web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:36:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Nostalgium Arcanum - Episodes Tagged with “Sci Fi” https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/tags/sci-fi Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Each episode we add a new entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum, a repository for the movies, tv, music, games, and other pop culture that still enchants us today. Find us on the socials by googling "Nostalgium". en-us episodic A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are Doug Lief Each episode we add a new entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum, a repository for the movies, tv, music, games, and other pop culture that still enchants us today. Find us on the socials by googling "Nostalgium". yes nostalgia, 1980s, 80s, 1990s, 90s, movies, tv, television, music, toys, video games, games, nerd, geek Doug Lief djlief@gmail.com 2001: A Space Odyssey https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/192 1cb87409-6f15-4619-9577-31025b2ff1f1 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief While the year 2001 has passed, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece set in that year looms as large as its imposing monolith, and casts as long a shadow. A spectacular artistic achievement, the film is about nothing less than the entirety of the human experience, the exultation and terror of first contact, evolution, and Lovecraftian ideas of unfathomable cosmic power and insignificance. Few films have reached for such heights, let alone achieved them. We're joined on this mission by fellow podcasters Randy Allain and Kris Ingersoll (Media/Lit), and Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) to journey to Jupiter and beyond the infinite. 2:45:39 yes While the year 2001 has passed, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece set in that year looms as large as its imposing monolith, and casts as long a shadow. A spectacular artistic achievement, the film is about nothing less than the entirety of the human experience, the exultation and terror of first contact, evolution, and Lovecraftian ideas of unfathomable cosmic power and insignificance. Few films have reached for such heights, let alone achieved them. We're joined on this mission by fellow podcasters Randy Allain and Kris Ingersoll (Media/Lit), and Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) to journey to Jupiter and beyond the infinite. You can support Case and his network, CertainPOV, at patreon.com/CertainPOVMedia Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod). If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Richard Strauss Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Mixed Choirs and Orchestra - György Ligeti Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - Aram Khachaturian The Blue Danube - Johann Strauss II alien, aliens, evolution, stanley kubrick, kubrick, space, scifi, sci-fi, science fiction, arthur c. clarke, AI, artificial intelligence, cinema, film, films, movie, movies, entertainment, astronomy While the year 2001 has passed, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece set in that year looms as large as its imposing monolith, and casts as long a shadow. A spectacular artistic achievement, the film is about nothing less than the entirety of the human experience, the exultation and terror of first contact, evolution, and Lovecraftian ideas of unfathomable cosmic power and insignificance. Few films have reached for such heights, let alone achieved them. We're joined on this mission by fellow podcasters Randy Allain and Kris Ingersoll (Media/Lit), and Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) to journey to Jupiter and beyond the infinite.

You can support Case and his network, CertainPOV, at patreon.com/CertainPOVMedia

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod).

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Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Richard Strauss
Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Mixed Choirs and Orchestra - György Ligeti
Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - Aram Khachaturian
The Blue Danube - Johann Strauss II

]]> While the year 2001 has passed, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece set in that year looms as large as its imposing monolith, and casts as long a shadow. A spectacular artistic achievement, the film is about nothing less than the entirety of the human experience, the exultation and terror of first contact, evolution, and Lovecraftian ideas of unfathomable cosmic power and insignificance. Few films have reached for such heights, let alone achieved them. We're joined on this mission by fellow podcasters Randy Allain and Kris Ingersoll (Media/Lit), and Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) to journey to Jupiter and beyond the infinite.

You can support Case and his network, CertainPOV, at patreon.com/CertainPOVMedia

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod).

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Richard Strauss
Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Mixed Choirs and Orchestra - György Ligeti
Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) - Aram Khachaturian
The Blue Danube - Johann Strauss II

]]> Back to the Future https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/148 02cbe11b-e35e-4a27-9eb0-5ccfb0fc1982 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:15:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief What is a nostalgia podcast if not a time machine? We're firing up the flux capacitor and setting the time circuits to Back to the Future for the 40th anniversary of this seminal temporal comedy. We're joined by guest Darren Lanning (darrenlanning.com) to celebrate a film so heavy that its success was practically density. 2:33:07 yes What is a nostalgia podcast if not a time machine? We're firing up the flux capacitor and setting the time circuits to Back to the Future for the 40th anniversary of this seminal temporal comedy. We're joined by guest Darren Lanning (darrenlanning.com) to celebrate a film so heavy that its success was practically density. Be sure to also check out our new monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie The Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News All score from Back to the Future - Alan Sylvestri Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (or is it?) Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News michael j. fox, christopher lloyd, time travel, 1980s, 80s, huey lewis, delorean, comedy, 1950s, time machine, physics, robert zemeckis, steven spielberg, scifi, sci-fi, science, science fiction, huey lewis What is a nostalgia podcast if not a time machine? We're firing up the flux capacitor and setting the time circuits to Back to the Future for the 40th anniversary of this seminal temporal comedy. We're joined by guest Darren Lanning (darrenlanning.com) to celebrate a film so heavy that its success was practically density.

Be sure to also check out our new monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

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Musical Credits:
Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
All score from Back to the Future - Alan Sylvestri
Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (or is it?)
Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News

]]> What is a nostalgia podcast if not a time machine? We're firing up the flux capacitor and setting the time circuits to Back to the Future for the 40th anniversary of this seminal temporal comedy. We're joined by guest Darren Lanning (darrenlanning.com) to celebrate a film so heavy that its success was practically density.

Be sure to also check out our new monthy musical podcast, Playing By Ear! - https://playingbyear.fireside.fm

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Musical Credits:
Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
All score from Back to the Future - Alan Sylvestri
Dancin' Fool - Frank Zappa
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (or is it?)
Back in Time - Huey Lewis and the News

]]> 2000s Movies: Part 1 https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/101 c1584ce4-ea3e-4d07-b141-ca182d8bd458 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:15:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief The first half of the 2000s was a time for building franchises, adapting IPs, and getting a jittery country back on its feet. In this episode our crew (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) join us to round-table our favorite films from 2000 to 2004, and all that jazz. 3:06:22 yes The first half of the 2000s was a time for building franchises, adapting IPs, and getting a jittery country back on its feet. In this episode our crew (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) join us to round-table our favorite films from 2000 to 2004 and all that jazz. Be sure to check out Ami's beautiful handmade earrings at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) All Score from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl” by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer All Score from “The Butterfly Effect” by Michael Suby All Score from “Frequency” by Michael Kamen All Score from “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Edward Shearmur “Cell Block Tango” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb All Score from “Donnie Darko” by Michael Andrews All Score from “National Treasure” by Trevor Rabin All Score from “The Others” by Alejandro Amenábar All Score from “Black Hawk Down” by Hans Zimmer All Score from Ocean’s Eleven by David Holmes All Score from “Miss Congeniality” by Edward Shearmur All Score from “Legally Blonde” by Rolfe Kent All Score from “The Notebook” by Aaron Zigman Fly by Lenny Kravitz Keep Your Hands to Yourself by The George Satellites All Score from “Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone” by John Williams All Score from “The Patriot” by John Williams All Score from “Spirited Away” by Joe Hisaishi All Score from “Love Actually” by Craig Armstrong All Score from “Spider-Man 2” by Danny Elfman All Score from “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind” by Jon Brion All Score from “I Am Sam” by John Powell All Score from “Remember the Titans” by Trevor Rabin All Score from “The Lord of the Rings” by Howard Shore “All That Jazz” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb 2000s, 00s, movie, movies, film, films, cinema, lord of the rings, spider-man, pirates, scifi, sci-fi, horror, action, comedy, romcom The first half of the 2000s was a time for building franchises, adapting IPs, and getting a jittery country back on its feet. In this episode our crew (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) join us to round-table our favorite films from 2000 to 2004 and all that jazz.

Be sure to check out Ami's beautiful handmade earrings at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Score from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl” by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer
All Score from “The Butterfly Effect” by Michael Suby
All Score from “Frequency” by Michael Kamen
All Score from “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Edward Shearmur
“Cell Block Tango” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb
All Score from “Donnie Darko” by Michael Andrews
All Score from “National Treasure” by Trevor Rabin
All Score from “The Others” by Alejandro Amenábar
All Score from “Black Hawk Down” by Hans Zimmer
All Score from Ocean’s Eleven by David Holmes
All Score from “Miss Congeniality” by Edward Shearmur
All Score from “Legally Blonde” by Rolfe Kent
All Score from “The Notebook” by Aaron Zigman
Fly by Lenny Kravitz
Keep Your Hands to Yourself by The George Satellites
All Score from “Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone” by John Williams
All Score from “The Patriot” by John Williams
All Score from “Spirited Away” by Joe Hisaishi
All Score from “Love Actually” by Craig Armstrong
All Score from “Spider-Man 2” by Danny Elfman
All Score from “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind” by Jon Brion
All Score from “I Am Sam” by John Powell
All Score from “Remember the Titans” by Trevor Rabin
All Score from “The Lord of the Rings” by Howard Shore
“All That Jazz” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb

]]> The first half of the 2000s was a time for building franchises, adapting IPs, and getting a jittery country back on its feet. In this episode our crew (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) join us to round-table our favorite films from 2000 to 2004 and all that jazz.

Be sure to check out Ami's beautiful handmade earrings at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo

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Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
All Score from “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl” by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer
All Score from “The Butterfly Effect” by Michael Suby
All Score from “Frequency” by Michael Kamen
All Score from “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Edward Shearmur
“Cell Block Tango” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb
All Score from “Donnie Darko” by Michael Andrews
All Score from “National Treasure” by Trevor Rabin
All Score from “The Others” by Alejandro Amenábar
All Score from “Black Hawk Down” by Hans Zimmer
All Score from Ocean’s Eleven by David Holmes
All Score from “Miss Congeniality” by Edward Shearmur
All Score from “Legally Blonde” by Rolfe Kent
All Score from “The Notebook” by Aaron Zigman
Fly by Lenny Kravitz
Keep Your Hands to Yourself by The George Satellites
All Score from “Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone” by John Williams
All Score from “The Patriot” by John Williams
All Score from “Spirited Away” by Joe Hisaishi
All Score from “Love Actually” by Craig Armstrong
All Score from “Spider-Man 2” by Danny Elfman
All Score from “Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind” by Jon Brion
All Score from “I Am Sam” by John Powell
All Score from “Remember the Titans” by Trevor Rabin
All Score from “The Lord of the Rings” by Howard Shore
“All That Jazz” by John Kander and lyrics written by Fred Ebb

]]> Predator https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/96 19834af5-dd5a-46fe-8250-0db2850d0b64 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 01:00:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief Listen to this episode! Come on! Do it! Do it now! Guest Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) joins us to once again watch Arnold Schwarzenegger go mano-a-mano, this time against an alien killing machine on safari. For all its loud 80s action, the film's less-is-more approach is why this classic still gives viewers a mighty handshake nearly four decades on. 1:43:26 yes Listen to this episode! Come on! Do it! Do it now! Guest Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) joins us to once again watch Arnold Schwarzenegger go mano-a-mano, this time against an alien killing machine on safari. For all its loud 80s action, the film's less-is-more approach is why this classic still gives viewers a mighty handshake nearly four decades on. Find Jala online at @Fireheart_Media on X and fireheartmedia.bsky.social. Her show The Level is also part of the Duckfeed.tv podcast network. If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) Long Tall Sally - Little Richard All score from Predator by Alan Sylvestri If It Bleeds We Can Kill It - Jon and Al Kaplan predator, alien, aliens, avp, yautja, arnold, arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, carl weathers, jesse ventura, 1980s, 80s, action, movie, movies, film, film, cinema, scifi, sci-fi, science fiction, horror Listen to this episode! Come on! Do it! Do it now! Guest Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) joins us to once again watch Arnold Schwarzenegger go mano-a-mano, this time against an alien killing machine on safari. For all its loud 80s action, the film's less-is-more approach is why this classic still gives viewers a mighty handshake nearly four decades on.

Find Jala online at @Fireheart_Media on X and fireheartmedia.bsky.social. Her show The Level is also part of the Duckfeed.tv podcast network.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
All score from Predator by Alan Sylvestri
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It - Jon and Al Kaplan

]]> Listen to this episode! Come on! Do it! Do it now! Guest Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) joins us to once again watch Arnold Schwarzenegger go mano-a-mano, this time against an alien killing machine on safari. For all its loud 80s action, the film's less-is-more approach is why this classic still gives viewers a mighty handshake nearly four decades on.

Find Jala online at @Fireheart_Media on X and fireheartmedia.bsky.social. Her show The Level is also part of the Duckfeed.tv podcast network.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
All score from Predator by Alan Sylvestri
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It - Jon and Al Kaplan

]]> Spaceballs https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/73 4398e7a6-2a5b-47e2-b6e3-cfb86fc1847e Mon, 12 Feb 2024 01:00:00 -0800 Doug Lief full Doug Lief Spaceballs? Oh shit, there goes the podcast! Guest and master of the Schwartz Matt Storm a.k.a. Matt Stormageddon joins us for a look back at Star Wars as filtered through Mel Brooks' mastery of vaudeville, satire, and moichandizing! 1:34:37 yes Spaceballs? Oh shit, there goes the podcast! Guest and master of the Schwartz Matt Storm a.k.a. Matt Stormageddon joins us for a look back at Star Wars as filtered through Mel Brooks' mastery of vaudeville, satire, and moichandizing! Find links to all of Matt's great work including podcasts "Fun" and Games, Screen Snark, and Reignite here: https://linktr.ee/dj_stormagedddon If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits Intro - Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie All score from Spaceballs by John Morris Hello! Ma Baby (Joseph E. Howard / Ida Emerson) Spaceballs (The Spinners) star wars, star trek, George Lucas, alien, aliens, sci-fi, scifi, mel brooks, spoof, comedy, movies, film, bill pullman, rick moranis, john candy, joan rivers Spaceballs? Oh shit, there goes the podcast! Guest and master of the Schwartz Matt Storm a.k.a. Matt Stormageddon joins us for a look back at Star Wars as filtered through Mel Brooks' mastery of vaudeville, satire, and moichandizing!

Find links to all of Matt's great work including podcasts "Fun" and Games, Screen Snark, and Reignite here: https://linktr.ee/dj_stormagedddon

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Musical Credits

Intro - Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
All score from Spaceballs by John Morris
Hello! Ma Baby (Joseph E. Howard / Ida Emerson)
Spaceballs (The Spinners)

]]> Spaceballs? Oh shit, there goes the podcast! Guest and master of the Schwartz Matt Storm a.k.a. Matt Stormageddon joins us for a look back at Star Wars as filtered through Mel Brooks' mastery of vaudeville, satire, and moichandizing!

Find links to all of Matt's great work including podcasts "Fun" and Games, Screen Snark, and Reignite here: https://linktr.ee/dj_stormagedddon

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Musical Credits

Intro - Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
All score from Spaceballs by John Morris
Hello! Ma Baby (Joseph E. Howard / Ida Emerson)
Spaceballs (The Spinners)

]]> The Rocky Horror Picture Show https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/57 44d4a880-91bb-4806-8848-b298bf7cf325 Mon, 30 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief Let's do the Time Warp again as special guest writer/director/actress/producer Shakina Nayfack (@shakeenz, Difficult People, Quantum Leap) joins us to send off our Halloween season with a bang, emphasis on the bang. This musical is a one-of-a-kind blend of rock, camp, horror, and sexual exploration that really puts the "fluid" in gender fluidity, one that has and always will inspire hordes of live audiences to not just dream it, but to be it. 1:37:28 yes Let's do the Time Warp again as special guest writer/director/actress/producer Shakina Nayfack (@shakeenz, Difficult People, Quantum Leap) joins us to send off our Halloween season with a bang, emphasis on the bang. This musical is a one-of-a-kind blend of rock, camp, horror, and sexual exploration that really puts the "fluid" in gender fluidity, one that has and always will inspire hordes of live audiences to not just dream it, but to be it. Also, feel free to yell "asshole" and "slut" at us as you listen to this. If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) All songs from RHPS by Richard O'Brien horror, musical, musicals, scifi, sci-fi, rock, rock and roll, aliens, gender, sexuality, trans, transsexual, lgbtq, queer, halloween, tim curry, susan sarandon, 1970s, 70s Let's do the Time Warp again as special guest writer/director/actress/producer Shakina Nayfack (@shakeenz, Difficult People, Quantum Leap) joins us to send off our Halloween season with a bang, emphasis on the bang. This musical is a one-of-a-kind blend of rock, camp, horror, and sexual exploration that really puts the "fluid" in gender fluidity, one that has and always will inspire hordes of live audiences to not just dream it, but to be it.

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]]> Jurassic Park https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/37 7bbf2368-1c6e-4d6a-aaae-075201d40c33 Sun, 11 Jun 2023 01:00:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief We spared no expense for Jurassic Park's 30th anniversary. Guests Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and clever girl Ami Lief (etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo) hold onto their butts to gush over an adventure 65,000,000 years in the making. 1:28:55 yes We spared no expense for Jurassic Park's 30th anniversary. Guests Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and clever girl Ami Lief (etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo) hold onto their butts to gush over an adventure 65,000,000 years in the making. I If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) All Jurassic Park score by John Williams Jurassic Park (Weird Al Yankovic, parodying MacArthur Park by Jimmy Webb) movies, dinosaurs, steven spielberg, spielberg, jeff goldblum, sam niel, laura dern, entertainment, adventure, scifi, sci-fi, 1990s, paleontology 90s, comedy, action We spared no expense for Jurassic Park's 30th anniversary. Guests Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and clever girl Ami Lief (etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo) hold onto their butts to gush over an adventure 65,000,000 years in the making. I

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]]> Masters of the Universe https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/25 f8d6fe2b-abd9-4210-b380-707d3f5f29b0 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief We have the power!!! Guest Ryan Merlo joins us to revisit the 1987 live-action film where your favorite action figures slather up in body oil and go pew-pew-pew! 1:06:13 yes We have the power!!! Guest Ryan Merlo joins us to revisit the 1987 live-action film and unlock the cosmic key to a world where your favorite action figures slather up in body oil and go pew-pew-pew! T If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) All other score from Masters of the Universe by Bill Conti fantasy, sci-fi, scifi, toys, mattel, action figures, action, movies, comedy, skeletor, he-man, 1980s, 80s We have the power!!! Guest Ryan Merlo joins us to revisit the 1987 live-action film and unlock the cosmic key to a world where your favorite action figures slather up in body oil and go pew-pew-pew! T

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]]> We have the power!!! Guest Ryan Merlo joins us to revisit the 1987 live-action film and unlock the cosmic key to a world where your favorite action figures slather up in body oil and go pew-pew-pew! T

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