Interviews: Recent Episodes
The Handsome Genius Club Radio Show
Today, we catch up with our good friend and frequent guest Jason Clark, host of the An Elegant Weapon podcast, about Fan Expo Canada, Andor, She-Hulk, Amazing Sider-Man, Rings of Power, racist trolls complaining about movie/tv casting decisions and our lives in general.
Comic book and television writer ZEB WELLS sits down to discuss his current work for Marvel, both in print (Amazing Spider-Man) and on screen (She-Hulk: Attorney At Law). We also discuss his philosophy on how to write Peter Parker, working with legendary artist John Romita Jr, collaborating with Dan Slott, what it's like to win an Emmy Award and maintaining a successful marriage with Saturday Night Live cast member Heidi Gardner. This episode was recorded live at Fan Expo Canada 2022 in Toronto.
Rapper. Comic book writer. Voice actor. GI Joe fanatic. Today, we are joined by all-around cool cat WORDBURGLAR. This is 'Burg's first time on the show in several years and host ANTHONY KINGDOM JAMES is eager to catch up with him about surviving the pandemic as a performer, being a new father, his recent voice acting gig on the Transformers cartoon "BotBots" and his brand new album "Burgonomic".
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This week, we are joined by former WWE Producer RYAN KATZ. With a long history in the wrestling business as a performer and a reputation for wild creativity, Ryan was the first employee hired to work at the WWE Performance Center when it was preparing to open in 2013. But after 8 and 1/2 years of working with the likes of Dusty Rhodes, William Regal and Triple H to foster the next generations of WWE Superstar, Ryan was let go amidst yet another wave of pandemic “cost-cutting”.
Now, hear from Ryan himself about being hired, being fired, ideas that were left on the table, how he managed to get over with The American Dream, how he rescued Regal from an uncertain medical fate after His Lordship was injured during a trip to Costa Rica, how he influenced the creation of Hit Row and more. Plus, hear from this experienced developmental producer about what indie wrestlers should be doing to start and build their careers!
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On this week's episode of the Handsome Genius Club Radio Show, host Anthony Ruttgaizer welcomes actor and geek culture enthusiast PAUL SUN-HYUNG LEE to the podcast. After years as a journeyman actor, Paul's career has reached new levels in recent times including his upcoming role as Uncle Iroh in the new Netflix adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, his ongoing role as Captain Carson Teva in Disney Plus' The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett and his breakout role as Appa in the Canadian sitcom Kim's Convenience.
Anthony and Paul discuss all of those roles, how he got them and where they're going. Plus, we dive into Paul's massive and ever-growing sci-fi toy collection, his love of cosplay and comic book conventions and his weekly unboxing videos on YouTube.
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Today on the show: With American wrestling promotion Ring Of Honor's announcement earlier this week that they would shut down in December to "reimagine and retool" their business model, we asked current ROH superstar and World Six-Man Tag Team champion SHANE TAYLOR to come to the Handsome Genius Club for a chat. What went wrong? What can be done to fix the promotion? What are Taylor's plans for the future of his "Shane Taylor Promotions" faction? Learn all this and SO much more during The Notorious One's FIRST INTERVIEW since the shut down was announced.
Plus, Headlocked comic book writer MICHAEL KINGSTON joins the show to put in his two cents about the ROH closure and plug his ongoing Kickstarter for "Tales From The Road 2".
Today on the show: Toronto city councillor PAULA FLETCHER joins the show to discuss the council's decision to rename Dundas Street, the affects of Premier Doug Ford forcing the city to cut the size of council by almost half during the last municipal election, the current fight against rent increases and evictions during the pandemic, concerns over Ford's forced changes to the upcoming TTC downtown relief subway line, and the re-opening of Toronto in the (hopefully) waning days of the pandemic.
Today on the show: DAN MENDOZA, creator of such cult favourite comics books as Zombie Tramp, Sad Girl Psycho Baby and Dollface, joins the show to discuss the ongoing Kickstarter campaign for Sugar Pop issue 3, his relationship with his fans, his success with crowdfunding and self-publishing, having one of his books banned in China and working with his significant other Kinghtmare Lynch on her series, Lil Six Kannibal Kitty.
Today on the show: Comic book writer/artist JAMAL IGLE joins Anthony to talk his library of work such as Molly Danger, Black, its sequel White and The Wrong Earth. Plus, we chat about our former publisher, Action Lab Comics, a little bit of wrestling and a whole lot more!
Today on the show, indie wrestler ADDY STARR talks about her love of deathmatch wrestling, how LEGO made its way into her repertoire of weaponry, her full-time gig as a high school teacher, what she missed about Canada when she was living in the UK, why she went to the UK in the first place and what she misses about Britain now that she's home. Plus, Addy talks about her favourite wrestler on Earth. Find out who that is on today's show.
Today on the show: "The Bubblegum Princess" ALEXIA NICOLE joins The Club to talk wrestling, road trips, dayjobs, going back to school during the pandemic, shoulder surgery, getting kicked in the face by Gabriel Fuerza, Marvel movies, parental support and what makes Space Monkey so damn weird. It is a fun episode, kids. Definitely worth the extra day's wait!
Today on the show: Comic book creator ANDY BELANGER (aka indie wrestler Animal Bob Anger) is here to talk about getting into wrestling in his late 30s, training with Speedball Mike Bailey during the pandemic, breaking out on his own as a comic creator with his about-to-debut self-published Mother Trucker series, and so very much more!