Running Retro Maniacs: Recent Episodes
Running Retro Maniacs
We met through our love of running and found out we shared a love of everything retro. We grew up on Saturday Morning cartoons. Combined have a huge video game collection between the two of us. Mike’s heroes are Sylvester Stallone, Macho Man, and Jimmy Connors. Willie attended the Nintendo World Championships as a kid in the 90s and has been a faithful gamer since. Mike owns a number of funko pops still in the box and William owns a number of Marvel action figures. Have a monthly retro game night for the past 6 years. We enjoy classic action movies. New episodes every week Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/retro-runners/support
We have a special guest of the podcast Coffee with Collins who has many interesting stories to share with our listeners. We talk about the day the famous WWE wrestler Andre the Giant saved her father, what the significance of wonderwall is, and the popularity of Onlyfans. Find out as Mike meets his match regarding wrestling history with Collins.
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Spiderman No Way Home Movie Discussion. Find out what we as avid spider man comic book readers since we were kids thought of this new movie. Spoilers ahead for this special spidey movie. Find out the easter eggs we picked up and we thought of this new Marvel movie.
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50th Anniversary Houston Chevron Marathon Spectacular. It's marathon weekend for Willie and Mike. Come learn about our history with this Houston race. Why this race is one of our favorites to do and get some great tips for running the Houston Marathon by two runners who have ran this race multiple times.
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This special episode is about Dating with Kids. We bring in special guest Katherine of @kate.symonsayssmile as she discusses what it is like for her to date as a single mom. Learn more about the challenges she faces as a single mom dating, what suddenly made Mike go quiet, update on Willie's dating life, and what are the Five Love Languages.
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Dating in your 40s series featuring Willie's First Date! Hear Willie and Mike recount more of their bad dates. Find out how Willie's first date ever in his 40s turns out. Does he get a 2nd date or is it a huge disaster? We've hit 30 episodes to end the year. Thank you to all our loyal listeners who tune in week after week to listen to our podcast.
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We talk about Neil Patrick Harris New movie on HBO Max 8 Bit Christmas. A story about a group of kids quest to get a NES gaming system for Christmas set in the 80's. The NES a system close to Willie's and Mike's hearts as kids. Listen to their stories of Christmas as kids, their favorite movies, and what they thought of this Holiday Movie.
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Mike's First Time at Renfest aka The Renaissance Festival. One of the nations largest Renaissance Festivals with over half a million guests yearly. We have a special guest Mike's Wife Kat to join us to tell us about how their visit went and give tips to those who plan to attend. Find out how much more enjoyable Renfest is when you are an adult compared to going as a kid. All that and more on this latest podcast.
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Brazos Bend 100 Trail Race Recap with guest Gokurunner. Willie ends up signing up last minute to do an ultramarathon 50 miler race with his brother Jeremy aka youtuber Gokurunner at Brazos Bend, the park of Alligators. Find out how they did, why Mike doesn't do trail races, and what makes ultramarathons so much fun.
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In this latest episode titled dating in your 40s. Find out from Willie as he ventures off into the dating world. Hear about Mike's experiences using dating apps and how did Willie's first date go. All that on more on this interesting podcast.
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E26 Rocky 4 Drago vs Rocky Director's Cut. It finally came out after 36 years the special Director's cut. One of the best Rocky movies and the man himself Sylvestor Stallone edited adding scenes never seen before. Hear our thoughts about what was cut, what was added, and what we thought of the movie. All that and more on the latest Running Retro Maniacs podcast.
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Celebrating Metroid 35th Anniversary with this special podcast. Listen to us talk about how Metroid changed our lives and gaming in general. We go over our favorite Metroid games and listen to the shock we had to find out Samus was really a woman when we were kids. All that and more in this special anniversary podcast.
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We talk about upcoming movies and tv show trailers that excite us. These include Red Notice, Cowboy Bebop, Uncharted, and the upcoming Rock 4 Director's Cut. Listen to our shock at the one notable character missing from the Cowboy Bebop Trailer and why Mike loves the Rocky movie so much.
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We talk about our busy weekend full of running events. Starting off with GTS annual Halloween Pub Run, then Julie Rogers Gift of Life, Walk to Defeat ALS, Houston Half Marathon, and our thoughts on the new updates to the SRS Turkey Trot. Hear about how we did during the running events this weekend and why Willie has a new found joy for trick or treating in this latest podcast.
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We discuss the major movie trailers shown during DC Fandome 2021. Discussion of upcoming 3 major DC Universe movies The Flash, Black Adam, and The Batman. Listen to our thoughts on each trailer and what we are most excited about on the latest Running Retro Maniacs podcast.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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Find out about Willie's attempt to do the ambitious Grand Canyon Rim2Rim2Rim in 24 hours. A hike that 7 came out to do as a group that encompasses over 50 miles. Find out what Willie had to do to survive the hike and from the others who were part of his group. This is a story of a group of people working together battling sleep deprivation, tired legs, and the dangers of the grand canyon to accomplish a memorable adventure. We have special guest Jeremy aka Goku Runner and Tony Mireles aka the man of over 100 marathons to join as guests.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
Goku Runner
Tony Mireles
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Mike's first marathon to be a Six Star Finisher is Chicago. Find out his experiences visiting Chicago for the first time and how handled the unusual warm weather as he attempted the Chicago Marathon.
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We discuss The Suicide Squad Movie by James Gunn the sequel to Suicide Squad. Attention spoilers ahead so if you haven't seen the sequel watch it first then come to our episode. Hear our thoughts on the characters, our favorite fights, and what we thought of the movie. All that and more on this latest podcast.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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We talk about upcoming movies and shows featuring Matrix Resurrections and Hawkeye. We also discuss the new Flight of the Navigator reboot, Top Gun delay, and Iron Eagle. Learn why Mike doesn't like Doogie Howser and why Willie wouldn't take the red pill in this latest podcast.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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We talk about Nintendo's 25th N64 Anniversary. One of our favorite consoles. Willie talks about the awe he felt when he saw Mario 64 for the first time. Mike talks about wanting the rare disk drive 64dd. We both talk about our favorite games for the system. All that and more on the latest podcast.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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We recount our running histories. Running is what brought Willie and Mike together and they share of their stories of their favorite races. Mike is leaving to Chicago for one of his bucket list marathon races The Chicago Marathon. Willie has some exciting news he wants to tell at the end of this episode about an upcoming race event he is excited for. All that and more on this running specific episode.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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We talk about this year being Nintendo's 35th Anniversary of Zelda. The NES game that started open exploration adventure gaming. We try to talk about all the games in the series we know and our excitement for the upcoming game and watch Zelda edition. All that and more on today's latest podcast.
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Running Retro Maniacs is live from Game Nights 6th anniversary. Game night was established as a way to bring friends together to drink, eat, and most important play all kinds of videogames from NES to PS5 together. During this weeks live from game night we have special guests John and Glenn "Quiet Riot" game night staples. We discuss why Willie never got to have shuriken growing up to the brilliance of the retro toy Light Bright. Will continue to bring you new guests from each game night to tell their favorite stories and learn what brings them to game night. Willie aka Lando Monstrous Mad Mike
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This special podcast we discuss the beginning of the internet with special guest Gokurunner. We lived life without the internet and then experienced the internet for the first time as kids. Find out how patient we were when we had to wait hours to download a picture and our experiences with the internet for the first time. All that and more in this internet only episode.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
Gokurunner
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Runnin Retro maniacs discuss what we are excited about during the latest September 9.23.21 Nintendo Direct. Willie wants Waluigi for Smash Bros Ultimate, Mike hates the live action Super Mario Movie, and we are both excited at the announcement of N64 games for the Nintendo Switch. Listen to all things Nintendo in this latest episode.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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We discuss the recent Sony Showcase. Discuss games we are looking forward to, hear Mike's love for GTA5 rerelease on PS5, and the awesomeness of the Knights of the Old republic remake exclusive. All that and more on this latest podcast featuring all things Sony and the PS5.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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Special unreleased episode of the origins of the game night part 2. This was our 2nd podcast ever and lead up to the 6th year anniversary of game night. Learn who John May day is and that he will drink anything and everything, find out why Willie hides pizza in his car, and our favorite gaming memories. All that and more on this unreleased podcast.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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20th Anniversary of the Nintendo Gamecube on today's special podcast. Find out about a rare japanese only gamecube console the Panasonic Q. We talk about our favorite gamecube games, Miyamoto coming up for an idea for a game from gardening, and the breakthrough hit of the game Animal Crossing. All that and more on a podcast dedicated to the Nintendo Gamecube.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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We talk about the Origins of Game Night on an unreleased podcast from our vault. Learn how a group of friends found their common love of gaming and decided to make a night of it every month. Learn about our love for Nintendo and how The Adventures of Bayou Billy was a game ahead of it's time. Find out how much Willie loves the Power glove and how much Mike hates it. All that and more in part 1 of this special two part podcast.
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Spoilers ahead so if you have not watched the movie yet do not listen to this weeks podcast. We discuss in detail Marvel's MCU Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings. We talk about our knowledge of Shang-Chi, Mandarin, and the amazing cast. Game of thrones has nothing on Shang-Chi fight scenes. Willie enjoys the respect the movie takes when introducing Asian culture to the marvel cinematic universe. Find out our thoughts and more if we enjoyed this movie or not by listening to this latest podcast.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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We talk about Marvel's Eternals Trailer during todays podcast. The one comic book movie that both Mike and Willie are stumped on who the characters are. We discuss the legacy of the Eternals creator, the legendary Jack Kirby. Why does Marvel release a super hero character that is essentially a better X-men Cyclops? Lastly we discuss the importance of not breaking your friends furniture. All that and more in this latest exciting podcast.
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Gateway Candy Episode otherwise known as things we miss in the past and wish they brought back. This special episode we bring back running youtuber Gokrunner to discuss things we loved back in the day and miss now. We start off with Pizza Hut Big Foot Pizza all the way to our drink of choice in Clearly Canadian. We find out the reason Willie owned Reebok pumps and what Mike eats while watching Saturday morning cartoons. Everyone coming to the same realization that candy marketed to us in our youths had darker reasons. Find out all that and more in this exciting new episode of Running Retro Maniacs.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
Gokurunner
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August 23, 1991 was when the Super Nintendo was released to the USA market. We discuss the 30th SNES Anniversary Release in today's podcast. We talk about the Super Nintendo launch titles and what we remember about them, our favorite snes games, and have a hot debate over who did it better Sega or Nintendo. Join Mike and Willie as we show our age discussing one of the classic gaming systems that brought 16 bit gaming to the world.
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We discuss the sudden the drop of the Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer. Willie's opinion on is it lying to your significant other if you have a secret identity or is it just with holding your secret identity for the safety of your loved ones. Marvel's introduction of the multiverse and what it means to the Marvel Universe. Mike also was able to spot key elements others might have missed while watching the trailer. Tune in to this latest Running Retro Maniacs for our Spider-Man fanboy insight and a lot more on this latest episode.
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Introducing Willie's brother and youtube content creater Jeremy Fermo aka Gokurunner. In this episode we learn what made him decide to start his own youtube channel, how you can start doing your own youtube channel, and why he doesn't play videogames anymore. Tune in to this interesting chat.
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
Gokurunner
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Introducing ourselves, our nerdy histories, and our love of everything retro. If you want to follow us on Instagram
Willie aka Lando
Monstrous Mad Mike
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