The Cosmic Geppetto Podcast

Jarf is back to talk the IFC show Brockmire. The guys really love Hank Azaria, don't they? Pele Media's Kyle Crane reviews Alien: Covenant. The Digressions: -Jon Ronson’s So You’ve been Publicly Shamed -Rachel Dolezal -Jarf doesn’t think Brad is as pretty as Amanda Peet -Brad & Jarf’s favorite baseball announcers -Larry Anderson’s shallow thoughts -Jim Bouton's Ball Four -How buff should Superman...

Brad & Lil talk Guardians 2 and so much other geeky stuff that her iPad runs out of power. The Digressions: -Spider-Man -Brad's previous conversation with Tom Bacon -What the Hell happened to Arrow? -The trailer for Defenders

Chris McMahon from Pele Media's Goonies Minute joins Brad to talk about growing up wrestling fans in the 80s & 90s. The Digressions: -Val Venis and what was supposed to be chopped off on an episode of Raw -Will the Rock win an Oscar? -Matthew McConaughey on Howard Stern -Chris Jericho is awesome -They’re making Escape Plan 2? -No Holds Barred -Brad’s sister went to the same college as Kurt Angle

Brad & Shawn pick out their favorite songs from Ryan Adams' New Album 'Prisoner.' They tried this before with their friends from Babetown but sometimes Brad's computer hates him. The Digressions: -Danny and Jess from Babetown are too smart and accomplished for Brad & Shawn. -Shawn thinks he embarrasses his wife because of his love of 'This is Us.' -Ryan Adams put out a great video talking about Pr...

We say this a lot, but it is a Fantastic Episode of the Cosmic Geppetto Podcast. The Excellent Brian Waltersdorff from Comic Store West returns to talk about events coming to the shop, including Free Comic Book Day. New Friend Tom Bacon is here to talk about the controversies surrounding the Iron Fist show on Netflix. Tom is awesome and he will be back. The Digressions: -Daughters of the Dragon -T...

Ray Esposito from New Lime Productions joins Brad to talk about Old Lime Productions and the excellent documentary Ghostheads. Heather returns to review the live action Beauty & The Beast and Boss Baby. The Digressions: -Crystal Head Vodka -Meeting Dan Aykroyd -Philly Geek Awards -Maki Naro -Ghostbusters Universe News -Power Rangers The fundraising single produced by Cosmic Geppetto is out on CD B...

Oops! You might have noticed that during the Last Episode of the Cosmic Geppetto Podcast we neglected to give a ruling on the 'Clerks Vs. Pump Up The Volume' Best of the 90s Match. We are updating the episode, but in case you want to skip to Beth Reynold's decision, here is a special bonus episode.

It's finally here: the next Best of the 90s pits Dave Shiffler and Kevin Smith's Clerks against Jarf and Pump Up The Volume. Judging is voice of The Cosmic Geppetto Podcast Beth Reynolds with an assist from Shawn. Also joining the show to talk Joss Whedon and Batgirl is Amy Kenerup.

Just (barely) in time for Wrestlemania, TWO great interviews talking about the co-mingling of pro-wrestling and pop culture. Dave Lagana has worked with WWE, Ring of Honor and Total Nonstop Action. He was also a staff writer for Friends and is currently doing projects with Billy Corgan. Brian Fritz has hosted the excellent Between the Ropes since the 90’s (!). He’s interviewed pretty much everyone...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to delay the next round of the Best of the 90's Tournament. To prepare our listeners, we put together a recap of the match-ups so far. See you next week! It's Clerks V Pump Up The Volume.

Brad & Lil had so much fun Talking Geeky last week they kept recording. Digressions: -Routh rhymes with south -What underwear does Wonder Woman wear? -Lil is excited for Iron Fist -How cool would it be to have X-Men in the MCU? -Chuck Berry: Awesome Artist and (Allegedly) Terrible Person Check out Lil at LilGripes.com.

In case you didn't know, Brad hates Back to the Future 2. He's a little irrational about it. To argue the movie isn't that bad, Scott Carelli from The Back to the Future Minute podcast joins the show. Lil is back to talk about Logan and the excellent work from Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Dafne Keen as X-23. It's a preview of a longer conversatin to be continued in the next episode of the Cos...

Brad & Jarf are joined by: Ariell R. Johnson - Founder & President, Head Nerd In Charge of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse Claire Folkman & Kelly Phillips - Editors of Dirty Diamonds Comics Emily K - Cartoonist, Illustrator & Designer at Feathered Hat Studios We've been asked by some of these remarkable women to share the Link for the fundraising site to help bring 27 creators to the Queers & Comics...

Steven Brown from progressive folk blues opera project Just Mouse joins Brad to talk about the Double EP Armchair Revolutionaire /Making Things in Interesting Times which is set to release on March 3. The Digressions: -Paul Westerberg doing the same song twice, and very differently, on the same album -Steven isn't a Rush fan -People who grumble about music not being as good as it used to be

Stella from The Batgirl to Oracle Podcast joins Brad to talk about her favorite and not-so-favorite comic book characters, movies and TV shows. It is also the World Premiere of "Gonna Be Okay," a song you can buy Here, with all proceeds going to: -The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation -HIAS Pennsylvania, a group providing legal and supportive services to immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers from all b...

It's a Best of the 90's Matchup as Brad represents Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend and takes on Shawn and The Lemonheads' Shame About Ray. Judging is Tim. Dave from Central PA Ghostbusters talks to Brad about the recent news of Kevin Smith bringing back Jay & Silent Bob. The Digressions: -Weather report from Prague -When do kids start loving snow days? -The Three Investigators -Brad loved Hardy Boys no...

Andrea Silenzi from Panoply Network's Why Oh Why Podcast joins Brad to talk about Dating & Technology, her career in Podcasting and her recurring guest Randy, the best villain this side of Hans Gruber. And to add to the fun, we have a Crossing the Streams where Jarf talks up the martial arts film IP Man. The Digressions: -Brad's looking forward to the New Netflix show Santa Clarita Diet. -Indivisi...

Teen Titan's artist Khoi Pham joins Brad to talk about his work for Marvel and DC. They also discuss Khoi's career as a lawyer. The Digressions: -Khoi's favorite lawyer is Matt Murdoch -Brian Michael Bendis’ run on Daredevil -Khoi’s self taught vs Brad’s self taught -Muertress, The Duchess of Death is back to talk about the movie Ouija

Brad & Jarf do a Crossing The Streams episode about DC's animated movie The Killing Joke. The Digressions: -Alan Moore is a great comic write who seems to hate comics -Brian Bolland -Brad can’t say Gordon -The Women in a Fridge issue in comics -Ray Wise characters should be killed immediately to save the heroes the trouble -Which actors make the best devils -The art of Darwyn Cooke -NPR's Ask Me A...

Maki Naro joins Brad to talk about his online comic Sufficiently Remarkable and his love of science and podcasts. The Digressions: -Stan Lee writing the Spider-Man daily comic -Skeptics Guide to the Universe Podcast -Radiolab -This American Life -Boxplot -Bill Watterson and Pearls Before Swine -Mike Mignola -The humans only use 10% of their brain trope is malarkey -Tom Strong and magic boots -Jim...

Mo & Mikey from the Philly Geek Awards join Brad & Jarf to talk about the past, present and future of their event. The Digressions: -Maki Naro -1000 Black Girl Books -Geekadelphia -Yasmine Mustafa -The podcast Dear Mr. Potter

The Return of the Best of the 90s Tournament. Jarf and New Friend Ryan battle it out to decide which is superior: Mystery Men or Army of Darkness. Here to judge is Pele Media's Brady Crane. The Digressions: -Great Movie Posters -Ryan's wife is a huge Harry Potter fan -A Simple Plan is a great Sam Raimi movie -March by John Lewis is a great comic Ryan's wife Katie has a Page to support the Special...

It is the Last Episode of 2016 and there is a whole lot of stuff. Jarf and New Friend Gralin talk to Brad about The 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees. Muertess: The Duchess of Death joins the show for the first time to share what horror movie you should be checking out on Netflix. Amy, Jason & Kathleen join Brad for some New Years Cheer (by that, I mean singing). So. Many. Digressions. To nam...

Merry Christmas from The Cosmic Geppetto Podcast! Jarf and Lamar join Brad to talk about the recent DC Crossover Event on the CW Network. The Digressions: -Why doesn’t Atom shrink? -Neal Adams' run on Green Arrow/Green Lantern -Mr. Terrific’s costume -Brad likes Easter better than Christmas -And his daughter can't sing

Jarf & Kyle joins Brad to talk about HBO's Westworld To add to the Fun, Brian from Comic Store West is here to discuss Rogue One and all things Star Wars. The Digressions- -Jurassic Park Minute guest Crystal Beth -Yul Brynner -The movie Runaways w/ Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons -Blazing Saddles is awesome -The other Hemsworth brother -Michael Wincott is a great bad guy with a cool voice -Fuller Hou...