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Show notes provided by Josh Bernhard Join Josh and guests James, John, and Guy for an in-depth breakdown of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special "The Giggle." Topics covered include: Initial reactions to the celebratory special and how it provides closure while setting up exciting new adventures Analyzing the complex "bi-regeneration" plot device that splits the 14th Doctor...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso The start of the MLB Season is still two months away! The NFL postseason is already here! Basketball, MEH.  So what are you gonna do?       Hit the ICE! Drop the puck! Avoid the odd man rush. Don't turn the puck over in the neutral zone. Be strong on the penalty kill, and, thrill the crowd with a short-handed goal! The NHL, baby! It's the sports fan's...

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso The guys have returned to the sports desk to bring you an NFL Playoff Preview and an accounting of the MLB Offseason. Join Chris and Joe as they tackle the likes of Josh Allen (Good luck with that!), CJ Stroud, Jordan Love, the spiraling Eagles, and the surprising Rams.      Then it's on to the diamond to examine the wheeling and dealing of the offseason. Who...

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso: Spoken in disgust by Superman to Lex Luthor from the classic film Superman: The Movie."You diseased maniac." Yes, it's a great line. But as Keith points out in this new Mint episode, it's also a reverential line delivered by Supes to Lex in Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu's, "Superman: Birthright". The 2003 iteration of The Man of...

Wrapping Up Christmas

Show notes provided by Joe Peluso: Gathered from across the "28 known galaxies" (Thank you, Jor-El) are your three Mint hosts, James, Chris, and Joe, and three treasured friends: Adrienne, Arco, and Keith, joining together to bring you the mother of all 2023 wrap ups! Do you want lists? Do you want recommendations? Do you want hot takes? Come then and join this crusading crew of pop cult...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso The Christmas season means so many things to so many people all over the world. "Tis the season for family, friends, love, hope, and--of course--peace. It truly is "the most wonderful time of the year".(Insert sound effect of a car coming to a screeching halt!) And then there is the 3rd annual Mint Condition Christmas Spectacular episode! Really, wh...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso Hey, sports fans, Chris and Joe are back at the sports desk to turn two on the 2023 MLB season and look ahead to 2024, to run the ball the length of the NFL gridiron (and try to avoid the myriad of injuries that have plagued the league this season), and finally take to the ice for another exciting, thrill-packed NHL season. And yes, The PBA season begins On Januar...

Show notes provided by Josh Bernhard Join hosts Josh, John, and Guy discuss the second Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special, "Wild Blue Yonder." The trio analyzes the unexpected stand-alone adventure style of this special, praising showrunner Russell T. Davies' ability to craft an emotionally impactful "haunted house in space" story with just the core cast. They explore the...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso:  "Vengeance blackens the soul, Bruce." Alfred Pennyworth from "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" Warner Bros, 1993.    Vengeance?  Is that the motivation that drives The Batman? Is he a "creature of the night" longing to satiate his troubled conscience with the blood and broken bones of his villainous prey? Or is he just a man seeking to...

Show Notes Provided by Josh Berhard TARDIS Rubbish: A Dive into 'The Star Beast' and the Future of Doctor Who In the inaugural episode of 'TARDIS Rubbish', Josh, James and John react to the first new Doctor Who in over a year, discussing the regeneration of The 14th Doctor, the nostalgia in the episode, the fun and heartwarming moments, and the bold statements on gender representat...

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso The multiverse: "...the collection of alternate universes, with a similar nature and a universal hierarchy." Encyclopedia Galactica: 31st century Earth. Okay, different comic book company, but the same designation.    The multiverse has become the seemingly most prevalent playground setting to tell a current comic book tale. Naturally, this multi-purpose...

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso Thanksgiving: A time for reflection, family, and friends. A couple of days to count our blessings, break bread with family and friends--and consume a week's with of football in one day!     Join your hosts James, John, Josh, and Joe, seated around the Thanksgiving Table, for an hour of warm and mirthful conversation. Both the front and back doors of Minconditi...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso   Once again the familiar hum of The USS Enterprise's transporter fills the confines of Mintcondition, and in a twinkling, a treasured guest has arrived.    Join your hosts James, Chris, and Joe as they welcome back New York Times Best-Selling author Michael Jan Friedman. We are not sure where Michael just beamed in from, but we suspect it's a sector of Th...

James and John jump into their T-6 Jedi start fight and head off into the unknown regions to talk all about the Disney + Star Wars show Ahsoka. Spoilers Ahead! They talk all about if this show worked on it's own if you didn't know the history of the character and themes going in, what the show means for the future of the Star Wars franchise and how it fills the gaps between Return of the J...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso This is an imaginary story...aren't they all." Alan Moore, page one of Superman #423, September 1986.    When Alex Ross approaches DC comics with an epic tale of a possible future--an imaginary future--for the DCU, people sit up and listen intently. Which is what we hope you will do for the next hour plus. This second installment of James' Tales from...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, witches, and monsters, (Irving, Hardine, and Durant! Sorry, I couldn't help myself.) all descending on Mint's back door! Horrific figures of dread, clawing and scratching their way into Mint Condition for another Halloween observance.    Once again join your "hobgoblin hosts" James, Chris, Joe, and Patrick for an hour of...

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso Well, it's time for another Comics Corner, but a word of caution first: Sometimes when you wander down to the corner in the dark you can get lost. A wrong turn or misstep might lead you to "the nexus of all realities", a murky place of stifling humidity and fearful denizens. An ancient area that is home to the muck-encrusted monster men have FEARfull...

Show Notes Provided by Joe Peluso: What would happen if you gave carte blanche to construct the "ultimate haunted house" to the Mint Crew? Would you get something so dark and twisted that you would swear that spectral shadows were reaching out to snatch you into the nether realms of hell and damnation? Would your screams echo forever down curving corridors only to die unheard on the must...

Show Notes Provided By Joe Peluso   Muck encrusted mire! Fetid brackish waters swirling in putrid pools of pestilence! Misshapen monstrosities meandering menacingly through gnarled foliage and slithering creatures! The incessant chittering of avians in the cloying blackness. Who would dare enter such a world? And even more unbelievably, who makes such a horrific realm their home? If it's The B...

Show Notes Provided by Arco Esposito We all love the X-men right? So many great characters through the years, so many great stories. What’s your favorite X-men storyline? The awesome age of apocalypse? The heartbreaking fatal attractions?? Or maybe it’s the insane Inferno?? Well those are all amazing of course but what if I told you that there was one storyline that came years before them all and...

The gang of James, Joe and Chris is back together again. After putting away the new Wednesday books and getting some lunch at Hink's they hang out and remember the great Arleen Sorkin and all she has brought to pop culture with Harley Quinn. James then gives his thoughts and on the summer movies he finally caught up on and finally Chris lays the ground work for a future episode by giving spoil...

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso When it's time to literally bring one Of DC's classic heroesback to Earth, it might be wise to choose a super-star creative team. Starting with issue #172 (vol 1) of Green Lantern, legendary creatives Len Wein and Dave Gibbons traverse the cosmic void, from Oa to Earth, to chronicle the adventures of the Silver and Bronze Age "emerald warrior"--H...

Warning Spoilers ahead. The J-Crew of James, Joe, and John Whittemore return to the bridge of the U.S.S. Mint Condition-A to explore, discuss, and wrap up Strange New Worlds Season 2.

Show Notes Provided by Jack Adrien: American educator, author, businessman, and speaker Stephen Covey wrote “[f]ind your voice and inspire others to find theirs.” From the age of 15, Larry Kenney used his distinctive voice to begin his career as a disc jockey in Peoria, Illinois. Kenney continued his radio work as deejay for the early part of his career, hosting radio shows in Chicago, Cleveland, ...