The Happy Warrior

CultureScape with Peter Pischke

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CultureScape is the show that interviews the geek creators and influencers that built nerd culture. Hosted by Journalist Peter Pischke, Sponsored by Baen Books Publishing & Young Voices. Happy Warrior Subtack: https://happywarrior.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappyWarriorPYoutube: https://bit.ly/2ItbgBYhttps://www.facebook.com/happywarriorpete/

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Latest episode

Sep 1, 2025

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The Man Who Broke The Bat, Interview with Legend Chuck Dixon on the Fate of the Comic Book Industry 07.11.2022

Chuck Dixon is a comic book legend, the man with probably the most popular run in Batman comics history, he created the characters of Bane, Spoiler, Azrael, and many more. In this interview, Chuck tells us about his career, how he got into mainstream comics & running the Batman books, and how he got pushed out. We discuss Arkhaven and how comics might be saved for another generation. Sponsored...

What Killed Science Fiction? Interview with Larry Correia , author of Monster Hunter International! 01.11.2022

Who was responsible for killing the Hugo Awards and mainstream Science Fiction Publishing? Larry Correia is the New York Times best-selling author of the Monster Hunter International book series. He is responsible for dozens of best sellers, the man behind the SAD PUPPIES campaign that exposed the corruption controlling the once-prestigious Hugo awards.  In this interview, Larry sits down to...

Founder of the Escapist Banished!? Interview with Alex Macris, Editor In Chief fired for GamerGate 01.11.2022

You may not have heard of his name before, but few people in Games Journalism have impacted gaming news and YouTube more than Alex Macris. Alex Macris is the founder of the gaming news site, The Escapist. He was banished from the site following 2014's GamerGate, in which Macris wrote that game journalist shouldn't automatically assume gamers as being toxic. For this advice, he was ostracized from...

Eric July, Creator of Isom & the RippaVerse 01.11.2022

How to save the American comic book. In this episode of CultureScape, we interview Comic Book creator and YouTuber Eric July, aka Young Rippa, the creator of Isom and the Rippaverse. We go through Eric's career, how he put together and funded his new comic Isom, the creation of the Rippaverse, everything it takes to make a project like this come together, and what he thinks will save the comic boo...

HW: Why Dungeons & Dragons isn't racist. Interview with Dr. Christopher Ferguson & Why Popular Science is Always Wrong! 08.03.2022

Orcs aren't' racist, Dungeon's and Dragons never radicalized anyone, and playing video games does not make you racist. These are general statements cited over the years as basic facts in the news media, yet they are almost universally wrong. We interview Stetson University Psychologist Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson , who published more against bad pop-science fads than almost anyone. Ferguson is the...

HW: Why Hollywood is So Woke, Interview with Christian Toto, Film Critic, & author of Virtue Bombs: Inside Hollywood's Descent into Dreary, Dull Leftist Groupthink 22.02.2022

We interview Christian Toto, the conservative film critic, Daily Wire contributor, and the author of Virtue Bombs: Inside Hollywood's Descent into Dreary, Dull Leftist Groupthink. Why is Hollywood so woke? What's the influence of China on the film industry and what should people do if they want to become a conservative film critics like Christian? In our interview we talk about Ghostbusters 2016,...

HW: ‘Thin Blue Line’ Comics Writer, & Legend Mike Baron Talks Comics, Police, And Woke Politics 30.11.2021

Check us out on HappyWarrior.substack.com Comic creators are finally pushing back against the subversive wokeness and identity politics ripping the medium and our culture apart. Mike Baron, with his new pro-police comic, “The Thin Blue Line,” is one of them. You may not be familiar with Mike Baron ’s name, but you will have likely enjoyed the influence of his work . Baron is a two-time Eisner Awar...

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