Interviews and Events

Talking pop culture with people, sometimes at events.

NJ Horror Con and Film Festival 2018: Weekend Wrap-Up

TLS killed it at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival this past weekend. Here we wrap up our incredible experience at the show, and drop hints about more of our coverage coming later this week.

Check out some of the action and more at:

www.newjerseyhorrorcon.com/

https://www.facebook.com/njhorrorcon/

Academy Awards 2018: Morgan Goldin Year III: The EnMorganing

Steve and Scott sat down with long-time friend of the show, Morgan Goldin and talked about who should get little golden statues and who should go home empty handed.

And once you’re done, check out his podcast (currently on hiatus), Amusing Ourselves 2 Death.
And his movie mix tape of his favorite films of 2017.

NOTE: The video got a bit messed up with this one, so it’s just a bunch of stills from our interview, sorry!

Games & Gaming Culture: AMA With Game Designer Ara Shirinian

TLS returns to talk with our favorite guest, and yours, game designer Ara Shirinian a sort of loose AMA session. Big thanks to everyone who submitted a question, and we will be speaking with Ara again sometime in the near future, so be sure to keep and ear, and eye out.

Check out more from Ara on:

instagram
Youtube Channel
Twitter

On the Horn: Cody D. Boyce from Rogue Squadron Podcast

Some of you may recall that we met Cody at 2017’s Podcast Movement among a group of other great folks and recorded a couple of episodes with him back then. Considering he co-hosts a Star Wars podcast, we wanted to get back in touch to hear his thoughts about The Last Jedi, so we just had a somewhat informal chat the other day. Cody was also nice enough to record video and live stream for us, so double thanks go to him.

You can experience more of Cody and his Star Wars geekiness at:
https://www.roguesquadronpodcast.com
https://www.facebook.com/roguesquadpod
https://www.patreon.com/roguesquadpod
and on Instagram and Twitter @roguesquadpod

Syntax Error: Interview with game designer, Ara Shirinian

12/6/2017

In a special guest interview episode, Scott and Ian chat with game designer Ara Shirinian, starting with some ideas contained in his previously covered article, and then expanding upon many more nuanced aspects of videogames and their inner workings as a medium at large.

See more from Ara at:

instagram: ara.shir
https://www.youtube.com/user/arashirinian
http://www.shirinian.net/

MAPACA 2017- Chris Morgan: A Great Wrong for the Greater Good: Moral Dilemmas in Science Fiction

11/16/2017

Last week, The Lost Signals crashed MAPACA 2017 and gave pop culture presentations. In the final talk, Chris Morgan discusses the intricacies of moral conflicts in times of war as depicted in examples from “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “Babylon 5.”

MAPACA 2017- Steven Ormosi: Nihilistic Depression is the New Black: A Study of Rick Sanchez and Bojack Horseman

11/15/2017

Last week, The Lost Signals crashed MAPACA 2017 and gave pop culture presentations. Steevo felt the need to bring everyone down with his talk about nihilism and depression in Rick and Morty and Bojack Horseman.

MAPACA 2017- Scott Thurlow: The Citizen Kane of Videogames: No Two-Bit Politicians or Heroes

11/14/2017

Last week, The Lost Signals crashed MAPACA 2017 and gave pop culture presentations. In this one, Scott Thurlow proves the case for Bioshock to be the “Citizen Kane” of videogames.

MAPACA 2017- Jonathan Manczur: Legion, Myth, & Joseph Campbell

11/13/17
Last week,The Lost Signals crashed MAPACA 2017 and gave pop culture presentations.  This is the raw, unedited recording of my extemporaneous speech on modern myth, the television show Legion, and the themes within.