Extraplasm Podcast

Ghostbusters fan and artist Richi Crypt joins the podcast! Richi Crypt is a lifelong Ghostbusters fan whose self published comics and Ghostbusters fan portrait commissions are well known among our community. We chat about Ghostbusters fan culture, his experiences as a self-published Ghostbusters artist, our mutual appreciation for Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed and much more. Plus get filled in on...

Jason Fitzsimmons of Ghostbusters News joins the podcast for a discussion of the week’s headlines, with an extended focus on Hasbro’s latest marketing effort for Ghostbusters toys. Join Jim and Jason as they speculate on what Ghostbusters related announcement Hasbro will ultimately be making at their 1027 event later this month and offer commentary on Hasbro’s marketing strategies. Plus find out a...

Chris Stewart, aka @Protoncharging on the Internet and co-host of the Ghostbusters Interdimensional Crossrip Podcast joins the show for a fun chat about Halloween, Ghostbusters collections, and so-called "weird" promotional merchandise!  Plus, get up to date on the Ghostbusters headlines from the past week! Special Thanks & Credits Logo / Cover Art - Brendan Pearce, Badoochi Studios, @badoochi...

John Yurcaba joins the show  for a conversation about his recent work drawing Godzilla comics, our thoughts on Ghostbusters Soundtracks, our hopes for a forthcoming Ghostbusters trailer and storytelling to come, and John’s month-long narrative art project, Ectober: Midnight Run. Plus, get caught up on headlines of the previous week! Special Thanks & Credits Logo / Cover Art - Brendan Pearce, B...

Matt Zunich of Los Angeles Ghostbusters returns to the program to discuss charity work, Ghostbusting and the Halloween season!  Join Matt and Jim in a discussion of LAGB's recent visit to Ghost Corps, their continued charity collaborations with Starlight Foundation, their work this Halloween Season fundraising for patients at Luskin Orthopedic Children's Hospital, their upcoming events at Seaside...

Craig Goldberg of Yes Have Some Podcast returns this week for a discussion of many things related to Ghostbusters and pop-culture, including thoughts on Ghostbusters fan culture, Dragon Con and PKE Surge, changing trends in toy marketing (including Hasbro bowing out of ToyFair 2023) the trailer for the next Ghostbusters film, and more! Plus, get filled in on the week's headlines! Special Thanks &a...

Extraplasm returns after a week off and friend of the show Tony Taylor returns to talk about Ghostbusters toys as we approach Toy Fair 2023 at the end of the month! Join Jim and Tony as they discuss their hopes for officially licensed toys and costume props from Hasbro and Spirit Halloween, marketing and branding of Ghostbusters role play toys, Hasbro RC Traps turning up for sale in China, and the...

This week we’re getting to know the caretakers of Ecto-1NJ: Nick Ferrara, and “Ectotech” Greg Hilyard! Ecto-1NJ is an authentic screen-accurate replica of the Ecto-1 that Nick and Greg have made their passion project.  Together, they have worked to represent the fandom at Ghostbusters events over the last several years including at Hook & Ladder 8 for Ghostbusters Day, and more recently as val...

Justin West of the Strange Glow Video podcast and the Midland Empire Ghostbusters joins the show for a fun chat about his experiences as a Ghostbusters fan, prop builder, video and podcast content creator, and the largest purveyor of 1964 World's Fair Lucky Coins on the Internet! Tune in as we chat about his journey as a fan, becoming an overnight Etsy retailer after finding a cache of Janine's lu...

We're celebrating Episode 46 and one year of podcasting with three fantastic folks who helped make the first year of Extraplasm great! First get an update on the state of the podcast and some new exciting announcements about what's to come. Then load up your copy of Ghostbusters Afterlife and celebrate 46 Extraplasms with a watchalong commentary track for Ghostbusters Afterlife: The film that gave...

Eric Christenson joins us this week to talk about his family-friendly Facebook group, the Mooglie Fan Club, as well as his wealth of experience as a patch and pin designer, including for GBFans, Hook & Ladder 8, Ghostbusters Franchises and content creators and more! Plus find out about "A Convenient Parallel Discussion," the Mooglie Fan Club's weekly podcast and streaming collaboration with Bu...

Jason Fitzsimmons of Ghostbusters News is in the Extraplasm Studio and sitting in as co-host for the whole show! Tune in for a chat about the week's headlines, including commentary on the Ghostbusters Firehouse release delay and its implications, the new Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed DLC release, and the latest retail Proton Pack and Slimer decorative offerings from HalloweenCostumes.com. Plus, w...

Matt Swaim of the YouTube Channel “The Proton Pack is Not a Toy” joins the show this week! Matt is a content creator in the Ghostbusters fandom who develops video tutorials and vlogs on prop building, Ghostbusters history and screen accuracy, collectibles reviews, and more!  We delve into his experiences building props and creating interesting content, as well as his work as a beta tester for game...

It's the first ever intercontinental Extraplasm! The boys from Fantazm Toys join the show this week - and that means Tony Taylor is back, but with him from all the way in Australia in his first ever podcast appearance is Brendan Pearce of Badoochi Studios!  Tony and Brendan collaborate on their Fantazm Toys creation, but Brendan is also an artist and the mind behind a ton of GB Fan content creator...

After a week away for the July 4th holiday, Jim is back in the Extraplasm studio with Phil Kessell -- the man you may know as the face of the "Ghost Beacon" YouTube channel!  Phil joins the show for a fun conversation about his experiences documenting the Ghostbusters Day event at Hook & Ladder 8 in NYC, attending Ecto Fest and Fan Fest in Los Angeles, and even capturing a glimpse of the inter...

Matt Sanders and Tom Henry join the podcast this week for a fun chat to recap their “Busters Across California” autograph tour, where they worked to get over 500 signatures from 9 signers from the Ghostbusters cast and production family! They speed signed with William Atherton, hung out with Richard Edlund, had a home-cooked meal with Stuart Ziff, met up with Robin Shelby, met up at a museum with...

Troy Benjamin joins Extraplasm this week for a fun conversation about his experiences as a multi-hyphenate Ghostbusters content creator and fan who has the tools and the talent (but who also modestly insists he's had a little luck along the way).  We chat about his early days running Ghostbusters HQ on the web, trying to save the LA Firehouse, and his experiences working on Ghost Corps projects. H...

Jason Fitzsimmons of Ghostbusters News joins the show for a debriefing on Ghostbusters Day! We discuss everything we’ve learned from the officially released video messages & poster reveal for Ghostbusters Firehouse, and some exciting announcements from Illfonic about a forthcoming Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed release for Nintendo Switch and the next DLC for Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. Plus,...

Matt Provencal joins the podcast for a chat before we all head into Ghostbusters Day!  Ghostbusters podcast fans may remember Matt as one of the hosts of the Cross the Streams Radio Show – a Ghostbusters podcast that broke ground in a time when podcast platforms didn’t even really exist yet! Matt is a videographer, editor and director, and joins the show to discuss Ghostbusters collecting, Canadia...

Jim is in the studio alone this week for a quick "minisode" recapping the week's headlines over a holiday week here in the U.S.  Find out about where Bill Murray's been spotted, why vegan cheese is now tangentially relevant to Ghostbusters, and some other non-spoilery soft updates on Ghostbusters Firehouse filming. Plus tune in to find out about the latest fan created toy offerings from Fantazm To...

John Yurcaba joins the show as guest co-host!   First, Jim and John talk through the headlines of the last week, including more news about fan produced Ghostbusters Day events, merchandise and video game updates, and a recent interview with Sigourney Weaver about the next Ghostbusters film. Then stick around in the back half of the show for a fun discussion about Sony's plans to create new and exc...

First, get caught up on Ghostbusters headlines.  Then Matt Zunich of the LA Ghostbusters rejoins the show for a "Spectral Speculation" discussion about the Writers Guild strike and its impact on television and film production, including Ghostbusters projects. Matt brings his experiences working in the industry as a post-production supervisor and as an aspiring writer to the conversation, while Jim...

This week Jason Fitzsimmons of Ghostbusters News fame rejoins the show for a fun conversation about the challenge of reporting around spoilers, the new DLC pack for Ghostbusters Spirits Unleashed, the new Spirit Halloween Proton Pack, Ghostbusters Firehouse, and even a Canadian grocery store pizza delicacy!  Plus get caught up on the events of the last week in our headlines segment! It's Episode 3...

Dan Liberg of the Buffalo Ghostbusters joins the show to talk about Ghostbusters Day, the work he and Buffalo Ghostbusters have done to develop a relationship with Hook & Ladder 8 in NYC, and what's to come for 2023! Find out a bit about the work Dan and the Buffalo team are doing to prepare an amazing Ghostbusters day at the firehouse and how charitable donations to their GoFund Me and patch camp...

Chris Stewart returns to the podcast for a fun chat where we geek out a bit about Ghostbusters and world building, explore what Winston's TED Talk might be like if he had one, and spitball new Ecto-1 ideas and Ghostbuster-tech derived consumer products! Then we try to figure out if the new Ghostbusters movie is the first time the exterior design of Hook and Ladder 8 in NYC and the interior of Old...