Media Matters Podcast Network

"D.K's Cult Classics Episode 13 - "Ladies and gentlemen, everywhere I look... soldiers are fighting sailors, sailors are fighting Marines! Directly in front of me, I see a flying blond floozy! Everywhere I look... everywhere, pure pandemonium... pandemonium!" It's nothing but chaos on the show today. DK has been hit on the head and thinks he's a bug so he's enlisted the help of two new recruits: R...

AN INTERVIEW WITH BILL KRAUSE NB: We highly recommend you check out this interview on our YouTube channel to see visual examples of Bill's work and the projects discussed. Hello again, faithful Trek fans. We're here with another special interview with a key figure in the Star Trek world. This time Mike sat down with model maker, video producer, starship enthusiast and Admiral-in-chief of Tycho Shi...

"D.K's Cult Classics Episode 12 - " The world needs a wake-up call. We're going to phone it in." It's the start of a new season here at Cult Classics, and what better way to open it than with a look at another John Carpenter gem? This time it's the turn of the 1988 action thriller/documentary (John's own words) 'They Live'. Join DK and special guests Nick and Jenn as they discuss all things satire...

Christmas Special 2023 - "You won't be one of those bastards who says "Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud", it's NOT! It can happen every day, you've just got to want that feeling." Mariah Carey is thoroughly defrosted, Noddy Holder is warming up his voice and we've all lost Whamageddon, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and Silver Screen Podcast is having fun with a festive-them...

D.K's Cult Classics Episode 11 - "Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination" The gates are finally open... Join a top-hatted DK in his world of pure imagination. Will his guests: Mike, Sandy Jeremy and Vean make it out without some horrid fate befalling them? You'll have to brandish that golden ticket and join them as they take a look at Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It's...

Episode 60 - "A true selfless act always sparks another." What does Santa do in his garden? Ho, Ho, Ho! OK I'm sorry but you try coming up with new ways to open these descriptions after 60 episodes. But why the festive allusion? Well, the season to start watching all those lovely holiday movies is upon us. But also, fortuitously, it was a holiday movie that won our poll earlier in the year. If you...

Series 4, Episode 12 - ""Dahar Master" just means he was really good at Boggle" Welcome back, brave warriors and honourable allies, for a special epilogue to our Klingon-themed fourth season of this here podcast. Mike and DK have reunited after some time apart and thought it was appropriate to end our Klingon adventures with the return of three legendary Klingons that you will have seen earlier in...

Episode 59 - "You are different from them and they are afraid of anything different. And what people are afraid of, they try to destroy." "EX-TER-MI-NATE!" It's been 60 years since the launch of the phenomenally popular Doctor Who (pretty much to the minute if you're watching this episode when it first goes out). That means it's also 60 years this December since audiences got their first glimpse o...

Episode 58 - "This is merely superconductor electromagnetism. Surely you've heard of it? It levitates bullet trains from Tokyo to Osaka. It levitates my desk, where I ride the saddle of the world. And it levitates...me!" Welcome back podcast pals, movie maniacs and... gamer geeks? That's right, this episode is another of our special Top Ten ranking eps. This time we're turning our attention to mov...

Episode 57 - "Higher, further, faster, baby." Welcome back, true believers, to another mighty Marvel review here on the Silver Screen Podcast. Just in time for the release of 'The Marvels' we're heading back to the 1990s as we're looking at Carol Danvers' introductory adventure in Marvel Studios' 'Captain Marvel'. It's going to be marvellous. Mike is back solo hosting and is pleased to welcome bac...

D.K's Cult Classics Episode 10 - "One more day to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. One more day to Halloween, Silver Shamrock!" That's right folks. We couldn't let the big day pass without a relevant spooky season review. But this year we're foregoing the obvious draw of a certain Mr. Myers in favour of the red-headed step-child of the Halloween franchise; Haloween 3: Season of the Witch. Join D.K...

Series 4, Episode 11 - "It's not quite as good as Wrath of Khan, but only in the sense that a lottery win is not quite as good as Wrath of Khan." Hello again faithful viewers, fellow Trek fans and Klingon lovers (if indeed you're out there). We're wrapping up this fourth season of the podcast quite fittingly by looking at the emotional farewell of the original Star Trek crew. That's right, our Kli...

Series 4, Episode 10 - "There's an old man Admiral who does high-kicks! It's incredible!" Greetings Klingons, Caitians & party Gorn. With rather fortuitous timing it's an animation celebration on this latest episode of our Klingon-themed podcast series. Mike is finally rejoined by co-host D.K (freshly escaped from the Delta Triangle). They're joined by two legendary returning guests; Rick Ever...

Series 4, Episode 9 - "There's room at the table for everyone... as long as you're nice to Ash Tyler." Welcome back friends, audience members, warriors and gelatinous blob life forms. In this week's episode Mike is hosting solo, going through the usual fun segments and then leading a deep dive into the "divisive" first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Bin...

D.K's Cult Classics Episode 9 - "Right out of Dante's Inferno" This week the ship has been programmed... to Reinhardt's course. Join your host D.K. and his band of survivors, Sandy, Nige and newcomer Gav as they board that probe ship and take a deep dive into 'The Black Hole', passing through the hell that is the negative initial response to the movie, and hopefully ending up in the heaven that is...

Series 4, Episode 8 - "Darn you, Strange New Worlds, even your misses are hits!" We're back! We promised we would be. Did you miss us? We've got smooth sailing (through ice crystals in space) for the next four weeks as we conclude our Klingon-themed series of episode reviews. This week we turn our attention to the Klingons first appearance on the newest Trek show as we review Strange New Worlds' S...

D.K's Cult Classics Episode 8 - "Remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."" Now listen up everybody, this is the Silver Screen Express talkin' to whoever's listening out there. Your old pal D.K is back with another of his Cult Classics podcasts and this time he's shaking the pillars of heaven with a deep dive...

Episode 52 - "Seek only those who are worthy. Find only those who are strong." Hey podcast fans, anybody know what time it is? That's right, "it's morphin' time!" 30 years ago, almost to the day of this podcast releasing, a phenomenon was born; the very first episode of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers began a franchise with rare longevity and cultural impact. Mike exercised his executive privilege o...

Series 4, Episode 7 - "It's like having a neighbour who's a tax inspector and then he goes out and gets into a Ferrari" Aliens. Non-humans. Extraterrestrials. We may not have made official contact with any in our own world but the Star Trek universe has only grown and expanded since mankind's first contact with the Vulcans. We've met hundreds of strange new species, each with their own unique aest...

D.K's Cult Classics Episode 7 - "I'm just a mean, green mother from outer space. And I'm bad!" Welcome audience. D.K is back with another long (but fun) deep dive into a cult classic movie & more. This episode things are getting musical as we're heading downtown to Skid Row. But look, what's that strange and interesting plant in the corner of a shop window? That's right, we're turning our sigh...

D.K's Cult Classics Episode 6 - "Gordon's alive!!!" A menacing cackle echoes through the air, freak weather conditions fill the skies, a rock beat starts to pound... FLASH! AH-AHHHH! Yes the inevitable day has come, our series looking at cult film has turned it's gaze towards our Mike's personal favourite and an absolute cornerstone of the genre: 1980's Flash Gordon. D.K is hosting as always and w...

Series 4, Episode 6 - "Never trust a ship full of drunk Klingons." Can you believe we've hit 50 review episodes!? For this milestone we have another two-hander as Mike is joined by semi-regular guest and friend of the podcast Adrienne Park-Tucker. They'll be indulging in a lengthy "Hit or Miss" section before launching into a review of seminal Klingon story "Soldiers of the Empire". Along the way...

Series 4, Episode 5 - "This alien parasite does love some LARPing." Hello again Federation, warriors of the Klingon Empire and everyone else who enjoys a good podcast. This week our Klingon-focused series continues with a deep look at the TOS episode "Day of the Dove". It's a two-hander this week as D.K is joined again by Trek neophyte and friend of the podcast Will Templar, in our continuing atte...

Series 4, Episode 4 - "Listen, these ships f*ck!" Welcome warriors to another Klingon-heavy podcast episode. This week Mike & D.K sit down with returning guest Ken Sweeney from The Comfortable Spot podcast. We talk about Ken's introduction to Trek and some of his faves, discuss shorter recent Trek seasons, his love of all things 'Enterprise' & his top episodes. We forego the usual "Hit or...

Episode 49 - "Indiana Jones. I always knew one day you'd come walking back through my door." We're back with another timely review. We conclude our (semi)-regular series (don't worry, we won't be gone long) with a review of the very first Indiana Jones movie, as we all prepare to dial into destiny in cinemas. Mike and D.K are joined by former Trek guest, our very own Sallah Mr. Steven "Browny" Bro...