Welcome to Screen Tea Podcast! It’s October, and your hosts are here to deliver with a film that they have accidentally deemed “SpiFi” in dedication of spooky month: Richard Kelly’s 2001 genre-bending cult hit, Donnie Darko!
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Alek and Doug are joined by #MomLife columnist Steph Hightree, and Mark Quinn of Heart 2 Heart Autism Center to discuss the Three Rivers-based center and the services it provides. The quartet also talks about the importance of respite care, the stigma and misconceptions surrounding autism, and coping mechanisms for parents/caregivers of children who have autism and/or other cognitive disorders.
Welcome to Screen Tea Podcast! This week, your hosts are stepping into The Shimmer (aka 2018) to review Alex Garland’s visually stunning sci-fi mind-twister, Annihilation!
Alek and Doug are joined by “My America” co-hosts Kim Moffat and Dan Moyle to discuss federal student loan debt forgiveness on the heels of President Joe Biden’s unveiling of a three-part plan “to address the burden of growing college costs,” and “to make the student loan system more manageable for working families.”
Alek and Doug are joined by rapper, singer, songwriter, producer and engineer poet Mikel James Watkins. Mikel talks fatherhood, mental health peaks and valleys, better understanding the history behind the music he produces, and his upcoming event at Harvey House in Constantine.
Alek and Doug return to their respective mics to discuss what went down at the Watershed Voice Artist Showcase last weekend, why Doug wasn’t there, and why taking multiple plane rides and attending a handful of summer weddings before your friend’s big event isn’t conducive to co-hosting. So join us, as Alek unintentionally sets the world record for saying “incredible” the most times in a 40-minute podcast, and Doug waxes poetic about humpback whales.
Welcome BACK to Screen Tea Podcast! Surprise dudes, we’re alive and kicking, and coming back at you from another realm (just kidding, we’re in Delaware now!). We decided to jump back into things with a Small Screen Tea, so find yourself a nice body of saltwater and sink into the sounds of us geeking out over season four of the Duffer brothers’ Stranger Things!
Kalamazoo recording artist, producer, and songwriter Sherridan Harris returns to Keep Your Voice Down to chat with Doug and Alek ahead of Saturday’s Watershed Voice Artist Showcase. The trio discuss Sherridan a.k.a. Sherdizzil’s sophomore record “The Vine Album,” his growth as an artist and as a performer, rap and hip-hop nerdom, and how this year’s showcase will be different from last year’s show.
In this episode we discuss some of our thoughts on NerdPop shows and movies for the month of July including:
Stranger Things
Umbrella Academy
Ms. Marvel
Thor
The Boys
We also discuss the MCU announcements made at San Diego Comic Con.
With Doug on vacation in Beantown, friend of the show Dan Moyle steps in as Alek’s cohost for this week’s episode with Erin Schultes. Erin is the Democratic candidate for District Two St. Joseph County Commissioner, vice chair of the St. Joseph County, Michigan Democrats, and a member of the Three Rivers Pride Committee. The trio discusses why Erin decided to run for public office, the recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, and the Ban Off Our Bodies protest in Centreville which Erin organized and Dan attended.
Local author, Watershed Voice columnist, and limited licensed psychologist Charles Thomas returns to Keep Your Voice Down to discuss mental health options in Southwest Michigan, his book Headcase (The Remix), his daughter’s high school graduation party, the genius of Erin Schultes, and Josh Brolin and Al Pacino’s avid listenership of KYVD. Doug, Alek, and Charles also break down the lineup for the upcoming Watershed Voice Artist Showcase.
Topics for this week’s episode of NerdPop Radio include:
-If the ice cream truck rolled up, what would you get?
-Joker 2, a musical with Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn?
-Ms. Marvel ep 2
-Obi-Wan ep 5
-Umbrella Academy, June 22
-Three Avatar: The Last Air Bender films on the way
-Binge-worthy, must-watch shows
-Elon Musk being sued over Dogecoin
-Live action Hercules
Alek and Doug return from yet another involuntary hiatus to chat with Rock Island, Illinois native and Creative Aubrey “Aubs.” Barnes. The trio talks about Aubrey’s latest published work “it is Written. it is Good.”, their hip-hop and rap influences, mental health, education, open mics, rap battles, and antiracism.
Topics for this week’s episode of NerdPop Radio include:
Levi’s life in his 20s
Satanic panic and D&D
New Batgirl movie
Suicide hotline number is changing
Deadly weapons and mass murders
Thunderbolts movie
Spider-Man 4, Raimi/Tobey Maguire
Morbius re-release
110k to max out character in Diablo Immortal
The Sandman, August 5
Episode 4, Kenobi
Episode 1, Ms. Marvel
UFOs in the news
Prey, Hulu, August 5
Black Adam, October 21
Topics for this week’s episode of NerdPop Radio include:
Mandalorian season 4
Kenobi
New Pokémon trailer
What Pokémon games are you familiar with?
Drew’s board games
Were you disappointed when Grogu chose Mando over Luke?
Post Malone album
What would be your Vecna song?
Does Facebook have an end date?
Fast food or junk food?
Pride
Umbrella academy season 3
The Boys season 3
Morbius returns to theaters
Topics for this week’s episode include:
New song (CHONKLAP! by Out of Flux)
New studio
Would you enjoy being famous? In what way?
Thor: Love and Thunder trailer
Smaug’s wealth calculated
Hogeys new chair
Stranger Things 4
Namor to get new origin story in Black Panther Wakanda Forever
Do you think there is value in living a simpler life with less technology?
Sensible gun policies
Jurassic World Dominion
Ms Marvel’s powers
Top Gun gets good reviews
Buffy and Xena
CGI gets fixed in she hulk trailer
Character voices in DND
Mandalorian season 3
Willow series on Disney+
Andor Star Wars series
Topics for this week’s episode of NerdPop Radio include:
Do you think there are other universes?
Loki Season 2
Ashoka series is filming
She Hulk
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
Daredevil Disney+ series
How do we feel about space debris?
Echo
TikTok Time Traveler
What about glitches in the Matrix?
Obi Wan in 4 days
School or Career?
Shazam Fury of the Gods
Stranger Things
What are we streaming?
This episode features a wide range of topics including:
Moon Knight Episode 6
What would your lightsaber be like?
Where is the best place to hide cigarettes?
The new Obi Wan Kenobi Trailer
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Help! My boyfriend won’t stop digging a tunnel.
Mattea Roach’s Jeopardy! run
New Doctor Who
New Umbrella Academy
Another The Batman
Stranger Things 4
Picard
What is your favorite video game?