The BigTime Podcast

Today's topics include; mysterious sleep injuries, insomnia, and ventriloquist dummies. Also, Kevin talks about his trip to Paris and Bryan attempts to assign more homework.

Kevin is back this week and joins Bryan, Jennifer, and Rob to discuss how everyone is faring during the Covid-19 global pandemic. Jennifer is Bryan's red shirt for away missions. How bad can haircuts get and what televisions shows are people binging during while stuck at home.

This episode was actually recorded at the end of December, so...uhh...HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 

This week Bryan, Jennifer, and Rob talk about The Mandalorian (aka The Baby Yoda Show), Time travel in Avenger's Endgame, and The Rise of Skywalker. Also, Bryan still refuses to watch Steel Magnolias with Jennifer.

This week Bryan and Rob talk about some of the news out of San Diego Comic Con. The Walking Dead Comic comes to an end. Brandon Routh to return as Superman. Star Trek Pickard. Battle of the Planets. Swamp Thing. Shazam. There's even an evil worm in a jar!

This week our friend Joe Stuber from Comic Book Central returns to chat with Bryan about the first season of Krypton in order to prepare us for the release of Season 2 on June 12th! 

This week on the show; Kevin finally watched Man of Steel, reeling Rob back into the critic's chair. Jennifer and Bryan provide an honest (but spoiler-free) review of Ant-Man And The Wasp. The spoiler problem in pop culture (referring to the NY Times spoilers for Batman #50 the wedding of Batman & Catwoman). Also, the passing of legendary comics creator Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange with Stan Lee, creator of Blue Beetle, The Question, Captain Atom, Hawk & Dove, and many other classic characters. Finally, what did Wal-Mart and DC comics do that really pissed Bryan off?  Find out this week on... The Big Time Podcast.

On this special mini-episode of The BigTime Podcast, Bryan tortures everyone by trying to get the team to do improv and impressions. Rob really doesn't like improv. Kevin and Jen get a gold star for sticking with it for as long as they did.

Note: This episode was originally labelled 43.5 but has since been renamed to 44 to keep things consistent in iTunes. Unfortunately, we can't change the file name, just the post title, so keep that in mind if you download the episode.

Students have claimed that the Steve Martin musical parody, King Tut, is an example of racism and cultural appropriation. This week the team dives deep into the controversy and attempts to unravel the issue. Will they find answers or have they jumped from an airplane without a parachute? Listen to find out!

Episode Links and Sources:
Steve Martin King Tut Musical Parody

Washington Examiner Article

Reedies Against Racism

Why Cultural Appropriation is wrong