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The Caffeine Crew
by Rob Martin
Hosted by Rob Martin with a rotating cast of guests, join the group monthly as they discuss different pop culture and real life topics.
Episodes
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Episode 67: Disability Representation in Pop-Culture
Join Rob, Kat, Ash, Ben, Jess, and TJ as we dive in to a conversation discussing how pop-culture has represented both physical disabilities and neurodiversities in our favorite forms of entertainment through our lives. We discuss the struggles with representations, the troupes, and the small...
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Episode 66: Disappointments in Pop Culture
In this episode, join Rob, Kat, Jada, Bill, Jess, and Ash as we discuss some of the biggest pop-culture disappointments over the past. We break down our personal biggies, why geek culture seems to be most impacted by this issue, and why creator views can leave such a negative impact on fans of...
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Episode 65: 2020 Year in Review
In this episode, join Rob, Kat, Jada, Jess, Bill, Ben, Erin and TJ as we look back at the dumpster fire that was 2020 and talk the best and worst that pop-culture had in store for us, along with what bright spots we look forward to in 2021. This episodes MFK features Ryan Reynolds as … Continue...
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Episode 64: LGBTQ+ Pride in Pop-Culture (Part 2)
The Crew is back to continue our celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride in pop-culture as we dive in to where we left off in our June episode. We welcome back our cast from part one of this topic, so join Rob, Kat, TJ, Erin, Bill, Jess, and Jada as the discussion continues. In the first half … Continue...
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Episode 63: LGBTQ+ Pride in Pop-Culture (Part 1)
After a several month hiatus due to the pandemic still sweeping the world, the Crew gather around a Zoom call to talk about what has been happening in their lives, and of course celebrate pride month together! Join Rob, Kat, Jada, Bill, Erin, TJ, and Jess as they talk about what when they were...
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Episode 62: Time Travel
Travel through time with the crew of Rob, Ben, Kat, TJ, Jessica, and Bill in an all new episode. This month we take a deep dive looking at time travel and its place in the history of pop-culture. We talk the rules of time travel, paradoxes, and of course our thoughts of the possibilities of …...
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Episode 61: The Lord of the Rings
In this episode, take a journey to Mount Doom with Rob, Kat, Jess, Ben, and Jada as we look back at one of the most loved trilogies in books and film, The Lord of the Rings! We discuss our first memories of our introduction to the world of Middle-Earth, and the concept of high fantasy. … Continue...
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Episode 60: The Star Wars Spectacular II
Join the crew of Rob, TJ, Fesh, Kat, Erin, and Mike as we dive in to our love and enjoyment of 42 years of Star Wars and the entire Skywalker Saga. Like all episodes we start off back in the beginning of our love of Star Wars, and where our individual fandoms began in the … Continue reading...
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Episode 59: Batman Turns 80!
In this month’s episode, join Rob, Ben, Kat, Aaron, and Mike as we celebrate the dark knight! We enter the way, way back machine to discuss our first memories of the caped crusader and why the character has remained one of the most iconic characters not only in comics, but in pop culture. After…
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Episode 58: Vampires!
In this episode, join Rob, Bill, Jess, Ben, Kat and Jada as we dive deep in to our love of vampires for our special Halloween episode of the show. We kick things off with the first vampires we remember being introduced to from our childhoods, and discuss why they have endured for so long in …...
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Episode 57: Digital Consumption
In this episode, Rob, Bill, Mike, Kat, and Jess talk through how consuming entertainment has changed over the past 40 years. From the days of VHS and Beta Max to the land of Netflix, Amazon, and Disney+ a ton has changed. The Crew talks through their personal favorite forms of entertainment and…
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Episode 56: Theme Parks and Interactive Geeky Experiences
With the announcement of Universal’s new park “Epic Universe”, The Crew take this episode to geek out about theme parks and why we love them or hate them. Join Rob, Kat, Kenny,Jada, Ben, and Bill as we travel back in our minds to our very first memories of hitting up a park, and why it … Continue...
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Episode 55: Body Positivity in Geekdom
Join Rob, Kat, Jada, Bill, Jess, and Aaron in this episode as we discuss the importance of body positivity in pop culture and in geek communities, and the impact it has on us as individuals. As we dive deep in to the topic we help define what this really means, and the struggles each of ……
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Episode 54: Extinct Geekdoms and Fads
Join Rob, Kat, Aaron, Jess, Mike, and Bill for this month’s episode as we look back at the geekdoms and fads throughout pop culture that are no longer with us.Stick around with us as we break down the different types of extinctions we have seen as well as give a little history of some of ……
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Episode 53: Disney Part II: The Mousening
In this episode, join Rob, Kat, Bill, Jada, TJ and new cast member Aaron as we dive back in to Disney picking up from our conversation from two years ago. We start the conversation giving a little background on our individual history of Disney love before digging deep in to the newest era of...
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Episode 52: Cartoons of the 80’s and 90’s
Join Rob, Kat, Jess, Jada, Ben and Bill as we take a journey back to almost 40 years ago and wax nostalgic about the renaissance of animation! We discuss the very first cartoons we remember in our lives and how animation and cartoons in general have changed over the years. We break down our...
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Episode 51: Toxicity in Fandom
The Crew kicks off 2019 with a heavy topic, as Rob, Kat, Ben, Jess, Bill, and Mike discuss how fandom has become increasingly more toxic over the past years. As we take our time to discuss this, we look at when our individual fandoms began, and how we define a healthy or toxic fan community. …...
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Episode 50: The Mel Brooks Year End Spectacular!
In this episode, join Rob, Kat, Ben, Jada, and Bill as we look back at the film legacy of Mel Brooks. We discuss the first of his films we remember seeing, why they are so memorable, and what we wish would be his next film. We close out the conversation with pitching our own ideas … Continue...
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Episode 49: The 2018 Halloween Special!
Join Rob, Kat, Bill, Jada, Ben, Erin, TJ, and Fesh as we look back to our childhoods during our favorite time of year: Halloween! We share our early memories of the holiday, and remember the movies and specials that remind us most of Halloween growing up and the horror movies that play well for…
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Episode 48: The Jim Henson Episode
Join the cast of Rob, Kat, Paul, TJ, Erin and Jada as we dive deep in to the imagination of Jim Henson. From everything to Sesame Street to deep cuts like Mirror Mask, we discuss why his work has left such a special place in our hearts and in the world of pop culture. Travel … Continue reading...
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Episode 47: The Mythology and Legends Episode
Join Rob, Kat, Jess, Bill, and Ben as we dig in to the classic myths and legends we each grew up with, and the ones still near and dear to our hearts. We try to figure out what current things in pop-culture have the makings of future myths and legends a few hundred years down … Continue reading...
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Episode 46: The Board Game Episode
In this episode, join Rob, Kat, Erin, TJ, Jada and Bill as they talk all about the trends in modern day board gaming. The conversation begins as we discuss our own history of the games we played in our youth, and when games drifted out of a common place in our lives before becoming a … Continue...
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Episode 45: Ready Player One
In this episode Rob, Kat, Ben, Jada and Bill take a stroll through memory lane and reflect on pop culture trends from the 80’s and 90’s. We discuss the positives and negatives of nostalgia while breaking down the best and worst of both decades. After wrapping up our discussion on the 90’s we…
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Episode 44: The Musical Episode!
In this episode,join Rob, Bill, Kat,Jada, TJ, Erin, and for the very first time Jess as we dive deep in to the world of musicals! We kick this one off by trying to figure out if we would rather be stuck living out the rest of our lives in a single musical, or exist for … Continue reading "Episode...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 43: The Villains Episode!
Join Rob, Kenny, Kat, Jada, Erin and TJ as we talk all about the villains that make our favorite stories even better. We break down what makes a great villain and why we gravitate towards them. In addition we of course discuss our all time favorites, the best surprise villains, and play villain...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 42: The Star Wars Spectacular!
In this episode, Rob and his crew of Kat, Bill, Mike, and Fesh dig deep in to our love of Star Wars just hours away from the release of The Last Jedi! Join us as we discuss our favorite Star Wars memories, and how the series has evolved and endured over the past 40 years. … Continue reading...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 41
In this special Halloween episode (just a tad late), our cast of Rob, Kat, Erin, TJ, and Ben dig deep in to horror films. Discussion include our hard limits in horror, our favorite tropes, and what monster do we think we could survive an encounter with. We bring back one of our favorite topics…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 40
In this episode, the crew head to the next level as they live stream the show for the first time (minor audio issues, and audio improvements…..) In this episode we talk pirates! We cover grounds from why geek culture loves them so much, and add a little history to boot. Of course we also turn …...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 39
In this episode, Rob hosts our panel of Bill, Ben, Jada, and Kat as they dive in to the Wizard World of Harry Potter! Join us as we discuss how Potter has endured in geek culture since its inception in 1997. Along the way we talk about the houses we would each fall under, the … Continue reading...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 38
Coming hot off the heels of Wonder Woman, Rob, Kat, Jada, Tj, Erin, and Paul this month dive in deep as to how female roles have changed in the realm of Sci-fi and geek culture throughout it’s history. Through this topic we discuss the best female characters to grace both the big and small...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 37
After a longer break than anticipated, The Crew is back with a brand new format! In this episode, Rob (DC Prime Time) hosts a roundtable of Kat, Bill, Jada, and Ben (Showcast Spotlight and DC Prime Time) where they dive in to the career of Joss Whedon. Join us as we go to the way … Continue…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 36
In this month’s episode, The Crew discuss if they would rather live in the world of The World of Darkness (White Wolf RPG Universe) or Dungeons and Dragons. Before they nerd out in the land of tabletop games, the Crew dive in to whether they think film trailers are doing more harm than they are …...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 35
In this month’s episode, The Crew really mix up the format and while not entirely planned this becomes a full blown Disney themed show! Tune in as we break down the golden, silver, and modern ages of the house of mouse. Find out what are favorite and least favorite films are, follow us through…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 34
The Crew gathers around the table and starts off 2017 with a question of would they rather dance with the devil in the pale moonlight, or dance with wolves? We talk about the announcement of PAX Unplugged, our thoughts on the full reveal of the Nintendo Switch, and dive deep in to our own…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 33
This month the Crew reminisces about some of the oddest Christmas movies before looking back at some of the best and worst in geek culture for 2016. After the break the gang dives deep in to the loss of the many greats that left us this year, and how to make a positive impact during … Continue...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 32
The Crew gather round post Thanksgiving and take a look at some of the films just around then bend, which turns to a discussion of traumatic childhood films after they view the Cars 3 teaser trailer. We take a moment to discuss the passing of Ron Glass, and our favorite memories of Book from...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 31
It’s Halloween time, which means the crew dives in to the realm of horror films in a big way! Each member of this month’s panel hashes out who their celebrity team would be to survive a horror film with, then dive in to some of the worst tropes in horror films. Things don’t stop there, … Continue...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 30
After our Retro episode, the crew brings it back to a little clean up on current events, shared universes, and a long overdue chat about musicals. The traditional “MFK” takes some time off, and we introduce “Own, Ride, Destroy” as a new closing segment featuring some of our most loved spaceships…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 29
Welcome to our official Retro episode! Not only do we reminisce over the fads and shows of the 80s and 90s, but we do a taste test of drinks from our youth, including Caprisun, Ecto Cooler, and Crystal Pepsi. From books to board games, we discuss all things retro, as well as the way they ……
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 28
Because this Crew likes to party, folks share their experiences at Too Many Games as well as Dexcon. And then we get into series we’ve given up on, as well as the ones we loved in our youth but didn’t age well at all. Don’t miss out on the highlight of this episode, the hilarious … Continue…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 27
Since Steampunk World’s Faire just passed, it’s only fair (ha!) we geek out about it! Plus, we get into some heartwrenching and spoiler-laden discussions on the heaviest hitters in character deaths across the span of TV, film, books, and games. Speaking of spoilers, tune in to this episode for…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 26
Here at the crew, we love villains, and we discuss our favorites. On top of that, join the craziness known as BeanBoozled and listen to our horrified experience as we try these disgusting jellybeans. With changes in Wizard World’s president, we discuss how we’d like to see the convention change…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 25
Convention talk dominates the beginning as Rob, Kat, and Bill attended the final Wicked Faire but look forward to Glimmerdark on the horizon in 2017! From there, we switch into movie talk, and with the rising price of tickets how we think the landscape of theaters might change. Of course, with…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 24
A great blizzard descended, and we chat about our favorite experiences throughout being stuck inside. We get into the nitty gritty of what makes a fan film, but also chat about the problems that erupt when showrunners listen intently to the fan outcries rather than doing what’s best for the show…
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 23
This is the epic Star Wars review, from the spoiler-free one in the beginning to the post-show spoilercast. On top of that, don’t miss our foray into the world of Adventure Scents as we try out samples of the unique RPG and teaching aids. And of course, as the last episode of the year, we …...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 22
It’s Extra Life time, and we discuss our experience this year as well as the tournament we did during the 24 hours of gaming from the charity event. Can’t talk remakes without discussing fairytales, as they’re the origin of so many, and finally we discuss how to get your geek on in the upcoming...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 21
Star Wars Madness descends! However, before Episode 7 drops down, we’ve got Halloween on the horizon and pay that due homage. Between Halloween music favorites, scariest movies as a kid, and the trickiness of costume choice, we run the gamut on the holiday. But most importantly we discuss the...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 20
This episode gets some local love as we dish on our experiences with the chaos of the Pope visiting Philly, Kenny’s experience at the Metatopia convention, and the news that Kevin Smith’s Mallrats 2 will be filming at our very own Exton mall! In typical Crew fashion, we dive into the depths of...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 19
In the front half of this episode we recap some of our favorite personal moments in video games, then jump in to the deep end of LARP and good old pen and paper RPGs. The gang talks some of their favorite systems, moments, and untimely deaths of their characters. Coming out of the break we …...
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Caffeine Crew Cast of Pods – Episode 18
Bill and Rob kick off this episode with a discussion on Too Many Games, and then the crew roundtables with their current reads, including some chat on Ernest Cline’s recently released Armada. With the passing of Nintendo president Saturo Iwata, we highlight some of the impact and legacy he left…
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Hosted by Rob Martin with a rotating cast of guests, join the group monthly as they discuss different pop culture and real life topics.
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