The Flickcast

528. Rewind: American Podcast

Posted on May 17, 2023

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This week we’re revisiting one of the most popular recent episodes of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This one is called American Podcast. Enjoy!

Here’s the description from when the episode originally came out way back in January:

This week on the show the boys dive deep into several new and recurring topics. Some of these include Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, the Golden Globes, History of the World Part 2, Season 2 of The Bear, the upcoming Alien series, the stupidity of Wizards of the Coast, The Last of Us and a whole lot more. They’re also debuting a new segment of the show about the movies and TV programs of their formative years.

We’d probably call it: “The things that made us.” But that’s already taken. But yeah, it’s like that. Kicking things off is George Lucas’ second film: American Graffiti. It’s a fine choice and the boys get pretty deep into it. Enjoy. And, of course, there’s also the usual more.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of all the great stuff from Dapper Notes and Joe’s pick of the action figures from Diamond Select Toys.

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Thanks for listening!

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527. The Forever And Beautiful Sky

Posted on May 10, 2023

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It’s time for the further adventures of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This week it’s Episode 527: The Forever and Beautiful Sky.

On the show this week the boys get into some new and recurring topics. Some of these include quite a bit about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, the current WGA strike, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and a bit more. Not a lot more, just a bit. They’re trying to make the shows not quite as long.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the 1983 Walter Tevis novel The Queen’s Gambit (on which the Netflix mini-series is based) and Joe’s pick of the 1985 four-issue comic mini-series Rocket Raccoon.

Thanks for listening!

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526. The Flickcast GPT

Posted on May 3, 2023

It’s a new week and a brand new episode. That’s right, finally. The boys are back (or are they AI?). Either way it’s time for the further adventures of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This week it’s Episode 526: The Flickcast GPT.

On the show this week the boys, of course, get into several new and recurring topics. Some of these include the finale of Star Trek: Picard, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Artificial Intelligence, upcoming Marvel movies and what director would (or wouldn’t) be a good fit, trailers and potential casting news and, yes a whole bunch more. The boys have been silent too long.

Now they’re back . . . and talking a lot. So yeah, it’s a long episode. Enjoy!

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the 2011 prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing called, you guess it, The Thing and Joe’s pick of the Kurt Russell/John Carpenter classic Escape from New York. Yeah, we go a bit Kurt Russell/John Carpenter heavy with this week’s picks. You got a problem with that?

Thanks for listening!

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525. The Next Next Generation

Posted on March 29, 2023

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It’s a new week and a brand new episode. That’s right, it’s time for the further adventures of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This week it’s Episode 525: The Next Next Generation.

On the show this week the boys, of course, get into several new and recurring topics. Some of these include the most recent episodes of Star Trek: Picard, the latest episodes of The Mandalorian and quite a bit about John Wick and the entire franchise. Look for further discussion of the new movie, John Wick 4, and more on a later episode.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the organic instant coffee from the folks at Mount Hagen and Joe’s pick of the Maximillian action figure from Disney’s The Black Hole, made by Diamond Select toys.

Thanks for listening!

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524. Still the ‘Best’ of 2022

Posted on March 22, 2023

Chris and Joe are off this week so it’s rerun time here at The Flickcast. If you don’t know what a rerun is, ask your parents. Until then, here’s episode 523: Still the “Best” of 2022.

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It’s the time of year (aka the end) and this week the boys look back at 2022 to bring you some of their favorites for the “Best’ of the year. Helping Chris and Joe accomplish this herculean task is, once again, special guest “Professional Geek” Rick Marshall.

As usual, we don’t want to spoil the fun, so no hints on what’s on the list this time. But don’t worry, there’s a ton of great stuff nerds love you may or may not be familiar with. Who knows, you just might find some new things to love.

Of course, it’s also a big episode. So yeah, you may need to get comfortable for this one. Trust us, it’s worth it.

If you like the show, please consider rating or reviewing it on Apple Podcasts, or your podcast app of choice. Every rating or review helps. And if you’re really feeling it, consider becoming a patron and supporting the show on Patreon. That would be super cool.

Thanks for listening!

As always, if you have comments, questions, critiques, offers of sponsorship or whatever, feel free to hit us up in the comments, on Twitter, Instagram or, yes, even Facebook. Or shoot us an email. We don’t mind.

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523: Everything Everywhere

Posted on March 15, 2023

It’s a new week and a brand new episode. That’s right, it’s time for the further adventures of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This week it’s Episode 523: Everything Everywhere.

On the show this week the boys, of course, get into several new and recurring topics. Some of these include Oscars 2023, the latest episode of Star Trek: Picard, the latest episode of The Mandalorian and a whole to more.

Apologies again. No new installment of “The Things That Made Us” this week. But fear not, it will return. They like doing it.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of M. Night Shyamalan’s film Knock at the Cabin and Joe’s pick of the film Sharper. Knock at the Cabin is available to rent now and Sharper is currently streamingon AppleTV+.

Thanks for listening!

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522. The Way

Posted on March 8, 2023

It’s a new week and a brand new episode. That’s right. It’s time for the further adventures of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This time it’s Episode 522: The Way.

On the show this week the boys, as usual, get into several new and recurring topics. Some of these include the latest episode of Star Trek: Picard, the season premiere of The Mandalorian, the egos and strange ideas of (some) writers and producers & a bunch more. They even talk about food and cooking again. Don’t worry (if it bothers you) they don’t spend a lot of time on it.

Apologies. No new installment of “The Things That Made Us” this week. But fear not, it will return. They like doing it.

Picks this week include Chris’ pick of the film Julie & Julia (yes, more cooking again) starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci and Chris Messina and Joe’s pick of the Eagle from the TV series Space: 1999. A classic indeed.

Thanks for listening!

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521. Engage!

Posted on March 1, 2023

It’s a new week and, finally, a brand new episode. That’s right. It’s time for the further adventures of The Flickcast. The podcast about stuff nerds love. This time it’s Episode 521: Engage!

On the show this week the boys, as usual, get into several new and recurring topics. Some of these include news of renewals for one of Joe’s favorite shows, The Rig, other serious bits of entertainment news, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, The Last of Us, Star Trek: Picard and more.

No new installment of “The Things That Made Us” this week. But don’t worry, it will return. They like doing it.

For the pics this week both Chris and Joe decided to go with Star Trek: Picard, with Chris also slipping in a plug for another HBO post-apocalyptic series Station Eleven, the novel Forever by Pete Hamill and the novel Wool by Hugh Howey. Yes, Chris can read. Don’t act so surprised.