Monday, July 10, 2023Is the Hollywood Blockbuster on the Way Out?
Seven Days film critic and editor Margot Harrison returns to OWC where we dare to ask whether the age of the giant tentpole blockbuster is winding dow...
Monday, June 12, 2023What's with all these bad Supermen?
Jim and John are joined by Hannibal Tabu and Quinn McGowan to unpack the modern fascination with evil Supermen and how it reflects our cultural mindse...
Monday, May 29, 2023Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn talk everything from Blue Devil to Geoff Johns to Leo Kottke
Jim and John have more fun than they deserve when they talk to legendary comics writers Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin. Naturally we talk about their legen...
Sunday, May 14, 2023Catching up on Screambox and more with Bloody Disgusting's Alex DiVincenzo
Jim goes AWOL as John talks horror stuff with Screambox publicist and Bloody Disgusting contributor Alex DiVincenzo. We get the 411 on the horror stre...
Monday, May 1, 2023Talking Picard
Jim and John are joined by John's ol' pal John Thornberry to discuss the recently-wrapped Picard series from soup to nuts, or rather from th...
Monday, April 17, 2023Science episode! AI and gray goo nanobots with Piper Welch and Kam Bielawski!
Jim and John nerd out on artificial Intelligence and microbiological robots with PhDs-in-progess Piper Welch and Kam Bielawski, who keep them from sp...
Monday, April 3, 2023Mark Russell talks Jesus (and other stuff)
Mark Russell (Second Coming Trinity, Red Sonja, God is Disappointed in You, Fantastic Four, etc) talks with Jim and John about the latest issue of Sec...
Monday, March 13, 2023Another from the vault! United Paizo Workers' Jenny Jarzabski and freelancer Joe Blomquist on organizing geekdom
Yet another from the vault (sorry!). In light of the recent announcement from Comic Book Workers United of a successful contract at Image Comics, it s...
Monday, February 27, 2023From the vault: film critic Margot Harrison on the evolution of the Hollywood "strong female character"
Rerun time! In one of our very first episodes, my then co-host Liane Allen and I pick the brain of film critic Margot Harrison on the history and the ...
Monday, February 13, 2023Grant Patterson of the WNFC esports Dojo on competitive gaming and game culture
Grant Patterson of Champlain College's Wednesday Night Fight Club and the WNFC esports Dojo talks to Jim and John (well, mainly Jim because John ...
Monday, January 30, 2023Star Trek Science Advisor and Professor of Biology Dr. Mohamed Noor
Jim and John are joined by Duke University Dean of Natural Sciences Dr. Mohamed Noor. We talk about his experience as a science advisor on the Star Tr...
Monday, January 16, 2023Steve Morris of Shelfdust on the top 50 comics events of all time
Steven Morris of Shelfdust.com polled comics creators and critiques to compile the ultimate list of the Top 50 comics events of all time, and Jim and ...