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Crow's Nest 26 - Jason David Frank / Forever Green

When Jason David Frank joined Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, he quickly won over audiences as the Green Ranger/Tommy Oliver. He will be missed.

Jason David Frank joined Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the 17th episode of its first season. Green with Evil was the title, but fans latched onto the character of Tommy almost immediately. and while he was introduced as the "evil" Power Ranger, Tommy wouldn't stay that way for long, going on to become the show's longest running cast member and by far the

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Crow's Nest 25 - Kevin Conroy / Our Batman

We pay tribute to the voice of Batman for the past three decades and our hero, Kevin Conroy.

For 30 years, Kevin Conroy has been the voice of one of the most beloved comic book characters of all time and to say his loss was one that hit us hard is an understatement. Without that dulcet baritone, it feels like the world has gotten a little darker.

For this episode of The Crow's Nest, we spend about an hour celebrating Kevin's historic

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S4E23 - Ep 090: Hanna Barbera Revisited (with podcaster Rich Davis)

With the help of fellow Dorkening host Rich "Velvet Joker" Davis (from Splash Pages) we present 8 classic Hanna Barbera cartoon shows!

We may be smarter than the average bear, but for our second episode devoted to the animation powerhouse Hanna Barbera, we needed a little help.

Enter the Velvet Joker himself, Mr. Rich Davis from Splash Pages The Comic Book Club podcast! 

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S4E22 - Ep 089: Music That Makes Us

Who we become is shaped by many factors including the music we put in our earholes!

Let us take you on a musical journey through a landscape forged mostly of rock and metal. Each Octo-host will present 4 albums that are not just favorites of ours but important. We'll wax about how each one helped make us into the people we are today and why they will always hold a special place in our hearts. 

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The Brig: Undead Diaries & 80s Machismo (with author Chris Philbrook)

Amazon and Audible bestselling author Chris Philbrook stops by to chat about his books and to help us decide which is the most ridiculous 80s macho movie of all time!

For everything Chris Philbrook, you gotta go straight to the source: https://www.thechrisphilbrook.com/


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S4E21 - Ep 088: The Nintendo GameCube Turns 21

Over two decades ago, Nintendo released a great gaming console called the GameCube and by gum, we're gonna talk about it!

Jammed in between the incredibly popular N64 and Wii consoles, Nintendo released a really great system with a tons of exclusive games that unfortunately made a much smaller splash. We are here to celebrate the GameCube just before it's 21st birthday! Nintenjoe will lead the discussion and cover the technical stuff before we start presenting some of our

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S4E20 - Ep 087: Glow In The Dark Toys (& How They Work)

What do Bracelets, Action Figures, T-Shirts, and Slime have in common? They could all GLOW IN THE DARK!

Lots of toys came in GLOW IN THE DARK varieties, but do you know how they worked? For this episode, we drop a little history and pinch of science of your butts all to answer the question... how do glow in the dark things work?

And before you can say SCARE GLOW, we swing things around to our normal format and each

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The Brig: An Organized Ruleset for Make Believe (with author Trisha J. Wooldridge)

Author, poet and novel friend, Trisha chats about her new Asian inspired epic fantasy novel "Heart, Wings and Fire"!

Learn more about the fabulous new book we dished on in the episode by visiting the publisher's page for HEART, WINGS and FIRE!

Check out Trisha's website at https://anovelfriend.com and be sure to follow her on Facebook and Twitter! 

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S4E19 - Ep 086: Curses and Urban Legends of Cinema

Gearing up for Halloween, we talk about 6 films that are purported to be CURSED!

Mysterious fires! Untimely deaths!! Bolts of lighting hitting Italian churches!!! Can a movie production truly be cursed? We present the evidence for 6 famously maligned films and leave it up to you (The Retroids) to decide!

And later on, after a particularly creepy Octoponder This, the one called Parasite will

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S4E18 - Ep 085: Cheat Day!

Because no player can be good ALL the time, we've gathered a slew of gaming's most infamous codes and hidden cheats!

For this episode, Nintenjoe leads us on a journey to dust off some classic video game cheats! We split the discussion in to imputable codes (button sequences you have to press at a certain time) and typable cheats (secrets accessible only by password or by inputting a certain name for your quest). We cover some great ones! 

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