The Pint: A Pop Culture Podcast

Chris Verrilli, a modern day Champion of Beer visits The 215 and talks all about his latest annual Connecticut show, The Elm City Brew Festival. No dear listeners there is no talk of Moon Knight, no discussion of who has the better power set or what the latest TV show to stink up the airwaves is. This episode is all about the ales, the pilsners, the sours and even the Corona Premiere? This here Pi...

Bing Comic Con founders Mark Masztal and G.Michael Dobbs were good enough to have us record at their one day show, the greatest in all of the Northeast! We sat down with artist Tom Ryan and comic scribe Keith Gleason, fellow podcasters from So Wizard and Not Another Nerdy Podcast and even talked with 14 year old friend of The Pint, Boy Scout Evan. A great day was had talking with some rad folks. L...

A truly spooktacular bonus for you listeners. While waiting for our new episode to drop tomorrow, please enjoy this fangtastic show from our WESU archives. Kristen Anne Ferraro and Carson Bloomquist joined us late last year to discuss their collaboration on a truly frightening short film, She Came From The Woods. We talk horror film roots, long shooting days and much more. Please enjoy this treat,...

Part 4 In A 6 Part Mini-Series   Jerry Morgan returns to countdown our favorite Marvel Comics Villains. And sing. He sings a ton. In what may go down as one of our oddest shows, plenty happens! Jon forgets to add a favorite character to his list and swears mightily, John and Jerry form an impromptu 50's Doo Wop group and the soundboard's echo effect gets used for the second time ever. It's your 62...

From the recent archives of our WESU radio show, Joey DiCarlo from So Wizard Podcast drops by and talks nerd with The Jo(h)ns. From Baywatch Nights best episode to football fandom and all the way to a classic film that everyone on Earth has seen except for Joey, it's an action packed hour. What does Joey think of wrestling, and what movies has he enjoyed in theaters so far this year? Listen In to...

The Pint Movie Invitational Series: Part 1 Invitee: Lloyd Green Movie: The Thing   Dem Boyz attack the 1982 Horror classic, The Thing, chosen by The Manster himself, to kick off the ongoing subseries here on The Pint. From Kurt Russell's beard through thermite and beyond nasty tentacles, we deep dive into what makes this box office flop work as a modern cult classic. Listen In and stay tuned for m...

Stand Up Comedian and good friend of the show Andrew Morgan stops by for a particularly tangential episode. Burt Reynolds passing is discussed along with She-Ra, Candyman, Unsolved Mysteries and more. We may never finish a thought but we sure get to the next one in a damn hurry, and have some laughs along the way. It's your 60th Pint! Thank you to everyone that has listened, been on, or just suppo...

Part 2 of our coverage of CT HorrorFest, recorded live on September 15th! This time we talk to - An actor/producer who has a Shot for Shot remake of a classic horror film out now - A podcaster who has sold 2 scripts to Hollywood that are being made soon - A local actress/comedian - A local businessman who is a convention staple   All this, and Sir Jon and Six Packer Chris Frodel talk Hereditary, t...

What do these folks have in common? - A CT Podcaster - A CT artist - One of the Six Pack - A Multi Hyphenate actress - A Stephen King superfan   They make up the 1st part of our 2 part coverage of CT HorrorFest, which we sponsored and recorded at! Listen In and come back next week for some more guests!

Ganache and guest host Jerry Morgan sit down with Christopher Taylor Beaudette, local musician who has his hands full of projects and bands! From touring overseas with Jamey Jasta through fronting his own band Entierro to odd encounters with Little Richard himself, Chris gives us a glimpse into the life of a rocker. We also had the pleasure of debuting 2 full tracks from Entierro's self titled deb...

The Olde Burnside Brewery. Pint O' Comics. Two great tastes that, well you get it. Our 2nd Annual live show at the Beer Garden features us talking to other local CT podcasters, a musician with a thing for beat up trucks and more! We discuss the great time we had this year at TerrifiCon and debate the value of a $14 pot pie. It's a Pint party, Listen In!

Sir Jon flexes his masculinity and sits this very special Pint out. Ganache and The Manster recruit Lady Ganache to discuss what moments in Pop Culture leave folks a quivering, sad mess. From cartoon movies to the poetic nature of music, what makes who cry in their soup? What moments made our listener's list? Listen In and find out!

Rob and Christine Caprilozzi of the great website Horror News Network return to the WESU radio show for another round of laughs and promoting. Promoting what? CT HorrorFest, their annual 1 day horror convention that is taking place September 15th this year. Hear as we discuss who is guesting this year, what horror films they are looking forward to and how Jon and John feel about Jared Leto's Joker...

Part 3 In A 6 Part Mini-Series   Jerry Morgan from the podcast and website Fistful Of Jokes joins The Jo(h)ns to discuss their individual picks for Top 5 Marvel Comic Book Heroes of all time. After 20 minutes of not getting to the list, we finally got to the list! Ganache bemoans his asshole neighbor's car blaring shitty music while recording, Jerry picks a character that may be considered controv...

Nick Banks of The Horror News Network rejoins The Jo(h)ns for a look at some of the news that came out of SDCC a few weeks back. Goofy looking supersuits, macho water based heroes and much more nerdery is discussed. Nick tells us what popular TV shows he hate watches, Jon reminisces about a favorite show of his from the 70's and Ganache introduces the concept of a new series of upcoming special ep...

We play a filthy party game called Rotten Plots which gives true license to bring out your inner vulgarian. Jon talks about a recent Star Trek themed attraction he visited and Manster and Ganache bemoan a Summer blockbuster that left a lot to be desired. Manster recalls a youthful visit to New Jersey's shittiest amusement park and we discuss some comics we are digging. It's your 53rd Pint!

Mitch Hallock, promoter and head cheese of The Pint's favorite COMIC Con, TerrifiCon stops by WESU to chat. From Lammy The Laminating Clown, through premature resignations, photo op fails with Harrison Ford to becoming The King Of The Nerds, Mitch tells his story and we have a bunch of laughs. After hearing the guest list to this years show, you will see why we stressed the COMIC! Listen In! Oh, a...

The Jo(h)ns talk up a new brew from a local spot that really pushes the right buttons. Corporate mergers, Stan Lee's situation and abusive show runners are also featured on this, your 52nd fresh Pint. Listen In!

Comics? Movies? Music? Not this time. So what is on the docket then? Booze! Jeff Beachbum Berry, author and expert on Tiki culture and history joined us some time ago on the radio version of The Pint, and we felt it was time to share with our podcast audience. If you like to imbibe, then try to keep your mouth from watering during this one! Listen In! You may even want to take the Zombie Challenge...

Stuart Moore, writer and editor extraordinaire who has worked for Marvel, Vertigo and many more companies through a storied career joins The Pint on the WESU radio show. We discuss his upcoming book Captain Ginger coming out this fall from upstart comic company AHOY Comics. Also discussed are his love for writing Wolverine, his work on Marvel tie in novels and much more. Did we mention that Captai...

Part 2 in a 6 Part Mini-Series   Just in time for Independence Day comes the second part of our Independent Comics focus on Heroes and Villains, the all Villains Episode! Hear John use a new effect to his repeated amusement, Sir Jon introduces us to the truly obscure characters of independent comic villainy and listen close as you can actually hear Manster take notes. It's your recorded well befor...

50! It's on like Donkey Kong as The Jo(h)ns welcome artist Ron Garney back after he did the radio show last year. Listen In as we hear stories from Ron of the comic book industry, meeting celebrities and becoming a cyborg. Truly a great artist and a better guy, we are proud to have had a chance to sit with him again and discuss an array of stuff. Thanks for listening through 50, the Road to 75 sta...

Special guest and old friend Mike Fullam comes on to chat about a brand new podcast he and his best friend Jon started. Besides discussing J&M:Something Nothing Show, we get into Mike's Nintendo obsession, Sir Jon tells us about The Five Points Festival in Brooklyn, we review a few recent films including Solo and even get into podcast editing and vocational agriculture. This one is chock full of s...

Larry Dwyer and his magical bag of popcorn return to the show. We discuss a ton of stuff, such as Larry's own version of Sophie's Choice...Remain in the up and coming hardcore band Hatebreed or continue to make hot muffins in an industrial cafeteria. Also find out just how he made an awesome exit from Catholic school and so much more. Meanwhile Sir Jon says maybe the grossest thing ever in Pint hi...

Sir Jon takes a night off and The Manster signal gets lit by Ganache. Whenever that happens music is bound to come up, and on this episode we discuss our Top 12 lists of cover songs that are better than the originals. Listen as Ganache sings(badly)and makes musical sounds with his mouth. Hear as Lloyd bestows upon the listener his vast music knowledge. Be amazed as we discuss a few of the great la...