SoL-Mates: Love and MST3K

We're wrapping up yet another loose end and returning to the sagas of General Hospital and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger with Crash of the Moons! (cw: anti-Roma slurs) Host segments: Joe's stance on pranks; work capes for the despot on-the-go; sand in the clam; Jeff gets too real; Devori learns some hard truths; Kim Jung Poon. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe. Find us on Facebook and...

We're tackling another listener request with The Slime People! What happens when you bring an author along during your slime-people apocalypse? Nothing good! Host segments: kakadoodie car; #aspersions; lick yourself, dad; nipple-play-based transportation; gentrification; not that kind of Marine; that was really good, Carl; flipside of The Matrix. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe....

We're wrapping up our time in space with Film Crew February with Rue McClanahan's star? turn as a down-on-her luck actress who turns to burlesque to keep the dream? alive? We're confused about what to take away from this movie, honestly. (cw: sexual assault, violence, slurs) Host segments: keep some jiggle juice in the can; factory originals; La La Land spoilers; the trope of the casting couch; mo...

This time, we're talking about these wild-ish women and the logistics of looks-based eugenics. Host segments: mansplain fail; aesthetics according to Seinfeld; Wild Women Got Back; imminent dad bod; Wongo gets a GLOW-up; recessive gene bonanza. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe. Find us on Facebook and Twitter, or on our Subreddit r/ArcaneJuggzz. All Rowsdower Cocktail Hour recipe...

At the behest of our "host," we're continuing on with Film Crew February with Killers from Space! We're all just grateful we all got out of this one without a proverbial probing. (CW: racial slurs) Host segments: aliens can't share; deep-cut Reno: 911!; proto X-Files; poor Steve; how DID the flag get on the moon?; a deep MST3K lineage; page 31 hi-jinks; the lore of ligers; The Tolerable Four; "do...

The SoL-Mates are just where you left them – totally and actually in space. We’re kicking off Film Crew February with The Giant of Marathon. You’d be surprised if we told you just how much discussion about perineum Joe had to cut out of this episode. (CW: violence) Host segments: Joe’s golden synopsis; the days of toilet wine and roses; post-MST3k roundup; ruining the illusion of violence in West...

Oh, no! The SoL-Mates are in SPAAAAACE! We’ve been kidnapped by a mysterious madman (or woman #feminism) – but without a movie to watch this week, we’re in bottle episode territory! We’re reviewing the last year in SoL-Mates history – so grab a drink and enjoy. Host segments: killing the fiction of the episode; Joe is Editor Supreme!; Dark Side of the Moonbeast; Village of the Giants Redux; Zombie...

First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF! Secondly, shout-out to M'Hael for that AMAZING A-TEAM INTRO! Thirdly - this movie is terrible. Host segments: Yo soy bein' murdered!; Smut (TM); so much why; The Porn Shakes; vulgar Thelma Ritter; Jeff is 47!; for our RPDR fans; camp sandwich. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe. Find us on Facebook and Twitter, or on our Subreddit r/ArcaneJuggzz. All...

SoL-Mates is turning 100 episodes old this week! True to our word, when we first set out on this endeavor, we are covering the 1996 film that the show spawned. And, true to the SoL-Mates run of luck, something went wrong with Devori's audio - so enjoy her softly muttering in what seems like the background. Happy New Year, MSTies! And we'll see you in 2021! Host segments: why couldn't they have pic...

We're changing gears a bit this episode and talking about the Rifftrax Live Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza from 2009's SF Sketchfest. Feel free to enjoy this family-friendly episode with loved ones who STILL don't get why you like this show. There's some clunkers and some slam-dunks, and we loved chatting about them all! Happy holidays from the SoL-Mates, and we'll see you in two weeks for our (gasp...

For this episode we're tackling a listener request, and we like it VERY MUCH.* *It's not Prince of Space. Host segments: Joe's gyrations; spousal support; that's gross, Linda; Johnny's Stranger Danger; coffee priest career paths; spontaneous human concussion; always boys on the side. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe. Find us on Facebook and Twitter, or on our Subreddit r/ArcaneJu...

We talk about Cry Wilderness this week, and here are some things you should know right out front: 1) Devori and Joe tried a new thing with their microphones, and it DID NOT WORK (expect audio issues), and 2) Jonah’s rap is criminally underrated. Host segments: crucial astral plane subtext; Devori’s season eleven betrayal; Jeff – Disney Princess ™; I’m a professional Bigfoot; the Schlossberg Cohen...

The SoL-Mates are headed to the polls again with Samson vs. the Vampire Women! We've canvassed the constituents, and we still don't get it! Host segments: Beaujolais Janet; Alice Cooper Sky Harbor 2.0; VampWay; Santos CPA; every baby is a heel; frank about Frank's departure; RIP Tad Taintly; horchata michelada; chupacabra has entered the ring. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe. Fi...

Here we are again with bonus content no one asked for, but we recorded anyway! It's another SoL-Mates Spooptacular Halloween special, featuring the Tale of the Flying Bitch Chicken and the reason Joe can't fake heart attacks anymore! Listen - if you dare. Or, if you get stuck in SPOOKY traffic and need something short to listen to on your TERRIFYING commute.

It's almost Halloween, and we thought we would make it a double-feature with the Mike episode I Was a Teenage Werewolf! Boy - these are two films that give us very confusing ideas about what werewolfs are/aren't. Host segments: drama club redux; victim or jag?; Joe takes a dim view of pranking; the science is confusing; Jeff the Corrupter; the unique pain only Jewel can cause; "Werewolves of Londo...

It's our episode celebrating Joe's birthday, and wouldn't you know he got US a gift by asking to watch all-time fan favorite Werewolf! Listen, won't you? It's absolutely fascinating. Host segments: the drinking habits of the domesticated archaeologist; Necromancer Paul; nephew's favorite riffs; Jeff has so many theories; moon shots; riffing our lives; getting humped on the dance floor; threads of...

We're tackling another Bert I Gordon masterpiece (?), the second half of Colonel Glen Manning's epic story - War of the Colossal Beast. We're not sure why we needed more Glen Manning - but, there you go. Host segments: nightmare mom; GlenPTSD; The Gender Essentialism Side-Step; Comatose Crumbs; Colonel Waaah-nhattan; Joe has feelings about Mr. B; methtosterone. Please be sure to like, share, rate,...

We're on take two (yet again) of Village of the Giants! WHO HAVE WE OFFENDED, OH PODCAST GODS? In this heady wrap-up of two films that shall be hereafter known as "The Kirkening," we talk about how much we wish we could just watch Death Proof instead. (CW: police brutality) Host segments: geology talk; Step 3 - Profit!; apologies to Foxy Shazam; get the Foo Fighters in here; a new type of demoliti...

Believe it or not, due to a technology fail, we had to talk about Catalina Caper twice. TWICE. Anyway - this is the second time. We'd tell you to spot the difference, but you can't. And we're still bitter about it Host segments: hot take - rich people are shitty; dueling beach volleyball scenes; #TheseWomen; #YachtProblems; omnipresent Richard; the journeys of Tommy Kirk; don't listen, mom; too so...

We're taking on a listener request this week with Horrors of Spider Island! It's only once you get past all the spiders? (are they spiders?) that you realize how problematic the gender politics are in this one. Host segments: mumbling and muted nudity; Jeff's tenuous grasp on Yugoslavian trivia; everything is terrible; Gary's management style; the psychic energy of pillow fights; up on some Bobby;...

Devori's birthday is coming up, and she made us watch Ator:The Fighting Eagle. That's it. That's the episode description. Host segments: Ator has a plan; Totino's betrayal; Devori Kimbro for Day-Drinking; a shitty rogue, Joe's weird rabbit-hole; an accent-heavy ad break; Van Dwellers; Encino Ator; the fat one is watching the little one. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe. Find us o...

This week, we're tackling the original MST3K series finale, Diabolik (or, Danger: Diabolik if you prefer). Our primary question: WHY IS THIS EPISODE "CONTROVERSIAL?" Host segments: lady doctor; Clerks' Death Star discussion has entered the chat; how do you solve a problem like Diabolik?; lipstick feminism; missed finale opportunities; cut for time and context; the heady days of August 1999; Lord o...

Up next in the Summer of Spies, it's Mighty Jack! The big takeaway from this episode is that Jeff is moderately good at making you think he knows a lot about thermodynamics. Host segments: Rand Paul's stroke book; good ol' Sandy Frank; we're pretty sure Jeff is making shit up about thermodynamics; Saturn 3; host segment roulette; do you even Mighty Jack?; GI Joe made sense; an Avengers ideological...

We're continuing the Summer of Spies with the not-quite feast for the eyes of Code Name: Diamond Head. The bottom line is - we didn't hate it! (CW: sexual assault) Host segments: hot dog envy; sourdough batch; Jeff Smith redux; joys of traveling; scone v. scone; by the time we were Hank's age; the tragedy of All in the Family; Jonay Ray-make. Please be sure to like, share, rate, and subscribe. Fin...

It's time to start our Summer of Spies! We're kicking things off with the inscrutably named Secret Agent Super Dragon (bwah-BWAH). CW: rape/sexual assault, murder, torture Host segments: Michael Hutchence pose; Google it; #LowBudgetSpyLife; Chekov's blob; Ward E; spaghetti spy movies; host segment blahs; the grammatical derivation of "whoomp"; our apologies to Willem Dafoe; a REAL super dragon; no...