What Ya Into?

Hey Listener, it's been a minute, but What Ya Into? Is back...at least for this week. Dave F'n Powell and Caitlin McWethy return to the show to talk about Home Movie Survival Camp, their weekly horror movie series at The Overlook Lodge in Pleasant Ridge (Cincinnati, Ohio). Topics this week include: Mystery Science Michael Winslow. Running far and crushing chocolate milk. The original story of HMSC. Playing the parts of Chad Baker and Little Sally. Watching horror movies for the first time in a room with other people. Rewriting Rubber. Alien. Never Forget Beetlejuice. Getting on the Train to Busan. Who can you trust in The Thing? The realness of the Exorcist. The science of Tremors. It Follows Forever. That time Tom Hanks played a teenager. The Terminator an unrelenting force from the future. The Shining is not a comforting movie. Come out and win stuff.

Hey Listener, report to Sector 7-G, because this week's episode is all about The Simpsons. Sean Jaundice from Voodoo Monkey Tattoos , Church and State and Lavorté, and my why-fife Lauren Bishop sit down with me in a downtown Cleveland Air BnB to discuss one of our favorite television series of all time. Topics this week include: Being the front man of a band. Precious. The Simpsons vs. The Cosby show. The Simpson and COPS the cornerstones of FOX. Which Simpsons character do you identify with? Drop a Stupid on them. The drunks and the stoners are the best side characters. The best and worst celebrity guest stars. That name again is Mr. Plow. Our favorite Simpsons episodes. The neverending rabbit hole of Simpsons merch. Sitting around and remembering TV. The future of the show. More void, less responsibility.

Hey Listener, grab your sunglasses and get ready to wear them at night because Bryce Oquaye and Justin Stewart and are back to talk about the Blade Trilogy. Topics include: Wu-Tang Clan. Go check out Justin's new free comic book Slaughter Market Sweep and help the Kickstarter for the Kentucky Kaiju Hardcover. The first good Marvel movie and the bad ones that came before it. Blade Dynamite. We are a pro Kris Kristofferson/anti Toby Keith podcast. Blade II rocks, point blank period. Do vampire clubs have to be techno clubs. DEI Vampires. Where do vampires eat if they aren't at the club? Blade III sucks, point blank period. Bryce has beef with Triple H. We rewrite Blade III. Should Blade exist in the MCU?

Hey Listener, Jeff Rickels and Justin Tyler return for round 4 of talking about the biggest selling system of all time, The PlayStation 2. Topics this week include: We want new SSX and EA Street games now. The world is a safer place without New Jack in it (RIP to a real one). Reliving Tony Hawk Soundtracks beyond 1 and 2. Will Alex the Terrible get to meet Putin? Which Game of Thrones guy was in that Silent Hill? No more demo discs. A potpourri of games that don't fit into other categories. The PubertyStation.   

Hey Listener, Jeff Rickels from Newport Secret Six and Justin Tyler from Cupful Podcast return for round 3 of talking about the biggest selling system of all time, The PlayStation 2. Topics this week include: shredding on plastic guitars. Please EA give us more Street games. Trying to understand the lore of Kingdom Hearts. We're talking confusing? Hold my Metal Gear Solid. Combos, puzzle solving, and a sex mini game. The swag of Dante. Why didn't we play platform games back in the day? The Tony Hawk studio makes a Spider-Man game. I, I sand alone. Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, looked good then, but I don't know how to play them now.  Stop me if you've heard this one, it's an open world sandbox. The show abruptly ends and I forgot to record an outro for it. Joins soon for the final installment of this 4 part series on the PlayStation4.

Hey Listener, grab something black to wear because Amanda Frietsch is back on the show. What starts out as a Cincinnati History podcast quickly becomes solely focused on Cincinnati cemeteries with a lot of talk of Spring Grove Cemetery. Don't worry, she'll come back to talk general Cincinnati history on a later episode. Topics this week include: Burial trends. When you move people, you're going to leave some bits and pieces. We're taking our child casket with us. Cemetery Prison Rules. The future of history. The Oddfellows. Not that symbol. Put me in an unmarked grave. Old Mr. Greenbacks. Crypto Bro Folks. Statue money. Getting on a boat to buy a momument. When you replace someone in a band what not to do. Marrying your wife's lame sister. Mausoleum flex. Spooky graveyard talk. 

Hey Listener, grab your spandex and get ready to time travel back to the early 90s, because this week Ben Frietsch returns to the show to talk about rewatching WWE's RAW from the first episode. Ben is also rewatching WCW's Monday Nitro. Topics this week include: Faux physical media video games. That was your host's phone alarm, not yours. What is WWE Monday Night RAW and it's future on Netflix? 80s Wrestling. Welcome to the NEW GENERATION! Reflecting on Golddust. Everyone has a job. Live from the Grand Ballroom in Manhattan Center Studios in New York City. Trying to explain what the Undertaker is. The ladder math. Do you cancel the show when a man dies? The Montreal Screwjob…again. A rough time for Southern Rasslin. The early years of Nitro and the Dungeon of Doom. The Outsiders change everything. Ben knows more about Bill Goldberg than ChatGPT. Crow Sting. The Luchadores and cruiserweights. Black t-shirts for everyone, but Glacier. There is no Attitude Era without ECW. The future?  

Hey Listener, what's old is new again, as we're back in the world of vinyl with a twist. Brad Schadler from Sessions Vinyl Room and WYI?'s record expert Luke Effler. Topics this week include: Dungeons and Dragon is OKish. People that take karaoke to seriously. Using as many senses as possible to enjoy an album. Are we returning to the world of singles or are albums here to stay? Being on the other side of the counter. Make the shop your apartment. I care enough about something to want to physically own it. Having kids and the impact on what you listen to. How do you buy things that you've never listened to? Wear make up and never age. Record Store Day. Do you get to go full Pawn Stars? Soundtracks. Not being able to remember Rachel Leigh Cook's name. Amazon and the internet. King Records. Your first concert.   

Hey Listener, grab some sunscreen, water, and ear plugs because this week Alicia DeVore and Billy DeVore from The New Nasty Boys podcast are back on the show to talk about Music Festivals. Topics this week include: Billy can't breathe. Adding sex to everything. Billy DeVore has a new Comedy Special coming out soon. The delicious foods that exist in T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington. Missing beer drops of yore. The scorpion and the frog of music festivals. Classic drunk girl move. Turning 21 at Bonaroo. It's all about the line up. A 3 Day Rotating Festival. All my homies hate KEMBA Live! Why does it always rain for Tame Impala? No showers, all smells. You always get your beers in a tall can, it's in the 2nd Amendment. Bring your own food. Sneaking in ninja booze. We all miss MidPoint. Taking the wrong drugs at the wrong time. Soggy boxer shorts. The do's and don'ts of festivals. Making magical moments. Las Vegas Sphere talk, a recurring bit on the show.

Hey Listener, grab your dual shock controllers because this week on What Ya Into? Jeff Rickels from Newport Secret 6 and Justin Tyler from Cupful Podcast are on the show to talk about the Playstation 2. This is the second in a multi-part series about the Playstation 2. Topics this week include: Pulling back the curtain. The House that Rockstar built. Sony, give us Walking Dead of Anarchy 2. Innovative edge lords and getting X-Pac heat. 3 guys who aren't really into RPGs talk RPGs. The realism of Gran Turismo and the absurd amount of Super Cars that you can drive. Playstation 2 racing games soundtracks welcome to early 2000s nu metal, hiphop, and punk rock. 51:34 minutes in and the host decides not to pause the show after a drink spill, but the boys go deep into the world of butt rock.  The weirdness of Japanese fighting game characters. The show turns into it's own Dragonball podcast. Making lore for your gory murder fighting game. Hip Hop + Pro Wrestling/MMA + Video Games. The importance of WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain. Pressing pause for now, but we'll be back in a few weeks with Part 3. The Memory Card shortage. Escaping into the past.

Hey Listener, grab your memory cards because this week on What Ya Into? Jeff Rickels from Newport Secret 6 and Justin Tyler from Cupful Podcast are on the show to talk about the Playstation 2. This is the first in a multi-part series about the Playstation 2. Topics this week include: How old were you in life when you played a PS2. Sony continues to bet on the right format while creating an entertainment system. Launching a system in new markets year after year. A 13 year system. Better controllers, online gaming, and the importance of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy. The ability to do whatever you want as a guy named Claude. GTA's AM Radio stations and music. The evolution of the series vehicles. Hot Coffee.

Hey Listener, get some popcorn because this week Illustrator/Comic Artist Jaimie Filer and Ian Schiefer and Andy Simpson from Secret Base Cinema are here to talk about creating your own film festival. Topics this week include: The Return to the Basement starts with animal jiu jistu and getting cut off in Florida. The Movie Festival Game. Deathmatches and video rental stores. A festival where once you come in, you cant leave and trying to figure out the rules. The torture house. Classic reality TV show horror movie from the 90s. Body jumping lady demon who takes over a guy's wife in a horror/action movie. One Bad Mother. If you're going to make a kids movie put some traps in it. Punk rock car movies. A Vampire Lesbian Classic. Black Jesus vs. Elvis. That's interesting place to hide a knife. Serious Sandler. Tom Goes to the Mayor graphics. Andy picks a movie, goes to Ween, and Ian has to deal with the fallout. Jaimie's bringing in Lexi Belle and GZA for a night of kung fu and swords. Physical porn is back bay-bay! Creating sexy action. Sneaking out to the Carnival where the inbred creature lives. Horror movie side quest. Putting your movie wish list out to the universe. Getting Onita for Samurai Saturday. Hologram stand up comedians. Hanging out with people and having fun things to do. There is always something new to watch if you go to the past.

Hey Listener, make sure you don't run the light because this week Mike Berlon from Craft Brewed Sports is on the show to talk about his time as a stand up comedian. Topics this week include: Hosting a show that can't be scripted. Watch Craft Brewed Sports Live every Tuesday night at 8 PM EST. Mookie playing 4D chess. Scott hates Australian Canadians. Notre Dame College Football rabbit hole. Golf is a great sport for comedy movies. Shoresy. Marissa Tomei forever smoke show. The Boss. The Right Wing Grift. The Venn Diagram of having a skill that you love, but you need to make money from. Learning to love the bomb. Getting ready to go on stage. The importance of a ritual. Sitting in the first row for your first open mic. The weirdness of late 90s/early 2000s stand up. The importance of being real. Figuring out the part of the joke that works. Your host misses old Joe Rogan and Kanye. Don't write with Mike. Getting the crowd on your side. Digging out of the hole or the least common dominator. Hecklers. Bombing. The weathervane of bombing. Bill Bur in Philadelphia. Mr. Bungle. Mike Berlon has never cheated on his wife. Don't harsh my vibe. Record screech.   

Hey listener, grab your phones because this week Andrew “Mookie” Wybroski from Craft Brewed Sports is on the show to talk about Online Sports Betting. We journey into a world with offshore bank accounts, learning to bet in bulk, and using multiple betting apps. Topics this week include: Hosting an improv sports show that interacts with the comments. The Bo Jackson of animal athletes. 90s sports movies. Fantasy football the sports betting gateway drug. Go watch Phish live in the Sphere. Getting stuck in Las Vegas. Desktop Betting. Figuring out a system for how to bet on Iranian Soccer. Hi, would you like to gamble? The End of the War on Gambling. The problem of having a problem that involves your phone. The importance of being right. Betting makes sports more fun. Red flags. Betting on the T20. Betting on yourself. Betting the dogs. The future.

Hey listener, we're headed back to the ballpark this week as podcast host Scott Kyser from Craft Brewed Sports and Backwards K Baseball is on the show to talk about America's Passtime. Topics this week include: The Inception of Petty. Defining what style of country you're talking about and going full old man about music. A kids movie about getting a DUI and coaching a jr high team. The power of Superstations and being able to follow a sport then and now. Following the entire league. What would managers wear if they didn't wear an uniform? A shorter season. Defense is cool when it's your team. Computer Umps. The Unwritten Rules of Baseball. Getting punched in the ribs for doing your job. If you're going to clear the benches someone better be throwing punches. Getting worried when guys are wearing extra stuff. What age is the cut off for bringing a baseball glove to the game? The history of the game and will it ever go away? Things that make us sad about boxing.   

Allison Hibbard, Jaimie Filer, and Zach Bender aka Uncle_Analog return to  talk about HorrorHound. Topics this week include: You got to get naked at camp. The hot boy photo shoot. Jaimie reminds everyone that this is an audio only format. The Green Day of horror. If you quit watching after the first season, then everything is OK.  Your host lost everyone's names after 2020. Vending for Fangoria Magazine. Having a good booth buddy. The importance of bootlegged stuff. The Monroe Exit is wild. Do you have a Horrorhound shopping list? Don't read the list until you're into the line. The weirdness and levels of celebrity at Horrorhound. Cash is king at the Con. How to talk to celebrities and what not to do. The weird booths. People want to see Uncle_Analog's gigantic naked lady tattoo. The people watching is top shelf. Bigfoot vs. Jason. Give me the illusion of safety. Flower planters are a good place to find knives. From the mouths of babes to horror actors' ears. Having White Claws with Art the Clown and Horrorhound after parties. The fine line between horror and porn. “It's smoothing”.

Hey Listener, grab some NOS and leave your brain at the door because the host of Cool Show, Man/Stand Up Comedian Giles Chickering is here to talk about the Fast and the Furious franchise. Topics this week include: This is Giles' Star Wars and the worst double date ever. The world before September 2001. The 25th anniversary of the Sopranos. Giles is in a hardcore band now. A movie franchise that begins with bandits robbing DVD players off of trucks. Is this woke or racist? Vin Diesel isn't in the business of making sequels. Taking it to Miami. The power of nitrous in this universe. And now we're in Japan? Giles pitches his the 4th Fast and the Furious movie should have been the actual third one to end the trilogy theory. Viagra at the box office always wears a tactical vest. Vin Diesel has a clause where he can never lose a fight in a movie. Its totally cool to drive a bank vault through Brazil. Ludacris went from small business owner in Miami to master level hacker. We're now beyond drug cartels and into cyber terrorism. Your host likes movies where one big car fights a bunch of small cars. Jason Statham is here now. Paul Walker is alive in canon. We're now parachuting cars out of planes. A white lady with cornrows. Punching torpedoes. The Rock and Diesel have beef? Idris Elba is a super human? Tyrese and Ludacris go to space. White dudes with muscles can be brothers. Two white guys argue about the new Roadhouse. A two part sequel Harry Potter style. Jason Momoa's “overacting”. The Fast and the Furious universe.

Hey Listener, grab your penalty flags because this week Corey King is on the show to talk about reffing high school football. It's a fun look behind the curtain for any football fan. Topics this week include: Bottle artwork. A modern beer baron/smuggler. The joys and pains of living in Chicago. Finding your way into the music industry in the late 90s and trying to figure out how to counter Napster. The balance between a job and something you love. The impact of venues taking merch money from bands. Of course they're putting the Grateful Dead in the Sphere. If you do something positive like giving an underage kid your ID, it will comeback to you. Tightend talk. The game needs linebackers. Rugby dudes are on a whole different level. The insanity of the hours you work as a coach. I can't cause a problem if I don't throw my flag. Who gets to make the call? Making the right call no matter what the crowd is chanting. How do you regulate the emotion of a game? What is the atmosphere in the refs' locker room? How do you get assigned games? All business on game day. Put on your knee pads! Working with the medical staff. Trying not to laugh at trash talk. Hey ref, let's keep it clean. The Corey King rule. A violent game. Giving to others.   

Hey Listener, grab your armor plated leather jacket because Lee Laney is back on the show to talk about riding motorcycles. You can follow his band on IG at The Everyday People Band and check them out whenever they are playing near you. Topics this week include: Losing and finding new hobbies during 2020. How did you find the roller derby circus and trying to make new friends after 30. Captain Overzealous. Why roller derby after parties so chill now? How did you get into motorcycles and how did you learn to ride one? “On a bike, you're completely exposed”. If you wreck, you don't want your shoes to fly off. “It's your head, do whatcha want”. Never a Master, but always trying to upgrade. Riding in the rain. Gas station Walmart. Sometimes a road isn't a road. Finding weird stuff in the middle of nowhere to pee beside.  Riding playlists. Dead animal proof. The aging out of a demographic. Collecting Harley shirts. Filming as an extra in The Bikeriders movie. Opening up a community motorcycle garage and the return of Captain Overzealous.   

Hey Listener, grab your favorite black t-shirt and get ready to dive head first into the world of Mastodon! For the second time in WYI?'s history we're dedicating an entire episode to a band and Paul Gonzalez is here to go on this journey. Topics this week include: PAWL is here so of course we have to talk movies. The modern evolution of Metal. Meeting Mastodon. Are the first four albums about the elements? The worst day of Mr. Ed's life and the art of Mastodon. A weird Playboy sidequest. Jurassic Park trivia. The greatest metal album of the century? Let's get a bunch of cool musicians to make guest appearances on our third album. Can I sing along and strip to it? Creating a perfect album. Finally making an album that isn't a concept album. Sometimes you leave before the headliner. Our least favorite Mastodon album. The album that your host kept in his car for a half decade. Separating the art from the artist. The sad adult album. Seeing Mastodon live and band mascots. Seeing shows in the basement of the Taft. No one in the audience has a beard. Getting fooled by Ghost. The Ashes of Leviathan tour.   

Hey Listener, you're going to need your headgear and some dice this week because Michael Williams from Smiling Demon Games is on the show to talk about creating his own martial arts trading card game: Warrior Within Underground. WYI?'s resident martial artist/nerd Jaimie Filer is the perfect co-host for this episode. This week's topics include: The spreading of Warhammer 40K to new media. Why are they doing this to the Crow? Playing Magic the Gathering during wrestling tournaments. The journey into no holds barred fighting. Don't use the time machine. Picking a good walkout song. Looking at fighting like a computer. How do you beat up your friend in a deathmatch? Planning how to fight a guy who knows Kung Fu. Sometimes you learn with a concussion. An oil check leads to a full special meter. Being dudes is making fun of things your friends like. I'm not a mad dawg psychopath. Men that create their fantasyland of toughness. What was the first fight like? Conan. No one wants to fight you so lets get you a pro fight on a card where Royce Gracie and Don Vito will be in attendance. Defeating racism and then getting a weird pep talk from Royce Gracie. Gravity works. Going solo, creating, and pitching the game. The intimidation of MTG. Drawing inspiration from Street Fighter II. Being able to move your character into all of the different worlds of fighting. Creating a system. The importance of creating cool looking stuff.  

Hey Listener, grab your gear bag because I'm sitting down with Heather Sampanis (bass/singer) of Alex Kasznel & The Board of Directors and Luke Effler (guitar) of Ten Gauge to talk about being parents that are in bands. Topics this week include: Check out the Company Picnic Music Festival on March 23rd at Oddfellows in OTR (Cincinnati, Ohio). What is it like to be a band that gets a vinyl album pressed? What is a Costumer? BFAs of the world unite! Hailing from a family with musicians. Power chords for children. Life/Band balance. The differences between being a solo creator and someone working with others. Critiquing your friends. Faster and louder. Playing out and being cool with low standards. What's it like being in the backstage locker room? The tricks of figuring out the name of someone you've already met. Pre show rituals. I'm inspiring you, not intimidating you. Tap dancin' Luke Effler and the karate robot. The heartache of a bad show. Go watch The Greatest Night in Pop.   

Hey Listener, did you download your tickets, because today we're talking being a live sports fan with Josh Wilson from 5th Line. You might recognize him from his work at 16 Lots Brewing or as the guy with the braids in his beard that sits in front of the drummers in the Bailey at FC Cincinnati games. Topics this week include: Beer art and bad ways to die. Beer festivals of yore. Your host loves staying at home. The perks of being a season ticket holder. Things that weren't designed for the 21st century. Finding your place in the Bailey during the bad times. Which is better tailgates or pregaming at a bar? Wearing body paint is how you impress a girl. Interacting with the bad guys when the come to town. Now that's a hot ass mascot. Broadway and live wrestling shows. What is the worst thing to pee in at a living sport event? Always making noise. Random video game talk. Stadiums and arenas that we want to go to.

Hey Listener, grab a broom because this week Jack Emery and Thomas Cochill are on the show to talk about the sport of Curling. Topics this week include: The host meets someone that actually listens to the show and it's weird. It doesn't matter what you collect, everyone wants variants. Going from soccer fans to season ticket holders. This a very pro Nippert Stadium podcast. Jack loves wordy bands. Finding Curling through the Winter Olympics. Caring for and appreciating the ice. 2 quarries in Scotland. Equipment. Competing on a deteriorating playing surface. The strategy of the game. Welcome to your rookie season. Finding your Yoda. A game with etiquette. The joy of kicking teeth in and the misery of being paired with a team that doesn't like each other. Husband down. The skills you need to be a good Curler. How do you practice if you aren't on the ice?

Hey Listener, its Part 2 of our sit down chat with Jackie Mellinger and Kelvin aka Mistah_Mojo from Retro Records Podcast about the Gamecube. This episode where are focusing on Nintendo exclusives. Topics this week include: Are you sure it's Gale and not Veil? Kirby's Air Ride was made for children and high people. Ain't no Party like a Mario Party because a Mario Party don't stop. Mario Kart: I Keep Dat Thang on Me. The fun weirdness of Mario themed sports games. Pikmin is so weird. Making friends and celebrating holidays in Animal Crossing. Trying to figure out where Metroid Prime fits. Cartoony Link vs. serious adult Link. The strangeness of Luigi's Mansion. The goodness of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Why does Mario need a squirt gun backpack? The perfection of Super Smash Bros Melee.

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 commercials were fun. Nuts and bolts of the Gamecube. A very unfortunate release date and Slayer Conspiracy Theories. You want the Dolphin? Was the small disc a mistake? The Gamecube controller. The handle for the party cube. The Mega Man X Collection. Singing the songs on a Sonic soundtrack. Getting hammered to add a new level of difficulty to Super Monkey Ball. Eternal Darkness a cool, odd title for the Gamecube. Playing a fun JRPG with your cousins that makes you grow up quick. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle: Kelvin and Jackie become best friends. Resident Evil 4: zombies(?) in Spain(?), the President's daughter, and a jet ski.

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 friend who likes the Enterprise. Teaching a Klingon bonding ritual. Friends. Never cut your hair. Living in a Post Scarcity future. They're not gay, they're aliens. Learning about life from Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The Misfits. Riker isn't a normie? What's your favorite vessel? Whats up with the shirts? Learning about the culture of Klingons. How do you make an alien language? Stories outside of Star Fleet.

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 hurry up and wait. Jarring edit. Shooting films on very obtainable cameras. Video game side quest. People and Permits. Making a movie for $5,000 or less. Find a dentist and ask for money. Video camera talk. Going home safe. Filming in a replica Michael Myers house. They could've been weird looking boobs. The gateway drug of anime. Putting more tools in your tool belt. Stealing from Netflix. Not knowing that punk rock is easy. Making a film.   

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 skaters. Check out WYI? Episode 33 Skateboarding is a Flat Circle with Chris Rice and Ryan Malott as the companion episode of this one as we discuss the art vs the sport of skateboarding. How does competition and friendship work in skateboarding? We can't skate together.Getting credit carded. Yelling at the scooter kids. Blacklist Boardshop shout out. Is Longboarding skateboarding? Going to skateboarding school. The importance of documentation in skateboarding. Being able to roll through the city. Learning the lingo. Going to the spot. Skate Park etiquette tips.

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 joy of trashing your friends on Draft Day. Shout out to The Magazine. Sun, Sand, Salad. Snakin'. Trading and waivers. What's up with the refs? Sports betting, a new weird world. The short career spans of Running Backs. Buying jerseys for your fantasy guys. Game Day nerves. The Stanley Cup is the best. Fantasy 4 Life.   

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. Becoming Spooky Daddy. The venn diagram of real life and social media. The art of Researching. Low attention spans and technology addiction. Being a CIA Psyop and dinosaurs didn't exist. The importance of education and critical thinking. Skinwalkers. What's your favorite cryptid? The beings of your spiritual belief system. Bigfoot Kink. Do you believe in ghosts? The weirdness of living alone. Aliens Exist. Unfortunately controversy equals cash. The worst two weeks of my life.

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. Ernest kink.Michael Caine and Muppets. Billy from Predator in a XXX-Mas movie.Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and a Charlie Brown Christmas. From Swingers to Santa. The Home Alone deathmatch. Feldog. Allison's proudest Christmas moment. Gremlins, Dick Miller, and a future Christmas card. Dan the Man. Grizzly Adams and Nazi Elves. The LAPD watching a Christmas gladiator fight. Decorating for the season. Go to Brothers in Silverton (Cincinnati, Ohio) and visit their Grinch.

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. Your hobby scares me, have you always been a risk taker? Onewheels and EUCs connection to mountain biking and their possibilities for the future. A case of dry lung and the transition from fossil fuel to batteries. Fighting small niche groups. Sport vs. art. The mountain bike towns of Arkansas. Getting a good night's sleep or partying with your girlfriends? The joy of being in a small scene. How do you prepare for race day? Lizard brain. How does race season work? The power of being mentally prepared for a sport. The evolution of a sport. The muscle memory of children. Being comfortable can be dangerous. Breaking your ankle on your honeymoon. Investing in body armor. New models. The statement of a helmet. Riding and chilling with the Drift Sisters. Experiencing the United States. It's time to race.   

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 do you feel when you get it right? Sailing the high seas at a young age. Drift. Keeping all the video game systems and never leaving your room. The durability and awkwardness of CRTVs. Sound and why you at least need a soundbar. Don't over spend, buy the electronics you need. More children = more TVs. Favorite electronic brands. Where do you buy stuff from? Electronics that are timeless. The immersion. The power of the Gameboy. Acting like a six year old to justify a big purchase and being a bad person. Why the podcast doesn't have video. Gimmicky gadgets. How to optimize electronics in the house. A future you never planned for.

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 you prepare to perform in front of an audience? What does it feel like after you leave the stage? How did you become a collector? Silverware sets and China cabinets. Beautiful Traders' World and cartoons that you can't make today. Unwrapping a mystery gift. Being way too young at the Pantera show. Tattoos and piercings in the 90s. The Family Computer Room. Being Tom Cruise. The artistic genius of Lisa Frank. Flipping something you love. Buying original artwork. Ed. Glass babies. The thrill of the hunt. This is now a cryptid show. The ocean has turned on man. Titanic the movie or the tragedy?  Being the mall owners of tomorrow. People want cheesy 90's stuff. Media Play and Suncoast Video. Disney everything. Evaluating the thing you have. QueenofClawMachine. Finding pop culture gold in the wild. Making people happy. Being sneaky. Glamour Shots on the beach. Collecting The Nick! Box. Passing on the love.

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 active or passive gaming. Being frustrated by the Soulsborne games. We're not super into the Witcher 3. Paying an hourly fee to game. A 500 hour game. The Tony Hawk games soundtracks. Everyone should play Titanfall. Destiny, it was…cool. The Fallout 4 wasteland. None of us are car guys. Abducting people with balloons in Metal Gear. Butt tickles and the walking simulator. Zombie hack and slash. Rocket League. The random animal attacks of Far Cry games. Cowboy simulator. The Last of Us 2's brutality. A masterpiece of a game that makes you feel good. You got to give Horizon Zero Dawn a couple of tries. Give me a junior high kid to murder people with. Changing the face of Spiderman, literally. Trying to figure out if you're an X-Box or Playstation guy?

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. The pros and cons of the weirdness of Nintendo. The cost of retro gaming. This is a kids' game. Why did you release a busted game? Just release a roster update if this is what you are going to give us. Coliseum. Pokémon cars, cuckoo clocks, and fishing lures. Pokémon tattoos. Running into people in the middle of the night who are playing Pokémon Go. The Journey Across America Tour. Choosing your Pokémon. Falling out of love with something you loved.

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 neighborhoods. Making art accessible and being alone. The question of Why? Learning from others' mistakes. Escapism and therapy. Catching fairy dust. How do you know when your poem is done? Putting cheese on your broccoli. Was your nude model in good shape? Being in play instead of competition. The joy of teaching. The urban Appalachian queer experience. Writing for change. Preparing for the future.   

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 a hobby be a collection? Going into other people's houses. Losing interest. Collecting with your family. We're a very pro Image Comics podcast. Collecting comics. Running out of goals and losing the butterflies. The problem with displaying Pez dispensers. Having a Stretch Armstrong mold. Gas station chicken. Elvis. Throwing in a horn when you're not ska. Dissecting No Doubt. Stock X. Shoes, hat, or hair. And now we can't wear Yeezys.   

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. The Body. The Shawskank Redemption and Stephen King. Stephen King: actor. A love letter to Maximum Overdrive. Can I have face on the front of my car? Who Made Who is a killer AC/DC album. Sober King. Someday there will be a payday. When your Godmother introduces Stephen King to you. Carrie's commentary on high school bullying. What's your favorite type of vampire? The Shining, the book vs. the movie. A man made virus that ends the world. Waking up the Girls Gone Wild! Music again. Firestarter is just asking for to much to be believable. Aliens and Bigfoot. This is the show, rants and rabbit holes. Norman Reedus is now Daryl Dixon forever. Converting loveable animals into death machines. Christine, murderous Tesla. Nunchucks vs. toys. I know that Herman Munster is in it. The cultural impact of IT and Pennywise. Give JD a follow. Bugging people online. Getting up and knocking over a mic. Real books or E-books? Dan has hot takes about the Hanks family. The Regulators and Desperation are 2 for the price of 1. Seeing characters in your mind's eye before seeing them in a movie. Do you answer numbers you don't know? Thats the point of robots. Dr. Sleep, more like Dr. No One Cares. Dan loves Stephen King and has things to say. How do you approach medical procedures? Castle Rock. What do you want Stephen King to write about next? Shout out to the Root Cellar. 

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 takes about Halloween. The Shape, Donald Pleasence , and Jamie Lee Curtis. Random Keanu Reeves love. The Fog and roadies. WYI? is very pro Kurt Russell. “Sci Fi doesn't age well”. Halloween I and II should be watched as a double feature. The Thing is a perfect movie. Halloween III: Dudes Batting Out of Their League. It's weird when people can't swear right. Everyone should watch Big Trouble in Little China. Prince of Darkness is a siege movie with a hole from Hell. They Live is still relevant. Chevy Chase and John Carpenter made a movie? Zach: BODY BAGS!!! In the Mouth of Madness is Sam Neil losing his mind and now I want to see it. The only thing good about Vampires is the opening. Ghost of Mars is an awesome sci fi western horror train movie. Tommy Lee's Nu Metal band. Wrestling and butt rock. Your host tells a story about Andrew Bryniarski which is actually about Duane Davis; still go watch The Program. The new Halloween movies. Michael Biehn's Timebomb. John Carpenter: Confirmed Gamer. Pawl's pick up lines. John Carpenter's The Name of the Movie..   

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 prompts of Halloween. The magic of drawing. Deadliest Warrior talk (RIP to a real one). Horror Camp. Give the kids 3 hours to get candy. The soundtrack of Halloween. There is always a 5 year old at the Horrorcon. Being a grown man that is scared of haunted houses. Homemade haunted house. Willingly going to the torture house. The costume shop yard. Buying a Halloween house. Is it time to buy a Leatherface for the yard? A Christmas sweater for everything. Rambo isn't allowed to celebrate Halloween anymore. You can't wear headphones in the cemetery. Our neighbor's Halloween yard. Pro wrestler pyro for the kids. Random Las Vegas Sphere talk. Halloween storage and the Sunday Scareys. Your host folds like a house of cards. Creating memories for the kids.

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 enter the toy room. Discovering the underground. The impact of graffiti, Japanese art, and Juxtapoz. Hip Hop and Toys. EBAY. Are you a quality or quantity collector? Free your toys. How do you determine how much you'll spend? Bury me with the Flagg. Kit bashing. Enjoying living with original art and it's energy. Thank you for creating a hub. That time your host allegedly shoplifted. Shogun Sanders. The Beaded Curtain: Jaimie's retirement plan. Kaiju Hulk Hogan.

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 Punisher. The artists became the superstars. Jack Kirby is Jazz. The brilliance of Kirby Krackle. My favorite comic book artists. The power inks and color. Not everything has to be realism. Hellboy is A number 1. Batman and TMNT can be anything. The High Evolutionary. Villains look so much cooler. Ghost Rider's tires need to be on fire. Doom. Batman. Squishy Emo Boy. Bullying for good. Top 5 Story Arcs. Spawn is hot. Superman dies. 90s history. I'm reading my 2 foot tall book. Collecting and selling. What happens to comics after you die?   

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 vs. Rocky ends the Cold War. A bad Rocky. That's clearly Don King. Don't let Paulie talk to your accountant. Robot Lamborghini money. One of the most depressing moments in the show's history. Being booed for not being Rocky. The fever dream of the final fight bar. The death of Rocky. A video game sets up the fight in this film. The Line. The heart of the Rocky movies. A love story with a weird set up. Telling the best football speeches. The same turtles. Going to a fight and being in a Rocky movie.

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-host for October. Dinner and a podcast. Poop fuel. How old were you when you discovered Rocky? The decline of boxing in the modern sports landscape. Boxing superstars of yore. Floyd Mayweather and celebrity boxers. The cultural impact of Muhammad Ail and the art of making people care. The thin line between fact and fiction with Rocky. Cue the Rocky intro music. The recurring tropes of Rocky. Stallone. Rocky doesn't have the personality of an elite GOAT athlete. Carl Weathers: jacked thespian. Random Seagal talk. Lawful Good Rocky. Steve will not talk until we are done with characters…30 seconds later. Paulie aka the bad Rocky. Rocky and Ted Lasso. Tony “Duke” Evers: Forever sweating. Philadelphia is a dump and no one has a good job. Rocky is always knocking people down for the first time. Rocky II: Everything that is wrong with sequels. Rocky quickly falling into a financial ruin because he is Simple Jack and can't read. Can you medically go into a coma after you give birth? Being popular in Philly. No tricks and a big left hand. Rocky III, a movie that represents the decade it was filmed in. Clubber Lang is terrifying. The Rocky time jump and evolution. Rocky has fallen into the trap and the empire of dirt. Dragging your opponent into a fire fight. Who has the eye of the tiger? Rocky III: racist or progessive for the mid 80s? Rocky and Apollo; more than friends. Rewinding to when Mick is alive and Thunderlips appears. Bambi's mom dying. Man thighs. American flag shorts. Who wins the private gym fight between Rocky and Apollo.

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. Go see Dave and Caitlin McWethy host Horror Movie Survival Camp at the Overlook Lodge this Fall. Dying at the bar. Little Sally and cheering horrific deaths. Cool fan made films on Youtube. Practical special effects, a recurring topic of the show. The business relationship of cartoons and toys. Crying in front of your father when Optimus Prime dies. The Nerds are now making the things. Statues, the next level of toy collecting. SNL did a toy line? Changing toys by an inch. How do you display your collection and what do you group together? What characters get the prime spots? What else do you want?

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 first played the Playstation? Launch titles. Before Mortal Kombat parents just thought all video games were Mario. Changing the way games sound and look. $299. One of 7 systems to sell more than 100 million units. The international impact of Gran Turismo. Learning about music history from video game soundtracks. Evolving from a video game system to a home entertainment system. The B Movie goodness that is Resident Evil. The sounds and gameplay of Metal Gear Solid. Twisted Metal: a vehicular homicide tournament. Driver. Ninja games of yore. The weirdness of Tekken. Great, we saved Aerosmith. Giving yourself PTSD of a screaming dead baby by playing Max Payne. Trying to find a cutesy mascot for Playstation. A controller that isn't for children. The Warehouse level of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is permanently burned into all of our brains. Having parents that don't care about violence. Nudity in video games? What's your favorite Resident Evil? Ranking the Playstations in order of worst to best.

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 down the glacier of a genre. Finding your new favorite band by thank you notes, t-shirts, and who they are touring with. The Specials. Let's talk about Swing bands. Watch Reservation Dogs. Kyle has no clue how many Vans he owns and doesn't want to. Were you ever an Airwalks man? These are my dress Vans. Function and Fashion. Slip ons. The importance of Vans Warped Tour. The cost of modern shows. Winning the NBA Championship and wearing Vans. An episode about band logos? Vans Vault. The importance of Collabs. Syndicate. Off the Wall Site becomes Under the Palms. The evolution of forums. Buying exclusive shoes online. Sip, Chug, Downpour: High Tops, Low Tops, Slip Ons. Do you prefer solid or checkered Vans? Palm size tattoo shoes. Future Vans collabs? Vans in movies. The best Brother-in-Law. Working with Vans to create a shoe. The Face of Vans. Pooping in the parking lot. Wearing Waffles.   

Hey Listener, are you ready to get deep into the podcasting weeds with a crossover episode? This week Marco and Julia from Truth, Beer, and Podsequences podcast come on the show to talk about their podcast about Cincinnati beer podcasts. Topics this week include: We're all bad at talking about ourselves. The evolution of a podcast. We snuck in some Road Warrior. Moms hated Ren and Stimpy. X. A podcast that reviews podcasts. The Guardian of Gabagool. Being part of a partnership. Getting advice and what to do with it. The power of editing. Doxing yourself as the social media guy. The rules of the show. Accidentally stepping on audio landmines. Promoting others instead of yourself. You can't please everyone. I don't know you, but I know your voice. Diving into Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin. Hosting a podcast in a public venue. Are there too many breweries? Speciality breweries and outsiders. No one wants the Mouse to come after them. Drinking beer in a corn maze. Gold Bond and Oktoberfest. A theory for how to bring beer releases/beer shares back.