Over the July 4th holiday weekend, I was honored to be a program participant at the Westercon convention, an annual literary science fiction convention that travels around the western states from year to year. For 2016, Portland OR won the bid

30: Cinema and Sorcery: A Guide to Fantasy Films

Jan 15th, 2016 43m 25s

Scott and Arnold’s exhaustive guide to the sword and sorcery genre, a book years in the making, is about to be released by Green Ronin Publishing, and the G2V guys give you some preliminary info about what to expect when you get your hands on a

29: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015

Feb 28th, 2015 38m 50s

There are no words to express the loss felt by so many around the world at the passing of actor, artist, and immortal icon Leonard Nimoy on Friday, February 27, 2015 at the age of 83. Universally known as the cooly logical Mr. Spock from STAR T

28: Sharknado 2! – with Anthony C. Ferrante

Jul 11th, 2014 1h 11m

Anthony C. Ferrante, the man at the eye of the SHARKNADO storm (like a doll’s eye), joins us for a whirlwind G2V EXCLUSIVE interview that looks at the SHARKNADO phenomenon, the making of the first movie and the sequel SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ON

27: Documenting Horror – with Anthony Masi

May 28th, 2014 48m 20s

Film maker Anthony Masi talks about telling tales of horror history with the G2V Guys! Through his company MasiMedia, Masi has produced retrospectives on everything from the Halloween and Friday the 13th franchises to his new release, The 50 Be

26: Making Words Happen – with Wendy N. Wagner

Apr 27th, 2014 51m 25s

Writer and editor Wendy N. Wagner joins the G2V Guys to talk about making words happen! From multiple short stories to the new Pathfinder Tales novel, Skinwalkers, Wendy discusses her career, where her inspiration comes from, what it’s like to

25: Tales of Gloom – with Keith Baker

Apr 2nd, 2014 43m 45s

He’s the man behind the Eberron campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons, the creator of the Gloom card game, and he might even be able to grab his hat just before the stone wall closes! He’s Keith Baker, game designer extraordinaire, and in thi

23: Rolling a Saving Throw – with Dom Zook

Feb 24th, 2014 48m 26s

While Wil Wheaton’s TableTop series for Geek & Sundry has you covered for boardgames (and we talked about that very show with associate producer Boyan Radakovich two episodes back!), it’s time to turn our attention to RPGs. Dom Zook joins us to

22: It’s Cool to Like Apes Again! – with Scott Collura

Feb 17th, 2014 1h 33m

Do we really have to say it? You want us to say it, don’t you. OK… The G2V Guys go APE this time around as they’re joined by Scott Collura of IGN.com and the Transporter Room 3 podcast! From the publication of Pierre Boulle’s 1963 novel LA PLAN

21: Tabletop Tales – with Boyan Radakovich

Feb 3rd, 2014 49m 19s

The G2V Guys welcome Boyan “Bo” Radakovich – associate producer of the hit Geek & Sundry web show, TableTop, starring Wil Wheaton and a rotating assortment of celebrity guests – to talk about the making of the series, the upcoming Second “Inter

20: The Geek Aristocracy!

Jan 19th, 2014 1h 8m

It’s a new year and a new “Galaxy” for The G2V Podcast as we kick off 2014 with a special episode that turns the spotlight on The G2V Guys themselves: Scott Alan Woodard and Arnold T. Blumberg! “After six months of producing this podcast and bu

18: American Horror Story

Dec 21st, 2013 1h 27m

We’re gonna put a SPELL on you with a look at the astonishing antics of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN! Scott and Arnold discuss the diabolical deeds of the first nine episodes, the heart- and head-stopping mid-season finale (SPOILER WARNING: the

16: 50 Years of DOCTOR WHO Part 2

Nov 27th, 2013 1h 18m

In Part 2 of our celebration of DOCTOR WHO‘s 50th anniversary, we take a look at the big events of the weekend itself, from the airing of the special adventure “The Day of the Doctor” to AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, the Mark Gatiss-scripted

15: 50 Years of DOCTOR WHO Part 1

Nov 19th, 2013 1h

Believe it or not, Scott and Arnold survived the zombie attacks featured in our previous episode…but just barely! This time around, our celebration of the 50th anniversary of DOCTOR WHO begins with a look at fandom – how it not only supported t

14: Zombiemania!

Nov 1st, 2013 1h 34m

In our final Halloween-themed installment for 2013, The G2V Podcast welcomes a special guest – an internationally recognized zombie expert that co-authored ZOMBIEMANIA: 80 MOVIES TO DIE FOR (with a revised edition titled ZOMBIEMANIA RISES: 100

13: Toby Froud & Lessons Learned

Oct 26th, 2013 29m 2s

We are honored to have the first exclusive interview with Toby Froud (LABYRINTH, Stripey Pajama Productions) all about his exciting new project, LESSONS LEARNED, a Kickstarter-funded practical puppet production in association with Heather Henso

12: The Lovecraft Legacy – PLUS Contest: Win Midnight Syndicate’s The 13th Hour!

Oct 23rd, 2013 1h 19m

His influence has wound its way tentacle-like into every nook and cranny of pop culture. In a vast and mysterious ocean of entertainment, his stories have inspired and influenced entire waves of film, television, comics, games, and so much more

11: Universal Horror! – with Steven Warren Hill

Oct 14th, 2013 1h 3m

In their second weekly episode in October to celebrate Halloween, Scott and Arnold take a fond look back at one of the greatest sustained periods of horror movie magic with a chat about the Universal Studios horror movies of the 1920s-1940s and

10: Missing Doctor Who Episodes

Oct 12th, 2013 27m 46s

Most DOCTOR WHO fans know the tragic story of the “missing episodes” – individual installments and occasionally entire stories from the early days of the show, wiped or junked by the BBC sometimes only shortly after they were aired, never to be

9: John Carpenter – The “Prince of Darkness”

Oct 7th, 2013 1h 32m

Scott and Arnold kick off a month-long tribute to the greatest holiday of them all – Halloween – with a tribute to a film maker whose name is synonymous with that festival: John Carpenter! The guys have selected five films to discuss in this fe

8: True Blood S6 Finale

Aug 19th, 2013 34m 40s

It’s a quick stop back at Bon Temps in this short “Satellite” episode as the guys react to the TRUE BLOOD sixth season finale, “Radioactive.” What was good, what was bad, when will we stop making trips to the fairy plane of the plastic plants?

7: True Blood – PLUS Deadlands: Noir

Aug 16th, 2013 1h 36m

Scott and Arnold want to do bad things with you, so it’s time to take a trip to Bon Temps, Louisiana and find out what all the fang-banging fuss is about. The guys talk TRUE BLOOD past and present as we reach the end of the show’s sixth season

6: Peter Capaldi IS the Doctor!

Aug 6th, 2013 34m 54s

We just found out this past Sunday, August 4, 2013, that Peter Capaldi will be taking over the TARDIS at the end of this 50th anniversary year of DOCTOR WHO as the twelfth incarnation of the Time Lord. Join Scott and Arnold for our first extra

5: Retro TV – The ABC Sunday Night Movie

Jul 23rd, 2013 1h 3m

Scott and Arnold head to the 1980s (mostly) for the first in a recurring series of episodes that will take the G2V team back into the annals of “Retro TV!” But where do they go first? Let’s let the voiceover explain… “Tonight, a special G2V pr

4: Abramsverse Star Trek

Jun 8th, 2013 1h 24m

Scott and Arnold beam up to an alternate reality and shield their eyes from the lens flare (no, that will never get old) as they prepare to dive deep into the action-packed reinvention of the venerable STAR TREK franchise that some have dubbed