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The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular, Episode 21: On the Orlando Shooting

Feeling the need to explore some issues around the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando this past Sunday, Glenn & Scott convene again on The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular. They discuss the nature of hate crimes, the widespread marginalization and dehumanization of LGBTQIAP+ people, easy access to guns, and the ubiquity of "thoughts and prayers."

Sellers Points #3: Aquaman, Aquaman Rebirth, Lots of Aquaman and more!

How many sea puns can one show fit? Find out in this special edition of Sellers Points as Russell welcomes special guests (yes, plural!) Nick Duke from the Hard Traveling Fanboys and Todd Weber from Conversation: Comics/Weber Has Issues/somebody help the guy with a name for his show, please. The trio talk all things Aquaman in the wake of Aquaman Rebirth #1 and the future of the character in both comics and film as well as his upcoming appearance in the Injustice 2 video game. Plus pretty much every other topic three guys suffering from adult ADD can veer off into at any given time. It's a boat load of shenanigans and it only gets fishier from there.  

The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular, Episode 20: This Is All a Damned Inconvenience – Star Trek: Nemesis

A generation comes to its end as Star Trek: Nemesis takes its place in the latest Star Trek film vault edition of The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular. Glenn & Scott are joined by Steven Graham to try to figure out just what Shinzon’s plan is and how it’s supposed to work, what it means to seize the means of production on Romulus, how well the movie explores its ideas about mirroring and nature vs. nurture, action scenes that feel like they’re there to be used in a video game, and how the final voyage of The Next Generation treats The Next Generation. So set a collision course for the latest edition of The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular! (Warning: discussion of sexual assault.)
If you have any questions or suggested topics for a future Star Trek mailbag episode of the Spectacular, contact Glenn or comment on the PTBN Facebook page!

Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #7: The Rundown - June 2016

Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. And with that intense love comes an appetite for the latest news from the comic book world. Each month, in The Rundown, the Fanboys will run down their top news and notes from the comic book world.
This week, we take a look at the news and notes from a packed month in the comics world.

Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #6: Special Edition - DC Universe Rebirth

Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys.
Originally, this was to be an Off the Page look at Bryan Singer's "X-Men," but that has been pushed off. Instead, in this special edition, Greg and Nick will engage in a spoileriffic discussion of DC Universe Rebirth. Part review, part speculation, part Geoff Johns love fest, this podcast delves into one of the year's most talked-about comics.

The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular, Episode 19: It Becomes Wrong – Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection threatens to cause an insurrection of its own in the newest dive into the Star Trek film vault on The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular. Glenn & Scott are joined by Scott Criscuolo to break down the fountain of youth, how a family feud becomes a parable about imperialism, F. Murray Abraham, what could have been done with Data in this movie that would actually have been interesting, the late stage of Jerry Goldsmith’s career, what insights can be gleaned from Michael Piller’s book about the writing of the film, and how The Next Generation deals with being jammed into a standard action movie formula. This podcast is replete with Scotts but doesn’t get confusing…not that we care about such things in this day and age. So pop a gorch and join the latest Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular!
If you have any questions or suggested topics for a future Star Trek mailbag episode of the Spectacular, contact Glenn or comment on the PTBN Facebook page!

Lucha Undead: Jeff Hawkins

Place to Be Nation is excited to join forces with Lucha Undead and bring their series of podcasts to the new PTBN POP feed.
In this episode, Jeff Hawkins sits down with Timothy and Adrian and talks wrestling, writing, improv and kickin' it old school.  Follow Jeff @Crapgame13. 

Sellers Points Episode #2: DC Rebirth, Flash Season 2, DC Films, Darwyn Cooke and more!

In episode two of Sellers Points, Russell has been recast, rebooted and…Rebirthed? Also, is it too soon for a crossover, because we’re totally doing that! Keith Callbeck from the We Talk Comics podcast at Comicosity.com stops by to chat all things DC Rebirth including an outrageous amount of spoilers for it, Justice League #50 and Superman #52. Seriously, skip past the first break if you don’t want to know everything. The sort-of Dynamic Duo gets into the crazy implications of the Flash Season 2 finale and all the recent developments for DC Films and Thor: Ragnarok along with telling you why Iron Man was right. It’s all here plus random love for disaster porn films! The two also pay tribute to the late, great Darwyn Cooke and his lasting legacy for the comic industry.

Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #5: Countdown - Best Preacher Characters

Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. And if there’s anything that fanboys love, it’s debating what book is better than another book or which character is “cooler.” Enter Countdown, a monthly column where Greg and Nick will give a top five list and debate the merits therein.
This week, Greg and Nick count down their five favorite characters from the epic series Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.

Place to Be Nation’s Conversation: Comics! with Stephanie Holly Part 2

Place to Be Nation’s Conversation: Comics! is a new comics interview show featuring host Todd Weber and guests from the wide spectrum of the comics industry from pros to retailers to bloggers, podcasters and fans.
This episode concludes Todd’s free-flowing talk with Stephanie Holly that goes all over the map and covers these topics (among others): Darwin Cooke,The Spirit,Social Media death etiquette, Captain Marvel casting, Eva Marie, 2011’s Green Lantern Movie,The Batusi Statues and collectibles, Spider-Gwen, Zatanna, the Justice League Dark movie, Comic Retail for fun and profit, Marvel Unlimited, evaluating the WWE Womens’ Division, SHO FUNAKI, Sideshow Collectibles, Sailor Moon, Frank Quitely, Customers from Hell, Watchmen, and Key Parties.

Lucha Undead: Top Beer #1 - "Saison"

Welcome to the first episode of Top Beer!  Every other week we'll talk about and review a different kind of beer for your listening pleasure.  This week we each have three different saisons.  
On Tim's side: 
Ommegang-Hennepin
Mumford-Golf Clap
UInta-Cucumber Farmhouse
 
On Adrian's side: 
Big Choice 10,000 Summers Saison
Avery Brewing Perzik Saison
Trinity Mr. Saison
Which beer on each side will come out the victor??? Give us a listen and find out! 

Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #4: The Longbook Hunters - Civil War

Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. Over the course of their travels through comicdom, they have encountered numerous stories via the wonder of trade paperbacks and graphic novels. Once a month, Nick and Greg will review one of those collections in The Longbook Hunters.
This month, the Fanboys take a look at the comic book event that inspired the movie, "Civil War" by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.

Sellers Points Episode #1: M.A.S.K., Captain America: Civil War, DC Rebirth's Superman, BvS and more!

Special guest star and Hard Traveling Fanboy Greg Phillips joins Russell on the very first episode of Sellers Points! The two talk about the perils of transitioning to podcasting over print articles, 80’s nostalgia for M.A.S.K. getting a new comic, the future of the MCU post-Captain America: Civil War, DC Rebirth’s Superman line, Spider-Man Dead No More bringing back Gwen, Batman v Superman hits and misses and much more. Join us for all the geekiness you can possible handle!

Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #3: The Rundown - May 2016

SPOILERS AHOY!
Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. And with that intense love comes an appetite for the latest news from the comic book world. Each month, in The Rundown, the Fanboys will run down their top news and notes from the comic book world.
If you'd like to avoid SPOILERS for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, skip from 19:00 to 50:30! You've been warned!

The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular, Episode 18: Where Was Your Evolved Sensibility – Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: First Contact tries to add The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular’s distinctiveness to its own, as the Star Trek vintage vault series continues. Glenn & Scott discuss genre drift as First Contact lurches from horror film to action thriller to something more akin to a Star Trek
story, and as the Borg lurch from zombies to vampires to insects. They
also discuss the meaning of the Borg (and how that changes now that they
have a queen), why Captain Picard invites the whole collective to the
gun show, the bizarre eroticism of the Borg Queen, the beginning of the Star Trek future, and the beginning of the end of a Star Trek series. Now with the intense discussions of starship design you’ve all been asking for!
If you have any questions or suggested topics for a future Star Trek
mailbag episode of the Spectacular, contact Glenn or comment on the PTBN
Facebook page!