Geek To Me Radio

Barbara Friedlander (https://twitter.com/BarbaraFriedla2) talks about being a trailblazer at DC Comics in the early days when it was a boy’s club. Laura Karpman (http://www.laurakarpman.com/) talks about creating the music for the Disney+ series “What If…”. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Barbara Friedlander talks about being one of the 1st female editors at DC, being the first woman to create a character for DC, creating “Swing with Scooter” with Joe Orlando as the artist, loving the Wonder Woman movies, working with Bob Kane and Bill Finger, being mentored by Jack Miller, loving Brenda Starr, being thrown into the deep end after getting hired at DC, comparing working at DC to “Mad Men”, Sol Harrison loving anyone who had talent, and her upcoming book. 16:45 SEGMENT 2: James met Walter Day (https://thewalterdaycollection.com/) of Twin Galaxies Arcade, “The King of Kong”, and “Wreck-It Ralph” at Planet Comicon. Look for that interview later this week in episode 256. 25:03 SEGMENT 3: Laura Karpman (https://music.apple.com/us/

Writer/Director Mike Cuenca (https://twitter.com/MikeCuenca_) talks about his movie "Like a Dirty French Novel", which is a noir film made up of 5 different chapters. Check out the trailer https://youtu.be/-O23vC1GoHI 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Mike Cuenca (https://www.instagram.com/mikecuenca_/) talks about how wild it is to see his film on the big screen at the legendary Chinese Theater in Hollywood, making a movie in only a week, giving the actors just their specific scenes, whether the movie turned out exactly the way he pictured it, his inspirations for the film, and whether he would let someone else direct one of his scripts. 12:10 SEGMENT 2: Mike Cuenca (https://linktr.ee/mikecuenca) talks about having a shared universe for all of his movies and his feelings on crowdfunding. 19:28 SEGMENT 3: Mike Cuenca talks about submitting his films to festivals, the rewatchability of his movies, and filming “Boys About Town” over many years to show the characters aging in real time. 27:42 SEGMENT 4: Mike Cuenca talks about cr

Actress Hannah Kat Jones (https://hannahkatjones.com/)  talks about what it was like playing Harley Quinn in the webseries “Superhero Diaries” (https://www.youtube.com/c/SuperHeroDiaries) and her love of acting. 4 time Eisner Award Winning artist Rick Burchett (https://www.facebook.com/rick.burchett.98) talks about how Batman both helped and hurt his career and why it can be important to have a distinctive art style when drawing comics. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Actress Hannah Kat Jones (https://www.instagram.com/hannahkatjones) talks about how much the Harley Quinn costume helps to get into character, how the pigtails are so tight they pull her face into a smile, her background with the comics, researching Harley, being starstruck when talking to Rick Burchett, and flirting with Spider-Man. 12:28 SEGMENT 2: Actor Hannah Kat Jones talks about Phil Lamarr playing the live action Green Lantern, when she got bit by the acting bug, being the Persian Panda mascot for her middle school, asking for acting lessons for Chr

Host James Enstall and producer Joey Vosevich have a spoiler-filled discussion about their history with The Suicide Squad comics and movies and review James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" (2021). 0:42 James’ very 1st episode of Geek to Me Radio featured a review of “Suicide Squad” (2016) https://bit.ly/geektome1 2:45 James’ 1st exposure to The Suicide Squad was reading Justice League International #13. Later on he bought the 66 issue run off ebay for about $16. 6:05 James’ problems with “Suicide Squad” (2016) 9:55 Superhero movie exhaustion 10:42 It’s just better to see a movie in the theater 13:36 James interviewed John Ostrander back in 2017 about his involvement in “Suicide Squad” (2016) https://bit.ly/geektome42 15:44 James Gunn getting fired by Disney was a good thing 20:40 DC knew what they were going to get with James Gunn and practically wrote him a blank check 21:43 It was smart not to make Idris Elba do a Will Smith impression 22:06 Margot Robbie embodies Harley Quinn 23:15 “The Suicide Squad” (2021) is

Mike Davenport (https://twitter.com/marvel_mmo) talks about The Marvel Universe Online (https://themarveluniverseonline.com/), an open-world version of the Marvel Universe made by fans for fans that takes place on the ever-changing world of Earth 619. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Mike Davenport talks about how The Marvel Universe Online started as a massive multiplayer online (MMO) project between Microsoft and Marvel, Marvel suing ‘City of Heroes’ because of their character creator, and how he’s avoided being sued by Marvel. 10:43 SEGMENT 2: Mike Davenport talks about commissioning artists to create the art for The Marvel Universe Online and creating character handbook entries. 16:53 SEGMENT 3: Mike Davenport talks about designing the locations for The Marvel Universe Online, what the end goal is, and how far along the project is. 28:18 SEGMENT 4: Mike Davenport talks about what characters he is the most excited about for The Marvel Universe Online, what he is looking for in an artist, and how you can support the project

First we talk to Chris McQuillen about next Sunday's ToyMan Show at the Bridgeton Machinists Hall, then we talk to Spike Forster about how he sources and sells collectibles and toys, then we talk to the head of marketing for Planet Comicon Chris Phelan, and finally a quick review for “The Suicide Squad”. Keep an eye out for our “The Suicide Squad” spoiler discussion in the upcoming days. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Chris McQuillen (https://toymanshow.com/) talks about the 8.29.2021 ToyMan Show at the Bridgeton Machinists Hall, his family running toy shows for 30+ years, the different types of toys that can be found at ToyMan Shows, and why you shouldn’t skip those bargain bins that are under most of the vendor tables. 16:48 SEGMENT 2: Spike Forster a.k.a. That Lost in Space Guy (https://www.ebay.com/usr/thatlostinspaceguy/), talks about sourcing and selling toys and collectibles, how he got into selling, having a warehouse full of merchandise, how hectic his travel schedule used to be, a $1,300 box of Space Ghost bubble

0:00 SEGMENT 1: Kathy Garver (http://www.kathygarver.com/) talks about her very 1st voiceover audition, “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends” now on Disney+, working with Stan Lee, being an author, her Retro TV reunion show called “Idol Chat”, and some stories from “Family Affair”. 15:46 SEGMENT 2: Robert Costanzo (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182456/) talks about roasting people in business meetings before becoming an actor, voicing Harvey Bullock on “Batman The Animated Series”, working with Andrea Romano, getting his start on “Dog Day Afternoon”, the movie “Do You Wanna Dance?”, the grind of “Days of Our Lives”, and the greatest lessons he has ever learned from his fellow actors. 33:58 SEGMENT 3: George Newbern (https://twitter.com/georgenewbern) and Maria Canals-Barrera (https://twitter.com/Maria_CB) talk about Justice League reunions, “Scandal”, “Father of the Bride”, “The Proud Family”, “Justice League Vs. The Fatal Five”, their favorite directors, balancing work and family, video games, and getting advi

Tracey Birdsall (http://www.traceybirdsall.com/) talks about appearing in the 2nd season of the Netflix sketch comedy show “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” and her career as an actress. Jim Ousley (https://twitter.com/JimOusley) talks about the Kickstarter for his latest horror comic called “The Atonement Bell” (https://bit.ly/geektomeatonement) 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Tracey Birdsall talks about the grind of working on soap operas and wanting to do more comedy after working on “I Think You Should Leave”. 19:17 SEGMENT 2: Jim Ousley talks about the inspiration for “The Atonement Bell” and how it combines horror/family/religion. Jim also talks about making sure he landed the ending, his love for the artist Raymond Estrada  (https://twitter.com/ItsOkayRaymond), and working remotely with an artist who lives in LA. 28:44 SEGMENT 3: Jim Ousley talks about St. Louis’ complicated history, what he learned from his last horror anthology “Butcher Queen”, and his process for writing comics. 41:57 SEGMENT 4: Jim

Courtney Gains (https://www.instagram.com/courtneygains/) talks about starring in movies like “Children of the Corn”, “Back to the Future”, and “The ‘Burbs” as a teen and then refocusing his career back on acting after having a child. Check out his latest projects “Queen Bees” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8338076/) and “River” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12823084/).  0:00 SEGMENT 1: Courtney Gains talks about what advice he would give his teenage self, getting serious about acting again after having a kid, his music career, having his songs featured in movies, and staying productive during COVID.  9:20 SEGMENT 2: Courtney Gains talks about his new film “River”, the struggles of indie filmmaking, how his roles have changed now that he is in his 50’s, which movie he learned the most about acting on, and thanking Bruce Dern later on in life for how kind he was during “The ‘Burbs”.  17:13 SEGMENT 3: Courtney Gains talks about how learning improv can help an actor, making a conscious choice not t

Marvel Comics editor Tom Brevoort (https://tombrevoort.com/) joins James for the entire hour to co-host an episode celebrating the comics of “What If…” and the new show premiering on Disney+ on August 11th. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Marvel Comics editor Tom Brevoort (https://twitter.com/TomBrevoort) celebrates the 60th anniversary of the 1st issue of “Fantastic Four”, Tom and James talk about their first issues of “What If…”, and Tom talks about being an intern at Marvel when the 2nd volume of “What If…” came out. 11:10 Writer/editor/artist Al Milgrom talks about “What If… Elektra Had Lived”, “What If… the Marvel Bullpen Became the Fantastic Four”, and what power he would like to have. 14:02 Tom Breevort talks about why the body count was always so high in “What If…” stories. 17:20 SEGMENT 2: Tom Brevoort talks about his top 3 “What If..” stories. 25:30 A caller talks about “What If...Captain America Fought in the Civil War”. 28:25 James’ favorite story is “What If… Professor X Had Become The Juggernaut” 30:15 Artist K

Scott Zakarin talks about season 2 of “Superhero Diaries” (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4CWSoMjHBzhE4Bz-htWlg) and being able to work with some of the greats like Phil LaMarr, William Shatner, and Stan Lee throughout his career. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Scott Zakarin talks about how COVID affected the 1st season of “Superhero Diaries”and giving the actors room to improv. 11:00 SEGMENT 2: Scott Zakarin talks about finally having the actors in the same room this season, getting the chance to work with Phil LaMarr and having him play the live action version of Green Lantern, and winning the very 1st Streamy Award ever given out with William Shatner. 19:25 SEGMENT 3: Scott Zakarin talks about working with Stan Lee, whether season 2 was already planned out before he started filming, whether there will be another season of “Rideshare: The Series” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLElw4N9QgVGsdQW_b5jl_JlZWRPM7yYlf) , and what character James would like to play on “Superhero Diaries”. 26:30 SEGMENT 4: Scott Zakarin ta

Director Reed Shusterman talks about his new horror film “Blood Born” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11033046/). Director Shahin Sean Solimon (https://www.instagram.com/shahinsolimon/) talks about his new sci-fi horror film “Nebulous Dark” (https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0981BCFK8/). 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Reed Shusterman talks about making “Blood Born”, the type of horror film he likes, how having a child affected his work, getting along with his crew, and casting the movie. 13:38 SEGMENT 2: Reed Shusterman talks about the less glamorous parts of filmmaking, rating his movies on a scale from “sucks” to “doesn’t suck”, and searching for the right story after being approved to make whatever film he wanted. 22:48 SEGMENT 3: Shahin Solimon talks about how “Star Wars” changed his life, getting his start on a local cable show, and working multiple jobs on a film set. 34:11 SEGMENT 4: Shahin Solimon talks about directing Sir Patrick Stewart in “The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad”, being inspired by “The Twilight Zone”, an

Bret Hoffmann, the Director of Marketing at Marcus Theatres (https://www.facebook.com/MarcusTheatres/) , talks about the magic of seeing movies on the big screen and gives his thoughts on a slew of movies like “Black Widow”, “Snake Eyes”, “Dune”, “Ghostbusters Afterlife”, “Free Guy”, and more. Dixie Denier (https://www.instagram.com/dixiedenier/) and Shazza Dazzla (https://www.instagram.com/shazza_dazzla/) from https://bonbonsburlesquestl.com/ talk about the upcoming James Bond themed show coming to Red Flag on August 6th (https://redflagstl.com/event/the-bond-bons/). 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Bret Hoffmann reviews the latest movies at Marcus Theatres and shares which upcoming films he is most excited about. 23:26 SEGMENT 2: Dixie Denier and Shazza Dazzla talk about how The Bon Bons (https://www.instagram.com/TheBonBonsSTL/) got started, how the James Bond theme for a burlesque show came about, how the performers chose which Bond movies to tackle, and how much preparation goes into a burlesque show. 36:12 SEGMENT 3: Di

The owner of Terrificon (https://www.terrificon.com/), Mitch Hallock (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Hallock), talks about what is in store for the convention happening July 30th-August 1st at The Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. Director/Producer Dean Devlin (https://twitter.com/Dean_Devlin) talks about the ImDB TV original series “Leverage: Redemption” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12197698/). 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Mitch Hallock talks about the guests and panels that have been added to the Terrificon lineup, the fame that has come with running one of the best cons in America, outgrowing his current space, and his thoughts on “Black Widow”. 19:26 Mitch Hallock asks Dean Devlin about his time doing standup comedy. 23:06 Dean Devlin talks about fans asking him everyday for new leverage episodes since it was canceled back in 2012 and casting Aleyse Shannon and Noah Wyle in "Leverage: Redemption". 31:35 SEGMENT 2: Dean Devlin talks about “The Outpost” season 4, working with French Stewart in “Stargate”, the most difficult episo

Amber Jordan of Kokomo Toys (http://www.kokomotoys.com/) talks about the wild life of owning a world famous toy store. Composer Frank Ilfman (https://frankilfman.com/) talks about composing the music for Neflix's “Gunpowder Milkshake” (https://www.netflix.com/title/81457469). 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Amber Jordan, owner of Kokomo Toys (https://twitter.com/KokomoToys), talks about why she decided to open a toy store, buying U-Hauls full of toys from collectors selling their entire collections, pricing toys, how COVID impacted the store, appearing on the TV show “The Toys That Made Us” (https://youtu.be/Fw5iKnui0WA), also running the Ebay store (https://www.ebay.com/str/kokomotoys), and whether her kids call dibs on toys when they come in. 13:45 SEGMENT 2: Frank Ilfman (https://twitter.com/frankilfman) talks about making a timeless western/samurai/spy movie soundtrack for “Gunpowder Milkshake”. 23:35 SEGMENT 3: Frank Ilfman talks about the process of syncing music to a particular scene, how the score for “The Good, The

Actor François Chau (https://twitter.com/FrancoisChau) talks about voicing Quick Kick on “G.I. Joe”, Shredder in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze”, Dr. Chang on “LOST”, and his love for TV and movies. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: François Chau talks about punching James at Pensacon, voice acting vs live action, playing Quick Kick on “G.I. Joe”, going to an all boys school as a kid, and his love for westerns. 17:15 SEGMENT 2: François Chau talks about “Maya and the Last Dragon”, “Lethal Weapon 4” and working with Richard Donner, Asian-American stuntmen, collecting comic books, how pleasant it was to play Walter on “The Tick”, and the effects of playing a Cambodian mass murderer from the Khmer Rouge on stage. 29:00 SEGMENT 3: François Chau talks about voicing video games, how easy it is to play a patent in bed on a medical show, his love for Star Trek, almost fanning out over Gillian Anderson while on set of "The X-Files", wearing a mo-cap suit, and his upcoming roles in “Fantasy Island” and “Ghost o

Composer Max Aruj (http://maxaruj.com/) talks about how incredible it is to have “The Ice Road” and “Lansky” come out on the same day. Musician, singer, actor, model, and writer Mair Mulroney (https://www.thatgirlmair.com/) talks about her love for entertaining people. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Composer Max Aruj (https://linktr.ee/Maxaruj) talks about falling in love with piano when he was 12, the effect “Fantasia” had on him as a kid, interning for Hans Zimmer, “The Ice Road” with Liam Neeson, “Lansky” with Harvey Keitel, and collaborating with writer/director Eytan Rockaway. 11:35 SEGMENT 2: Composer Max Aruj (https://twitter.com/MaxAruj) talks about composing for “The Crown”, “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman”, “Assassin’s Creed”, creating a hero's theme for Liam Neeson, and his favorite career highlight so far. 20:53 SEGMENT 3: Mair Mulroney (https://twitter.com/ThatGirlMair) talks about being a kid in Washington D.C., moving out to L.A. with a distribution deal with Universal Music, and making music videos. 29

Gene Silvers (https://www.facebook.com/gene.silvers) talks about his life as a working actor, and appearing in “Mosquito Coast” (https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-mosquito-coast/umc.cmc.5nghmxp88xe0qxhtlhfiu5r2h), “Them” (https://www.amazon.com/THEM-Season-1/dp/B08XXDRJKH), and Law and Order. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Gene Silvers (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799005/bio) talks about moving from New York to LA and coincidentally having his biggest year ever during COVID, adapting the “Mosquito Coast” novel for the Apple TV series, acting after having a gigantic skiing accident, and losing his father. 12:35 SEGMENT 2: Gene Silvers talks about his character from Amazon Prime’s “Them” being absolutely terrible and what he has learned from playing villains. 23:17 SEGMENT 3: Gene Silvers talks about being a professional magician with Rick Rubin and performing for Henry Winkler, getting a role on “Guiding Light” as a magician, his favorite tricks, and playing a priest with X-ray vision on “SuperZeroes”. 35:40 SEGMENT 4: Gene

Dani Hedlund (https://twitter.com/DMHedlund), the CEO of The Brink Literacy Project (https://twitter.com/BrinkLitProject), talks about the Kickstarter for The Literary Tarot (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brinklit/the-literary-tarot). Shannon Kenny Carbonell (https://shannonkennycarbonell.com/) talks about her acting and voice over career along with her new book “All Is Not Lost”. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Dani Hedlund talks about how her non-profit, The Brink Literacy Project, lost 70% of its income due to COVID, how she convinced authors to work on the project, how they paired the different Tarot Arcanas, and the changes that were made to the artwork. 11:53 SEGMENT 2: Dani Hedlund talks about why running a Kickstarter Project is so hard, how she is used to talking about prison reform instead of tarot, and what it means now that the Kickstarter has made so much money. 19:46 SEGMENT 3: Shannon Kenny Carbonell talks about her first San Diego Comic Con, her love for playing villains especially Inque in Batman Beyo

Writer Dan Slott (https://twitter.com/DanSlott) and artist Rick Burchett (https://www.facebook.com/rick.burchett.98) talk about working together on the She-Hulk and Batman Adventures comics and their favorite memories from their legendary careers so far. 0:00 SEGMENT 1: Dan Slott and Rick Burchett talk about what they learned from each other while working on  Batman, the differences between working at Marvel and DC, and their preferred methods when working with other creators. 15:20 SEGMENT 2: Dan Slott talks about what it was like working with Stan Lee and Rick Burchett talks about how he never originally wanted to draw for Batman. Also Dan and Rick talk about working on She-Hulk together, their dream characters to work with, and what their dream Marvel/DC character crossover would look like. 33:47 SEGMENT 3: Dan Slott and Rick Burchett talk about their favorite parts of attending conventions, how big crossovers work, the most common questions they get asked, the iconic Fastball Special between She-Hulk