This is Sigma Duocast. We do one take and no post edits, what is said is said and posted as is. For a true authentic conversation experience. Our conversations are around but not limited to: pop culture, anime, film, comics, video games, life, current events, football and just about anything else. Every episode is usually a Duo meaning the host (Rick aka Link7LP) and a weekly guest with something interesting to talk about and/or add to the conversation. But every once in a while Rick likes to keep everyone update on his adventures and/or thoughts he may have in the moment.
In this episode of Sigma Duocast, Rick and Rudy plug into the digital frontier to break down everything we know so far about Tron: Ares—what it is, what it isn't, and why Jared Leto's casting is stirring up the Grid. They also react to Marvel's massive cast reveal for Avengers: Doomsday, including returning legends, new faces, and the surprising choice for Doctor Doom.Off the screen and into real life, the duo gets personal as Rudy shares the story of asking Donix to be his best man—and officially invites Rick to stand beside him as a groomsman in next year's wedding. The conversation takes a global turn with Rudy recapping his Hawaiian getaway, while Rick recounts the electric vibes of j-hope's concert in Oakland.From Hollywood blockbusters to life's biggest milestones, it's an episode packed with hype, heart, and a little bit of Hobi.
In this episode of Sigma Duocast, Rick is joined by guest co-host Greggory (Terrashock Entertainment) as they dive deep into the highly anticipated reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2. The duo breaks down everything from the latest Nintendo Direct showcase and confirmed console details to pricing strategies and how international tariffs may impact what we pay at launch.Rick and Greg share their unfiltered thoughts, personal wishlists, and bold predictions for Nintendo's next-gen hybrid console. Plus, at the top of the episode, Rick gives a spoiler-free review of A Minecraft Movie and shares whether it's worth crafting a ticket for.Whether you're a longtime Nintendo fan or just curious about what's next in gaming, this is one episode you won't want to miss!
In this episode of Sigma Duocast, Rick catches up with returning guest Fran, with Salina stepping in for Rudy. They dive into Fran's inspiring weight loss journey and his experience using Ozempic, followed by a discussion on his passion for making music. Fran also shares his deep love for Lady Gaga and our thoughts on the Joker sequel. To spice things up, Rick throws a few hot take questions Fran's way, leading to some unexpected and entertaining answers. It's a fun and engaging episode packed with laughs, insights, and a few bold opinions!
In this episode of Sigma Duocast, Rick is joined by special guest Greggory Harris, founder and owner of Terrashock Gaming—a community-focused organization bringing gamers together through events and tournaments, with a spotlight on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Together, they discuss Gregg's journey in building Terrashock, the challenges and triumphs of fostering a thriving gaming community, and what's next for the organization. The conversation also dives into the exciting reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, exploring its potential impact on gaming and the competitive scene. Packed with humor, nostalgia, and insights, this episode is a must-listen for gamers and community builders alike!
In this episode of Sigma Duocast, we kick things off with a brief discussion about the recent Los Angeles fires and their impact. Rudy shares highlights from his trip to the stunning Castello di Amorosa winery in Napa Valley, diving into its rich atmosphere and wine offerings. Then, it's all about football as we recap the NFL divisional games and make our bold predictions for the NFC and AFC championship matchups. Finally, we tackle the hot-button issue of the TikTok ban, breaking down its implications and sparking debate. Tune in for another episode filled with insight, laughs, and unfiltered conversation!
In this episode of Sigma Duocast, Rick and Rudy dive into the sense of urgency around text messages and explore an "Ins and Outs" list for 2025 compared to traditional New Year's resolutions. They discuss the growing role of AI, highlighting the benefits of tools like ChatGPT in the new year. The duo then recaps the final results of their NFL weekly picks for the season, breaking down the Wild Card Weekend matchups and sharing their predictions for the winners. A perfect mix of tech, humor, and sports to kick off 2025!
In this special episode, I join Uncle Dad from Uncle Dad Talks to sit down with award-winning filmmakers Jordan Bryon and Monica Villamizar to discuss their groundbreaking documentary Transition. The film takes an unflinching look at Bryon's journey of coming out as transgender while living in Afghanistan, a country on the brink of upheaval during the Taliban's 2021 offensive. Transition captures Bryon's dual struggle—navigating personal identity and survival in one of the most dangerous places on Earth—while documenting life alongside Taliban fighters. Bryon and Villamizar share behind-the-scenes stories about making the film, the risks involved, and their reflections on covering stories that challenge global perceptions. I also offer my own review of the documentary, delving into its raw, human storytelling and its exploration of resilience and connection in the face of adversity.
Presented by UncleDad Talks Lets take a trip down memory lane on a collaboration when Rick was asked by UncleDad to review five short films and a featured length film from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February of 2024 The short films reviewed are: • Nun or Never • Les Patins (The Skates) • Savi The Cat • Someone's Trying to Get In • Taking Back the Groove Lastly the feature film - The Movie Man We hope you enjoy this episode and be sure to checkout, follow and listen to UncleDad Talks soon to be "The Uncledad Talks Show" Enjoy!
It's Birthday Special time, same time as every year. Join Rick, Rudy, Nate and Phil in this tradition of an episode. The beginning of this episode is a little chaotic as we were recording while hosting a mini party. Nonetheless enjoy!
In this episode Rick gives an update on life and Rudy shares his upcoming trip to Vegas. They also discuss loyalty and haters in the work place. Finally they talk about the LA Dodgers and the leadership the team demonstrated.
Continuing our 4 Year Anniversary and our 100th Episode. Part 2 is Here. Rudy and Rick are joined by Legacy Host Nate and guests RetroGamingNomad, JL, and Daniel. We talk about Playstation's 30th Anniversary, Alien Romulus, LL Cool J's New Album and much more. We finally close out paying homage to our first Episode by talking about Batman Day and ranking our top live action Batman Actors. Enjoy! and Thank You for all the support this past 4 years.
It is our 4 Year Anniversary and our 100th Episode! This episode is so packed we had to break it into two parts. Here is part one. Rick and Rudy are joined by Legacy Host Nate and guests Daniel and Enrique. We catch up on Daniel's latest music and then discuss our getting fit journey with Enrique as well as the experience of being a new dad. Be sure to listen to Part 2 of episode 100 with guests RetroGamingNomad and JL.
In this pre-season finale episode Rudy and Rick discuss: Our recent weekend adventures and Rudy tells a wonderful story on how you should be an experience salesman before going into a furniture store, oh wait. We also cover the LA Dodgers Yamamoto's return, Ohtani's quest for 50/50. Recent NFL incidents with Tyreek Hill and Ricky Pearsal. Finally we give a sneak preview of our Season Finale episode, Episode 100. Enjoy!
Welcome to a weekly series of Rudy and Rick recapping every week of the NFL. This is a recap of Week 1. Enjoy!
Rudy and Rick are back in person and discuss a few things. From social media to trying to patch up our age identifiers. Rudy shares his experience of seeing Deadpool at Disney California Adventure. Rick shares his concert experience at watching Twenty One Pilots. Finally they both talk about baseball, specifically the Los Angeles Dodgers and the (so far) amazing season Shohei Ohtani is having, plus Ohtani becoming the 6th MLB player to join the 40/40 club. Enjoy!
Brought to you by and courtesy of Uncle Dad Talks podcast. UncleDad asks Rick to join him in an interviewing director/writer Asif Akbar and writer/co-star Vincent E. McDaniel aka Vin.E.Mc from Liongate's film Boneyard. Starring Mel Gibson ,Curtis"50 Cent" Jackson and Brian Van Holt. An FBI agent and the Chief of Police in Albuquerque are on the hunt for a serial killer known as The Bone Collector - but the chief fears that the killer is actually one of his own officers. Based on the West Mesa murders. Thank You to UncleDad, Just Mike, Lionsgate, Asif Akbar and Vincent E. McDaniel. Be sure to checkout UncleDad and Just Mike at UncleDadTalks podcast. Available on most podcast streaming services.
In this episode we are joined by special guest Donix. He is a long time friend of Rudy's and we talk to him about his self motivated endeavors. From his side profession of being a videographer and photographer to creating a mobile bartending business. We also talk about his experience of living in Hawaii. Lastly we introduce and play Sigma Duocast's first game "Sigma Sync".
Rick is a Free Agent Fan for NBA and MLB, he finally choses his teams. Rudy and Rick then share their favorite teams from the NFL, NBA and MLB. They also share why those are their favorite teams. Enjoy!
Spoiler Warning Our review of Deadpool and Wolverine is here friend-o. We breakdown our thoughts of the new film. It's full of spoilers. We also talk about the recent San Diego Comic Con Marvel Studios announcements. - Trailer audio used is copyright to Marvel Studios. Stray Kids - "Slash" copyright by JYP Entertainment Wesley Snipes Interview clips from Entertainment Tonight.
We are back. Rudy and Rick talk about what we have been up to. There has been some life changing decisions made. Enjoy!
Rick and Rudy are back. We have some stuff to catch up on. We talk about: The Fitness Journey, Kendrick vs Drake, The Roast of Tom Brady and LeBron James. We then pivot to some of our recent events. Our Las Vegas trip and Rick's LA trip. Enjoy! (All song and audio clips are owned by their respective owners. These clips were briefly used for reference.)
Return of the Nate, Nate joins the cast after a hiatus. We talk about Rick's trip to Vegas and catch up on what's been going on. This is a classic Sigma Duocast where Nate as usual clowns on Rick. Enjoy!
Rudy and Rick are finally back this time sharing their thoughts on Las Vegas. Rick is about to take a trip to Vegas and Rudy being a big fan of Vegas shares his experiences and places Rick should checkout. They also share their favorite Vegas films. But before they talk about Vegas they finally share why no Super Bowl episode. Lastly Rick shares his venture into "As seen on Social Media" products like the old "As seen on TV." Enjoy!
Rick finally gets his younger brother Alejandro (or Alex) to join the cast. He shares his experiences in theater and his first time traveling to Japan. This dude falls in love with Japan almost instantly that he is moving there almost instantly. Alex shares the job he acquired that enabled him to move to Japan. Finally we briefly discuss my recommendations for what anime he should check out. Enjoy!
We try something different. We do a on location "Live" recording of our real time reaction to the NFC Chanpionship Game. Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers. We get to experience Niner Faithful Rudy go thru the motions of this exciting game. Listen to our reactions quarter by quarter and find out how Rick messes up his ankle. Enjoy!
The Duo of Rudy and Rick discuss the $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage raise in California, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson new venture and WWE's new Netflix deal. Finally we talk about football. We recap the Divisional Games and give you our picks of the Championship games. Enjoy!
In this episode Rick recaps his weekend about his side hustle Seena-San's at K-Play! Fest. Rudy and Rick then discuss the NFL Wild Card Weekend game outcomes. We also give you our picks for this weekends Divisional Games. Enjoy!
Rudy and Rick are back to discuss: New Years getting fit, Aaron Rodgers vs Jimmy Kimmel, Katt Williams on Shannon Sharpe's podcast, Jonathan Majors and Marvel's Kang future. Lastly we talk about football. Our quick thoughts on the season, our picks for this weekend's Wild Card games. Enjoy!
It's 2024, I talk about my New Year goals and AI tips to achieve them. Oh yeah I also talk about AI. I cover some random 2023 events and wish everyone a happy new year. Enjoy! Intro Song: "Da' Train" by M.C. A.D.E.
We got the Duo (Rudy and Rick) at it again discussing football, Patrick Mahomes's meltdown and the current state of the playoffs. In addition, we talk about the Los Angeles Dodgers huge signing of Shohei Ohtani. But before everything Rick talks about the end of E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo). Enjoy!
Another birthday special with guest, now recurring co-host Rudy. We discuss birthdays, Disney weddings, being a Swiftie and alcoholic beverages. We also talk about football, the Cowboys, Niners and Denver. Plus our prediction of the Championship games. Lastly we talk about the different voices of actors and freedom of speech. We cover a lot. Enjoy! Featured intro song from Daniel aka introvert burns.
Welcome to the start of a new Year/Season. In this episode I talk about my current state of euphoria. Also I share my vendor experience and follow up with my side hustle "Seena-San's". Year 4 kicks off now. Enjoy! (Song: Euphoria by BTS Copyright @ Big Hit Music)
In this episode I'm joined by Cas and my brother Phil where we flip scripts and they interview me about my new business. A little behind the scenes. But before that we catch up and talk about some football briefly. Enjoy!
First time guest Lorena aka Lore joins the cast, in another extended episode. We do some beer tasting and discuss them. We also talk about movies, anime and other fun random topics. Enjoy!
In this episode I review Disney/Pixar's Elemental film and I interview special guest Shila Ommi. Sigma's first professional interview. This interview was brought to you by Uncle Dad Talks, please be sure to listen/follow their podcast. Enjoy!
In this extended episode, Retro Gaming Nomad joins the cast to discuss a variety of things while trying out a few brews. We also talk about retro games, why we collect them and our thoughts about getting them graded. We are then joined by Doristhethinkasaurus and we discuss the resurgence of vinyl records. Enjoy!
For the first time Sigma records on location at The Whimsy Market for Cosmic Witch Night. We interview a few vendors and give you more insight to what Nate has been up to with his business Dark Moon Decor. Thank You to Our Guests: Aaron - ABZ Crystals and Creations Nika - Nika's Mad Sweets Chris - Wicked Designs Alanna - ABZ Crystals Enjoy!
My review and thoughts of The Flash movie and why its not performing at the box office. Enjoy! (The Flash trailer audio owned by Warner Bros.)
Episode R-Day, which stands for Reboot-Day. In this episode Rick addresses the future of Sigma Duocast. Hope you enjoy, can't wait for what's to come. [Featured Song: "D-Day" by Agust D.]
In this Infinity War size episode we are joined by guest Daniel Sims. We talk about spirituality, mythology and what helps us balance our minds. Rick also introduces Daniel to Korean K-Pop group BTS, breaking down few songs. We also discuss today's music and how music impacts our lives. There is lots to cover so tune in and Enjoy!
In this episode we talk about Rick's trip to LA. Crowds at Disneyland and Universal Studios Hollywood. A.I. Music Artists, Twitter officially having you buy the blue check and some sports updates. Enjoy!
We are joined by our friend Enrique (aka Henry) on this entertaining episode. We journey back to our Gamestop days, we talk about fitness, going on cruises and make our way to talk about some weird cosplayers. Enjoy!
Been a minute. Excuse us for being rusty but its never a dull moment. We talk about some films, TikTok, video games and more. Enjoy the Show!
Part 2 because the original recording was 5 hours long. It's another Birthday Special. The Duo is joined by Rudy and Felipe. We talk about a lot different subjects. Enjoy.
Part 1 because the original recording was 5 hours long. It's another Birthday Special. The Duo is joined by Rudy and Felipe. We talk about a lot different subjects. Enjoy.
The title says it all our Final episode.... It's 4hrs long, what do we have to say. Listen to find out. Appreciate the support everyone. Thank You!
It's Pride Month and we host our first gay guest, Fran Carreno. I hope you're prepared, the conversation takes off real quick. We then discuss a variety of pop culture topics in regards to gay representation. Enjoy!
It's about that time! After being away for about 6 months, the Duo is back and honestly feels like it was just how it was last year. Nate tells us why he stepped away. Then we kind go back to similar times like: flea markets, roller rinks and other retro stuff. We also talk about action figures and to be specific Todd McFarlane's line of action figures. Plus Todd's point of view of gender action figures. Enjoy!
The first cross episode with ADMIT ONE Multiverse. We celebrate Rick's birthday. We talk about Resident Evil's new film, Spider-Man ticket sales, Nate's new business venture Dark Moon Decor and other nonsense. Enjoy!
Sigma Duocast Presents... Night Spectacle reviewing Marvel's Eternals First half is spoiler free and second half is not. Enjoy!
Finally back! We catch up on movie news and Rick gives his review of the 3rd My Hero Academia film. Enjoy!