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FSF PopCast LIVE - Coming Soon Review We’re almost done with 2025, but that doesn’t mean that we’re out of good shows for the year. There’s plenty coming through the months of November and December for us to look forward to, and we can take a sneak peek at what’s coming in 2026. Join us as we discuss what’s coming up and what we’re looking forward to! Theme song "Racing in Darkness" by N...

Tofu's Best Friend This week in the nerdatorium, we are joined by actor Kurt Yue from the hit ABC series "Will Trent". Kurt is the very definition of a working actor since becoming an actor at the age of 27. And since then, you have seen him in movies and shows like the aforementioned Will Trent, as well as in Venom, Black Widow, Cobra Kai, and many others. As you may know, we talk with...

FSF Star Wars RPG Episode 37: Correllian Escape Pod-Plan: Under the growing threat of Imperial tanks and Stormtroopers, our merry band of Heroes are able to skirt the mass of impending doom with a mix of explosives and cunning, but mostly explosives. Creating a crater on the streets, the team is able to get back to the saftey of Yjim's sheets. With a bid placed to fix the destroyed Orphanage, coll...

10 Minutes with Podo Kevin McNally is an accomplished actor of stage and screen. You may best know him as Gibbs from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. But today I have the good fortune of talking with Kevin about one of his latest projects - an Angel Guild-approved animation series called "The Wingfeather Saga," where he portrays Podo Helmer, a former pirate, who loves his family d...

Writer. Producer. Actor Five-time Emmy nominee Chris Sheridan invades the nerdatorium to talk about his work on Family Guy, Resident Alien, and more. We talk about his origins in the entertainment business, how he got started on Family Guy, the lessons that Resident Alien teaches us, how much the respect of his cast means to him, and so much more. Not to mention that Chris is the very first guest...

Here Comes Krillin! This week in the nerdatorium, we are joined by long time voice actor, Laurie Steele. You may best know her from her work on DragonBall and DragonBall Z, giving voice to characters like Krillin, Mother, Baba, and others. But you have also heard Laurie on the Aeon Flux Video game, countless Anime's and so much more. Laurie tells me about her origin story for voice acting, how Dic...

What If? Pixar Edition Marvels What If series has been a lot of fun to experience and see the experiments that Marvel is putting out for the characters that we already know and love. But …. What if …. What if Marvel and Pixar joined forces? What character from Pixar should take over as our Avengers? Let’s talk about it! Theme song "Racing in Darkness" by Nautilus '54 - https://nautilus54...

Leatherface, Golden Voice Ever meet someone and you're instantly sure they're the coolest human alive? Well, now you know how I felt about my conversation with Brock Powell. We talked for a while pre-show, and I was sure this interview was going to be fun .... and it was! We talked about his origin in acting, the lessons learned from rejection and how to handle it, what he loves about voice acting...

Game Time! FSF RPG #36 RPG Session 36 Last Session - We went to Corellia Let's see what the GM has in store for us tonight. Tonight's story - Our battling band of Heroes have taken on the daunting crusade against the Empire, after taking on a perilous mission from Pivot, the gang has decided to also begin their own Construction company. With fast action and nerves of steel in the face of vast odds...

Freebourne Our guest in the nerdatorium this week is a man with a track record unlike any of our previous guests. He has been a journalist, a politician in the UK, and now a novelist. He’s joining us today to talk about his new novel, his first novel, called “Freebourne,” which has been likened to being the result of Midsomer Murders meeting the Matrix. Find out what his book is about, how he view...

She Unlocked Her Potential This week the nerdatorium is visited by the amazing Sarah Podemski. YOu have seen and heard Sarah on shows such as Resident Alien, Reservation Dogs, Total Drama, and many others. We discuss with Sarah how her upbringing as the product of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Canada's First Nations Residential Schools affects her storytelling, the projects she chooses, and more....

The Airbrush Prince Daniel Coney is a fantastic artist whom you should get to know. I met him at the Monroe Comic Con this past September in Monroe, MI. His art is so good and clean that you might even think it's computer-generated. I know I did. He is the MVP of the Airbrush artist world, and we discuss his work, his fandoms, his friends and so much more. Find out why he loves Spider-Man and the...

The Madness of David Judge This week in the nerdatorium, I am joined by Emmy-nominated Director, Producer, and Writer, Mike Mayhall. He does a bit of acting too ... Mike has worked on shows like A House Divided, The Walking Dead, New Orleans: NCIS, The Purge, Bronx SIU, and many others. Most recently, you can find him writing, directing, and acting on his latest project called "The Madness of...

The Star of the Show This week's guest has done nearly everything in Hollywood. He's a designer, actor, author, memorabilia collector, president of an entertainment company, president of a PR Agency, and he does this all while cohosting one of the most popular entertainment and pop culture podcasts on the planet. That podcast has over 1 BILLION downloads. Jimmy Star joins the show to talk about ho...

Don't Hassle Me With Your Sighs, Chuck! She's been Annie and Peppermint Patty in her career. Having one of those feathers in your cap is typically enough for a promising career, but our guest, Patricia Patts, isn't your typical actor /voice actor. We talk about how she got each job, what helped her to be a successful adult after working as a busy child actor, she gives audition advice, and talks a...

GAME TIME! FSF PopCast RPG #35 RPG Session 35 Last Session - We were Hunted! Let's see what the GM has in store for us tonight. Tonight's story - Near Miss on Nar Shadaa Following a meeting with the villainous Perla The Hutt, our adventurers attempt to flee the dastardly planet of Nar Shadaa. Being hunted by Imperial troops and Bounty Hunters galore, the team found themselves separated while en ro...

Meeting Marah On the cusp of the Monroe Comic Con, I sit down with Katrina Devine from Power Rangers Dino Thunder and Ninja Storm, who joins us to talk about her characters Marah and Cassidy Cornell. We talk about how she got started in acting - because what one of us nerds doesn't love a good origin story? She shares her perspective on auditioning for roles and why she LOVES Comic Cons. SPEAKING...

The "BESS" in the Business Sure, she's not Wolverine, but she is the BESS in the business. Kay Bess is an exceptional voice actor who you have heard in many of the shows and video games that you have loved over the years. You have heard her in Rise of the Tomb Raider, Fallout: Wasteland, Star Trek: Picard, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, and much more!...

The Coolest Bull in the China Shop Jordan Claire McCraw is a voice actor and book Narrator. She is also a self-proclaimed "Bull in a China Shop". I'll go one further... she's the coolest bull in the china shop. Jordan talks with me about her career, family history, how she became the bull in the china shop and why, what type of voice work she loves and why, and even has a great and very...

Editing Hollywood Academy Award winner, Hollywood Film Editor, and the author of the book, " A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away: My Fifty Years Editing Hollywood Hits," joins us to talk about his work. Paul Hirsch, who won his Academy Award for his work on the 1977 Star Wars original film, talks about film editing, filmmaking, and his origin stories. You have seen Paul's wor...

FSF PopCast LIVE - Strong Female Characters Strong female characters and why we need them! It seems that in this modern era, when a movie comes out with the strong female character, not even the lead character, the movie gets negative reviews and gets called “Woke” Let’s talk about why that’s a fallacy, and why we need strong female characters now and in the future! Follow our guests - Sam and Ann...

General of Boravia Martin Harris has had not just an interesting career in pop culture, but his path to becoming an actor took him from being in a rock band, to working with the NBA, to being an actor. The advice to be an actor came from Black Mamba himself, Kobe Bryant. And for the first time ever I'm pretty sure, we talk about Bronny and LeBron James. Good thing Kobe pointed him in the right dir...

GAME TIME! FSF PopCast RPG #34 Its been a few months, but ...... WE'RE BACK BABY! Last mission we met the replacement for Farmer Ted, an Ugnaught named Bokane. Bokane and the rest of the crew leave Pivot on Dantooine and make way for Nar Shaddaa. The job is for Prella the Hutt, yeah, she still doesn't like us. But hey, let's see what the GM has in store for us tonight. Hunted Having completed a de...

That's a Windy Farfus Ok ... hands down, Jan Johns is one of the most enjoyable conversations I have ever had on this show. She's personable. She's funny. She's entertaining. Perhaps most importantly, she's good at being a human. Besides all of that, she's one heck of a voice actor! We discuss how she got started in the acting business, although her IMDb bio points out that she really began early...

Gworsh ... It's Goofy! ** Originally Aired 4/18/24 ** Disney legend and iconic voice actor Bill Farmer joins us to talk about his journey to becoming Goofy. He tells us about going from doing the goofy voices for his friends as a kid to doing stand-up and also about his travels to Hollywood to become a voice actor. We talk about his career and little-known projects that you were likely unaware of,...