Genuine Chit-Chat

This week Mike is joined by actress, author, education coordinator and Sin City Cinephine; Ms Tonya Todd, for a talk about acting, Shakespeare, diversity in nerd culture and more! For more detail, the chat starts with Tonya giving information on her upcoming live performance (link below) before delving into Shakespeare and Tonya’s writing, her role as an education coordinator, the lack of diversit...

This week Mike & his occasional cohost Megan are joined by Paul & Emily from the Parent Guide To GCSE for a talk about education, teaching, their business and more!    For more detail, Paul & Emily discuss why they started Parent Guide To GCSE and why they left teaching, the difficulties of being a teacher, annoying students, the many roles of a teacher, various exam boards, teaching in lockdown,...

This week Mike is again joined by his good friend Sean Lloyd, for a talk featuring travelling, American food, living costs in Wales & England and more! In more details, Mike & Sean’s discussion focuses on Sean’s travels around the world, highlighting his time in Thailand and in North & South America, as well as the food of America, English stereotypes, the costs of living in Wales & England and mo...

This week Mike is joined by his good friend Sean Lloyd, for a talk featuring friendship, social media and the Welsh! For a bit more detail, Mike & Sean’s chat begins with how they met, how Sean first got into podcasts, the different between village & city life, the social changes in lockdown, Sean potentially starting a podcast as well as his recent decision to come off all social media, the curre...

Mike is again joined by Moxie LaBouche, creator of the Your Brain On Facts podcast, writer of the Your Brain On Facts book and random trivia fact guru! This week, in part 2 of their chat, Mike & Moxie talk about confederate statues, Moxie’s Game Of Thrones “nerd-lesque” (burlesque) and her story of playing in front of George RR Martin himself, a Star Wars discussion comes up with George Lucas’ ex-...

This week Mike is joined by Moxie LaBouche, creator of the Your Brain On Facts podcast, writer of the Your Brain On Facts book and random trivia fact guru!  Mike & Moxie’s conversation goes off in all different directions & tangents, but as a vague idea, in part 1 they speak about the mantis shrimp, card games, why Moxie wrote a book, regional dialects of England, musicals, a discussion on the dif...

This week, Mike is joined by Alex & Evvi of the alternative metal band NO:IR , discussing their new single Vanity, song-writing, alternative music and more! For more detail, the trio talk about how the members of NO:IR me, trying to avoid being pigeon-holed when it comes to genre, “granddad metal”, the song-writing process for Vanity, band identity, taking risks as a band and exposure, live perfor...

For episode 91, Mike is again joined by Chris Phelps & Dave Horrocks of Comics In Motion, VHS Strikes Back and Chris & Dave’s Reality Cast to talk about their many podcasts and their new roster of podcasts on the feed of Comics In Motion! This week brings part 2 of their chat and in it, Chris, Dave & Mike talk about podcast production & editing (including Mike’s major mess-up from a few months ago...

This week, Mike is joined by Chris Phelps & Dave Horrocks of Comics In Motion , VHS Strikes Back and Chris & Dave’s Reality Cast to talk about their many podcasts and their new roster of podcasts on the feed of Comics In Motion! In part 1 of their chat, the trio discuss how Mike met Chris & Dave, why Comics In Motion now has 4 near-weekly shows (including Mike’s show Star Wars: Comics In Canon), h...

This week, Mike is again joined by Max Byrne of Mandatory Marvel & DC and Dave Horrocks of Comics In Motion about the recently announced Snyder Cut of Justice League and superhero movies! In part 2 of their chat, Max talks about his views on the current “DCEU” movies, before a chat on comparing DC movies to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the trio’s thoughts on Ben Affleck’s Batman which leads into...

In this week’s episode, Mike speaks with Max of Mandatory Marvel & DC and Dave of Comics In Motion about the recently announced Snyder Cut of Justice League and superhero movies!  In more detail, part 1 of their chat starts briefly with Max & Dave speaking about their own podcasts before delving into a discussion on what the Snyder Cut of Justice League is and why so many people are excited by it,...

This week’s episode is a wrestling special where Mike is joined by Chris Phelps of Wrestling Gold & Comics In Motion and Scott Weatherly of 20th Century Geek & Stories Out Of Time & Space! As Mike has never really been into wrestling, he wanted to bring Chris & Scott onboard to talk about their experiences with wrestling (Scott having been an actual wrestler), what they love about it, Chris’ new p...

Mike is again joined by Tony Farina; creator & host of Indie Comics Spotlight, the Assistant Professor of Humanities at Siena Heights University, reviewer of comics & audiobooks and early adopter of online education - Mike’s girlfriend (& occasional co-host) Megan also joins the conversation!  In this week (part 2) of the chat, the trio discuss how Megan & Mike and Tony & his partner have been han...

This week Mike is joined by Tony Farina; creator & host of Indie Comics Spotlight (found on the feed of Comics In Motion), as well as the Assistant Professor of Humanities at Siena Heights University, reviewer of comics & audiobooks & early adopter of online education – Mike’s girlfriend & occasional co-host Megan also joins the conversation! This week is part 1 of their chat where Mike, Tony & Me...

This week Mike is again joined by his girlfriend Megan Gritti, for a chilled discussion on how Megan’s been getting into video games more during lockdown, some memories about Pokémon and much more! For a bit more detail, Megan & Mike talk about the video games they’ve been playing while in isolation, starting with Megan’s recent obsession with Animal Crossing New Horizons followed by Mike being sa...

This week Mike is again joined by Frank Burton; creator/host of the Ragbag Podcast and author of three books: History of Sarcasm, One Hundred and his latest book, Everything I Am . Their chat continues in part 2 with their discussion on generational differences including tattoo & head-shaving stigmas, before delving into character’s speaking author’s opinions, some challenges that come from voicin...

This week Mike joined by Frank Burton; creator/host of the Ragbag Podcast and author of three books: History of Sarcasm, One Hundred and his latest book, Everything I Am. In part 1 of their chat, Mike & Frank start by discussing his previous two books and his podcast, before delving into what it was like writing a novel that links in with the lore of the Ragbag show and differentiating between the...

This week Mike is once again joined by Gough, creator of the documentary “I Will Not Go Quietly” and the production company Beernuts Productions - Gough is a legally blind filmmaker, comedian, author, friend of the show and an all-round fun guy to speak with! Gough discusses the 10-year anniversary of his documentary “I Will Not Go Quietly” which is about Gough’s blindness, the multitude of issues...

This week Mike is joined by Gough, creator of Beernuts Productions - Gough is a legally blind filmmaker, comedian, actor, writer, friend of the show and an all-round fun guy to speak with! This week Gough & Mike focus on Gough’s new comedy mockumentary called “How To Treat Women” by discussing satire in comedy and the challenges of making a mockumentary, especially for a blind man! They also discu...

Hello there! Instead of a standard episode of Genuine Chit-Chat, this week Mike wanted to showcase his new show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon – found on the podcast feed of our friends at Comics In Motion ! This release is both episodes 0 & 1 rolled into one! Episode 0 is where Mike explains what you can expect from SW Comics In Canon going forward along with what “Canon/Legends” in SW is and the ti...

This week continues one of Mike’s favourite chats; he is joined by the powerhouse of people that form the amazing In The Black Podcast ; Big O (Mr In The Black himself), Phil (The Orange-Krush) and Elgin Bailey (El Boogie) for an informed & intelligent conversation regarding black issues, podcasting & more! This week is part 2 of their chat and their discussion on Black Panther continues, going in...

This week brings a chat Mike has been excitedly awaiting to release; he is joined by the powerhouse of people that form the amazing In The Black Podcast ; Big O (Mr In The Black himself), Phil (The Orange-Krush) and Elgin Bailey (El Boogie) for an informed & intelligent conversation. Their chat begins with Big O explaining why him & Phil started the In The Black Podcast followed by a dive into “th...

This week Mike speaks with CISO & vice president of cyber risk management at Tetra Defense; Christopher Gerg, all about cyber security, ransomware, data privacy, insurance & more – an important chat for tech nerds & novices alike! For a bit more detail, Mike & Chris’ chat begins with Chris’ decades of experience in the cyber security industry as well as what Tetra Defense do in relation to this. H...

This week Mike’s chat with Maxwell Ivey, The Blind Blogger about losing his vision, his podcast, his books, his travel experiences and much more is continued! In part 2 Maxwell talks about his blog “The Blind Blogger” and his podcast “What’s Your Excuse? Show” , doing things for himself & working solo, the value of practicing your craft as well as “stillness”, learning from negative experiences, M...

This week Mike speaks with Maxwell Ivey; The Blind Blogger about losing his vision, his podcast, his books, his travel experiences and much more! Part 1 of their chat starts with Maxwell discussing his many pursuits and how he lost his vision, the importance of accepting a helping hand, how some people have mistreated him due to his blindness, the books he’s written, modern meditation, his work et...