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Ep 180: A Cavalcade of Cryptids
Jun 23, 2026
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The Brig: Mad Science Mama (w/ MST3K legend Mary Jo Pehl)
Jun 16, 2026
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Ep 179: Retired Fast Food
Jun 9, 2026
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The Brig: Pulling on That Red Thread (w/ author L. Marie Wood)
Jun 2, 2026
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Ep 178: Legacy of the Beast / A Tribute to Iron Maiden
May 19, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 |  Ep 180: A Cavalcade of Cryptids | Cryptozoology is the study of hidden animals and other folkloric entities. Creatures that have been spotted from time to time, but never officially described by science. For this episode, we read the history, poured over the first hand accounts and gathered up a slew of pop culture references for 8 such creatures. Some you know, but others may prove more elusive. So steel your nerves and keep that camera steady because Retro Ridoctopus is going cryptid hunting! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  The Brig: Mad Science Mama (w/ MST3K legend Mary Jo Pehl) | Somewhere in time and space... we nabbed another geek LEGEND for the BRIG! Mary Joe Pehl is a talented writer, actress and comedian who's written for TV, comics and even her 2022 memoir “Dumb Dumb Dumb: My Mother's Book Reviews”. But you probably know her as the villainous Pearl Forrester from the legendary Peabody award-winning, Emmy nominated comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000! Mary Jo spills the hamdingers on her time with the little show that became a cult phenomenon, as well as other projects like Cinematic Titanic, The Mary Jo Pehl show and more! Watch THE MARY JO PEHL SHOW on the Dumb Industries website! #mysterysciencetheater3000 #MST3K #CinematicTitanic #dumbindustries #maryjopehl RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 |  Ep 179: Retired Fast Food | We all have our favorite fast food treat. Heck some of us have one too many! But what happens when that tried and true guilty pleasure that you've ordered dozens of times suddenly disappears from the menu FOREVER? For this episode, we take a trip down the drive-thru of time to order up some of our favorite retired fast food items! We're each serving up burgers, chicken, desserts and even a little something something from a no-holds-barred WILD CARD category that could be anything! So grab some napkins and prepare your body for some artery-clogging fun! #McDonalds #BurgerKing #Wendys #KFC #PizzaHut #Arbys RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! | — | ||||||
| 6/2/26 |  The Brig: Pulling on That Red Thread (w/ author L. Marie Wood) | For tonight’s episode of the Brig, we welcome back the celebrated psychological horror writer of many novels, novellas, short stories, screenplays, essays and even the occasional poem! L. Marie Wood is the recipient of such esteemed accolades as the Bram Stoker Award, the Michael Knost Wings award and the Golden Stake awards and she’s here tonight a pair of powerful releases. Both of which, you can purchase below... Get: "If it's the Birds, We're in Trouble" by Undertaker Books HERE! Pre-order: "IMPRINT: Book Three of the Red Thread Saga" by Mocha Memoirs Press HERE! And be sure to gaze upon the splendor of Lisa's official website! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 |  Ep 178: Legacy of the Beast / A Tribute to Iron Maiden | You can't spell HEAVY METAL without IRON MAIDEN... figuratively. With the help of our Horn-Handed pals, Nintenjoe, Synopsis Grim and Portland Maine's own, DJ Rick Johnson, we'll strap on our best pair of Icarus wings and soar through the band's 17 studio albums, taking aim at 6 to spotlight! If you dug our tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, you're gonna love this one. UP THE IRONS! And since you're here... check out Rick Johnson's blog: HEAVY METAL NOMAD! #ironmaiden #ironmaidenfans #ironmaidentribute RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wear your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 |  Crow's Nest: Mortal Kombat Movies (w/ Rich Davis) | With the help of Rich Davis (AKA Velvet Joker) from Nerd Culture News and Entertainment, we give a Krash Kourse on the original game, the culture and most of all, the four live action MOVIES of MORTAL KOMBAT! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wear your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 4/28/26 |  Ep 177: Concert Memories | How many live shows have you been to? Dozens? Hundreds? If you had to pick your 2 most important concert experiences, what would they be? It's not an easy question, but we do our best to whittle a lifetime of live rock and metal into one jam-packed episode of the Retro Ridoctopus cephalopodcast. Best part, these tickets are on the house... and just wait till you peep the set list! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wear your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 4/23/26 |  The Brig: The Girl's Got Issues (w/ musician Sandy Netburn)✨ | musicperformance+1 | Sandy Netburn | ISSUESBrig+6 | New York | singer songwriterventriloquist+3 | — | 58m 38s | |
| 4/21/26 |  The Brig: The King of Pop Culture (w/ Gary Sohmers)✨ | antiquescollectibles+1 | Gary Sohmers | Wex Rex CollectiblesNortheast Comicon+5 | HudsonMassachusetts | Antiques RoadshowWex Rex Collectibles+1 | — | 1h 27m 15s | |
| 4/14/26 |  S8E8 - Ep 176: Robots, Droids & Other Mechanical Men (w/ Scott Clevenger)✨ | robotsdroids+6 | Scott Clevenger | The Dorkening Podcast NetworkDeadly Grounds Coffee+4 | — | synthoid celebrationRobbie the Robot+2 | — | 2h 18m 48s | |
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| 4/14/26 | Ep 176: Robots, Droids & Other Mechanical Men (w/ Scott Clevenger) | BEEP! BOOP! With the help of our pal Scott Clevenger (from the Slumgullion podcast), we are greasing the gears and making sure all the little lights are blinking for a serious synthoid celebration that runs from the 1950s all the way to the 1990s and beyond! We looked to movies, cartoons, comics, TV shows and beyond to bring you our favorite ROBOTS, DROIDS & OTHER MECHANICAL MEN! From Robbie the Robot, to the many droids of Star Wars, the synthetics of the Alien universe and so much more. No need to bring any spare parts because this time the batteries ARE included! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 4/9/26 |  The Brig: That AHA! Moment (w/ Ryan Benson)✨ | indie comicsanimated series+2 | Ryan Benson | ECLIPSEDAHA! (A Horror Anthology!)+10 | — | VAMPIRE SURF CULTSir William and the Scourge+2 | — | 1h 27m 57s | |
| 4/7/26 |  The Brig: A Dash of Demon (w/ J. F. Dubeau & Amy Frost)✨ | Achewillowcozy horror+2 | J. F. DubeauAmy Frost | A Dash of DemonThe Dorkening Podcast Network+7 | — | demonbaking+2 | — | 2h 02m 25s | |
| 3/31/26 |  S8E7 - Ep 175: Character Variants, Alternate Costumes & Palette Swaps✨ | character variantsalternate costumes+3 | — | The Dorkening Podcast NetworkDeadly Grounds Coffee+4 | — | BatmanSimon Belmont+5 | — | 2h 55m 31s | |
| 3/31/26 | Ep 175: Character Variants, Alternate Costumes & Palette Swaps | Tonight we'll be spotlighting characters that have had a ton of different VARIATIONS over the years. Think costumes, alternate dimensions and even the dreaded heel turn! We plumbed the depths of video games and comic books to find just the right candidates to create quite the motley crew for you to enjoy. Ever see #Batman on the same list as #SimonBelmont ? Well, now you have! And the medium that shows off these different versions of our characters can be anything. Action figures, cartoons, games, comics and movies. For this episode, we are all over the place! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show your RETROID PRIDE! Get your official GEAR right here! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 3/24/26 |  The Brig: 40 Years in Hollywood (w/ actor Daniel Roebuck)✨ | Hollywoodacting+2 | Daniel Roebuck | The Hail MaryIMDB+12 | — | character actorIMDB+4 | — | 1h 58m 11s | |
| 3/17/26 |  S8E6 - Ep 174: TurboGrafx-16 / The Little PC-Engine That Could✨ | TurboGrafx-16PC-Engine+2 | — | S8E6the TurboGrafx-16,+7 | Japan | TURBOTASTICvideo game history+1 | Deadly Grounds Coffee | 2h 56m 07s | |
| 3/17/26 | Ep 174: TurboGrafx-16 / The Little PC-Engine That Could | The black sheep of the 16bit console generation of video games was definitely the TurboGrafx-16, but does coming in third mean it wasn't great in it's own right? Heck no! (link in comments) We run down a list of our nine favorite TURBOTASTIC games (plus a few more in there for good measure) on the system that was called the PC-Engine in Japan. We cover everything from head-banging cave babies to everyone's favorite Jason Voorhees clone. SHUBIBIN! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 3/10/26 |  The Brig: Truish Crime (w/ author Jenny Toupin)✨ | psychological horrortrue crime+3 | Jenny Toupin | Pokemon EmeraldTHE BLURRY MAN+7 | — | The Blurry Manghosts+3 | — | 1h 18m 10s | |
| 3/3/26 |  S8E5 - Ep 173: 16-bit Console Wars / SEGA vs Nintendo✨ | 16-bit gamesSEGA+3 | Aldo Aroujo | S8E5a Super Nintendo+9 | — | gamingretro games+1 | — | 3h 16m 48s | |
| 3/3/26 | Ep 173: 16-bit Console Wars / SEGA vs Nintendo | Back in the early to mid 90s, when a popular movie was turned into a video game, that game was often released for both of the 16-bit systems that dominated console gaming of the day. This meant that whether you owned a Super Nintendo or a SEGA Genesis you'd be able to snag a copy and play! The thing is, in those days, these licensed games would often involve completely separate developers for each system, leading to a pair of games that were actually, nothing alike! Tonight, with the help of our pal Aldo Aroujo, we will be talking about 16-bit licensed games that did just that! A single property that resulted in two totally different games... one for the SNES and one for the Genesis/Megadrive. Sure, the debate over which variation on a beloved theme was major fuel for the fires tended by partisan gamers of the day, but those days are long gone. Heck, we're gonna play 'em all! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 2/24/26 |  The Brig: Paperbacks & Spinner Racks (w/ author Michael Burke) | Tonight, in that vinegar-laced cask of nightmare fuel we call THE BRIG… we have the clobberingly awesome, Michael Burke! Mike is the author of many pulpy tales of horror, fantasy and more. He's here to promote his brand new novella “Vengeful Spirits”, which appears in the 2025 collection SINISTER SOCIETIES by Ruadan Books. Beyond all that, he’s the co-founder of the Eisner-award-winning comic and collectible store, Comicazi, in Somerville, MA! The discussion shoots from Mike's favorite Conan stories to his most beloved run of the Fantastic Four and why his Great Grandmother deserves to be the hero of his pulp adventure stories. Hint... IT'S BECAUSE SHE LIVED THEM FOR REAL!! Snag your copy of Sinister Societies direct from the publisher! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 2/17/26 |  Ep 172: Nobody Beats G.I. Joe! | G.I. Joe is the codename for America's daring, highly trained, special mission force. Its purpose: To defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world. For millions of fans, the exploits of G.I. Joe have been chronicled in the forms of action figures, plastic vehicles, cartoons, video games and even live action movies! It's a lot to cover, but tonight, General Coopster Gold will lead this important mission briefing, aiming our battery operated searchlight on the characters of the "A Real American Hero" cartoon which ran from 1983 to 1994! So fire up your Skystrikers, because we'll be shouting out six Joes and six agents of Cobra, all while managing to airdrop in an Octoponder and some UNCOMFORTABLE NATURE FACTS about actual cobras! YO, JOE!!! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 2/10/26 |  Crow's Nest: The SON of the BRIDE of THE DAY OF THE TENTACLE! | Last season, 8-Bit Alchemy and Parasite Steve devoted some playtime and one whole episode to the classic Lucas Arts point and click adventure game, Maniac Mansion. Now they dive into the sequel! Day of the Tentacle is a true classic of the genre, but these guys are playing it for the first time! So stock up on some exploding novelty cigars, hop into your Chrono-Johns, and prepare for a far out trip through time because we have to stop that purple MANIAC from enslaving humanity! RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
| 2/3/26 |  Ep 171: Fake Bands From Real Movies (w/ Ashes Von Nightmare) | In what might be our longest episode ever, we welcome back one half of the Throwdown Thursday Podcast (the great Ashes Von Nightmare) to talk about some of our favorite movies that feature fictional bands! After a STONEHENGE-sized presentation on the one that started it all, Rob Reiner's seminal classic THIS IS SPINAL TAP, we move onto 8 other films that are also GONNA ROCK YOU (tonight). We've got everything from outright comedies to hard-hitting Oscar-winning dramas. Some of these flicks have full soundtracks by their "fake bands" and others only a track or two. Does the cast sing and play their instruments? Who did the writing? Make no mistake, while the bands are all made up... this ROCK AND ROLL is as real as it comes! \,,/ And if horror and indie films are your idea of a good time... check out the what Ashes came to promote, the Dead of Winter Festival coming to Worcester, Massachusetts Feb. 21st & 22nd 2026! NOTE: This episode is dedicated to the wonderful Catherine O'Hara, who passed just hours after this recording. Our hearts were not ready and are thoroughly broken. #RIPCatherineOhara #SpinalTap #ThisIsSpinalTap #ThatThingYouDo #Airheads #AMightyWind #AlmostFamous #2gether #StillCrazy #Rockstar #SteelDragon #Stillwater #StrangeFruit #TheFolksmen #MickeyandMitch #TheWonders RETRO RIDOCTOPUS is ----------------------------------- "Parasite Steve"...... AKA Steve Van Samson (read) "8-Bit Alchemy "...... AKA Tim Krikorian (listen) "Coopster Gold"...... AKA Justin Cooper (subscribe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retro Ridoctopus is a proud member of The Dorkening Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee. Podcast intro and all heavy metal interstitials by Enchanted Exile. | — | ||||||
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