I'm Rob Johnston, a designer and photographer based in New York City. I am also the founder of Meet the Creatives - a podcast that seeks to bridge the gap between entry-level creative professionals and the industry's best. Through the podcast, live events and various social platforms, I am building a community that connects thousands of entry-level creatives from around the world. The show has featured guests from companies like Facebook, Google, Snapchat, Twitter, Disney, Nike, Huge, Sesame ...
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A podcast by C.A.T. Students for C.A.T. Students of Bloomfield College. Interviews, info for internships, and general info for our majors: Music Tech, Gam Dev & Design, Animation (2D & 3D), Graphic Design, Expanded Media, and Interactive Media.
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Embark on an epic journey into the heart of all things nerdy and geeky with Aj and Brock on Frantic Nerdcast. Immerse yourself in the realms of movies, anime, comics, cartoons, board games, and trading card games as we explore the geek culture universe. About Us: We are lifelong enthusiasts of everything from the silver screen to the pages of graphic novels. As self-proclaimed pop culture aficionados, we bring you insightful discussions, hilarious banter, and a passion for all things geek. E ...
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The OPENING CREDITS® podcast takes you behind-the-scenes of film & TV to explore the unseen world of filmmaking. Join Graphic Designers Stephen Nutley and Laura Whitehouse as they put the focus on the creatives and craftspeople who bring your favourite movies and shows to life. Whether you’re a movie buff who wants to learn more about film production, or a casual fan who is curious to know what goes on behind the camera, this podcast is a new way for you to meet the crew who are hidden in th ...
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Podcast hosted by Sam Maxwell supporting a conceptual dramatic TV series/graphic novel/radio drama about Brooklyn, its ballclub & how both were affected by the rapid transition into Modern America, keeping the audience active listeners in research process.
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Episode 72 - Sandman Season 2, Dept Q, Reacher S3, GOAT Action Stars
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1:31:27In this episode we chat about Season 2 of Sandman on Netflix, The greatest action stars, Dept Q, Reacher Season 3 and much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 71 - Ironheart, Ballerina, IP Based Board Games and More
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1:22:15In this episode we chat Ironheart series, the ballerina Movie in john wick world , Boardgames based on IP's and much much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 70 - Bet, Heroquest, Pokémon, Groot, The Better Sister & more
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1:37:17We chat Bet Season 1, Pokémon cards, Groot comics, The Better Sister Season 1, Stormlight Archives and much much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 69 - Predator Killer of Killers, Nostalgia, news and more
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1:14:36In this episode we chat the new Predator movie killer of killer. We talk all the latest and greatest new in the nerd world and we chat about Nostalgia things from our childhoods.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 68 - Dept Q, Mission Impossible the Final Reckoning Comics & upcoming films
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1:02:11In this episode Aj chats about Dept Q from Netflix, Aj and Zac do their review on Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning, we talk comics, Movies and tv Shows as well.By Frantic Nerdcast
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'Dept. Q' Writer & Director Scott Frank comes in for questioning
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41:30As a former detective and a former resident of Edinburgh, respectively, we jumped at the chance to sit down with the Writer and Director of the new Netflix crime drama 'Dept. Q' for our first ever in-person interview. In this episode, we chat with Scott Frank about filming in Scotland and mastering the local slang, his research into real life detec…
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Episode 67 - MCU actors best films, Wii Sports, Fear Street
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1:28:09In this episode the guys chat, MCU actors best films, Fear Street, The Fountain of youth, Wii Sports and much much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 66 - Sinners, Bet & Pokemon TCG
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1:21:51In this episode we chat the Pokemon TCG, we talk about the new Netflix series Bet and the move Sinners.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Best of MTC: AM I A FAILURE!? 🤔 🎙️ Connect with Rob Johnston and Explore Meet the Creatives! 🌐 Dive into the world of creativity and inspiration with Meet the Creatives and its founder, Rob Johnston! Here's how you can stay connected: 🖥️ Meet the Creatives Website: www.MeettheCreatives.org 📸 Rob Johnston's Instagram: Follow @_robjohnston 🌐 Meet the…
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Episode 65 - Our Favourite Content Creators, Superman and more
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1:09:00In this episode we dive into our favourite content creators and tell you why you should be watching them. We talk about the superman trailer and much more frantic news as always.By Frantic Nerdcast
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What do Trump's movie tariffs actually mean? We ask the experts
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48:32In our first ever emergency episode, we unpick Donald Trump's 'tweet-bomb' from last week in which he announced a 100% tariff on all movies made in "foreign lands." This left a lot of us asking what this announcement might mean for the film industry in the UK and the US, so in this episode we try to make sense of the madness with the help of some e…
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Episode 64 - Thunderbolts, Pokémon Fusion, Boardgames and more
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1:07:04In this episode of Frantic Nerdcast, the lads give their Spoiler review of Thunderbolts*, they talk about some of the most recent baordgames that they have played and they have a crack at doing some Pokémon fusions.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 63 - Invincible Season 3, Ash, Death of a Unicorn and More
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1:18:58In this episode we talk about Movies Ash, Death of a Unicorn, we chat invincible Season 3 and oh so much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 62 - Best Sports Movie, Invincible S2, News and More
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1:20:59We chat Invincible Season2, Our Favourite sports movies, news and as always much more franticness.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Best of MTC: Brian Collins x Chris Do Q&A Session – Recorded at COLLINS: in Brooklyn, New York
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1:16:05Best of MTC: Brian Collins x Chris Do Q&A Session – Recorded at COLLINS: in Brooklyn, New York 🎙️ Connect with Rob Johnston and Explore Meet the Creatives! 🌐 Dive into the world of creativity and inspiration with Meet the Creatives and its founder, Rob Johnston! Here's how you can stay connected: 🖥️ Meet the Creatives Website: www.MeettheCreatives.…
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Episode 61 - Devil May Cry, Daredevil Season 4, Video Game movie adaptions
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1:33:07In this episode Aj, Brock and Zac talk Daredevil Born Again, Invincible Season 1, Devil May Cry Anime, Best movie and series adapted from a video and so, so much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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'Looking Back on the Early Days of The Handmaid's Tale' with Burton LeBlanc – Makeup Artist | Dept Head | Designer for The Handmaid's Tale
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9:18'Looking Back on the Early Days of The Handmaid's Tale' with Burton LeBlanc – Makeup Artist | Dept Head | Designer for The Handmaid's Tale 🎙️ Connect with Rob Johnston and Explore Meet the Creatives! 🌐 Dive into the world of creativity and inspiration with Meet the Creatives and its founder, Rob Johnston! Here's how you can stay connected: 🖥️ Meet …
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'How a Film Set Actually Works' with Colin Watkinson, Director of Photography on The Handmaid's Tale
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6:26'How a Film Set Actually Works' with Colin Watkinson, Director of Photography on The Handmaid's Tale 🎙️ Connect with Rob Johnston and Explore Meet the Creatives! 🌐 Dive into the world of creativity and inspiration with Meet the Creatives and its founder, Rob Johnston! Here's how you can stay connected: 🖥️ Meet the Creatives Website: www.MeettheCrea…
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'Shooting Some of The Handmaid's Tale's Most Iconic Scenes' with Colin Watkinson, Director of Photography on The Handmaid's Tale
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5:38'Shooting Some of The Handmaid's Tale's Most Iconic Scenes' with Colin Watkinson, Director of Photography on The Handmaid's Tale 🎙️ Connect with Rob Johnston and Explore Meet the Creatives! 🌐 Dive into the world of creativity and inspiration with Meet the Creatives and its founder, Rob Johnston! Here's how you can stay connected: 🖥️ Meet the Creati…
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'The Reality of Being First on Set for The Handmaid's Tale' with Burton LeBlanc – 3X Emmy | 4X Guild | MET Fashion Award Nominated Makeup Artist | Dept Head | Designer for The Handmaid's Tale
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5:35'The Reality of Being First on Set for The Handmaid's Tale' with Burton LeBlanc – 3X Emmy | 4X Guild | MET Fashion Award Nominated Makeup Artist | Dept Head | Designer for The Handmaid's Tale 🎙️ Connect with Rob Johnston and Explore Meet the Creatives! 🌐 Dive into the world of creativity and inspiration with Meet the Creatives and its founder, Rob …
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Episode 60 - CinemaCon, Pokémon Soccer, Val Kilmer and More!
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1:28:24In this episode the boys are back from a break and chatting which Pokémon would make the best Soccer/Football Team, The announcements from CinemaCon, Val Kilmer's Passing and much, much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Our outies met Ben Stiller and Adam Scott! BTS at the 'Severance' finale screening in London
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31:27Talk about ‘Severance’ on your podcast enough and you might just get invited to a screening Q&A. That’s what happened to us anyway when we got to go to the season finale event at Everyman Cinemas in London and mingle with the cast and crew. To kick off Season 5 we're finally fulfilling our dream of becoming a 'Severance' podcast, for one episode at…
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Episode 59 - Marvel Back At it, Actors born for the Role
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1:30:50This episode we chat about Marvels latest announcement for the next avengers. Our top 3 Actors who are born for the roll and who would win, Star Wars or Warhammer 40k.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 58 - Sequels that got no love, Fan-Service Anime & The Wheel of Time
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1:44:51In this episode Aj talks Fan-Service Animes that actually have amazing storyline, animation etc. We talk about the fan outrage around the wheel of time tv adaption and the boy chat movie sequels that you all should go out and watch.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 57 - Our most Frantic episode yet!
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1:23:26Welcome to the most Frantic episode of Frantic Nerdcast. In this episode we chat Invincible, Ice cream man, League of legends, Anime lists, Kick-ass and much, much more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 56 - Daredevil Begins, The Razzies, Zac makes a hero & More
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1:29:11Welcome back fans, in this episode Zac makes is hero to join the Frantic team. We chat the first 2 episodes of Daredevil: Born Again. The Razzies have come and gone and we play a little mini game with them and we go frantic with rumours and news.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 55 - We Make our own Comics, Talk about manga and more!
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1:39:12In this episode Aj, Zac and Brock talk about Kalevala Comic, Gateway Manga, best Manga of all time and Brock and Aj come up with their own superhero comicbook ideas. You do not want to miss this exciting episode.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 54 - Captain America 4, Manga, Comics and more
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1:27:29In this episode the team chat all about the new Captain America movie, Aj delves into this Manga reading of late, zac talks about the comics the team are making him read and as always all the news and rumors you could ask for.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 53 - Comics, Movies and more
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1:15:51Brock's back for our second episode of 2025. In this episode the lads chat Brock's best of 2024, comics like old man logan and more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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🚀 MTC Season Premiere: Can ChatGPT Give Good Career Advice for Entry-Level Creatives? 🤔 | With Rob Johnston
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5:47Hey everyone, welcome back to Meet the Creatives! I’m Rob, and after a bit of a break, we’re back in action. Today, I’m keeping it real and breaking down five pieces of career advice for entry-level creatives—straight from ChatGPT. Some of it’s solid, some of it’s questionable, and some of it makes me wonder if AI is coming for our jobs (spoiler: i…
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We are back fro 2025. In this episode Aj and Zac chat all things about the movies and tv shows of 2024 that we enjoyed.By Frantic Nerdcast
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What I WISH I Did in College with Rob Johnston
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5:04In this solo episode from 2018, Rob Johnston—then 27 years old—reflects on the lessons he wishes he had learned in college. Looking back, he shares the skills and knowledge he overlooked, from networking to creative exploration, and what he would do differently if he could go back. Whether you're in school or years out, this candid take on personal…
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Best of MTC: Michael Bierut, Partner at Pentagram
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39:16🎉 Meet the Creatives is BACK on 2.1.2025 with a brand-new season! To kick things off, we’re revisiting one of the most legendary episodes with Michael Bierut, Partner at Pentagram and one of the most influential designers of our time.Originally the Season 8 Premiere, this episode dives into Michael’s incredible career—from his early days at Vignell…
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Best of MTC: Sarah Rebar, llustrator/Writer RETURNS!!!! 🤩
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41:08🎉 The new season of Meet the Creatives is ALMOST HERE, and we’re kicking it off by revisiting one of our most beloved episodes with Sarah Rebar!Originally aired in 2024, this fan-favorite conversation highlights Sarah’s inspiring career as an illustrator and writer. From her nine years at Sesame Street (including creating muppets for Ahlan Sim Sim,…
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Best of MTC: Unmesh Dinda, Founder, PiXimperfect
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26:15On this episode of Meet the Creatives, Rob Johnston revisits his conversation with Unmesh Dinda, founder of PiXimperfect. Known for his approachable teaching style and expertise in Photoshop, Unmesh shares his journey to becoming a leader in digital artistry and building a global creative community. He offers practical advice for mastering Photosho…
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Bedford & Sullivan Brooklyn: Farewell Blogtalkradio, Hello Buzzsprout, w Robert Barnes
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44:30After almost 12 years, Bedford & Sullivan Brooklyn's Blogtalkradio run comes to an end. All starting with a desire to keep the audience active listeners in the Brooklyn Dodgers TV series research process, the guests we've had have been beyond my imagination, including Brooklyn historian Ron Schweiger, Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine and Brooklynite/Do…
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'Home Alone' costumes and Carling... it's the Pod Quiz Christmas Special!
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58:22'Tis the season finale, so our now traditional Pod Quiz is back with a festive twist! Once again, we’ve spared all expense to make fancy dress costumes (this time as the Wet Bandits themselves, Harry and Marv) for our end-of-season Christmas party. Join us for a special episode stuffed with the best bits from the past 10 weeks as Laura get’s grille…
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Episode 51 - Last of the Year and Alana from Girls Who Don't DND is back!
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1:44:51Thats right, Alana from the Amazing Podcast Girls Who Don't Dnd is back in the Frantic studio, filling us in on her trip over to a Convention in the UK meeting all her fans. We also talk about everything we look forward to in 2025.By Frantic Nerdcast
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Episode 50 - Celebrating 50 Episodes and all things Xmas
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1:23:47In this episode we chat about being 50 episodes old. Whe chat xmas movies and more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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'Paddington in Peru' Production Designer Andy Kelly answers questions from kids
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37:51Let’s prepare for Paddington! Laura has returned from digging in the credits of ‘Paddington in Peru,’ having successfully unearthed the Production Designer, Andy Kelly, and the famous bear’s biggest fans have turned out in force to ask him about the movie. Standby for cuteness as the kids put their questions to Andy, and we find out the answers to …
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'Black Doves' Creator Joe Barton unwraps his latest (mince) spy thriller
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45:35Joe Barton is the writer and creator of the brand new festive Netflix spy series, 'Black Doves,' starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw. Steve managed to grab a chat with Joe in between his busy schedule to ask him not only about his work on the show, but also about his job as a writer. In this episode, Joe takes us into the writer's room to tell…
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Episode 49 - Arcane, Vox Machina & the merging of franchises
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1:12:14In this episode we talk about the last season of Vox Machina, Arcane and we take some franchise we think would be entertaining to merge into a new franchise all its own.By Frantic Nerdcast
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'BFDG' Production Designer Jonathan Green thinks the film industry can only get better
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41:09We know a lot of you work in the film industry, or are looking to get into it. We also know that it's been a tough year for film crew due to a seemingly never-ending work drought. So, we thought who better to have on than the chair of the British Film Designers Guild to ask whether this is the new normal, or if things can only get better. Jonathan …
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Episode 48 - Gundam, Superman & More
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1:00:50In this episode Aj runs us through his favourite anime Gundam, we chat Superman and much, much moreBy Frantic Nerdcast
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'Succession' titles designer William Lebeda on making actual opening credits
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44:38It's finally happening, we're actually going to talk about opening credits on OPENING CREDITS®. So, if you're one of the few people who have been sorely disappointed that this podcast isn't actually about title sequences, today's your lucky day! We're joined in this episode by William Lebeda, Creative Director at Picturemill, the studio behind some…
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Episode 47 - The 90's Cartoon Nostalgia
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1:40:01In this episode of Frantic Nerdcast, the boys take a look back at their childhood's and remember the awesome cartoons and games that made them the weird people they are today.By Frantic Nerdcast
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'Sex Education' Intimacy Coordinator David Thackeray on tackling those awkward scenes
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44:21Don't listen with your parents, this week is all about sex (scene) education. David Thackeray was one of the first ever Intimacy Coordinators; a relatively new role in filmmaking introduced to help the cast and crew tackle (whoops) those more delicate scenes. He’s also one of the most in demand, having worked on ‘The Crown,’ ‘Heartstopper,’ and ‘Se…
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Episode 46 - The best comic storylines, Agatha is over
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1:25:46Agatha All Along is officially over and boy what an ending. We give our favorite Comic book storylines.By Frantic Nerdcast
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'Iron Man' VFX studio Perception tell us how they made Tony Stark's tech
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50:32We're heading Stateside this week, but don't worry, we're talking movies, not politics. We're joined in this episode by not one, but two guests; Jeremy Lasky and Danny Gonzalez, Co-Founders of Perception, an Emmy-nominated design and visual effects studio based in New Jersey, USA. If you've ever seen a superhero movie, chances are you've seen their…
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Episode 45 - Agatha All Along, Lisa Frankenstein & more
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1:29:16In this episode we talk about the awesomeness that is Agatha All Along, Which at the time of recording has not finished. We chat the cool movie Lisa Frankenstein, trailers and more.By Frantic Nerdcast
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