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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 33: It is Inaccurate (with Dael Kingsmill)

Bat Minute - June 30, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Bruce now sees that Buzz, Chuckie AND Sal are in on these fronts together. The Bat is planning to pay the gangster a little visit to get to the bottom of all of this... and then head to Andrea's for a little lovin' it seems! Cut to later on and The Bat is stalking one Mr Valestra. Well, steali...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 32: An Asthma Girl in a COVID World (with Dael Kingsmill)

Bat Minute - June 28, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Sal is angry - why is The Bat doing this? Why is he killing off gangsters? He’s never done it before. It's almost like... IT'S NOT HIM AT ALL! SHOCK! GASP! Anyway, Sal is too old for this ****. After he denounces the freak job Arthur then practically turns his back on the guy. Some friend, huh...


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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 31: Hey, There, Blimpy Boy, Flying Through the Sky So Fancy-Free (with Dael Kingsmill)

Bat Minute - June 26, 2023 05:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Our Bruce is gently weeping. Graveside, wet from both tears and rain. Sopping one could say. BUT CRY NO LONGER! Andrea is here, sent by the ghosts of your dead parents to keep you happy. You'd both better be happy FOREVER AND EVER otherwise the spirits will be most upset... Going another layer...

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BONUS: Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 30 Outtake - Gateway Horrors

Bat Minute - June 24, 2023 06:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Something creepy this way comes...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 30: GET IN THE TIGHTS, KID! (with Chelsea Stardust)

Bat Minute - June 23, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Bruce rejects the phone call from Andrea. He's choosing his path in life, right here, right now... it's Batman all the way. We should all feel for Alfred. He’s standing there with Andrea on hold… he’s desperately trying to come up with something, come up with ANYTHING he can say to her. Not co...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 29: Bat Ghost Coast to Coast (with Chelsea Stardust)

Bat Minute - June 21, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Bruce has been badly beaten and the box is about to be nabbed! He held his own pretty well though, bravo, bravo. The sweater is ripped though - disgraceful. After this chaos our boy heads back to the mansion for some light doodling. This pic is all about the big scary costume he wants. Raaaaar...


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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 28: Hulk Smash... If You Live, Shoot! (with Jack Stovold)

Bat Minute - June 19, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
We’re back as Bruce tackles the motorcycle gang… but not the one from our other show. No, don't get confused here, listeners. Holy crap - he literally just throws this guy over the bridge and into the water. Bruce is seeing red! We've got ourselves a good old fashioned slobberknocker! It's a...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 27: Paging Angus Scrimm (with Audra Wolfmann and Brett Stillo)

Bat Minute - June 16, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Valestra lights up a fatty. A STOLEN FATTY! That's just not on. Down with this sort of thing. Andrea and Bruce take their business outside - they know when they're not wanted. I mean, Bruce does have baggy, loose, skin it seems. While taking a stroll the pair suddenly stumble upon… CRIME! Mo...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 26: A Satanic, Undead John Waters (with Audra Wolfmann and Brett Stillo)

Bat Minute - June 14, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Arthur does this little awkward cough. Feeling like a... fourth wheel, dude? Oh well, he's outta here anyway. Beat it, creep! I suppose I should be calling him a "Young Turk", however. "All the money in the world means little if you don’t have loved ones to share it with”. Ouch, Bruce feels th...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 25: Nice To Meet You, Dollar Sign (with Audra Wolfmann and Brett Stillo)

Bat Minute - June 12, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Andrea finishes her thought about the future - is Bruce talking about anybody’s in particular or just the generic store brand? Regardless, she isn't expecting to get any concrete plans out of this guy. That's kind of his whole thing. The duo head to the car and Andrea then drops the bombshell ...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 24: Damn it, Jim, I'm a Bat, Not a Fish! (with Scott Carelli)

Bat Minute - June 09, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Don your wig and head into the Knoxville World’s Fair today, Bat Mites. Well, it's close enough at least. Bruce and Andrea hitch a ride through the future of Gotham and get to see C-3PO Cylons and all kinds of tech. They SHOULD be seeing it anyway but they're too busy canoodling! That is until...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 23: Plutonium Peanut Butter with Comet Sprinkles (with Alex Gradet)

Bat Minute - June 07, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Batman turns into King Perv as he spies on his lady love... via binoculars. From behind the grotesques. How sexy. As Andrea and the slime ball have their dinner date we then go all wavy-wavy and venture back to the past once more! A Bruce booty shot introduces us to THE WORLD OF TOMORROW! Th...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 22: Brown Chicken, Brown Cow (with Alex Gradet)

Bat Minute - June 05, 2023 05:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Batman foolishly gives the game away about his real identity, brooding over his parents grave WHILE IN COSTUME. Smart plan there dude. Real clever... Andrea, who seemingly lives at the graveyard, pops up yet again and has another chat with her dead ma. Later on she cleans herself up and head...

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Prashant Khemka (White Oak) - A High-Performance Culture in Indian Equities

Far From The Finishing Post - June 02, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes
Prashant Khemka has a strong track record managing capital in India and global emerging markets. He established Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s India franchise in 2006, was lead portfolio manager of Goldman’s India Equity and Global Emerging Market Equity strategies, and in 2017 founded White O...

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Prashant Khemka (White Oak) - A High-Performance Culture in Indian Equities

Far From The Finishing Post - June 02, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes
Prashant Khemka has a strong track record managing capital in India and global emerging markets. He established Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s India franchise in 2006, was lead portfolio manager of Goldman’s India Equity and Global Emerging Market Equity strategies, and in 2017 founded White O...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 21: Let's Not Be Too Hastings (with Neil Rickatson)

Bat Minute - June 02, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Gordon INSISTS that The Batman does not kill, so he can’t have bumped Bronski off! Can he really be so sure? Best sweep the desk of papers to drive the point home regardless! Jim doesn’t try to STOP the team from arresting Batman, he just washes his hands of it. He Pontius Pilates the situatio...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 20: Rise of the Tea Punks (with Neil Rickatson)

Bat Minute - May 31, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
The goons find what’s left of Big Bad Bronski. Oh man, that can't be pretty... think 'mashed potatoes'. In the distance these guys spy The Phantasm… though they think that it’s DA BAT! Mistaken identity is a terrible thing... The next morning, one Sal Valestra sees this tale in the local rag a...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 19: Bronski Gets Beat (with Jeremie Duval)

Bat Minute - May 29, 2023 19:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Bronski’s Bozos leap into action to save their screaming superior. While fleeing the Phantasm, Bronski falls victim to one of the classic blunders - he falls down a recently opened up grave. We've all done it, right? That old one, eh? Deep in the ground, Bronski awaits the crushing blow of the...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 18: Bronski the Vampire Slayer (with Clarisse Loughrey)

Bat Minute - May 26, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
“Get away from me you freak”. Has that ever worked? Has the bad guy gone “oh, okay, sure thing, my apologies”? Either way. Bronski Beat is giving it a shot! Wielding a pickaxe, Buzz decides to battle the undead. Not sure that's how this works, but you go dude - go down swinging! However... W...

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BONUS: Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 17 Outtake - A Peace of the Moon

Bat Minute - May 25, 2023 21:33 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
"I cherish peace with all my heart. I don't care how many men, women and children I need to kill to get it".

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Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel - May 24, 2023 18:59 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 67 ratings
Script Content:-Zoya and Csaba attend the Katallian service. They discover the portal door is locked and one way (but Ocean Songbird has a key). As early attendees they are drafted into a confession ritual.-Meanwhile the priests discover an unauthorized conjuring, which leads them to find Cranium...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 17: Respect to Skeletons (with Clarisse Loughrey)

Bat Minute - May 24, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
The mysterious one exits the car and crushes tobacco underfoot. No respect at all. What a waste too, especially for this Smalltown Boy. Bronski (Beat) is here to pay respects to the fallen... and this ALWAYS goes well in gangster films, right? RIGHT?!?!? A ghostly voice! A SPIRIT! CHUCKIE IS...


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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 16: She's Got William Shatner Eyes (with Clarisse Loughrey)

Bat Minute - May 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Andrea finishes owning Bruce by revealing her defence class for girls training. Now, to sensible, enlightened, people this is nothing to be ashamed of... but Bruce ain't quite right. Celebrate womanhood, man. Instead of that, Bruce goes full Cobra Kai and sweeps the leg! To these degenerates i...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 15: Your Angel of Love Awaits (with Courtney Coulson and Simon Haynes)

Bat Minute - May 19, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
The cops arrest the last crook standing as Bruce skulks away to safety once more. Job done. His plan is working. Maybe not the whole becoming a Bat part, but certainly the stopping crime element. The next day the papers are wild with stories and rumours, but our hero is busy... WITH JIU JITSU!...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 14: Yes, Father, I Will Become a Hammer (with Courtney Coulson and Simon Haynes)

Bat Minute - May 17, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
The police have been flip-flip-flipped! Bruce is the only one who can stop this guy from stealing… something. Whatever it is! YOU GO, BRUCIE! Don't forget your hammer. The cops arrive on the scene so Bruce flees. His job is done - the guy will be arrested and the crime has been averted. Kind o...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 13: Grappling Hooks For All! (with Courtney Coulson and Simon Haynes)

Bat Minute - May 15, 2023 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Bruce's pursuit is hot and heavy as this remaining crook chaotically careens away! The cops might even think that HE is the criminal - careful now! That possibility is put to bed as the nasty so-and-so decides to absolutely annihilate their car and, presumably, bodies. That's gotta hurt! The...

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Bat Minute of The Phantasm - Minute 12: Give Us All Your Telly! (with Austin Prior and Rob O'Connor)

Bat Minute - May 12, 2023 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
Bruce yanks that makeshift mask into place and he's finally ready to rock and roll. The Batman is here! Kind of... Time to blow this pop stand! The baddies don't take any of this too seriously, it must be said. Our boy ain't deterred though - he just chokes these suckers out, Roddy Piper sty...