The Captain's Log

Episode 165. Congrassulations! It's another new episode. Melissa takes her mom to Poison Island. Kyle keeps falling asleep listening to the Dune audiobook but he's still able to explain the plot to Melissa, who only wants to sit back and watch the big worms. We also discuss Adam Warlock, Saga, and an expensive cheeseburger meal, and watch the trailer for The Billion Dollar Code. Click here to watc...

Episode 164. We announce our new holiday of Moon Day and watch three lawyers eat sandwiches. Kyle tries to guess the new mystery flavor of Mountain Dew, and counts how many saints were in The Many Saints of Newark. Melissa imagines the plot structure of The Phantom Menace applied to other prequels, and argues that every movie should have an end credits song that recaps what you just saw. Click her...

Episode 163. Melissa recaps the antics of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and the celebrations around Disney World's 50th anniversary and their new space restaurant. Kyle has a new tech toy and a tale of a nightmare virtual work "retreat" with a keynote speaker who doesn't do anything that Venom can't. Click here to watch a video of this episode. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 162. We're joined by writer Stephanie Cooke, a former co-host of the Talking Comics podcast, which was the first podcast Kyle listened to years ago. Everything's coming full circle! We discuss Stephanie's new podcast Caper Cast all about heist movies, and her middle grade graphic novels Oh My Gods! and ParaNorthern. We also talk about Muppets and pillow fights and imagine a Pacific Rim mus...

Episode161. Kyle discusses the end of Lucifer and the beginning of Y: The Last Man, and Melissa describes the strange impulse purchase options in the check-out line of an electronics store. Kyle introduces James Bonding, a game where we pick a character from the decades-long franchise to join us in various types of relationships. We imagine our float for the hypothetical Podcast University homecom...

Episode 160. Kyle is excited about the new Matrix: Resurrection trailer and Melissa tries to explain what she thinks The Matrix is, having never seen it. Speaking of resurrections, we discuss what other pop culture properties should have their protagonist randomly regenerate like Doctor Who, and this somehow leads us to the wiki page for Air Bud, a franchise that is more complicated than you'd thi...

Episode 159. Kyle retells his arduous journal across town to go see Shang-Chi. We discuss bringing scents into movies to enhance the narrative experience and puzzle over what could possibly inspire a four-minute standing ovation for a movie. We take personality quizzes that tell us what movie we should watch based on the snacks we choose, and what snack we should eat based on the movies we choose....

Episode 158. Powerhouse teamups is the theme this week as Kyle talks about the magic of BBQs and s'mores and Melissa introduces us to a local bank that also sells frozen custard. We discuss the arts and farts of The Lighthouse, the villains coming together in the new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, a Mountain Dew inspired by Flamin' Hot Cheetos, and other brilliant and/or questionable brand cross...

Episode 157. We share some Marvel news and discuss fitting vacation time into our schedules, boba tea, and what parts of America are the cowboy parts. We also ask what movie sets you would like to visit and see the movies being made, and what movie settings you would like to visit and live inside the narrative for a while. We discover the tastiest IPs and wonder if we would win Willy Wonka's choco...

Episode 156. Mountain Dew announced an alcoholic version of their beloved soda, which prompts us to ask what other beverages have yet to be hardened. We invent some terrible cocktails and imagine what our favorite fictional characters would bring to a dinner party. Our answer for many people is just hot dogs. We also preview our upcoming special Review Show topic, the bizarre novel House of Leaves...

Episode 155. Kyle's back from vacation to tell us about the art museum, aquarium, and food court he visited, and the hours upon hours of TV he watched. Melissa eats the Cool Ranch Doritos flavored Lays potato chips live on air, and tries to describe the puzzling new releases Old and The Green Knight. In a third-act twist, Ignacio appears to talk about Fast 9. Our fictional heist concludes as Kyle...

Episode 154. Nightboy Alan and Daymadam Melissa are here for The Fear Episode! We're talking scary stories, Bigfoot sightings, and how we would try to convince a demon out of haunting our house, and eventually befriend it. We also talk about preppy sportswear and augmented reality goggles that could show you the place you're in, but in the past. Click here to watch a video of this episode. ★ Suppo...

Episode 153. It's a full crew with Melissa, Alan, Ignacio, and Gino, still planning our theoretical bank heist. We discuss ice cream, Florida Man, the bad weather and weird sunlight in our regions, and the Digimon trading card game, again. Click here to watch a video of this episode. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode 152. Melissa, Ignacio, and Alan are here trying to hold down the blanket fort with Kyle on vacation. We talk about old sitcoms, what role we would play in a heist movie, and when to wear socks. We also discuss how the Olympians can have all the free McDonald's they want, but they have to sleep alone in cardboard beds. The podcast reaches a boiling point with a heated discussion on how the...

Episode 151. To celebrate episode 151, we discuss our dream Pokemon movies that take the franchise to new genres and what pre-existing normal movies should have Pokemon added to them. We discuss some favorite actors and what movies we would like to smell, and Kyle gives us a spoiler-free preview of Black Widow by trying to describe the movie as a scented candle. Melissa drinks her first Mountain D...

Episode 150. Kyle raves about The Expanse and Killing Eve and speculates on the trailer for the Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark. Melissa describes a chaotic experience attempting to watch Donnie Darko again for the first time since high school. Hot Gundam Summer continues! We discuss the movie trope of a villain cutting slices of apple with a pocket knife and wonder what other eating ha...

Episode 149. Welcome to our first annual trivia night, which is actually the second one, because it only becomes "first annual" when you do it again a year later! Kyle, Melissa, and Ignacio challenge each other in a meeting of the minds. What is the official snack chip of the NBA? Who had a Billboard top 5 song in the year 2006? How many official jobs has Mario had? Join us for the thrill of compe...

Episode 148. We talk about movies with an unexpected undercurrent of weirdness to them, like a relationship drama with a dancing janitor and a tennis movie where the ballboy might be a ghost or an angel or some sort of incorporeal sports muse. We also discuss our favorite restaurants on atmosphere alone, a spooky concept album, art crimes, good pop culture dads, the upcoming Guardians of the Galax...

Episode 147. We drench ourselves in pink lights and ask the big questions. Has Mario ever ridden a horse? Is a door a musical instrument? Why do knees hurt? Wet corn or dry corn? What if Lord of the Rings was an anime? If Kyle orders the McDonalds BTS meal in the middle of the episode, will his food arrive by the end?? Click here to watch a video of this episode. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon...

Episode 146. We're sweet on the new Netflix show Sweet Tooth, and Melissa brings the excitement for Avengers Campus finally opening in Disney's California Adventure. Meet the heroes! Eat the big pretzel! Then we're drafting our dream malls, built of current and defunct stores, restaurants, and entertainment opportunities. Click here to watch a video of this episode. ★ Support this podcast on Patre...

Episode 145. For starters, a deep discussion on how to make and eat a sandwich. It gets personal. We yell about the lesser known Green Lanterns and Spider-Man villains, and other pop culture spiders who aren't related to Spider-Man at all. Kyle tries to remember a mysterious compilation CD, Melissa tries to explain Sam Raimi's Darkman. We remember a great drummer and look forward to another novel...

Episode 144. We're talking pretzel preferences and debating pig against blanket -- who will you choose?? We also discuss adult snacks of the late 90s, the ideal furniture for your home theater, movie posters to impress your guests, and what if Inception was named Top-Wobblers instead. Kyle reports on the last of the Marvel shows on Hulu and his feelings on the controversial series finale of The So...

Episode 143. Adult Swim heard our calls and is making a Venture Bros movie for Blu-Ray release! We're also looking forward to Kathryn Hahn in Knives Out 2, and Kyle reports on his post-vaccine watch of Stumptown. Melissa fears time goblins and dreams of a butler fantasy camp. We learn how many bubbles are in a glass of beer, how big squids are, and cool names for stars. Click here to watch a video...

Episode 142. We're back to the old classics: talking about cereal, visiting the Mountain Dew fan wiki, and getting excited about Marvel news! Ignacio joins us to discuss the updated Phase 4 slate and theorize about when and how we'll see Galactus. We also discuss snack boards, our dream meals, and what foods we would and would not eat from a vending machine with a robot chef. Click here to watch a...

Episode 141. We're joined by writer and podcaster Paul Bae to discuss the inspiration for The Black Tapes and how it joined the rise of audio dramas by sheer luck. We also talk about the variety of emotions in The Big Loop anthology, the teamwork that brought Marvels to life, and the pitching experience for trying to sell audio dramas as TV shows. Click here to watch a video of this episode. ★ Sup...