Latest Kaijucast Podcast Episodes
12.14.2019: Operation Final Kaijucast
Podcasts – Kaijucast - December 15, 2019 08:01 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsThis final mission will decide the fate of the human race… this is Operation Final Kaijucast! Welcome to a bittersweet episode release: the final episode of the Kaijucast. For this finale, I wanted as many cohosts as possible to get an one last opportunity to interact and say goodbye (or ja mataa...
11.30.2019: FanVasion Trip Recap
Podcasts – Kaijucast - November 30, 2019 21:42 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsThe 2019 Kaijucast FanVasion is complete! Clancy and Kyle have returned from their trip to Tokyo (and beyond) with the rest of the “FanVader” team and the two of them sit down to unpack the whole damn thing. There’s a list below of all the places we went on the trip with some helpful links […]
11.03.2019: Godzilla Birthday Celebration in Tokyo
Podcasts – Kaijucast - November 03, 2019 08:02 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsWow – Tokyo knows how to throw a Godzilla celebration! Today, I spent the day in Tokyo’s Ginza district at Godzilla Square with my group trip’s kaiju freaks (aka the Kaijucast FanVasion) and we had a great time! The stage shows were fun, the programming was great, the exclusives were super cool –...
10.31.2019: Yokai Spooktacular + Yokai Stories’ Zack Davission
Podcasts – Kaijucast - October 31, 2019 13:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsHappy Halloween, Kaiju Fiends!!! Celebrate the spookiest day of our calendar with an all new, super scary episode of the Kaijucast! Dave, Gretchen and Kyle sit down to discuss the cultural phenomenon that has grown to kaiju-sized levels. Thanks to animated shows like Yokai Watch, Rise of the Yok...
10.15.2019: Godzilla Millennium Director Masaaki Tezuka
Podcasts – Kaijucast - October 16, 2019 05:16 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsSince the podcast is ending this year, I figured I should probably dig into the archives and find any unearthed gems. This is one of those gems – and it’s a bit shorter than I would have liked so I guess this is before we really had a lot of kaiju clout! 😛 Waaaaaaay back […]
09.29.2019: Keith Aiken Interview
Podcasts – Kaijucast - September 30, 2019 06:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsIn the history of me of saying “this interview has been a long time coming”, this one might take the cake. In the very first year of the podcast, I spoke with Keith Aiken about coming on the show to talk about some of the knowledge he had… ten years later, the conversation is finally […]
09.19.2019: Monarch Science Declassified Panel from Rose City Comic Con 2019
Podcasts – Kaijucast - September 19, 2019 17:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsOnce again, the Kaijucast stomps through Portland’s own pop culture extravaganza, Rose City Comic Con! This episode serves up the audio from our presentation at the convention: Release the Kaiju with my co-hosts playing the role of Monarch Outpost researchers and scientists… just a little fun wi...
09.05.2019: TJ Storm, Godzilla Motion Capture Actor
Podcasts – Kaijucast - September 05, 2019 21:09 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsOver the past 65 years, Godzilla has been played by all sorts of awesome people: Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Tsutomu “Tom” Kitagawa (just to name a few). Not all Godzilla actors hail from the land of the rising sun, however. We are thrilled to share this conversation with a new kind of Go...
08.26.2019: Godzilla King of the Monsters Director Michael Dougherty
Podcasts – Kaijucast - August 27, 2019 04:31 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsIn this episode I sit down to speak with the director of Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019), Michael Dougherty, to discuss his love for the genre, his work on the newest film and even how his world view aligns with some of his characters’ motivations. If you haven’t seen Dougherty’s Godzilla Ki...
08.19.2019: Kaiju-sized News Roundup
Podcasts – Kaijucast - August 19, 2019 19:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsWe cannot ignore the importance of this episode’s news – and if you haven’t heard about it, get in here and listen! Just a heads up, this episode is really nothing but news. Gretchen and Kyle chat about the slew of kaiju-related articles and announcements that have broken headlines and brains ove...
08.13.2019: Kaiju Modeler & Sculptor Takuji Yamada from G-Fest 26
Podcasts – Kaijucast - August 14, 2019 02:38 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsWe did it, guys! This is the last podcast recording I brought back with me from G-Fest 26 last month, and I’m thrilled to share this interview with master sculptor and diorama builder, Takuji Yamada. Yamada’s skill is incredible, please make sure to check out the links below to his book and museu...
08.07.2019: Godzilla Fest in San Francisco with Bob Johnson
Podcasts – Kaijucast - August 07, 2019 17:16 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsHey guys, its a mini-episode about a cool event happening down in San Francisco later this month, it’s Godzilla Fest! I’m joined by SciFi Japan editor and Bay Area Film Events‘ head honcho Bob Johnson to talk about this 3 day festival of movies playing at the historic Balboa Theater in the heart ...
07.31.2019: Shusuke Kaneko Panel from G-Fest 26
Podcasts – Kaijucast - August 01, 2019 02:34 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsLooks like it’s time to add a THIRD panel recording from G-Fest 26 – this time with the director of the Heisei Gamera trilogy (1995 – 1999) and Godzilla · Mothra · King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), the one and only Shusuke Kaneko. In preparation for the panel, I wrote down a ji...
07.29.2019: Akira Takarada Panel from G-Fest 26
Podcasts – Kaijucast - July 29, 2019 23:38 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsWe are back with another panel from G-Fest 26 with the always amazing Akira Takarada! You know this actor of course, in addition to being on the podcast back in 2013 and in my documentary, Hail to the King: 60 Years of Godzilla, Takarada played Ogata in the 1954 original Godzilla film, plus he’s ...
07.24.2019: Kaijucast 10th Anniversary Podcast from G-Fest 26
Podcasts – Kaijucast - July 24, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsThis episode was recorded LIVE at G-Fest earlier this month and it’s the 10th Anniversary Kaijucast Talk Show panel! Big thanks to the G-Fest staff for giving us the opportunity to interview these amazing guests – especially Tim Bean, Martin Arlt, Jeff Horne & JD Lees. Without their help, we def...
06.30.2019: Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019) Daikaiju Discussion
Podcasts – Kaijucast - July 01, 2019 06:56 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsOur very last Daikaiju Discussion episode comes in with flying colors – we had thirty listeners send in their homework for this film, and that’s on top of our hour plus chat too! No time to fill this space with extra verbiage; you’ve got a podcast to listen to! MUSIC OF THE TITANS: 1. Godzilla […]
06.15.2019 G-Fest Prepisode
Podcasts – Kaijucast - June 16, 2019 05:42 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsHoly smokes, you guys, the world’s biggest annual festival of kaiju is coming up and coming in fast! Gretchen joined me to build a little hype for the convention that’s taking place next month in Chicago, Illinois (Rosemont, actually) G-FEST XXVI. We’re super excited for her to experience the awe...
05.31.2019: Godzilla King of the Monsters News Roundup
Podcasts – Kaijucast - May 31, 2019 08:54 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsOh man, so much news I don’t even have the time to write a catchy intro paragraph – follow those links people!! MUSIC: 1. Last Shot by Alexander Desplat from Godzilla (2014) SUGGESTED VIEWING: International Posters Cinerama Dome Chinese Premier Photos (giant Godzilla statue and displays) Toho at ...
05.14.2019: The Ultraman Anime Episode
Podcasts – Kaijucast - May 15, 2019 06:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsWith all of this Ultra-coverage happening around here, we decided that we should strike while the iron is hot and this episode of the Kaijucast is covering the 13-episode Netflix anime series based on the 2012 manga, Ultraman! Gretchen and Kyle are essentially sitting down to chat about the stren...
04.30.2019: The Ultraman Episode
Podcasts – Kaijucast - May 01, 2019 05:36 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsYou wanted it, you got it! Or, maybe I should say that I wanted it, so I made it. That’s right, Ultra fiends, we are talking about the 1966 television show, created by the same special effects director that brought Godzilla to life, Eiji Tsuburaya. We are covering Ultraman (1966) and it’s about ...
04.17.2019: Rectifying Reptilicus with Jim Cirronella
Podcasts – Kaijucast - April 17, 2019 22:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsIf you’re looking at this episode title and thinking to yourself “wait a minute… didn’t they already talk about this flick??” the answer is YES! But as it stands, I was coerced into asking So yeah… we didn’t like REPTILICUS the first time around and a friend of mine needed to school us on the […]
03.31.2019: Ultra Q vs the Kaijucast vs Monster Kid Radio
Podcasts – Kaijucast - April 01, 2019 00:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsThe vast forces of Nature, apparently, exist in harmony and balance. Then, one day, this order of things suddenly becomes turmoil! Strange, gigantic creatures rise thru the Earth’s crust in an earth-quaking uproar…sea monsters attack the shores on the crest of steaming tidal waves…weird beings fr...
03.08.2019: Mondo Artist Tom Whalen
Podcasts – Kaijucast - March 09, 2019 00:16 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsIt’s with much fanfare that we bring you a very special chat with fellow kaiju fan and Mondo artist, Tom Whalen. Tom is an artist the Kyle has been following for many years and one of the main reasons for the chat, and corresponding episode is to announce a super rad poster that Tom designed […]
02.28.2019: Godzilla The Planet Eater Daikaiju Discussion
Podcasts – Kaijucast - March 01, 2019 06:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsCongratulations, everyone – we did it! We made it through the anime trilogy. And man, was that tough. Gretchen came over to chat with me about this new film, Godzilla The Planet Eater (2018). I don’t really have much to add here, but feel free to check out the article below in which the directors...
02.26.2018: Japan Wrap up with David Dopko
Podcasts – Kaijucast - February 27, 2019 07:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsAnother episode to wrap up our adventures in Japan. In our last episode, we talked about our Hokkaido and the first half of our time in Kyoto. For this episode, we flesh out the remainder of our trip, now that we’ve returned to the US. Part one of our adventure can be found here. As […]
02.14.2019: Kaiju fans in Japan with David Dopko
Podcasts – Kaijucast - February 14, 2019 14:12 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsHey everyone, I wanted to make sure to get an episode recorded, despite having a blast in Japan right now. You see, I’m traveling with fellow Japanophile and kaiju fan David Eric Dopko and we wanted to share some of the awesome adventures that we’re having and and awesome stuff we’re seeing with ...
01.13.2018 Emergency Broadcast 8 with Kevin Derendorf, Ed Holland & Matt Frank
Podcasts – Kaijucast - January 14, 2019 07:37 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsIt’s hard to believe, but this past weekend marked the TENTH anniversary of the producing the podcast. That’s right, people… ten years of podcasting about giant freaking monsters! This episode (#253, Kyle!) is our eighth “Emergency Broadcast”, a live broadcast in which we connect with special gu...
01.06.2019: DNA of Tokusatsu Exhibit Recap & News Catchup
Podcasts – Kaijucast - January 07, 2019 05:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsWe here at the Kaijucast all hope you had a nice holiday break and a happy new year celebration! I just returned from Japan and sat down with Gretchen to chat about the recent exhibit that opened in Tokyo, the DNA of Tokusatsu. The exhibit was absolutely amazing and I’ve uploaded a gallery to the...
12.15.2018: Godzilla Designer Shinji Nishikawa
Podcasts – Kaijucast - December 15, 2018 14:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsJust because I’m in Japan doesn’t mean I can’t post an all-new, super cool interview with one of the most prolific Godzilla artists in the industry. I’m referring, of course to Shinji Nishikawa, the man who created such iconic kaiju designs throughout the Heisei and Millennium series such as Biol...
11.30.2018: Godzilla vs. Megalon Daikaiju Re-Discussion
Podcasts – Kaijucast - December 01, 2018 05:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 225 ratingsWe are back in the 1970s, man! And we’re taking another look at another film that might not have gotten a fair shake the last time around, we’re talking about 1973’s Godzilla vs. Megalon on this episode of the podcast. We originally covered this in episode 30, and I know I did not give this […]