The Pint: A Pop Culture Podcast

The Road To 80 Begins Here! Mike Fullam, old friend of Ganache's and Co Host of the new podcast J&M: Something Nothing Show returns to talk his passion...Nintendo. All 7 North American consoles are discussed, and Mike and our very own Lou Skywalker take the reins and pick their fave games for each iteration. What is a Smash Con? What kind of map gets Lou all dewy in the undershorts? What does Sir...

Sir Jon is still off in the ether, so The Manster and Ganache hold down the 215. Lloyd introduces The Manster Fanfare Questionnaire Extraordinaire, a survey meant to gauge the pulse and habits of fellow comic readers. From podcasting friends to artists from The Springfield Art Mafia and more, we see what makes fandom tick. The first new podcast of 2019 is also our 70th episode, so Listen In!

The WESU archives provides this week's show, featuring artist, art restorer and guy who has a hard time spelling his own last name Michael Kelleher! Mike rejoins us to talk more about his extensive work in the world of the Four Color! Is he like a modern and less physical Indiana Jones, uncovering treasures of literature and restoring them? Sure! Truly a favorite guest, if you are interested in ho...

Bruce and Brian, the HorrorWave duo known as Satanic Panic '81 joins us on the WESU show. We talk their debut album, their upcoming film project and because they are from Jersey, Springsteen of course. We also debuted 2 tracks from their record and discuss their tastes in Horror films. Merry Christmas everyone, and Listen In!

The Manster fills in for Sir Jon and discusses with Ganache a whole bunch of comic show casting news, and react to some new trailers released in the last few weeks. After that things get festive as Dem Boyz discuss some favorite contemporary Christmas songs, and read off the picks of friends of The Pint. Just in time for the giving season, we got you a 69. 69th Pint that is. Listen In!

The Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 3   Invitee: Jerry Morgan   Movie: Adaptation   Frequent guest Jerry Morgan of the great podcast Fistful Of Jokes chooses a strange pick out of Nic Cage's fimography, 2002's very meta Adaptation. We talk for over an hour and never mention that the film is about a writer writing himself into his screenplay, which is the central idea behind the story. The exa...

Sir Jon! John! A good old fashioned two man Pint! Daredevil Season 3 review! Deadwood movie news! Mandy review! Exclamation points! Listen In! Your 67th Pint!

The 20th time we pick an episode of The Pint Radio Hour to share as a podcast too! Ezra Croft, Co-Author of an amazing book about Bill Murray himself joins us to talk all about the enigmatic actor's career. From weird golf shows on Comedy Central to punching Chevy Chase in the face, we cover as much Bill that could fit into the hour, and still leave enough time to talk some Jeff Goldblum! #ListenI...

Lou Skywalker takes a break from writing for our website and joins The Jo(h)ns for a fun show that veers off into talk of the FFA. Yup, Future Farmers of America chat join us talking a bit about Daredevil's latest season, Titans and Chris Gaines, or was that Evans? Stay tuned til the end as we review three great books that should be on at least one person in your life's holiday list. #ListenIn to...

The Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 2 Invitee: Andrew Morgan Movie: Memento   Comedian and official voice of the Invitational Series, Andrew Morgan stops by to chat all about Chris Nolan's crime thriller Memento. We discuss the unique storytelling method, characters and actors amongst a ton more. Which of us gave it a 2 overall? Who has hair just like a former Red Sox pitcher? Why do we talk...

Chris Verrilli, a modern day Champion of Beer visits The 215 and talks all about his latest annual Connecticut show, The Elm City Brew Festival. No dear listeners there is no talk of Moon Knight, no discussion of who has the better power set or what the latest TV show to stink up the airwaves is. This episode is all about the ales, the pilsners, the sours and even the Corona Premiere? This here Pi...

Bing Comic Con founders Mark Masztal and G.Michael Dobbs were good enough to have us record at their one day show, the greatest in all of the Northeast! We sat down with artist Tom Ryan and comic scribe Keith Gleason, fellow podcasters from So Wizard and Not Another Nerdy Podcast and even talked with 14 year old friend of The Pint, Boy Scout Evan. A great day was had talking with some rad folks. L...

A truly spooktacular bonus for you listeners. While waiting for our new episode to drop tomorrow, please enjoy this fangtastic show from our WESU archives. Kristen Anne Ferraro and Carson Bloomquist joined us late last year to discuss their collaboration on a truly frightening short film, She Came From The Woods. We talk horror film roots, long shooting days and much more. Please enjoy this treat,...

Part 4 In A 6 Part Mini-Series   Jerry Morgan returns to countdown our favorite Marvel Comics Villains. And sing. He sings a ton. In what may go down as one of our oddest shows, plenty happens! Jon forgets to add a favorite character to his list and swears mightily, John and Jerry form an impromptu 50's Doo Wop group and the soundboard's echo effect gets used for the second time ever. It's your 62...

From the recent archives of our WESU radio show, Joey DiCarlo from So Wizard Podcast drops by and talks nerd with The Jo(h)ns. From Baywatch Nights best episode to football fandom and all the way to a classic film that everyone on Earth has seen except for Joey, it's an action packed hour. What does Joey think of wrestling, and what movies has he enjoyed in theaters so far this year? Listen In to...

The Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 1 Invitee: Lloyd Green Movie: The Thing   Dem Boyz attack the 1982 Horror classic, The Thing, chosen by The Manster himself, to kick off the ongoing subseries here on The Pint. From Kurt Russell's beard through thermite and beyond nasty tentacles, we deep dive into what makes this box office flop work as a modern cult classic. Listen In and stay tuned for m...

Stand Up Comedian and good friend of the show Andrew Morgan stops by for a particularly tangential episode. Burt Reynolds passing is discussed along with She-Ra, Candyman, Unsolved Mysteries and more. We may never finish a thought but we sure get to the next one in a damn hurry, and have some laughs along the way. It's your 60th Pint! Thank you to everyone that has listened, been on, or just suppo...

Part 2 of our coverage of CT HorrorFest, recorded live on September 15th! This time we talk to - An actor/producer who has a Shot for Shot remake of a classic horror film out now - A podcaster who has sold 2 scripts to Hollywood that are being made soon - A local actress/comedian - A local businessman who is a convention staple   All this, and Sir Jon and Six Packer Chris Frodel talk Hereditary, t...

What do these folks have in common? - A CT Podcaster - A CT artist - One of the Six Pack - A Multi Hyphenate actress - A Stephen King superfan   They make up the 1st part of our 2 part coverage of CT HorrorFest, which we sponsored and recorded at! Listen In and come back next week for some more guests!

Ganache and guest host Jerry Morgan sit down with Christopher Taylor Beaudette, local musician who has his hands full of projects and bands! From touring overseas with Jamey Jasta through fronting his own band Entierro to odd encounters with Little Richard himself, Chris gives us a glimpse into the life of a rocker. We also had the pleasure of debuting 2 full tracks from Entierro's self titled deb...

The Olde Burnside Brewery. Pint O' Comics. Two great tastes that, well you get it. Our 2nd Annual live show at the Beer Garden features us talking to other local CT podcasters, a musician with a thing for beat up trucks and more! We discuss the great time we had this year at TerrifiCon and debate the value of a $14 pot pie. It's a Pint party, Listen In!

Sir Jon flexes his masculinity and sits this very special Pint out. Ganache and The Manster recruit Lady Ganache to discuss what moments in Pop Culture leave folks a quivering, sad mess. From cartoon movies to the poetic nature of music, what makes who cry in their soup? What moments made our listener's list? Listen In and find out!

Rob and Christine Caprilozzi of the great website Horror News Network return to the WESU radio show for another round of laughs and promoting. Promoting what? CT HorrorFest, their annual 1 day horror convention that is taking place September 15th this year. Hear as we discuss who is guesting this year, what horror films they are looking forward to and how Jon and John feel about Jared Leto's Joker...

Part 3 In A 6 Part Mini-Series   Jerry Morgan from the podcast and website Fistful Of Jokes joins The Jo(h)ns to discuss their individual picks for Top 5 Marvel Comic Book Heroes of all time. After 20 minutes of not getting to the list, we finally got to the list! Ganache bemoans his asshole neighbor's car blaring shitty music while recording, Jerry picks a character that may be considered controv...

Nick Banks of The Horror News Network rejoins The Jo(h)ns for a look at some of the news that came out of SDCC a few weeks back. Goofy looking supersuits, macho water based heroes and much more nerdery is discussed. Nick tells us what popular TV shows he hate watches, Jon reminisces about a favorite show of his from the 70's and Ganache introduces the concept of a new series of upcoming special ep...