We read the first four issues (chapters) and talked about what we liked and didn't like.…

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Podcastica Episode 354: Prisoners of Time Ch 1-4 OR LA Water and Power Can't Stop Us! 53:41

1M ago53:41

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Well, here's something new, friends! We're reviewing a comic book Doctor Who story! Well, stories would be more accurate because Prisoners of Time was originally a year-long 12 issue miniseries from IDW to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. We read the first four issues (chapters) and talked about what we liked and didn't like.…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 127: Can't Fart on a Bloomin Onion! 1:02:33

2M ago1:02:33

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Much like GTA6 and Marvel 1943 - YaketyCAST pushed back this episode by a number of weeks. But never fear, they're back with a vengeance! John discusses RedSec, ARC Raiders, and FFVII Rebirth. Ernesto and Tramell have been running the gauntlet of television as they have reviews for Welcome to Derry, Gen V, DMV, The Chair Company, AND Chad Powers! J…

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Podcastica Episode 353: Dark Watchers of California OR Cryptid Creepin' on the Coast 50:18

2M ago50:18

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Friends, we are firmly entrenched in Fall and it's high time we finally review Riley Silverman's "Dark Watchers of California" from Big Finish! Susie, fleeing a traumatic experience back in San Francisco, heads south to Big Sur (circa 1966...sur-ca, maybe?), but not only is she being pursued by the law, but she's also seeing the legendary Dark Watc…

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Podcastica Episode 353: Dark Watchers of California OR Cryptid Creepin' on the Coast 50:18

2M ago50:18

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Friends, we are firmly entrenched in Fall and it's high time we finally review Riley Silverman's "Dark Watchers of California" from Big Finish! Susie, fleeing a traumatic experience back in San Francisco, heads south to Big Sur (circa 1966...sur-ca, maybe?), but not only is she being pursued by the law, but she's also seeing the legendary Dark Watc…

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Phenomena City Limits S02E09: The Santa Cruz Humanoids OR Keep Santa Cruz Weird! 1:15:07

2M ago1:15:07

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Friends and listeners, we're back! Now in our every other month format, we're here with what we're calling out last episode of Season 2 (it'll make more sense in January when we kick off season 3) and an absolutely bizarre tale of a complete cornucopia of high strangeness with the Santa Cruz Humanoids! Not one, not two, but nearly a half dozen diff…

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Podcastica Episode 352: The Fantasy Season featuring Ben Paddon from Jump Leads! 1:24:32

2M ago1:24:32

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What happens when two American fans of a British science fiction show get their British friend to fan cast a fictional America season of the British show complete with American actors? Chaos. You get absolute chaos! This time, we're join by Ben Paddon who's sci-fi audio series Jump Leads starts its second season on October 31st!…

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Podcastica Episode 352: The Fantasy Season featuring Ben Paddon from Jump Leads! 1:24:32

2M ago1:24:32

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What happens when two American fans of a British science fiction show get their British friend to fan cast a fictional America season of the British show complete with American actors? Chaos. You get absolute chaos! This time, we're join by Ben Paddon who's sci-fi audio series Jump Leads starts its second season on October 31st!…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 126: Pop Rocks - The Gateway Candy 1:06:39

3M ago1:06:39

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After an extremely long Pop Rock bender YaketyCAST has returned! This week Ernesto and John are once again joined by Tramell! Movie reviews? We've got them - Godzilla: Final Battle, Tron, Tron: Legacy, Tron: Ares, Play Dirty, and One Battle After Another! John continues his insane gauntlet of video games as he talks about finishing Silent Hill f an…

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Podcastica Episode 351: The Amblin Season OR This Doctor Likes His Guns 1:01:54

3M ago1:01:54

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This time we continue down the rabbit hole of Doctor Who that Could Have Been but Never Was and take a peek inside the Leekley Bible (no, that's not the one in your motel room nightstand!) that would have potentially been made into the 8th Doctor's first season on Fox here in America had the TV movie done better than it did. Let's just say that the…

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Podcastica Episode 351: The Amblin Season OR This Doctor Likes His Guns 1:01:54

3M ago1:01:54

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This time we continue down the rabbit hole of Doctor Who that Could Have Been but Never Was and take a peek inside the Leekley Bible (no, that's not the one in your motel room nightstand!) that would have potentially been made into the 8th Doctor's first season on Fox here in America had the TV movie done better than it did. Let's just say that the…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 125: Silent Hill f(RED SAVAGE) 45:06

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This week on YaketyCAST we find out what the 'f' in SILENT HILL f stands for, and naturally it's for FRED SAVAGE. Ernesto and John discuss a whole bunch of video game trailers that came out of the Playstation State of Play last week including WOLVERINE. They both saw ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and give their full review of it, and they also discuss t…

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Podcastica Episode 350: The Stories Untold OR Episodes That Could Have Been 1:10:27

3M ago1:10:27

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Friends, we have been talking about this idea for at least a year and now we are finally here. EPISODE 350!! In this episode, we each pick three unproduced Doctor Who stories, flesh them out, fancast them, and pitch them to each other. This was so much fun to pull together and record! If you know anyone at Big Finish, have them call us!…

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Podcastica Episode 350: The Stories Untold OR Episodes That Could Have Been 1:10:27

3M ago1:10:27

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Friends, we have been talking about this idea for at least a year and now we are finally here. EPISODE 350!! In this episode, we each pick three unproduced Doctor Who stories, flesh them out, fancast them, and pitch them to each other. This was so much fun to pull together and record! If you know anyone at Big Finish, have them call us!…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 124: Bill Pullman & The Other Guy 1:19:15

3M ago1:19:15

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Greetings and Salutations, YaketyCAST listeners! This week Ernesto and John are joined by a very special guest and friend: Vince! Vince has been supporting NOTLG and it's shows for YEARS, so as a treat we invited him to listen to the ramblings of our hosts! John finished Resident Evil Village, Ernesto saw The Long Walk, and they also discuss Peacem…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 123: Batman & Jason Bourne Get A Check 57:08

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Folks and listeners alike, Ernesto and John are back with a brand new episode of YaketyCAST! This week our duo has become a trio once again as Tramell joins in on all the wackiness. For Video Games we have a whole lot of NINTENDO news and John gives reviews for both RESIDENT EVIL 5 and RESIDENT EVIL 7. We get reactions from our hosts to the short p…

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Podcastica Episode 349: Colony in Space OR The Master is Grunkle Stan with a Smoke Bomb 57:18

4M ago57:18

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A couple days late, but worth the wait! As we reach the cusp of episode 350, we first look at the Jon Pertwee story Colony in Space. It's a little bit of a middling story, but there are some notable firsts, some great action, and a surprising amount of shoot outs!By Night of the Living Geeks

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Podcastica Episode 349: Colony in Space OR The Master is Grunkle Stan with a Smoke Bomb 57:18

4M ago57:18

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A couple days late, but worth the wait! As we reach the cusp of episode 350, we first look at the Jon Pertwee story Colony in Space. It's a little bit of a middling story, but there are some notable firsts, some great action, and a surprising amount of shoot outs!By Night of the Living Geeks

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YaketyCAST - Episode 122: Bone Temple Is Ready!! 51:41

4M ago51:41

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The dynamic duo of YaketyCAST is back! This week John tells us about ALL FIVE of the video games he's completed since the last recording! Silent Hill 2 and Resident Evil 1 - 4! Ernesto saw CAUGHT STEALING and THE TOXIC AVENGER this week and he gives you hefty reviews on both! There were a ton of trailers to talk about including 28 Years Later: The …

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Phenomena City Limits S02E08: Gumby's Close Encounter OR Clay DNA Will Save Us All 50:30

4M ago50:30

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Everyone loves Gumby, right? That adorable though oddly shaped clay scamp who's always getting up to adventures with his friends? So what happened one episode in 1988 when Gumby encountered the grays!? Yes, this month we're looking at 7 minutes of UFO and alien lore expertly crammed into a single Gumby story. Did Clokey have an encounter of his own…

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Podcastica Episode 348: The Moonbase OR Stupid Earth Brains 55:29

4M ago55:29

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This time we continue our escape into Classic Doctor Who with the 2nd Doctor adventure The Moonbase! One half animated, one half live action, we find ourselves on the moon in 2070 where a single base with a single Graviton beam is somehow controlling all the weather on Earth! This definitely feels like a situation where redundancies would have been…

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Podcastica Episode 348: The Moonbase OR Stupid Earth Brains 55:29

4M ago55:29

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This time we continue our escape into Classic Doctor Who with the 2nd Doctor adventure The Moonbase! One half animated, one half live action, we find ourselves on the moon in 2070 where a single base with a single Graviton beam is somehow controlling all the weather on Earth! This definitely feels like a situation where redundancies would have been…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 121: OL' WHAT'S HIS NAME? 1:04:17

5M ago1:04:17

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The rag tag hosts of YaketyCAST are back this week and they're joined once again by Tramell! This week our trio talk about a whole bunch of movies they've seen over the past couple of weeks: The Naked Gun, Weapons, Sketch, Shin Godzilla, and unfortunately WAR OF THE WORLDS! John finished like fifteen video games from last record and he gives his th…

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Podcastica Episode 347: The Ice Warriors OR No, John, That's a Real Bear 58:37

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What does 70 pounds get you today? Not much, let's be honest. But in 1967 70 pounds got you an all-day bear rental so you didn't have to waste your money on stock footage!! And that's not the only exciting part of The Ice Warriors! It's a solid six-parter from the Troughton era that introduces these legendary foes and their very whispery tones!…

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Podcastica Episode 347: The Ice Warriors OR No, John, That's a Real Bear 58:37

5M ago58:37

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What does 70 pounds get you today? Not much, let's be honest. But in 1967 70 pounds got you an all-day bear rental so you didn't have to waste your money on stock footage!! And that's not the only exciting part of The Ice Warriors! It's a solid six-parter from the Troughton era that introduces these legendary foes and their very whispery tones!…

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Phenomena City Limits S02E07 - John Titor OR Pix of Your Time Machine or It Didn't Happen 1:11:39

5M ago1:11:39

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August is here and, with that, our Summer of John comes to a conclusion with the return of co-host John Pingel and our topic: John Titor! From his early faxes to Art Bell in 1998 to his online postings of the early 2000s, we take a look at Titor's claims, his possible motives, his manner of travel, and potentially the reality that it was all just c…

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Podcastica Episode 346: The Power of Three OR Black Box Recordings 41:02

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Well, folks, The Power of Three. Is it a reference to the strength of the Doctor plus his companions? Is it a reference to the "cubed" nature of our villains tools? Is it just something that sounded good in Chibnall's head as he wrote a rather glossed over story full of exceptional amounts of handwavium? We're not really sure and, as such, that cau…

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Podcastica Episode 346: The Power of Three OR Black Box Recordings 41:02

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Well, folks, The Power of Three. Is it a reference to the strength of the Doctor plus his companions? Is it a reference to the "cubed" nature of our villains tools? Is it just something that sounded good in Chibnall's head as he wrote a rather glossed over story full of exceptional amounts of handwavium? We're not really sure and, as such, that cau…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 120: Fist Fighting Astro The Dog! 1:04:39

5M ago1:04:39

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This week on YaketyCAST we are once again joined by special guest Tramell! Join our trio of hosts as they discuss a whole lot of the news that came out of San Diego Comic Con this past week! They also all saw FANTASTIC FOUR and give their thoughts on MARVEL's newest installment. They're also talking about Spinal Tap II, Peacemaker Season 2, a possi…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 119: It's Not Like Avatar! 49:48

6M ago49:48

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WELL. Here we are once again! This week we're talking about the BLADE script being on it's 4th version, Taika Waititi's JUDGE DREDD, Neil Druckmann leaving TLOU Season 3, and how John for some reason doesn't like listening to singles before albums come out. It's weird. We don't quite understand it either. We also discuss the trailers for TRON: ARES…

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Podcastica Episode 345: The Seeds of Doom OR Avoid the Krynoid 50:22

6M ago50:22

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It came from beneath the ice!! Yes, sounds like the start of a 50s b-movie where some alien plant pod falls to Earth in the distant past only to be discovered by mankind and have it germinate and try to take over the world. It probably would have some sort of villain who hates mankind so much, he identifies more with the plants than with humans. Go…

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Podcastica Episode 345: The Seeds of Doom OR Avoid the Krynoid 50:22

6M ago50:22

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It came from beneath the ice!! Yes, sounds like the start of a 50s b-movie where some alien plant pod falls to Earth in the distant past only to be discovered by mankind and have it germinate and try to take over the world. It probably would have some sort of villain who hates mankind so much, he identifies more with the plants than with humans. Go…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 118: HUGE KryptoBros!! 1:05:30

6M ago1:05:30

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After a week off the fine folks of YaketyCAST are BACK! This week they are once again joined by Tramell as they navigate through the last two weeks of crazy entertainment news! They have reviews for SUPERMAN and JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH. They talk the last three episodes of IRONHEART, the reboot of SCRUBS, and yelling at people who talk in movies! P…

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Podcastica Episode 344: The Savages OR The Doctor Who Reacting Vibrator 1:03:58

6M ago1:03:58

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Ladies and Gents and everyone out there, we are back after basically a month to recover from Ncuti's last episode. And we needed something light, something entertaining and the animated recreation of The Savages fits the bill! Set as something of an allegory on anti-apartheid South Africa, The Savages lets you think one thing early on and then has …

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Podcastica Episode 344: The Savages OR The Doctor Who Reacting Vibrator 1:03:58

6M ago1:03:58

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Ladies and Gents and everyone out there, we are back after basically a month to recover from Ncuti's last episode. And we needed something light, something entertaining and the animated recreation of The Savages fits the bill! Set as something of an allegory on anti-apartheid South Africa, The Savages lets you think one thing early on and then has …

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Phenomena City Limits S02E06 - John Frum OR What if God Was One of Us? 1:09:10

6M ago1:09:10

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This month it appears we ask the question that no one else really has: what if John Frum were an actual person? Yes, we're looking at the John Frum Movement on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific. This cargo cult is legendary, but then we start to research who John Frum could have been and things get really interesting from there!…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 117: Zuckerberg is ZuckerBACK!! 47:04

6M ago47:04

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YaketyCAST is back this week with so much video games, movies, and tv news that you'll have to be carried off the pitch like our soon to be robot overloads during a soccer match! This week John gives us a review of ALAN WAKE and FBC: FIREBREAK. Ernesto tells us all about the new movie F1: Is it worth your time? Plus James Bond news, Michael Bay wan…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 116: Cheetos? In My Popcorn? 1:18:01

6M ago1:18:01

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After two whole weeks without a new episode, YaketyCAST is back and they're bringing the THUNDER. Or at least bringing giant bags of popcorn with Cheetos in them! This week it's MOVIE REVIEWS A PLENTY as our hosts talk about SIX movies they saw since they last spoke to you. They also discuss the Toxic Avenger and Eddington trailers, Jon Bernthal jo…

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Podcastica Episode 343: The Reality War OR The Moment Was Not Prepared For 1:18:25

7M ago1:18:25

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We love a good double-entendre alternate title. And that might be one of the only good things about The Reality War. Honestly, folks, we are a positive podcast. We're always looking for the things we like in even the least enjoyable story (Sleep No More...remember?). Well, this one's a struggle. We definitely have some things we liked, but we absol…

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Podcastica Episode 343: The Reality War OR The Moment Was Not Prepared For 1:18:25

7M ago1:18:25

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We love a good double-entendre alternate title. And that might be one of the only good things about The Reality War. Honestly, folks, we are a positive podcast. We're always looking for the things we like in even the least enjoyable story (Sleep No More...remember?). Well, this one's a struggle. We definitely have some things we liked, but we absol…

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YaketyCAST - Episode 115: It Gets Worse Before It Gets Even Worse 51:34

7M ago51:34

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This week's episode of YaketyCAST has it all: A full Mission:Impossible Final Reckoning review, the rumors about the new James Bond, and a full rundown of the season finale of The Last of Us. There's also Sydney Sweeney's soap talk and John's family possibly trolling him with a t-shirt! All this and much more!…

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Phenomena City Limits S02E05: Stardust Ranch or Date Night with Your Doppelganger 1:47:43

7M ago1:47:43

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We have two big things happening this month, friends! First, we have our first guest host as Seb is out on assignment. And we tackle the massive, wild, utterly bonkers story that is the Stardust Ranch in Buckeye, Arizona! From the original desire to have horse and dog rescue to the grays to the Brillomen to abductions, doppelgangers, the legendary …

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Podcastica Episode 342: Wish World OR Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doubt 1:18:46

7M ago1:18:46

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Oh boy, oh boy friends! Here we are...the penultimate episode of the season! And nothing is as it seems! Yes, sure, there's a bit of set up for what hopefully will be an insane season finale, but that's what penultimate episodes do, right? We've a new god of the Pantheon, we have a easy money-making scheme (selling yellow mugs), we have another sur…