Discussion : Nick Favia : Developing Character

Today in the Cave, I’d like to welcome Nick Favia. Nick is one of the cast of the Chaotically Neutral podcast, a recently-released Masks Roleplaying Game Actual Play where Nick plays, Nexus, the protege to his older brother, Sentinel. Chaotically Neutral shines a spotlight on teen supers interaction within the framework of a super-powered high school. Nick of course is also a fan of Young Justice and has come on the show to discuss one of my favorite topics.

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Nick has to share.

CN on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chaotically-neutral/id1271319468

CN site: http://chaoticallyneutral.libsyn.com/ 

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Secret Origins : Kid Flash

Hello team. Welcome back to our Secret Origins series of bonus episodes where we discuss specific characters and their backgrounds in both DC and Young Justice. Please remember that these episodes cover the entirety of Young Justice and spoilers are fair game.

Today we celebrate Young Justice’s third oldest sidekick, Kid Flash - that’s right, there’s another YJ sidekick younger than Dick, but older than Wally. More on that in a bit.

For all Kid Flash details, check out the very informative wiki page here.

Episode produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : James Introcaso : Sidekick Dynamics

Today in the Cave, I’m honored to have James Introcaso with us. James is a Gold ENnie winning game designer and the co-founder of the Don’t Split the Podcast Network, which includes shows such as Tabletop Babble, DSPN Presents, Game o’ Clock, and the incredible actual play podcast, the Venture Maidens. James is also the co-creator and co-star of the comedy radio drama, Have Spellbook will Travel. Have Spellbook is a highly produced radioplay in the vein of modern classics like Hello from the Magic Tavern, and is the funniest, most entertaining podcast in my feed. James also happens to be one of the kindest, most supportive people in the podcast industry.

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything James has to share.

https://dontsplitthepodcastnetwork.com/

http://worldbuilderblog.com/

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Kris Newton : Shazam Family : Part 2

Today in the Cave, we have Part 2 of our first returning guest. Kris Newton, along with his wife, Katrina, host the Gameable Saturday Morning podcast. We recently had Kris on the show to talk about roleplaying games, Saturday morning cartoons, and more. So much more, actually, that we invited Kris back on the show to talk about some of the many things we ended up talking about off-mic!

Tune in to hear Rich continue to geek out and then stick around and listen to everything else Kris has to share.

Main tumblr blog for Gameable- gameabledisneypodcast.tumblr.com 

Itunes page - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gameable-podcast/ 

Twitter - twitter.com/gameablepodcast 

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Episode 44 : Endgame

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 44 and our discussion of S02E20 – Endgame. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so grab some tissues and let's get to it!

Producer’s note: Today is indeed the day.

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 2:35

Mission Briefing – 3:56

Feeling the Aster - 12:38

Canary Debrief/Fan Service: 1:00:23

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Kris Newton : Shazam Family : Part 1

Today in the Cave, we have our first returning guest. Kris Newton, along with his wife, Katrina, host the Gameable Saturday Morning podcast. We recently had Kris on the show to talk about roleplaying games, Saturday morning cartoons, and more. So much more, actually, that we invited Kris back on the show to talk about some of the many things we ended up talking about off-mic!

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Kris has to share.

Main tumblr blog for Gameable- gameabledisneypodcast.tumblr.com 

Itunes page - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gameable-podcast/ 

Twitter - twitter.com/gameablepodcast 

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Episode 43 : Summit

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 40 and our discussion of S02E19 – Summit. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it!

Producer’s note: How did we get here!? Such a crazy wonderful ride!

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 1:20

Mission Briefing – 2:03

Feeling the Aster - 7:31

Canary Debrief – 34:09

Crashing the Mode – 38:25 to 41:57

Our Fan Service this week is:

http://daddymakemeasuperhero.tumblr.com/tagged/Young-Justice

This dad runs a tumblr where he posts pictures of all the superhero paper art he makes for his two young sons. He’s made the original YJ team, along with the Justice League, the Teen Titans, and so many more. His art is incredible, and you can clearly tell how much love went into each piece of fan art.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Jay Sandlin : The Flash Family

Today in the Cave, we have novelist, Geeks Worldwide Columnist, and host of the Who Would Win podcast, Jay Sandlin. Who Would Win is a debate podcast focusing on the burning questions we all have, like who would win in a fight between Cyborg vs Ultron, and recently had Tamsen McDonough from the brilliant series, Killjoys, on to join the conversation. Jay also happens to be a Young Justice fan!

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Jay has to share.

www.JaySandlinWriter.Com

@JSandlinWriter

#WhoWouldWin: http://thegww.com/category/podcasts/whowouldwin/

Little Wolfie Fundraiser: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Wolfie-Riverhill-School-Sandlin/dp/1522073132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504884559&sr=8-1&keywords=little+wolfie

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Episode 42 : Intervention

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 40 and our discussion of S02E18 – Intervention. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it!

Producer’s note: Nothing like a 1930’s radio drama to get you in the mood for Young Justice!

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 1:23

Mission Briefing – 2:25

Feeling the Aster - 6:46

Canary Debrief – 26:10

Crashing the Mode – 34:06 to 40:47

Our Fan Service this week is:

https://i-am-weis.tumblr.com/tagged/young-justice

Just some fun fan art: bunch of different sketches, and several different AUs including the genderbent one that I think we shared on Twitter a while back but never actually featured as fan service.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Rich Rogers : Aqualad, Masks, and PbtA Games

Today in the Cave, we have the host of the Plus 1 Forward, Comic Strip AP, and Gauntlet Podcasts, Rich Rogers. Rich is as close as you can get to a professional Game Master, having run over 150 game sessions so far this year. He is an expert on systems like Masks, that use the Apocalypse engine, and he also happens to be Young Justice fan!

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Rich has to share. Wait, that's confusing. We are rich with Rich's this fine day!

Rich’s Google+: google.com/+RichardRogersorklord

Rich’s YouTube: youtube.com/c/RichardRogersorklord

The Gauntlet Community: http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/

Rich’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/orklord

+1 Forward Twitter: https://twitter.com/Plus1FWD

Masks High School YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLccARXndpwfi7VHR8PzXA2HaYW7D415Gw

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

 

Episode 41 : The Hunt

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 40 and our discussion of S02E17 – The Hunt. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it!

Producer’s note: How much war could a war world war if a war world could war war!?

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 1:16

Mission Briefing – 2:13

Feeling the Aster - 6:24

Canary Debrief – 17:29

Crashing the Mode – 20:23 to 27:52

Our Fan Service this week is:

AMV from gtgrandom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=uUOxvdIIanE

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Kat Kuhl : Judas Contract : Part 2

Today in the Cave we have part two of the discussion with Kat Kuhl. I’m honored to welcome one of my industry heroes. You know that feeling where you can’t tell if you’re excited or nervous or both? That’s me right now. Kat Kuhl is the co-founder of the One Shot Podcast Network and game company Paracosm Press, as well as being the Gamemaster behind the brilliant Star Wars Actually Play podcast, Campaign. I’ve been running and playing roleplaying games for coming on 40 years and every time I hear Kat run a game or play as a guest in one I learn something new. Luckily for us, Kat also happens to be a huge fan of the Titans and shares my love for one of the cornerstone mini-series in Titan’s history.

Check out the One Shot Network HERE and Kat's Twitter HERE.

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Kat has to share.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Episode 40 : Complications

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 40 and our discussion of S02E16 –  Complications. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it!

Producer’s note: Wingdings isn’t just your favorite font anymore, now it’s your favorite thrown weapon too!

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 1:43

Mission Briefing – 3 :05

Feeling the Aster - 7:54

Canary Debrief – 25:59

Crashing the Mode – 31:38 to 34:41

Our Fan Service this week is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBHRKrR7jlk

We Didn’t Come for a Playdate by kelso895

Cool instrumental AMV of both seasons.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Kat Kuhl : Judas Contract : Part 1

Today in the Cave I’m honored to welcome one of my industry heroes. You know that feeling where you can’t tell if you’re excited or nervous or both? That’s me right now. Kat Kuhl is the co-founder of the One Shot Podcast Network and game company Paracosm Press, as well as being the Gamemaster behind the brilliant Star Wars Actually Play podcast, Campaign. I’ve been running and playing roleplaying games for coming on 40 years and every time I hear Kat run a game or play as a guest in one I learn something new. Luckily for us, Kat also happens to be a huge fan of the Titans and shares my love for one of the cornerstone mini-series in Titan’s history.

Check out the One Shot Network HERE and Kat's Twitter HERE.

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Kat has to share.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Episode 39 : War

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 39 and our discussion of S02E15 –  War. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it!

Producer’s note: Maybe it took Mongul so long because he couldn’t find parking for the War World.

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 1:40

Mission Briefing – 2:30

Feeling the Aster - 8:15

Canary Debrief – 28:10

Crashing the Mode – 33:15 to 38:16

Our Fan Service this week is:

Absolutely stunning cosplay of Damian Wayne:

https://www.instagram.com/galacticspidey/

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Super Sweethearts : Spitfire

Welcome to the Cave, everyone, and welcome also to the second installment of “Super Sweethearts,” the series where heroes hold hands and we all know smoochie moments are important. Here, I’ll be talking about teen heroes in love and diving into the romantic arcs on the show and what we can learn as creators about portraying relationships in fiction.

Today we’ll be talking about those two stubborn teenagers who just refused to admit they liked each other: Spitfire! (Known simply as Wally and Artemis to the uninitiated.) And as a quick spoiler warning before we dive in, I will say that I’ll be talking about who ends up with who and how we get there, so be prepared for spoilers on that front.

As always, you can get in touch with us on Twitter @theYJfiles, on Facebook /crashingthemode, on our website www.crashingthemode.com, on Tumblr at theyjfiles.tumblr.com, and at our e-mail address whelmedpodcast@gmail.com. Don’t forget to #KeepBingingYJ and #BuyYJComicsOnComixology (there are actually some really cute SuperMartian moments in the comics if you want to check them out), and to tune in soon for the next episode of the Young Justice Files. And remember (smoochies moments are important!) and Stay Whelmed!

Episode 38 : Runaways

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 38 and our discussion of S02E14 –  Runaways. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it!

Producer’s note: Remember everyone, hate is only a sometimes word!

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 1:35

Mission Briefing – 2:37

Feeling the Aster - 8:12

Canary Debrief – 33:32

Crashing the Mode – 40:314 to 47:19

Our Fan Service this week is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzz-B_zXJEI

Welcome to the Show, Young Justice by Listen2ourHearts

Just a fun little video that shows the Team being awesome and gets you pumped.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Gameable Podcast : RPGs and Inspiration

Today in the Cave, we have one of the hosts of Gameable Saturday Morning, Kris Newton. Kris is a freelance game designer in Northern California. Along with his wife, Katrina, Gameable Saturday Morning analyzes movies and animated series and mines them for roleplaying game story arcs, characters, and ideas. I was introduced to them through one of our listeners telling me about their deep-dive into Batman the Animated Series, and as we speak they are dedicating an entire month to Gargoyles!

Gameable's Info: Podcast Twitter Tumblr

Tune in to hear Rich geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Kris has to share.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Episode 37 : The Fix

Hello team! Welcome to Episode 37 and our discussion of S02E13 –  The Fix. This is a really great episode of the show and there's a lot to talk about, so let's get to it!

Producer’s note: Oh Lagoon Boy, at least this time it wasn’t your fault.

The episode segments are as follows:

Hello Megan - 1:22

Mission Briefing – 2:30

Feeling the Aster - 8:52

Canary Debrief – 40:01

Crashing the Mode – 42:36 to 33:26

Our Fan Service this week is:

http://battysketches.tumblr.com/tagged/young-justice  

Also this little comic is super cute: http://battysketches.tumblr.com/post/71149070468/yj-exchanges-title-oh-you-want-to-be-loved

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here.

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.

Produced by: Neal Powell

Discussion : Cheyenne and Dianna : Female Representation

Today in the Cave, we welcome the amazing co-hosts of the equally amazing Fictional Females podcast. If you’re all caught up, you’ve heard Rich and I mention these ladies during Fan Service as well as when I got to be a guest on their show to talk about my favorite cheerleading Martian, but outside of that Cheyenne and Diana have discussed so many awesome female characters from movies, TV, literature, comics, and so much more. With deep dives into each character’s personality, character arc, and place in the larger world of pop culture their show is both insightful and entertaining.

Fictional Females Website: https://fictionalfemales.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fictionalfemalespodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fictionalfemale

Tune in to hear Emily geek out and then stick around and listen to everything Cheyenne and Dianna have to share.

As always, thanks for listening and all your support. We appreciate each and every one of you more than we can express. If you have a moment to add some additional support, a rating and review on iTunes or your pod catcher of choice would help immensely. And if you have the ability to support us monetarily, we have a Patreon here. 

Thank you all, and stay whelmed.