Tyler Ham returns to discuss growing up during the Reagan Era Cold War, and how it affected us as children. Tyler categorizes  classic atomic age sci-fi movies, offering historical perspective from the earlier days of the Cold War. Russian kids weren’t so different from us. Here

More audio Halloweenery! We’re joined by Joey Gallimore, aka Dr. Jose, of cameraviscera.com, to dig up our childhood memories of being afraid of the dark. We talk about things that scared us on television and in the movies, and examine how those fears mutated into a want to make

Here it is, the very first episode of the Junk Fed podcast. Episode 0! Sure to be a collectible. As far as nostalgia goes, what better place to start than Halloween. On this inaugural episode of the Junk Fed podcast, I’m joined by artist, toy maker, blogger, and fellow nostalgis

A number of circumstances have kept me from posting for a little over a year, and boy do I miss it. One of the things that has kept me busy lately is my toy art. Since my debut at C2E2 2015, I’ve been steadily creating for and tabling at a number of conventions across the country, the

Recently, the folks at the Nerd Lunch podcast were kind enough to let me stammer and flub my way through another entertaining conversation. In this episode, hosts CT and Pax, Michael from The Atomic Geeks and Classic Film Jerks, and I play god, spinning imagined cinematic universes ou

Sometimes, when the obligations and responsibilities of adulthood are inescapable, I enjoy enhancing said obligations with an array of podcasts. At work they are a great distraction from the clock, and at the gym thy drown out the top 40 pap.  A favorite that I invite into my ear-sock

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn’t really appear on my radar until the early 1990s. I was cursorily aware of the color-coded terrapin ninjas as they rose to ubiquity throughout the late 1980s, but as I was becoming a teenager myself, my focus was shifting away from Saturday

Like most kids of my generation, I was a devout follower of the teachings of Jim Henson. As it is was for most, it started with Sesame Street and shifted to The Muppet Show when I became old enough to recognize Sesame Street for what it really was: school dressed up in plush, feathers

If you grew up ensnared in the hypnotic glow of 1980s television, you probably remember Max Headroom, the “computer generated” TV personality from the near future. The charismatic icon with the glitchy stammer was a ubiquitous presence in the mid to late 80s, mostly due to

American media is riddled with sales pitches that promise immediately gratifying health, happiness, and satisfaction. As intended, this kind of manipulation certainly worked on my malleable child brain. I actually believed the commercial that suggested I’d be able to tear my Manglor t