Fave Five From Fans

Swords up and spellbooks open! This week’s Fave Five From Fans is all about heroes from epic fantasy films. We’re joined by the creative team behind C.M. Willows: Caroline, Marie, and Will. Together we go through your favourite sword-and-sorcery heroes from movies, anime, TV, and books. Which barbarians, rogues, warriors, and wizards made the fans’ list? Who holds up after all these years, and who...

Returning guest Dame Judy D is back at Plastic Microphone Studios for another round, and it’s Spooky Tober, so the porch light stays on. The challenge is to count down the songs that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up, with one rule: “Thriller” stays in the grave. Along the way there are werewolves with takeout menus, haunted hotels, swamp legends, dancing skeletons and a few theme so...

Halloween Kickoff LIVE Replay 🎃🧙‍♀️ Missed the live show? We kicked off the Halloween season on Friday, October 2, 2026, with a spellbinding episode of Fave Five From Fans, recorded LIVE at Plastic Microphone Studios with special guest Dani Mystic! Together we counted down our Fave Five Witches and Warlocks: the spellcasters, sorcerers, and magical menaces we love most. Plus, we got to see which...

Grab a seat, loosen the belt, and hold on to your souvenir cup! Fave 5 alum Leroy A., last seen digging into Fave Five Conspiracies, returns to Plastic Microphone Studios for a trip through the concession stands. This time the only cover-up is the cheese sauce on your nachos. From ballpark classics and loaded hot dogs to regional specialties you can only get in one city, plus a few game-day eats f...

T-Jen, a Fave Five alum returning to Plastic Microphone Studios, joins Jamie this week for a deep dive into The Bionic Woman. They're counting down favorite episodes, digging into the toys that came out of the show, revisiting the TV movies that kept Jaime Sommers bionic long after the series ended, and untangling the franchise's infamous "three Rudy solution" — yes, Dr. Rudy Wel...

This week Jamie welcomes first-time guest Matt (@SerpyMatt) to the Plastic Microphone Studios for a deep dive into Marvel Comics' What If? series, exploring the wildest alternate-universe "what if" scenarios the Marvel multiverse has to offer. From game-changing twists to gut-punch tragedies, Jamie and Serpy Matt count down the issues that stuck with them long after they closed the b...

Jenna Lyn Wright, screenwriter, comics writer, and author, joins Fave 5 for the first time at Plastic Microphone Studios! Jenna's the mind behind the screenplay Ambition, the comics Cult of Ikarus and Lady Mayhem, and the Hellion series of novels — and she grew up on a steady diet of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Stephen King, and Edgar Allan Poe. So who better to talk fictional writers with? Jamie...

Alex Grass, author of Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird & Terror, joins Fave 5 for the first time at Plastic Microphone Studios! This episode dives deep into the golden age of pulp magazines — the two-fisted heroes, the shadow-drenched villains, and the deliciously purple prose that defined an entire era of storytelling. Jamie and Alex count down their Fave Five Golden Age Pulp Stories, from gen...

Jeff of Red Dog Terrain is back at Plastic Microphone Studios — a Fave Five alum returning for more, and this time the theme is assassins. From cold-blooded professionals to the ones who broke every rule in the code, Jamie and Jeff are digging into the killers who stuck with them — not the most iconic, not the most deadly on paper, just the ones that earned a permanent spot on their lists. Expect...

Comic book creator Trevor Mueller — a guy I met at HeroesCon 2026 — joins me in the Plastic Microphone Studios for a no-judgment countdown of our Fave Five Guilty Pleasure Movies, the ones that make us feel a little embarrassed and a lot happy. From gloriously trashy creature features to a zombie rom-com and a Sandra Bullock beauty-pageant classic, we bare it all with zero shame. Grab your comfort...

First-time guest Katie Lambert — a self-proclaimed nerd with a cosplay repertoire that puts the rest of us to shame — joins Jamie in the Plastic Microphone Studios to open the Hellmouth on our Fave Five Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episodes. From Spike’s heartbreak-soaked origin story to a cursed-costume Halloween, this one is all about the hours of Sunnydale we love most — not the best, not the most...

First-time guest Katie Lambert — a self-proclaimed nerd with a cosplay repertoire that puts the rest of us to shame — joins Jamie in the Plastic Microphone Studios to open the Hellmouth on our Fave Five Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episodes. From Spike’s heartbreak-soaked origin story to a cursed-costume Halloween, this one is all about the hours of Sunnydale we love most — not the best, not the most...

Returning guest Dave Collins — Relief Podcast Guest for Longbox Crusade — is back at Plastic Microphone Studios for round three, and this time he's tackling one of the most fun corners of the galaxy: the Fave Five Star Wars Background Characters. Forget Luke, Leia, and Vader — this episode is all about the extras, the cantina weirdos, the one-line wonders, and the background players who someho...

The final frontier meets a fresh box of cards. Recorded live from the HeroesCon 2026 floor, Jamie Ray is joined by his best bud Kirk (yes, really) to crack open a box of Star Trek Connections from Rittenhouse Archives 2026 and see what the pack gods deliver. Autographs, inserts, chase cards, and the occasional groan of a triple — it's all here. Two fans, one box, and a whole lot of "oh co...

Channing Sherman, the Smarty Art Brother, rejoins Jamie Ray in the Plastic Microphone Studios to discuss their Fave Five Favorite Catch Phrases. From "Eat my shorts" to "Where's the beef?" to the iconic "Frankly, my dear..." — these are the lines that have burned themselves into pop culture forever. Get ready for an episode packed with nostalgia, laughs, and proba...

Returning guest Dr. David C. Hayes joins Jamie Ray for an episode that's right in his wheelhouse — in more ways than one. David is an author, filmmaker, horror savant, AND a forensic psychologist and cold case consulting criminologist who works with law enforcement agencies and victim families. He holds a PhD in forensic psychology, is a licensed professional investigator in the State of Michi...

Father's Day may have just passed, but we couldn't resist one more dad-themed episode. Returning guest J. Hall of The Okiebook Cast joins Jamie Ray to discuss their Fave Five Bad Dads from TV and Movies. We've talked about great dads on screen before — now it's time for the ones who make us grateful for the dad we actually got. From neglectful to downright villainous, these are the...

This week on Fave Five From Fans, host Jamie Ray welcomes Drag King Kat G to Plastic Microphone Studios for a countdown of Fave Five Movies With a Twist. From quiet gut-punch reveals to the kind that send you straight back to the opening scene, this episode digs into the films that pulled the rug out — and why the twist itself isn't always the point. Kat brings their own list (and their own ta...

Welcome back to Fave Five From Fans! Your host Jamie Ray is joined once again by the incomparable J. Hall of The Okiebook Cast — making this his 17th appearance on the show, and it's easy to see why he keeps coming back. Today, Jamie and J. are pulling on their lab coats and diving into their Fave Five Favorite Doctors from TV. From beloved healers to brilliant mavericks, these might not be th...

Tin foil hats are optional, but highly encouraged. 🛸 A fresh face has entered the Plastic Microphone Studio — first-timer Leroy A pulls up a chair alongside Jamie Ray for a down-the-rabbit-hole ride through our Fave Five Favorite Conspiracy Theories. These might not be the best, they might not be the most popular — but we love every single one of them, and we are absolutely not sorry. The moon la...

Join host Jamie Ray and returning guest Kimmie B as they explore their Fave Five Fictional Foods—because nothing says friendship like dishing on which imaginary meals are the most delicious. The two pals pick their own lists around this tasty theme, and as always, Jamie manages to shoehorn in another horror film because apparently, he finds terror truly appetizing. In a fun twist, both Jamie and K...

Welcome to Fave Five From Fans — the show where the fans set the agenda! This week I am joined by J Hall, host of the Okie Bookcast, and we are prescribing you a heavy dose of cinema. We're breaking down our five favorite fictional doctors from the movies, and trust me, nobody is getting out of this episode without a strong opinion. Let's go!

Every story has a beginning. And tonight, we go back to ours. It's a special week here at Fave Five From Fans — it's my birthday, and to mark the occasion, we're pulling out the flashlight, dusting off the camp map, and revisiting the episode that started it all: Episode 1. Joining me, as he was on that very first night, is the one and only Wilbur "Super Gus" Augustus. From d...

The Dark Universe may be on life support, but Jamie and Jeff are here with the defibrillator. Episode 3 of Sequel House tackles "Return of the Invisible Woman" — an unofficial sequel to Leigh Whannell's 2020 thriller The Invisible Man. The co-hosts break down what made the original work, pitch their vision for a follow-up, and workshop what a revived Universal monster universe could...

Cosplayer/Femme Fatales Kat Godsey & Kristin Breaux join me for a discussion of our favorite Femme Fatales from the movies, starting in the 1930s and ending in present day. It's a great panel with lots of deadly ladies.