The Cult Crypt

Two heads are better than one, baby! Mic and returning guest, Kaya Trefz , are gonna talk about one of The most non-heinous, excellent film series of the greater San Dimas Area- Bill and Ted! Tune in for discussion on time travel, comedy greats and Going for It! And if you're into it- please excuse our native Brooklyn soundscape, we ain't got a booth, but we will be doing our work to keep this aud...

THE CULT CRYPT HAS RETURNED!!! tHe bEast is in fulL Possession of your lovely host, Micah Carlsen, escaping the basement crypt of WNYU to give you Uncensored, Unregulated, Cool as hell Pods! So, to welcome us back, we interviewed special guest Reese Villella , we're coming back to the Crypt with a bang! Tune in to not only listen to use talk about Repo! but discussion on musical theater, terri...

Mic got locked out of his Mausoleum and he recorded with his good friend Leilani Patao, host of Let's Get Lei'd and the New Afternoon Show on Wednesdays, to talk about one of The Scream Queens of the 1980s, Barbara Crampton! Tune in for discussion of Jakob's Wife (2021) , the horror genre as a whole, and the wonders of exploring liberation through high-concept horror, while we give an...

Turn back the clock Cultists! We're taking you back to 2013, to talk about not only one of the finest action films to come out in the 2010s but one of Guillermo del Torro's most fun and exciting films. Micah and dear friend Kaya Trefz cover Pacific Rim (2013)! Tune in for a talk on kaiju groupie scientists, mind-melding, and the power of love (as shown through big robots!) Opening Song- Pa...

Are you eating well, Cultists? Allow the Cult to clean your palette with Mic's absolute favorite TV drama, NBC's Hannibal (2013-2015). Old friend Wiley June returns to the Mauseluem to share his first watch of Bryan Fuller's sensational show. Tune in to listen to talks of purple prose, confounding killers of the week, and, of course, some real high-class tastes. The first piece of high...

So Roan and I talked a Lot a few weeks ago and the Beast made me a little tape- isn't that cute? Sure they jumped on me and started biting my neck when I grabbed it, but uh I think this will be a fun lil treat before the big Hannibal episode next week! Oh here's a link like we promised (although Roan hasn't finish his coding yet, this is an inspirational project) https://www.kinitopet....

Hello Cultists! Do you have your passport? Feed me coiiiiiiiiiins cultistssssssssssssssssssss! Welcome back to the Final Five of the Cult Crypt! Today, Mic and Roan Lucas (@casual.ron on insta) share all the good good bits of WayneRadioTV or RadioTVSolutions! Tune in to hear bits on being trapped, Sentient AI, and what theater looks like on a digital stage. (U M4Y 4LS0 H34R FR0M L1L 0L' M3 ;3C...

Cultist! We are in the final stretch, the FINAL FIVE EPISODES with WNYU start now with a full band review of Glass Beach! Micah and Alfie Massey talk about music old and brand new. Fresh off the release of plastic death, Glass Beach has been on Mic's playlists since high school when they were casio dad. So we ask you to listen to some indie music, revel in the catharsis, and then sit and talk...

Hail Cultists! Mic is back in the Crypt archives and he's brought on WNYU radio host- retroteen, host of VOCAVERSE! The perfect expert to talk Vocaloid! Tune in for Tenn and Mic discussing nonexistent singers, Domino's ads and the exciting world of synthesized vocal libraries. Keep posted Cultists, the Final Five is upon us... and the Beast just might be waking up. Ze might just get on mic ;3c

Welcome to the Final Season of Cult Crypt at WNYU! We start off with an episode recorded way down South in Texas. Our Connoisseur is led through all the different realms and games of Warhammer by dear friend, Frog (they/them, or Salmonellacapella on Twitch!) Tune in for talks on Grimdark comedy, miniature painting, and the joys of making pretty little guys!

On the Season Two Finale!! of the Cult Crypt fall season. With good friend Nikhil Chirumamilla, Micah shares one of his favorite internet shows- Epithet Erased by Jello Apocalypse (or Brendan Blabber). Listen for talks on anti-cynical mindsets, a cool guy named Murder and cool ass world building!

Micah has been forced back into the Beast's Crypt after his Halloween excursion. So, to help ease the transition, special guest Ila Finn is here to talk with him on Pushing Daisies, the Bryan Fuller-written, Barry Sonnenfeld-directed ABC series from 2007-2008. Listen for discussions on saturation, fairy tales and mortality (but quirky)! Enjoy a sunny little break in this cold November season with...

Hello Cultists! Happy Halloween!!! As we approach this most Hallowed of Holidays- the cult has decided to unleash the Cult Conisseur onto the world, and Micah has used his freedom to gather interviews and conduct a forum talking about the most famous cult musical of all time- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) !!! Thank you so much to Kam Kampton (he/him), Zoe Gray (they/he/she), Sofi Lopez Arre...

Happy Mabon Cultists! The Autumn season is in full swing and the cult is celebrating with a new season of the Cult Crypt! \We start out the Autumn with a Cult Classic of literature- Good Omens- The Nice and Accurate Predictions of Agnes Nutter, Witch . Micah, your Cult Conisseur, and his guest, Max Rosenblum, talk Good, Evil and being human while discussing both the 1990s novel and both seasons of...

Cultists, it's the summer. And the one thing this season does best is self-indulgence. So for NYC Pride and in the spirit of pure camp and hedonism- Micah, your Cult Conisour, will be chatting with his director and bestie Sofi Lopez Arredondo! They chat on the recently staged production of Sydney Green's The Gospel of Joan (Crawford)- staged at The Tank between June 17th and 18th, as part of Tank'...

It's the Summer Spooktacular Cultists! We're starting the hottest season with the apex of the Scholastic Book Fair. ANIMORPHS! WHOO GET SOME SICK THERMALS AND SEND YOUR MATTER INTO ZERO SPACE- Mic and special guest Divya Sarma synopsis the series, talk diversity, moral grayness and stan KA Applegate. Hope to see you Cultists cooling off in the archives throughout the summer season.

On the Spring finale, Micah and Vibhu are going over two big things: one, the Adult Swim Infomercial This House Has People In It (2016), and the collective of artists who made it Wham City Productions! Along the way, they talk about security footage, discomfort, and horror comedy. Check out the short on Youtube or Max (under Infomercials) and look up the over 2 hours of bonus content on Youtube fo...

The Cult Conissour has finally located an album! A weird emo math rock album with a super long name!! Listeners, this week Micah and music guy Jake are reviewing the seminal album by disbanded group Brave Little Abacus, Just Got Back From The Discomfort- We're Alright. Mic and Jake talk genre, cartoons, screaming, and emotions. Hope you don't mind pitchless tracks.

On a Cult Crypt first (!), Micah your Cult Conisseour is reviewing a listener-suggested film- The 1980s gay thriller Cruising (William Friedkin). Get ready for a chat on queer discourse, Al Pacino, perception, and our reckoning with unpopular, cult media. Content Warning: While the audio doesn't go into detail, this film contains graphic depictions of hate crimes, assault, murder, and coerced...

Welcome Cultists to our first deep dive into the wide world of internet cult media. Micah, you connoisseur and his DM Wiley June are going over the Monument Mythos- an analog horror series that asks the question- What if Statues were bad and housed eldritch beings! Check out the still running show and real-time developments of Season 3 happening at MISTERMANTICORE on Youtube- to view Alex Kansas&#...

On the second episode of the Cult Crypt, the Cult presents a late birthday present to Mr. David Cronenburg- analyzing the 90's beat redux Naked Lunch (1991). Your cult host, Micah Carlsen is here to give you context and some content warnings on William S. Burroughs and Dhruv Barot giving his raw take on this goopy, bug-ridden film. Exterminate All Rational Thought while listening to this WNYU prod...

Welcome to the Cult Crypt - the final burial place of High Art. On a bi-weekly basis, your guide to the hidden corners of the web comes to WNYU . The Cult Collector will sit down with an esteemed colleague to discuss an unearthed arrowhead that's been jammed in his craw. This could be a season of a canceled  TV show, a Bandcamp artist's crunchiest EP,  or a possibly murderous author from...