{"id":4752,"date":"2010-12-27T06:45:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T11:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2010-12-27T12:16:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T17:16:17","slug":"listen-up-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/27\/listen-up-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up: Christmas Podcast Insanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Christmas Podcast\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/xmas_podcast.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Podcast\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen up folks!\u00a0 I recently appeared on three, count &#8217;em THREE, Christmas-themed podcasts.\u00a0 Sorry I didn&#8217;t get this posted before Christmas, but now you can listen to these holiday-spirited podcasts without all the pressure of gift-buying and annoying relatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Views from the Longbox Christmas Special\" href=\"http:\/\/fortressofbaileytude.com\/viewsfromthelongbox\/?p=592\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Chick here for the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX 2010 Christmas episode!<\/a> Michael Bailey and I chat for nearly two hours of holiday cheer.  We discuss three or so Christmas comics as well as some Christmas movies and why Mike may have to turn in his man card. Also, listen for the zany Scrooged\/Superman connection!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">THE GEOFF JOHNS PODCAST hosted a two-part Christmas special entitled, &#8220;A Few of My Favorite Things&#8221;!\u00a0 To drum up a little Christmas cheer, Kevin Cushing gathered a group of his favorite podcasters to talk about some favorite Geoff Johns stories. We also discuss what it might be like if Geoff wrote some Marvel books like <em>Spider-Man<\/em> and <em>Iron Man<\/em>. Kevin&#8217;s guests included: Brad Douglas, George Berryman, Josh Bertone, Zach &#8220;Spideydude&#8221; Joiner, and myself.\u00a0 With this group you know there are plenty of entertaining tangents to be had (such as a discussion of the spinoffs from M*A*S*H, and YES there was more than one).<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"The Geoff Johns Podcast part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/geoffjohnscast.libsyn.com\/episode-5-a-few-of-my-favorite-things-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Click here for part 1 of THE GEOFF JOHNS PODCAST Christmas special<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Geoff Johns Podcast part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/geoffjohnscast.libsyn.com\/episode-6-a-few-of-my-favorite-things-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Click here for part 2 of THE GEOFF JOHNS PODCAST Christmas special<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Thomas&#039; Prerogative Christmas Special\" href=\"http:\/\/animeshaft.com\/2010\/12\/21\/thomas-prerogative-christmas-special\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Click here for THOMAS&#8217; PREROGATIVE Christmas Special!<\/a> Thomas \u201cPrimetime\u201d Matis hosted a holiday podcast featuring Michael Bailey (VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX), Chris Honeywell (TWO TRUE FREAKS), myself, and legendary voice actor Kyle Hebert. So sit down at your fireplace with your loved ones and some hot cocoa as we entertain you for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My thanks to Michael Bailey, Kevin Cushing, and Thomas Matis for inviting me to share the holidays with them. 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Views from the Longbox Episode 66 was the 2008 Christmas Spectacular! My apologies to Michael as I should have mentioned this episode long before now.\u00a0 It was a blast to record the Christmas\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":834,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/14\/may-2009-comic-preview\/","url_meta":{"origin":4752,"position":1},"title":"May 2009 Comic Preview","date":"April 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the last year, a few people have suggested I do a regular feature on upcoming comic books.\u00a0 While I love the idea of sharing my commentary on upcoming projects, typing all the things in my head would likely break my keyboard (and my fingers).\u00a0 So instead, I once again\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4705,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/12\/15\/listen-up-whos-who-for-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":4752,"position":2},"title":"Listen Up: Who&#8217;s Who for You!","date":"December 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Listen up folks!\u00a0 I recently appeared on an episode of VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX!\u00a0 In this episode Michael Bailey and I discuss DC\u2019s Who\u2019s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe. We cover everything Who\u2019s Who related starting with the original 26 issue series and then getting into Update\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/firestormfan.com\/images\/ww85_cover.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5014,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/07\/listen-up-girls-gone-geek\/","url_meta":{"origin":4752,"position":3},"title":"Listen Up: Girls Gone Geek, Views Anniversary, and Doctor Who","date":"July 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Listen up folks!\u00a0 I recently appeared on three, count 'em THREE, geeky podcasts.\u00a0 Be sure to give each of these episodes a try and support these podcasts! GIRLS GONE GEEK Each month a group of us geeks get together to chat about comic books.\u00a0 Our \"Geek Lunch\" consists of: Vanessa\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Girls Gone Geek","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/g3-logo.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2623,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/14\/be-a-part-of-views-from-the-longbox-episode-100-this-sunday\/","url_meta":{"origin":4752,"position":4},"title":"Be a part of Views from the Longbox Episode 100 this Sunday!","date":"January 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Join Michael Bailey and me this Sunday, January 17, around 10:30pm EST as we celebrate the 100th episode of the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX podcast!\u00a0 We'll be taking live callers through Skype so you can be part of the celebration.\u00a0 It'll pretty much be an open floor, so callers could\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.fortressofbaileytude.com\/Pictures\/Views_Logo_550.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":393,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/04\/geek-podcast-recommendations\/","url_meta":{"origin":4752,"position":5},"title":"Geek Podcast Recommendations","date":"February 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few podcast recommendations for geeks everywhere... 2-in-1 SHOWCASE 2-in-1 Showcase episode #103 features Blake and Chase chatting about the king of the seven seas, DC's Aquaman! The boys talk about the character's various eras, best stories, how they'd fix him up and make him viable again, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4752"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4799,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4752\/revisions\/4799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}