
Purple Rain
Two returning special guests—Kyle Olson and Pete Wright—join us to dig into one of the most electric, beguiling, and undeniably Prince films ever committed to celluloid: Purple Rain (1984).

Two returning special guests—Kyle Olson and Pete Wright—join us to dig into one of the most electric, beguiling, and undeniably Prince films ever committed to celluloid: Purple Rain (1984).

What happens when an improv game show changes the rules every episode? Kyle Olson returns to indoctrinate Mandy into the glorious madness of Game Changer on Dropout TV—complete with butt jokes, buzzers, and a whole lot of musical genius.

Kyle Olson has spent a lifetime building fictional worlds—and now, he’s navigating the very real terrain of grief and legacy. In this episode, he opens up about unexpected losses, the stories we leave behind, and the quiet power of being seen.

Two special guests join us at Phoenix Fan Fusion to explore Tim Burton’s Batman (1989)—from Keaton’s controversial casting to Nicholson’s iconic Joker, we dive into the film that changed superhero cinema forever.

Marvel’s first family finally makes their MCU debut, but is it a first step worth taking? The Film Board dives into Fantastic Four: First Steps with cosmic ethics, Silver Surfer highs, and Galactus-sized questions about what comes next.

James Gunn’s Superman reboot flies in with big hopes, bigger swings, and a literal flying dog—and somehow, it works. The Film Board tries to make sense of clone fights, emotional journalism, and whether Supergirl really just called Superman a bitch. (She did.)

Haunted houses? Try haunted spaces—and even more haunted people. This week on Sitting in the Dark, Tommy, Pete, Kynan, and Kyle dive into Session 9, Ouija: Origin of Evil, and The Others to find out why the scariest thing lurking in any building… might just be you.

This month, your host, Kynan Dias, and a coven of his most insightful monster aficionados – Pete Wright, Kyle Olson, and Tommy Metz III – go under the sheets into a chillingly erotic realm: the intersection of horror and sex.

This week, Mandy slays into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a show she’d previously avoided. Joined by Pete Wright and Kyle Olson, she confronts her assumptions about vampires and the supernatural in stake and song.

Pete leads the crew through a discussion of three horror first films, exploring why Freddy, Pinhead, and Chucky each sparked a series. What made these films special where others got stuck at one and done?