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130. The Food of J.R.R. Tolkien ft. Emma Lanza

This week, host Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) chats with special guest Emma Lanza about the food of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings! We’re talking books, movies, AND animated adaptations, with apologies to the book purists out there, because, let’s be real, visual depictions of fictional food are wonderful and worth exploring too! What the heck are “seed cake” and “lembas bread?” What can Bilbo Baggins teach us about hospitality? Is Samwise Gamgee the ultimate salt-loving bisexual icon?

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78. Eating Pokémon Scarlet & Violet ft. Cupcakedex!

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talks to special guest Cupcakedex (@cupcakedex) about Pokemon Scarlet & Violet’s new edible Pokemon, its restaurant meal mechanics, Kosher Bacon, and… Olive Pizza? Yeah that sounds about right.

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126 – Top 5 Fictional Robots

Initiating Top 5 Protocol 0010101.

Beep boop beep! Some of the most memorable characters in fiction are machines. The way they move, talk, perform functions that are simultaneously grand and wondrous has always been an appeal about them. On the other hand, almost everything is run by a computer chip these days and engineers are doing their best to replicate what we liked about robots in fiction and bring it into the real world (to often terrifying results). The thing that is missing from real life robots is the charm, wonder, and several degrees of separation from our reality that come with fictional machines! So join Tuong and Constant Struggle Podcast/Improv Niagara’s Brie Watson, Nick Watson, and Aaron Boyd as they compute themselves a Top 5 Fictional Robots list! 

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102 – Top 5 Kings

A Top 5 fit for a King!
The title of King is one the highest positions of powers that people across the world have yearned and fought for (maybe because you get a fancy crown and comfy velvet robe?). For everyone else, the King meant the ruler of a kingdom who called all the shots, where you just really hoped they were a kind King and not the type that believes in you know…an ol’fashion beheading. But what makes a good King or rather interesting King? This week we’ll find out! Join Tuong La and Royal Court Jesters/ Pull the Plug’s Justin Godelie, Shannon Godelie, and Dan Foerster as they obey the royal decree of the PodCavern and all hail the Top 5 Kings list!

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39 – Top 5 Fictional Cats

Last year we ranked some dogs, so it only seemed right to finally put together a list of it’s fur-midable foe – the cat! Join Tuong La and cat lover paw-destrians Leslie Cserepy, Angus MacDonald, and Samantha Leggatt as we rank a purr-fect Top 5 List of the best Fictional Cats!

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37 – Top 5 Fictional Worlds to Live In

We all know real life sucks. From the dawn of human kind, we’ve always envied the fictional worlds that we see in movies, books, TV, and video games. We all…

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E10 – Rushing or Dragging: A Time Wizard’s Milkshake (There Will Be Blood, Whiplash, Pulp Fiction)

All the way from the West Coast, Smooth Styles Colin Giles flies into town and joins Tuong and Leslie as they learn how Daniel Plainview reveals himself as a Time Wizard, Mr Simmons finds his tempo in different careers, and one man’s mouth is another man’s Pulp Fiction.

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