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Nether Region PodcastPolitely Touring the Underworld with David the Vampire (Matt Griffo)You have pulled The Vampire, which reminds you to creak open your coffin, spread those little bat wings, and let yourself fly free! There's a whole underworld down there just begging to be explored! Treat yourself to a nice vacation and more importantly, treat others the way you'd like to be treated. Do what makes you feel good, like tickling the ivories or wearing your favorite power color, and you'll see that demons and humans alike will find you delightful. Pour yourself a nice hot cup of blood and try not to gossip with devil tormentor Art Brimstone, failed...2024-09-181h 04
The Typecast: Grow Your Art BusinessKeeping Creative Experimentation Alive in Your Design Business with Kelli Anderson | The Typecast Episode 11Send us a textIn this episode, Katie and Ilana interview Kelli Anderson—artist, designer, tinkerer, but most importantly, a person who genuinely craves human connection, which she creates through her art.Join the conversation as Kelli walks us through her life: how predictability allowed her to explore her kind of art, what it’s like to produce her pop up books, This Book is a Camera & This Book Is a Planetarium, how she’s guided by seeking freedom in her art process, and how she craves to build connection through her art.Here...2023-09-1949 min
Then This Happened: Musical Stories2004 Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incidentSend us a textOn August 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated 800 pounds of human waste from the bus's blackwater tank through the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto a passenger sightseeing boat sailing in the Chicago River below.STORYTELLERGina Palm BANDFiddle - Sam Hyson Piano - Matt GriffoDrums - Mike AmandesBass - Tom Urwin Acoustic Guitar - Arne Parrott Saxophone - Eli Wilson VOCALSGriffoDrake Shrader Lexi AliotoSupport the showSupport the show v...2023-08-0826 min
Then This Happened: Musical StoriesChance The Snapper & Alligator Robb, a Chicago Tale of Two Lives SavedSend us a textChance the Snapper is a four to five foot long alligator that was found swimming in the Humboldt Park lagoon, in Chicago, Illinois, on the evening of July 9, 2019. The animal was named after Chance the Rapper in an online poll conducted by the Block Club Chicago news website,beating other suggested nicknames such as Ruth Gator Ginsberg, Croc Obama, and Frank Lloyd Bite. The alligator inspired several social media accounts, and was the subject of national news coverage. Chance was captured on July 16, 2019, and found to be a male and in...2023-06-2038 min
Shared History100 - In Da Club: A Shared History Musical Spectacular!Remember when every TV show had a musical episode? Ring in the 100th episode of Shared History with the sweat and style of the history of house music and Chicago's notorious and naughty Everleigh club PLUS original and fully improvised songs courtesy of some of our very talented friends: the Then This Happened Podcast, S6 finale guest Alex DiVirgilio, Andi Sharavsky from Sports Kid/Drama Kid, Mike Amandes, Teddy Oliver and Eli Wilson.
Huge thanks to Then This Happened: Musical Stories for really making this happen.
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Then This Happened: Musical StoriesWhen Charna Met Del Close - A story of the creation of long from improvisationSend us a textCHARNA HALPERNCharna Halpern (born June 1, 1952) is founded the ImprovOlympic, now known as iO. Upon iO's founding, in 1983, with partner Del Close, she began teaching Harold to many students in the Chicago theater community. Many prominent comedians performed at iO, from Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mike Myers, She and Close co-authored the book Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation with editor Kim "Howard" Johnson in 1994.She published Group Improvisation in 2003 and Art by Committee in 2006.The remaining theater in Chicago, originally located in the W...2023-01-2531 min
Then This Happened: Musical StoriesHalley's Comet and the Panic of 1910Send us a textIn 1910, Halley’s Comet was due to pass close by Earth — and everyone from religious fanatics to news reporters stoked the fires of a global panic, believing it was the end of the world.Samba/Bossa Nova Band(Chambered Electric/Acoustic Guitar) Mercedes Sara Landazuri(Ukulele Bass) Adam Haus(Percussion) Leo Peña 18" bass drum14" snareHi hatRide & standPandeiro, tamborim, shakers14" Floortom VOCALISTSMatt GriffoDrake ShraderKathleen GibsonKerri Morrison STORYTELLERJason LordSupport the showSupport the show via...2023-01-2314 min
Then This Happened: Musical StoriesThe Curse of the Ghost of Colonel Sanders and the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball teamSend us a textThe Curse of the Colonel refers to a 1985 Japanese urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team by the ghost of deceased KFC founder and mascot Colonel Sanders.The curse was said to be placed on the team because of the Colonel's anger over treatment of one of his store-front statues, which was thrown into the Dōtonbori River by celebrating Hanshin fans before their team's victory in the 1985 Japan Championship Series. As is common with sports-related curses, the Curse of the C...2023-01-1815 min
Then This Happened: Musical StoriesThe Story of Y2K - The Year 2000 Problem - The Millennium Bug - The Y2K Glitch - The Y2K ErrorSend us a textWhen complex computer programs were first written in the 1960s, engineers used a two-digit code for the year, leaving out the "19." As the year 2000 approached, many believed that the systems would not interpret the "00" correctly, therefore causing a major glitch in the systemSTORYTELLERJonald Reyes BANDPiano, Organ - Matt GriffoDrums - Mike AmandesBass - Gordon WaltersAcoustic Guitar - Arne Parrott Saxophone - Eli Wilson VOCALSMatt GriffoDrake Shrader Lexi AliotoAshley Geron Episode Names: The Story of Y2K...2022-12-3017 min
That Film Stew PodcastSounds Like Comics Ep 174 - Superman and Batman: Battle of the Super Sons (Movie 2022)Directed by Matt Peters, Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons is the animated superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and based on the comic books of the same name.
Luke and Jae take on the 19th installment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies and the first fully-CGI animated film from DC Entertainment.
Starro is taking control of people around the globe, including Batman and Superman, planning on world domination. Jonathan Kent (Jack Dylan Grazer) and Damian Wayne (Jack Griffo) must team up against their fathers the ultimately stop Starro.2022-10-2621 min
Super Hero Speak#481: Batman and Superman Battle of the Super SonsTime for a special bonus episode of Super Hero Speak where Dave sits down with the cast and crew of Batman and Superman Battle Of The Super Sons! This episode incudes interviews with: Jack Dylan Glazer (Shazam!, Luca, It) voice of Jonathan Kent, Jack Griffo (The Thundermans) voice of Damian Wayne, Travis Willingham (Critical Role, Sofia The First) voice of Superman/Clark Kent, Laura Bailey (The Legend of Vox Machina, Naruto: Shippûden) voice of Lois Lane, Rick Morales supervising producer, Matt Peters (Justice League Dark: Apokolips War) director and Jeremy Adams screenwriter, enjoy!2022-10-221h 01
Hall of Justice305. Cast/Crew of “Battle of Super Sons” @ NYCC '22This episode was recorded at New York Comic Con on October 7, 2022. The cast and crew of the new DC Universe Warner Bros. Animation film “Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons” is released on Digital and Blu Ray on October 18th. Appearing on this episode are Jack Dylan Glazer (Shazam!), voice of Jonathan Kent, Jack Griffo (The Thundermans), voice of Damian Wayne, Travis Willingham, voice of Superman/Clark Kent, his real-life wife Laura Bailey, voice of Lois Lane, as well as Rick Morales, supervising producer, and Matt Peters (Justice League Dark: Apokolips War), director of the film. Jeremy Adams wrot...2022-10-1330 min
Hall of Justice305. Cast/Crew of “Battle of Super Sons” @ NYCC '22This episode was recorded at New York Comic Con on October 7, 2022. The cast and crew of the new DC Universe Warner Bros. Animation film “Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons” is released on Digital and Blu Ray on October 18th.
Appearing on this episode are Jack Dylan Glazer (Shazam!), voice of Jonathan Kent, Jack Griffo (The Thundermans), voice of Damian Wayne, Travis Willingham, voice of Superman/Clark Kent, his real-life wife Laura Bailey, voice of Lois Lane, as well as Rick Morales, supervising producer, and Matt Peters (Justice League Dark: Apokolips War), director of the film. Jeremy Adams wrot...2022-10-1339 min
Then This Happened: Musical StoriesThe Radium GirlsSend us a textThe Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. The painting was done by women at three different factories, and the term now applies to the women working at the facilities: one in Orange, New Jersey, beginning around 1917; one in Ottawa, Illinois, beginning in the early 1920s; and a third facility in Waterbury, Connecticut, also in the 1920s.After being told that the paint was harmless, the women in each facility ingested deadly amounts of radium after being instructed to "point"...2022-07-1218 min
Then This Happened: Musical StoriesBret Hart & The Montreal Screw Job - WWF Wrestling incidentSend us a textThe Montreal Screwjob was an infamous unscripted professional wrestling incident that occurred on November 9, 1997, at the Survivor Series pay-per-view at the Molson Centre. Vince McMahon and his employees covertly manipulated the outcome of the match between Bret Hart, the reigning WWF Champion, and Shawn Michaels. Storyteller Chris HanleyBAND:Charlie Malave (vocal, guitar, electronic drums, synth)Matt Griffo (piano, vocal)Lily Emerson (vocal)Helena Handbasket (Background vocals)Gordon Walters (Bass)Support the showSupport the show via Matt Griffo's Patreon page at Patreon.com/mattgriffo2022-05-1719 min
The Courtenay Turner PodcastEp 96: How to Decipher Quality News with Matt Bilinsky | The Courtenay Turner PodcastIn this episode, Courtenay welcomes Matt Bilinsky to the show to discuss best practices in finding quality news sources. It’s apparent that in this digital age there’s a bit of a social media firestorm. With clickbait, fake news, and “research” that goes as deep as a Twitter thread, it’s hard to decipher an honest conclusion on current events. While finding an angle that’s entirely true is the challenge, you can certainly receive a well-rounded perspective by finding various, even-grounded sources that will shape your own stance. Matt is here to share his tips on doing just that.2022-04-1145 min
Wild & SublimeOrgasmic Birth, Q&A, and more: Feb live show Pt 2Send us a textWhat’s your go-to for getting into a sexy or kinky mood? The audience tells us! Act 2 of our first live show since 2020 brings an interview on orgasmic birth, music, Q&A, and Karen’s Sermon on the Pubic Mound. Recorded live in Feb. 2022 at the Hungry Brain in Chicago.In this episode:Goddess Erica - Orgasmic birth doulaTazima Parris - Sex Coach & Pleasure Mentor for WomenMksthingshappin - kink and relationship coachMatthew Amador - Sex-positive psychotherapistMatt Griffo - Comedian-musicianListen to Act One podcast epMore on the Feb 2022 live show...2022-04-0743 min