Popzara Podcast

Musician And Game Developer Craig Snape Talks Kung Fu Jesus, Hallucinogens, And Psychedelics

On this episode of the Popzara Podcast, our own Cory Galliher delves into the pulpit to interview Kung Fu Jesus himself, Craig Snape, who also happens to be a martial artist messiah, author, game developer and electrician. They talk about his Holiness' new game Kung Fu Jesus and the Search for Celestial Gold, his upcoming book on psychedelics and all things in between. Tune in and broaden your mind, as this is one divine experience you don't want to miss!

The State of Gaming May 2021: Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect Legendary, Famicom Detective, Kung Fu Jesus, NPD and E3 2021

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast for May 2021, where our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans present an in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape with titles such as Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Biomutant and Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster.

Movie Time! Fantasy Blending: The NeverEnding Story (1984) and The Princess Bride (1987)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you on an unscripted journey through two beloved 80s classics that blend fantasy with reality, 1984’s The NeverEnding Story and 1987’s The Princess Bride.

Author LaRayia Gaston Talks Love Without Reason and How Micro-Gestures Can Change the World

In this special episode of the Popzara Podcast, our very own editor-at-large, Evelyn Wong, sits down with Lunch On Me’s LaRayia Gaston to chat about her new book, Love Without Reason: The Lost Art of Giving a F*ck, and how helping those around us, especially the ones in need, can help us reconnect to our hearts for a more fulfilled and abundant life.

Movie Time! 80s Asian Fusion: Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and The Last Dragon (1985)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you through the cinematic dojo featuring two 1980s cult classics that merge martial arts with magic, monsters, and music. They kung-fu kick off with 1986’s Big Trouble in Little China, with the glow following 1985’s The Last Dragon, aka Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon.

The State of Gaming April 2021: Oddworld: Soulstorm, SaGa Frontier Returns, Returnal, NPD, and New Mortal Kombat Movie

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast for April 2021, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the fine world of interactive entertainment. Let’s begin!

Translator Zack Davisson Talks Tono Monogatari and Localizing Shigeru Mizuki

We shout irasshai!! to translator, writer, and hardcore yokai fan Zack Davisson as he joins the Popzara Podcast to chat about his English translation of manga master Shigeru Mizuki’s illustrated version of Kunio Yanagita’s Tono Monogatari, perhaps the most important – and certainly most popular – text on the history of Japan’s considerable monsters, myths, and legends.

But that’s not all: Popzara favorite Kevin, from YouTube’s StoryDive, gets a welcoming tadaima!! as joins our own Nathan Evans and Zack on a highly educational (and highly entertaining) look at what it was like helping bring one of Japan’s most popular historians (comic or otherwise) to a wider audience, being called a modern Lafcadio Hearn, and the pressures of creating the first English translation of Mizuki’s mammoth Showa: A History of Japan.

Movie Time! Comics and Capitalism: Mallrats (1995) and Jasper Mall (2020)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast, where our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you on an unscripted journey yakking and chatting about some of their favorite movie moments and cinematic scenes, from past and present, presented without snark and snobbery for your listening pleasure.

On today’s episode we look at two films centered around the enclosed center of capitalistic and social delights that once ruled the scene. That’s right: the shopping mall. So grab your Orange Julius, break out the srunchies, and tell your mom to pick you up by 7pm because we’re headed to the mall. Let’s begin!

The State of Gaming March 2021: Monster Hunter Rise, Outriders, Balan, DOTA Netflix, NPD, and Bethesda Game Pass

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast for March 2021, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the fine world of interactive entertainment.

Movie Time! Bumping the Lamp: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Animation Domination

On this episode of Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you on an unscripted journey through 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit, presented without snark and snobbery for your listening pleasure. Let’s begin!

The State of Gaming February 2021: Super Mario 3D World, Persona 5 Strikers, Little Nightmares 2, NPD, and Switch Slate 2021

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast for February 2021, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the fine world of interactive entertainment.

Movie Time! Nostalgia Trip: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) and The Wizard (1989)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Nathan Evans and Ethan Brehm take you on an unscripted journey bursting with road-tripping 1980s nostalgia as our hosts look back on two movies that proved the 1980s certainly were the Wonder Years, in more ways than one.

Writer/Director Jesus Canchola Sanchez Talks Pepito, LGBTQ, and Acceptance

On this la exquisitez episode of the Popzara Podcast writer, director, and children’s book author Jesús Canchola Sánchez joins our own amigo Nathan Evans to talk about Pepito Has a Doll (Pepito Tiene Una Muñeca), his bilingual debut children’s book, illustrated by Armando Minjárez Monárrez, that tells the story of a young boy who finds comfort playing with his cherished doll Lola and gains the confidence to be who he truly is.

Movie Time! The Best, Worst (and Everything Else) Movies of 2020

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast…for the year of 2020! And what a year it was, especially when it comes to movies and film. Our usual hosts Ethan Brehm and Nathan Evans are joined by Popzara’s own returning champ Christian Stirling to discuss the best, worst, and everything else that helped make movie-watching in 2020 the much-needed distraction we all needed. Let’s get to it!

Writer Kat Kim Talks Happy Cleaners and Generational Bridge-Building

Few things go as deliciously together as food and family, just as few things sour as quickly as family drama. On this daebak episode of the Popzara Podcast we deal with both as our own Nathan Evans and - making her podcast debut - Evelyn Wong are joined by writer, attorney, and K-Pop stan supreme Kat Kim to chat about Happy Cleaners, her new film that follows a first and second-generation family of Korean-immigrants struggling to hold things together they face losing their dry cleaning business in Flushing, NYC.