FDI Cast 127: Turkey Murder Day
Have you ever had good turkey at Thanksgiving? We talk turkey and the glory of Sheetsgiving.
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FDI Cast 126: ‘Eternals,’ a Blind Review
Brandon quits his job, a poutine place pops up in Rockville, and we continue our award winning Blind Reviews series with Marvel’s latest feature, Eternals.
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FDI Cast 125: The Halloween Episode
Better late than never! We talk about the spoopiest night of the year, Halloween!
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FDI Cast 124: Blind Movie Reviews ‘Dune’
We debut a new segment where Brandon reviews a movie he hasn’t seen! It’s Dune day part one!
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FDI Cast 123: The Cream of the Crop Always Rises to the Top
This is a shorty, geeking on things episode.
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FDI Cast 122: He Liked It So He Put a Ring On It!
We somehow survived the great Facebook, Insta, WhatsApp outage of 2021 and Brandon got married!
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FDI Cast 121: Is it Okay to Listen to Eric Clapton?
Who, who amongst us could have predicted that a man who wrote a song about stealing his best friend’s wife would turn out to be an anti-mask asshole? Is it okay to listen to him ruin Robert Johnson songs or do we leave him in the crates forever?
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FDI Cast 120: I Want to Cast in America!
When you’re a NOC you’re a NOC all the way from your first bubble tea to your last dying day! The boss, Keith Chow, stops by to talk musicals!
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FDI Cast 119: Justice for Suki
This has nothing to do with what we’re talking about, but seriously, Suki needs to return to the Fast franchise in these last two movies!
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FDI Cast 118: The Magic of Funyuns
We check in and discover the greatest food hack, Funyuns!
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Hard NOC Life 230: ‘What If’ We Stopped Comparing Shang-Chi to Black Panther?
Keith rejoins Britney and Dominic to share final thoughts on The Suicide Squad, revisit Cathy Yan’s contributions to the DC canon, break down the whole Shang-Chi experiment “controversy,” and review the first episode of Disney+’s What If.
Hard NOC Life 229: Milton and ‘The Suicide Squad’
Keith is on vacation so Britney and Dominic are holding it down to talk about the most important member of The Suicide Squad, Milton!
Niantic Responds After Players Boycott ‘Pokémon GO’ Ahead of Significant Changes
Pokémon GO, the 2016 mobile game phenomenon that spanned the globe, is currently facing a boycott. Thousands of players, and dozens of high-profile POGO influencers, believe developers are ignoring their concerns over significant quality of life changes in-game. Over the last year, Niantic, the developers of Pokémon GO, have been pivoting and adjusting to pandemic constraints with new changes to gameplay mechanics.
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Hard NOC Life 228: ScarJo Sues + ‘The Suicide Squad’ Set
Keith, Britney, and Dominic are back to celebrate Spider-Man Day, marvel over Scarlett Johansson’s decision to sue Disney, and Dominic’s visit to The Suicide Squad set. Also, shares how he really feels about Snake Eyes and they review the new Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer.
Southern Fried Asian: The Carolina Desi
Back in May, Apple Podcasts curated a bunch of AAPI-themed podcasts together, and we were lucky enough to be featured alongside The Carolina Desi podcast. Naturally, we had to invite the hosts, Gurtej Singh and Rashmili Vemula, to join Southern Fried Asian!
Southern Fried Asian: Kevin Kwan
Last month, the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore hosted our own Keith Chow in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Kevin Kwan as part of their “Writer’s Live” series. Because they spent a portion of their talk discussing Kevin’s childhood in Texas, we are presenting that conversation in its entirety for Southern Fried Asian!
Hard NOC Life 224: The Amazing Spider-Nexus
On Hard NOC Life, Britney and Dominic break down a new Loki episode and speculate on where the next Spider-Man movie will take the franchise. Also, Britney watched Zola and Fear Street, plus Dom contemplates watching Black Widow in the theater or not.
Nyambi Nyambi Avoids Black Trauma in ‘The Good Fight’
Nyambi Nyambi’s character Jay Dipersia has been through a lot the past four seasons of The Good Fight. From facing deportation to fighting pay gap disparities, Jay has been given difficult circumstances to overcome. But, in the fifth season of The Good Fight, which premiered yesterday on Paramount+, Jay is given multiple obstacles that he must deal with — the aftermath of COVID, Black Lives Matter Marches, and losing three of his colleagues — two have moved (Cush Jumbo and Delroy Lindo left in the season five premiere episode) and his fellow investigator Marissa Gold (Sarah Steele) has decided to study law.
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Danielle Panabaker Discusses Directing ‘The Flash’
On tonight’s new episode of The Flash, Danielle Panabaker will play triple duty as Dr. Caitlin Snow, Killer Frost, and as director of the episode. This will be Panabaker’s third time in the director’s chair after making her directorial debut in season five. I got a chance to speak with the actress/director recently about getting back behind the camera post-COVID and what it’s like to be the last remaining member of the original S.T.A.R. Labs team.
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Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest is a Bright Spot in Tumultuous Times
I first saw Geoff Keighley on G4TV back in my early teens and after noting his passion for games, his quirky presentation, and his overall excitement to share some good news, I knew I had finally found some long lost brother who became infinitely more successful than me, and rightly so. Geoff’s been an icon in the entertainment and gaming industry for the last two decades and while his reputation precedes him, there still never seems to be a shortage of excitement when he hits the stage to share a famous WORLD PREMIERE.
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FDI Cast 112: Belle Was Wrong
We dive into what Disney villain we actually want to see a movie about.
FDI Cast 111: The One Featuring Keith Chow
The one and only Keith Chow stops by to talk toys and make sure we’re behaving.
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FDI Cast 110: The One About Keith Chow
We pay tribute to the boss man, The Real Chow.