Regular Joes Podcast

In this week's episode the Regular Joe's take a look at the wrap ups of two very different premium cable series. After nine years and eight seasons, Showtime's Homeland takes a bow. At this point fans who have stuck with this show have spent nearly a decade with Clare Dane's bipolar CIA operative Carrie Mathison. We've been with her through highs, and lows, and some even lower lows. Nevertheless,...

This week the Regular Joes have a full house as the regular Regulars are joined by Derryl DePriest and Brian Mix to observe the annual Star Wars holiday/marketing ploy. They have a lot to talk about as Disney+ has just wrapped up the Clone Wars for a third and seemingly final time. Warning, there will be SPOILERS, but really, if you haven't watched Clone Wars previously nothing they talk about wil...

Ok, so whether you have watched a single episode, or seen all 787 installments in the Star Trek franchise, it will come as no surprise that everyone has an opinion about the quintessential American Sci Fi series. This week the Regular Joes wade in to the nerdiest of nerd exercises and run down their individual top ten lists of favorite characters from the eight TV shows and three film series. As y...

Taking some time out from simply talking about what they are watching on TV, the Regular Joes sit down with Bill Nedrow who recently published The Joy of JoeCon, a collection of essays reflecting on the history and resonance of the long running International G.I. Joe Collectors Club Convention or JoeCon. After that they talk about stuff they bought (What's in the Box) and reviving their very first...

Yes, It's our landmark 333rd episode, we are half way to the rather ominous episode 666 and a third of the way to being one episode from 1000. For this week's episode we do what we have done most weeks over the last six years. Just three friends sitting down and talking. We cover some random topics, catch up on our most recent projects in What's on My Workbench, and because we have taken it upon o...

Val Kilmer films are like ice cream, everyone has a favorite flavor. And, as some might say, there's no accounting for taste. This week our five hosts, yes that's five, as Brian Mix is back and Derryl DePriest drops in to discuss three of Val Kilmer's very different films. Note: Mr. Kilmer was invited but was unable to attend due to a prior engagement, and ... likely his dignity. First on deck is...

The first season of CBS All Access' Star Trek Picard has wrapped and the Regular Joe's call in their west coast correspondent (and positronics expert) Brian Mix to help assess the series. This is Trek unlike anything we have ever seen, but is it good Trek? Opinions vary. You will be surprised at who rates it the lowest. They also take a post series look at Apple TV's For all Mankind, the alternate...

This week the Regular Joes take a look at the first episodes of three very different series airing right now. First up is season Eight of Showtime's Homeland. Is it worth returning "home" if you, like so many, dropped the long running spy thriller after, or during the abysmal 6th season? Then we move on to the oddly close to home reality of Epix War of The Worlds (not to be confused with (The War...

With not much else to do but watch TV, the Regular Joes share some of their recommendations for a good Binge Watch, while practicing the art of social distancing of course. As usual, they don't entirely agree with each other, but what fun would it be if they did! All this, plus the usual round of Random Topics and What's in the Box. As always, thanks for listening, and stay safe out there!

The Rolling Stone just released a list of the top 50 films of the 1970's. Does it make our hosts grumpy old men to say people who were not even born in the 1970s probably shouldn't be picking out the best films from that era? Needless to say the Regular Joe's disagree. Truthfully, they don't entirely agree with each other, but at least they didn't try to shoehorn a bunch of pretentious crap in the...

The Rolling Stone just released a list of the top 50 films of the 1970's. Does it make our hosts grumpy old men to say people who were not even born in the 1970s probably shouldn't be picking out the best films from that era? Needless to say the Regular Joe's disagree. Truthfully, they don't entirely agree with each other, but at least they didn't try to shoehorn a bunch of pretentious crap in the...

In his five plus decades of existence G.l. Joe action figures have stood as tall as 12 inches, and measured as little as 3 3/4". In his newest incarnation, depending on your frame of reference, he has either grown, or shrunk, to 6 inches. This week the Regular Joes, all of whom remain 1.1 scale, take a look at these new Joes as well as several other offerings announced at the 2020 Toy Fair. What d...

After a brief hiatus the Regular Joe's are back in the saddle. At the mid-season point in the long anticipated Star Trek: Picard, the Joe's check in on what they think of the series so far. Clearly much has changed in the decades since ST: The Next Generation ended it seven year syndicated mission. Both the Star Trek universe and how television shows are created and presented have evolved in that...

Dave is taking to the road and Barry's house is in the throughs of reconstruction so the Regular Joes recorded this week's episode earlier on Sunday morning then Tod usually gets up. What ends up coming together is a pretty free flowing discussion about the nature of films today. Which seems appropriate given that it's recorded on the day the Academy Awards are handed out. What does winning an Osc...

Each year at this time the most skilled competitors take to the field to display their prowess to the largest of audiences. The question on everyone's minds is, who will ultimately prevail and who will leave forgotten. Oh, and apparently there's also a football game that day too. In this episode the Regular Joes review the best of this year's Super Bowl commercials to decide who really won the day...

The wait is over. 18 years after he last took the captain's chair Jean Luc Picard is back as Patrick Stewart reprises his most iconic role. Clearly, with a 90 something protagonist, Star Trek: Picard, on CBS All Access, is a very different kind of Trek. As the Regular Joes assess this newest entry in Gene Roddenberry's universe they touch on the most recent Short Trek Children off Mars, take look...

With just a few day's left before we Boldly Go to CBS interactive for the much awaited premiere of Picard the Regular Joes catch up on all things TV. First up they cover the wrap up episodes the CW's ambitious (maybe too ambitious) Crisis event. Eight years in has the DC/Berlanti-verse played itself out? Find out which of the Regular Joes is trying really hard to find something redeeming about the...

As the dust settles on The Rise of Skywalker (1 billion dollars worth of dust that is) Barry, Dave and Tod are joined by Regular Joe Derryl DePriest to ponder the question, where does the Star Wars cinematic universe go from here. With the last three films either under preforming, or garnering mixed receptions among critics and and an increasing fractured fan base - what is the path forward? Or is...

As the Regular Joes get ready to close the book on 2019 they take a last pass at several of their favorite things from the year that was. Among these are Films, TV Shows, Books, Tools, Gadgets, Prop Replicas, and yes Action Figures. So, pretty much what they have spent the last year, and the last 320 episodes, talking about. Also, as it is likewise the end of the decade, they each pick one film fr...

So you have three guys, say for example podcast hosts, who pretty much incessantly buy things for themselves. The only way Christmas gift giving works with people like that is if, at a certain point, for instance December 1st, they stop buying stuff for themselves. Is that really so hard? Yes, it's the annual episode where the Regular Joes, three guys who buy a lot of stuff for themselves try to b...

The Rise of Skywalker is finally in theaters. After two years of Star Wars inspired controversy, there is finally a film that everyone can agree on ... yeah, think again. While film critics and fans tend to be split over this film, for this episode we managed to assemble a team of four hosts who actually come down on the same side. Once again Brian Mix (our Robotics Consultant and Galaxy's Edge gu...

After two years of torturously rehashing The Last Jedi, and just 48 hours from the premiere of The Rise of Skywalker The Regular Joes, plus their west coast affiliate Brian Mix, share memories of 42 years of Star Wars history. SPOILER: Brian, who was actually able to watch Return of the Jedi aka Blue Harvest location shooting, wins! They also dig into the alien packed sixth episode of Disney+'s Th...

One week out from The Rise of Skywalker The Regular Joes take time to clean up a number of topics on their respective lists. First up it's CRISIS time in the CW, DC, Berlanti, Arrow-verse. Three episodes in see what the team thinks as they try to process the most ambitious TV crossover attempt ever. Next up, CBS All Access just keeps cranking out Short Treks as we wait for the January start of Pic...

On Tuesday December 17, several of the most coveted items acquired by uber prop and costume collector John Azarian will auctioned by Profiles in History. From Maxwell Smart's Shoe Phone to Wolverine's Claws, the Regular Joes preview the items from 1960's though 2000's film and TV series they would most like to bring home themselves. Download the catalog and make your own wish list ... or maybe sco...

This past weekend two of the Regular Joes visited Wintercon so one could get an autograph from the actor who played Boxy in Battlestar Galactica and the other could get a residual Tom Cruse contact high. They saw some other stuff too. They'll tell you about it. It's week three of Mandalorian so they talk more about that again. It time to just accept this is gonna be a thing for the next 5 weeks. T...