Episodes

  • 400 | Unfinished Business
    Nov 17 2025

    To celebrate the 400th episode of After Lunch (give or take), Michael welcomes back the original Nerd Lunch crew - CT, Jeeg, and Pax - to wrap up some unfinished business from the Nerd Lunch days. In June 2019, Jeeg led the gang, including Michael in the Fourth Chair, in an Overs/Unders exercise to predict what might happen in the proposed Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum. Of course, we never got that movie. Or... we didn't until Deadpool & Wolverine came out last year. It's finally time to tally up the scores and see who is the Best Channing Tatum Gambit Movie Predictor of All Time. And stay tuned to the end for a rerun of the original episode in which we made our predictions.

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr
  • 399 | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
    Nov 10 2025

    Michael, Rob, and Pax continue their occasional look at pulp and superhero serials with The Adventures of Smilin' Jack. It's one of Michael's favorites, but will Rob and Pax feel the same way? Starring Tom Brown, Keye Luke, and Rose Hobart.

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 56 mins
  • 398 | Spaceships Sweet 16
    Nov 3 2025

    Michael and Rob are joined by Ben Graham and new guest Nick Casbarro to talk about Nick's novel, Vitalerium: Descent into the Void, and then to determine the greatest spaceship of all time. And of course we determine that the only way we know how: by listing 16 of our favorites, putting them into tournament brackets, and voting on them until only one remains.

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 49 mins
  • 397 | Halloween Spook-a-Lympics
    Oct 31 2025

    Michael and Rob are joined by Joanna from Bloody Popcorn and Shawn Robare to create teams of horror-themed athletes and terrifying events for them to compete in. Who will win the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals? The Hex Pistols? Scare-istocracy? The Grisly Grahams? The Hellboy Hooies? Pick your favorite team and root them on!

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 20 mins
  • 396 | After Dinner Lounge – Do You Think They're Cool Hip People?
    Oct 27 2025

    Rob, Michael, and Pax finish up this month's Lounge talking about The Oracle Year by Charles Soule, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Superman comics, Batman: Resurrection by John Jackson Miller, Zach Cregger's Weapons, KPop Demon Hunters, and more!

    Show More Show Less
    2 hrs and 43 mins
  • 395 | Predator (1987)
    Oct 23 2025

    Michael, Rob, and Pax continue their occasional series covering the Predator movies by talking about the original film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, and the introduction of one of the coolest-looking monsters in cinema history. And stay tuned after our conversation for a special rerun of Pax's I Read Movies episode covering the Predator novelization by Paul Monette.

    Show More Show Less
    2 hrs and 30 mins
  • 394 | After Dinner Lounge – Caw!
    Oct 20 2025

    It's Lounging Time again as Rob, Michael, and Pax talk about whatever's on their mind, including French Silk pie, Wonder Woman's daughter, and different ways to use the Pop Culture Eraser.

    Show More Show Less
    2 hrs and 28 mins
  • 393 | After Midnight – Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars & 30 Days of Night
    Oct 17 2025

    Michael and Jess talk about Halloween and other spooky things, including the comics Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars and 30 Days of Night.

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 31 mins