Geek To Me Radio

0:00 SEG 1 Ryan Myers from ‘Broke! The Game Show Show’ playing at the Westport Playhouse through May 19 talks about the show being created specifically for The Westport Playhouse, growing up in St. Charles, his love for Christopher Guest movies, and what got him into improv.   ‘Broke the Game Show Show’ plays Fri & Sat nights at 7:30 pm through May 6, with a matinee on May 19 at 2 pm.  Tickets at https://thewestportplayhouse.com/  People win actual prizes to area businesses, restaurants, and attractions! It's so fun and there’s nothing else quite like it around! 13:44 SEG 2 Ashley Rube, also from ‘Broke! The Game Show Show’, joins the conversation. Ashley and Ryan talk about their favorite game shows, how the musical aspect of the improv show works, and finding volunteers to come up on stage https://www.instagram.com/ashley.rube/  26:25 SEG 3 Nate Sherman and Nick Vorey talk about creating the new HBO Max animated series ‘Fired on Mars’ starring Luke Wilson, Pamela Adlon, Tim Heidecker, and Stephe

0:00 SEG 1 Actor and model, Cody Renee Cameron, talks about her Harley, getting hit by a Dodge Ram that fled, her favorite genres to work in, weird COVID restrictions, her dog having to audition for roles, when it’s okay to eat people, her favorite holidays, and why being helpful on set leads to more jobs https://www.instagram.com/HeyItsCodeE/  15:28 SEG 2 Cody Renee Cameron talks about social media’s impact on her career, what scares her, and what makes her laugh https://heyitscodee.com/  26:00 SEG 3 Actor Brian Krause talks about reuniting with the ‘Charmed’ cast at Pensacon, his new horror western film ‘Homestead’ on Tubi (https://tubitv.com/movies/722465/homestead), being cast in Stephen King’s ‘Sleepwalkers’, working on the soap opera ‘Another World’, being a fan of the other talented people he works with, what he would do if he wasn’t an actor, and working on projects during the pandemic 48:25 SEG 4 Brian Krause talks about his favorite roles to play, his favorite shows and movies, and how he uses so

Keep up with 2024’s Planet Comicon guests at https://planetcomicon.com/    0:00 SEG 1 Voice actor, Roger Craig Smith, on his early standup career, transitioning to voice acting, meeting fans, his love of photography, recognizing cosplay based on his work, seeing friends at cons, following in the footsteps of Kevin Conroy, the best part of recording voices for video games, and finding the voice for a new character https://twitter.com/RogerCraigSmith  23:14 SEG 2 Actor, Henry Thomas, talks about working with Mike Flanagan, becoming Jack Nicholson in ‘Dr. Sleep’, playing Norman Bates in ‘Psycho 4’, staying grounded in Hollywood, what makes ‘E.T’. resonate 40 years later, his love for medieval history, and working on ‘Suicide Kings’ with Christopher Walken https://www.instagram.com/hjthomasjr/  39:55 SEG 3 Artist, David Mack, talks about his art style, how Kabuki got his start on Daredevil, the amount of collaboration with Disney+, being nominated for an Emmy for his work on Jessica Jones, writing a children’s

0:00 SEG 1 Legendary comic artist and writer, Trina Robbins, talks about The San Francisco Standard’s article about her (https://sfstandard.com/arts-culture/the-first-woman-to-draw-wonder-woman-wants-you-to-know-shes-alive-and-well-in-sf/ ), the underground comic scene, head shops, the lack of women in mainstream comics, working with Colleen Duran, loving comics growing up, when Wonder Woman lost her powers, working on a Wonder Woman omnibus, designing Vampirella’s costume, advice for aspiring young women in comics, women at Comic Con, the feminist newspaper ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’, being involved with the 60’s rock scene and making clothes for Mama Cass, attending conventions, putting together a pro-choice comic anthology that will benefit Planned Parenthood Crowdfunding project https://zoop.gg/c/wontbackdown  Amazon author page https://amzn.to/40rYHgl 36:05 SEG 2 Deborah Hayes, the CEO of Big River Comic Con, talks about the pet costume contest, how long the con has been going on, how it keeps growing every ye

0:00 SEG 1 Director April Wright talks about her new documentary ‘Back to the Drive-In’, visiting 500+ drive-ins, and the switchover from film to digital https://twitter.com/driveindoc  18:30 SEG 2 Director April Wright talks about how she shapes her films as she goes, her favorite drive-ins, going to drive-ins as a kid, what it will take to save the drive-in, her next doc about girl skateboarders, and upcoming docs on bowling alleys, roller rinks, and family owned amusement parks. https://www.goingattractions.com/  31:15 SEG 3 Voice actor David Kaye talks about taking over as Optimus Prime, being the narrator of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Eternals, Duck Tales, recording during the pandemic, Masters of the Universe, Digman!, and working with James Arnold Taylor on Ratchet & Clank https://www.instagram.com/dkayevo/  46:43 Actress Dale Soules talks about getting into voice acting and her role on the new Comedy Central show ‘Digman!’ with Andy Samberg, Tim Robinson, and Tim Meadows https://ww

0:00 SEG 1 Julian Glover discusses working as an actor and tells the story of how he got cast in 'For Your Eyes Only'. 16:41 SEG 2 Julian tells some behind-the-scenes story of 'For Your Eyes Only' as well as how he met Pierce Brosnan. He also chats about his theater work. 33:25 SEG 3 Julian Glover talks about working on 'Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade' as well as how his wife got cast in the film. He also details his first-ever encounter with Sean Connery. 47:00 SEG 4 Julian discloses which James Bond actor he does not get along with and reminds us to purchase his book "Cue To Cue" Pick up an autographed copy of Julian’s book ‘JULIAN GLOVER: CUE TO CUE - A CAREER IN EPISODES’ https://www.fantompublishing.co.uk/product/julian-glover-cue-to-cue/  Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/), Steve’s Hotdogs (https://www.steveshotdogsstl.com/), Kokomo Toys (https://w

0:00 SEG 1 Kat Cressida talks about her some of her early acting roles opposite Angela Lansbury and Dick Van Dyke as well as being the voice of The Bride at Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction!! https://katcressida.com/  14:07 SEG 2 Dee Wallace discusses working in horror films, her role as Mary in the now classic 'E.T. The Extraterrestrial' and what role made her feel that she'd finally made it in show business! https://linktr.ee/deewallace  28:55 SEG 3 Sophie Aldred chats about her role as Ace in 'Doctor Who', reprising her role for "The Power of The Doctor" and working on the Big Finish adventures! https://sophiealdred.com/  39:30 SEG 4 Adassa tells us about auditioning for (and landing) the role of Dolores in 'Encanto' and how her collaborations with artists like Flo-Rida and Enrique Iglesias come about! https://adassa-official.com/  Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bu

0:00 SEG 1 Chris Phelan and John Kreicbergs from Planet Comicon join us to promote and discuss the event happening in Kansas City this coming weekend! https://planetcomicon.com/ 20:32 SEG 2 Larry Quiggins of Bug's Comics & Games and 3-time Eisner Award winning artist Rick Burchett are in studio with me to chat about the upcoming projects that James Gunn and Peter Safran have announced for DC / WB. Rick's Facebook Profile https://www.facebook.com/rick.burchett.98  Bug's Comics and Games' Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070575531223 37:21 SEG 3 Larry, Rick and I dig into what we think will be the best things coming from WB /DC under the new stewardship of James Gunn and Peter Safran and how excited we are overall for the slate of upcoming projects. Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/), Steve’s Hotdogs (https://www.steveshotdogsstl.com/), Kokomo Toys (

0:00 SEG 1 Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker from Media Path Podcast (www.mediapathpodcast.com) come on the show to chat about their respective backgrounds, their first 125 episodes, how good of a guy Henry Winkler is and the competitive nature of podcasting. 19:40 SEG 2 Fritz and Louise talk about broaching politics and what their personal favorite subjects are to cover on their show. 29:31 SEG 3 Christina Hampton from The St. Louis Science Center joins us to discuss their brand new Doctor Who exhibit https://www.slsc.org/exhibits-attractions/doctor-who-exhibit/ 39:43 SEG 4 Christina and I discuss Doctor Who, our favorite Doctors, favorite Companions, and more! Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/), Steve’s Hotdogs (https://www.steveshotdogsstl.com/), Kokomo Toys (https://www.kokomotoys.com/), and Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/) Amazon Affiliate Link -   http://bit.ly/gee

0:00 SEG 1 Author Mackenzi Lee talks about ‘Marvel’s The Winter Soldier: Cold Front’ https://linktr.ee/mackenzilee 12:58 SEG 2 Author Mackenzi Lee talks about what excites her most about being a writer. 26:32 SEG 3 Author Christine Hanefalk talks about ‘Being Matt Murdock: One Fan’s Journey Into the Science of Daredevil’ https://www.instagram.com/christinehanefalk/ Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/), Steve’s Hotdogs (https://www.steveshotdogsstl.com/), Kokomo Toys (https://www.kokomotoys.com/), and Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/) Amazon Affiliate Link -   http://bit.ly/geektome Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3Y0D2iaZl Patreon -   https://www.patreon.com/GeekToMeRadio Website -   http://geektomeradio.com/ Podcast -   https://anchor.fm/jamesenstall Facebook -   https://www.facebook.com/GeekToMeRadio/ Twitter -  

0:00 SEG 1 Sainty Nelsen talks about getting her start on a Dennis Leary Show, breaking into voice acting, recording lines at the hospital right after giving birth, finding the voice for her characters, her husband Eric Nelsen, leaving cartoons on for the family dog, and working for multiple animation studios at the same time https://www.instagram.com/saintynelsen 15:04 SEG 2 Sainty Nelsen talks about being a professional screamer, producing projects, being the youngest female Emmy-winning producer, which voice actor she’d love to work with, Tim McGraw asking how to get into voice acting, working during COVID, recording in a booth by herself, going from guest star to series regular, auditioning every day, evolving with her characters, the podcast she records with her husband, and working on a Will Rogers miniseries 33:37 SEG 3 Actor Chyler Leigh talks about her new Hallmark series called ‘The Way Home’, ‘Supergirl’, and ‘Grey’s Anatomy' https://www.instagram.com/chy_leigh/ James previews what he is looking fo

0:00 SEG 1 Julio Diaz, the Director of Marketing and Guest Services for https://pensacon.com/ , previews what is planned for the con, what it means when a guest cancels, how the guests are booked, and how he went from being a journalist covering the con to working for the con. 14:19 SEG 2 Julio Diaz talks about getting photos with the celebrities, using multiple facilities throughout the downtown system, the free trolly, live music, and transforming the Pensacola airport. 26:58 SEG 3 Comic writer, Christopher Cantwell (https://twitter.com/ifyoucantwell), talks about raising three kids, writing for Iron Man, Hellkat, Sleepwalker, working with Tom Brevoort, and writing Gold Globlin. 44:10 SEG 4 Comic writer, Christopher Cantwell, talks about working on Star Trek: Defiant, working with Heather Antos at IDW Comics, how he started working for Marvel, and working with Karen Berger and Dark Horse. Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug’s Comics and Games (http

0:00 SEG 1 Actor Spencer Breslin talks about his film ‘Murder Anyone?’, how he handled the pandemic, losing his father to COVID, imposter syndrome, being more comfortable on set when he was 3 years old, working with director James Cullen Bressack, trying to honor the director’s late who wrote the play version of ‘Murder Anyone?’, working with Bruce Willis on ‘The Kid’, being starstruck, working on 2 films at once when he was a kid, what he learned from Garry Marshall, whether he would like to try live theatre, the depression that sets in after a film wraps, and getting strep throat and appendicitis during ‘Cat in the Hat’ https://twitter.com/Spencerbreslin https://www.instagram.com/ohnospenny/ 28:50 SEG 2 Erik Fellows talks about his film ‘Divorce Bait’ and whether raunchy comedies are making a comeback https://www.instagram.com/erikfellowsofficial/ 38:35 SEG 3 Erik Fellows talks about working with Dido on his first music video, appearing on TRL, staying close with his soap opera co-stars, east coast vs. west

0:00 SEG 1 Actor Mike Manning talks about what makes acting fun, not being pigeonholed, how winning an Emmy has changed his life, what it’s like to work on the soap ‘Days of Our Lives’, how the pandemic affected him, working out hard for 3 months before filming ‘The Way Out’, and how Barry from Barry’s Bootcamp has become an accomplished writer and director. https://www.mikemanning.info/ 14:41 SEG 2 Actor Mike Manning talks about ‘Teen Wolf’ sending him to San Diego Comic Con, meeting Gal Godot and Jeff Goldblum, pitching his comic to the big networks, working with Jim Shooter to help develop his comic, and which franchise he would like to appear in 25:25 SEG 3 Actor Julian Bailey talks about working with Alfred Molina, voice acting as a kid, and prepping for his role on the Amazon Series ‘Three Pines’ https://www.instagram.com/iamjulianbailey/ Thanks to our sponsors Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/), Kokomo Toys (http

0:00 SEG 1 Directors Nicholas Johnson (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4946908/)  & Will Merrick (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4148345/) discuss their brand new film 'Missing' and talk about going from editors on 2018's 'Searching' movie to directing and writing the screenplay for this next installment in the anthology. 12:37 SEG 2 Nick & Will talk about how movies are made to be seen in the theater and how important that experience is to them. They also talk about the challenges of making 'Missing' (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10855768/) 27:02 SEG 3 Professional cosplayer Frankly Built discusses how he got into cosplay and his experience with the cosplay community. (https://twitter.com/frankly_built) 38:13 SEG 4 Frankly Built chats about some common misconceptions about cosplay & cosplayers and mentions where he'll be appearing throughout the year. (https://www.youtube.com/franklybuilt) Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/), Historic St. Charles, Missouri (http

0:00 SEG 1 Author Brad Meltzer talks about his book ‘The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill’ 17:02 SEG 2 Brad talks about what fans can expect at his book signing at the Jewish Community Center on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. (https://bradmeltzer.com/) 27:00 SEG 3 Writer Alan Gratz and artist Brent Schoonover talk about their graphic novel ‘Captain America: The Ghost Army’ 42:50 SEG 4 Alan and Brent talk about the age of fans that come to their events (https://www.alangratz.com/writing/captain-america-the-ghost-army/) (https://www.brentschoonover.com/) Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/), Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), and Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/) Amazon Affiliate Link -   http://bit.ly/geektome Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/3Y0D2iaZl Patreon -   https://www.patreon.com/GeekToMeRadio Website -   http://geekt

0:00 SEG 1 Renata Walsh talks about making House Party (2023), being a fan of the original, making movies during COVID, auditioning on video, moving to Atlanta for more opportunities, partying in Lebron’s house, and teaching modeling classes (https://www.instagram.com/renatanoelle/) 24:55 SEG 2 Composer Ego Plum talks about creating the sound for ‘The Cuphead Show’, being nervous about working in new genres of music, releasing Cuphead music on vinyl, and plans for a live Cuphead concert (https://www.egoplum.com/) (https://www.instagram.com/egoplum/) 40:02 SEG 3 Ego Plum talks about loving Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, his musical influences, his favorite piece of music from Cuphead, and taking tap dancing classes James gives away a huge prize pack from Kokomo Toys in Komomo, Indiana (https://www.kokomotoys.com/) Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/), Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), and Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/) Amazo

0:00 SEG 1 Dan DiDio, former writer and editor at DC Comics, discusses his new venture with legendary artist Frank Miller (https://frankmillerpresents.com/) 14:35 SEG 2 Voice actor Dan Gilvezan chats about his voice roles from Spider-Man to Bumblebee and more. We discuss his favorite comic artists, working with Dick Van Dyke, what to do if you want to get into voice work, and which actor he thinks did the best live-action job of being Spider-Man. (https://dangilvezan.com/) 27:45 SEG 3 Writer Timothy Zahn talks about his work in the Star Wars universe, from creating Grand Admiral Thrawn & Mara Jade to what he sees for the future of the Star Wars franchise. (https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Timothy_Zahn) 43:35 SEG 4 Actor Tim Daly opens up about his values, working on hit shows like 'Wings' & 'The Mindy Project', to voicing Superman in 'Superman: The Animated Series', and missing out on the chance to reprise the role in 'Justice League Unlimited'. (https://twitter.com/TimmyDaly) Thanks to our sponsors M

0:00 SEG 1 Number 1 international best-selling author, Jeffrey Deaver, talks about his book ‘Hunting Time’, Deaver-verse, his writing process, how he decides which character to write a new book for, and teaching writing courses. https://www.jefferydeaver.com/ 16:10 SEG 2 Jeffery Deaver talks about whether he is allowed to cast his books when they are adapted to film and tv, turning down dinner with Angelina Jolie, and what it was like writing a James Bond novel. 28:55 SEG 3 Jeffery Deaver (https://twitter.com/JefferyDeaver) talks about what he would do with the James Bond movies now that Daniel Craig is done, owning his own characters, if there is a character he would like to write for, and how he deals with writer’s block. Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Theatres (https://www.marcustheatres.com/), Historic St. Charles, Missouri (https://www.discoverstcharles.com/), and Bug’s Comics and Games (https://bugscomicsandgames.com/) Amazon Affiliate Link -   http://bit.ly/geektome Buy Me a Coffee - https://w

0:00 SEG 1 100  years of Pressman toys with Jim Pressman. (https://www.pressmantoy.com/) Jim talks about being a kid while his parents ran a toy company, working with movie studios, his favorite game, how Covid affected the game business, how he finds new games, getting into the big chain stores, what is he most proud of, and what the Pressman family plays for fun around Christmas time 27:45 SEG 2 Roy Thomas' manager, John Cimino (https://www.instagram.com/megostretchhulk/), talks about promising Stan Lee that he will take care of Roy and why Roy Thomas deserves to be celebrated. Roy Thomas was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. 45:25 SEG 3 John Cimino talks about writing an article for Alter Ego Magazine #179 about the ten greatest Stan Lee stories of all time. Keep up with Roy at https://hero-envy.blogspot.com/ John also talks about his podcast ‘Steve and Cimino Says Boom’ on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Otu7lvyH_owdRZXDW2RFA) Thanks to our sponsors Marcus Th