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10/02/2018

Raising High School Boys

In the last of our series on transitioning to schools, today I am chatting with Alexis Karasek, a mom whose son just graduated high school. In our other transitioning episodes, we focused on making a one-grade leap. Since high school spans a lot of change maturity wise, today we are talking about your child from 9th-12th. Want more transitioning episodes? Check out our episode on starting elementary school and our episode on middle school. Show Notes* Parenting with Love and Logic * Parenting with Love and Logic for Teens * Are you a lawnmower parent? Here’s a link to the article we talked about if you haven’t seen it. Timestamps* Why talk about high school as a whole instead of just 9th? (3:44) * First two/ last two years of high school (4:47) * Learning to Drive (8:59) * Looking Back with Perspective (11:40) * Bad Decisions (13:52) * Letting your son find himself (17:33) * Personality vs. Parenting (21:59) * Don’t save him (25:40) * Fail and Figure it out (26:51)
08/29/2025

Reinventing The Toxic Avenger with Macon Blair

Macon Blair is a multi-hyphenate entertainer. You've seen him as an actor in films like Blue Ruin, Green Room, and a little small micro-budget film called Oppenheimer. His 2017 directorial debut, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and he wrote and directed the film we are here to talk about today, 2025's The Toxic Avenger, which is finally in theaters now around the world. On this very special episode of Talkin' Troma with Zack Beins, we have Macon Blair himself to guide us through his wild and wonderful new reinterpretation of Toxie. Join us as we explore the ins and outs of casting, working with Peter Dinklage and Elijah Wood, tales of shooting in Bulgaria, special FX shots, Lloyd Kaufman, and so much more! There are spoilers ahead, so make sure you see the film first!Mentioned in this episode:Get tickets for The Toxic AvengerTHE TOXIC AVENGER To Mop Up Medical Debt With Non-Profit PartnershipHosted by Zack Beins. Produced by Chris Lanphear for Loudspeaker Studios. Talkin' Troma Theme Music by J57 and Bald Halfwit. Special thanks to Macon Blair, Cineverse, Legendary, and Katrina Wan PR.Featured Music:"Nothing At All" by The Giraffes, originally written and performed by Marc Hoffman and Dean Simmons from The Toxic Avenger"The Look of Love (Part 1)" by ABC from The Toxic AvengerConnect with Zack:https://twitter.com/legolarryhttps://www.instagram.com/legolarry/Connect with Talkin' Troma:https://www.talkintroma.comhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/talkintroma/https://twitter.com/talkintromahttps://www.youtube.com/@talkintromaConnect with Loudspeaker:https://twitter.com/heyloudspeakerhttps://www.facebook.com/heyloudspeakerhttps://www.instagram.com/heyloudspeakerTalkin' Troma is a listener-supported production of Loudspeaker Studios. Hear more great shows and commercial-free independent public radio at https://www.loudspeaker.org.
06/23/2022

Learning Our Brains with Gill Tietz

Interpreting research on alcohol use disorder and recovery in terms anyone can understand...
03/05/2021

Rabid Grannies with Richard Taylor

Welcome to the first episode of Talkin’ Troma with Zack Beins. In this episode Zack will be joined filmmaker (Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer, The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl and Incest Boy) and musician (Bolonium) Richard Taylor to talk about their history with Troma and the 1988 film Rabid Grannies. You can follow Bizjack FlemCo on instagram @bizjack_flemco You can follow Richard Taylor on instagram @richardbizjacktaylor You can follow Bolonium on instagram @boloniumband You can follow Zack on insta and twitter @legolarry You can followthe podcast Talkin' Troma on twitter @talkintroma
03/19/2021

Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo with Director Tom Chaney and Associate Producer Gary Jones

In this episode Zack will be joined filmmakers Tom Chaney and Gary Jones to talk about their Troma film 1995’s Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo. We also discuss their movies Mosquito and The Wind Walker. You can watch Tom Chaney’s Wind Walker now on Amazon Prime! You can look for Gary Jones new move Escape from Death Block 13 coming soon! You can follow Zack on insta and twitter @legolarry You can follow Bizjack FlemCo Productions on instagram @bizjack_flemco You can follow the podcast Talkin' Troma on twitter @talkintroma
07/16/2020

The Golden Thread of Purpose with Holly Woods

The Spark With Stephanie James
12/16/2022

The Salad (Tossing) Days with with Lloyd Kaufman

Hey kids, it's Uncle Lloydie!
Aug 28

Toxie vs. Noxie with Matt Bors

Toxie is back, and this time he’s facing his worst enemy yet: himself, but significantly more unhinged.
09/15/2019

Teleportation

On this episode, we have the owner and founder of Stay Sharp Catering, Giovani Miles - aka Meez, sitting in with us. Tiff fills us in on their weekend - 20 year reunion, Nine B-Day party, etc. (7:30). We discuss a post Priest D put up on IG and talk about the etiquette around stretch marks (13:30). Meez and Priest D reminisce on running track in high school (30:00), before Meez tells the story of what motivated him to become a chef (46:00). Tiff and B debate about whether they would have another kid if Priest hadn’t had a vasectomy (1:27:00). The dudes end the episode by talking about their upcoming boys trip (1:50:30). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/2-dudes-and-a-chick/message
07/31/2019 · Bonus

Starting Middle School (Rebroadcast)

Reposting an episode from last summer about transitioning to middle school. In addition to my chat with parent Erin Dirvonas, I’m reflecting on how my son did during his first year. Listening to this again, it’s amazing how much stuff that she mentioned also came up for us. Is your child heading into middle school? Get prepped with this episode.Topics• The sixth-grade experience • Similarities to Elementary? • Teacher Communication • Developing Independence • Lunch Questions • Dealing with the locker • Time Management • Learning to speak for yourself • Picking an instrument • All the girls • Changing throughout the year/ grades • What to prepare for ahead of time • Learning to contemplate and expand ideas • Devices and social media • Parenting through middle school

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