Category Archives: podcast

CFQ Spotlight Podcast 2:48.1 on Trek Nation and Star Trek

December 12th, 2011 | Posted in Cinefantastique, podcast, Star Trek

                  CFQ Spotlight Podcast 2:48.1 with a focus on Trek Nation and the legacy of Star Trek is now online at Cinefantastique Online. There I am a guest with regular contributors Dan Persons, Steve Biodrowski, and Larry French. Click here to enjoy the show.

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The People vs. George Lucas: TheoFantastique Podcast 2.7

December 7th, 2011 | Posted in documentary, podcast, Star Wars

I recently had the opportunity to watch the new documentary, The People vs. George Lucas. From the DVD cover and the website: They gave him their love, their money and their online parodies. He gave them… the prequels. The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes […]

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Scott Poole and Monsters in America: TheoFantastique Podcast 2.6

October 14th, 2011 | Posted in monsters, podcast, W. Scott Poole

On October 15 Scott Poole’s new book goes on sale just in time for the Halloween season. It is titled Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting (Baylor University Press, 2011): Salem witches, frontier wilderness beasts, freak show oddities, alien invasions, Freddie Krueger. From our colonial past to the present, […]

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Jana Riess – What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide – TheoFantastique Podcast 2.5

September 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, podcast, vampire

There has been a lot of discussion about various aspects of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but surprisingly, very little about the spiritual aspects of the television series and pop culture phenomenon. Thankfully this topic has been explored capably by Jana Riess in her book What Would Buffy Do?: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide (Jossey-Bass, […]

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TheoFantastique Podcast: Erik Davis on Modern Esoterica in Popular Culture

July 18th, 2011 | Posted in Avatar, H. P. Lovecraft, paranormal, podcast, psychedelics, Star Trek, UFOs, Western esotericism

TheoFantastique Podcast 2.3 is available, an interview with Erik Davis, author of Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica (YETI/Verse Chorus Press, 2010). Davis defines “modern esoterica” in his preface as “a no-man’s land located somewhere between anthropology and mystical pulp, between the zendo and the metal club, between cultural criticism and extraordinary experience, whether psychedelic, […]

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TheoFantastique Podcast Now Available at iTunes

June 17th, 2011 | Posted in podcast

TheoFantastique Podcast 2.2 discussing Black Death is now available in iTunes. Previous podcasts can be found elsewhere at present, including 2.1 on The Rite, and 1.1 on Horror Zone: The Cultural Experience of Contemporary Horror Cinema.

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Black Death Podcast: Peg Aloi, Medieval Horror, and Religious Dialogue

June 13th, 2011 | Posted in Christianity, horror, occult, Paganism, podcast, Wicca, Witchcraft

  TheoFantastique Podcast 2.2 for 2011 is now available. In this edition my special guest is Peg Aloi, a religion scholar and film critic and who maintains her own blog at The Witching Hour, who engages me about the film Black Death directed by Christopher Smith. In this interview and dialogue, Peg and I discuss […]

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TheoFantastique Podcast 2.1 on The Rite

February 11th, 2011 | Posted in demonic, devil in film, Douglas Cowan, Paul Meehan, podcast, possession, Satan, W. Scott Poole

TheoFantastique Podcast, Vol. 2, no. 1 is now available. It involves a discussion on The Rite with past guests and contributors, including Douglas Cowan, author of a number of books including Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen; Paul Meehan, also the author of a number of books including Horror Noir: Where Cinema’s […]

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Steven Moffat’s Jekyll: Cinefantastique Podcast Online

January 26th, 2011 | Posted in Cinefantastique, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, podcast

The Cinefantastique Podcast discussing the 2007 BBC production of Jekyll by Steven Moffat is now available. From CFQ’s website: And the dream comes true for one young, idealistic podcast host. After months of campaigning, Dan finally gets a chance to bring Steven Moffat’s (DOCTOR WHO) BBC series, JEKYLL, to the table for an extended discussion. […]

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Cinefantastique Podcast Discussion: BBC’s “Jekyll”

January 19th, 2011 | Posted in Cinefantastique, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, horror, podcast

I have been invited back as a guest for the Cinefantastique Podcast that will be recorded this Sunday and uploaded for listening at some point next week. The focus for our discussion is the interesting BBC television program Jekyll from 2007. As will inferred from the title of the program, it takes its inspiration from […]

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