What Ya Into?

Hey Listener, get ready to pick up some small discs because Jackie Mellinger and Kelvin aka Mistah_Mojo from Retro Records Podcast are here to talk about the Nintendo Gamecube. Topics this week include: 2024 Oscar talk. Retro gaming, a mixture of childhood nostalgia and sometimes frustrating controls. Life skills. Kelvin was a Nintendo boy. Getting Keanued on Nintendo facts and back when drug comm...

Hey Listener, set your phasers to listen, because this week Callie Wright from the podcast Philosophers in Space is on the show to talk about Star Trek. Topics this week include: Is it better to be the host or the hosted on a podcast? Microphones are scary. The cast dives into philosophy, religions, and death. From Enter Sandman to being in a band. How people engage in fandom. Trying to find a fri...

Hey Listener, I don't think you'll need your SAG card, because Stand Up Comedian/Creator of Quaint Volcano Jeremy Johnston is on the show to talk about his love of indie movies and film making. Topics this week include: Coming out the gates wobbling. Writing new jokes. You can't be to cool of a teacher. Being into Jim Carrey and getting a video camera at a young age. Being able to plan how to hurr...

Hey Listener, leave the safety gear and learn how to fall because this week Kleo returns to the show to talk about her journey into skateboarding from quad rollerskating. Topics this week include: Being a Rink Rat and mom's don't like alligator pits. Tribalism and skatepark politics. The importance of balance. The complexity of hitting an Ollie. The safety differences between Street and Vert skate...

Hey Listener, get your fantasy apps out because this week I'm on the road in Pennsylvania to talk with my brother-in-law Jonathan Bishop about our mutual love of Fantasy Football. Topics this week include: A small budget and a fixer upper first home leads to DIY construction. The sheer amount of NFL games to watch. Moving franchises to new cities. Finding and staying in a Fantasy League. The sheer...

Hey Listener, get ready to explore the paranormal as What Ya Into? Is on the road this week.  Lauren Bishop and I sit down with fellow content creator Jeremy Foster aka The Twilight Emporium which can be found on TikTok and Instagram . Topics this week include: Leaving Appalachia, getting a Religious Studies degree, and leaving the city during Covid. Being a single, smart gay man in a rural area....

Hey Listener, get some milk and cookies because this week on WYI? Jaimie Filer and Allison Hibbard return to talk about Christmas movies. Topics this week include: The Christmas movie genre can be in every other genre. Your Grinch ass host and people who love Christmas. The importance of background music. The story behind A Christmas Story. Jaimie recommends a Rom Com? A Tim Allen White Sniffmas....

Hey Listener, grab the extension and your body armor, because Hannah Wells is on the show this week to talk about Onewheels and Electric Unicycles (EUCs). Topics this week include:  Building a brand and reputation while running a construction business. The advantages of being a female owned construction company and bringing visions to life. Dealing with clients who do and don't know what they want...

Hey Listener, grab your remotes, all of them, because Justin Tyler is back on the show to discuss Electronics. We talk about speakers, camera equipment, video game systems, and more. Topics this week include: Are the birds alive or dead? The year didn't go as planned at the Renaissance Faire. It's a confusing time to be a pro wrestling fan. Spike TV. Choice is good and tribalism is bad. How smart...

Hey Listener, get ready to jump to the other side of the sales table as this week stand up comedian/half of Pie and Violence ,  Breezy Lee   is on the show to talk about collecting and selling pop culture items. Topics this week include: Your host is still bad at opening at the show. Sharing Pie and Violence with the world, podcasting, and booking comedy shows. The energy of a small room. How do y...

Hey Listener, get ready to step back in time to the 2010s with Patrick Seta and Ryan Sprangen from Game Pass or Smash! Podcast to talk about the Playstation 4. Topics this week include: I hope I don't want to be found dead playing Dead or Alive X-treme Beach Volleyball. Recording on the day of a decade of PS4. Playstation 4 stats. The importance of a great controller. Playstation VR. The future of...

Hey listener grab your Pokéball because this week Jackie Mellinger is in the basement to educate us about the world of Pokémon. Topics this week include: The importance of the CD changer and creating your mix. Are we returning to physical media because of streaming? Living by a Trainer code of honor. Which is the most important of the anime/video game/card game triangle? Card scalpers. Slowpoke. T...

Hey Listener, this week on What Ya Into? First time podcast guest Matt Farley is on the show to talk about poetry. Topics this week include: Our love letter to The Root Cellar and it's place in Cincinnati brewing history. Arranging your life around being a poet. Getting up at spoken word open mics. Hip hop artists and poetry. The fear of public speaking. Place, gentrification, and biodome neighbor...

This week on What Ya Into? The host of Art Hang podcast and the 2024 Rosenthal Education Center Artist-in-Residence at the Cincinnati Art Museum, John Lanzador joins the cast to talk about his failed collections. Topics this week include: Starting a podcast to talk with artists. Creating things and making live art. Check out Danny Gamble 's All City Podcast . Why are your collections failing? Can...

Hey Listener, it's supposed to be the last Spooky Season podcast with Jaimie Filer , but he's nowhere to be found. Weird. Dan Ebben from Swine City Brewing is here to talk about his fandom for all things Stephen King. Topics this week include: Owning a brewery and deciding what you want to create. The power of magic. Who is Richard Bachman? What Ya Into? is a very pro Conan the Barbarian podcast....

Hey Listener, for today's episode I assembled the Mount Rushmore of What Ya Into? Horror with Jaimie Filer , Paul Gonzalez , and Zach Bender of Couple of Creeps . Topics this week include: Trash Juice and trigger warnings. Extreme horror and deathmatches. Choosing between functional and fashionable with your luchadore mask. Dark Star. Shooting a kid in the head to start the movie. Zach has hot tak...

Hey Listener, the scares continue here at What Ya Into? with spooky season co-host Jaimie Filer . This week Simo returns to the show to talk about his Horror Yard. Since moving into his house on the Westside of Cincinnati he has taken it upon himself to make a spooky spectacle in his front yard for his family and neighbors. Topics this week include: Thank you for your pageantry. The daily drawing...

Hey Listener, we continue our weird journey through October with guest co-host Jaimie Filer . This week Dustin Benzing from Earth 2 Kentucky is in the basement to talk about collecting and building Art Toys. Topics this week include: The powers of a Kentucky Colonel and the shoes you wear with it. Just didn't stop collecting toys. Selling toys to children in the 80s. Warning women before they ente...

Hey Listener, we're officially kicking off Spooky Season here in the basement. Recurring fan favorite guest Jaimie Filer is back and will be my tag team partner for all of October. To start it off Eric Tragedy from the Geek Channel 8 podcast joins us to talk about Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead and even some Return of the Living Dead.

Hey listener, Illustrator/Comic Book Artist/Colorist/Designer/ Six Bomb Boards Founder/Creator of Things Justin 3000 Stewart is back on the show to talk about his first love, comic books. Topics this week include: Which 4 Horsemen would you be? Visit Justin's website . What to do and not do at Comic Con. What is it like to have a non-displayable collection? Living in Florida and loving the Punishe...

Ding ding, next round. America. The unbelievable life of Dolph Lundgren. A triangle of villainy. Paulie is definitely f$%!ing that robot. Did we mention it's an exhibition fight? James Brown is here. Never trust the refs in a Rocky movie. Rocky let his friend drive drunk. Taking Russia seriously. In the real world Rocky never leaves the country. The people want montages. Why is Paulie here? Drago...

Ding ding, Listener. Grab your mouthpiece and gloves because Steve Haldeman has returned to the show to talk about the Rocky Franchise. This episode is so big we had to cut it into two parts with the first one focusing on Rocky I, II, and III and the second on IV, V, and Rocky Balboa. Topics this week include: Steve returns to the show and your host spills the beans about his fan favorite guest co...

Hey Listener, this week on What Ya Into? Dave F'n Powell returns to the show to talk about collecting toys, statues, and action figures. Topics this week include: Welcome to the Double Deuce. In a world where bouncers are celebrities. Mustaches, Cousin Grimace, and how's your chin game. The hindrance of the long stache. Check out the Have Monster will Travel serial podcast . Sex scene foley artist...

Hey Listener, get ready to take a trip back in time as we talk about a system that altered the future of the video game industry, The Playstation 1. Jeff Rickels from Thunder Brothers and Newport Secret Six is making his first appearance on the show as well as the return of Ian Schiefer from Secret Base Cinema . Topics this week include: I don't have an intro noise. Where when you in life when you...

Hey Listener, grab your slip ons, because this week Kyle Sliney from Pop Rocket Creations is on the show to talk about his love of Vans . Topics this week includes: The Intro is the worst part of the show. Walking the line of fan art and original content at Cons. People from Cincinnati love Cincinnati. Cincy needs more weird art stuff on the regular. BLINK. Movies with ska bands. Working your way...