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Hungry Trilobyte Podcast

Is the Meaning of Life really 42? Does anything unreal exist? Hosted by Aaron Bossig, The Hungry Trilobyte Podcast focuses on the power and creativity of the scifi, fantasy, and gaming communities. This podcast enjoys finding the best that fandom has to offer, and tries to better understand what being a geek means.

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00:52:13

HTP #155 - Matthew J. Elliot

Hungry Trilobyte Podcast ·

2023/02/16

Matthew J. Elliot is a writer, humorist, and voice actor. He’s created RiffTrax in the past, such as Creature from the Haunted Sea and Sherlock and Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace. He comes to Hungry Trilobyte to discuss his take on riffing and writing, and our conversation eventually turns to a love of cinema as an art form-- and how riffing lifts that art form up. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

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00:40:43

HTP #154 - John Billingsley Returns!

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2023/01/08

John Billingsley (who was on Hungry Trilobyte in episode 68) returns to talk about “Trektivism” or the way Trek fandom can be used to boost charity efforts. The best example we can give is Trek*talk, an online telethon to help the Hollywood Food Coalition. This event is scheduled for January 14, 2023. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

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01:12:44

HTP #153 - Jarrod Alberich Returns... With an Empty...

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2023/01/02

Jarrod Alberich (last seen in episodes 80 and 113) teams up with me to discuss season 1 of the 1980s sitcom Empty Nest. Why? Because we think re-watching this show to see if it holds up might be a good observation on what quality TV really is. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

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00:54:25

HTP #152 - Amelia Eichler

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2022/12/28

Amelia Eichler is a film enthusiast and has a passion for the history of moviemaking and movie distribution. In 2019, she wrote an undergrad thesis on the decline of physical media and the impact it’s had on current and future film scholars. I share a lot of Amelia’s concerns and was eager to have her on the show to discuss the accessibility problems introduced by streaming. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

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00:32:15

HTP #151 - Jeremy Miller

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2022/12/15

Jeremy Miller (known from Growing Pains and several Peanuts cartoons) comes to Hungry Trilobyte to talk about the many ways creativity can lead to new life adventures. Jeremy talks about pursuing new roles, while finding another calling as a master chef AND donating both of his talents to help grow the Bedford International Film Festival! — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

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01:00:49

HTP #150 - Janene Michaelis Returns!

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2022/12/11

Janene Michaelis (whom you probably remember from Episode 143) returns to have a more in-depth discussion on Anne McCaffrey's Dinosaur Planet, the many historical phases of Disney movies, and how being denied mainstream TV as a kid shapes your pop-cultural perspectives forever. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter, Hive, or Instagram - @AaronBossig

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00:47:04

HTP #149 - James Greene, Jr.

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2022/11/24

James Greene, Jr. is the author of the recent Ghostbusters history book, A Convenient Parallel Dimension. His book goes a great job of looking at the struggles to create the different installments in the Ghostbusters franchise, including looking at the conflicts that happened behind the scenes. In this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, James and I spend a fair amount of time discussing how film culture itself was different in the 80s, at the time of the first Ghostbusters, and how that shaped our view

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00:34:17

HTP #148 - Screaming Chuy Returns... with Arlyn Adriana!

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2022/11/17

Screaming Chuy (first appearing on Hungry Trilobyte in Episode 76) returns with his friend and musical colleague, Arlyn Adriana. The three of us discuss what it's like to get your start as a creator, as well as looking at the similarities and differences between her goals (being a singer) with that of a writer or podcaster. We also throw out some ideas about horror movies and tequila. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter - @AaronBossig

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00:33:53

HTP #147 - Jim the Podcast Sherpa

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2022/11/10

Jim the Podcast Sherpa is your guide to the many, many podcasts of the internet. As the host of the podcast ‘Too Many Podcasts!’ Jim likes to dig up deep cuts and show a new listener why they’d want to try a certain podcast. Often, he does this by looking deep into why the host does their show, and why they do it a certain why. Appropriately, Jim and I spend a lot of this episode discussing why our shows take the form they do, which is some great inside chat for a new podcaster. — See Show

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00:47:08

HTP #146 - Cinema Snob Brad Jones

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2022/11/02

Brad Jones, known widely as his character the Cinema Snob on the web series of the same name, has been entertaining fans since 2010. In this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, Brad and I talk MST3K: The Movie and the meta-ness about creating a commentary program for a commentary program. There’s also a lot of discussion about what challenges an online creator will face years into their big project. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter - @AaronBossig

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00:45:43

HTP #145 - Stanley Livingston

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2022/10/27

Stanley Livingston is a veteran actor known for My Three Sons and Please Don’t Eat the Daisies. He comes to Hungry Trilobyte to talk about The Actor’s Journey, a comprehensive course on the business side of acting. Stanley and I concur that, even with the tools offered to today’s internet talent, the fundamentals of building a career with smart decisions haven’t changed much. -- See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter @AaronBossig

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00:35:14

HTP #144 - Richard C. Meehan, Jr.

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2022/10/20

Richard C. Meehan, Jr. is a self-published author who is making the most of the independent book circuit. In addition to his scifi novel Cometary Tales, he’s release a historical fiction book titled Ford the Pacholet. In this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, Richard and I spend some time discussing the merits of knowing history by reading historical fiction and how an author of such books should handle real events within a fictional narrative. Ultimately, it comes down to a question of

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00:34:52

HTP #143 - Janene Michaelis

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2022/10/13

Janene Michaelis is the author of the short story Papagaia Dream, a finalist in the "Coffee Lifts Creatives" writing contest from Sci-Fi Coffee. Like a lot of us authors, Janene has had points in her life that simply didn't make writing a reasonable outlet. In this episode, she and I have a great talk about how to come to terms with having to choose between writing and dealing with life crises, as well as how to use spiritual tropes mindfully-- bearing in mind that talking about someone's faith in

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00:21:09

HTP #142 - Jeff Russo

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2022/10/06

Jeff Russo is the composer behind several of the newer Star Trek series, including Picard and Discovery. He comes to Hungry Trilobyte to talk about building music around emotion and his appreciation for building on the long-standing musical tradition of the franchise. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter - @AaronBossig

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00:29:22

HTP #141 - Phillip Milton

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2022/09/29

Phillip Milton is the author of the short story “The Rocket Morning” published by the Sci-Fi Coffee company. A writer just finding his voice, Phillip is a great example of what we fans are capable of creating. In this episode of Hungry Trilobyte, Phillip and I ponder where to take our creative work and our fandom from here. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter - @AaronBossig

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00:42:27

HTP #140 - Austin Trunick

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2022/09/22

Austin Trunick is a film enthusiast and author of the two-volume series The Cannon Film Guide, soon to be expanding into its third volume. Austin and I spend some time talking about the history of the Cannon Film Group, and how their brand of cheap action films fit into the larger movie culture of the 80s. This involves a lot of comparing notes about early video rental places prior to the transition to DVD. We also dig drive-ins like the Mahoning Valley Drive-In. — See Show Notes at

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00:25:53

HTP #139 - Dan Barr

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2022/09/16

Dan Barr is the author of Go Boldly, the winning entry in the Coffee Lifts Creatives writing contest from the Sci-Fi Coffee Company. Dan and I spend some time discussing what it’s like to write for the love of the story, and the two of us recklessly speculate on if that’s happening elsewhere in the industry. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter - @AaronBossig

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00:38:15

HTP #138 - Shylah Addante

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2022/09/08

Shylah Addante was the writer on a film titled The Christmas Dragon, which was a 2014 independent film. It is also currently scheduled to be used in an upcoming episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, expected December 16, 2023. Shylah and I have a great talk about what it’s like to grow up a film fan, how to transform that childhood interest into a lifelong career, and how MST3K plays a crucial role in making it easier for everyone to become a fan of goofy films. — See Show Notes at

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00:31:07

HTP #137 - Marc Morales Returns!

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2022/09/04

Marc Morales (last seen on HTP episode 105) returns with an update on his film 521 North Main Street. He and his team have finished production, navigated the treacherous waters that come with post-production, and have found an editing team to bring the whole process to a conclusion. In this chat, Marc and I reflect on the pains of being a first-time filmmaker and how important it is to have faith in the abilities of your team. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter -

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00:36:20

HTP #136 - David Giltinan

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2022/08/04

David Giltinan is a video game writer currently working with the Geeks Line company on a new historical guide, The Game Boy and Virtual Boy Anthology. He comes to Hungry Trilobyte so that the two of us can discuss the Kickstarter for the anthology, as well as let me ruminate over how Nintendo tends to look away from the Game Boy as a whole, and how I sincerely believe the Virtual Boy is an awesome system. — See Show Notes at www.AaronBossig.com Follow me on Twitter - @AaronBossig

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