Karlo Yeager Rodriguez

Weapons

We discuss Zach Creggers' Weapons (2025). Part parental nightmare, part (sub)urban legend, and very unnerving.

The Barbarians

What if was Conan the Barbarian. . .s? And both of him were lunkheads? We discuss this fascinating approach in this one

Cozy Sweater Weather

Pete returns to chat about this and that during that finest time of year

Sleepy Hollow

We cover both the Washington Irving story and Tim Burton's 1999 adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - a story about the ghost of a Highlander terrorizing a small community

Fried Barry

Imagine if you will, Meet Dave (2008) but if "Dave" was actually called Barry, lived in South Africa, and did a lot of drugs

For Sale: A Haunting Collection

Hello Podsiders.

Given that I'm not getting a paycheck at the moment due to the the government shutdown happening in the US, I put together a collection of my short fiction to have some money coming in over in the interim. It's available to download in epub or PDF formats at Itch.io.

Inside are stories that have appeared in Strange Horizons, Uncanny, and <...

One Is the Loneliest Number

That's why there's two Jet Lis left in the entire multiverse in the 2001 sci-fi actioner, The One. Sure, one is Good Jet Li and the other's Bad, but what about Rasta Jet Li's story. . .?

Pulptober: The Shadow

Who knows what evil lurks under Alec Baldwin's prosthetic nose? Beats me, but we certainly talk a lot about The Shadow on this final (for now) Pulpside episode

PULPTEMBER: Hellboy

This time around, we dig into the pulpy origins of one paranormal investigator by the name of Hellboy

NOTE: We had some issues with the audio on this one, so please bear with us (and with many thanks to our sound wizard, Adam)

PULPTEMBER: The Rocketeer

This time around we talk about The Rocketeer (1991), a movie that asserts that a jetpack future can be scary. . . if it's not in service to the old Stars and Stripes, that is!

Pulptember: Dick Tracy

We get together to chew the fat, see? All about this Dick Tracy fella

PULPTEMBER: Raiders of the Lost Ark

We kick off Pulptember with the recent classic of the pulp form with Raiders of the Lost Ark. You too could follow along. . . if only you spoke Jovitos

The Boy and the Heron

We get together to work out what exactly Miyazaki's going for in this dreamlike journey to the underworld story and wonder how DO you live?

Whatever, Man

We get together again to talk about. . . you know

Aurora

This time, we're talking about Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora, apparently a book that was written to make sci-fi nerds really mad.

Here's the link to the Into the Impossible performance of The Hard Problem (note that this is an adaptation of a later part of the novel; spoilers abound)

World of Tomorrow

You're all in luck - our clones managed to bean their memories of watching World of Tomorrow, Parts 1-3 by Don Hertzfeldt

2001: A Space Odyssey

This time we talk about the Kubrik/Clarke classic. Join us in returning to monkey

Jaws

That's right, we're gonna need a bigger podcast for this one. Join us - the water's fine!

UNLOCKED Sparring Session

From the Podside vault! We start talking about Kij Johnson's award-nominated short story, Spar and move onto talking a bit about SFF anthologies

Akira

Terms like "iconic" or "groundbreaking" get tossed around a lot but Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira (1988) has a good claim to both. Everything about it - from the animation to how shots are constructed to the fusion of traditional and futuristic musical traditions in the soundtrack - feels cutting edge 37 years later

UNLOCKED Stranger Than Fiction

From the Podside vault! We talk about Will Ferrell as Harold Crick in the 2006 film, Stranger Than Fiction

The Maine Event

We're back! And there's Maine talk,

UNLOCKED They Live

From the Podside vault. We discuss a stone-cold classic - John Carpenter's They Live

UNLOCKED Wheel of Prime S3

From the Podside vault. Jeremy Greathouse returns to talk about the now-canceled Wheel of Time show

UNLOCKED RIP to a Real (Genius) One

Unlocked from the Podside vault. We reminisce on Val Kilmer and his role as Chris Knight in Real Genius

The Croquet Player

This time, we're talking about H.G. Wells' The Croquet Player, a hero who enjoys the best things in life: be a good sport to your rivals, drive your croquet balls before you, and hearing the adulation of your peers

Unlocked: Universal Harvester

Unlocked from the Podside vault. We discuss John Darnielle's Midwest Weird novel

Himbos Through Time

We realized we'd never done an episode on Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and we decided to correct this totally heinous oversight most expeditiously! Party on, dude!

UNLOCKED Highlander: The Search for Vengeance

Unlocked from the Podside vault - Yoshiaki Kawajiri's take on a Highlander movie

Fire and Ice

We discuss an iconic entry in Paleolithicore - Ralph Bakshi's and Frank Frazetta's Fire and Ice. Join us but watch out - fire and ice and man-apes, oh my!