I love Chats in which I have no idea where the conversation will lead, and that can certainly be said for this episode, featuring first-time guest Chloe Dykstra.
Listen as we bounce across a multitude of topics, including cosplay, virtual dogs, Zelda games, couric seeds, Lisa Frank, and Gerald Cross...
I had not been planning to make another trip up to New York City so soon after my last, but when the opportunity presented itself to see my brilliant friend - and frequent Bit Of A Chat guest - Reece Shearsmith in the Martin McDonagh play HANGMEN, it seemed foolish not to take him up on his kind invitation AND to use the occasio...
2018-02-06 07:55:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I did promise that there would be a lot of new Bit Of Chats going live in the immediate future, and I hope you'll agree that I'm well on my way to fulfilling that vow with, you guessed it, ANOTHER new Bit Of A Chat.
This is one of the episodes I was able to record while I was out in Los Angeles over the holidays, and features ...
2018-02-05 05:44:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy, Patrons! Attached to this post is your EXCLUSIVE file of my Bit Of A Chat w/ John Hodgman. PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE! And THANK YOU once again for your support...
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For over a decade, I've been fortunate enough to have a mostly-annual conversation with my friend John Hodgman. This ...
2018-02-03 05:48:10 +0000 UTC View Post
For over a decade, I've been fortunate enough to have a mostly-annual conversation with my friend John Hodgman. This year, for only the second time since we commenced this tradition, we recorded while sitting across from each other in the same space, but decided to plus the delightful dynamic by adding food to the mix.
For thi...
2018-02-03 05:38:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, howdy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here's another EXCLUSIVE for you, recorded LIVE at this year's Paradise City Comic-Con in Miami, Florida.
Every year at DragonCon, I host a few panel shows affectionately (and accurately) titled Gonzo Quiz Shows. They're a mix of various quiz games lovingly foisted upon a pa...
2018-02-02 06:28:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I promised you there would be a lot of new episodes of A Bit Of A Chat coming up, and I aim to deliver... And this one is a big one.
For years, I've been trying to lock in actor Eric Edelstein for his guest turn, but being a ridiculously busy actor - and working on projects with strict secrecy clauses - meant that we weren't a...
2018-02-02 03:45:19 +0000 UTC View Post
By golly, do I love chatting with writer/performer Katie Willert.
My recent trip out to Los Angeles afforded me the ability to record a whole bunch of Chats while actually in the same room as my guests, and I was very fortunate that one of those in-person guests was Katie - Making our 4th Bit Of A Chat the 1st we recorded in t...
2018-01-31 05:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a fun, informative panel I had the pleasure to host on January 14th, 2018, while guesting at Miami's Paradise City Comic-Con.
Joined by guests Matthew Mercer (CRITICAL ROLE, OVERWATCH), and WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE'S own Cecil Baldwin and Symphony Sanders, we discussed various tips and gave oodles of advice about entering t...
2018-01-31 04:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostHello, dear friends - And a very HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all.
It's been awhile since a new Bit Of A Chat or Patron exclusive has gone up, but prepare for the floodgates to open pretty much immediately.
Whyfor the absence?
Around mid-December, I headed out to LA for what turned out to be a 3-week trip filled with rese...
2018-01-31 02:28:50 +0000 UTC View Post
As this is the holiday season, I want to point you towards some of the holiday content I've put together over the years:
HERE is Stan Lee reading "Twas The Night Before Christmas":
http://asitecalledfred.com/2015/12/01...
2017-12-22 08:16:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy hoy, and festive holiday tidings to you all!
I'm sitting in southern California right now, and it's cold. That's weird, right? It's cool in the winter in southern California, but it doesn't get outright cold. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't hold a popsicle to winter in the northeast, but it's still weird for here.
An...
2017-12-22 08:13:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy hoy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here's another EXCLUSIVE for you, recorded LIVE at this year's DragonCon.
Every year, I host a few panel shows, affectionately (and accurately) titled Gonzo Quiz Shows. Aided and abetted by my able co-host Aaron Fever, they're a mix of various quiz games lovingly foisted upon ...
2017-12-09 06:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there!
I'm back with a brand new Bit Of A Chat for you all. In fact, it's such a special Chat that I had to assemble a party just for the adventure, so this Bit Of A Chat has FOUR GUESTS.
Those four guests happen to be Tarol Hunt, Danielle Stephens, Matt King, and Phil LaMarr, the folks behind GOBLINS ANIMATED.
AHOY HOY, FRIENDS!
Yeah, you’re not “Patrons” – If you’re supporting me and the work I do, then you are my friends, and I want you to know that I appreciate your support.
To show that appreciation, I’ve made numerous podcasts available exclusively to all of my friends (Patrons, in Patreon-speak) at the...
2017-12-07 09:28:47 +0000 UTC View Post
In what has become a familiar refrain for longtime listeners of A Bit Of A Chat, this episode's guest happens to be a person that I've been meaning to have on the show for ages, but never got around to actually doing it... Until now.
And here he is! Writer and all-around swell guy, Mikey Neumann, whose 2017-11-20 06:18:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy hoy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here's another EXCLUSIVE for you, recorded LIVE at this year's DragonCon.
Every year, I host a few panel shows, affectionately (and accurately) titled Gonzo Quiz Shows. Aided and abetted by my able co-host Aaron Fever, they're a mix of various quiz games lovingly foisted upon ...
2017-11-19 06:56:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy hoy!
As a thank you for being a Patron, here;s another EXCLUSIVE for you, recorded LIVE at this year's DragonCon.
Every year, I host a few panel shows, affectionately (and accurately) titled Gonzo Quiz Shows. Aided and abetted by my able co-host Aaron Fever, they're a mix of various quiz games lovingly foisted upon ...
2017-11-08 21:23:42 +0000 UTC View Post
In what seems like a lifetime ago, I asked the legendary Stan Lee to read one of his favorite pieces, Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven". Quoth the raven, "Excelsior!"
-Ken
2017-10-24 23:04:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Patrons!
THANK YOU for being a Patron.
And, as a thank you, please enjoy this unexpurgated Bit Of A Chat with THE VENTURE BROS' own Doc Hammer, recorded LIVE IN MY CAR during our recent road trip on Friday, October 13, 2017. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS FILE! It's for you!
Cheers!
2017-10-18 21:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I've had many Bit Of A Chats with THE VENTURE BROS' own Doc Hammer. For years, we've been musing about recording a Chat while on a road trip.
Crazy, right?
But then I found myself in New York for New York Comic-Con, and the planets finally aligned for us to do that crazy thing.
And so, on October 13, 2017, Doc Hamm...
2017-10-18 21:54:07 +0000 UTC View Post
During the closing moments of my last Bit Of A Chat with the mighty Andy Richter, we made a tentative promise to reconvene soon to chat about theme parks.
Let it not be said that neither of us keeps our promises, because here it is...
LISTEN as we talk about roller coasters, sludge boxes, stripped gears, and theme parks ...
2017-09-26 19:09:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a Bit Of A Chat that's been a long time coming.
Years, even.
Just... years.
It's been that long since the first Bit Of A Chat appearance of writer Ben Acker, co-creator of The Thrilling Adventure Hour and co-author of the Star Wars book series Join The Resistance (the second volume of which, Escape From Vod...
2017-09-26 09:03:58 +0000 UTC View Post
A long time ago, I used to do a podcast with TV's Dana Snyder. As a thank you to those of you who listened to it over the years, here's a little something from the vaults, recorded at DragonCon 2016.
Unknowingly at the forefront of a movement, we began doing the podcast over a dozen years ago. Our release schedule was at times...
2017-09-19 03:47:28 +0000 UTC View Post
For the past 4 years, I've been hosting a wonderful panel called Reel Crime, where my guests - Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, and Bill Corbett - pick their favorite guilty pleasure films and then have to defend their choices.
For those of you who were not able to make it to this year's DragonCon, I'm making the audio of the pa...
2017-09-07 02:54:42 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here is the audio for my Reel Crime 2017 panel, recorded live at this year's DragonCon and featuring guests Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, and Bill Corbett.
Also, as a special bonus, the Q&A panel featuring the guys is also tacked on, and is of vastly different audio quality, as it somehow was only recorded wi...
2017-09-07 02:51:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy hoy, folks! In a matter of days, I'll be down in Atlanta, GA, for my 17th Dragon*Con - and, once again, I'll be either hosting or participating in a ton of panels that I hope you'll stop by and enjoy.
HERE are all of the panels (make sure to download and install the Dragon*Con app for any updates!) and do note that we wil...
2017-08-29 05:53:19 +0000 UTC View PostNORMALLY, Rebecca Watson and I livestream our podcast recording as a special bonus for our $5+ patrons. HOWEVER, this week we are doing it FOR FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NOT ONLY THAT, we also have a SPECIAL GUEST on this week - astronomer Nicole Gugliucci! So, it's a safe bet a fair amount of the conversation is going to be...
2017-08-16 00:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Even though we've talked several times in the intervening period, it's been 6 years since the last time I had a Bit Of A Chat with musician John Roderick - he of The Long Winters, and recently crowned King Neptune of Seattle's Seafair.
Well, we're certainly making up for lost time, as our new Chat clocks in at over 4 hou...
2017-08-14 03:27:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I promised you another BRAND NEW episode of A Bit Of A Chat, and here it is - with very special guest Andy Richter.
Ignore the small goof in the pre-roll - Andy was actually the guest on the 200th episode of A Bit Of A Chat and NOT the 100th - which was still a few hundred episodes ago, so at least that part of the pre-roll is...
2017-08-10 04:26:14 +0000 UTC View Post
