Name Redacted is your weekly nerd culture podcast. One day two old friends decided to make a podcast. But they both got busy and forgot it existed for 3 years.Then they realized the time had come to broadcast their awful and ridiculous opinions to all of the internet. And "You Had to Be There" was born, but then they were told that was already a thing, so they phoned it in and you now have to listen to NAME REDACTED!
We are joined this week by film writer turned director Ruvin Orbach to talk about his new short Constant Treason. We cover how to establish a large world in a character driven story, the challenges in moving from film to television, and the bizarre nature of writing a script backwards. If you like to hear about how the film sausage is made, this one is for you.
We embrace the spirit of the Halloween season, as we sit down with Tarot reader Chris Mims. Chris gives the guys their first ever reading, alongside friend of the show Cute Raffie. And as an added bonus, reads cards for Season 6 of Name Redacted.
For the first episode of Season 6, Comic artist Alex Smith (@mcdrawpants) returns to give us the lowdown on his new comic (The D Ward), an inside look into being a creator at San Diego Comic-con, and some insight into his creative process.
We welcome back our old friend, action sports crazy man Jacob Zarick, to help us read the tea leaves of the future. Will ubers shower you with stem cells? Will mars have a Pornhub/Taco Bell? Will we teach the space whales algebra in exchange for their telepathic oscar bait? Only time will tell, but we say yes.
On this episode we sit down with Hard Times writer Dan Kozuh to discuss his new fantasy satire book Lingeria. We get into the weeds on what it takes to make a novel happen, talk a bit of Captain Marvel, and get some memorable insight from instagram.
Director Michael Babbitt (Bombshell Studios) joins us to talk about his upcoming film The Last in Line. Michael explains the making of the movie while we discuss balancing vision with practicality, the increased skill of the modern enthusiast, and we examine the value placed on the arts in education.
Alex and Chris sit down to catch up with OG superfan and friend of the show Jake Wilkie. The trio catches up on Greensboro Comicon, and Jake talks about his past encounter with a certain first lady.
If you’re a blue mana Magic player JD has some choice words for you. Also, we wildly speculate about entertainment in the afterlife, and learn the power of the black paladin.
Have you ever been offered to do donuts with Dale Jr? Well Paul Douglas has, mermaids and all. Listen in to get the inside scoop on Syfy movies, and hear about the grind of acting in corporate training videos.