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The Fire and Water Podcast Network Presents a variety of geeky topics! We celebrate an assortment of favorites through standalone episodes and mini-series!

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    • 4.6 • 32 Ratings

The Fire and Water Podcast Network Presents a variety of geeky topics! We celebrate an assortment of favorites through standalone episodes and mini-series!

    The Death-Defying Human FlyCast: Interview with Ky "Rocketman" Michaelson!

    The Death-Defying Human FlyCast: Interview with Ky "Rocketman" Michaelson!

    Hey there, high-flyers, and strap in for a very special episode of The Death-Defying Human FlyCast! This time around Max interviews the Rocketman himself, stunt engineer Ky Michaelson! Ky designed stunt gear still being used today, has set numerous records, and designed and built the Human Fly's rocket cycle! We're talking about the motorcycle the Human Fly used in his ill-fated bus jump on that cold Montreal night in 1977. Find out how it all started with a phone call, and ended with a crash no one thought the Fly could survive! But ... did he?

    Let's get wild!



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    Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?

    Follow THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on Twitter: @humanflycast
    E-MAIL: humanflycast@gmail.com
    INSTAGRAM: @fwp_max
    SPOTIFY: The Death-Defying Human FlyList!
    E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net

    Want more Rocketman? Find Ky Michaelson on his YouTube page!

    Check out the gallery for this interview here! (photos courtesy Ky Michaelson)

    Opening theme: “Human Fly” by The Cramps
    Opening clip: From "The First Civilian Rocket to Ever Make it Into Space!" courtesy Ky Michaelson
    Closing music: "Rocket Fuel" by DJ Shadow feat. De La Soul

    Listen to the episode on the The Human Fly #11—based on this real-life event!

    • 42 min
    The Death-Defying Human FlyCast #11—Silver Charity, Sudden Death!

    The Death-Defying Human FlyCast #11—Silver Charity, Sudden Death!

    The Death-Defying Human FlyCast makes its triumphant return! And this time it's about to get real ... really real!

    Join your host Max Romero and special guest Captain Entropy as they make the leap into issue #11 of The Human Fly—"Silver Charity, Sudden Death!" The walls between realities get thin as the adventures of the comic book Human Fly reflect the misadventures of the real-world Human Fly!

    Rocket cycles! 26 buses! Tragedy! Hope! Cyndi Lauper and greasy chips! This episode has it all!

    Let's get wild!

    This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK:

    Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE
    Follow Fire & Water Podcasts on TWITTER
    Like our Fire & Water Network FACEBOOK page
    Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon
    Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

    Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?

    Follow THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on Twitter: @humanflycast
    E-MAIL: humanflycast@gmail.com
    INSTAGRAM: @fwp_max
    SPOTIFY: The Death-Defying Human FlyList!
    E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net

    Opening theme: “Human Fly” by The Cramps
    Closing music: "Electroshock" by Cuca

    Watch video of the fateful motorcycle jump on YouTube!

    Check out the gallery for this issue here!

    • 1 hr 10 min
    FW Presents: Marvel Special Presentation: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT

    FW Presents: Marvel Special Presentation: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT

    On this seasonal special presentation, Ryan and Neil Daly and Chris and Cindy Franklin review the latest MCU offering on Disney+, Marvel's Werewolf by Night!

    Have a question or comment?

    E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net

    Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS:

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    Also available on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts

    This episode brought to you by InStockTrades. This week’s selections:

    SQUADRON SUPREME VS. THE AVENGERS: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/mar210710/squadron-supreme-vs-avengers-tp
    WONDER WOMAN BY GEORGE PEREZ VOL. 1: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/may160328/wonder-woman-by-george-perez-tp-vol-01

    This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK:

    Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com
    Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts
    Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork
    Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts
    Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

    Thanks for listening, and stay safe everyone!

    • 1 hr 21 min
    The Death-Defying Human FlyCast #10—. . . Dark as a Dungeon Down in the Mine!

    The Death-Defying Human FlyCast #10—. . . Dark as a Dungeon Down in the Mine!

    It's the halfway point in the saga of The Human Fly, and who better to mark this issue of coal minin' calamity than the inestimable Chris Franklin! Chris joins your host Max Romero for The Human Fly #10 and a tale of stuntmen, unions, finger-pickin', and the brutality of a good melee in the great state of Kentucky. And don't forget to catch a ride on the Human Fly Van! That's a big 10-4, good buddy!

    Let's get wild!

    This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK:

    Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE
    Follow Fire & Water Podcasts on TWITTER
    Like our Fire & Water Network FACEBOOK page
    Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon
    Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

    Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content?

    Follow THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on Twitter: @humanflycast
    E-MAIL: humanflycast@gmail.com
    INSTAGRAM: @fwp_max
    SPOTIFY: The Death-Defying Human FlyList!
    E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net

    Opening theme: “Human Fly” by The Cramps
    Closing music: "Dark as a Dungeon" by Merle Travis
    Bonus music: "Look for the Union Label", written by Paula Green and Malcolm Dodds for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union

    Check out the gallery for this issue here!

    • 1 hr 11 min
    FW Presents - George Perez

    FW Presents - George Perez

    Shag, Rob, Chris, Paul, and special guests Jarrod Alberich and Steve Givens pay tribute to one of the greatest comic book artists of all time, George Perez.

    Check out some images from this episode by clicking here!

    Have a question or comment?

    E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net

    Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS:

    Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042
    Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fwpresents
    Also available on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts

    This episode brought to you by InStockTrades. This week’s selections:

    SQUADRON SUPREME VS. THE AVENGERS: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/mar210710/squadron-supreme-vs-avengers-tp
    WONDER WOMAN BY GEORGE PEREZ VOL. 1: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/may160328/wonder-woman-by-george-perez-tp-vol-01

    This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK:

    Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com
    Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts
    Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork
    Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts
    Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts

    Thanks for listening, and stay safe everyone!

    • 1 hr 46 min
    FW Presents: Batman, Barnabas and Beard

    FW Presents: Batman, Barnabas and Beard

    Chris and author/editor Jim Beard discuss the subjects of Jim’s newest collections of essays, Batman ’66 and Dark Shadows! What do these two 60s fads have in common, and what makes them remain fan favorites to this day?

    Ooof! Boff! Spaltt! The Subterranean Blue Grotto Essays on Batman ’66 – Season Three and Running Home to Shadows: Memories of TV’s First Supernatural Soap from Today’s Grown-Up Kids are available on Amazon! 

     Follow Jim on The Beard's Facebook Page

    This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK

    Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/
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    Email me at supermatespodcast@gmail.com

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
32 Ratings

32 Ratings

CaptainEntropy ,

Something for Everyone

This podcast offers more diverse menu items than the City Diner in Falls Church, Virginia, and that menu is a book. You will love many, if not all, of the offerings.

timprice17 ,

Found my joy

The podcasters of the Fire and Water Podcast Network brings the joy in this anthology show. It can be about comics, creators, TV shows, and they're all discussed with love and respect. This show is *not* "like a box of chocolates", you may not know what specific topic will be covered, but you'll always like what you get.

Linton75 ,

A Special Kind of Joy

FW Presents is the variety show of the FW Podcast Network. A variety of knowledgeable hosts and their enthusiastic guests discussing a variety of nerdy topics. All with one simple unifying goal, to celebrate the special joy that can only be found in the pages of a comic book.

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