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Join us as three levels of Godzilla fans (one diehard, one casual enjoyer, and one newbie) travel down the rabbit-hole weekly, watching, recapping, and discussing every Godzilla film to-date, and beyond!
Episodes
95 episodes
Episode 95: Pulgasari (1986)
IT'S FINALLY TIME!Lee, Heather and Chris discuss a film with an infamous history! This film's backstory has everything from international kidnapping schemes to state-sponsored film school gulags! It's finally time to discuss North Korea'...
Episode 94: A*P*E* (1976)
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH KING KONGIt's a return to Big Monkey with one of the worst films of all time! Lee, Heather, and Chris are truly at a loss this time around, struggling to comprehend one of the worst films of all time, the si...
Episode 93: Gappa (1967)
The gang gets furious!It's a return to the racism and misogyny of old in this truly bizarre ripoff of Gorgo, this time with TWO parents. Lee, Heather, and Chris lose their minds in a bewildered rage trying to figure out the logic of 1967...
Episode 92: The X from Outer Space (1967)
A welcome return to goofy space adventures!The gang finds spirited debate in the quality of Shochiku's first kaiju foray; one that provides pancake UFOs, inspiration for Ridley Scott, and a brand new verbal-stim for all of our hosts to e...
Episode 91: Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
Lee, Chris, and Heather tackle their first South Korean monster movie! Will it break them? Will the mascot for Korean dino chicken nuggets be a breakout star? Or will they face another madness-inducing ripoff of Showa Era Gamera?Find out...
Episode 90: Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
Much to the horror of our hosts, the children have returned. But does that automatically make this movie Showa Era Gamera-level slop? Perhaps not! Lee, Heather and Chris have a variety of opinions here, with a film that's, at the very least, di...
Episode 89: Return of Daimajin (1966)
The gang loses their mind talking about a film that's functionally the same as the first, but with enough differences to make you feel like you're going insane! The bullying of US politicians continues alongside the discussion of more warlords,...
Episode 88: Daimajin (1966)
In a shocking twist of fate, Daiei delivered a Showa Era film that all of our hosts loved! It's the first true period piece of the podcast, in a simple but shockingly engrossing tale of warring feudal clans and a vengeful mountain god, this is ...
Episode 87: Reptilicus (1962)
BIG SNAKES! DENMARK! MULTIPLE POLITICAL GUEST APPEARANCES!Lee, Heather, and Chris tackle Denmark's only kaiju in a film that's part tourism brochure! The gang descends into politically charged lunacy with a notoriously awful film with a ...
Episode 86: Matango (1963)
From the UK back to Japan! From killer plants to killer fungus! The gang returns to talk about an old familiar friend in Ishiro Honda, in a film that falls outside his usual kaiju-fare. Lee, Heather and Chris are talking killer mushrooms and th...
Episode 85: Day of the Triffids (1963)
In a change of pace for this podcast, the gang talks about a movie that doesn't feature any giant monsters, but still features abnormally large plants and lots of Brits, in the second film to be featured in the introductory song for Th...
Episode 84: Gorgo (1961)
In what is perhaps the most politically charged episode to-date, Lee, Heather and Chris discuss the politics of the UK, the history of Ireland, and go positively off the rails in this week's discussion of Europe's most iconic giant monster pair...
Episode 83: The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Given that this week's film is barely a monster movie, Lee, Heather and Chris spend a lot of time dissecting the Godzilla Minus Zero trailer, and go down several other tangents in their efforts to avoid talking about the film that...
Episode 82: The Giant Behemoth (1959)
Another Eugene Lourie effort, which means Lee, Heather, and Chris are doing The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms again, but this time British and with a longer neck. Apologies to any listeners from the UK, both for the jokes about the Br...
Episode 81: The Blob (1958)
Space Jelly! Rebellious youth! Teenagers that look 40 years old!This week our team tackles the forbidden jelly from space, and the first monster to have a theme song since Gamera! Lee, Chris and Heather get particularly unhinged while ta...
Episode 80: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Misogyny! Divorce scams! Macrophilia!This episode has it all, but does the movie? That's the question Lee, Heather, and Chris are going to find out in this week's discussion of 1958's B-movie classic, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman...
Episode 79: The Giant Claw (1957)
This week, the gang tackles a mythically infamous B-Movie of battleship-sized proportions! That's right, we're talking about the Giant Condor's inbred puppet-cousin, in an episode dedicated mostly to Heather's vendetta against Mitch, the film's...
Episode 78: The Deadly Mantis (1957)
It's the final installment of the Big Bug Trilogy, and this is perhaps the most unhinged discussion yet. Do you agree with Chris? Is this an allegory for Communism? Or are you on the side of Lee, believing it to just be about a Big Bug?
Episode 77: The Black Scorpion (1957)
The Bug-a-Thon continues! The gang tackles another spectacle of Willis O'Brien stop-motion, this time featuring enormous scorpions that emerge from deep within the earth to feast on mankind! Join Lee, Heather and Chris as they discuss 1957's su...
Episode 76: Tarantula! (1955)
The Big Bug Arc begins here!Lee, Chris and Heather begin their journey down a series of unrelated films that share one commonality. All of them feature a giant bug of some kind! This week they're tackling an enormous tarantula and a few ...
Episode 75: It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
It wouldn't be a new season of Radio Free Godzilla without the gang losing their minds over a subpar movie. Turns out not even a Harryhausen sixtopus can save Lee, Heather and Chris from suffering through 1955's It Came from Beneath the Sea...
Episode 74: Them! (1954)
ANTS!The next entry in our Atomic Era Arc is the first of many to feature Big Bugs™️ and unnecessary exclamation points! Join Lee, Chris and Heather for their first foray into a world of big ants and flamethrowers for 1954's Them!
Episode 73: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
We're finally back for season...2? 3? You decide, but either way, welcome to the Atomic Era Arc of the show! Lee, Chris and Heather are going back to the 1950s, to a time before Godzilla, back to the film that helped to inspire it, with a Ray H...
72: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1967) with Trevor Henderson!
Lee, Heather and Chris revisit an underrated classic, once again tackling the Horror of the Deep alongside one of the internet's most prolific monster creators, horror artist Trevor Henderson (Scarewaves, Mayfair Watchers Society
71: Shin Godzilla (2016) with Troy James!
Merry Christmas one and all! We're back with another very special guest and very special episode. This week, the gang is revisiting a local favorite in Shin Godzilla, alongside prolific contortionist and creature actor, friend-of-the-s...