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Send us Fan Mail Earth is going dark, systems are failing, and a mysterious space probe is screaming into the ocean like it expects someone to answer. We dig into Star Trek IV The Voyage Home and why it still feels like the most fun kind of smart sci-fi: a time travel adventure that never forgets the characters, the jokes, or the point it is trying to make. We walk through the setup after The Sear...

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Send us Fan Mail Lizzie Borden is one of the few true crime stories that lives as history and folklore at the same time, and Halloween season is the perfect excuse to pull it apart. We’re live from Crawford Studios with Tom still out, and we use that extra room to go deep on what people think they know about the 1892 Fall River murders versus what can actually be backed up. We talk through the Net...

Send us Fan Mail Spock’s gone, McCoy’s not himself, and Kirk is trapped between Starfleet orders and the kind of loyalty you only earn in battle. We come in hot from a fresh rewatch of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and start pulling on the threads that make this movie so rewatchable: grief, friendship, and the moment Star Trek turns a personal loss into a full-on mission. We get into the can...

Send us Fan Mail Retirement planning, RV living, artificial intelligence, clean energy, and the future of humanity collide in this free-flowing CC & NJ Guy conversation. With Tom still under the weather, Keny and Lou take over for an off-the-cuff discussion about approaching retirement, paying off the house, traveling America in an RV, staying connected to family, and figuring out what life mi...

Send us Fan Mail Was Halloween actually better when we were kids? Keny and Lou revisit old-school Halloween traditions—from door-to-door trick-or-treating and homemade costumes to neighborhood pranks, haunted attractions, and streets filled with decorated houses. In this nostalgic fall episode of CC & NJ Guy , the guys debate whether trunk-or-treat events and shopping-center celebrations have...

Send us Fan Mail Did humans—or another intelligent humanoid civilization—exist during the age of dinosaurs? Keny brings one of his biggest theories yet to the CC & NJ Guy table: What if an intelligent civilization existed millions of years ago, disappeared during a mass-extinction event, and left behind evidence we no longer recognize? Tom, Keny, and Lou examine the idea from every angle—scien...

Send us Fan Mail Skynet jokes hit different when real life starts acting like the plot. We’re back on AI for the third time, but this time we’re not talking about goofy ChatGPT images or fun generative AI tricks. We’re talking about the quiet “upgrade” happening in the background: AI layered onto surveillance, databases, and networks that can track movement, build profiles, and make it easy for th...

Send us Fan Mail A single wrong planet name kicks off one of the most ruthless rivalries in science fiction, and we cannot stop talking about why it still works. From Crawford Studios, we break down Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan like fans who have watched it a hundred times, but also like people trying to understand why it hits harder now than it did the first time. We rewind to the original ser...

Send us Fan Mail You can tell a lot about a weekend by the souvenirs you bring home and we brought home stories. We roll into the Nine Lives Paranormal Festival at Stockton University expecting a small setup, then immediately get hit with the full paranormal marketplace: themed Ouija boards, ghost hunting gadgets, Bigfoot vibes, artists selling their work, and that feeling you only get when a nich...

Send us Fan Mail Star Trek: The Motion Picture introduced V'Ger, one of the franchise’s most powerful machine intelligences—but could V'Ger be connected to the creation of the Borg? CC & NJ Guy begins its Star Trek movie rewatch with the original crew’s first big-screen adventure. Lou, the resident Star Trek expert, leads Tom and Keny through Captain Kirk’s return to the Enterprise,...

Send us Fan Mail Why did the Star Wars sequel trilogy fail to deliver a consistent story? In this episode of CC & NJ Guy, Tom, Keny, and Lou break down The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker to determine what went wrong with Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX—and whether the trilogy deserves all the criticism it receives. The sequel trilogy introduced memorable character...

Send us Fan Mail Letting go gets tossed around like it is a switch you can flip, but we all know it can feel impossible when the hurt is still loud in your body. We sit down and ask a deceptively simple question: what is one of the hardest things to do in life? From there, we dig into why “just let it go” turns into a lifelong lesson about emotional healing, anger management, and protecting your p...

Send us Fan Mail Wanna hear something weird that’s actually true? We sit down with a list of facts that sound like internet nonsense and end up in the best kind of argument: the kind that makes you Google things, rethink what you “knew,” and laugh while you learn. We start with the ocean, where octopus intelligence, blue blood, and tasting with their arms turns into a bigger point about how little...

Send us Fan Mail Can psychedelics rewire the brain and change the future of mental health treatment? Tom, Keny, and Lou explore psychedelic therapy, microdosing, psilocybin, DMT, neuroplasticity, mad honey, and the growing debate over psychedelics versus traditional pharmaceuticals. What begins with classic movie nostalgia and steroids in sports quickly turns into a much deeper conversation about...

Send us Fan Mail You can do everything “right” and still feel like the world is daring you to quit. We start with a simple summer gripe about the heat and everyday manners, then jump into a bigger question that hits real life fast: when you hold the door, return the wallet, or bite your tongue, are you doing it for other people or for yourself? We dig into moral dilemmas and personal ethics that d...

Send us Fan Mail Rogue One changed Star Wars forever by transforming the stolen Death Star plans into a story of sacrifice, espionage, and morally complicated rebellion. In this CC & NJ Guy Star Wars rewatch , Tom, Keny, and Lou revisit Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and ask whether it is secretly the most important Star Wars movie outside the original trilogy. Before Rogue One , the Death Star...

Send us Fan Mail At just 20 years old , Joey went from working, attending school, and living an active life to losing nearly all of his motor function in only two weeks. He could no longer walk, talk, eat, write his name, or communicate beyond blinking—but he remained completely aware of everything happening around him. In this powerful episode of CC & NJ Guy , Joey shares his experience livin...

Send us Fan Mail A play can look effortless from the audience, but the real story is the messy, brilliant work underneath. We sit down with returning guest and playwright Zoe Rulin to talk about what it actually took to bring Dirt to life in a workshop production, from an unconventional tech week to the reality of making big theatrical moments on a scrappy budget. We get specific about the choices...

Send us Fan Mail Grogu is cute, sure, but we open with the real question: if he’s a Jedi, a Mandalorian-by-association, and basically a toddler, is he the most dangerous preschooler in the galaxy? From there we jump straight into a spoiler warning and a full fan-to-fan breakdown of The Mandalorian and Grogu movie, with Chase in the studio fresh off opening day and handing out a bold 9.7 rating. We...

Send us Fan Mail We walk through Revenge of the Sith as a chain of manipulations, starting with the opera scene and ending with the choices that make Mustafar inevitable. We connect film moments to Clone Wars context, lightsaber lore, and one dark theory about Padmé’s death.  • the opera scene’s mood, framing, and why it feels like a trap  • Palpatine’s Darth Plagueis story as targeted emotional l...

Send us Fan Mail Revenge of the Sith is where Anakin Skywalker falls, the Jedi Order fails, and the Republic finally becomes the Empire. In this episode of CC & NJ Guy , we break down why Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith may be the most important movie in the entire saga — not just because Anakin becomes Darth Vader, but because every warning sign from the prequels finally explodes....

Send us Fan Mail The scariest Star Wars isn’t always the one with the most tragedy on screen, it’s the one where you can feel the collapse coming and nobody stops it. We go all-in on a hot take: Attack of the Clones is the darkest prequel because it’s the moment the galaxy’s guard drops. The score feels uneasy, the politics feel compromised, and Anakin Skywalker doesn’t just struggle, he starts br...

Send us Fan Mail Uncomfortable Questions is back on CC & NJ Guy, and this episode gets into social media, workplace double standards, brutal honesty, comfort zones, influencer culture, boredom, tough life lessons, and whether modern life is messing people up. We start with birthday laughs, surprise party stories, tuxedo jokes, and classic movie references before jumping into a real workplace d...

Send us Fan Mail You can feel the weight of it: 16 years of waiting, camping out for tickets, and building a perfect Star Wars movie in your head. Then The Phantom Menace arrives, and half the fandom cheers while the other half asks what they just watched. We go back with fresh eyes and talk about why Episode I still sparks arguments and why it’s also one of the most important “setup” movies in th...