The Pint: A Pop Culture Podcast

Sir Jon and our buddy and stand up comedian Eric Barakat get the WESU show up to Warp factor 10, chatting with the author of Treknology, Ethan Siegel. What is Treknology? It is a book Ethan, a scientist himself, wrote relating the science and technology we all know from Star Trek to what we actually have here now. So set phasers to listen and get ready to learn a thing or ten about warp drives, co...

Welcome to the 3rd floor of Scary Larry's House Of Universal Horror!! This episode sees Dem Boyz travel to ancient Egypt, aka early 30's Nevada. Boris Karloff brings the unrequited love in this odd entry into the Universal Horror pantheon. Yes, it's 1932's The Mummy. We also delve into the ugliness of the members of KISS, get to repeatedly hear Sir Jon's Ardeth Bay impersonation and as usual when...

Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 10 Invitee: Chris Frodel Film: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind   Our final entry in June's Invitational Month is a doozy. Six Packer and Mr. Arguing With Myself, Chris Frodel drops by with 2004's most straightforward Rom-Com, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Follow along as Ace Ventura and Rose from that boat movie break up and start deleting their...

Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 9   Invitee: Chris Beaudette   Film: Escape From New York   Chris Beaudette, multi instrumentalist and vocalist in many, many bands joins us to talk all about 1981's Escape From New York. Who is Chris' celeb man crush? Can his girlfriend Kyera name all the bands he is in? Do we actually talk about the film in this episode? Answers to all this and more on Episod...

Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 8   Invitee: Chad "Dizzle" Davis   Film: Everybody Wants Some!!   Podcaster Chad Davis hits the Invitational with a relatively obscure film from Writer/Director Richard Linklater. A no name cast featuring in a film with a threadbare plot, this may end in disaster. Or maybe not. Listen In as we discuss this slice of life film following some bro's as they spend 3...

Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 7   Invitee: Neal Damiano   Movie: Heathers   Film critic Neal Damiano brings the 1989 dark comedy Heathers to a Sir Jonless Pint. Would this film ever be released in today's world climate? How cool was Christian Slater? Which Pint host does Wynona Ryder share a birthday with? Wanna know? Well Listen In!!! On our way to 90, it's all Movie Invitationals all June...

Sir Jon and Ganache, along with our trusty intern Shiva talk to Kurtis Spieler, local filmmaker specializing in Horror. We discuss his first two feature films and his upcoming third, as well as a whole slew of other subjects, from his feelings on the latest Halloween film and collector culture. Oh, and who the hell is Shiva? Listen In and find out!

The Pint talk about their Free Comic Book Day adventures and review a few titles from the event. The latest classics being shown in theaters via Fathom Events are discussed as well as the newest book from one of Jon's favorite authors. We discuss our favorite Chewbacca moments in reflection of the recent loss of Peter Mayhew and much more. 85 is alive! Road to 90!

The Pint gets down and discusses Avengers:Endgame. What did we like, what did we think didn't work and how does it stack up in the MCU pantheon. What moments caused Ganache to sob like a preschooler? When does Sir Jon suggest going to the bathroom during the film? Will The Manster stay awake through a movie....ever? All this and Lou Skywalker sits in to give his opinions on the 22nd MCU film.

Doug Paszkiewicz, creator of the truly twisted comic Arsenic Lullaby joins us for his 3rd appearence on the WESU radio show. We discuss his work process, his feelings on the comic industry and much more. What classic comic character has he been dying to work on? What current juggernaut blockbuster film truly let him down? C'mon, you know that last one is Endgame! Listen In to this special encore o...

Part 6 In A 6 Part Mini Series   Holy shit we got there! The final ep of our Comic Book Heroes And Villains series, with our choices for DC villains. Mark Masztal, founder of Bing Comic Con and a damned fine artist himself joins us to pick the best of the worst. Who's list is deemed as basic? Why all the talk about fart boxes, and what is a fart box? Who the hell are the characters on Sir Jon's li...

Jon took a personal day, so Lou joins The Manster and Ganache to talk all kinds of fun stuff. Film fanatic and critic Neal Damiano joins in and reminisces about his childhood hanging out in possibly mafia controlled hobby shops. The new Star Wars trailer is discussed and Hellboy is given the movie review treatment. All this and more, It's your 82nd Pint kids, so Listen In!

Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 6   Invitee: Scary Larry Dwyer   Movie: A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge   Larry picks the second Nightmare film and we delve into how incredibly.... Well see it's a really, umm. Ok here it is..This may be the gayest horror movie ever. And there is NOTHING wrong with that. We talk male scream queens, weird board games and HBO's hit show from t...

Part 2 In An 8 Part Mini-Series Scary Larry's House Of Universal Horror   The Master of Doom, Sultan of Sinister and all around nice guy Larry Dwyer brings us our next film to dig into from Universal's archives, 1931's Frankenstein. Why did the filmmakers change the mad scientists first name? Why can't Larry remember the hunchbacked assistant's name? Did one of us actually own a pair of lederhosen...

The 25th Radio episode released as a podcast! Listen In as we discuss a ton of stuff with Ahoy Comics Editor In Chief Tom Peyer. From his days writing books such as Hourman and The Authority, through his editing gigs at Vertigo and more, this guy has been present in some important moments in the history of comics. Now he is in charge of a whole new publisher with a great group of of creators on ra...

Part 5 In A 6 Part Mini Series   Mark Masztal, friend, artist and one of the guys behind Bing Comic Con sits in with The Pint to discuss our Top 5 favorite heroes from DC Comics. What feature does every Swamp Thing artist have to add to the character? Which member of the Metal Men wanted to bang their creator? And how the hell do you pronounce Masztal? it's all in here folks, your last Pint in the...

In Episode 76 we say early on that we were going to discuss Star Trek; Discovery later that ep. Well we never did, so we recorded a short show right after and talk nothing but. From actors to characters to the particularly hackle raising theme song, we love this show and this episode is full of the reasons why. If you have seen the show, keep up with our thoughts here, and if not, go get that Seas...

The Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 5     Invitee: Kyera Leos     Movie: Labyrinth   Internet friend Kyera joins us to talk some Jim Henson and David Bowie. The Pint tackles the 1986 Muppet fest Labyrinth. Well, for about 45 minutes, then we devolve into discussing the homosexual subtext of Top Gun, Kyera's odd weekly movie watching habit, and a whole lot more. 2 more in the 70's and then we...

75 episodes, 2 hosts. Now we ride with a 3rd, our unofficial partner in crime The Manster gets his well earned promotion. Jon's journey to TotalCon 33 is detailed, the latest adventure at Connecticut Cult Classics is discussed as well as the latest Hellboy trailer and much more. The Road to 80 continues on, so Listen In!

Tom Batiuk, creator of comic strips Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft joins The Jo(h)ns on this WESU archive classic from February of 2018. We discussed a lot of cool stuff, from his beginnings, to his progressing characters in a medium that tends to keep things static. Oh, and how it's a hard sell for newspaper cartoonists if they don't have a cat in their product. This was a good time, so Listen I...

Part 1 in a 8 Part Miniseries Scary Larry's House Of Universal Horror   The Jo(h)ns and The Manster welcome America's Sweetheart Larry Dwyer back to the show, this time to talk all about a certain 1931 vampire classic...Dracula! A historical film gets it's respect from the guys but also elicits plenty of laughter. Is that bat on a fishing pole? How old is Van Helsing? And what is up with the armad...

Jon called out sick so Ganache blazed The Manster signal again, and a fun time was had. Hellboy and Us are featured trailer discussion, Box Office stats for 2018 are looked at and dissected and just how are we feeling about The Orville this year? All this and more on the almost 75th episode of The Pint.

Yup 73rd time kids! A month into 2019 we give you our picks for best of 2018! Better late than never, right? Anyways, Mike Fullam, our Nintendo addicted buddy and brand new Twitch streamer joins The Jo(h)ns and Lou Skywalker to talk about the cream of the Pop Culture crop from last year. The Road To 80 is in full steam! Listen In Oh, and yes, this episode is named after a famous horse, so there's...

Longtime Marvel Writer/Artist/Editor Bob Budiansky joined us on the WESU radio show to discuss his storied career creating comics. From naming just about every damned Transformer that exists, to writing the comic they starred in and editing Spider-Man during a tumultuous time, Bob gave us a peek behind the curtain. Don't fret fans of Sleepwalker, the 33 issue run of the character he created, we di...

The Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 4   Invitee: Rich Smith   Movie: Blade   Artist, podcaster and brand new dad Rich Smith joins Dem Boyz on the Invitational to talk Wesley Snipes! Oh, and Stephen Dorff too! That's right, it is time to get down on 1998's Blade. What Steven Spielberg film did it knock out of the top box office slot? How old is Traci Lords? And who the hell is Storm Noble? Sta...