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A weekly podcast hosted by Mike Burton where he searches for interesting guests across the world, having ”Honest Conversations With Interesting People”! With every podcast being something different, there’s no reason not to tune in, with guests, ranging from filmmakers, authors, musicians & travellers, to fellow podcasters, actors, creatives, experts in a variety of fields and everyone in-between! No subject is off limits, so take your pick at the huge back catalogue and dig in to some Genuine Chit-Chat!
Episodes

Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
The pop punk band Royals are this episode’s focus where Mike speaks with singer/frontman Luke Smithson and Tom Guildford; bassist & one of their newest members about pop punk, their upcoming EP release on June 11th, music videos and more!
For more detail, part 1 includes why Luke started Royals, how the band is different to other bands Tom & Luke have been in, how covers are put together, what pop punk means to them, their favourite part of being in Royals, the importance of getting along with band members, how lockdown affected their EP release, the music video & song meaning for Jaded and much more is discussed!
Part 2 is out next week (patreons already have access) and they discuss the video & song meaning behind Worldwide Catastrophe, their anticipation for future live shows, the future of the band, the songwriting process, the theme for their Spark To Ignite EP, interactions with their fanbase, toxic positivity and many other topics are tackled, so keep an eye out for that!
Royals on Spotify - Royal’s Custom Spotify Playlist
Luke & Tom can be found on social media @LukeRoyalsUK & @TomsRoyalsUK!
Royals' Site - Social media: IG: @Royalsofficialuk – FB: /RoyalsOfficialUK – Twitter: @RoyalsBandUK – Royals' Twitch
For only as little as £1 a month, get access to part 2 of this chat one week early, in the full unsplit version of this conversation (& previous two-parters) as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-58 are out now, with ep 58 showing how Kanan Jarrus met his master, 57 is about Luke, Leia & Han getting stranded on the mysterious Hubin while 56 gives information on the heroes of the resistance! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw
Mike is on episode 21 of the podcast Geek Talks on the Fantastic Universes feed: https://spoti.fi/3fOJT5h
Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
Gough; the creator of Beernuts Productions, joins Mike for his fifth appearance on the show to talk about his latest film; Book Club & behind the scenes stuff, along with his new podcast!
For more detail, in his latest appearance, Gough talks about his 22nd film; Book Club, how he came up with the idea, some of his inspirations for it and some of the highlights (no spoilers) plus Mike & Gough talk about the new behind the scenes videos Gough has been releasing on the Beernuts YouTube, with some funny anecdotes to go along with them, and Gough talks about his latest venture; the Beernuts Productions podcast, how he’s been finding it and why he started it!
Beernuts Social Media; IG: @BeernutsProductions – Twitter: @Beernuts_gough - FB: /BeernutsProductions
Check out the recently revamped Beernut’s website with a new layout and more content: https://beernutsproductions.com/
Beernut’s YouTube channel with trailers & hilarious behind the scenes videos: https://youtube.com/BeernutsProductions
Make sure you check out Gough’s other appearances on GCC, on episodes 48, 65, 84 & 105!
For only as little as £1 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Last episode #125, Mike spoke with Matthew B Lloyd; golden-age comic extraordinaire & host of the Classic Comics podcast show (on Comics In Motion), they spoke about how Matt first got into comics and how his love of history pushed him into the golden age of comics (between 1938-1956), why he started a podcast & what it’s all about, before talking about the many strange characters & stories in the 70s/80s Star Wars comics and so much more!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-57 are out now, with ep 57 being about Luke, Leia & Han getting stranded on the mysterious Hubin while 56 gives information on the heroes of the resistance and 55 featured Aphra & the psychotic protocol droid Triple-Zero on the run! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw
Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
Matthew B Lloyd; golden-age comic extraordinaire & host of the Classic Comics podcast show (on Comics In Motion) returns as this week’s guest, talking about old comics, Star Wars newspaper strips and more!
This week is part 2 of their chat (which was already available to all Patreon supporters of GCC) where Mike & Matt continue to talk about the many strange characters & stories in the 70s/80s Star Wars comics, including the daily newspaper strips, the multimedia projects Star Wars has started, storylines, Matt’s connection to Star Wars and more, so be sure to either visit Patreon today or tune into this feed next week!
Last week, in part 1 of their chat, they discussed how Matt first got into comics and how his love of history pushed him into the golden age of comics (between 1938-1956), why he started a podcast & what it’s all about, before talking about some of the weird & wonderful things in the Star Wars comics from the 70s/80s, so make sure to check that episode out if you haven’t already!
Find Matt’s Comic show on Twitter @ComicsLloyd and find his personal account @MattB_Lloyd!
Matt’s Comics email: classiccomicsnbl@gmail.com – Matt also writes reviews for https://dccomicsnews.com
The Batman: Politics In Gotham book that Matt contributed can be found here for UK: https://amzn.to/3eVxwW5 or here for US: https://amzn.to/3w8jaah
Supporters of GCC on Patreon had access to both parts of this early, in one unsplit release, so for only as little as £1 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Last episode, Mike spoke with actor Tom Everatt about a huge amount of topics, including Norse mythology, deities & religion, Tom’s time as a tour guide, why Tom decided to become an actor, learning introspection, free will & determinism, political discourse & idealism, the news cycle, being a good person & much more!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-56 are out now, with ep 56 giving information on the heroes of the resistance while 55 featured Aphra & the psychotic protocol droid Triple-Zero on the run, while ep 54 details Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus from order 66 and beyond! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw
Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
Matthew B Lloyd, host of the Classic Comics podcast show (on Comics In Motion) is this week’s guest, talking about old comics, starting his podcast and Star Wars!
In more detail, this week is part 1 of their chat and they discuss how Matt first got into comics and how his love of history pushed him into the golden age of comics (between 1938-1956), why he started a podcast & what it’s all about, before talking about some of the weird & wonderful things in the Star Wars comics from the 70s/80s!
Part 2 is already available to all Patreon supporters of GCC (for as little as £1 a month) but will be released on this feed next week. In part 2 Mike & Matt continue to talk about the many strange characters & stories in the 70s/80s Star Wars comics, including the daily newspaper strips, the multimedia projects Star Was has started, storylines, Matt’s connection to Star Wars and more, so be sure to either visit Patreon today or tune into this feed next week!
Find Matt’s Comic show on Twitter @ComicsLloyd and find his personal account @MattB_Lloyd!
Matt’s Comics email: classiccomicsnbl@gmail.com – Matt also writes reviews for https://dccomicsnews.com
The Batman: Politics In Gotham book that Matt contributed can be found here for UK: https://amzn.to/3eVxwW5 or here for US: https://amzn.to/3w8jaah
Supporters of GCC on Patreon have access to both parts of this episode right now, in one unsplit release, for only as little as £1 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Last episode, Mike spoke with actor Tom Everatt about a huge amount of topics, including Norse mythology, deities & religion, Tom’s time as a tour guide, why Tom decided to become an actor, learning introspection, free will & determinism, political discourse & idealism, the news cycle, being a good person & much more!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-55 are out now, with ep 55 showing Aphra & psychotic protocol droid Triple-Zero on the run, while ep 54 details Caleb Dume/kanan Jarrus from order 66 onwards and ep 53 details the 50th issue story-arc named Hope Dies! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw
Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
Tom Everatt; actor, presenter and all-round great conversationalist returns this week to talk about acting, free will & determinism, isolation and more!
This episode is part 2 of their chat and it focuses on Tom & Mike discussing free will & determinism, political discourse & idealism, ideaological tribalism, how isolation has affected our ability to communicate, how negativity can become a drain on people, the news cycle, being a good person & much more, all with plenty of anecdotes & analogies sprinkled in – all supporters on Patreon had access to this when part 1 was released, so if you want early access to GCC and a new show “Afterthoughts”, check out the Patreon details below!
Tom’s Instagram: @Taeveratt - Festival Players Site: http://thefestivalplayers.co.uk/ - Golden Age Theatre Company Site: https://goldenagetheatre.com/
Supporters of GCC on Patreon had access to part 2 of this episode when part 1 was released, for only as little as £1 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Last episode, Mike spoke with Scott Weatherly about one of his favourite Marvel comic book characters; Moon Knight! In more detail, Scott explains Moon Knight’s first appearances, an overview of his character, appearance and potential psychological disorders, how his character has changed over the years, what Scott wants from the upcoming series and comic recommendations and more!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-54 are out now, with ep 54 detailing Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus from order 66 onwards, ep 53 details the 50th issue story-arc named Hope Dies, while ep 52 was about the villains of the sequel trilogy! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw
Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
Tom Everatt; actor, presenter and all-round great conversationalist is the guest this week, to talk about acting, his life, morality, mutual friends and more!
In more detail, Mike & Tom talk about how they both know Tonya Todd (who introduced them) and their time on her show (52 Love podcast), Neil Gaiman is then discussed along with norse mythology, which leads onto a discussion on human’s desire for a deity & religion, before Tom talks about his time as a tour guide, why Tom decided to become an actor (including a brilliant story from his childhood) and how he learned to be more introspective when in drama school & more!
Tom’s Instagram: @Taeveratt - Festival Players Site: http://thefestivalplayers.co.uk/ - Golden Age Theatre Company Site: https://goldenagetheatre.com/
Tonya Todd was on episodes 97, 101 and 114 of Genuine Chit-Chat and has her own show called The 52 Love Podcast: http://mstonyatodd.com/podcast/
Part 2 will be out next week (Patrons already have access to this) and it focuses on Tom & Mike discussing free will & determinism, political discourse & idealism, ideaological tribalism, how isolation has affected our ability to communicate, how negativity can become a drain on people, the news cycle, being a good person & much more, all with plenty of anecdotes & analogies sprinkled in – so make sure you tune in next week for that (or support the show on Patreon to hear it now)!
Supporters of GCC on Patreon have access to part 2 of this episode already, for only as little as £1 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Last episode, Mike spoke with Scott Weatherly about one of his favourite Marvel comic book characters; Moon Knight! In more detail, Scott explains Moon Knight’s first appearances, an overview of his character, appearance and potential psychological disorders, how his character has changed over the years, what Scott wants from the upcoming series and comic recommendations and more!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-53 are out now, with ep 53 detailing the 50th issue sort-arc named Hope Dies, while ep 52 was about the villains of the sequel trilogy and 51 was about Aphra & force-sensitive space mould! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw
Mike also appeared on episode 16 Frank Burton’s I Like The Sound podcast: https://spoti.fi/3ue8ma3
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Scott Weatherly of the 20th Century Geek podcast and the Stories Out Of Time & Space podcast joins Mike again this week, this time to discuss one of his favourite Marvel comic book characters, who has recently had a live-action TV series starring Oscar Isaac announced; Moon Knight!
In more detail, Scott explains Moon Knight’s first appearances, an overview of his character, appearance and potential psychological disorders, before talking about the artists & writers who handled him, how his character has changed over the years and why he’s different to other superheroes, what Scott wants from the upcoming series and they finish with Scott’s comic recommendations for Moon Knight and Mike & Scott’s thoughts on the MCU series in general!
Supporters of GCC on Patreon had access to this episode a week early and had early access to both parts of Mike & Scott’s H.P. Lovecraft chat! For only £2/$3 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Last episode, Mike & Scott spoke about the life of fantasy/horror writer; H.P. Lovecraft! They discussed his bigotry, relationships & death, before talking about Lovecraft’s writing style, the realm of Lovecraftian horror that he created including ancient beings like Cthulu, what happened to his works after he died, Alan Moore’s Lovecraftian comic, surviving in Lovecraft’s world, Scott then reads out a short passage from a Lovecraft story, explains why it’s hard to adapt Lovecraftian stories onto screen, plus Scott recounts how he first got into Lovecraft!
20th Century Geek: http://www.20thcenturygeek.com/ – Stories Out Of Time & Space: http://www.20thcenturygeek.com/timeandspacepod – Twitter: @20thCenturyGeek
Mike & Scott had a conversation on sci-fi crossovers, special effects and loads more in late 2020, so check out episode 107 of GCC for that!
Promo by American Slacker: https://www.aspodcast.com/
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-52 are out now, with ep 52 being about the villains of the sequel trilogy, 51 was about Aphra & force-sensitive space mould and 50 was a Q&A episode with Mike & Megan! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3sOtqCw
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF
Mike appeared on episode 76 Frank Burton’s Ragbag podcast: http://spoti.fi/3aLgx5e
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Scott Weatherly of the 20th Century Geek podcast and the Stories Out Of Time & Space podcast joins Mike again this week, to continue their talk about one of the most influential fantasy/horror writers of the 20th Century; H.P. Lovecraft!
This week, in part 2, Scott talks about Alan Moore’s Lovecraftian comic and surviving in Lovecraft’s world, Scott then reads out a short passage from a Lovecraft story and explains why it’s hard to adapt Lovecraftian stories onto screen, Scott also recounts how he first got into Lovecraft, and many other Lovecraft-related topics are discussed!
Supporters of GCC on Patreon had access to part 2 a week early and currently have access to the third part of Scott & Mike’s chat, which is all about Moon Knight! For only £2/$3 a month, get early access to GCC conversations as well as exclusive access to Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), so if you want to support the show and get more content, or just check out free stuff, go to http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Last week, part 1 of Mike & Scott’s chat started with Lovecraft’s life including his bigotry, relationships & death, before talking about Lovecraft’s writing style, the realm of Lovecraftian horror that he created including ancient beings like Cthulu, what happened to his works after he died, so go back and listen to that if you haven’t already!
Some recommendations for starting Lovecraft are; Dagon, From Beyond, The Hound, Rats In The Walls, Horror At Red Hook, Herbert West: Reanimator & The Tomb – Scott recommended picking up the Wordsworth collection called Haunter Of The Dark as a starting point.
S. T. Joshi’s Lovecraft biographies are ones to pick up if you want to know even more about Lovecraft!
20th Century Geek: http://www.20thcenturygeek.com/ – Stories Out Of Time & Space: http://www.20thcenturygeek.com/timeandspacepod – Twitter: @20thCenturyGeek
Last time Mike & Scott tried discussing HP Lovecraft, they ended up talking about sci-fi crossovers, special effects and loads more, so check out episode 107 of GCC for that!
In the previous episode of GCC; number 121, Mike spoke with Dominic Pace, aka Gekko The Bounty Hunter from chapters 1 & 3 of The Mandalorian, as well as Glyn Davies who connected them –Dominic talks about his role in the Mandalorian, how it’s been touring and meeting members of the Star Wars community, how cool the new special effects LED screen “The Volume” was during filming, the parallels Dominic sees in the Star Wars universe to his own life, some of the people in Star Wars he’s met, Dominic’s positive outlook on life and more!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-51 are out now, with ep 51 being about Aphra & force-sensitive space mould, 50 being a Q&A episode with Mike & Megan and 49 featured Bounty Hunters pursuing Darth Vader! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more – https://spoti.fi/3kPcyJH
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike & Megan also appeared on the 52 Love Podcast where they wrote & read poems to each other: http://spoti.fi/3ruHXmF
Mike appeared on episode 76 Frank Burton’s Ragbag podcast: http://spoti.fi/3aLgx5e
Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube – Stitcher – Podbean – Spotify
You can also email Mike at GenuineChitChat@outlook.com with any reviews, comments or suggestions.

Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
This week Mike is joined by returning guest Scott Weatherly of the 20th Century Geek podcast and the Stories Out Of Time & Space podcast, to talk about one of the most influential fantasy/horror writers who you may have never heard of; H.P. Lovecraft!
Part 1 of Mike & Scott’s chat starts with Lovecraft’s life including his bigotry, relationships & death, before talking about Lovecraft’s writing style, the realm of Lovecraftian horror that he created including ancient beings like Cthulu, what happened to his works after he died and more!
Parts 1&2 are available now on Patreon in one unsplit episode, but on this standard feed, part 2 of their discussion will be released next week! In part 2, their chat on Lovecraft continues, starting with Alan Moore’s Lovecraftian comic, surviving in Lovecraft’s world, Scott then reads out a short passage from a Lovecraft story, why it’s hard to adapt Lovecraftian stories onto screen, how Scott first got into Lovecraft and many other aspects, so either tune in next week, or support GCC on Patreon!
Some recommendations for starting Lovecraft are; Dagon, From Beyond, The Hound, Rats In The Walls, Horror At Red Hook, Herbert West: Reanimator & The Tomb – Scott recommended picking up the Wordsworth collection called Haunter Of The Dark as a starting point.
S.T. Joshi’s Lovecraft biographies are ones to pick up if you want to know even more about Lovecraft!
20th Century Geek - Stories Out Of Time & Space - Twitter: @20thCenturyGeek
Last time Mike & Scott tried discussing HP Lovecraft, they ended up talking about sci-fi crossovers, special effects and loads more, so check out episode 107 of GCC for that!
Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-50 are out now, with ep 50 being a Q&A episode with Mike & Megan, 49 featured Bounty Hunters pursuing Darth Vader and ep 48 featured the munity on Mon Cala (Ackbar’s homeworld)! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm, book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3kPcyJH
In the previous episode of GCC; number 121, Mike spoke with Dominic Pace, aka Gekko The Bounty Hunter from chapters 1 & 3 of The Mandalorian, as well as Glyn Davies who connected them – Dominic talks about his role in the Mandalorian, how it’s been touring and meeting members of the Star Wars community, how cool the new special effects LED screen “The Volume” was during filming, the parallels Dominic sees in the Star Wars universe to his own life, some of the people in Star Wars he’s met, Dominic’s positive outlook on life and more!
Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases 2 episodes of his show “Afterthoughts” a week (with 2 episodes are *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher and their review of The Phantom Menace), plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics for this very show) and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat
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Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Dominic Pace, aka Gekko The Bounty Hunter from chapters 1 & 3 of The Mandalorian is the special guest this week and Mike is also joined by Glyn Davies who connected them!
In more detail, Dominic talks about his role in the Mandalorian, how it’s been touring and meeting members of the Star Wars community, how cool the new special effects LED screen “The Volume” was during filming, the parallels Dominic sees in the Star Wars universe to his own life, some of the people in Star Wars he’s met, Dominic’s positive outlook on life, political correctness, Daniel Day Lewis, staying humble and more!
Dominic/Gekko’s Site (with tour dates): https://gekkothebountyhunter.com/ - Twitter: @GekkoTheHunter - Glyn’s Twitter: @RealGlynDavies
This episode was aired on both Genuine Chit-Chat and on Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon, which is found on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-49 are out now, with ep 49 featuring Bounty Hunters pursuing Darth Vader, ep 48 featured the munity on Mon Cala (Ackbar’s homeworld) and the release before that was a spoiler-free book review of Light Of The Jedi! Previous episodes topics include Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Count Dooku, Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, how C-3PO got his red arm & more - https://spoti.fi/3kPcyJH
In the previous episode of GCC; number 120, Mike spoke with 4 members of the Comics In Motion family for a massive 2+ hour long roundtable discussion on Zack Snyder’s Justice League!
Also make sure you check out episode 110 of GCC for Mike’s conversation with Star Wars author Claudia Gray!
On Mike’s Patreon, you’ll get access to an exclusive new show “Afterthoughts” (with 2 episodes being *FREE* to anyone – one of which is their review of The Phantom Menace as Mike & Megan have started a full Star Wars run-through), plus there are other unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics for his Star Wars show) and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!
Mike was on the 20th Century Geek podcast to talk about his 3 “Desert Island Comics” here: http://spoti.fi/3r1UOvZ
Mike & Megan were also on the Batman retrospective on 20th Century Geek, where they discuss Batman ’66, the four Burtonverse Batman movies, Mask Of The Phantasm and the Dark Knight trilogy, check it out part 1 here: https://spoti.fi/3sTeN2m
Mike was recently on Podcasts We Listen To, speaking about his show Genuine Chit-Chat and next week he talks all about this show and his love of Star Wars: http://spoti.fi/3uus0PT
Mike also appeared on episode 76 Frank Burton’s Ragbag podcast: http://spoti.fi/3aLgx5e
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