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For our 500th episode, we're bringing back every segment we've ever done. They are, in order: Patreon Thanks, Earth Shattering News, Checks and Recs, The Hundo Club, MMA Update, Health Situation, Comics Reviews, a LootCrate ad, Interview (with Matt Fraction), Comics Roundtable (with Elle Collins and David Wolkin), Twitter Questions, Listener Questions, Big Ups To All My Haters, Making Fun of a Swimsuit Issue, Tales From the Comic Shop, What's Pissing Us Off This Week, Love Haters, Letters From Thrasher, Every Story Ever, Word Heavyweight Champions, Panel President, and This or That. We love you!
March brings with it Episode 266, wherein Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk Neil Marshall, John Arcudi and the new Hellboy trailer; Geoff Johns, Tom King, and Doomsday Clock; Exorsisters, Action Comics, and Heroes in Crisis; Aquaman the movie, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, and David Wolkin; and much, much more. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Patreon!
This week we're doing something a little different, Theophiloi! Before we finally move on from Genesis, we've invited the Beloved Wolfman, our pal David Wolkin, to talk us through the Torah. He covers his upbringing and work in Jewish education, and the story of a flawed people struggling with a very confusing God. Plus: the potentially devastating academic consequences of eating at IHOP and answers to your listener questions. Topics of discussion: The Jesustaur, David (the person), David (the name), David (the king), Sukkot, Rabbinic Commentary, Rashi, Rambam, The Besht (aka Master of the Good Name), the Rav, a swift and brutal lesson in Hebrew pronunciation, Bibliodrama, Storahtelling, the Sh'ma Exercise, the Peter Gabriel Webring, Original Sin, the exact date of the end of the world as revealed by the Holy Bible, the Jesse White Tumblers, Hebrew School Musical, the Dinosaur Bone Dimension, the first tongs. Hymnal: "Invisible Touch" by Genesis Offertory: If you enjoy the show, head to ko-fi.com/apocrypals and send us a love offering! We absolutely appreciate it!
Rami and Erika chat with David Wolkin ("Professional Jew" and Most Handsome Person on Comics Twitter) about OneTable, an organization that helps Millennials host and attend unique Shabbat dinners. In this episode you'll learn how you can personalize and customize your own Shabbat dinner and rituals and about the workings of a Twitter community you may have never even heard of. Also, shout out to Waffles the dog. For more info on OneTable: https://onetable.org/
houtouts! We do the thank yous first on anniversary shows, at top of the show. First and foremost: Morgan Jeske, the reigning champion and our hero (top button forever), Nina Stone, Noel Witzke, Katie Witzke, Abhay Khosla, Michel Fiffe, David Brothers, Sloane Leong, Jared Lewis, Joe McCulloch, Chris Mautner, and Matt Seneca of our sister podcast Comic Books Are Burning In Hell, John Keogh, Ian MacEwan, Jeff Lester & Graeme McMillan of the Wait, What podcast, Chuck Forsman, Chris Ready, Marty Brown, Nate Patrin, Jason Michelitch, Marley Zarcone, Brandon Graham, James Stokoe, Sarah Horrocks & Katie Skelly of the Trash Twins podcast, Geoff Lapid, David Wolkin, Chris Ryan, John Carpenter, Johnnie To, Tom Cruise, Brian De Palma, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, The Punisher, Garth Ennis, Yuri Boyka, John Hyams, Michael Mann, Paul Verhoeven, David Fincher, the SECOND trailer for Quantum of Solace, our patron saint Tony Scott, Russel Crowe, Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, the little kid from The Omen, Event Horizon, Michael Bay, Mark Wahlberg, The Rock, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Our squad runs deep. To everyone who has ever supported or listened to the show, we thank you. We know we forgot people. Especially you, because we suck. There are no show notes because that would spoil the list. Dig in, sucker.
Chris is at Emerald City Comic-Con this week, so Matt invited David Wolkin to come co-host the show with him! During the interview segment, Matt and David chat with Wired's Laura Hudson about how the three of them got started with comics! We discuss Psylocke, sleepovers, supermarkets, Guy Gardner, cartoons, Suicide Squad and much more!
The Eisner nominations are out and we’re having a roundtable this week to talk about ’em! We invited ComicsAlliance pals David Wolkin and Dylan Todd to talk about what was missing, what people have been saying is missing, what’s surprising, the shifting nature of digital comics, and a ton more! Also, we divide ourselves into two camps in regards to Chris Ware, though we all find Building Stories just a little big daunting.
Love is in the air in this week’s special Valentine’s Day episode, as lucky bachelorette Jen Vaughn picks between Chris, Matt and third chair David Wolkin in our very own version of the Dating Game! Romance and awkwardness abound. We also graciously thank the surprisingly large group of donors from the first days of our War Rocket Ajax pledge drive, and beg for more money. Also: Find out the disaster that was Matt’s Jeopardy! online test!
Sims is back from San Diego Comic-Con, so we gab about that with fellow ComicsAlliance contributor and House of Chicken and Waffles and Comics proprietor, David Wolkin. Also, Skymall, Mega Man, and comics!