Beste Thom Adams podcasts (2024)

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422 - Desperation (The Isabel) with Jason Morningstar 1:40:58

4h ago1:40:58

1:40:58

Jason is the designer of Desperation: The Isabel, a haunting historical horror game of a doomed cod-fishing vessel on the Gulf of Alaska in 1888 (as well as Fiasco, Grey Ranks, and a tremendous number of other hugely influential games). We set sail on the Gulf to explore what happens to this doomed crew as a storm overwhelms them... and then Hell c…

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Lots of Wrestling Figure News, Weekly Purchases, Best of the Monday Night Wars, & more! 1:45:32

19h ago1:45:32

1:45:32

This weeks episode is chock full of wrestling figure news! They guys are also talking Weekly Purchases, Best Of The Monday Night Wars set, and a boat load more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefigcave/support

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Craig Brown: A Voyage Around The Queen 31:51

1d ago31:51

31:51

In this week's Book Club podcast my guest is the satirist Craig Brown, talking about his brilliant new book A Voyage Round The Queen. Craig tells me what made him think there was something new to say about Elizabeth II, how he found himself in possession of the only scoop of his career and about his mortifying encounter with Her Maj.…

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Episode 26 – “We need collective action to address the biodiversity crisis” with Ed Crowther 59:33

2d ago59:33

59:33

This week, Jack and Ellie are joined by Ed Crowther, the founder of My Square Metre, which was launched in 2021 to help restore wildfire meadows—now one of the UK's rarest habitats. Ed, a TEDx speaker and one of Lincolnshire's "30 under 30" in 2022, shares his insights on the urgent need for collective action to combat the biodiversity crisis. In t…

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The Bands Back Together, New Sting News, Best of Defining Moments & More 1:16:39

8d ago1:16:39

1:16:39

Tommy's back from vacation! The bands back together and they're talking about some new reveals from Major Bendies, FC Toys, a huge redo on a Sting figure, and more in the news portion! This week's Best Of has the guys dissecting the best of the first run of WWE Mattel Defining Moments Elites! This plus some NFL and Fantasy Football talk, Weekly Pur…

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Amy Jeffs: Saints 45:56

8d ago45:56

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My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the writer, artist and historian Amy Jeffs. Her new book Saints: A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic aims to recover and bring back to life the wild and fascinating world of medieval saints. She tells me what we lost with the Reformation (all the good swearing, among much else), what was the diff…

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Episode 25 – The journey to making electric cars more affordable with Thom Groot 48:38

9d ago48:38

48:38

In the first episode of series 4, Jack and Ellie talk to Thom Groot, Co-Founder of the Electric Car Scheme. The scheme, launched in 2021, allows employees to lease EVs through salary sacrifice and is on a mission to make EVs accessible to all, addressing affordability and environmental concerns. In this episode, Jack and Ellie discuss with Thom the…

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2024 Toronto International Film Festival Doc Lineup with Thom Powers 35:00

10d ago35:00

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The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 5 – 15, 2024, promises, once again, to be one of the world’s premier showcases for documentaries. TIFF’s renowned Documentary Programmer and DOC NYC co-founder Thom Powers (Pure Nonfiction, WNYC’s Documentary of the Week) joins Ken to break down the TIFF DOCS lineup and discuss what…

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Q&A WIth Steve Ozer From Mattel 1:24:32

15d ago1:24:32

1:24:32

This week Phil & Nick are joined by Steve Ozer from Mattel! Check out the episode to hear the latest from the world of WWE and Mattel! Become a Patreon at patreon.com/thefigcave --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefigcave/support

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Ian Sansom: September 1, 1939, from the archives 24:47

16d ago24:47

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The Book Club has taken a short summer break and will return in September. Until then, and ahead of the 85th anniversary of the start of World War Two, here’s an episode from the archives with the author Ian Sansom. Recorded ahead of the 80th anniversary in 2019, Sam Leith talks to Ian about September 1, 1939, the W.H. Auden poem that marked the be…

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"Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" with Mary Robertson & Emma Schwartz 21:03

19d ago21:03

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At one time, being “Slimed” on Nickelodeon was seen as the ultimate television rite of passage and a harmless bit of fun. But as “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” — Mary Robertson (“Framing Britney Spears”) and Emma Schwartz’ (“Elon Musk’s Crash Course”) devastating investigation of the warped culture at Nickelodeon in the 90s and 2000s — re…

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Fanatics Recap, Target Sale, Mattel Retros & More! 1:26:46

20d ago1:26:46

1:26:46

Nicky hit up the Fanatics Fanfest this past weekend and gives his reaction to it. Mattel retros are back again, big Target sale, Weekly Purchases and the dudes give their Best Of for the week! Become a Patreon at patreon.com/figcave --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefigcave/support…

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Anatomy of a Scene from "The Greatest Night in Pop" with Bao Nguyen 30:12

21d ago30:12

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Director Bao Nguyen returns to “Top Docs” to illuminate the creative process behind his captivating, and now multi-Emmy nominated, Netflix doc “The Greatest Night in Pop” about the behind-the-scenes studio recording of the iconic 1980s famine relief song “We Are the World”. Bao takes us deep inside his approach to characterization and tension-build…

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421 - Desperation (Dead House) with Sam Dunnewold 1:36:18

22d ago1:36:18

1:36:18

Sam is the host of Dice Exploder, an ENnie-nominated podcast where game designers break down the specific mechanics of their favorite TTRPGs (as well as an incredible game designer in his own right). We sat down to play Desperation (Dead House), a historical horror RPG, based on real history, about a small community in Kansas facing an oppressive, …

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Carlo Rovelli: Anaximander, from the archives 48:28

23d ago48:28

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The Book Club has taken a short summer break and will return in September with new episodes. Until then, here’s an episode from the archives with the theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli. Carlo joined Sam in March 2023 to discuss his book Anaximander and the Nature of Science and explain how a radical thinker two and a half millennia ago was the fir…

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Anatomy of a Scene from "Beckham" with Fisher Stevens 35:32

24d ago35:32

35:32

Fisher Stevens returns to the pod bearing 5 Emmy Nominations for his 4-part Netflix Series about the British football legend. He digs in deep with us on the opening sequence of Episode 3 of the series: "Golden Balls". And his delight is evident in meeting his old friends once again--Victoria and David, certainly, but Luís Figo, Gary Neville, and ev…

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"Escaping Twin Flames" with Cecilia Peck & Inbal Lessner 38:48

25d ago38:48

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We continue our Emmy coverage with a conversation with the filmmakers behind the Netflix series, “Escaping Twin Flames”: director Cecilia Peck as well as executive producer and editor Inbal Lessner (both of “Brave Miss World,” and “Seduced: Inside the Nexium Cult.”) Here is how Cecilia describes the series: “Escaping Twin Flames is a three part Net…

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420 - Fear the Taste of Blood with Thom 1:41:47

28d ago1:41:47

1:41:47

Thom is an actor, improviser, TTRPG enthusiast, and cast member on Green Mountain Mysteries, a Dresden Files Actual Play on the Pocket Podcast Network. We stared down the shadows in a game of Fear the Taste of Blood, a TTRPG about a group of survivors fending off a classic movie monster! Get ready... FOR THE WRATH OF THE CROCODILE MAN! FEAR THE TAS…

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"Jim Henson Idea Man" with Ron Howard 34:25

29d ago34:25

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It’s been 34 years since the stunning, untimely death of Jim Henson at the age of just 53. But, in the years since, Henson’s creations (aka The Muppets) have continued their reign on “Sesame Street”, at theme parks and in the movies. Jim Henson’s coterie of lovable characters is as present as ever. Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard (“A Beau…

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A Macho Exclusive, Tag Team Mania, Boom Boom Signings & more! 54:37

29d ago54:37

54:37

Slow news week and Phil decided to take the week off, but Tommy and Nick power through the news this week, their weekly purchases, and a brand new edition of "Best Of"! Become a Patreon at patreon.com/figcave --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefigcave/support

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Adam Higginbotham: Challenger 49:47

29d ago49:47

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My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Adam Higginbotham, whose new book Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space describes the 1986 space shuttle disaster that took the lives of seven astronauts and, arguably, inflicted America's greatest psychic scar since the assassination of JFK. He tells me about the extraord…

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"The Jinx -- Part 2" with Andrew Jarecki 47:44

1M ago47:44

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9 years after the debut of his remarkable docuseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst”, which included a stunning confession by Durst on a hot mic, acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Jarecki (“Capturing the Friedmans”) is still at it. In April 2024, HBO released the first of his new six-episode series, “The Jinx - Part Two”, an investigation …

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"Telemarketers" with Adam Bhala Lough & Sam Lipman-Stern 30:50

1M ago30:50

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Continuing our Emmy coverage, today we speak with the creators of the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary series, “Telemarketers”. Co-director Adam Bhala Lough describes the 3-part series this way: “Two scumbag telemarketers discover that there are cogs in the wheel of a multimillion dollar scam. And so they band together to try to take down the scam an…

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A Conversation With SGG From Cheap Heat 1:24:54

1M ago1:24:54

1:24:54

SGG from The Cheap Heat Podcast joins the guys this week to talk about the current state of WWE, his figure collection, his show, and a ton more! A really fun conversation. The guys also chat about this weeks wrestling figure news and weekly purchases! Join the Patreon - patreon.com/thefigcave --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co…

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419 - LUMEN RYDER CORE with Akemi 1:13:45

1M ago1:13:45

1:13:45

Akemi is a profilic designer of tabletop games, including Frills of Justice and Friendship and Searching for my Solemate, as well as a massive fan of Tokusatsu shows such as Kamen Rider. And that's exactly why we sat down to play a game of LUMEN RYDER CORE, a game of superpowered masked heroes battling an evil organization! LUMEN RYDER CORE: https:…

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Nathan Thrall: A Day In The Life of Abed Salama 35:19

1M ago35:19

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My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Nathan Thrall, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book A Day In The Life of Abed Salama – which uses the story of a terrible bus crash in the West Bank to describe in ground-up detail the day-to-day lives of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. Speaking to me from Jerusalem, Nathan tells me wh…

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BONUS - Tommy Chats With Royce Adams, Son of Brian "Crush" Adams 19:55

1M ago19:55

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Tommy got the chance to sit down with the son of former WWF Superstar Crush, Royce Adams! They chat about him carving his own path in the world of wrestling, his dad's figures and merch, and a ton more involving the wrestling world! Thanks to Figure Collections for making this happen. Make sure to check out shop.figurecollections.com and use FIGCAV…

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418 - The Weaver's Observatory with Austin Taylor 1:32:01

1M ago1:32:01

1:32:01

Austin is the host of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries, a podcast breaking down the untold stories behind questions such as "Why does Charles Entertainment Cheese love birthdays so much?" and "Why are Saturday Morning Cartoons such Toy Commercials?", as well as one of the designers of Kids in Capes. We sit down to play The Weaver's Observatory, a…

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"Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa" with Lucy Walker 39:48

1M ago39:48

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“Climbing the mountain” is a fitting description of the uphill struggle that all documentary filmmakers face when taking on any new project. Acclaimed filmmaker Lucy Walker (“Bring Your Own Brigade”, “The Crash Reel”) takes that metaphor to new heights with “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa,” her ambitious, multilayered new documentary …

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Reactions to SDCC Part 2! 1:23:55

1M ago1:23:55

1:23:55

The guys recorded last week and then the world of reveals exploded with all new reveals from WWE & Mattel, AEW & Jazwares, and Major Bendies. Plus a ton of smaller company news too! The guys discuss it all, give their top SummerSlam figs, and weekly purchases and more! Use FIGCAVE to save 10% at ringsidecollectibles.com and shop.figurecollections.c…

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David Baddiel: My Family 41:15

1M ago41:15

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My guest on this week’s Book Club podcast is the writer and comedian David Baddiel, talking about his new book My Family: the Memoir. He talks about childhood trauma, what made him a comedian, and how describing in minute detail his mother’s decades long affair with a slightly crooked golfing memorabilia salesman is an act not of betrayal but of lo…

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417 - Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors with Adam Macias 1:20:39

2M ago1:20:39

1:20:39

Adam Macias is a comedian, and host of That Was Wild, a podcast where comedians and strangers on the Internet share their craziest stories. We talk Florida Men, horror, and shitty AirBnBs as we play Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors, an RPG about defending your home from horrifying monstrosities. BAR THE WINDOWS, BOLT THE DOORS: https://stoneshore.it…

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SDCC Reveals are Here! 1:35:06

2M ago1:35:06

1:35:06

Phil, Nick & Tommy are going over all the reveals from SDCC for WWE and AEW! They also have some news from FC to reveal, talk about some of the other reveals going on this week and a ton more! Become a Patreon at patreon.com/figcave! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefigcave/support…

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Neil Jordan: Amnesiac 43:06

2M ago43:06

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My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is the writer and film director Neil Jordan, who joins me to discuss his new book Amnesiac: A Memoir. He talks, among other things, about writing for the page and the screen, the uses of myth, putting words into the mouths of historical figures, seeing ghosts in aeroplanes, being ripped off by Harvey Weinst…

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416 - The Last Hand with Eric Faber 1:21:24

2M ago1:21:24

1:21:24

Two outlaws are stuck in a boarded up saloon together. Something is outside, trying to get in. Things are going to get worse before the night is over. "The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." THE LAST HAND: https://airborneham.itch.io/the-last-hand ERIC FABER: https://www.airborneham.games/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmat…

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SDCC Preview, Top 5 Concerts, Vis-Cera? 1:31:08

2M ago1:31:08

1:31:08

Phil, Nick & Tommy are chatting it up about the week leading into SDCC and all the news from WWE and AEW figure lines! They also dive into their Top 5 best and worst concerts and give their Best Of for WWE Elite Series 77! Plus you know they talk Weekly Purchases! Become a Patreon at patreon.com/figcave --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.…

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Roger McGough: Collected Poems 1959-2024 34:59

2M ago34:59

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My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is Roger McGough, whose new The Collected Poems: 1959-2024 anthologises a poetic career 65 years long and counting. Roger tells me about revisiting his old work and making it new, why he's 'not being serious' about the future of Poetry Please, and how he narrowly missed being on the Pyramid Stage at Glaston…

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Monday Night Wars, Top 5 John Cena Figs & WWE Money In The Bank Reaction! 1:34:01

2M ago1:34:01

1:34:01

Tommy and Nick are joined this week by friend of the show Alejandro! They're giving their thoughts on WWE Money in the Bank, talking the latest wrestling figure news, their weekly purchases, and giving their Top 5 John Cena Figures! Plus a whole lot more! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefigcave/support…

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Michael Nott: Thom Gunn's Cool Queer Life 29:02

2M ago29:02

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My guest on this week's Book Club podcast is Michael Nott, author of the new biography Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life. He tells me about the poet's early trauma, his transatlantic identity, his unconventional family and his compartmentalised life, part teaching and writing, part sex, drugs and rock and roll.…

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"Hollywoodgate" with Ibrahim Nash’at & Shane Boris 45:31

2M ago45:31

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When the U.S. military pulled out of Afghanistan in 2021, effectively ending America’s longest war, that seemed like the end of the story for most journalists. But for director Ibrahim Nash’at, the story that he wanted to tell was just beginning. In his haunting new documentary “Hollywoodgate”, Nash’at does what virtually no other journalist or fil…

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Steiners Finally! Lots of News! Top 5 TV Villains! 1:25:37

2M ago1:25:37

1:25:37

The guys are back this week talking about all the latest news from the figure world of WWE, AEW, and the independant toy makers like Figure Collections and Zombie Sailor Toys. They also discuss their Weekly Purchases, and Top 5 TV Villains! Become a Patreon at patreon.com/figcave Save 10% at ringsidecollectibles.com with code FIGCAVE --- Support th…

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415 - The Beast Within with Valiant Dorian 1:25:20

2M ago1:25:20

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When backed against the wall, will you stay human? Or will you embrace the rage and summon the power of your bestial form, to bring a wave of vengeance down on your enemies? THE BEAST WITHIN: https://valiantdorian.itch.io/the-beast-within VALIANT DORIAN: https://valiantdorian.carrd.co/ BLACK LIVES MATTER: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ALL MY…

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