Erica comes in to talk the 1993 film adaptation of George Balanchine's edition of The Nutcracker ballet. Also, a Home Alone tangent.

Chelly returns to talk about her local version of the Nutcracker ballet, which offers a very unique spin on the story.

A Very Nutty Christmas continues as Jay talks with Jon about Barbie in the Nutcracker, Mattel's first direct to video 3D animated Barbie movie.

Jay and Sam talk Nutcracker Fantasy, Sanrio's 1979 stop motion take on The Nutcracker story.

Jay and Nepomuk Aspic talk E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.

Jay, Bryce and Jon return to Oz to talk the latest Oz movie to hit theaters!

Jay's taking a break, be back soon!

Jay and new guest Robb discuss John Landis' An American Werewolf in London and their own thoughts on the movie and werewolf lore.

Bill Graff returns to talk Tim Burton's biopic of the infamous filmmaker Ed Wood.

Erica returns to talk about witch trials with Jay and how she's a practicing witch herself and what that means.

Jay is joined by Bill Graff and Erica to talk about our favorite pop culture witches.

Jay and Sam talk about one of their favorite supernatural TV shows, the BBC's Being Human.

Jay comments on the outrage against Kristin Chenoweth's sympathy on the passing of Charlie Kirk and further comments on critical thinking and what we should be getting mad about.

Jay is joined by Erica and Sam in reading the infamous Chick Tract "Wounded Children" that is... really something.

TW for slurs, depictions of suicide attempts and hate crimes.

Tract Dissection - "Wounded Children" (#059) - Boolean Union

It's a quick one as Jay talks the latest news, the shooting death of Charlie Kirk and how he feels about it.

Sam and Jay talk Marvel's first family, including the new movie, Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Jay talks with Tom O'Dell about his film Fantasy Rising, and how you can get involved right now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomodell/fantasy-rising/

Jon joins Jay to discuss collecting the dolls tying into the new Wicked movies.

Jay chats with his good friend Bill Graff about all things Superman, from the Fleischer cartoons to the new movie to the musical. Yes, the musical!

Jay does another solo episode where he talks about how transformation is used in storytelling and why it is so fascinating.