Comcastro Podcast

Founder Huston Huddleston talks about the making of the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum, sci-fi fandom, Star Wars, Star Trek, Firefly, and more.

Meet Nathaniel Hoover, aka YouTube MegaMan Super Player Gemini Laser, a retro gaming enthusiast, editor at Gamecola.net, and host of Mega-Man YouTube series.

Comcastro podcast chats with Dale Adams and Chris Pilcher of the Dream Collection Agency; they collect dreams and recreate them in virtual reality.

Tech journalist Jessica Naziri talks with us about international journalism, the state of the Los Angeles tech startup scene, and the future of technology.

Today on the Comcastro podcast, we talk with Kwanza Hall, the Atlanta City Council representative of district 2. In this hour Kwanza gives us his perspective on the day-to-day work of a city councilor, the challenges of representing both the affluent and impoverished, encouraging urban development without damaging existing communities, the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal and sentencing, new stadium development, rioting in Baltimore, Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy, the ongoing Year of Boulevard, and the possibility of a campaign for Mayor. District 2 covers Midtown, Downtown, Inman Park, Poncey Highland, Candler Park, and the Old Fourth Ward.

MegaWars Game Founder CTO David Baity discusses engineering through the ages, values for gaming, and the phenomenon of emergent community behavior.

We discuss elite karaoke, personal opinions of Comcast and the Atlanta Braves, arcade gaming, Orson Welles impressions, Hawkeye's inferiority, extremely cheap wine, palm reading, personal spirituality, and Atlanta's ancient history with Johnny Martinez and Brandon Ley, owners of Joystick Game Bar in Atlanta, Georgia.

Comedian and mobile app developer Jeff Dwoskin teaches us to hashtag our way to Twitter superstardom with hashtag games and his aggregator Hashtag Roundup.

Sacramento stand-up comedian Michael Cella talks about his experiences launching a career in stand-up comedy.

Net Neutrality and Practical DUI Tips with Ashley McMahan We chat with criminal defense attorney Ashley McMahan who shares stories from her career as a prosecutor and defense attorney while debating the more nuanced issues with justice as we've seen it implemented in America. The conversations becomes an informative and irreverent reflection on legal policy, net neutrality, Southern culture, casual arson, and one loudmouth CNN host.

Good evening internet! Please welcome James Andrews, Key Influencer. James is the host of the Key Influencer Podcast, a public relations expert who has ridden the wave of change with the advent of social media. In 2013, James sold his boutique agency Social People where we had created the 1st Social Media Guinness World Record #BeatCancer which raised $70,000 for cancer in 24 hours using social media and had built social media & data analytics initiatives for clients like Nike, Equinox, The Grammy's & Beats By Dre. In 2014, he got the "band back together" & launched True Story Agency, a company centered around the belief that every brand has a storyline. James tells his stories of seeing the greatest industries rise and fall, from the record industry to the dotcom bubble into today. He shares with us that he is a self-professed freakazoid, risk junkie, and traveler, and we get some insight into the soon-to-come mayoral race in Atlanta.

Birdman v Catwoman with Comcastro Blogger Daniel Smith Comcastro blogger Daniel Smith leads a conversation reflecting on all of the super heroes in present times. He leans heavily on today's comic book explosion and transitions into the treatment of veterans, the most fan-engaging celebrities of Dragoncon, the personality cult of Coach Paul Johnson, and the arrival of the Atlanta Hawks. The conversation goes everywhere: from controversy in sports to the cost of being at the top, to politics, the Mcconaissance, football vs rugby, independent film, the return of Shaq-Fu, career reinvention, constitutional law, the bipolar history of comic book adaptation, and the epic triumphs and failures of comic books in film. Daniel is the greatest of all superfans. Nerds of the world, this one's for you.

How Trump Wins the Election and Other Speculative Fiction with Jacopo della Quercia Comcastrodors, please welcome Jacopo della Quercia. An educator and history writer featured on CNN Money, BBC America, The Huffington Post, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Jacopo has authored over 100 articles for the website Cracked.com, specializing in the weirder and more amazing parts of world history. He's also a history professor and writer of speculative, comedic, historical fiction. This conversation becomes a thought experiment walking through the more unlikely points of American history, starting with the super villain life of Andrew Jackson leading to the ultimate question of how Donald Trump could win the 2016 election. He also teases his upcoming _License to Quill_, a James Bondesque thriller starring William Shakespeare during the Gunpowder Conspiracy. Jacopo's present book, The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy, dramatizes the lives and rivalries of the Taft and Roosevelt families and is available on A

JeKuDo Privacy Company CEO Elissa Shevinsky discusses how government invasiveness will destroy American prosperity, national security, and the economy.

Is the Government Hiding UFOs with Nuclear Physicist Stanton Friedman This is our conversation with renowned ufologist Stanton Friedman. Stanton is a nuclear physicist and veteran investigator of flying saucers. He was the first civilian to document the site of the Roswell UFO incident and maintains that it was a genuine crash of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. In this conversation, Stanton shares with us his experience in gathering first-hand accounts of UFO sightings and his exhaustive research into top secret documents. He has published several books on the matter including _Top Secret/Majic: Operation Majestic-12 and the United States Government's UFO Cover-up and Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes, and Government Cover-Ups_. You can stay current with his work at www.stantonfriedman.com. Joining us in this episode is Comcastro co-founder Matthew Queen. Let's get weird.

Who Put the Douche in Duchamp with Matthias Young We're very excited to introduce our good friend Matthias Young, guitarist of The Fury and guitar instructor of Atlanta Guitar Clinic, and his new power metal band The Fury to the podcast. Here we get to know his story and have an exhaustive discussion on heavy metal, subgenres, esoteric influences, and the weirdness of the scene. Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven meet Tolkien, Satan, and Gygax. We cover the Metal scene in the Southeast, the present and future of radio, and gaming Spotify royalties. We brainstorm ways to make live classical music more accessible to introductory audiences and talk about backstage hospitality among rock musicians and film scores as modern-day classical music. Matthias shares with us his insight on the process of creating an album and the realities of consensus-created pop music. The Fury's new EP Uncharted Lands is available on iTunes and Spotify. Get guitar lessons at his website atlantaguitarclinic.com.

How to Kickstart Mobile Games with FrightShow Fighter Here Gus Fink, Jeff Brown, & Doug Kavendek of 3 Fright LLC join us on the podcast to chat about the mobile game they're producing: FrightShow Fighter. It is a bizarre, fun fighting game which, at recording time, was on the the last day of its Kickstarter campaign. We get the whole story of how they've been bringing this game together over 3 years and how they're finally ready to enter their final phase of development. We are thrilled to report that the project was fully funded! Check out the evolution of the Kickstarter campaign here.

Alternate Reality Game Design with Startup ARchimeral Comcastrodors, please welcome April Arrglington and Jose Delgado from ARchimeral, a gaming startup in Atlanta. April and JD shared with us details about their upcoming project "The Age of Turing," an alternate reality game that asks how the present would be different had computer science visionary Alan Turing thrived after WWII rather than facing the tragic end he experienced. Here we reflect on Turing's life and accomplishments, ponder the potential of artificial intelligence, explore the challenges faced by the autistic, and debate the merits of science fiction. April and JD describe the remaining characters in the game and detail the dystopian universe that they created to serve as the backdrop for game play. Reflecting on the intersection of society and technology, we also discuss how the game seeks to make these structures known to the general public. Learn more at the http://ageofturing.com.

How to Find Your Comedic Voice with Kevin Gillese On the podcast, Maximüs Groves and guest host Matthew Queen spoke with Kevin Gillese, artistic director of Dad's Garage in Atlanta, who came to promote the annual Baconfest Atlanta. Through the conversation, Kevin shares some zany stories of Baconfests past, reflects on the process of finding your comedic voice, and teases upcoming shows that have actually already aired, sorry. Also, Max is irreverent about 9/11, Kevin teases even bigger shows to come, we reflect on the unexpected hilarity of True Detective, and laugh ourselves to death. Their fundraiser is ongoing, leading into their grand opening New Years Eve. You can learn more at www.houseofdads.com.

Journey into Psychedelic Healing with Dr. Neal Goldsmith Dr. Neal Goldsmith is a psychotherapist and author specializing in psychospiritual development. Neal Goldsmith is a popular speaker on drug policy reform and spiritual maturation, and has founded and hosted innovative workshops, salons, and conferences on psychedelic therapy, integral philosophy, governance, media, postmodern science, healing, innovation and change, and the post-modern future of society. He has curated dozens of successful conferences and cross-disciplinary “meetings of minds” for corporations as well as the psychedelic community, including the Horizons and MAPS Psychedelic Science conferences. His book, Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development, describes the influence of psychedelics on the development of his personality theory and clinical practice. Neal speaks with us at length on psychedelic therapy, government policy, the shift of normative thinking, and the path of human civilizati