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One hundred episodes. One hundred years. One film per decade. Spilled Tea and Karen the Writer are joined by a very special guest for Earth Station Boo’s 100th episode, our Friend and Executive Producer Mike Faber.  A journey through a century of horror from the twisted expressionist nightmare in 1920 all the way to the […] The post 100 Episodes, 100 Years of Horror | Earth Statio...

Goodbye, Captain Picard… Plus Halloween & Three Very Different Movie Reviews It’s been a week of unexpected losses, spooky-season conversations, and some very different opinions about movies! We start this episode remembering three familiar faces from the entertainment world. Tom Skerritt, Walter Koenig and, most heartbreakingly, Sir Patrick Stewart. For Shawn, the loss of Captain [&#823...

The first 30 minutes of the show are a last-minute addition I recorded with Carrie Dahlby. She wanted to talk about “Breaking Bad” actor RJ Mitte who recently passed away. Then, the news broke about the passing of friend and colleague, legendary Emmy-Winning animation voice actor Eric Bauza. Despite the very-long length of the already […] The post Luke Ski’s Animation &...

We’re on a second contact mission, revisiting Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 11 “Carpenter Street,” now that Jamie, Maria, and Bill have watched it. Our guest explainer, A Sigler comes back to get our reactions ...

This week we’re MONKEEING AROUND with Mark Nelson of The Mahoning Drive-in Theater for our Halloween spooktacular! Join us as we chat about “I Was a Teenage Monster” and “The Monstrous Monkee Mash”! Monkeeing Around is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #monkees #monsters #IWasaTeenageMonster #TheMonstrousMonkeeMash #MarkNelson  #Ma...

The uncle left you a mansion, a fortune hidden somewhere inside it, a terrifying housekeeper, and twelve ghosts. All you need to see them is a pair of special glasses – and the courage to look through the red filter. Tea, Karen and their friend Bella dive into William Castle’s 1960 supernatural gem 13 Ghosts […] The post You inherit them, too. They go with the house. | Earth Stat...

Joe and Toni are joined by Dr. Ashley Raburn and R. Alan Siler to discuss the Lampshade of Rassilon in the Doctor Who episode Turn Left. If you’re interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here. Download • YouTube • RSS • Patreon • iTunes • Google Play • ESO Network The post The Watch-A-Thon of Rassilon: Episode 202: Turn...

Flopcast episode 755! If 1939’s The Wizard of Oz isn’t dark and weird enough for you, perhaps 1985’s Return to Oz will be more to your liking. The Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion have been replaced by a robot, a pumpkinhead, a couch with wings… and a talking chicken. There’s also a gang of rollerskating […] The post Flopcast 755: Fairuzapalooza Part 2 – Peopl...

Cigar Nerds Podcast Resident Evil. It spooky season so we had to bring you some horror. This week we return to Racoon City and talk about the new Resident Evil. In Science we discuss enhanced military dogs, fading tattoos, AI ghosts, and flying cars. In Nerd News we discuss Baywatch, Beekeeper 2 Rings of Power […] The post Cigar Nerds Podcast: Resident Evil appeared first on The ESO Network...

Bad Cover Songs Everyone loves a good cover! But not all covers are good! This week Rob and Alan talk about what turns them off about some covers. Is it the band doing the covering? Does it stray too far from the original? Or is the song transformed into a new genre that simply doesn’t work? Or […] The post Modern Musicology #178 – Bad Cover Songs appeared first on The ESO Networ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… The Superman Wars! 🦸‍♂️ This week on Tales From Hollywoodland, hosts Julian Schlossberg, and Arthur E. Friedman, welcome bestselling author William Bernhardt to discuss his book, The Superman Wars! From the enduring legacy of the Man of Steel to the fascinating world of comic books, Hollywood, and superhero […] The post The Superman Wars: W...

Jim looks back on a classic Hammer Horror Film from 1966 – “The Witches” aka “The Devil’s Own,” starring Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McGowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting, John Collin. Michele Doltrice, Gwen Frangcon-Davies, Duncan Lamont, Martin Stephens, directed by Cyril Franklin and written by Nigel Kneale. A woman recovering from nervous collapse becomes [&...

The story that introduced the Daleks to the universe—in color! This week on Earth Station Who, we review the color restoration of The Daleks, the First Doctor adventure that marked the first-ever appearance of Doctor Who’s most iconic enemies. Guest Randy Stewart joins the conversation and takes his shot at the Geek Seat. Tune in […] The post Doctor Who: The Daleks in Color Review appeared f...

Batman ’66 S3 Ep21 – The Great Escape Shame is sprung from prison with the help of Calamity Jan (Dina Merrill) and leaves a cryptic note for Batman to chew on. Shame’s opera house holdup, backed by some handy Fear Gas, leaves the crafty cowpoke and gang free to roam and rob again. Episode aired […] The post BatChums Episode 117 – The Great Escape appeared first on The ESO Network...

This week the EARTH STATION TREK crew will be stealing the Enterprise and setting a course for the Mutara Sector to search for Spock! Join us for a fun chat as we try to discover why this is Keith’s favorite Star Trek movie! Have a question, comment, or observation you’d like us to respond to […] The post Star Trek III: The Search For Spock – Earth Station Trek – Epis...

The money is buried in the graveyard. The ghouls live underneath it. Karen and Tea dive into Lurking Fear – the 1994 Full Moon Entertainment adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1923 short story that was filmed entirely in Romania. And somehow delivered a genuinely scrappy horror siege film despite everything working against it. We cover the […] The post The thunder was its voice | Ear...

An abandoned funeral home. A Halloween party. A séance that goes catastrophically wrong. And one of 80s horror’s demon icons. Karen and Tea are crashing Angela’s party at Hull House for a deep dive into Kevin Tenney’s 1988 Night of the Demons. The film that tripled its budget in a limited regional release, never got […] The post Angela is having a party, Jason and Freddy ar...

We’re watching Star Trek: Enterprise Season 3, Episode 11 “Carpenter Street,” but only our guest A Sigler has actually watched the episode. It’s time for another opportunity for T’Pol to tell us the Vulcan Science Directorate does not believe in time travel! Daniels sends Archer and T’Pol back to 2004 Detroit because three reptilian Xindi […] The post EnterpriseSplaining 10...

This week we’re just MONKEEING AROUND to chat about our favorite PETER TORK songs! Join as we revisit our favorite Peter compositions, vocals, and musical contributions to The Monkees… and beyond! Our ‘You May Also Like’ recommendation this week is the new single ‘What Are You Waiting For?’ by Streetcar Conductors! Monkeeing Around is a […] The post Favorite Peter Songs – M...

Flopcast episode 754! Just to be ridiculous, we’re creeping into Halloween season with a look at two different movies about witches starring Fairuza Balk. And we’re calling it… Fairuzapalooza. Up first is the odd 1986 cable TV movie The Worst Witch, with young Fairuza at a school for witches, also starring Tim Curry, Diana Rigg, […] The post Flopcast 754: Fairuzapalooza Par...

Jim reflects on his first viewing of a classic 1972 Sci-Fi – “Slaughterhouse-Five,” based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, directed by George Roy Hill and starring Michael Sacks, Valerie Perrine, Rob Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Holly Near, Perry Ling, Kevin Conway, Sorrell Brooke, and John Dehner. Billy Pilgrim is a mild-mannered man who […] The post Slaughterhouse-Fi...

This week we’re traveling Beyond Trek once again! Get your cereal bowl, pour the milk, put on your jammies, and relive the classic era of Saturday Morning Cartoons! We’ll be talking about our faves and we can’t wait to hear what yours are! Have a question, comment, or observation you’d like us to respond to […] The post Beyond Trek: Saturday Morning Cartoons – E...

This week we’re MONKEESPLAINING The Monkees to our friends at the EnterpriseSplaining podcast! Maria and Jamie have never seen The Monkees! We will borrow their podcast format for a week to MonkeeSplain “Royal Flush” and the Monkees phenomenon to them! Monkeeing Around is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber. #monkees […] The post MonkeeSplaining...

Cigar Nerds Podcast this week we’re going way back and talking the 40th Anniversary of Labyrinth. We need more puppet movies. In science we talk chatbots being snitches, robot hands, walking rumbas, and origami wheels. In Nerd News talk Visionquest, V for Vendetta returns to theaters, The Exorcist The Martyrs, The Family Disappears, and Mario […] The post Cigar Nerds Podcast: 40 Years...

What does it take to make one of the greatest comedy movies in Hollywood history? This week on Tales From Hollywoodland, the crew welcomes acclaimed author and film historian James Curtis to discuss his new book, Comedy Is a Grim Business: The Making of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, an inside look at […] The post James Curtis on It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World & His New Bo...