Big giant in-your-face dose of Negan this week, whether you like it or not! Did we? Join Jason and special guest Duncan to find out. Plus Comic Talk, your feedback, and more. ANNOUNCEMENT: Come to San Francisco and join us for our very first live taping of The Walking Dead 'Cast! It's Monday, Dec 12. More details at deadcastlive.com. If you appreciate what we do and want to help support us and keep all this going, please check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/jasonandkaren. Some aweso...
Nov 15, 2016•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Karen and I both thought Reedus was pretty fantastic this week, and we're both a little more sympathetic towards Dwight. That's just about where our agreement on the episode ends... Listen in and see what side you come down on. ANNOUNCEMENT: Come to San Francisco and join us for our very first live taping of The Walking Dead 'Cast! It's Monday, Dec 12. More details at deadcastlive.com. If you appreciate what we do and want to help support us and keep all this going, please check ...
Nov 08, 2016•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Here's the Jeffrey Dean Morgan panel from Walker Stalker Con Atlanta last weekend. One of my favorite panels ever. JDM slips in and out of character, and quickly wins the crowd over. Let's see if he'll do the same for you :) We're also joined by Greg Nicotero, who directed the S7 premiere and gives a lot of great info on the thinking and logistics behind it. A big giant thank you to Walker Stalker head honcho James Frazier for letting us play this. Want to see some of these panel...
Nov 03, 2016•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast t wast a much m're upbeat episode this week. a did bite c'rny? haply. but we did love t! and we hath found a lot to speak of. we desire thee enjoyeth t! If you appreciate what we do and want to help support us and keep all this going, please check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/jasonandkaren. We added a $2 tier and put up a little 10-minute mini-podcast. This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% d...
Nov 02, 2016•2 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a tough one. We're feeling a barrage of emotions, as are a lot of you. It's a raw episode, and I'm happy we laid it all out on the line for you as honestly as we could. And you guys added so much to it too - more mail than we've ever gotten, I think - and it was varied, insightful, and vulnerable. Thank you. Peace be with you! If you appreciate what we do and want to help support us and keep all this going, please check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/jasonandkaren. W...
Oct 25, 2016•2 hr 57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Come get ready for season 7 with Jason and Karen as we discuss our hopes and dreams for the future of TWD. Plus, we cover the movie that effed Jason up as a kid, the 1979 cult classic, Phantasm. BOY! Also, please check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/jasonandkaren. Some great rewards if you pledge, including a monthly call-in show, a private FB group, and Karen or Jason's voice on your voicemail! This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly ...
Oct 18, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Really fun, fascinating episode this week as Jason, Karen, and David delve into the first two episodes of HBO's new blockbuster series, Westworld. Plus we cover the original 1973 Westworld movie, and tell you our fantasies. ANNOUNCEMENT: The Atlanta meetup is at 7:30pm, not 6:30 as I said in the podcast. Also, we'll be covering Phantasm next week. The movie that really effed me up as a kid... It's been newly remastered and is available on digital for the first time. So watch it this ...
Oct 10, 2016•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast An intense, gory, disturbing couple of episodes. Listen in as Melissa, Duncan, and I say goodbye to FTWD season 2. This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% discount by going to fractureme.com/podcast and clicking The Walking Dead 'Cast. MVMT: Changing the way you think about fashion by offering high-quality minimalist products at a revolutionary price. For 15% off go to mvmtwatches.com/deadcast. If you...
Oct 05, 2016•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Duncan and Jason express their love for one another and talk about the show. Announcement: If you're planning to be at Walker Stalker Con in Philadelphia this weekend, or if you're just in the area, come meet Melissa, Duncan, and Jason for drinks! Date and time: Sat Oct 1 6:30PM Place: The Perky, 400 Brower Ave, Phoenixville, PA 19460 theperky.com This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% dis...
Sep 27, 2016•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Jason, Melissa, and Duncan as we look back at this week's episode and then turn into pillars of salt. (Never look back.) If you're planning to be at Walker Stalker Con in Philadelphia on Oct 1, come meet Melissa, Duncan, and Jason for drinks! More details to come. This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% discount by going to fractureme.com/podcast and clicking The Walking Dead 'Cast. DSTLD de...
Sep 21, 2016•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast A lot going on in this episode: romance, adventure, intrigue, sorrow. Join Duncan, Melissa, and Jessica to talk it over. If you're planning to be at Walker Stalker Con in Philadelphia on Oct 1, come meet us for drinks! More details to come. This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% discount by going to fractureme.com/podcast and clicking The Walking Dead 'Cast. Casper: An obsessively engineered mattres...
Sep 13, 2016•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Some deliciously creepy zombie moments this week and a lot of tension made for, we thought, a great episode. Listen in as Jason, Duncan, and Melissa cover it in detail. If you're planning to be at Walker Stalker Con in Philadelphia on Oct 1, come meet us for drinks! More details to come. This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% discount by going to fractureme.com/podcast and clicking The Walking Dead '...
Sep 06, 2016•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Duncan, Melissa, and Jessica this week to talk hellish hotels, bad decisions, and raining zeds. Plus some news, your feedback, and a peek at next week's episode. This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% discount by going to fractureme.com/podcast and clicking The Walking Dead 'Cast. If you'd like to give us a call, you can call us at (650) 485-3323 or email brains@podcastica.com. You can down...
Aug 30, 2016•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's man vs. nature, man vs. man, and man vs. zed in this week's ep, and Melissa, Duncan, and I are back to dive in and discuss it in depth. Plus news on TWD, The Girl with All the Gifts, and Telltale's WD game, listener feedback, and a peek at next week's episode. This episode brought to you by: Fracture: Your photos, in vivid color, printed directly on glass. First-time customers get a 10% discount by going to fractureme.com/podcast and clicking The Walking Dead 'Cast. If y...
Aug 23, 2016•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode: A contest! Guess who Negan kills to win one of two official AMC The Walking Dead Zombie Preparedness Apocalypse Kit ZPAKs or a grand prize Walking Dead Survival Kit from firstmyfamily.com (see details down below or go to facebook.com/deadcast). Tips on surviving natural and unnatural disasters from special guest Andrew Torres, founder of First My Family. The latest news about TWD, plus our ruminations on whether the constant death in TWD is fundamentally essential to the show. A...
Aug 14, 2016•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast So many geektastic trailers and news came out of Comic Con last week, and Karen and I nerd out about it all with special guest James Frazier, head honcho at Walker Stalker Con and fanfest.com. Plus, we muse on which Walking Dead characters we'd want as roommates in the real world, and then to wrap it up, we cover the new 80's-horror-sci-fi-inspired Netflix sensation, Stranger Things! All that plus the latest WD news and your amazing feedback. This episode brought to you by: Blue Apron: F...
Jul 31, 2016•2 hr 52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ep 225, our longest yet! It's basically two or three episodes in one. First, The Blair Witch Project is a polarizing movie. If you were as freaked out by it as we were, come relive the horror. For those who didn't get what all the fuss was about, or outright hated it, hope you listen in and hear why it had such and impact on me and Karen. Besides that, get the latest news about all things TWD, a lengthy impassioned talk about our top five TV recommendations (plus what we're most look...
Jul 17, 2016•2 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you could have any object from any movie or TV show and it would work just like it did in the movie, what would it be? Karen and I had a blast thinking and talking about this, and you guys had some great answers too. Also, an in-depth discussion about whether it's realistic how many bad guys have appeared in TWD – I bring up the open-world post-apocalyptic game Rust as a real-world (of sorts) case study. Plus, we review Jim Jarmusch's moody, funny indie vampire love story starring Tom...
Jul 02, 2016•2 hr 59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Huge episode this week: Karen and I tell the stories of our top five scariest experiences (plus a bunch of crazy stories from you guys), I speak with Liza Miller of the Motorcycles and Misfits podcast (motorcyclesandmisfits.com) who was featured on last week's premiere episode of Ride with Norman Reedus, we review Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the latest news, and your feedback. This episode brought to you by: Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Get $50 ...
Jun 19, 2016•2 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's that special time of year when Karen and I get together with Jason and Chris from the Talking Dead podcast and look back at the previous season (#6 this time). As always, it was a great time and really fun and interesting to get everyone's perspective. It's a two-parter, so for part one be sure to head over to talkingdeadpodcast.com or search for "Talking Dead" on iTunes. PS - Congratulations to the Talking Dead guys for being nominated for the People's Choice Podcas...
Jun 06, 2016•2 hr 43 min•Transcript available on Metacast The mid-season finale is upon us, and Melissa, Duncan, and I are all loving how this show is differentiating itself from TWD, with its trippy, grim, ruminations on death, family, and insanity in the zombie apocalypse. If you're a GoT fan, be sure to check us out on Game of Microphones next week: gameofmicrophones.com/itunes This episode brought to you by: Texture: The app that gives you an all-access pass to the world’s best magazines right on your phone or tablet. For a free trial, go to te...
May 24, 2016•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Creepy, eery, intimate, multi-layered episode this week, with some great moments, and a few flaws. Listen in as Duncan, Jason, and returning guest Jessica Rhodes cover it all, plus news and your feedback. This episode brought to you by: Mott & Bow: Ridiculously comfortable, hand-crafted premium jeans for men. Go to mottandbow.com and use promo code DEADCAST for 20% off! If you'd like to give us a call, you can call us at (650) 485-3323 or email brains@podcastica.com. You can download and...
May 17, 2016•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Not our favorite episode of the season, but we found a few things to like, and a few other things to talk about (like Star Trek, the Rolling Stones, Punisher, and horrible things that have happened to my mom, to name a few). This episode brought to you by: Casper: An obsessively engineered mattress at a shockingly fair price. Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting www.casper.com/twdc and using code twdc. Club W: Club W is a revolutionary new wine club that sends you wine, selected spec...
May 10, 2016•2 hr 32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unique episode this week. Thrilling, and with character development on several fronts. Join Jason, Duncan, and special guest Jessica Rhodes as we have a lot of fun talking it over. This episode brought to you by: Texture: The app that gives you an all-access pass to the world’s best magazines right on your phone or tablet. For a free trial, go to texture.com/deadcast now. If you'd like to give us a call, you can call us at (650) 485-3323 or email brains@podcastica.com. You can download and s...
May 03, 2016•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The more I think about this week's episode, the moreI like it (and I already liked it to begin with). Thrilling anddeceptively simple, it hit a lot of the right buttons. Join me,Melissa, and Duncan as we talk it over. Plus news, feedback, andjust a little bit of reverent talk about The Purple One. If you'd like to give us a call, youcan call us at (650) 485-3323 or email brains@podcastica.com. You can download and subscribe to usin iTunes at walkingdeadcast.com/itunes. Look for us on Fac...
Apr 26, 2016•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Great episode this week. A bit story-of-the-week, but mysterious and ultimately horrifying. To us it feels like FTWD is getting up and finding its legs. Join Melissa, Duncan, and Jason as we break it down. Plus news and your feedback. If you'd like to give us a call, you can call us at (650) 485-3323 or email brains@podcastica.com. You can download and subscribe to us in iTunes at walkingdeadcast.com/itunes. Look for us on Facebook at facebook.com/deadcast and on Twitter at twitter.com/jason...
Apr 19, 2016•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The FTWD crew are back! Join Jason, Melissa, Duncan, and special guest Lincoln Castellans, aka Tobias! This ep is packed. We ask Lincoln all about playing Tobias, talk a bit about the WD S6 finale, go in detail about the FTWD S2 premiere, plus news, your feedback, and we announce the winner of the haiku contest, who gets a Walking Dead collectible figurine of his or her choice. This episode brought to you by: Mott & Bow: Ridiculously comfortable, hand-crafted premium jeans for men. Go to mot...
Apr 13, 2016•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast On first watch of this ep we felt like we got the bad end of Lucille, but then we found a whole lot to like about it. Dig into it with us, plus news, Comic Talk with Mr. Blahg and Jason, and tons of your extremely polarized feedback. And come back next week and join Jason, Melissa, and Duncan for Fear the Walking Dead 'Cast! This episode brought to you by: Mack Weldon: Pairing premium fabrics, meticulous attention to detail and a simple shopping experience, we deliver a new level of daily co...
Apr 05, 2016•2 hr 42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This ep is packed to the gills. First off, it was my complete pleasure to talk with Tom Payne, aka Jesus. Find out his take on the inner life and hidden capabilities of the character, what it was like to play opposite Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus, his thoughts on the comic, who he thinks would win in a fight, Jesus or Morgan, and much more. Also, our review of the penultimate episode of the season, some Comic Talk with Karen and Jason this week, a lot of great feedback (including a lengthy c...
Mar 29, 2016•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lots of changes happening with people on TWD this episode. A sad one, but one we enjoyed. Listen in as we talk it through, plus a big news section, a big Comic Talk section, and a ton of great comments from you guys. This episode brought to you by: The Walking Dead Collector’s Models: Your favorite Walking Dead characters have been expertly sculpted and hand painted for this definitive collection. Start today with Rick Grimes for only $4.95 at twdcollection.com/deadcast. Double Take: Comics set ...
Mar 22, 2016•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast