After Lunch
Michael May, Rob Graham, and Friends discuss TV, movies, comics, games, and anything else they happen to think of.
Episodes
It's Halloween, so Michael and Rob celebrate our traditional way by spending time with Joanna from Bloody Popcorn. And since we're talking board games, we also celebrate that the traditional way by spending time with Ben Graham (Board and Savior). We talk a little about our favorite horror-themed board games that actually exist, but we don't stop there. Oh no. We go on to make Rob's nightmares come true by each of us designing our ...
Michael and Jess move their Stephen King project in the 2000s with Duma Key, a book about a Minnesota man who moves to Florida for a new life and experiences strange phenomena in his pink beach house on the Gulf coast. As a native Floridian who now lives in Minnesota, Michael has a lot of connection to this story. Let's see if it works for Jess as well.
Special guest Jeeg joins Evan, Pax, Michael, and Rob in the Lounge to talk about Dracula and other '70s horror movies, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Starlog Magazine, and whatchoo gettin' from Dairy Queen?
The Lounge has extra pumpkins and coffins in it this month as Rob, Michael, Evan, and Pax talk about Marvel's Mr Hyde, Midnight Marvel, DC vs. Vampires, and the Protestant Reformation and sola scriptura.
The After Lunch Irregulars, Rob, Pax, Jacob, and Michael gather to discuss a 1991 cable TV adaptation of The Sign of the Four starring Charlton Heston and Richard Johnson as Holmes and Watson. It was directed by Heston's son and also stars Susannah Harker, Simon Callow, and Edward Fox.
Pax, Rob, Michael, and Evan are back in the Lounge talking about what Human Torch's power smells like, Anya Taylor-Joy in Lucky, fictional role models, Coyote vs Acme, and algorithms.
Michael and Jess talk about Needful Things, wrapping up Castle Rock as a story location and the 1990s part of our Stephen King novel project this year.
In this rerun episode from the Dragonfly Ripple podcast, we talked about a whole bunch of Star Wars. First, Carlin and Michael spent a few minutes talking about their philosophies on planning a "curriculum" for their children and their nerd interests. After that, Michael and David discussed some Star Wars animation including both version of Clone Wars as well as Rebels. After a "Jetpack Tiger" about the Lego video games, Carli...
We put the call out for Star Trek fans to nominate their favorite people, places, and things in 18 categories from all the Star Trek TV shows. The people have answered, so now Michael, Rob, Delaney, Evan, and Pax are discussing and voting on the top nominees. It's time to organize your office pool and make your own predictions as we determine the winners and bestow upon them the prestigious and much coveted After Lunch Awardie...
This Dragonfly Ripple rerun isn't a full episode. The behind-the-scenes details are lost ten years later, but for whatever reason, we must have been running behind getting the fourth episode done. Happily, Carlin and Dashiell came through with this short installment of "Jetpack Tiger".
Evan, Pax, Rob, and Michael chat about who's been a Kyle Chandler fan the longest, reading long books, Ride or Die, and the results of our Summer Movie Wager.
Michael and Jess talk about Stephen King's novella, Secret Window, Secret Garden, the second story in the Four Past Midnight collection. They also talk briefly about the other three novellas in the collection and quite a bit more about the 2004 movie adaptation Secret Window starring Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Charles S Dutton, and Timothy Hutton.
In this rerun episode of Dragonfly Ripple: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Nerd, Michael and Carlin talked to their kids about Westerns… with a twist (or "twisterns").
As Michael, Rob, and Pax travel the slow and gentle road to 2028's Fast Forever, we use the next entry in the series, Fast & Furious Spy Racers, to have a broader discussion about the trend of turning live action movies and TV shows into animated series. We talk about our favorites, then ride for a few episodes specifically with the Spy Racers show, and finish by pitching our own cartoon series bas...
In this second episode rerunning Carlin Trammel and Michael May's old Dragonfly Ripple podcast that they hosted with their kids, it's the highest of fantasy as Michael and David delve into the animated Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies while Carlin and Annaliese play some Dungeons & Dragons. This episode also features the debut of Carlin and Dashiell's "Jetpack Tiger" segment with discussion...
Michael, Evan, Pax and Rob gather again in the lounge to discuss novelty ties, Icelandic pop music, Rooster (some more), Punisher movies, and our favorite comfort meals and TV episodes.
Continuing our quest to determine the greatest spaceship of all time, Michael and Rob welcome Jeeg and John "Engineernerd" Vanover back to the show to talk about medium-sized ships. Be sure to check out Episode 426 where we determined the best Large Spaceship and stay tuned for future episodes in which we settle the best Small Spaceship and then take the Final Fours from each category to figure out the ultimate winner of any size.
Rob, Michael, Evan, and Pax talk about Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Rooster, Marion by Leah Rowan, murder mystery plays, and so much more.
A long book deserves a long conversation and Michael and Jess are here to provide one. We're talking about Stephen King's It: the good, the bad, and the head-scratching.
Michael, Rob, and Pax continue their journey through the Predator movies - and officially add the Alien movies to the project - with Paul WS Anderson's Alien vs Predator, starring Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, and Raoul Bova.
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