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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Ira Steven Behr

Posted Friday, May 10th, 2019 at 5:22am

Ken Plume has a chat with writer/producer Ira Steven Behr, about Deep Space Nine, temporal beards, origins, disconnects, The Avery Enigma, serialization, catching waves, station engines, Quark’s IQ, and spin-offs…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Armin Shimerman

Posted Thursday, May 9th, 2019 at 3:52am

Ken Plume has a chat with actor Armin Shimerman, about Deep Space Nine, Quark, predictions, auditions, Ferengis, atonement, rehearsing, bonding, IQ, beautiful alchemy, Buffy moonlighting, novel ideas, John Dee, franchise returns, spin-offs, and Quarksablanca…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Nana Visitor

Posted Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 at 4:09am

Ken Plume has a chat with actor Nana Visitor, about Deep Space Nine, candor, perspective, exhaustion, stage cheetahs, dramatic flow states, deferment, baking, divine shortcake torture, spun sugar vindication, pretty pain, listening, Sunday dinners, faux pho, and brains vinaigrette…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Andrew Robinson

Posted Tuesday, May 7th, 2019 at 3:30am

Ken Plume has a chat with actor Andrew Robinson, about Deep Space Nine, Garak, auditioning, rejection zen, art of the craft, Julius Weezer, Dirty Harry, typecasting, What We Left Behind, and belated appreciation…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Paul Dini 3

Posted Saturday, May 4th, 2019 at 2:36am

Ken Plume has another chat with writer/producer Paul Dini, about soft soap, George Lucas, Skywalker Ranch, Ewoks, Droids, cartoon writing, Batman, ice hearts, and The Joker…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Nate Begle

Posted Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 at 3:05am

Ken Plume has a chat with puppeteer and performer Nate Begle, about love nudges, plane pretzels, Universal Pitywalk, Deep Blue parrots, puppeteering, quaint German mustard, Muppets, tangent holes, Blockbusting, projecting, Pope shows, Last Week Tonight dogs, laser light shows, theme parking, and Groot…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Dave Thomas 4

Posted Sunday, April 28th, 2019 at 4:16am

Ken has another chat with comedy icon Dave Thomas, about SCTV, spies, making Strange Brew, runaway robots, boxing Hope, studio tussles, sitcoms, and writing…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & MC Frontalot

Posted Monday, March 25th, 2019 at 12:13am

Ken has a chat with nerdcore legend MC Frontalot, about concept albums, the PokeParty, candidate shipping, WWE News Network, logging off, dainty barbarians, gimmicks, phasing, album discipline, Tom Waits for no man, tombstone playlists, Brooklyn movies, and gelled mice…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Kelly Thompson

Posted Sunday, March 17th, 2019 at 8:01pm

Ken has a chat with writer Kelly Thompson, about janx, dream projects, leveling up, West Coast Avengers, toaster ovens, fun, Captain Marvel, baby landsharks, perma-pedastals, glass filling, theater etiquette, and Sliders…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Rufus Jones

Posted Monday, February 11th, 2019 at 6:16am

Ken has a chat with actor/writer Rufus Jones, about sacrificial innards, creative akimbo, puppet Hurt, a thousand deaths, Barton Fink feelings, chipperness, the Way of breakfast, Sir David Mitchell, and practical Pembertons….

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Paul Myers 3

Posted Sunday, February 10th, 2019 at 6:22am

Ken Plume has another chat with musician/writer Paul Myers, about The Kids In The Hall, beer Christmas, secret Canadians, trying lives, compartmentalizing, and being easy adjacent…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Chris Hastings

Posted Thursday, January 24th, 2019 at 5:29am

Ken has a chat with writer Chris Hastings, about Gwenpool, the cat of dogs, comfort cocktails, charm offensives, Goldenshakes, nom de Zdarsky, ginger beer, Dr. McNinja, vampires, and six million dollar men…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Robbi Rodriguez

Posted Friday, December 28th, 2018 at 10:58pm

Ken has a chat with artist Robbi Rodriguez, about Spider-Gwen, SpiderVerse premieres, Target dreams, fractal foundations, backbeat Rico, critical Toth, Golden LaTours, Slott schemes, Bendis tabling, and premiere Tupperware…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Dave Thomas 3

Posted Thursday, December 27th, 2018 at 12:57am

Ken has another chat with comedy icon Dave Thomas, about Canadian fallout, McKenzie politics, SCTV, character work, Soviet programming, and departures…

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2018 FRED Holiday Shopping Guide

Posted Saturday, December 15th, 2018 at 4:47am

It’s that time of year again, when sites the web-over compile helpful holiday shopping lists to guide you into the deepest, darkest pits of retail with a map that will hopefully get you out alive. Here now, without further ado, is the 2018 FRED Holiday Shopping Guide…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Neil Innes 2

Posted Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 at 4:30am

In this episode, Ken Plume has a chat with singer/songwriter, Bonzo, Python collaborator, and Rutle Neil Innes, about absurdity, sneaky songs, celebratory journeys, soft shoe shuffles, dada tracks, magical mysteries, clapdown Clapton, Arthur chords, French countrysides, surly mornings, and trains of thought…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Dani Fernandez

Posted Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 at 12:50am

Ken Plume has a chat with writer/performer Dani Fernandez, about streaming, channeling, Millennial Manors, toxicity, positivity, typecasting, name games, Harolds, Dream Daddies, and zombies…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Dan Sinker

Posted Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 at 11:23pm

Ken Plume has a chat with writer/performer Dan Sinker, about burn-out, hiding in bushes, time travel shenanigans, punk politics, Twain snobbery, Presidential programming, and social disorder…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Lane Moore

Posted Thursday, November 1st, 2018 at 10:13pm

Ken Plume has a chat with writer/performer Lane Moore, about being alone, awkwardness, catharsis, being candid, honesty, revelations, being evil adjacent, and regional Tinder…

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Weekend Shopping Guide 8/24/18: Gravity Falling

Posted Friday, August 24th, 2018 at 4:16am

It’s time once again for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week including Gravity Falls, Anakin Skywalker, Supergirl, Jack Ryan, Melissa McCarthy, Johnny Knoxville, Spongebob, and more…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Eban Schletter

Posted Sunday, August 19th, 2018 at 1:29am

Ken Plume has a chat with composer Eban Schletter, about singing frogs, epic stories, Disney music, Shermancoasters, originality, temp music, and Tompkins leitmotifs…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Ben Blacker 2

Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2018 at 9:29pm

Ken Plume has another chat with writer Ben Blacker about Hex Wives, comics, flying solo, and Thrilling Adventures…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Dan Telfer

Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 at 12:30am

Ken Plume has a chat with writer/comedian Dan Telfer, about Joe Namath, nostalgia, wikipedia, Columbo, Patton P.I., Fortnite bushmasters, brutal honesty, Cher, and McElroy crashers…

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Weekend Shopping Guide 6/29/18: General Attention

Posted Friday, June 29th, 2018 at 3:47am

It’s time once again for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week including Princess Leia, Stalin, Jason Bateman, Lara Croft, Forrest Gump, Paddington Bear, Dick Van Dyke, Tom Cruise, and more…

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A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Rebecca Watson 9

Posted Thursday, May 31st, 2018 at 11:53pm

Ken Plume has another chat with author, presenter, and skeptic extraordinaire Rebecca Watson, about friend requests, stinging heals, corgi proposals, rusty pumps, goose rolls, edible Disneyland, and quizzes…

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