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Radio vs. the Martians!

Mike Gillis and Casey Doranradiovsthemartians.com
Mike Gillis and Casey Doran are joined by a rotating panel of their friends for a warts-and-all look at popular culture. We look at the highs and lows of movies, science fiction, video games, horror, comic books, and everything in between. Think of us as “the McLaughlin Group” for nerds!
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Episodes

Fun Size Episode 53 – Rest in Piss, You Piece of Shit

In our latest plot to lose any conservative listeners, we’re back! We’re chatting with Joe Preti, who offers his defense of the much-maligned and frequently buggy Cyberpunk 2077. We dig into the often unreasonable expectations of both gamers and game … Continue reading →

Feb 26, 202155 min

Fun Size Episode 52 – The Show That Launched a Thousand Vasectomies

Broadcasting live through the smoking ruins of the ‘Quar, we’re back! Again! This month, we’re joined by Patrick Johnson to try and make sense of it all. We dig into everything from obscure – but real – DC Comics characters, … Continue reading →

Jan 24, 20211 hr 36 min

Fun Size Episode 51 – Existential Dread and Animal Puns

It’s a Captain Picard Day miracle! After a five-month hiatus, we’re back….ish. We’re broadcasting remotely with KTQA Radio‘s Sam Mulvey and trying to shake some of the cobwebs out. Casey meets a wild Keanu and we wonder ponder again the … Continue reading →

Dec 23, 20201 hr 42 min

Black Ops Episode 3 – Sorry, Richard Roeper [DECLASSIFIED!]

[As we continue our show hiatus, it has been decided by the fine people who support us on Patreon that we are going to make public — or ‘declassify’ — one of our Patreon-exclusive Black Ops episodes every month. This … Continue reading →

Nov 14, 202028 min

Black Ops Episode 9 – You Are Not a Mistake [DECLASSIFIED!]

[As we continue our show hiatus, it has been decided by the fine people who support us on Patreon that we are going to make public — or ‘declassify’ — one of our Patreon-exclusive Black Ops episodes every month. This … Continue reading →

Aug 09, 20202 hr 33 min

Fun Size Episode 50 – It’s Just the End of the World as We Know It

In our double-sized fiftieth Fun Size episode, in the middle of a global pandemic and nationwide uprisings against systemic and racist police violence, we sit down with Sam Mulvey of KTQA radio in Tacoma, to….talk about something something… Did we … Continue reading →

Jun 21, 20202 hr 3 min

Fun Size Episode 49 – Tales of the Quarantine Titans

We continue our remotely-recorded conversation with David Gutiérrez, and grapple with the seedy underside of professional wrestling, and the strange corporate strange-hold that Vince McMahon has on the industry, in the wake of his XFL’s second collapse. We also talk … Continue reading →

May 24, 202047 min

Fun Size Episode 48 – The New Quarantine Titans

As time bends and brains melts in the heart of the “Quar,” we’re joined by longtime friend of the show and writer for Emmys.com, David Gutiérrez… and things get weird. We get into everything from circumcising our children to wanna-be … Continue reading →

May 15, 202054 min

Fun Size Episode 47 – Quarantine Titans Go!

On this “very special episode,” we continue our remotely-recorded chat with Joe Preti, as we try — try, mind you — to talk about stuff that’s making us happy during the Time of “the Quar.” From the wholesome joys of … Continue reading →

Apr 30, 202045 min

Fun Size Episode 46 – Quarantine Titans

We’re back! Sort of… In a special remotely-recorded quarantine edition of the show, we sit down with Joe Preti of the View from the Gutters comic book podcast to pine for long lost sources of food, like the cafeteria at … Continue reading →

Apr 25, 202048 min

Fun Size Episode 45 – Nerds Will Always Break Your Heart

We continue our talk with Greg Hatcher and talk about how we’ve been falling out of love with modern pop culture franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and the Walking Dead, and why it’s totally healthy to just walk away. … Continue reading →

Mar 20, 202034 min

Episode 43 – Condorman

He Spies! He Flies! He Death-Defies! In this month’s Single Serving Selection, we take to the skies above Monte Carlo with Greg Hatcher of the Atomic Junk Shop blog to swoop into Disney’s superhero/spy film that sank at the box … Continue reading →

Mar 13, 20201 hr 12 min

Fun Size Episode 44 – Walking With Dom

We sit down with the notoriously Trek-skeptical Sam Mulvey to give our first reactions to the first episode of Star Trek: Picard. Is it what we wanted, and have modern iterations of Trek changed so much — or have become … Continue reading →

Feb 23, 20201 hr 6 min

Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 22 – True Lies

When he said I do, he never said what he did. This month, we’re joined by Rebecca Friedman of Ask an Atheist to revisit the always thrilling and often problematic action-spy comedy that reunited Arnold with director James Cameron, True … Continue reading →

Feb 08, 20201 hr 26 min

Fun Size Episode 43 – Get in a Booth and Pretend to Be Poop

In an episode calling back to us from the near past, we get a little nervous, excited and curious about the then-upcoming Star Trek: Picard. We dig a bit into Trek‘s enduring franchise, both its evolutions and how after almost … Continue reading →

Jan 24, 202056 min

Hex & Violence Episode 4 – The Latest in Pickling Technology

“That’s Jonah Hex, his own damn self. He’s killed more men than Hell has souls.” After a long absence, we return with our fourth episode! This time, Mike and Casey claw our way through Jonah Hex’s 1993 Vertigo makeover as … Continue reading →

Jan 17, 20201 hr 17 min

Black Ops Episode 19 – Whoa: Keanu Reeves in Theory and Practice

In a discussion recorded back in November, we try to decide in real-time if Terminator: Dark Fate warrants being covered on Podcasta la Vista, Baby! or not. We talk a bit about our coming post-Arnold future and drop a couple … Continue reading →

Dec 28, 201947 min

Black Ops Episode 18 – An Inspiring Racist

In our new Christmas Eve episode, we get both deadly serious and a little bit frivolous. First, we glance at a brief history of famous pieces of shit who’ve done awful things – from Michael Jackson and Bill Cosby, to … Continue reading →

Dec 25, 201946 min

Black Ops Episode 17 – Ask Us Anything: 2019

In our new nearly two hour episode, we’re answering your questions in our first Ask Us Anything episode! We start by sharing three facts about ourselves that you might not know, then we tackle your questions! We talk about our … Continue reading →

Dec 14, 20191 hr 55 min

Fun Size Episode 42 – Hey, I Know That!

We chat a bit with Tobiah Panshin about that great intangible that gets people’s ire up: Fan Service! What is it? Why is it used as a pejorative? Is it ever a welcome thing? Why does it both delight and … Continue reading →

Nov 22, 201936 min

Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 21 – Jingle All the Way

Two Dads, One Toy, No Prisoners. Put that cookie down! Now! Because, this month, Christmas is coming early! We’re getting into the holiday spirit with librarian Kit Laika, to unwrap Arnold’s holiday comedy Jingle All the Way! Workaholic salesman Howard … Continue reading →

Nov 14, 20191 hr 17 min

Fun Size Episode 41 – Clown Ronin

We sit down some more with Patrick Johnson to share our mixed feelings about Todd Phillips’ bleak and controversial Joker film. We dig a bit into the film’s strong lead performance by Joaquin Phoenix and its very on-its-sleeve cinematic inspirations … Continue reading →

Oct 25, 201954 min

Episode 42 – Chopping Mall

Where shopping can cost you an arm and a leg. In this month’s Halloween-themed Single Serving Selection, we hunker down in the mall with Patrick Johnson to hack into the 1986 cult favorite slasher movie by actual creep director, Jim … Continue reading →

Oct 17, 201956 min

Fun Size Episode 40 – The Fucking C-Word

We sit down again with Tobiah Panshin to open up a bit about medical scares and Mike’s recent testicular cancer diagnosis and treatment. We dig into the heavy emotional weight that comes with getting scary news from a doctor. We … Continue reading →

Sep 25, 201948 min

Podcasta la Vista, Baby! Episode 20 – Red Sonja

A woman and a warrior that became a legend. This month, we’re back in the Hyborean Age to battle wizards and monsters with Tobiah Panshin of the House of Jack and Stan to test our mettle against the third and … Continue reading →

Sep 19, 20191 hr 6 min

Fun Size Episode 39 – How Could We Forget Odo?

In the aftermath of our Deep Space Nine panel, we rejoin Michael Warbington and Siskoid to talk a little about the stuff we wish we had gotten a chance to mention. We talk holographic club owner, Vic Fontaine. Is he … Continue reading →

Aug 25, 201944 min

Black Ops Episode 16 – An Infinite Loop of a Second Act

In our new episode, we talking about endings! We chat a bit about Henry Cavill taking on the lead role in a Netflix Witcher series, and why Disney should make one less live-action remake and do some good in the … Continue reading →

Aug 17, 20191 hr 31 min
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